List of headgear
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This is an incomplete list of headgear (that is, anything worn on the head), both modern and historical.
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Hats [edit]
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| Akubra |
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| Aviator hat |
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| Balmoral |
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| Baseball cap |
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| Batting helmet |
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| Beanie or skully and or visor beanie. |
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| Bearskin cap |
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| Beaver hat |
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| Beret |
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| Boater (also basher, skimmer, cady, katie, somer, or sennit hat) |
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| Bobble hat |
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| Boonie hat |
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| Bowler or Derby |
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| Bucket hat also fishing hat, ratting hat (UK) or Dixie Cup hat (US) |
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| Busby Often confused with a Bearskin cap |
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| Capuchon |
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| Chilote cap |
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| Chupalla |
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| Cloche hat |
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| Cricket cap |
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| Cricket helmet |
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| Combination cap, also "service cap" or peaked cap |
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| Coonskin Cap |
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| Cowboy hat, sometimes "Ten gallon hat" |
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| Deerstalker |
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| Eight-point cap, also Gatsby cap, Newsboy cap |
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| Equestrian helmet |
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| Fedora |
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| Fez |
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| Flat cap, also bunnet, cloth cap, driver cap, golf cap, or Windsor cap |
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| Fruit hat |
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| Garrison cap, also "flight cap" or "side cap" |
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| Glengarry |
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| Green eyeshade |
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| Greek fisherman's cap, also captain's cap | |
| Homburg |
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| Karakul |
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| Kepi |
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| knit hat, also knit cap, sock cap, stocking cap, toboggan, toque, ski cap or watch cap |
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| Kippah, also kippa, yarmulke or skullcap, Jewish traditional |
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| Kofia, worn in East Africa |
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| Kufi, traditional cap worn by men of African descent, including the "Zulu crown". |
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| Muir cap, the traditional leather biker-style cap worn by leathermen |
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| Nasaq, the crocheted headgear of some Canadian Inuit | |
| Nightcap |
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| Nón lá |
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| Pakol |
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| Patka |
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| Pork pie hat |
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| Rogatywka |
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| Rumal |
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| Šajkača |
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| Salakot |
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| Shpitzel |
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| Skullcap, also Zucchetto |
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| Sombrero |
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| Songkok |
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| Straw hat |
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| Student cap |
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| Tam, or Tam o'Shanter |
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| Taqiya, also tagiyah |
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| Topi |
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| Top hat (also, Topper) |
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| Trilby |
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| Tubeteika |
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| Turban |
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| Vueltiao A Colombian typical hat with woven and sewn dried tinted palm strips and indigenous figures. |
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| Umbrella Hat A hat made from an umbrella that straps to the head. Has been made with mosquito netting. |
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| Ushanka |
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Hats worn in the past, or rarely worn today [edit]
Men's [edit]
- Aar bonnet
- Anthony Eden hat
- Beaver
- Beefeaters' hat
- Bicorne
- Boater, also basher, skimmer
- Boss of the plains
- Bowler, also coke hat, billycock, boxer, bun hat, derby
- Bycoket
- Cabbage-tree hat a hat woven from leaves of the cabbage tree
- Capotain (and women) - a tall conical hat, 17th century, usually black - also, copotain, copatain
- Caroline - 17th Century
- Carriage hat - 1780s-1820s
- Caubeen - Irish hat
- Cavalier hat, also chevaliers, wide brimmed hat trimmed with ostrich plumes
- Chapeau-bras, also chapeau de bras - 18th to early-19th-century folding bicorne hat carried under one arm
- Chaperon A series of hats that evolved in 14th and 15th Century Europe from the medieval hood of the same name.
- Chimney-pot hat, also lum-hat, Victorian, also worn by clerics in the Greek Orthodox Church
- Cocked hat
- Deerstalker, hunting cap with fold-down ears, associated with Sherlock Holmes, Elmer Fudd, and Holden Caulfield.
