Hat culture in British culture

In Britain, you can see that many social customs are related to hats. If a male guest visits his friend, he must take off his hat first when he enters the room. If you go to dinner with relatives and friends, you should not only take off your hat when you enter the restaurant, but also hang it up or put it on a nearby chair, not on the dining table. When you meet an acquaintance in the street, if you are a woman, you just have to nod and smile or say hello to that person, but if you are a man, you usually take off your hat and salute when you meet a female acquaintance.

This custom of taking off one's hat to show respect is also reflected in English. For example, the English idiom "hatinhand" means "very respectful". Another idiom "Give your sofa to (someone)" literally means "take off your hat to someone" and by extension means "admire someone".

In addition, there is a black bowler hat called abowlerhat in English (it is said that it was designed by a hat dealer named JohnBowler in London in 1950), which is very popular among gentlemen and businessmen and has become a symbol of British men's social status. If someone wears a new black bowler hat, he will be respected. On the contrary, a man wearing an old bowler hat will be looked down upon. There is a word in English called "badhat", which means "bad guy". In addition, when something is described as black, it is said to be "asblackasahat". I think it has something to do with this black bowler hat.