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A hat is an item of clothing which is worn on the head – a kind of headgear. Hats often have a brim, and 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). Depending on the type of hat, they are typically worn exclusively by men, women or by either sex.

1 Parts of a hat

• Crown - the portion of a hat covering the top of the head
• Bill - a projection of stiff material from the bottom of the hat's crown, typically forward, and usually for shading the eyes (also "peak")
• Brim - a projection of stiff material from the bottom of the hat's crown horizontally all around the circumference of the hat
• Spik - The inside part of the hat, this is the part which touches the top of the wearer's head

2 See also

• Tinfoil hat
• The Sorting Hat
• Chapeaugraphy
• List of hats and headgear
• Red hat

The neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote a book entitled The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.

3 External links

• Millinery by Jane Lowen