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Exotic Hats In The Future, Present And The Past

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.

Even though we have advanced, the purpose of a head piece is still to protect our heads from rays of the sun and prevent it from getting wet by sudden rain showers. But not all the time we wear these because of that purpose. Sometimes we wear them just because we feel like wearing them and that it matches with our clothes and shoes.

Now when you hear the word exotic, it is defined to be originating from a certain country. And when this word is used, it brings an interest to our minds because it is something new and you just discovered it now. It brings an interest because it is not native to where you are living.

The fedora is one kind that is worn by a lot of people nowadays. This is worn either to formal or even in formal occasions. This kind has a soft brim or felt and has an indented crown. You might want to see the signature head gear of Frank Sinatra. That is how a fedora looks like.

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.

Now let us go to the Asian part of the world with the cone shape head pieces. Unlike a fedora and beret, this is made out of straw because it is what they harvest. Although there is another kind called the straw cap but the shape of this is what makes it unique.

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.

These are just a few head gears out of a hundred more. We have the sombreros from Mexico, Ushanka in the northern continent like Russia, kufi worn by Africans, the Tams by dreadlocked people, the famous bowler of Charlie Chaplin, war bonnets of the Native Americans, the fez from Middle East and many more. They all have their specific purpose.

You might want to have a hobby and start collecting all. They are more than just souvenirs but they are a culture. An each of those signifies an important culture that the place has. That item can tell countless of stories and memories that will live on forever.




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