Types of headgear: how to know and recognize the various hat models, between different brim, shapes and styles, from the cap to the stupid.
But how many types of headgear are there? The hat is an accessory that gives so many joys but also some pain to women all over the world. Between wide or narrow brims, visors, beautiful but uncomfortable shapes, others very comfortable but not very appreciable: types of hats exist in hundreds, and it is important to know them all to make the best choices according to the occasion! If you don’t know how to distinguish a borsalino from a boater, maybe it’s worth taking a review. Here are the names and hat models that you just can’t help but know!
Types of hats: models without brim
Let’s start with the hat most loved by guys who follow street style, that is baseball cap. This is the typical visor hat used by baseball players, but also by lovers of hip hop culture.
We often know the names of hats, but we cannot connect them to the actual type of headdress. Who in fact does not know what a Basque? Almost become a political symbol for the iconic image of Che Guevara, it is a hat that is actually linked above all to the French imagination and to an elegant and artistic style suitable for the most beautiful walks in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower!
Directly from cold Russia, however, we have the colbacco, one of the most suitable hats to protect yourself from the cold. It is a headgear with large ear protectors, a very warm and basically fur padding.
Then there is the beanie, also known as headset (or in some areas like zuccotto), a great classic that in Italian is difficult to identify. It is the typical winter hat, a cuddle for the head thanks to the wool and cashmere with which it is made.
Then there is the bucket hat (bucket hat), known by most as a fisherman’s hat. A model that comes back into vogue every few years, always finding new life. Now it seems to suit especially those looking for an urban look.
Similar in shape to the fisherman’s hat is the Bell, a typical 1920s headdress. It is an elegant hat that resembles a bell, and fits perfectly with certain clothing. Below is a template irresistible:
For those who feel noble at heart, and not only, the most suitable headgear is instead the pillbox, a small hat with a rigid shape that rests on the head giving a look that is not only vintage, but also chic. Or more. To watch to believe:
And let’s close this first roundup with the stupid, a hat that resembles the typical Sicilian flat cap, but with a more structured shape and with a strictly visible visor. Its name derives from that of a military hat.
The name of hats with a narrow or wide brim
If there are many models of headgear without brim, there are even more with wide or narrow brim. Among these, we start from pamela. It is usually a straw hat, characterized by a flat and very wide brim, ideal for those who do not want to be hit by a sun ray.
Similar, but strictly made of straw (at least for the warm months), is the boater hat, la scourer, another hat with a medium-wide brim but softer than the previous one.
On the other hand, for more elegant occasions, and not necessarily for the beach, one of the most popular wide-brimmed hats is the borsalino, capable of breaking up jeans or biker outfits. It should be emphasized that in this case the name changes if the brim is 6 centimeters. If it increases to 8 it is fedora, while the name of trilby is assigned to hats with a very narrow brim.
