More than 500 women (and a few men) stroll the arboretum on a breezy Thursday in mid-April, so many flowers on their head it’s hard to tell where the hats end and the landscape begins.

Some are studded with jewels and flowers, like the purple encrusted ... tradition true to the African American tradition of women wearing hats. But it also tells a story about what they did ...

Older women prefer clothing in modest hues ... A key part of the Uygurs' apparel is their headwear, colloquially called flower hats. The Uygurs, regardless of age, all like to wear such hats. The hats ...