List of headgear
Headgear is worn for many purposes, including protection against the elements, decoration, or for religious or cultural reasons, including social conventions. This is a list of headgear, both modern and historical.
Hermes wearing a hat. Ancient Greek Attic black-figure olpe , 550–530 BC. Louvre Museum, Paris.
Hats
Leather flight helmet
Beanie or
skully and or visor beanie.
Bearskin ("busby" is incorrect)
Boater (also basher, skimmer, cady, katie, somer, or sennit hat)
Bucket hat , also
fishing hat ,
ratting hat (UK) or
Dixie Cup hat (US)
Busby , confused with
Bearskin (this is not a British hussar 'busby' but a German
kolpak )
Combination cap , also "service cap" or
peaked cap
Cowboy hat , sometimes "ten gallon hat"
Dhaka topi , also "Nepali Hat"
Eight-point cap , also
Gatsby cap ,
newsboy cap ,
bakerboy cap
Flat cap , also
paddy cap ,
bunnet ,
cloth cap ,
driver cap ,
golf cap , or
Windsor cap
Garrison cap , also "flight cap", "side cap" or "overseas cap"
Knit cap , also
knit hat ,
stocking cap ,
toboggan ,
toque ,
watch or
ski cap
Kippah , also
kippa ,
yarmulke , or
skullcap
Kufi , including the "Zulu crown".
Tembel hat , or kova tembel
Worn in the past, or rarely worn today
Shapes and styles of beaver hats 1776–1825
Men's
American fiber helmet – for use in tropical regions; similar to pith helmet
Anthony Eden hat
Beaver hat
Beefeaters' hat
Bicorne
Boater , also basher , skimmer
Boss of the plains
Bowler , also coke hat , billycock , boxer , bun hat , derby
Busby
Bycocket – a hat with a wide brim that is turned up in the back and pointed in the front
Cabbage-tree hat – a hat woven from leaves of the cabbage tree
Capotain (and women) – a tall conical hat , 17th century, usually black – also, copotain , copatain
Caubeen – Irish hat
Cavalier hat , also chevaliers – wide-brimmed hat trimmed with ostrich plumes
Chapeau-bras , also chapeau-de-bras – 18th- to early-19th-century folding bicorne hat carried under one arm
Chaperon – a series of hats that evolved in 14th- and 15th-century Europe from the medieval hood of the same name
Cocked hat
Colback – a fur headpiece of Turkish origin
Deerstalker – hunting cap with fold-down ears, associated with Sherlock Holmes , Elmer Fudd , Holden Caulfield , and Ignatius Reilly
Đinh Tự
Fedora
Arakhchin
Fez
Hanfu hats and headwear – ancient Chinese hats
Homburg
Kolpik
Labbadeh
Kurkhars
Litham
Malahai
Gugiuman
Işlic
Panama hat
Papakha
Pava
Peci
Pith helmet – for use in tropical regions; the American fiber helmet is a version of it
Pork pie hat
Shovel hat
Sidara – national Iraqi headgear
Shtreimel
Sombrero
Spodik
Keffiyah or sudra
Papal tiara – a hat traditionally worn by the Pope , which has been abandoned in recent decades, in favor of the mitre
Top hat , also stovepipe hat , chimney pot hat , lum hat , or (in collapsible form) gibus
Tricorne
Trilby , sometimes (incorrectly) called "fedora"
Wideawake hat
Umbrella hat
Women's
Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire wearing a Gainsborough hat , Thomas Gainsborough , Chatsworth House
Bandeau hat
Beaver hat
Beehive
Bergère hat
Ba tầm
Bloomer
Bongrace – a velvet-covered headdress, stiffened with buckram – 16th century
Breton – originating in 19th-century France, a lightweight hat, usually in straw, with upturned brim all the way round
Capeline – 18th–19th century
Capotain (and men) – a tall conical hat, 17th century, usually black – also, copotain , copatain
Cartwheel hat – low crown, wide stiff brim
Cocktail hat
Doll hat – a scaled-down hat, usually worn tilted forward on the head
Gainsborough hat – a very large hat often elaborately decorated with plumes, flowers, and trinkets
Half hat – a millinery design that only covers part of the head and may be stiffened fabric or straw
Hennin
Kokoshnik
Nón lá
Ochipok
Pamela hat
Pussyhat - a pink, knitted hat created in large numbers by thousands of participants involved with the United States 2017 Women's March
Tantour
Unclassified
The traditional bonnet of the Kilwinning Archers of Scotland.
