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This makes Nog's wearing of a headdress while in Starfleet similar to how Worf wears a sash displaying his family crest, which explains why he was allowed to wear it even though it would seem to defy the standard Starfleet dress code - they would be less likely to allow this infraction if the headdress were simply an item fashion. Similarly, the headdress wearing Ferengi at Quark's may simply be dressing to impress, where as Quark - who is the face of the business - does not wear one as he wishes to appear like a relaxed host. If this is the case, it explains why Ferengi in the more strict environment of a starship - both Ferengi and Starfleet - always wear them. Perhaps a headdress is considered formal attire, like a tuxedo in human culture. With a headdress, no suit tail, and a conservative decor the lower the caste and is not the head of the main household. So basically, no headdress, long suit tail, and fancier decor marks a high caste and the head male Ferengi of the main household. If the brother or lower caste brother becomes married he is still not head of the family household unless he can financially support everyone in the main household and his household too.Īnd with the caste system comes decor-the fancier the suit/dress, the longer the tail the higher the status of the male Ferengi. If a male Ferengi is not married and the father is dead he has the care of the entire household and his status is shown by the cut of his clothing. Suits lacking tails are of low status and is NOT head of the main household. Male Ferengi who wear suits with tails and fancier decorated suits have high status, the longer the tails the more the status. Male Ferengi WITHOUT a headdress is head of the entire family household (main household) and MAY be the oldest if he has the most money.

DS9 s6e23 - Nilva (important businessman) does not wear a headdressįor what it seems, the Ferengi caste system works as the following.

DS9 s6e10 - Galia (businessman) does not wear a headdress, Leck (Assasin) does.

DS9 s4e16 - All Ferengi workers of Quark's bar wear headdresses.

DS9 s3e23 - Brunt does not wear a headdress.

TNG s7e22 - Bok (former DaiMon) still wears one.

DS9 s2e07 - Pel, independent business "man" does not.

TNG s7e9 - DaiMon Prak does not wear one.

DS9 s1e11 - Rom wears headdress (will continue for the whole series), Nagus Zek does not, Nor does Gral and Nava (bot pointed out for their business acumen and had speaking parts).

DS9 s1e01 - Quark does not wear a headdress, Nog does, as do Ferengi bartenders, this seems to be standard going forward.

TNG s6e07 - Ferengi pirates all have headdress.

TNG s1e09 - DaiMon Bok and crew have headdress.

TNG s1e05 - All three Ferengi have headdress.

Notable examples of Ferengi along with their headdresses: A parallel could be drawn to the human top hat or fedora, originally used to indicate status, but has fallen out of favor and seen as garish or humorous.Īnd Moogie, well she is female, no headdress for her. Quark, Brunt, Zek, and others don't wear them because they are confident in their lobes and don't need any adornment to emphasize them. But as time went on it was considered a sign of small lobes to wear the hat, so it eventually shrunk to the tasteful back band headdress. Possibly they originally were created as some sort of hat (considering their home climate) that emphasized the earlobes because of the superstition tying them to success. This could be related to the cultural superstition of earlobe's relationship to business acumen, as seen in the of repeated phrase " the lobes for business". And those who wear them are either adolescents or those who are not entrepreneurs.Īlso these headdresses seem to be somehow related to the earlobe, usually continuing from the top of one lobe to the other. All Ferengi that we encounter without the headdress are all known as businessmen, are successful financially, or otherwise dictating their own path (in the case of Dr. But looking at the characters who wear or don't wear the headdress we can infer their symbolism and meaning.

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This is probably to cover up prosthesis seams easier than making a full upper torso piece.Īs with many canon uniform/outfit questions we can only speculate since it is not directly mentioned in the shows and may be an artifact of current fashion without greater symbolism. Other than the noted exceptions of Rom and Nog, it seems only speaking Ferengi do not wear headdresses. OOC: Starting with Quark and the launch of DS9 Ferengi characters started showing up sans headdress in both DS9 and TNG.