Types of Headgear

Bonnet derives from the same word in French, where it originally indicated a type of material. In the 21st century, only a few kinds of headgear are still called bonnets, most commonly those worn by babies and Scottish soldiers. In addition, bonnets are worn by women as a Christian headcovering in some denominations.

Headgear, headwear or headdress is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on one's head.

This is an incomplete list of headgear (that is, anything worn on the head), both modern and historical. Herakles wearing a hat. Ancient Greek Attic black-figure olpe, 550–530 BC.

This is an incomplete list of headgear (that is, anything worn on the head), both modern and historical. Herakles wearing a hat. Ancient Greek Attic black-figure olpe, 550–530 BC.

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Hoods that cover mainly the sides and top of the head, and leave the face mostly or partly open may be worn for protection from the environment (typically cold weather or rain), for fashion, as a form of traditional dress or uniform, or in the case of knights, an armoured hood is used for protection against bladed weapons.

Traditional women's hoods varied from close-fitting, soft headgear (e.g. snood) to stiffened, structured hoods (e.g. gable hood) or very large coverings made of material over a frame which fashionable women wore over towering wigs or hairstyles to protect them from the elements (e.g. calash).

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