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history of hat?

The links at the bottom are broken. Hats UK seems to have disappeared.

The other link has moved: this is probably the correct one now: http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/HATS.HTM

Contents 1 Berets? 2 symbolism 3 Oliver Sacks reference is stretching things 4 Why was the shoe joke deleted? 5 Reference 6 Shouldn't there be.... 7 Graduate hat or "grad hat" ?

[edit] Berets?

Do berets have a place in this article? Notthe9 04:05, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] symbolism

[edit] Oliver Sacks reference is stretching things

The book by Sacks contains nothing relevant to a discussion of hats, so I removed it. Yes, it's about (among other things) a man who would mistake his wife for all manner of objects, one of which was hats—but this isn't Wiki-Google we're working on, people. If people want to know about Oliver Sacks' work, or about the stage play based on that work, I seriously doubt that they're going to start with the article on hats. Buck 20:56, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why was the shoe joke deleted?

Why was the shoe joke deleted, it should have been kept as a disambiguation.

[edit] Reference

This article has been referenced in an animation on Something Awful. Here be the URL:http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3633--NorphTehDwarf 00:42, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shouldn't there be....

An article on doffing hats? I looked about for such and was at a loss when it wasn't to be found. DrWho42 04:08, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Graduate hat or "grad hat" ?

A widespread opinion says that it is possible to find anything on internet. Perhaps ! But I disperately search an historical explanation about the origins and the "why" of this strange (and ridiculous) square hat used to put on the head of the graduated students of universities.

Who invented it ? When ? Why ? Symbolism ?

Thanks --Sonusfaber 07:15, 16 August 2006 (UTC)