Includes index.

At head of title: Design Museum.

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Monomakh's cap -- Rose Bertin, hat for Marie Antoinette -- Top hat -- Fez -- Bowler hat (Derby) -- Balaclava -- Hardee hat -- Victorian bonnet -- Stetson, 'boss of the plains' -- Chef's toque -- Trilby -- Edwardian hat -- Akubra -- Paul Poiret, turban -- Caroline Reboux, cloche -- Mr. John, veiled cloche from Shanghai express -- Elsa Schiaparelli, shoe hat -- Adrian Gilbert, hat from The women -- Lily Daché, turban for Carmen Miranda -- Christian Dior, New Look hat -- Svend for Jacques Fath, cocktail hat -- Marlon Brando's biker cap -- Baseball cap -- Che Guevara's beret -- Halston, Jackie Kennedy pillbox hat -- Cristóbal Balenciaga, spiral hat -- Kufi cap -- Cecil Beaton and Alice O'Reilly, hat from My fair lady -- Pierre Cardin, Cosmos hat -- Louis Osman, Prince of Wales's investiture coronet -- Kenzo Takada, floppy beret -- Bell biker -- Frederick Fox, Queen's silver jubilee hat -- Pork pie hat -- Vivienne Westwood & Malcom McLaren, pirate's bicorne -- Maria Blaisse for Issey Miyake, mesh floppy hat -- Philip Somerville, hat for Diana, Princess of Wales -- Stephen Jones for Vivienne Westwood, tweed crown -- David Shilling, Royal Ascot hat -- Beanie -- Stephen Jones, 'Wash 'n' go' hat -- Wide-brimmed sombrero from Four Weddings and a Funeral -- Philip Treacy, feathered hat for Isabella Blow -- Tweed flat cap -- House of Flora with Neil Moodie, Hairts/Iconic heads -- Hussein Chalayan, LED helmet -- Søren Bach, multicolored pompom hat -- Franc Fernandez for Brian Lichtenberg, helmet headpiece -- Luke Song, hat for Aretha Franklin -- Noel Stewart, ribboned cityscape hat.

Lists the top 50 hats and headwear that have made a substantial impact in the world of fashion and design today. From an early 14th century imperial crown to Noel Stewart's 2010 Ribboned Cityscape headpiece, each entry offers a short appraisal to explore what has made their iconic status and the designers that give them a special place in design history.