Conical Hat as Religious Attire.
This day of 12/18/2025:
Upon request of members here on out website and elsewhere, I was asked to officiate the conical hate design as part of the Druish Identity. After careful considerations I have determined it is a reasonable request and falls within the historical representations that only later was applied solely to Warlocks and Witches head-ware and drew from its true original source known as a Capotain Conical Hat which did not occur till the 19th century, renamed with its modern adaptations as a Druish Conical Hat.
Historical Decline and Druish Adoption
The capotain-style conical hat reached its height of everyday use between c. 1590s–1660s, worn widely across England and Northern Europe by Puritans, Protestants, merchants, and urban professionals. Its tall, flat-topped crown, buckle, and structured form reflected seriousness, discipline, and practicality rather than spectacle.
By the late 17th century, changing fashions—shorter crowns, rounded and tricorn hats, broader brims, and the rise of wigs—rendered the capotain increasingly old-fashioned. It was not rejected on moral grounds, but quietly displaced by new tastes.
In the early 18th century, the capotain effectively disappeared as mainstream fashion. It survived only in conservative religious contexts, rural or insular communities, and occasional symbolic or occupational use. At this point, it was socially obsolete, though still remembered.
During the 19th century, the hat underwent a decisive break from its historical form. Illustrators exaggerated its taper, introduced a pointed tip, and transformed it into a symbolic silhouette associated with outsiders, dissenters, and moral otherness. This version was not a continuation of the historical capotain, but a reinvention detached from documented lineage.
Druish Adaptation within Druwayu
Druans adopted the capotain after its disappearance as fashion, not as nostalgia but as conscious recovery. Within Druwayu, the hat was restored to its historically grounded structure—flat-topped, truncated, disciplined—while rejecting the Victorian pointed distortion.
Thus, the Druish Conical Hat is neither a survival nor a costume. It is a revival with correction: reclaiming a form of abandoned fashion, stripped of later fiction, and re-established as a marker of identity, discipline, and distinction within Druwayu.
You can get the FULL information of what all has been included in association with the specific adaptations and options under our Learning Center link "SYMBOLS" page.
Necessary Druish Documentation
I have included the basic letter you would need and the companion Affidavit with legal footnotes that you are free to download and apply as a member of the First Church of Druwayu. Be sure to join our website membership section for automatic Druan recognition to keep it validated.
Important Note: You can also adapt this to your particular State and upon acceptance can submit it here so it can be accessible for others until we have enough for creating a page that covers all States of the USA. If you can and have compiled one for your particular country be sure to submit it here for records and proof of acceptance by this Church. Be sure to apply actual local state laws as each state and its legal codes differ in order and placement even if laws are shared in common, because they will have their own nuances. When in doubt, default to the US Constitution and do contact a licensed Attorney.
This is so, if you wish to do so you can wear your Druish Conical Hat in your Drivers License and/or Passport Pictures as a proud and open celebration of your Druish Culture.
For any other additional information refer the appropriate agency to the PRESS link which cites all the additional and specific legal details.
For Affirmation Letter of Religious Accommodation, its provided here for you to download.
