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Length – The length of the hood will vary with the level of academic achievement as well: bachelors wear a 3 foot length, masters a 3.5 foot length, and doctors a 4 foot length. [10] Generally only doctoral hoods are made with the cape or panels at the sides of the hood that lie cape-like across the back.
The neckband of the hood usually has a loop whose original function is to hook onto the button of a cassock. Since many do not wear cassocks for graduation, the loop is sometimes hooked onto a shirt button instead. However, since the hood is rather heavy this has a tendency to pull the lightweight shirt upwards.
Rear view of a Harvard doctoral gown and hood. Note the lack of velvet trim on the hood, which is a common feature of the hoods of other universities in the United States that follow the ICC. Rear view of four Harvard master's gowns and hoods. The master's hood is the same shape as the doctor's hood, but is slightly shorter.
The mortarboard may have developed from the biretta, a similar-looking hat worn by Roman Catholic clergy. The biretta itself may have been a development of the Roman pileus quadratus, a type of skullcap with superposed square and tump (meaning small mound). A reinvention of this type of cap is known as the Bishop Andrewes cap.
Academic dress of King's College London in different colours, designed and presented by fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Academic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, mainly tertiary (and sometimes secondary) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained a university degree (or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assume them (e.g., undergraduate ...
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Hoods are worn on the back as an indicator of academic status. These are of the distinctive Cambridge Full shape. The hood consists of a cape (known also as the 'tippet'), cowl and liripipe. The neckband of a hood is of the outer colour, with no edging of the lining material. The corners of tippets are square.
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