The Thin White Duke alleged to be a Nazi salute. Bowie denied this, saying that he was simply waving and the photographer captured his image mid-wave. As early as 1976, Bowie began disavowing his allegedly pro-Fascist comments and said that he was misunderstood. In an interview that year in the "Daily Express", he explained that while performing in his various characters, "I'm Pierrot. I'm Everyman. What I'm doing is theatre, and only theatre... What you see on stage isn't sinister. It's pure clown. I'm using myself as a canvas and trying to paint the truth of our time on it. The white face, the
Pointed hat the kazaori eboshi (風折烏帽子) was worn by aristocrats to indicate rank. Still worn today for ceremonial purposes, this black linen hat was used during a samurai's ceremony in attaining manhood. The Papal tiara in the Middle Ages is sometimes shown as more pointed than in more recent centuries, though also shown with no point. "Mitra papalis" is a type of conch named after the papal mitre for its form. Medieval Jewish men wore distinctive headgear as required by European Christian authorities. This included the pointed "Jewish hat" (or "Judenhut") already worn by Jews, a piece of clothing probably imported from