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2. International Hat Company - Wikipedia

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   The original business model of the company was commercial hat production of harvest straw hats. [3] On the micro-economic level, St. Louis had become a center of hat manufacturing during the Second Industrial Revolution. [24] In 1900, 129 businesses in St. Louis were producing custom hats for women, with approximately 600 employees in the ...

3. Straw hat - Wikipedia

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   A traditional Ukrainian straw hat. An ad for various styles of straw hats A straw cone hat worn by a Japanese buddhist monk. A straw hat is a wide-brimmed hat woven out of straw or straw-like synthetic materials. [1] Straw hats are a type of sun hat designed to shade the head and face from direct sunlight, but are also used in fashion as a ...

4. Walter Wright Hats - Wikipedia

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   At the beginning of the 1800s the Napoleonic Wars blocked imports of straw plait and hats from the continent so Luton's businessmen and women set up factories both large and small to supply local and national markets with straw hats. As a result, the town expanded significantly in size and population from the mid 1800s onwards. [1]

5. List of hat styles - Wikipedia

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   A straw hat made in Chile. Cloche hat: A bell-shaped woman's' hat that was popular during the Roaring Twenties. Coal scuttle bonnet: A woman's bonnet with stiffened brim and a flat back (crown). Conical Asian hat: A conical straw hat associated with East and Southeast Asia. Sometimes known as a "coolie hat", although the term "coolie" may be ...

6. Liangmao - Wikipedia

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   The design of the liangmao reflects its functions as a hat designed for farming and fishing: [4] The liangmao is made of a flat disc of woven bamboo and/or straw. [4] [1] [5] There is a hole in the centre of the hat which is trimmed with black embroidered cotton. [4] The lack of crown on top of the hat allows the head to remain cool. [4]

7. Breton (hat) - Wikipedia

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   Breton hat in straw 1950 swim fashion by photographer Toni Frissell, showing a Breton-style sunhat with upturned brim Princess Margaret wearing a large-brimmed variation of the classic Breton in 1965 Émile Bernard's Buckwheat Harvesters at Pont-Aven, 1888 – the Breton is said to be based on the straw hats worn by Brittany labourers.