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Published: 2008-11-13 08:17:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 186723; Favourites: 3477; Downloads: 4258
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Welcome Ladies and GentlemanNow when I was still making my Tuxedo Mask Cosplay from Sailormoon I was only days away from the convention and I still had not made my hat yet. My hat was of course a gentleman's top hat which is very long, we are talking Abraham Lincoln size. So I searched DA and all I could find were tutorials on how to make female Mini Top hats, and cardboard ones. I eventually worked out how to make a top hat and recorded the steps I was following. Thus I have created this tutorial for you today on how to create your very own Gentleman Top Hat.
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I'm so happy that I found this!! My friend wants to cosplay the Undertaker from Black Butler and I've told her I'm going to make the hat and this defiantly helps me!! Fantastic!! thank you!!Β
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haha, I'm here for almost the same reason except for I'm the one cosplaying! X3
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Thank you so much for this tutorial! I was at a loss for how to even begin to make a hat, and this is very useful.
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Ah this tutorial is fantastic! Well done!
I can not wait to try this out for my Kaito KidΒ
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here's my final product! I wore this hat to Youmacon. This was a very fun project to make - THANK YOU so much! (I have a lot of extra fabric now though... I bought 1.5 yds of felt because I had no idea how much to buy!)
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Thanks for the tutorial: it'll be a lot of help when I put together my Layton cosplay though.
Quick question though: I asked for thick card at my local craft store and got a funny look. Would bristol board or cardboard suffice?
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bristol board would be perfect. Personally, I think cardboard would be too thick and not very easy to use. I hope this helped!
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Wonderful, thanks for the advice.Β Β Now all that's left for me to do is to try to put the hat together, uncoordinated as I am. Hopefully it pans out.Β
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I used this but modified the method slightly to make a mini top hat with slightly different proportions. thanks SO much! this was a life saver. bless you omg
Here's a quick snapshot of my finished product:
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Finally!
I can make my Hatty Hattington hat!
Thank you!
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My Layton cosplay is saved because of you!!! Thank you!!!
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Very helpful! I will definitely refer to this when I'm making my Professor Layton cosplay! 
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its only ever for professor layton
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this helps very much^^ just one question: what do you mean by "tabs" in step 18?
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tabs are the fold out pieces of card at the base of the tube
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Just used this to make a miniature top hat! Works well!
Although I had a hard time seeing the pictures since they are very dark. But the description worked well even without them. Thank you!
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i made this tutorial so long ago, im suprised it helps people even to this day
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Google has the power of magic
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yeah top hats are indeed pretty cool
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Is there a way I could make the brim of the hat curl up a little at the sides? I'm cosplaying Ciel at Halloween (too broke for a con!) and I need his top hat to go and terrorize the town (^0^)
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use bent wire and use two layers of card
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Thank you! I have another question: Is there a way I could make the hat a little curved (smaller towards the bottom, wider at the top)? Like this:Β www.gentlemansemporium.com/stoβ¦
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Thanks a lot for this tutorial!!
What fabric did you use?
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Thank you so much for this tutorial! I'll definitley be using it to make a top hat when I cosplay Pierre from Harvest Moon ^o^
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harvest moon? my 12 year old self would want to shake your hand
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Harvest moon is a fantastic series ^^ I've grown up with the games and I figured its about time I cosplayed something from it
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Will this method work with a fabric that is more like silk? Or does it absolutely have to be a felt-like fabric?
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silk can be used as long as you stretch it tight
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Sweet, thanks! 
Though it won't be for a while, haha...
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I'll definitely use this for a couple of cosplays I have coming up - Negima!?'s Black Rose Baron and Kuroshitsuji's Undertaker
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Multiple top hat cosplays eh?
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Yep!
Top hats are almost as cool as fezzes
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Thank you very much for this tutorial. It should be very helpful for designing an OC outfit
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And do have fun with it okey
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Thank you so much for this!
I wanted to dress up as Brendon Urie in the video "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" and I am also a HUGE Steampunk lover. This was great
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Well atleast as its not for another professor layton cosplay
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Thank you so much for this tutorial! I'm planning on using this tutorial to make my hat for my Dark Woods Circus Yowane Haku cosplay, and I think this will really help add to the height effect.
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well at least it isnt for another professor layton cosplay
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oh my .... *i think at : [link] * '-' * dead * ...ahem ... really good job
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you may continue on then
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I wanted to make one of my own one day but one like Professor Laytons hat,
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