But the religious law did affect female head wear.
Each singer also took off hip-hop head wear to reveal neatly styled cornrows.
He employed standard lines — "nice hat," "good book" — and relied on the logos on riders' head wear and jackets for conversation starters.
Londoners and visitors are invited to visit some of the capital's most iconic statues which are now adorned with bespoke head wear created by the best British milliners.
Mr. Glowacz addresses such subjects as how to avoid "helmet head" (wear a bandanna under your helmet or ask your barber for a cut based on the state of your hair after a ride) and how to behave while being menaced by a crazed driver (take the sidewalk in the opposite direction).
Their songs and stories, which are largely about the experience of churchgoing black women in the South and their attachment to their head wear, make a strong case for the hat as a primary symbol of their self-expression, as well as of the pride, beauty and endurance of black women everywhere.
