# What, exactly, is a 'wig hat'?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-wig-hat/586050
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 19, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-wig-hat/586050 "2011-06-19T17:57:51Z")
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-wig-hat/586050/1 "2011-06-19T17:57:51Z")
I was listening to _Call Of The Wighat_ the other day. What _is_ a ‘wighat’/‘wig hat’/‘wig-hat’? Google images show them as: A [wig](http://p.lefux.com/61/20100407/A1761000AC/InsetImage/Popular-Fashionable-Natural-Bob-Wig-with-Wig-Cap-hb001_3.jpg), a [hat with hair coming from under it](http://www.partypants.co.uk/images/wig-rasta-with-hat.jpg), a [knitted hat whose ribs resemble hair](http://theletter.co.uk/images/lc/wooly_wig_hat.jpg), a [knitted hat with curly or stringy ends](http://cdn2.iofferphoto.com/img/item/183/029/610/vintage-knitting-pattern-wig-hat-yarn-hair-loss-chemo-03e21.jpg), and other things.
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### Author:  [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-wig-hat/586050/2 "2011-06-19T18:09:16Z")
I had a wighat in the '70s. It was a brimless, cylindrical hat covered with fake blonde hair.
They were quite ugly. Goldie Hawn or one of the other dancers, wore one on a few Laugh-in a few episodes. Your last example is the closest, but it had doll hair.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-wig-hat/586050/3 "2011-06-19T23:30:56Z")
The second one is what I usually think of. Like what sixties Batgirl used.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-wig-hat/586050/4 "2011-06-19T23:51:44Z")
> [@BigT](#):
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> The second one is what I usually think of. Like what sixties Batgirl used.
Batgirl was a Rasta?
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### Author:  [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-wig-hat/586050/5 "2011-06-20T04:39:34Z")
Wighats are usually worn with high heel sneakers, a red dress and boxing gloves.
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### Author:  [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2011, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-wig-hat/586050/6 "2011-06-20T10:40:51Z")
Now I’m going to have Devil With The Blue Dress in my mind for days.
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-wig-hat/586050/7 "2011-06-20T15:08:26Z")
Check out the blonde in the [first 15 seconds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9viyJB8a7GQ&feature=related)of this clip. THAT’s a wig hat.
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### Author:  [@kdschafer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kdschafer)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-wig-hat/586050/8 "2011-10-28T02:47:56Z")
It is a detachable wig that can be donned or doffed much like a hat, hence the name. they are usually in the topknot or Beehive styles= The Ronettes were rumored to use Wig Hats, sometimes spelled as one word- Wighat, like Powerhouse.
Read more: [What is a wig hat? - Answers](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_wig_hat#ixzz1c2ZhDJFx)
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### Author:  [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-wig-hat/586050/9 "2011-10-28T04:27:48Z")
The first thing I thought of was the rasta/beret in the OP, but then there’s also a visor with Guy Fieri (sp?) spiked hair coming out the top which is kinda popular for some reason.
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### Author:  [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-wig-hat/586050/10 "2011-10-29T17:17:09Z")
Often pondered that one since I heard:
> [@](#):
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> I sat with my high-heeled sneakers on
> Waiting to play tennis in the noonday sun
> I had my white shorts rolled up past my waist
> And my wig-hat was falling in my face
> But they wouldn’t let me on the tennis court
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### Author:  [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-wig-hat/586050/11 "2011-10-29T17:49:05Z")
It’s something about limbo-ing on your face?
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UpsDxcE-wdA/hqdefault.jpg "The Cramps - "Call of the Wighat" live in Detroit 1983 R.I.P. Lux") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpsDxcE-wdA)
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### Author:  [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-wig-hat/586050/12 "2011-10-29T19:10:11Z")
According to [Lindisfarne](http://www.lyricsmania.com/we_can_swing_together_lyrics_lindisfarne.html) it is one of [these](http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/facts/images/judge-wig-150.jpg).