- Fedora
- Fez
- Hats and headwear, ancient Chinese hats
- Homburg
- Kolpik
- Panama hat
- Papakha
- Peci
- Pith Helmet stereotypical Safari/Jungle Explorer Hat
- Pork pie
- Shtreimel
- Spodik
- Sombrero
- Sudra
- Tiara, a hat traditionally worn worn by the Pope, which has been abandoned in recent decades, in favor of the Mitre.
- Top hat, also stovepipe hat
- Tricorne
- Trilby
- Umbrella Hat
- Verbano English Cap
Women's [edit]
- Bandeau hat
- Beaver
- Beehive
- Bergère hat
- Bloomer
- Bongrace - a velvet-covered headdress, stiffened with buckram - 16th century
- Breton
- Capeline - 18th/19th century
- Capotain (and men) - a tall conical hat, 17th century, usually black - also, copotain, copatain
- Cart-wheel hat - low crown, wide stiff brim
- Cocktail hat
- Gainsborough hat -a very large hat often elaborately decorated with plumes, flowers, and trinkets.
- Hennin
- Kokoshnik
- Nón lá, Vietnam.
- Nón quai thao, Vietnam
- Ochipok
- Tantour
Unclassified [edit]
- Archer's bonnet
- Balibuntal - straw hat from the Philippines
- Castor or caster - beaver or rabbit
- Chip hat
- Cloche
- Cockle hat
- Cony or coney
- Coolie hat
- Copintank, also copentank, coptank, copitaine
- Cordies
- Cossack hat
- Crinoline, also gibus-hat
- Demicastor hat
- Directoire
- Dolly Varden
- Fan-tail hat
- Flat
- Gainsborough
- Garbo hat
- Garibaldi hat
- Gipsy hat
- Gossamer hat
- Grebe hat
- Halo-brim hat
- Hat Terrai Gurkha, worn only by Gurkha Contingent officers in Singapore
- Homburg; a black Homburg was also known as an "Anthony Eden" (after the politician Anthony Eden)
- Hunting hat
- Jaapi of Assam, India
- Jerry
- Kausia
- Kevenhuller
- Kiss-me-quick hat
- Leghorn hat
- Mandarin hat
- Manilla hat
- Marquis hat
- Matinée hat
- Merry Widow hat
- Moab
- Montera
- Mourning hat
- Mousquetaire
- Muff-box
- Müller hat
- Mushroom
- Petasos
- Pill box hat
- Quadricorn - a four-cornered hat.[1]
- Sugar loaf
- Veiled hat, also bird cage hat.
Caps [edit]
Caps worn by men in the past, or rarely worn today [edit]
- Aviator's cap
- Barretina
- Capeline - a steel skullcap worn by archers in the Middle Ages
- Cap'n'bells ("Jester cap" or "jester hat")
- Hooker-doon, a cloth cap with a peak, in Scotland.[2]
- Icelandic tail-cap
- Monmouth cap
- Pileus (hat)
- Phrygian cap
- Smoking cap
- Sou'wester, or "Cape Ann," a flexible waterproof hat traditionally worn by sailors
Caps worn by women in the past [edit]
Caps worn by nobility on ceremonial occasions [edit]
Bonnets [edit]
Bonnets for women [edit]
- Cabriolet
- Capote - soft crown, rigid brim, 19th century
- Chip bonnet
- Gypsy bonnet - shallow to flat crown, saucer shaped, and worn by tying it on with either a scarf or sash, under the chin, or at the nape of the neck - 19th Century
- Kiss-me-quick
- Leghorn bonnet
- Mourning bonnet
- Poke bonnet - Early 19th Century, "Christmas Carol" style, with a cylindrical crown and broad funnel brim
- Ugly - a kind of retractable visor that could be attached to bonnets for extra protection from the sun, 19th century
Bonnets for men [edit]
- Balmoral bonnet
- Feather bonnet, the traditional military headgear of many Scottish Highland regiments
- Glengarry bonnet
- Tam o'shanter
Helmets [edit]
See Type of helmet
Hoods [edit]
- Bongrace, the stiffened back of the hood when flipped over the forehead to provide shade; also a separate headdress to provide shade, worn with a hood or coif, Tudor/Elizabethan
- Bonnet head
- Capirote, AKA The Ku Klux Klan hood originally worn by Spanish Nazarenes
- Chaperon (headgear) adaptable late Middle Ages "dead-chicken" hood and hat
- Flemish hood
- French hood
- Gable hood
- Hood - modern or historical, attached to tops or shirts, overcoats, cloaks, etc.
