Emperors Hat

Coronet, worn by emperors of the Han Dynasty.

This hat was worn by both emperors and empresses and actually 

I have listed this hat a from Han dynasty period but it continued on into later dynasties as well.

The Han Dynasty ran from 206 BC to 220 AD and is considered a golden age of China, it started Hanfu a written dress code which included hats, headwear and hairstyles.

This similar to the hat I previously blogged about is part of a wedding costume and made of mixture cardboard tube and shiny fabric and beads.

Qing dynasty Hat

This is a reproduction of Chinese Qing dynasty Emperors hat

The hat is seen in a painting of Kangxi Emperor in court dress wearing his dragon robes.

The Qing Dynasty ran from 1636 (or 1644 depending on what you count as the start) to 1912.

This hat is actually part of a wedding costume.

The hat is made from mixture cardboard, felt, shiny fabric, beads and what look like Christmas baubles

Party Fu

This is another Chinese novelty hat.

Looking through the odd hat book or two and websites, I can't really find anything historically like this.

The best I can come up with is novelty costume makers mixed Asian conical rice paddy hat with some oriental looking fabric and inventy this themselves. 

I as always may be proved wrong

Can be found Amazon, E-Bay and many other places for about £5 just search for Chinese hat

Way of the Dragon

Yet another oriental novelty hat

I now have 4 of these hats in different colours, they are all basically the same pattern, even the badge is the same symbol.

This style of hat I believe originates from the Chinese Qing Dynasty.

The best thing about these hats is they are cheap.

Dome Shaped Bamboo Hat

This hat was from a stall at Chatsworth Country Fair selling items mostly made of hemp, however, it did also include other items, such as this bamboo hat.

Bugatti Cap

This is a Bugatti Cap, essentially a flat cap combined with ear flaps like a trapper hat

It has earlaps that can be worn up making look like a traditional flat cap look or pulled down to warm your ears when the temperatures drop.

More importantly, the ear flaps tie together at the bottom with a button or press stud which keeps the hat on even in strong winds or while you're driving your open-topped sports car

Bugatti caps are normally made of a tweed fabric like this one 

I assume although I may be wrong the cap is named after the Bugatti cars which built its first racing car 1905.

Red Beret

Red Beret of this style is mainly worn by military police, commandos & paramilitary. 

Red beret is also a term used to refer to British Parachute regiment although they wear a maroon coloured beret.

Green Pith Helmet

This Pith, although it doesn't look it in these photos, is green or dark Khaki.

It also had a 5 pointed star badge on red background originally making it a replica of an NVA helmet worn in the Vietnamese war. 

(NVA = North Vietnamese Army)

These helmets continued to be used in Vietnam until early 21st Century

Gifted to my hat collection as Christmas present.