Millinery
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Millinery refers to women's hats and other articles sold by a milliner, or the profession or business of designing, making, or selling women's hats and hat trim. A milliner is a hatter who designs, makes, sells or trims women's hats.
Millinery, if taken in a more general sense, also means any accoutrements that are functionally unnecessary, such as a garnish on a dish, or the extra cuff-buttons on a man's dress jacket.
Many famous early designers began in millinery including Coco Chanel.
The origin of the name is "Milaner", as in an inhabitant of Milan or one who deals in items from Milan.