In the 1920s the fedora hat was just entering the fashionable scene for men. Previously it was a women’s style hat starting in the 1880’s. 1920s men’s fedoras feature wide 3 inch brims that were shaped downward on both the front and back side thus making the sides rolled slightly upwards. This shape was popular with young men who called it the snap brim or swagger hat style. Otherwise brims were turn up on one side and down on the other, a style preferred by more traditional men.