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Straw hat

For the 1974 Soviet film see The Straw Hat
The Straw Hat

The Straw Hat is a 1974 in film Soviet musical comedy film directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze based on a Un chapeau de paille d'Italie by Eugene Labiche....
. For the crew from One Piece
One Piece

is a Japanese shonen manga written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, that has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine since August 4, 1997....
, see Straw Hat Pirates.

A straw hat can refer to any brimmed hat

Hat

A hat is a headcovering. It may be worn for protection against the elements, for religious reasons, for safety, or as a fashion accessory. In the past, hats were an indicator of social status....
that is woven out of straw

Straw

Straw is an agricultural by-product, the dry wikt:stalk of a cereal plant, after the grain or seed has been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat....
. This hat is designed to protect the head from the sun, as well as protect against heatstroke.

There are several styles of straw hats, but all of them are made of woven straw. Many of these hats are formed in a similar way to felt hats; they are softened by steam or by submersion in hot water, and then formed by hand or over a block.

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Hat

Straw

History

Straw hats have been worn consistently in Europe in the Summer since antiquity, and arguably are the least-changed form of headgear, since many medieval examples would draw no special attention if worn today. Many are to be seen in the famous calendar miniatures of the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

The Tr?s Riches Heures du Duc de Berry or simply the Tr?s Riches Heures is a richly decorated Book of Hours commissioned by John, Duke of Berry around 1410....
, worn by all classes, mostly by men. The Middle Ages also produced, among the more fashionably dressed, possibly the most spectacular straw hats ever seen on men in the West, notably those worn in the Arnolfini Portrait

Arnolfini portrait

The Arnolfini Portrait is a painting in oil paint on oak panel executed by the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck in 1434. Among other titles, it is also known as "The Arnolfini Wedding", "The Arnolfini Marriage", "The Arnolfini Double Portrait" or the "Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife"....
of 1434 by Jan van Eyck

Jan van Eyck

Jan van Eyck or Johannes de Eyck was an Early Netherlandish painting active in Bruges and considered one of the best Northern European painters of the 15th century....
(tall, stained black) and by Saint George

Saint George

Saint George of Lydda was according to tradition, a Roman soldier in the Guard of Emperor Diocletian, venerated as a Christian martyr.In Hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, and the Eastern Catholic Churches....
in a painting by Pisanello

Pisanello

Pisanello , known professionally as Antonio di Puccio Pisano or Antonio di Puccio da Cereto, also erroneously called Vittore Pisano by Giorgio Vasari, was one of the most distinguished painters of the early Italian Renaissance and Quattrocento....
of around the same date (left). In the middle of the 18th century it was fashionable for rich ladies to dress as country girls with a wide brimmed straw hat to complete the look.

Types of straw hats

Straw hats are commonly blocked into shapes usually found in felt hats.

Panama hat
Panama hat

A Panama hat or just Panama is a traditional brimmed hat of Ecuadorian origin that is made from the plaited leaves of the toquilla straw plant ....
- a fine and expensive hat made in Ecuador
Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the , literally, "Republic of the equator") is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west....
.
Conical hat
Conical straw hat

The conical hat, sedge hat, rice hat, paddy hat or coolie hat is a simple style of straw hat originating in East Asia and Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam, China, Japan and Korea, Cambodia, and Indonesia....
- the distinctive hat worn primarily by farmers in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia....
.
Boater hat
Boater (hat)

A boater is a kind of hat associated with sailing and boating.It is normally made of sennit straw and has a stiff or soft flat crown and brim, typically with a ribbon around the crown, which is often in colours representing a school, rowing crew or similar institution....
- a formal straw hat with a flat top and brim.