This type of hat has a number of differing styles. Mainly known and associated with the traditional baker, the flat bakers hat is pleated in the same style as a traditional toque but worn flat. The hat in this style gives an instant visual of someone with knowledge and seniority within the traditional kitchen set up and brigade system. Cons A soft round cap, usually of woollen felt, with a bulging flat crown and tight-fitting brimless headband. Worn by both men and women and traditionally associated with France, Basque people, and the military. Often part of [European?] schoolgirls' uniform during the 1920s, '30s and '40s. One of those who supported the idea of a national dress for Wales was Augusta Hall, a patriotic and wealthy heiress to the Llanover estate in Monmouthshire. Lady Llanover is said to have encouraged her friends and staff to wear the traditional Welsh outfit, and also won an Eisteddfod competition (an annual Welsh festival of music and poetry) in 1834 with a set essay on the benefits of preserving the Welsh language and national costumes of Wales – an award she accepted sporting traditional Welsh dress.

The Welsh hat ( Welsh: Het Gymreig) worn by women as part of Welsh national costume is a tall hat, similar to a top hat, or the capotain. It is still worn by Welsh folk-dance women, and schoolgirls, in Wales on St David's Day, but rarely on other occasions. Also known as a Gainsborough hat and garden hat, this is an elaborate women's design with a wide brim. Apple, Raymond; Great Synagogue (Sydney, N. S. W. ). (2008). Raymond Apple, The Great Synagogue: A History of Sydney's Big Shule , University of New South Wales Press 2008, ISBN 978-086840-927-6 (p.144). UNSW Press. ISBN 9780868409276 . Retrieved 2014-03-03.The Racing Post - Epsom Derby Dress Code". Derby.racingpost.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-03 . Retrieved 2014-03-03. The traditional toque, used in most high-end hotels and restaurants, as described above, is also made of paper but is much more hard-wearing and classic looking. It carries an air of authority and the impression of the wearer being knowledgeable and ‘in charge’. A hat made from the fur of the Qaraqul breed of sheep, typically worn by men in Central and South Asia and popular among Soviet leaders.

This distinctive choice of headwear is typically paired with a shawl worn around the shoulders, and a Pais a Betgwn - a puffy, petticoat-like skirt (in Welsh, the pais), and a gown (also known as a bedgown - or Betgwn - spelt in multiple ways in Welsh, but this is the most common current spelling). The gown can vary in style from long and fitted to short and loose, but always opens at the front. Webster's II New College Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Reference Books. 1995. p. 848. ISBN 0-395-96214-5.A traditional Korean winter cap mostly worn by women in the Joseon and Daehan Jeguk periods (1392–1910).

By the 1870s there was an interest in preserving Welsh language and culture and some gentry middling classes took an interest in wearing it at special events. This was also partly to support the Welsh woollen industry,' says Michael. Traditional, box-shaped, folded paper hat, formerly worn by tradesmen such as carpenters, masons, painters and printers.A square cap with three or twelve ridges or peaks worn by Roman Catholic (and some Anglican and Lutheran) clergy. Hat with a distinctly downward-facing brim similar to the shape of a mushroom or toadstool. Popular from the 1870s, but particularly associated with the Edwardian era and Dior's "New Look." A woman's hat of the Middle Ages. [6] This style includes the conical "princess" hats often seen in illustrations of folk-tale princesses.

Cunnington, C Willett and Phyllis (1959). Handbook of English Costume in the Nineteenth Century. Faber. p.93. In the present day, although still recommended from a food safety angle, within a lot of smaller standalone restaurants, the wearing of hats, in general, is no longer popular and the thought of seeing a full brigade in whites and hats is quite often not seen. James Laver once observed that an assemblage of "toppers" resembled factory chimneys and thus added to the mood of the industrial era. In England, post- Brummel dandies went in for flared crowns and swooping brims. Their counterparts in France, known as the " Incroyables", wore top hats of such outlandish dimensions that there was no room for them in overcrowded cloakrooms until the invention of the collapsible top hat. [10] [11] 20th century [ edit ] Illustration of a silk top hat in a 1915 U.S. advertisement. While few still wear the traditional cloth hat, due to issues related to air circulation and cleaning, many chefs wear paper versions, nontraditional hats (like baseball caps), or even no hat at all. Chef’s toques are traditionally white, tall and pleated, sometimes made of cloth, which needs to be starched to make it stand tall and more likely these days made of paper.

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In formal academic dress, the Finnish and Swedish doctoral hat is a variant of the top hat, and remains in use today. In Freemasonry, as practiced in North American lodges, top hats are often associated with the position of Worshipful Master as he is the only member allowed the privilege of wearing a head covering to signify his leadership within the lodge. However, the Master is not obliged to wear a top hat, and can wear whatever type of hat he deems appropriate for the occasion. This is because there are varying degrees of formality in different Lodges, from formal wear to everyday dress. It is also common for a Worshipful Master to receive top-hat-related trinkets and gifts on either the day of his installation or as a going away present. [25] In other countries, especially in certain systems in Germany, top hats are worn by all members of the lodge. When thinking of a chef and trying to picture the look, only one thing comes instantly into the mind of most people and that is, of course, the toque or tall hat worn by so many culinary legends and godfathers of cuisine. Pros