Sunday, May 19, 2019

What Are The Exotic Hats Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow

By Charles Murray


Aside from technology advancing nowadays, also our clothing style is advancing. Each decade represents a certain kind of clothing style. In the seventies, the hippies wore those pants that widens at the end and have those flower crowns. For the eighties, parachute pants, jean jackets and high top shoes were the trend. Nineties had a baggy outfit like having large shirts. It has all evolved including our head pieces. So let us take a look on the exotic hats in the future, present and past.

The purpose of these before this fashion industry boomed was to cover the top of our heads from rainfall to avoid getting it wet and from the sun and its heat. But now, these items are not even serving that purpose anymore. They are used to be part of a fashion statement. You have probably seen a baseball cap worn the other way, an example of not being used properly.

Exotic means that it is originated from a foreign country. This is usually described on the different kinds of food we eat that are not common or even the kinds of plants we grow having trouble adapting to its environment. This word literally means that it is unusual and can spark an interest to a certain individual.

An example of an exotic top gear is the fedora. It is either American or Australian. Back in old days, businessmen in America would wear these along with their coats, blazers and ties. For Australia, we can have Indian Jones as our figure. Aside from the leather whip and boots, his signature head piece is a fedora. But some calls it the Akubra.

When you ask a child to draw a French person, they would either draw him carrying French bread or the typical clothes that they wear. The typical look is a handkerchief on the neck, long sleeved shirt with stripes as a design and the beret. The beret is that round shaped cap usually black and has a short vertical object sticking out at the center.

Let us jump to Asia and know of its type. They have the conical shaped head gear. The material is different from the fedora and beret. A traditional material like straw is what makes this piece unique other than its shape. Most of the users are farmers and those living in the rural areas.

Religion might be a reason to why one is wearing a certain top piece instead of fashion. These are the turbans for Muslim men and the Hijab for Muslim women. They are sacred practices in generations in their country. They are used to cover, protect what they think should not be exposed.

Getting to know all these head gear is like having a trip around the world. Middle East has the fez, Native Americans have those feather material known as the war bonnet, Charlie Chaplin and his famous top which is a bowler, hand knitted for dreadlocks called tam, an African kufi, the furry top in Russia named Ushanka, fun looking sombreros by our Mexican friends and a whole lot more. Each piece is a different style from another place.

So when you start travelling, you might want to get yourself those as a souvenir. And when you do finally own one, you can show it off to people as proof you actually did go to their place. A head piece of yours can tell a long story and a good conversation starter.




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