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A beret ( UK: / ˈbɛreɪ / BERR-ay, [ 1] US: / bəˈreɪ / bə-RAY; [ 2] French: béret [beʁɛ]; Basque: txapel; Spanish: boina) is a soft, round, flat-crowned cap made of hand-knitted wool, crocheted cotton, wool felt, [ 3] or acrylic fibre . Mass production of berets began in the 19th century in the south of France and the north of Spain ...
Colleen Moore wearing a hat with a hatpin, 1920 Hatpins. A hatpin is a decorative and functional pin for holding a hat to the head, usually by the hair. In Western culture, hatpins are almost solely used by women and are often worn in a pair. They are typically around 6–8 inches (15–20 cm) in length, with the pinhead being the most ...
Bonnet (headgear) Old woman in sunbonnet (c. 1930). Photograph by Doris Ulmann. A bonnet decorated with lace and tulle from the 1880s. Bonnet has been used as the name for a wide variety of headgear for both sexes—more often female—from the Middle Ages to the present. As with "hat" and "cap", it is impossible to generalize as to the styles ...
Also known as a "Cowboy Hat". A high-crowned, wide-brimmed hat, with a sweatband on the inside, and a decorative hat band on the outside. Customized by creasing the crown and rolling the brim. [9] Student cap: A cap worn by university students in various European countries. Sun hat: A hat which shades the face and shoulders from the sun. Tam o ...
Bearskin. Soldiers of the British Coldstream Guard and Italian 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" in full dress uniform wearing bearskins. A bearskin is a tall fur cap derived from mitre caps worn by grenadier units in the 17th and 18th centuries. Initially worn by only grenadiers, its usage was extended to several other military units in ...
A snood ( / snuːd /) is a type of traditionally female headgear designed to hold the hair in a cloth or yarn bag. [ 1] In the most common form, the headgear resembles a close-fitting hood worn over the back of the head. It is similar to a hairnet, [ 1] but snoods typically have a looser fit, [ 2] a much coarser mesh, and noticeably thicker yarn.
A relatively simple wool chaperon, with bourrelet, and cornette hanging forward. [ 1] The chaperon began before 1200 as a hood with a short cape, put on by pulling over the head, or fastening at the front. The hood could be pulled off the head to hang behind, leaving the short cape round the neck and shoulders.
But it's still unclear where the hats came from, or how they ended up on top of the birds' heads. The New York Times reported that although the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo was in Las Vegas on ...