Headgear

Headgear also refers to the Irish musician Darragh Dukes.

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Headgear, headwear or headdress is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on one's head.

Related Topics:
Clothing - Head

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Headgear serve a variety of purposes:

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• protection (against impact, cold, heat, rain and other precipitation, glare, sunburn, dust, contaminants, etc.)
• to keep hair contained or tidy
• decoration or fashion
• religious purposes
• modesty; social convention
• disguising baldness
• distinction; a badge of office
 
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