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The traditional chef’s hat (or chef’s whites) includes a toque Blanche (“white hat”), white double-breasted jacket, pants in a black-and-white houndstooth pattern[citation…

A dunce is a person considered incapable of learning. Dunces are often comedically shown wearing paper…

Chullo hat (Spanish pronunciation:, from Aymara: ch’ullu) is an Andean style of hat with earflaps, made from vicuña, alpaca, llama or sheep’s wool.[1] Alpaca has wool-like qualities that help…

A turban (from Persian, dual-band; via Middle French turban) is a type of headwear based on cloth winding. Featuring many variations, it is…

In various European countries, student caps of different types are, or have been, worn either as a marker of…

A top hat, high hat, cylinder hat, or topper is a tall, flat-crowned hat for men traditionally associated with formal wear in Western dress codes, meaning white…

A trucker hat, mesh cap or netback cap is a type of baseball cap. It is also sometimes known as a…

The kofia hat is a brimless cylindrical cap with a flat crown, worn by men in East Africa, especially Swahili-speaking cultures.…

The peaked cap, service cap, forage cap, barracks cover or combination cap is a form of headgear worn by the armed forces…

A bucket hat (variations of which include the fisherman’s hat, Irish country hat and session hat) is a hat with a wide, downward-sloping brim.…