5/19/2019

What Are The Exotic Hats Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow

By Charles Murray


There is this quote from the movie Devil Wears Prada saying that fashion is not about utility and that an accessory is merely a piece of iconography used to express individual identity. That is all. If this does not ring a bell, then you might want to watch that movie. What an individual wears is the type of fashion he or she is portraying. This includes all of the exotic hats of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

The purpose of these before this fashion industry boomed was to cover the top of our heads from rainfall to avoid getting it wet and from the sun and its heat. But now, these items are not even serving that purpose anymore. They are used to be part of a fashion statement. You have probably seen a baseball cap worn the other way, an example of not being used properly.

Something originally from a different or foreign country is called exotic. If you ever tried eating fried spiders as a snack, this is an example of an exotic food because it is not common to familiar places. Example of exotic plant is one who cannot adapt to the new environment where it was planted.

An example of an exotic top gear is the fedora. It is either American or Australian. Back in old days, businessmen in America would wear these along with their coats, blazers and ties. For Australia, we can have Indian Jones as our figure. Aside from the leather whip and boots, his signature head piece is a fedora. But some calls it the Akubra.

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.

A typical Asian top piece is those that have a cone shape. What makes them unique from the beret and fedora is the material that is used. Asian cone hats are usually made up of straw because that is what is being harvested there in their country.

Now instead of fashion, religion might come into play on what put on our heads. It is their practice and is a necessity in part of their clothing. These are the Hijab and the turbans, mostly worn by Muslims. As part of the religion, they treat their bodies sacredly and that is why these were invented.

Getting to know all these head gear is like having a trip around the world. Middle East has the fez, Native Americans have those feather material known as the war bonnet, Charlie Chaplin and his famous top which is a bowler, hand knitted for dreadlocks called tam, an African kufi, the furry top in Russia named Ushanka, fun looking sombreros by our Mexican friends and a whole lot more. Each piece is a different style from another place.

It would be a great souvenir for one to have. It is considered a great one because it can tell a story to somebody. The story that deals with culture, ethnicity and even fashion is a good way to start a conversation. And at least one has something to talk about when owning these.




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