Asian Textiles, the magazine of the Oxford Asian Textile Group, has just published my article on saukele, the tall hats worn by several different ethnic groups in Central Asia, including the Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and Qaraqalpaqs. The article goes into the background history of this fascinating item of clothing, and shows that it has a long tradition stretching back thousands of years. The tall hats worn in Western Europe during the Middle Ages in all likelihood were derived from a version of the tall hats worn by Kipchak/Mamluk women in the Middle East. You can read a copy of the article here.