Hat: Origins, Language, Style, Book by Drake Stutesman

Hats turn up in almost every culture on earth. Over the centuries they’ve stood for some of society’s biggest ideas, think crowns for power, turbans for faith and bonnets for tradition, while also letting us show off our own personal style. This beautifully illustrated book tells the whole story of the hat, starting all the way back in the Ice Age. It explores how headwear links to the beginnings of abstract thought, how the crafts of millinery and hatting developed from the Middle Ages onwards, the rise of the superstar milliner in the 20th century, and the brilliant hat makers still dazzling us today.