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The headdress once served as a symbol of authority, power. For example, in Ancient Egypt only the pharaoh could carry huge headdress made of a striped fabric, which the crown was put on. All others classes, except for slaves, were content with wigs from a vegetative fibre. Wealthier the person, the wig was larger and ringlets were more magnificent. In the Ancient Greece men, and women went with an uncovered head, only for the duration of travel would they put on a low round felt hat with fields (a swift-footed Hermes with such a hat on was represented as a god’s envoy on the frescos and in sculptures). In the middle Ages men, and women wore capes and raincoats with hoods. Hoods had diversified forms. Sometimes the end of a hood was so long that hung down underneath the waistline. In Middle Ages headdresses become an ornamentation and a luxuriousness goods. People prettified their headdresses with plumes (bunches of feathers), fur, tapes and jewellery. Ladies and a heap of men were wearing so called genin – high cone-shaped headdress. It is assumed, that genin was thought up by Isabella Bavarian and she had brought it into fashion in 1395. Only one hundred years later it had disappeared from secular clothes, but had not ceased to subsist utterly as masons begun to wear it. The skeleton for princesses genin was 3 feet high (nearby 1), court had it up to 2 feet (about 60 cm). A skeleton was made of a firm paper or starched cloth and fitted silk or other highpriced fabrics. The transparent veil went down from the back share of the genin. It often times covered the person. All the beaten out hair was only the little triangle-in the middle of forehead. They were of such height, that occasionally it was necessary to cut through doors in addition. Even heads of the heretics sentenced to burning were crowned with a cap with sharp top from a cardboard on which tongues of a flame and demons were painted. Later genin has got the form of a half moon or two-angled. From the East the fashion on turbans had come to Europe. Turbans have received wide circulation. They were carried both by men and by women. Persians named a turban a fabric, which tied a head. The Persians disseminate this headdress widely all over the Islamic world. In XVII and XVIII centuries the turban disappeared from European fashion and appears again only for the duration of a crusade of Napoleon to Egypt (a fashion an empire style) and once again for the duration of the Second World War. In Central Asia turbans were not permitted to be worn by time laborers and beggars, notwithstanding all other men from approximately 5 years and on wore turbans. The turban could be as a smart dress headwear and as casual headdress likewise and it could effortlessly be transformed to a belt. In the Middle Ages in Europe the cap became available. At the beginning it was applied for bathing and as a nightcap both by women and men. The man’s cap could have a long top, which was hanging down on one side. Later, men refused to wear this headdress, and only llamas were wearing it up to the end of XIX century. In XIV and XV centuries the French fashion overshadowed in Europe. Caps were long and sharp as cones. Men’s caps had been altogether prettified by peacock feathers. At that time, felt hats made by Russian hand craftsmen applied to be very popular. Since old days, east Slavs of all social levels wore caps a little bit extending towards the top. Peasants had caps with a high crown narrowed up at the top made of felt. There were also low cut caps with round fur band and velvet or brocade crown, they were known as murmolki. Dandies and tsar’s guards (streltsi) in XVII century wore caps with low fur band and the high upward pointed soft velvet crown. Most helpful customer reviews 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. |
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