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Tuques? … Toques? … Touques?
A knit hat by any other name is still a warm winter cap!

The tuque … commonly considered to be the national winter hat of Canada, is a knit cap designed to provide warmth in the winter and, according to some wearers, exhibit year round style. The tuque (or toque … more on that later) is typically a hat knit from wool or synthetic fibers, either brimless or having a folded brim, and may be worn as a cap fit tightly to the skull ... although purists find that the tuque should be worn loose and pointy atop the head. [READ MORE]



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Celebrity Tuques

The tuque is no longer simply a utilitarian item designed for the sole function of keeping the head warm in winter. Today's tuque is a fashion statement, as witnessed by the number of celebrities wearing the various knit caps, beanies, toques and other winter hat fashions.

Explore the tuques worn by the likes of Bob and Doug, the MacKenzie brothers, Michael Nesmith of the Monkees and Robert Clothier's character Relic in the long-running Canadian TV series, The Beachcombers. Fast forward to today's fashionistas sporting the toque … [READ MORE]

History of the Toque

History of the Tuque Historically, the forerunner to the tuque we know today was, in fact, the toque. This small, round, close-fitting hat was popular as early as the 12th and 13th centuries, when women wore embroidered toques made of velvet, satin, or taffeta. Late in the 16th century, brimless, black velvet toques became fashionable with men and women. Throughout the 19th century, women wore toques, often small, trimmed with fur, lace, bows, flowers, or leaves. The tuque, as its known today throughout Canada, is related to the Phrygian cap, a soft, red, conical hat worn by the inhabitants of Phrygia, a region in what is now ... [READ MORE]