Headgear
Baseball caps as weapons
Baseball caps may not seem like dangerous weapons, but several caps are available for purchase that advertise their potential for combat.The BudK Night Watchman Sap Cap Extreme
contains "a pocket of unique impact material that is 100% the density of lead and which is sewn into the cap." So you take off the cap and smash someone over the head with it.
The FAB DEFENSE "GOTCHA"
Cap has a ninja weapon hidden inside it so that you will "never be caught empty handed."
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 29, 2014 -
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Category: Headgear, Weapons
Bulgarian goat people
No, these pictures don't show Sasquatches. They show people participating in the Bulgarian Kukeri ritual, meant to scare evil spirits away from villages. Though if I saw someone dressed up like this wandering through a forest, I might think it was Sasquatch.The Blood and Oats blog explains:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 01, 2014 -
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Category: Ceremonies, Headgear
Magnet Hat
Failed Kickstarter: Looks like only 3 people thought this guy's "magnet hat" was a good idea. Product page.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 26, 2014 -
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Category: Headgear
Headwear of the future
Not sure if it should be categorized as a hat or a face mask. Created by British designer Ana Rajcevic. [via RocketNews24]
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 22, 2014 -
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Category: Fashion, Headgear
Styling on the slopes
Ski mask by Emilio Pucci. From Life - Dec 7, 1962.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 19, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, Headgear, 1960s
The Mamoris Chair
It's an emergency helmet that doubles as a chair's backrest, during times of non-emergency. An odd but clever idea, if it saves lives. [mamoris.me]
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 03, 2013 -
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Category: Furniture, Inventions, Headgear
The Ammunition Hat
Practical and stylish!
From: Modern Mechanics, Apr 1932
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 17, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, Headgear, 1930s
Anti-Cheating Hats
What desperate Chinese teachers are resorting to nowadays. The hats would also make a great fashion statement outside school. [via ryot.org]
And here's what seems to be an American version of these hats (though the picture looks a little photoshopped):
Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 26, 2013 -
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Category: Education, Headgear
Bird Hat, part 2
Pictures recently taken at a Starbucks in Santa Monica showing a woman wearing a birdhouse hat have been circulating around the internet. As usual, WU is ahead of the curve on such things, since we've already posted about the 1968 predecessor of her hat. Though we'll need a few more sightings of birdhouse hats before we declare them officially "no longer weird."
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 25, 2013 -
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Category: Headgear
Budgie in a Hat
British actress Jane Bough appeared in TV series such as Upstairs, Downstairs (1972) and Anne of Green Gables (1952), but she may be best remembered as the pioneer of the "budgie in a hat," variations of which she to various horse races during the summer of 1968.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 08, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, Headgear, 1960s
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