Nell’ancient Egypt il Pharaoh he covered the wig with a red cap or white tiara, instead in Mesopotamia fur turbans or caps were common, as well as in ancient times Palestine Jewish priests wore a white conical hat. If in’Minoan age give it Cretans they created various and bizarre shapes, nell’ancient Greece and in’ancient Rome instead the use of the hat lost all importance.[1]
During the Middle Ages women embellished their hats with colored woven ribbons or flowers, instead for men there was a large hood that fell over the shoulders, replaced by Three hundred by a cap characterized by a pigtail that could fall to the right or left depending on the political and social position. It was precisely the fourteenth century that gave the origins to the modern hat and the Renaissance he elevated this custom thanks to the sumptuousness of the materials and shapes used.
With the introduction of wigs, the hat took on increasingly gigantic dimensions and throughout the Eighteenth century the tricorn hat with its characteristic three points became popular. After the short period revolutionary who demanded a return to simplicity, nell’Nineteenth century a sober fashion spread for men, while for women, bizarreness and extravagance became widespread.
In the Twentieth century bowler hats were born, the boaters and the floppy that had great popularity throughout the century.
