A type of round, flat cap or hat with a cockade, traditionally associated with Scottish Highland dress and formal wear.
From Balmoral, the Scottish royal residence. The hat style became associated with Scotland and Highland dress during the Victorian era after Prince Albert popularized Scottish culture.
Balmoral Castle became so fashionable in the 1800s that the queen's home lent its name to an entire style of hat—it's how geography, royalty, and fashion combined to create a piece of Highland identity!
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