# Did women wear veils in colder climates?

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**Created:** [January 27, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-wear-veils-in-colder-climates/286872 "2005-01-27T04:41:44Z")\
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Did women wear veils in colder climates for modesty? Was there ever a culture that expected women to cover their faces in a non-arid climate?

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If by ‘veil’ you mean several layers of deal animals, then yes.

But that was done for survival reasons and not modesty reasons