First, put on your hat.
Wearing a hat is disrespectful to elders in some occasions, such as wearing a hat in class and disrespecting teachers. You can't wear hats and gloves in indoor communication occasions. It is considered impolite to wear gloves when shaking hands with people. When greeting people, you should take off your hat to show respect for others.
Hold a formal luncheon in your own home. Even if other women wear hats, you must never wear hats yourself. Besides, you can't wear a hat in an evening dress. Because the social etiquette book also mentioned: "When the West enters the house, it must take off its hat."
Second, the etiquette of the hat-taking ceremony.
When meeting, men should take off their hats or raise their hats to greet each other. If you meet the same person many times before and after the same occasion, you don't have to take off your hat repeatedly. Guests must take off their hats when entering the host room. On solemn and formal occasions, you should consciously take off your hat.
Third, the origin of the hat-taking ceremony.
After the age of Louis XIV, the act of taking off one's hat to one's boss and those who should pay tribute to one's boss became popular in the army as a etiquette. Nowadays, women's hats are regarded as a part of clothes. It is not impolite to take off their hats indoors and other occasions, but it is polite for men to take off their hats indoors and when meeting and greeting people.
4. Is there anything particular about wearing a hat?
1, under normal circumstances, men are only suitable for wearing hats outdoors, while women sometimes don't need to take off their hats indoors for the overall collocation of clothes. But in order to avoid blocking others' sight, it is best not to wear a hat with a wide brim.
2, the hat should be matched with clothing, for example, when wearing a western-style long skirt, you can wear a French hat, which can show a romantic, elegant and solemn temperament. If you wear a cheongsam and a hat, it will inevitably look neither fish nor fowl.
3, according to the individual's face and body shape, generally speaking, long faces should not wear high hats, round faces and short people are suitable for wearing slightly convex hats, and tall people are not suitable.
4, according to skin color, people with white skin have no strict restrictions, and people with darker skin should not wear dark hats. People with yellowish skin had better choose dark red and brown hats, while white, green and light blue are not suitable.