Charles Platt

At 3-D Imax theaters, audiences have shown they are willing to pay a premium to wear headgear fitted with liquid-crystal lenses synchronized via infrared signals with the movie projector, which runs at twice the normal frame rate. These movie viewers plumb new depths in depth perception - they experience extreme realism.

English Author

Mandy Bujold

I, for one, refuse to box without headgear as an amateur. With the rising awareness of concussions and head injury, it is becoming more evident that we need to protect our brains as much as possible. There hasn't been enough research to conclude that it is safer to box without the use of headgear.

Canadian Athlete

Jordin Sparks

Well... I had braces and I had to wear headgear! I loved my braces, actually. For me, they were like a piece of jewelry! Instead of the silver or pewter I had gold braces. It was so much fun, I loved them. I got to change the colors and stuff and I had the rubber bands.

American Musician

Geraldine Brooks

When I write a word in English, a simple one, such as, say, 'chief,' I have unwittingly ushered a querulous horde into the room. The Roman legionary is there, shaking his cap, or head, and Andy Capp is there, slouching in his signature working man's headgear.

Australian Journalist

Daniel Jacobs

There's not a lot of things to look out for in amateur boxing. Once the headgear comes off, once the 10-ounce gloves come on and you're fighting men and you're doing all these different things, that's where the experience comes.

American Boxer

Malin Akerman

I was really shy growing up. I had braces, headgear, and no boobs - still don't. So, the boys weren't interested in me. The only way I could get attention was by being a goof and a dork, which meant a lot of physical comedy.

Swedish Actress

Brin-Jonathan Butler

I'd never seen Rigondeaux's face without it being obscured by headgear or a photograph of Fidel he was holding up after winning a tournament. Finally I saw him, only to recognize the saddest face I'd ever seen in Cuba.

American Journalist

George Foreman

The integration of a headgear in professional boxing would do so much to make it safer for young men. They could go into the sport, make a lot of money and then come out and be good grandfathers.

Deontay Wilder

I'm looking forward to the fighting with no headgear - I'm jealous. I kind of want to go back to the Olympics to experience no headgear.

American Athlete

Headgear for protection or fashion is commonly seen in sports, workplaces, and social events.

Usage Context

Headgear styles can vary widely across different cultures and are often symbolic or traditional.

Cultural Variations

Headgear isn't limited to helmets; it includes a wide range of headwear like turbans, crowns, and headbands.

Not Just Helmets

Headgear in a medical context is used to treat dental conditions, not for fashion or casual wear.

Medical Purpose

Orthodontic headgear is often prescribed to be worn primarily during the night for effectiveness.

Nighttime Wear

Some orthodontic headgear can be concealed, not affecting the wearer's appearance during daytime.

Not Always Visible

 It won't be out of place in a zombie apocalypse film. It wouldn't at all. Feels like it would be very easy to die here. That thing is incredible there. And that's the that's the main headgear that brought up all that coal and over its lifetime, it brought up twenty four million tons of coal.

Finding Little Owls in...

 town and obviously I'm really into their dress and their headgear and I see an orange hat and I'm practically hyperventilating and I I believe it's probably made from that goat hair and then I saw a few more and they started looking like little dr. Seuss characters

Alison Wright: Portraits...

 a culture clash that works. In "Sartorial Anarchy #5," I wore a macaroni wig, inspired by eighteenth-century macaroni headgear from England.

Headgear

Usage Context

Cultural Variations

Not Just Helmets

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