Sign of the mind

More vulnerable parts of the body

protective function and fashion accessory.
Hats Through ages and their functions
Hats :---------regional and national costume.
Hats always functioned as more than just head
coverings
Hats were decorative accessories that could also
proclaim the rank and status of the wearer.
Some wide brimmed hats protected against sun or rain.
Veils and bonnets partially concealed the head, for the
sake of modesty, though sometimes these modern
styles enhanced the wearer and encouraged flirtation.
Minos:
Hats are believed to have originated in Minoan Crete. A range of
styles developed, including caps, pointed hats, turbans and
bonnets.
Ceremonies required special headgear such as the tiara, a toque
or a flat, round hat.
In the late Minoan period men sometimes wore a beret style
cap.
Greece:
Greek headgear, for men,
took many shapes.
There were several variations
on a cone shaped hat: a
truncated cone, a cone with a
small brim and an extended
truncated cone.
The Phrygian cap appeared,
too, in classical Greece. The
bonnet was another known
style, as was a hat shaped like
a pagoda.
Etruscan
A typically Etruscan hat was
the tutulus a sturdy,
pointed tiara style
headdress with a brim at the
front. Etruscan men wore
beret like hats that varied
in height.
Byzantium:
Farmers straw petasos is common by men. In court
circles men and women wore crowns and
headdresses designed by skilled jewelers. Church
dignitaries wore the infula a knotted fillet of white
wool which, as time progressed, became more
elaborate, ornamented with jewels and gold
embroidery.
Medieval
Throughout the middle ages the taste for adorn the head
fluctuated. In the second half of the 12th C the hood became
separated from the mantle, and was combined with a small,
shoulder length cape.
This was a practical innovation, keeping the head warm and dry
without impeding movement.
Hats featuring wide brims were known and often worn over a
hood by men on journeys.
By the end of the 13thc women began to wear a hairnet or
crespine (a band of fabric worn horizontally round the temples)
and the fillet.
But the 14thc, women also wore veils, made from a
semicircular piece of linen and draped to frame the face.During
the 14th and early 15thc a cushion head-dress became popular.