Why in Europe they liked to wear cocked hats so much (4 photos)

Both the military and civilians were crazy about them.





These hats first appeared in the second half of the 17th century. Their used by Spanish soldiers during the battles in Flanders. They fired from long-barreled guns with wicks, and now they burned through hems of ordinary hats.

Then the soldiers began to turn up the fields and in the end it turned out something like a triangle. The French liked this style very much - trendsetters of the time. And they brought cocked hats to the yard King Louis XIV. Soon everyone was wearing cocked hats. Then they spread across Europe and the colonies.



The standard cocked hat was made dark, made of felt or beaver wool. In the army and navy, it was called the "tricorn" if it was necessary to emphasize the status of the owner, then a cockade was attached to it. Well, on the citizen appreciated her practicality:

The cocked hat was considered stylish and worn with wigs.

On occasion, it could be folded, tucked under the arm, or used to bow before a status person.

The tricorn was not blown away by the wind and it perfectly protected from the rain.

They were worn with pleasure for more than a hundred years, and then in France, the flirtatious rococo style was replaced by a harsh revolutionary Directory. She changed everything, including fashion. Gone are the wigs stockings and more. The cocked hat did not escape this either.





Napoleon Bonaparte

It was replaced by bicorn (two-cornered). Loved her very much Bonaparte, perhaps he contributed to the fashion for this headdress. Bicorns began to be worn only in the army, after a few decades they changed to shako. Civilians also quickly forgot about cocked hats and began to wear more comfortable cylinders.