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The Outsiders

I am finished and i have and i have and i have and i have i have i have i have i have i have this i have this i havre this i hVE HIS I HAVE THIS I Have this i have this A hat is a head covering used for several reasons. It may be worn for protection against the elements, for ceremonial or religious reasons, for safety, or as a fashion accessory.One of the first pictorial depictions of a hat appears in a Thebes tomb painting which shows a man wearing a coolie-style straw hat. Other early hats were the Pileus, a simple skull cap; the Phrygian cap, worn by freed slaves in Greece and Rome; and the Greek Pestasos, the first known hat with a brim. Women wore veils, kerchiefs, hoods, caps and wimples. Structured hats for women similar to those of male courtiers began to be worn in the late 16th century.[4] The term ‘milliner' comes from the Italian city of Milan, where the best quality hats were made in the 18th century. Millinery was traditionally a woman's occupation, with the milliner not only creating hats and bonnets but also choosing lace, trimmings and accessories to complete an outfit.In the first half of the 19th century, women wore bonnets that gradually became larger, decorated with ribbons, flowers, feathers and gauze trims. By the end of the century, many other styles were introduced, among them hats with wide brims and flat crowns, the flower pot and the toque. By the middle of the 1920s, when women began to cut their hair short, they chose hats that hugged the head like a helmet.[6]

Hat design

Paris millinery shop, 1822

A hat may consist of four main parts:[7]

Crown, the portion of a hat covering the top of the head.

Peak (British English), visor (American English), or bill, a stiff projection at the front, to shade or shield the eyes from sun and rain.

Brim, an optional projection of stiff material from the bottom of the hat's crown horizontally

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