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History of Red Hats

There are multiple threads leading to the hats we make today:
Norwegian red tasseled hats, known as nisselue, served as a quiet, visual symbol of civilian defiance and patriotism against the Nazi occupation of Norway during World War II.

This symbolic use of nisselue was likely influenced by:

The liberty cap, a red hat with a slouch top, was widely used in the 18th and 19th centuries as a symbol of revolution and freedom. The liberty cap was prominent in both the American and French revolutions, as well as many revolutions in South and Central America. In the United States, the liberty cap frequently appears in patriotic art and on official seals.

The liberty cap was likely influenced by:

Both the Phrygian cap and the Roman pileus. The peaked red Phrygian cap was worn in present-day Turkey as early as 800 B.C. and was seen as a mark of free men in classical Greece. The Roman pileus, worn by the goddess Libertas and often depicted on the tip of a spear, was placed on the head of an emancipated person during the ceremony of manumission, when enslaved people were formally freed.