First of all a custom or minhag is usually something done for a long time and instituted by a Rav or other Gadol. Not just because people became lax in observance.
Secondly if it was the minhag how come none of their Chachamim didnt go bearheaded?
The fact is that they all including Syrian Teimani Morrocan Jews wore a fez type of headcovering at home and at work,till the alliance schools came and robbed them of their religion ,and whatever yiddishkeit was left the zionists took away when they made aliya
I have in front of me the book Allepo by Chaham David Laniado with 100s of pictures of both chahamim and the regular hamon am all wearing headcoverings of some type
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