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When you think of summer hats, many of the most popular styles tend to be interpretations of classic designs from the past. Sure, one year they might be more colourful, another year they might be larger and more flamboyant, but they never seem to stray too far from the tried-and-tested millinery mould. But before considering the perfect summer hat for the current sunny season, ask yourself how well you really know your chapeau of choice. Yes, it’s time to put your thinking cap on as we test your knowledge of some of the most seminal summer hat designs.
1. A favourite style for men and women, there are surely few more recognisable hats than the Panama, but where does it originate from?
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2. The bucket hat has long been connected to music culture, from 1960s mods to Oasis and the Stone Roses in the 1990s. From which tweed hat is it descended?
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3. The straw boater is a quintessential icon of British millinery – once dubbed the English Panama. Popularised in the late 19th century, it actually originates from…
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4. Not far removed from the boater is the pork pie hat, popular among jazz, blues and ska musicians alike. More recently, the hat was popularised by the character Walter White in which groundbreaking television series?
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5. With its shortened brim, this style chimaera is part trilby, part fedora and part pork pie. It might not offer much in terms of skin protection, but its design credentials still make it a valid choice on less sunny days. But what is it popularly called?
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6. Known as the ‘Boss of the Plains’, this hat design from John B. Stetson in 1865 was the first incarnation of a classic style better known today as what?
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7. The classic cowboy hat shape we know today features a crease in the crown as well as a rolled brim. Which actor later dubbed it “The hat that won the West”?
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8. The bold design of the vueltiao hat from Latin America – woven from fibres of the caña fleche plant, is rooted in folk traditions, while still appearing strikingly modern with its monochrome pattern. It is a national symbol of which country?
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9. The Asian conical hat, also called the Asian rice hat, is an ingenious creation, offering protection from sun and rain as well as cooling the wearer. With designs common to most Asian countries, a metal version was even worn by…
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10. The visor cap offers the advantage of greater shade to protect the eyes and face with ventilation for the top of the head. The hat’s name, meanwhile, derives from the Latin word ‘visus’ meaning…
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11. Bigger is almost always better for fans of the wide-brimmed floppy hat, but its essential shape is drawn from which classic hat design?
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12. One of the most iconic of all hats, the beret is not typically thought of as a summer hat, but it still works if worn lightly or to the side more as a hair accessory to avoid overheating the wearer. It was first associated with which group?
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13. Unlucky thirteen? Hardly, not when the baseball cap has effortlessly conquered the world over the past 160 years. Early designs date back to the 1860s, but which baseball team is believed to have worn the hat first?
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