Types of hats

The custom to close the hair not only in the warm, but also in the summer, came to us from the depths of the ages. Once wearing or removing the cap had a magical significance. A woman with a scarf, hat or hat on her head was considered to be “covered”, protected by a man.

The cap, as the dictionary of the Russian language, derived from French, in turn, borrowed from Latin. It means a headdress designed to be worn by both adults and children of both sexes. In most cases, the cap refers to the warm option, although there are also light, summer caps.

All types, models and styles of caps are so diverse that they are quite difficult to even enumerate, but all of them can be classified according to several criteria.

• By appointment: household, special purpose (professional, national, religious, sports).

Household hats are hats that we see in public in everyday life, including special occasions: hats, hats. These are the hats have the largest number of styles.

Hats for special purposes are hats that are included in the set of professional or sportswear. As an example of professional hats can be cited:

• academic square caps (headgear for university graduates);
• hood, balaclava, beskorik, cap, foil cap, picks up - hats for different types of troops;
• kamilavka, skufiya, miter, cowl, kapello romano, tiara, galero - headdresses of representatives of various denominations;
• skullcap, kokoshnik, namitka, ablavuha, cap, cap, turban, hijab, kasa, yarmulka, bryl, fez, sombrero - national headgear;
• the builder’s helmet, the maid’s hat, the doctor’s cap, the chef’s cap — hats that are the entrenched and easily recognizable attributes of a particular professional activity;
• helmets, including riding or cycling;
• fencing mask;
• hat for skiing;
• visor (golf visor);
• baseball cap;
• swimming cap.

• By seasonality: winter, summer, demi-season.

For winter types of caps may include hats and caps made of dense materials (felt, fur, thick or multi-layered knitwear). Summer hats are designed primarily for sun protection and to create a beautiful image. These varieties include Panamas, openwork berets, light caps, light caps. Demi-season models are the most appreciative and diverse in terms of manufacturing methods, and in the sense of the materials used for this, and in the sense of, actually, styles.

• By age: adults, children, youth.

Of course, gradually the concepts of the relevance of children's models for adults and vice versa are increasingly mixed. At present, and for a long time already an adult Paris Hilton, you can see a children's hat with ears and a cat embroidered with a snout, but at the same time one cannot say that the girl looks somehow ridiculous. Similarly, at the photo shoots look beautiful ladies in wide-brimmed hats and young gentlemen in cylinders.

Youth hats - an intermediate version that looks great on people of different generations, if the other components of the image look accordingly.In this regard, older people even have a number of advantages over young people: a woman of 50+ looks remarkably like a woman in a cap, stocking and down jacket for a ski trip, although at other times she is striking with the elegance of the classic look with a veil hat.

• By material: fabric, fur, from yarn, from other materials.

What are just not made headgear:

• Fabric - felt, velvet, corduroy, fleece, jeans, tweed, knitwear, cotton, wool. The styles of these caps: all kinds of hats, beret, hat, bandana, cap-molding, caps with ears, helmet, hood, cap, baseball cap.
• Fur - it's hard to say what kind of fur caps are not made of (mink, astrakhan, rabbit, sheepskin, dog, wolf, beaver, nutria, fawn, sable, arctic fox, fox, raccoon). This section contains the bomber, earflap, hat-gogol, Kubanka, papakh, boyarka.

• Yarn - knitted hats, perhaps, one of the most common varieties, allowing to embody the most diverse and fantastic ideas (traditional wool or wool, mohair with silk, boucle and grass, yarn with sequins, calm monotonous or bleeding brain melange). Knitted hats: cap, large knit, knitted hat bomber, hat with lapel, hats with pom-poms of various sizes, turban, beanie, hat-tube, hat-scarf, hat-hat, hat with patterns (openwork, aran, ornament).

• Other materials: relatively traditional (straws, felt) and absolutely unpredictable (from feathers to diapers - it is from such materials that caps and hats for visiting horse races are sometimes created that amaze you).

• According to the method of manufacture: embroidered, knitted, felted, wicker.

When choosing a hat, you should be guided by a number of practical and aesthetic considerations:

• Versatility headgear. In the event that you need a specific cap for a specific image, then you should not come about universality. If you buy a headdress, which, according to your idea, will have to be combined with the maximum of your things, then it is better to dwell on some fairly traditional model of calm tones.

• Convenience. Naturally, buying a hat that is not too comfortable for a single, for example, solemn occasion, you can sometimes be guided by the immortal expression “beauty requires sacrifice.” However, if you are going to spend a lot of time in this headdress, then you should approach its choice especially carefully: study the composition of the material from which the hat is made (for example, if you are allergic to wool, you should not buy a headdress from this material, especially if it is assumed that he will move low on his forehead); the fit of the cap on the head is also important (if it is too loose, you risk losing it, if it is too tight and squeezes your head too much, then you will experience constant discomfort).

• Style. Buying a very fashionable hat, you should think about whether you can withstand the style in which it is made (note, not the style, but the style) - after all, the aforementioned Paris Hilton in a “cat” hat looks naturally just because her expression , and the manner of behavior, and in itself its way of life, all this, taken together, do not contradict one another. And such a hat would hardly look like a business woman in a classic suit with appropriate manners.

• Face type Probably, everyone already knows about the types of faces, but this does not prevent even stars with personal stylists from making mistakes when selecting hats. To be fair, it should be noted that sometimes these errors help to make an image extraordinary, however, in most cases, it is worthwhile to take into account not so complicated rules.

Ladies with a triangular face should better avoid volumetric caps, especially large mating with cuffs or looming over their foreheads. If you have a wonderful oval face shape, then you can use almost any style, but be wary of high caps that can lengthen your face. But this is a great option for chubby girls and women.

• Color type of appearance, growth and length of hair. When purchasing a hat (or material for its manufacture), pay attention to your own color type. It happens that the shape of the cap, and her style perfectly fit the girl, but when you put on it creates the effect of "loss of face" or as it is called, "you merge." This is especially true of fur hats, selected in the same tone with hair and fur coat. Brunettes fit white, purple, red colors. Blondes - the whole pastel range, but you can experiment with more intense tones. The classic black color of the cap can be quite insidious - such a hue requires an immaculate complexion; it can brighten even brighter all the flaws (uneven skin, ugly complexion, bruises or bags under the eyes).

Equally important is the growth of women. If a girl is fragile and short in stature, then a bulky and high hat is hardly suitable for her, which will make the silhouette disproportionate.

And it will be just as disproportionate if the corpulent lady wears a tiny hat - in this case, she risks to look like the notorious Freken Boc. Avoid these flaws will help you ordinary mirror in full growth, in which you can appreciate the entire emerging image as a whole.

Caps and caps with cuffs are suitable for short hair, a romantic beret or an elegant wide-brimmed hat is wonderfully combined with long straight hair.