(n.) A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire.
(n.) A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether with or without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Glastonbury has agreed to restrict the sale of Native American-style headdresses at their 2015 event.
(2) Saira, one of his several targets, is petite, though the wedge sandals and feather headdress may mislead at first.
(3) The Glastonbury website has since listed “Indian headdresses”, alongside cigarettes, candle flares and flags as items not to be sold in its traders section “without prior authorisation or discussion with the markets’ management”.
(4) She had a strong physical presence - reinforced by a variety of African headdresses and garments - a booming voice and laughed a lot.
(5) His recent discoveries include The Fabulus Of Unicorns , a troop of apparently polyamorous performers in horned headdresses, who are also one of the acts appearing at Guilty Pleasures’ newest venture, The Mighty Hoop-La , a festivalesque weekender that’s bringing some dazzle and dancing to Bognor Regis at the end of February.
(6) I think we all feel a huge sense of responsibility to do the right thing by him.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Bird’s nest headdress with Swarovski gemstones.
(7) If somebody came to me today – provided they weren’t wearing Arab headdress – and said the approach was on behalf of News Corp and … they wanted an ethical lawyer to come in and check they weren’t doing anything wrong, and there was a £5m sign-up fee, I’d probably do due diligence.” In July, Mahmood was suspended by the News of the World’s replacement title, the Sun on Sunday, owned by News UK, following the collapse of a trial involving the singer and former X-Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos .
(8) All three men are wearing traditional ghoutra headdresses and flowing robes.
(9) The clothes – a wedding headdress like an amphibian mating display, scarlet armour striated with sinews – were certainly more dramatic than the actors, and won Ishioka an Oscar.
(10) Dressed in a white dress trimmed with gold and a sparkling gold headdress, she sang her intro numbers with her knees bent and her head thrown back, undulating her crotch in a circular motion at the audience.
(11) But on Wednesday Ipso ruled that in the context of the attack, MacKenzie had a right to question Manji’s headdress under free speech.
(12) Stone is painted black in four of the pictures; in all she is styled to look suitably "ethnic", with accessories including a silk fringed headscarf and a black feathered headdress, just in case the message of black skin equals exotic otherness was too subtle.
(13) The headdress, rather than the dress covering the body, is special to the sufis; it is a long hat made to resemble the male generative organ.
(14) This article was amended on 15 October to correct the fact that headdresses may not be sold “without prior authorisation or discussion with the markets’ management” rather than banning the headdress from sale altogether.
(15) That melodramatic, all-over-the-shop approach to vocal melody just screamed “hippy” at me, and seemed to be the aural equivalent of shawls, beads, headdresses and candles, all of which I suspected Kate Bush was wearing or surrounded by while she recorded the vocal.
(16) Although it is only one UK festival, I hope that if we spread the news of Glastonbury’s decision online, positive discussions about the stereotyping of Native Americans and the headdress will grow in the UK and elsewhere.” Despite this concession, the festival has not followed all of the suggestions in Round’s petition: he also called on organisers to make “an official statement about the issue”, broaching a conversation that could “foster understanding and facilitate positive shifts in attitudes”.
(17) "We asked for a shabono , [a traditional gathering place for Venezuela's indigenous Yanomami] and we got a football stadium that not only looks like a shabono but has a rooftop that is inspired by the traditional penacho [headdress]," said Rodríguez of the 55,000-seat venue with sliding yellow, blue and red panels.
(18) One by one, the tribal leaders of the Brazilian Xingu took to their feet, wearing yellow and red feather headdresses and clutching thick wooden clubs and spears.
(19) When she reappears, she wears the traditional headdress which symbolises that a girl is now recognised as a woman.
(20) • Morning Gloryville is monthly at Oval Space, London, 24 February (tickets from £16) , morninggloryville.com Savage Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Yiannis Mouzakitis Not so long ago you could go to any number of nights in London and come across remarkably dressed club creatures in face paint, DIY headdresses, Spandex jumpsuits, household items – anything as long as it was somehow fabulous and Leigh Bowery would have approved.
Headwear
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) SIRs of similar magnitude were also found for men employed in the headwear fabrication and book publishing industries.
(2) The board also sanctioned the official use of headwear for women, after an experiment, and men, while experiments will continue on the use of sinbins.
(3) But now there's a new way to deal with street harassment that isn't limited to suffering in silence or dispensing of headwear.
(4) Again this square feels a little restrictive so we're going to modify it to “Stylish headwear” and power on.
(5) We have also recorded details about the use of headwear and conclude that horse-riding is associated with a serious risk of head injury and 'protective' headwear may not always protect.