Students in UK wear academic scarves in distinctive colors that embody the different universities.
Tricorne hats are three-cornered hats popular in the 18th century as civilian and military headgear.
Bowler hats was made popular by several fictional characters like detectives Thompson and Thomson of Tintin, the Harry Potter character Cornelius Fudge and Thomas Crown in The Thomas Crown Affair.
Some famous wearers of the bowler hat are Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, of Laurel and Hardy fame, Sir Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin and Mussolini.