Caps
Caps worn by men in the past, or rarely worn today
Caps worn by women in the past
Caps worn on ceremonial occasions
Bonnets
Bonnets for women
Old woman in sunbonnet (c. 1930). Photograph by Doris Ulmann
Cabriolet
Capote – soft crown, rigid brim, nineteenth century
Chip bonnet
Gypsy bonnet – shallow to flat crown, saucer shaped, and worn by tying it on with either a scarf or sash, under the chin, or at the nape of the neck – nineteenth Century
Kiss-me-quick
Leghorn bonnet
Mourning bonnet
Poke bonnet – Early nineteenth century, "Christmas Carol" style, with a cylindrical crown and broad funnel brim
Ugly – a kind of retractable visor that could be attached to bonnets for extra protection from the sun, nineteenth century
Bonnets for men
Helmets
Hoods
Capirote during procession, exist in various colours
Headbands, headscarves, wimples
An Iraqi girl wearing a headscarf in downtown Baghdad (April 2005).
Masks, veils and headgear that covers the face
Victor Oladipo wearing protective headgear
Orthodontic facemask being prepared for fitting to this adolescent female patient - 16 hours daily wear
Other headdress
Women's
Men's
Arab headdress
A white cap or skullcap: * taqiya , also tagiyah , gahfiah
covered by the flowing scarf: ghutrah , also gutra , smagh , shmagh , kaffiyeh , kufiyyeh , keffiyeh , keffiyah , kaffiye , keffiya
Kept in place by a band around the cap and scarf: igal , also egal , agal , aqal , ogal
Bandana , also bandanna
Do-rag
Stocking cap
Topor – Bengali men's wedding headgear
Upe
Visor
Jeweled
Ming Dynasty queen's headdress with cloisonné , pearls, gems, and gold
Wigs
Headgear organised by function
Religious
Buddhist
Christian
Hindu
Old Rajput man poses for visitors with a sword on his knees in the palace of Maharaja (Mehrangarh Fort )
Jewish
Havalim (חֲבָליִם) ropes that are referenced in Kings I 20:31. Used as a sign of mourning.
Kashket
Kippah or yarmulke
Kolpik
Migba'at was likely a cone-shaped Turban. This turban was likely only worn in the context of the priesthood and is cited in Exodus 27:20–30.
Mitpaḥat is a scarf that is worn on the head or hair, by some married women. Some wear scarves only during prayers, and others wear them in public.
Mitznefet was most likely a classic circular turban. This is derived from the fact that Hebrew word Mitznefet comes from the root "to wrap." This turban was likely only worn in the context of the priesthood and is cited in Exodus 27:20–30.
Pe’er mentioned in Ezekiel 24: 17;23. In verse 17, Ezekiel commands the Israelites to “wrap their” Pe’ers around their heads. In verse 23, Ezekiel tells the Israelite that their Pe’er's "shall remain on your heads.” ("Pe'er" (which translates into "splendor") is usually used to refer to phylacteries (tefillin ))
Sheitel is a wig worn by some married women in order to maintain marital modesty in public
Shtreimel
Spodik
Gargush
Sudra (סודרא) is a headdress, similar to the keffiyah worn by Jewish men in the ancient near-east.
