Headgear
Headgear, headwear, or headdress is any element of clothing which is worn on one's head, including hats, helmets, turbans and many other types.
Headgear may be worn for protection against cold (such as the Canadian tuque), heat, rain and other precipitation, glare, sunburn, sunstroke, dust, contaminants, etc.
Some hats, such as Deep Blue Sea, are showpiece creations created more as works of art than as practical items of fashion, and may be worth thousands or millions of dollars.
Jewish religious headgear for men include small cloth skull-caps, called kippahs or yarmulkes.
Other forms of apostolic headgear include the mitre, biretta, tasselled cardinal's hat, and the papal tiara.
Buddhist priests in China wear the bao-tzu (more commonly known as the mao-tzu, 帽子 Mandarin màozi), the classic skullcap that is the most like the Jewish tradition.
Elaborate and costly versions of these eventually evolved into crowns, but fillets could be made from woven bands of fabric, leather, beads or metal.
A snood is a net or fabric bag pinned or tied on at the back of a woman's head for holding the hair.
In most of the United States they are required by law for anyone operating a range of vehicles including motorcycles, and sometimes extending to bicycles and skateboards.
Modern hoods are generally soft headcoverings which are an integral part of a larger garment, like an overcoat, shirt or cloak.
In medieval Europe hoods with short capes, called chaperons in French, were extremely common, and later evolved into elaborate and adaptable hats.
[medical citation needed] Turbans are headgear, mostly for males, made up from a single piece of cloth which is wrapped around the head in a wide variety of styles.
Turban is the best known word in English for a large category of headgear and general head wraps traditionally worn in many parts of the world.
Turbans for women are a popular choice during chemotherapy treatment as an alternative to wigs, hats, headscarves and headbands.
Each culture created elaborate head wraps for women and men using a shawl, headscarf, kerchief or veil.
In most Commonwealth nations, special wigs are also worn by barristers, judges, and certain parliamentary officials as a symbol of the office.
[13][16] Torres Strait Islander artists such as Alick Tipoti[17] and Ken Thaiday Snr create dhari as artworks.
[18][19] War bonnets, which usually include an array of feathers, are worn mostly by men in various Plains Indian cultures in the United States.
[20] In the Western culture derived from Christian tradition, removing one's headgear is a sign of respect, especially indoors, making oneself more open, humble or vulnerable, much like bowing or kneeling.
Wearing a kippah or yarmulke means the wearer is acknowledging the vast gulf of power, wisdom, and authority that separates God from mankind.
There is a common[weasel words] phrase that explains this, saying that "there's always something above" one who is wearing a yarmulke, helping one remember one is human and God is infinite.
A Talmudic quote speaks of a righteous man who would "not walk (six feet) with an uncovered head, the (spirit of God) is always above him".
Many schools also have this rule due to the fact that many younger men tend to wear baseball caps and this being in relations to gangs depending on the side in which the hat is worn.
