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The "Wuxia Hat" - How historical are these?
The cone-shaped straw hat seems endemic to all of east asia, but I've seen this particular style where there's a hole or an indent for the topknot only in a handful wuxia and historical dramas. Is this an actual historical style of hat, or something that tv producers made up? if so, why - was the cone-shaped hat not actually worn in dynastic china? were there not many wide-brimmed hats worn at all? I'm super interested in practical / ordinary historical clothing, so this has been bothering me for a while.
u/Yaldabaoth_Rex — 12 days ago