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How hat fashion has evolved throughout history - Alison L. Goodrum
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In 1937, renowned fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli
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unveiled one of her most famous creations:
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a black stiletto with a pink heel.
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What made this seemingly ordinary piece so noteworthy
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was that it was designed to sit on top of a woman’s head.
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Created in collaboration with Salvador Dalí,
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Schiaparelli’s bizarre shoe hat was celebrated as an iconic contribution
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to the Surrealist art movement.
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Humans have been fashioning caps since the dawn of civilization.
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A simple bearskin cap from the Bronze Age is one of the earliest surviving hats,
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discovered in the Alps alongside Europe’s oldest mummy,
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Ötzi the Iceman.
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But we’ve found images of hats that are much older:
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some believe that the “Venus of Willendorf,”
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a Paleolithic figurine made around 30,000 years ago,
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is the earliest known depiction of woven headgear.
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Hats aren’t just for keeping heads warm;
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they can also be used to make political statements.
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Take the pileus cap, a favorite among ancient Romans and Greeks.
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In the Roman Republic,
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pileus caps were given to previously enslaved people as a public sign
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of their freedom
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and came to symbolize the ideals of personal and political liberty.
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In the 18th century,
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American and French revolutionaries seemed to have conflated the pileus
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with the very similar-looking Phrygian cap,
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embracing the Phrygian as an emblem of their cause.
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This is reflected in renderings of Marianne,
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a personification of the French Republic, who often wears a red Phrygian.
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Hats have also been an essential accessory for projecting status and power.
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In Western Europe in the 15th century,
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nothing conveyed royal excess quite like the hennin.
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Popular among the women of the Burgundy Court,
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these bejeweled headdresses were crafted from expensive silks
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and included variations like a flat-topped design
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and the daring double-coned escoffion.
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Hat height was restricted according to social rank:
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while princesses could sport meter-high hennins,
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noblewomen were limited to much shorter styles.
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And they weren’t without their critics;
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hennins were often targeted by clerics and moralists
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who found their flashy designs impious.
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Nearly a century later, Suleiman the Magnificent,
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the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire,
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became known for his bold military campaigns
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and even more audacious headgear.
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His grand bulb-shaped turbans
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were adorned with sparkling sprays of diamonds or feathers.
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His collection also included a grand four-tiered golden helmet,
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though some historians suspect it wasn’t actually designed for wearing.
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Rather, the crown was crafted to flaunt his immense power and wealth
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to his rivals.
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For other caps, the real story lies in their making.
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The sleek British top hat was first introduced in the early 19th century
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as powdered wigs fell out of fashion.
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Originally crafted from the fur of animals like beavers,
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hat makers would soak the material in vats filled with toxic mercuric nitrate
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to improve the felts quality and density.
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But prolonged exposure to the chemical in poorly ventilated spaces
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led many hatters to develop mercury poisoning,
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suffering symptoms like irritability, slurred speech, memory problems,
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and tremors.
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The figure of the Mad Hatter,
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immortalized in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland,”
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is a popular reference to this devastating plight.
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Thankfully, in the late 1800s,
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as more people became aware of the dangers of mercury,
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many countries began to ban its use.
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Over the following century, top hats, bowlers, and bonnets
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largely fell out of fashion as everyday wear,
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but one cap proves that hats are still big business:
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the baseball cap.
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What began as a practical part of a baseball uniform
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stepped off the field and onto the streets in the 1960s.
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The cap’s cost-effective, adjustable design,
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along with its easy integration of logos, badges, and trademarks,
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has driven its mass commercialization.
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In the United States, some estimate that baseball caps alone
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make up around 80% of the entire hat market.
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But as for the future,
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who knows what type of hat will capture our hearts— and our heads— next.
