Ornamental or formal coverings or arrangements for the head, ranging from simple to elaborate, worn for fashion, ceremony, or cultural significance; plural of headdress.
From 'head' + 'dress' (from French 'dresser' meaning to arrange or prepare) plus plural '-es'. The term emerged in the 16th century for elaborate formal head coverings.
Historical headdresses like Tudor hoods or towering Victorian constructions took hours to style and used frames, wires, and padding—fashion was literally structural engineering!
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