“Always keep your bowler on in times of stress. And watch out for diabolical masterminds.” -- “Talented amateur” British TV super-spy Mrs. Emma Peel, to her debonair and refined partner in espionage, John Steed, 1967. Sound advice. Before John Steed, of course, Charle Chaplin’s most famous character, The Tramp, wore a bowler, and Rene Magritte appropriated the bowler-as-surrealist-emblem around the same time Steed was partnered up with the future Pussy Galore. You can add to......