Thursday, 16 May 2019

Exotic Hats In The Future, Present And The Past

By Charles Murray


Fashion industry has been booming over the past years. There are countless of brands that are popping out in stores, malls and even on the streets. One example of a famous brand is Prada. They even had a movie called the Devil Wears Prada. However, it does not just revolve in the clothes that we wear but also our accessories and shoes. It also revolves on the different kinds of exotic hats that we wear today.

Before it became a fashion trend, these are used to cover our heads from the heat of the sun or getting easily wet from rainfall. Nowadays, the purpose of them is not even used anymore. These are worn just because it goes well with how one looks and not because they really even need it.

Exotic means that it is originated from a foreign country. This is usually described on the different kinds of food we eat that are not common or even the kinds of plants we grow having trouble adapting to its environment. This word literally means that it is unusual and can spark an interest to a certain individual.

We all know Frank Sinatra and that he is a legend in the music industry. Michael Buble is even a certain musician who is following his footsteps like a younger version of him. Sinatra has this gentleman look usually. That look is wearing a blazer and the famous fedora, one example of that head piece. Most gentlemen are wearing this but it also evolved to be used in informal occasions.

Another kind is the beret. When one typically thinks of how a person living in France would appear is having that striped long sleeve shirt, a handkerchief in the neck and the beret. They are those round shaped pieces on top of your head that have a short vertical thing at its center. People who also wear them are by jazz musicians, too.

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.

Other than a fashion statement, what we wear on our heads might have to do with our religion as well. Moreover, those are the turbans or the Hijab for the Muslims. These though are more cloth like than being the traditional uses. These are made of either cotton or silk. And its purpose is for sacred protection.

There are a lot more hats out there. The fez from the Middle East, war bonnets by the Native Americans, the bowler that Charlie Chaplin wore, a tam used by some Dreadlocked hair people, the kufi from Africa, the Ushanka in Russia, sombreros by Mexicans and hundreds more. Each country and continent has their own style of head piece.

So when you start travelling, you might want to get yourself those as a souvenir. And when you do finally own one, you can show it off to people as proof you actually did go to their place. A head piece of yours can tell a long story and a good conversation starter.




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