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A pillbox hat is a small hat, usually worn by women, with a flat crown, straight, upright sides, and no brim. It is named after the small cylindrical or hexagonal cases that were used for storing or carrying a small number of pills.
on ''The Fashion Encyclopedia'' website
File:Memorial Stained Glass window, Class of 1934, Royal Military College of Canada crop.jpg, A military precursor to the pillbox hat shown on a stained glass window in the Royal Military College of Canada
File:DorisDay-midnightlace.jpg, A publicity shot for the film ''Midnight Lace'' (1960), showing Doris Day in a pillbox hat
File:Princess Hitachi 1 crop.jpg, Japanese Princess Hitachi (Hanako Tsugaru) in a visit to the Netherlands in 1965
File:Pillboxhat.jpg, One of Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hats in the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
A pillbox hat is a small hat, usually worn by women, with a flat crown, straight, upright sides, and no brim. It is named after the small cylindrical or hexagonal cases that were used for storing or carrying a small number of pills.on ''The Fashion Encyclopedia'' website
History and description
Historically, the precursor to the pillbox hat was militaryheadgear
Headgear, headwear, or headdress is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on one's head, including hats, helmets, turbans and many other types. Headgear is worn for many purposes, including protection against the elements, de ...
. During the late Roman Empire, the ''pileus pannonicus'' or "Pannonian cap" – headgear similar to the modern pillbox hat – was worn by Roman soldiers. A similar hat was popular with the Flemish in the Middle Ages. In some countries, especially those of the Commonwealth of Nations, a pillbox-like forage cap, often with a chin strap, can still be seen on ceremonial occasions. The Royal Military College of Canada dress uniform includes such a hat, and similar caps were standard issue for the Victorian era British Army. Another cap called a kilmarnock
Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...
is a modern version of the traditional headdress worn by members of virtually all Gurkha regiments.
The modern woman's pillbox hat was invented by milliners
Hat-making or millinery is the design, manufacture and sale of hats and other headwear. A person engaged in this trade is called a milliner or hatter.
Historically, milliners, typically women shopkeepers, produced or imported an inventory of ...
in the 1930s, and gained popularity due to its elegant simplicity. Pillbox hats were made out of wool, velvet, organdy, mink fur, mink, lynx or fox fur, fox fur, and Animal print, leopard skin, among many other materials. They were generally designed in solid colors and were unaccessorized, but could include a veil.
Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, was well known for her "signature pillbox hats", designed for her by Halston, and was wearing a pink one to match her Pink Chanel suit of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, outfit on the day of her husband United States President John F. Kennedy's Assassination of John F. Kennedy, assassination in Dallas, Texas. Actress Natalie Portman wore a pillbox hat to play Kennedy in the 2016 biographical drama ''Jackie (2016 film), Jackie''.
In popular culture
*Pillbox hats are a satirical subject of the song "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" by Bob Dylan. The song first appeared on his 1966 album ''Blonde on Blonde''. In 2013 experimental hip-hop group Death Grips released a song entitled "You Might Think He Loves You for Your Money But I Know What He Really Loves You for It’s Your Brand New Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat" named after the title of this song.Gallery
See also
*Bell-boy hat *Pillbox (military) *Lika capReferences
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