What the ecken does it matter?
-Flash Company

At the best of times, I don't have much of a sense of humor {humour}.
But Flash Company, I gathered from your "Let me get my coat" sentence that you were being witty.

But since I've a serious nature, let me say this:

In the scheme of things, this doesn't matter all that much. But it's interesting to see how fashion fads start and change. Imo, that's part of folk culture, which is why this Mudcat thread is above the line and not in the BS section.

For instance, I think that the rule that women's heads should be covered in church but not men's head says something about how that culture considers women. Given that the Holy Spirit is said to come from up above, could rule mean that women are considered to be the "weaker sex" and need more protection from the Holy Spirit?

Or did that rule that females must cover their hair in church originally come about because of hair being a characteristic of beauty, and women were supposed to be modest in church.

Maybe there are different reasons in different Christian denominations for the rule that females must cover their heads in church. But wherever that rule came from, even though it appears to be no longer a hard & fast custom in many Black churches that women must wear hats in church, I definitely believe that that tradition is the reason why 90% of that hat designers' customers are African American churchgoing women.