Editing Fedora (section)

=== Gangsters and jazz ===
[[File:Al Capone.jpg|thumb|Mugshot of [[Al Capone]] by the [[Bureau of Investigation]] in 1929]]
Fedoras were much associated with [[gangster]]s during [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] era in the United States, a connection coinciding with the height of the hat's popularity between the 1920s and the early 1950s.<ref name="History of Hats" /><ref name="Escapist" /> In the second half of the 1950s, the fedora fell out of favor in a shift towards more informal clothing styles.<ref name="History of Hats" /><ref name="Escapist" /> In addition, well-known gangsters such as [[Al Capone]], [[Charles Luciano]], and [[Bugsy Siegel|Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel]] used the fedora to create a "tough guy" image.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Fedoras were an important accessory to the [[zoot suit]] ensemble which emerged onto the American fashion scene during the 1940s. Zoot suits were mainly associated with Mexican and African Americans and were largely worn in segregated minority communities. As a result, this style soon spread to local jazz musicians who adopted this look and brought it to their audiences.

In the [[The Blues Brothers (film)|movie of the same name]], the Blues Brothers (who are [[blues]] musicians rather than jazzmen) wear black scant-brim fedoras as part of their black suit "uniform".

The association of the fedora with the zoot suit and gangster culture has caused the general public to view it according to this limited connotation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=A Stylish History of Jazz|last=McClendon|first=Alphonso D.|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|year=2015|location=London|pages=15–42}}</ref>