The legendary tuxedo hat: what is it?

To some regret, to the modern man only echoes of the former glory of the legendary peasant cap have come down. Now it is problematic even to find the most complete information about the origin and history of this headdress. So what is a tuxedo hat, who and when it wore, are there any modern analogues of this product?

A beige hat. History

Of course, in order to learn something better, you need to look into the history. It is there that you can learn the most unexpected and interesting, but for some reason unknown facts.

So, the hats. What do they do and why are they called? According to the definition, the "fox" is the fur of a young, monthly or semi-annual calf of a reindeer. Their color is mostly light or dark brown.

According to some historical data, pre-revolutionary hat hats were worn exclusively by St. Petersburg students who studied at the Fontanka in the Imperial College of Law. These headdresses supplemented the green student uniforms and made their owners look like chizha. Therefore, the guys who wore this form, called the people "chizhik-zhyzhik." Hence, by the way, and the roots of the well-known to each child songs about the chihuika-pyzhik.

A dapple hat in the USSR

His "second youth" was made in the time of Brezhnev. In the 1960s-1980s, it became an invariable symbol of the party elite. Then get in the sales network, this headgear was almost impossible even with a decent "blat". Therefore, the cap-tiger was an unattainable dream of a simple Soviet laborer. A certain Konstantin Voinov even took down in his time the landmark movie "Cap", which tells how an ordinary writer died of a stroke when he found out that instead of a crocheted cap he would get the most ordinary and cheap one.

The times when the tuxedo hat went down in history came with the coming to power of Gorbachev. It was then that it was replaced by the famous caps-pies with small lapels.

A few interesting facts about crocheted hats

Such hats, as well as many other things, were practically unattainable and the most desired thing for any citizen of the USSR. They were taken out with great difficulty, they were taken care of, they were shamelessly forged. Therefore, this hat was the subject of discussion, jokes and gossip.

It is known that the tuxedo cap was one of the many symbols of the Brezhnev era. It was worn mainly by higher ranks. And sometimes there were whole party quarters, where these headdresses were worn everywhere. For example, in Minsk - Voiskova and Broneva Lanes, Pulikhova Street.

In 1956, at the 12th World Olympic Games, the USSR athletes were dressed in dandy pyshyk hats. So the rulers in the Central Committee wished after seeing the previous - Swiss - competitions, in which ours looked rather poor. And the tuxedo cap (photos of athletes in this headgear flew almost the whole world) has become even more popular.

Why, in the USSR, does the pyzhik stand, and the rabbits go?

The selectivity of the tuxedo hats and their purpose exclusively for top management gave rise to an interesting playful defining expression: "Why do rabbits go to the USSR, but what about pyzhikov?"

This anecdote was asked as a joke in the days of the USSR and perestroika. The answer to it is quite simple. In Brezhnev's times, the whole party elite flaunted in such hats, including the General Secretary. As a rule, on numerous Soviet parades they stood on the background of the famous Kremlin and watched the unfolding action from above. At the same time, below, cheap and common rabbit caps were marched by servicemen and ordinary citizens of a great country. Therefore, this interesting puzzle appeared, which characterizes the situation of people in a difficult, but very entertaining time.

Famous crocheted hats. Of what do?

As it was said a little earlier, the fox is a cub of a reindeer. His fur is soft and thick with fluff. Also, it is elastic and shiny, which is especially important for cutting. These skins are much larger than other materials, of which hats are usually made. The width of the material is 30-40 cm, and its length reaches 50-60 cm.

The cap can be sewn from one or more skins. It is from this that it depends which way is best used in a particular case. The basic rule is that all parts must be located along the ridge of the selected skin when cutting. Some ask the question: "What do the hats made of, if there is one whole skin?" In this case, the visor is cut out from the spinal part, headphones and on the back - from the cervical and the rests of the spinal part, and from the remaining parts, the substitute parts of the dress are cut out.

If two skins are used, the direction of fur growth should be taken into account. At the same time, from the more qualitative material, the front parts are milled, the rest goes to the undercut side.

The work depends only on the size of the existing bug. If desired, you can find a step-by-step instruction with detailed and illustrated descriptions.