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Medieval hood
- Mourning hood
- Riding hood
- Stuart hood
Headbands, headscarves, wimples [edit]
- Abaya
- Buknuk
- Chador
- Chaperon (headgear) adaptable late Middle Ages "dead-chicken" hat, hood and scarf
- Coif
- Crispine 13th Century European women's style of padding hair in a net and headband
- Dupatta, also shayla or milfeh
- Headband
- Headscarf, also khimar, hijab, ohrni
- Khimar
- Nemes
- Snood
- Tagelmust, also cheich
- Veil
- Wimple
Masks, veils and headgear that covers the face [edit]
- See Mask for a fuller list of masks.
- Balaclava (helmet) or ski mask
- Bongrace - a shade for the face, sometimes part of a hood, or a separate garment worn with a hood or coif; Tudor/Elizabethan
- Boushiya
- Burqa, also burka, burga, burqua
- Diving mask
- Full-face diving mask
- Gas mask
- Latex mask
- Niqab
- Veil
- Visor
- Wedding veil
Other headdress [edit]
Women's [edit]
- Alice band
- Bandanna
- Bandeau
- Fascinator
- Mitre, also miter
- Perak
- visor
- wreath
Men's [edit]
- Arab headdress
- Bandana, also bandanna
- Do-rag
- Stocking cap
- Topor - Bengali men's wedding headgear
- Visor
Jeweled [edit]
Wigs [edit]
Headgear organised by function [edit]
Religious [edit]
Anglican [edit]
Buddhist [edit]
Catholic [edit]
Christian [edit]
Jewish [edit]
- Havalim (חֲבָליִם) ropes that are referenced in Kings I 20:31. Used as a sign of mourning.
- Migbahat was likely a cone-shaped Turban. This turban was likely only worn in the context of the priesthood and is cited in Exodus 27:20-30.
- Mitznefet was most likely a classic circular turban. This is derived from the fact that Hebrew word Mitznefet comes from the root "to wrap." This turban was likely only worn in the context of the priesthood and is cited in Exodus 27:20-30.
- Kippah or yarmulke
- Kashket
- Pe’er mentioned in Ezekiel 24: 17;23. In verse 17, Ezekiel commands the Israelites to “wrap their” Pe’ers around their heads. In verse 23, Ezekiel tells the Israelite that their Pe’er's "shall remain on your heads.” ("Pe'er" (which translates into "splendor") is usually used to refer to phylacteries (tefillin))
- Shtreimel
- Spodik
- Kolpik
- Sheitel is a wig worn by some married women in order to maintain marital modesty in public
- Sudra (סודרא) is a headdress, similar to the keffiyah worn by Jewish men in the ancient near-east.
Muslim [edit]
Orthodox [edit]
Sikh [edit]
Military and police [edit]
- Barretina
- Bearskin
- Beefeaters' hat
- Beret
- Bersagliere
- Bicorne
- Boonie hat
- Busby
- Campaign hat, also drill instructor hat, drill sergeant hat, ranger hat, sergeant hat, Smokey Bear hat
- Caubeen
- Chapeau-bras, also chapeau de bras - 18th to early-19th-century folding bicorne hat carried under one arm
- Combination cap, also service cap, combination cover
- Custodian helmet, headwear of the British police officer, ranks of Sergeant and Constable
- Envelope Busby, worn by Officer Cadets of the Royal Military College of Canada
- Feather bonnet
- Flying helmet - closely fitting solid helmet designed to resist impacts within the cockpit of military aircraft - colloquially known as a 'bone dome'
- Garrison cap, also campaign cap, cunt cap, flight cap, garrison hat, overseas cap
- Glengarry, also Glengarry bonnet, Glengarry cap
- Hardee hat
- Helmet
- Jeep cap
- Kartus - a peakless cap worn by the Swedish army during the Great Northern War. Called the Kabuds by the Danish and Norwegians and the Kartooze by the Russians, nations which also adopted it
- Kepi
- Mirliton - a high tubular concave hat with a "wing", worn by hussars in the 18th and early 19th centuries
- Mitre
- Patrol cap
- Peaked cap, also known as service cap or combination cap
- Pickelhaube - a spiked German leather helmet.
