Hat

For more hats, see List of hats and headgear. This fact, and the distinctive M shape on the backside gave the impala its nickname as "the McDonalds of the African plains". Additionally, if the wearer often uses a rifle, pickaxe, or shovel, the side that the implement is used on will be folded up and pinned or clipped to the crown to avoid knocking one's hat off. Many species of predators eat impala. Note that excessive use of sandpaper will permanantly damage the hat. Their food consists of a mixture of grasses and woody species. Felt hats can be cleaned with a soft hat brush for dust, a damp towel for dirt, or ginger use of very fine sandpaper for persistent stains. They are common throughout Southern Africa.

Straw hats can be cleaned with a mild detergent and water. They are gregarious creatures and are usually found in herds, often a male with many females. Leather must be cleaned with special leather cleaning compounds. Exceedingly agile, impala are capable of leaping over 10 m in a single bound. Soft cotton or canvas hats can be cleaned as if they were regular clothing. They are among the dominant species in many savannas. As with any other form of clothing, hats inevitably get dirty. They can normally be found foraging around the Butagee of South Africa.

Most hats can be stretched by up to two hat sizes. Impala are among the most beautiful and graceful of the antelopes. Also note that in the UK, an equivalent hat size is an eighth inch smaller than in the US. The male has lyre-shaped horns. A numerical hat size is merely the average diameter of the head, determined by measuring the circumference of a person's head about 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) above the ears, dividing by pi, and rounding to the nearest centimeter or eighth inch. Reddish-brown in colour with lighter flanks, it has a white underbelly. Finer hats are more strictly fitted to a person's head and have a numerical size. An impala (Aepyceros melampus Greek aipos "high" ceros "horn" + melas "black" pous "foot") is a medium-sized African antelope, weighing about 50 kg.

Generally, less expensive hats will be a named size such as small, medium, large, and extra large.
. When a hat is made, it is also blocked to a certain hat size. Some hats may also feature a wire in the edge of the brim so that the wearer may shape the brim in any way possible. In this case, the brim is constructed so that the front or back can be turned up or down or in alternate directions and hold this shape.

A hat may also have a "snap" brim. It is important to support the hat by the sweatband to prevent distortion of the brim by either stuffing the crown with tissue paper or using something to approximate a head. Several hats may be stacked upon each other if they are of similar sizes and styles. They are simple cylindrical cardboard boxes with a fitted lid and are often covered in colored printed paper.

Due to the round stiff nature of most hats, special hat boxes were created to store them when not in use. Such a rolling practice was done for unblocked Panama hats, resulting in a distinctive crown with an narrow outward lengthwise crease. Some straw hats can also rolled up to fit in a tube. Hats that are not explicitly advertised as such should never be folded as they may be permanantly damaged.

Additionally, many soft wool felt hats are crushable or packable, meaning that the material can return to and hold its original shape even after being folded and put in a suitcase. Felt hats also vary by stiffness, depending on how much shellac is applied to the felt. If the hat's material is strong enough, it often can be reblocked to another shape.They also come in many sizes. Blocking the hat shapes the crown by applying steam to the material to soften the fabric and, once finished and dried, fix the shape of the hat.

Most felt, straw, and some fabric hats differ only by cosmetics, determined by how the hat is blocked, or shaped by a mold or by hand. Fabric, leather and straw hats are specially constructed to be a certain shape. Hats are made from a variety of materials, including wool and fur felt, twill, canvas, leather and straw. .

Purveyors of men's hats are called hatters and purveyors of ladies' hats are called milliners. Many hats are intended only for men or for women, while other hats are fashionable on both sexes. A hat may be either placed on the head or, in the case of some women's hats, secured with hat-pins (which are pushed through the hat and the hair). Hats are differentiated from caps by being more elaborate; hats have a high crown, a brim, or both and are larger than caps.

A hat is an item of clothing which is worn on the head – a kind of headgear. Ushanka. Trilby. Tricorne.

Top hat. Sombrero. Shtreimel. Pork pie hat.

Panama hat. Homburg. Fez. Fedora.

Cowboy hat. Conical hat. Cocked hat. Bucket hat.

Bowler hat. Bicorne. Beret. The upturned back is an innovation to prevent the collar of the wearer's coat from hitting the hat.

A typical hat found in the city has an upturned back and downturned front, a wide grosgrain hatband, neatly tied, and an optional feather. They have smaller brims of three or fewer inches and are flashy and made to stand out. Urban wear hat: Hats found in urban or suburban areas are intended to be more fashionable than functional. Sun hat: Generally made from straw, cloth, or both and featuring an excessively large downturned brim, this style is simply designed to keep off the sun for gardening, yard work, or lounging.

The last brim style has the effect of lowering the front of the brim to better protect the wearers eyes from the sun. Common styles include a safari style brim (with the brim turned down in the front and back) or a brim sharply curved up on either side. Made of felt or straw, they feature large brims (as wide as four inches or more) to protect against rain and sun and some are even designed to hold water in the crown. Cowboy hat: Though thought of as a consistent style, cowboy hats are simply highly rugged and utilitarian hats.

Peak or visor - A projection of stiff material on the front of some hats to shade the eyes. Hatband - a leather strip, ribbon, or string at the intersection of the crown and brim to hold the hat's size. Sweatband - the inside part of the hat, this is the part which touches the top of the wearer's head. Brim - a projection of stiff material from the bottom of the hat's crown horizontally all around the circumference of the hat.

Crown - the portion of a hat covering the top of the head.