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We do not have much information at this time about the headwear worn by Italian boys. Our Italian archive is limited and thus we can not yet contruct a chronology of headwear trends. We see Italian boys wearing many of the same fashionable styles worn in other European countries. Many of our images show boys without any kind of headgear. We wonder if caps and hats were less common in Italy than some other countries. We do not have much information on destibctive Italian styles. We have seen images of peasant boys in southern Italy wearing small red caps. We note some white-brimmed hats and other sailor styles. We also note some Italian boys wearing berets. We are not sure how common this was. It seems to have been more of a stylish garment worn when the boys were dressed up more than a casual style commonly worn. We have also noted a few boys wearing English style peaked caps. This style was also adopted by a few private schools. Headwear was for the most part gender destinctive.
We do not have much information at this time about the headwear worn by Italian boys. Our Italian archive is limited and thus we can not yet contruct a chronology of headwear trends. Headwear like other garments changes substantially over time. Here we see boys wearing white berets in the 1940s (figure 1).
We see Italian boys wearing many of the same fashionable styles worn in other European countries. We note boys wearing both hats and caps. Wde notice several different styles of both. Many of our images show boys without any kind of headgear. We do not have much information on destibctive Italian styles. We have seen images of peasant boys in southern Italy wearing small red caps. We note some white-brimmed hats and other sailor styles. We also note some Italian boys wearing berets. We are not sure how common this was. It seems to have been more of a stylish garment worn when the boys were dressed up more than a casual style commonly worn. We have also noted a few boys wearing English style peaked caps. This style was also adopted by a few private schools.
We wonder if caps and hats were less common in Italy than some other European countries. We suspect that seasonlity may have been a factor. One would think that hats were needed in the south, especially during the summer. Headwear was much less needed during the winter because of the mild weather.
Headwear was for the most part gender destinctive.
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