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Baby, it’s getting cold outside, and hopes are high among hat salesmen for another brisk winter.
“The colder the winter, the better we like it,” remarked the owner of a Washington, D.C., hat shop. Last winter was just about made to order, he said.
After several years of near hibernation, sales of both men's and women’s hats have finally perked up, the National Geographic Society reports. For a while the winds of fashion were blowing in the wrong direction for the hat industry, even in winter, the busiest season.
“People were going around with cold heads, which isn’t smart,” said Burt Champion of the Millinery Institute of America.
Hat Warms Feet
Most doctors agree, saying that people should wear hats to keep their hands and feet warm. When cold, the body will go to any length to keep vital organs, especially the brain, warm. As the body concentrates on warming an uncovered head, extremities get left out in the cold.
The unprotected ear is also vulnerable. To honor a man who contributed to keeping ears warm, the inventor of earmuffs, Maine recently declared Dec. 21 Chester Greenwood Day.
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