![]() ![]() ![]() French tradition states that a chef’s hat should have 100 pleats, to represent the number of different ways in which a great chef can prepare eggs.Ĭloche: Close-fitting women’s hat. The 25th of November is St Catherine’s Day.Ĭaul: Historical term for a net or close-fitting indoor head-dress, or the plain back part of the same.Ĭavalier hat: A wide-brimmed, plumed hat worn by cavaliers in the 17th century: the right side of the brim was pinned up to the crown so that the wearer’s sword arm could move freely above the shoulder.Ĭhef’s hat or toque: White, starched bonnet with tall crown. Named after St Catherine the patron saint of milliners. Produces a reddish-yellow colour which is the origin of the name.Ĭatherinette: French term for milliners who are still unmarried at the age of twenty-five. Flat brimmed felt with the crown ‘pinched’ to form four indentations.Ĭap: A hat with a small brim or peak at the front.Ĭapeline: Roughly shaped crown and brim of felt or straw, to be blocked into hat shape.Ĭarroting: Preliminary treatment of wool or fur with acids, to curl the hairs before felting. Once used by milliners to make blocks for limited use.īumping: Term used for the process of final felting of a hood, further compressing and felting of hoods done in a bumping machine.Ĭalotte: A close-fitting skull cap as worn by the Roman Catholic Clergy.Ĭanadian Mountie’s Hat: Official head-dress of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In the USA it is known as a Derby and was very popular at the turn of the last century, and has even been called“The Hat that Won the West!”īreton: Hat with domed crown and brim turned-up all around.īridal veil: White or ivory veil, worn during wedding ceremony.īuckram: Stiff netting used to make hats. Named after Thomas and William Bowler, London hat-makers, who produced it for James Lock & Co. Traditionally, made of stiffened straw braid.īonnet rouge: Red cap worn during the French Revolution, as a symbol of liberty.īowler: Oval hat with round, rigid crown and a curved brim. Originally worn by baseball players, now worn as a general leisure hat.īeaver: An expensive felt hat made from felted beaver fur.īearskin: (Busby) A large, furry, high crowned helmet, which is part of the ceremonial uniform worn by the British Brigade of Guards.īeret: Soft brimless hat made from felt, felted jersey or fabric.īest stuff: 19th century term for rabbit fur, including the backs and the best parts of the sides mixed together for felting.īicorne: Hat of the late 18th and early 19th century: wide brims were folded up to form two points.īiretta: Square brimless hat worn by clergy, the crown has three or four projections.īlock: A wooden form used as a mould to shape a brim or crown by hand.īlocking: Is the term used to describe the action of moulding a hat shape.īoater: Flat-topped hat with small flat brim. ![]() Abaca: (Musa textilis) A plant of the banana family, grown in the Philippines, that produces the fibre used in the production of sisal and sinamay.Īmmana: Large wound turban worn by Muslims.īandeau: A headband of material, structured or unstructured.īaseball cap: Cloth cap with a long peak or brim. ![]()
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