Muslim
Sikh
Military and police
Barretina
Bearskin
Beefeaters' hat
Beret
Bersagliere
Bicorne
Boonie hat
Busby
Campaign hat , also drill instructor hat, drill sergeant hat, ranger hat, sergeant hat, Smokey Bear hat
Cap comforter , a woollen hat associated with British Commandos
Cappello Alpino , hat worn by the Alpini troops of the Italian Army
Caubeen
Chapeau-bras , also chapeau de bras – 18th to early-19th-century folding bicorne hat carried under one arm
Combination cap , also service cap, combination cover, peaked cap
Custodian helmet , headwear of the British police officer, ranks of Sergeant and Constable
Czapka
Fur wedge cap "Envelope Busby"[citation needed ] or Astrakhan, worn by Officer Cadets of the Royal Military College of Canada
Feather bonnet
Flying helmet – closely fitting solid helmet designed to resist impacts within the cockpit of military aircraft – colloquially known as a 'bone dome'
Garrison cap , also campaign cap, wedge cap, flight cap, garrison hat, overseas cap, side cap , field service cap
Glengarry , also Glengarry bonnet, Glengarry cap
Hardee hat
Helmet
Jeep cap
Kartus – a peakless cap worn by the Swedish army during the Great Northern War . Called the Kabuds by the Danish and Norwegians and the Kartooze by the Russians, nations which also adopted it
Kepi
Mirliton – a high tubular concave hat with a "wing", worn by hussars in the 18th and early 19th centuries
Mitre
Patrol cap
Pickelhaube – a spiked German leather helmet.
Sailor cap , also known as "white hat" or "dixie cup" in the US Navy
Shako
Shaguma - Yak-hair headdress used by early Imperial Japanese Army generals
Slouch hat – One side of hat droops down as opposed to the other which is pinned against the side of the crown
Tarleton Cap – A leather helmet with a large crest. Popular with cavalry and light infantry in the late 18th and early 19th century. Named after British military commander, Banastre Tarleton.
Tricorn – Three-cornered hat synonymous with the 18th century. Worn by musketeers, dragoons and cuirassiers of all western armies, also often by French grenadiers (which was uncommon considering that most grenadiers at the time wore mitres or bearskins ).
War bonnet , the feathered headdress worn warriors and chiefs of Plains Indians .
Officials and civil workers
China (historical)
Vietnam (historical)
Other specialist headgear
National dress; association with a country, people and religion
Afghan boys wearing traditional headgear. Kunduz , Afghanistan (June 2003).
A young Albanian wearing Qeleshe (also called Plis ).
Ti'i langga , a Rote islander attempt to copy the 16th-century European headgear.
Kimeshek .
Aso Oke Hat – Yoruba people
Barretina – Catalan
Bearskin hat
Beret – French , Basque
Bhatgaunle Topi – Nepal
Blangkon – Javanese
Breton , also Bretonne
Chupalla – Chilean
Chullo – Peruvian
Clop – Romanian
Coolie hat
Coonskin hat – American frontiersman
Cork hat – Australia
Cossack hat
Dogon hat – Dogon people , West Africa
Feathered headdress – Native American
Flat cap – English people and Irish people
Four Winds hat – Sami people
Fulani hat – Fula people , West Africa
Glengarry bonnet
Għonnella or Faldetta – Maltese
Haida hat
Irish walking hat – Irish people
Kimeshek - Kazakhstan , Karakalpakstan and Kyrgyzstan
Kofia – Swahili people , East Africa
Kufi – West Africa
Leopard cap – Igbo people , West Africa
Mandarin hat – Chinese
Mokorotlo – Basotho /Lesotho
Montenegrin cap – Montenegrins , Serbs
Lungee (Afghan Turban) - Pashtun people , Afghanistan
Pakol – Pashtun people , Afghanistan
Phrygian cap – Roman , French
Qeleshe – Albanian
Šajkača – Serbian
Salakot – Filipino
Shreepech – Traditional Crown of Monarch of Nepal
Slouch hat , also digger hat , Australia and New Zealand
Songkok – Malay -speaking peoples of Indonesia , Malaysia , Brunei and Singapore
Tam o'shanter – Scottish
Tarboosh
Tembel hat - Israel
Ti'i langga – Rote Island
Top hat – English
Topor – Bengali men's wedding headgear
Turban
Tuque or toque – Canadian , esp. French-Canadian /Québécois
Upe - Bougainville
Ushanka – Russian
Welsh hat
Witch hat - Galician
Zulu crown – Zulu people , Southern Africa , see kufi for information
By ethnicity
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Mongol
Vietnamese
See also
References
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