http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-W-wAngxYg
The video is a review of a piece on the O’Farrell Hat website on how they customize hat sizing using a Conformateur. The conventional way of measuring hat sizes is to use a tape measure and measure the head circumference. From that you can find the hat size from a geometric formula that assumes your head is perfectly round. Clearly this is mostly a false assumption and often one might have to get a bigger size to fit. This shows how a head can be measured properly allowing for different head shapes. In the Video I reference a patent for a similar piece.I will post about it it separately soon for your reference.
The following video is another use of a similar measuring device at Baron Hats in Hollywood. It’s in Spanish and you can use it for practice if you are learning Spanish as well. Enjoy! (About at the 39 second mark on the video).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UrKwOg8QfE
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I’m curious about racial differences in head size. Which race has the largest head? The smallest?
Great post, Darla! I look forward to your next blog post.
Noreen
I am not aware of a scientific study on the head size, or shape for various races, in fact gender is also somewhat of a determinant in skull size and shape. Men tend on average to have larger skulls. The matter of race and gender in skull size and shape is noted at
http://www.hatlife.com/headsize.php
Nothing should be inferred about any of this except people’s head shapes are different – just input into measuring your hat size.
The important message is that people do not have perfectly round heads as assumed in the formula to determine hat size.