- Sailor cap, also known as "white hat" or "dixie cup" in the US Navy
- Shako
- Slouch hat
- Tarleton helmet - A leather helmet with a large crest. Popular with cavalry and light infantry in the late 18th and early 19th century. Named after British military commander, Banastre Tarleton.
- Tricorn - Three-cornered hat synonymous with the 18th century. Worn by musketeers, dragoons and cuirassiers of all western armies, also often by French grenadiers (which was uncommon considering that most grenadiers at the time wore mitres or bearskins).
Officials and civil workers [edit]
Other specialist headgear [edit]
- Casquette or Cycling Cap
- Chef's hat, also toque blanche, or more familiarly, toque
- Coronet
- Cowboy hat
- Crown
- Energy dome
- Fire-hat
- Gas mask
- Green eyeshade
- Night cap
- Nurse's cap
- Printer's hat also pressman's hat
- Santa's hat
- Scrum-cap
- Shower cap, a flexible plastic covering to protect the hair from getting wet, as used when taking a shower.
- Space helmet
- Square academic cap
- Stormy Kromer cap
- Swimming cap, also "swim cap" and "bathing cap"
- Tin Foil hat
- Topor - Bengali men's wedding headgear
- Visor
- Wedding veil
National dress; association with a country, people and religion [edit]
- Aso Oke Hat - Yoruba people
- Barretina - Catalan
- Bearskin hat
- Beret - French, Basque
- Bhatgaunle Topi - Nepal
- Blangkon - Javanese and Sundanese people
- Breton, also Bretonne
- Chupalla - Chilean
- Chullo - Peruvian
- Clop - Romanian
- Coolie hat
- Coonskin hat - American frontiersman
- Cossack hat
- Dogon hat - Dogon people, West Africa
- Fez
- Feathered headdress
- Four Winds hat
- Fulani straw hat - Fula people, West Africa
- Glengarry bonnet
- Għonnella or Faldetta - Maltese
- Haida hat
- Kofia - Swahili people, East Africa
- Kufi - West Africa
- Leopard cap - Igbo people, West Africa
- Mandarin hat - Chinese
- Mokorotlo - Basotho/Lesotho
- Montenegrin cap - Montenegrins, Serbs
- Pakol - Pashtun people, Afghanistan
- Phrygian cap - Roman, French
- Qeleshe - Albanian
- Šajkača - Serbian
- Salakot - Filipino
- Sari - India
- Shripech - Traditional Crown of Monarch of Nepal
- Slouch hat, also digger hat, Australian slouch hat
- Songkok - Malaysia and Indonesia
- Tam o'shanter - Scottish
- Top hat - English
- Topor - Bengali men's wedding headgear
- Turban
- Tuque or toque - Canadian, esp. French-Canadian/Québécois
- Ushanka - Russian
- Welsh hat
- Zulu crown - Zulu people, Southern Africa, see kufi for information
See also [edit]
Media related to Headgear at Wikimedia Commons
References [edit]
- ^ Lewandowski, Elizabeth J. (2011). The complete costume dictionary. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 243. ISBN 9780810840041.
- ^ The Concise Scots Dictionary. Aberdeen University Press. 1987. p. 296. ISBN 0-08-028492-2.
