Headgear, headwear or headdress is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on one's head.
Headgear serve a variety of purposes:
- protection (against impact, cold, heat, rain and other precipitation, glare, sunburn, sunstroke, dust, contaminants, etc.)
- to keep hair contained or tidy
- decoration or fashion
- religious purposes
- medical purposes
- modesty; social convention
- distinction; a badge of office
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