The reason behind the hat was less about conveying astaire s elegance and more about making him look taller when adele had grown before he did.
Fred astaire awning hat.
The finale of top hat white tie and tails production number with fred astaire miming his cane as a weapon attacking his supporting dancers 13 canes were prepared for it.
Royal wedding 1951 it never ceases to amaze me how a great dancer like fred astaire can take the simplest prop and do something magical with it.
One signature part of fred s act was the frequency with which he wore a tuxedo and top hat even though the down to earth performer didn t feel like the look should define him.
During shooting astaire ever the unforgiving perfectionist was continually breaking his canes in frustration at his mistakes which concerned the crew that he was running out of them.