article_snippet: Mr Pautonnier was returning home from a dinner party when Mr Pautonnier was accosted on the train platform by a man pestering Mr Pautonnier to try on Mr Pautonnier hat.
article_snippet: Mr Pautonnier, who is president of the Association of London Normans, bought his hat for £45 in 2008 from the Sherlock Holmes Museum in Baker Street after his son Alex said his hat suited his son Alex.
article_snippet: Alex, now a 24-year-old chef in London, convinced his son Alex father to wear his hat to work the next day and Mr Pautonnier went on to make a habit of his hat. '
article_snippet: I wore his hat to work and everybody commented that his hat suited me,' his son Alex said. '
article_snippet: I've worn his hat ever since and his hat has become my trademark. '