VAGABONDHAT-Casualhat,hasDobbstrademark.
VOLENDAM-SeeDUTCHCAP.
VULTUREHEADDRESS-AncientEgyptian.
WATTEAU(18c.)FollowingthetallFONTANGE,thesmallcapappeared.TheFrenchpainterandengraver,Watteau,showedthesmallhatinhisillustrations,therebysettingafashion.Thehatwasworntippedforwardtoaccommodatethehighbackhairstyles.
WEDDINGRING(1979)FrankOlive’sround-crown,rolled-brimhat,inshinystraw.Similarversionscalled"Kriziahat,""bowler."
WIMPLE(late12c.,13c.,14.)Theveilevolvedintothewimple,aclothdrapedacrossthethroat,cheeksandchin,leavingthefaceexposed.Theillustrationshowsawimplewornwithaheadveil.Certainordersofnunsstillwearthewimple.In14c.,theclothwimplewornwithoutaveil,pinnedovercoilsofhaironeithersideoftheheadwasknownasaGORGET.In1938,atoqueofPersianlamb,withblackgeorgettewimple.
WITCHHAT-AtthetimeofthepersecutionofwitchesinEngland,thecostumeofthetimesincludedthesteeplehennin.Thiswasremainedasasymbolofthegarbofwitches.
WATCHCAP-Knittedcap,navyblue,suchaswornbysailors.Caprollsdowntokeepforeheadandneckwarm.Formerlyinworstedwool,nowinsyntheticfibers.
YARMULKE-SkullcapwornbymaleJews.OrthodoxJewsweartheskullcapeveryday.Capconsistsoffourorsixpie-shapedpieces,andislinesorunlined.
ZUCCHETTO(tsookkettoe)Ecclesiasticalcalotte,skullcap.
ZOUVECAP-SeeCHECHIA.