Feathers have always been popularly used as decorating materials for a variety of items. This is especially true in the field of fashion, where feathers have been used to adorn clothing for many decades. In particular, hats are some of the most common clothing items decorated with feathers. The first feather caps and hats were worn by men. Prominent men in society and government commonly wore hats topped with ostrich plumes, and men involved in the military also used hats with feathers that indicated the wearer’s rank. Leaders of ancient African and Native American tribes also wore feather headdresses as [...] Read more »