This heading covers hats and headgear (whether or not lined or trimmed) made directly by knitting or crocheting (whether or not fulled or felted), or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric in the piece, whether or not the fabric has been oiled, waxed, rubberised or otherwise impregnated or coated.
It also includes hat-shapes made by sewing, but not hat-shapes or headgear made by sewing or otherwise assembling plaits or strips (heading 65.04). This heading also covers felt and other felt headgear, made from the hat bodies, hoods or plateaux (felt discs) of heading 65.01, including hoods which have simply been blocked to shape and hoods with made brims. The articles are classified here whether or not they have been lined or trimmed. They include :(1) Hats, whether or not trimmed with ribbons, hat pins, buckles, artificial flowers, foliage or fruit, feathers or other trimmings of any material. Headgear of feathers or artificial flowers is excluded (heading 65.06). (2) Berets, bonnets, skull-caps and the like. These are usually made directly by knitting or crocheting, and are frequently fulled (e.g., basque berets). (3) Certain oriental headgear (e.g., fezzes). These are usually made directly by knitting or crocheting, and are frequently fulled . (4) Peaked caps of various kinds (uniform caps, etc.). (5) Professional and ecclesiastical headgear (mitres, birettas, mortar-boards, etc.). (6) Headgear made up from woven fabric, lace, net fabric, etc., such as chefs' hats, nuns' head-dresses, nurses' or waitresses' caps, etc., having clearly the character of headgear. (7) Cork or pith helmets, covered with textile fabric. (8) Sou'westers. (9) Hoods. Detachable hoods for capes, cloaks, etc., presented with the garments to which they belong, are, however, excluded and are classified with the garments according to their constituent materials. (10) Top hats and opera hats. This heading also includes hair-nets, snoods and the like. These are of any material, generally of tulle or other net, knitted or crocheted fabric or of human hair.
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