The minute I saw this rather unique contraption, I knew I had to share it here and to that end I have named it the Hat for All Seasons “Hat of the Month” for the month of June. It certainly deserves a prize of some sort. Don’t you agree?
Read MoreWomen have not had it easy at Wimbledon. Playing was especially difficult in the early days when they had to play wearing long, heavy, dresses, stockings, corsets and, not visors, not headbands but hats— yes— hats.
Read More“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”—Albert Einstein
Read MoreTalk about an unusual lampshade. An English Company, HALO, has brought new meaning to upcycling by creating an innovative new use for the iconic English bowler hat.
Read MoreEvery woman looks more elegant and mysterious wearing the right hat— even a professional model.
Read MoreActors know all about the magic of hats as comedy props. I used to love this show when it was on TV . I found this video on YouTube. It made me laugh so hard I spilled my coffee.
Read MoreHenry Clarke photographed the best of Fifties fashion for a variety of publications including Harpers Bazaar and Vogue ( French, British, and American editions). A transplanted American who lived and worked in France, his fashion photography of the 1950’s and ‘60’s, particularly for French Vogue, chronicled the post WWII era in women’s fashion on both sides of the Atlantic with unmatched style and verve.
Read MoreMaybe it was movies like The Blues Brothers and maybe it was just the cyclical nature of fashion and the celebs who set the trends, but young men have embraced hats in the past two years, and made them their own… adding a dollop of 21st century style to what at first glance seems like a retro trend. Hats are hip. Hats are cool and haberdashers are happy.
Read MoreI’m not a celebrity, or baseball fan or planning a trip to China, but I do think the Panda hat is a cool trend and I am going to be watching it, and maybe even trying it myself, this winter.
Read MoreBrockton, Massachusetts is back in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most people in Santa hats gathered in one place. 872 Santa hat wearers gathered in the town square on November 23, 2010, to wrest the title back from the town of Mulingar in Ireland-- which had unseated Brockton for the honor in 2009.
Read MoreSo, in the middle of the seventh inning at Thursday’s baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants Terry Nelson sailed onto the field during the traditional seventh inning stretch and belted out God Bless America for the fans. We are talking a big lady in an even bigger hat and a scene that was pretty flamboyant, even by San Francisco standards.
Read MoreScottish designer, James Falkner, brought new meaning to the expression ” fashion roadkill” last spring by exhibiting 36 fur and feather hats that were literally made from roadkill. Falkner, a student at Edinburgh’s Telford College, got the idea after finding a dead bird in the middle of the road.
Read MoreUpmarket wig and hat designer, Charlie Le Mindu, created quite a stir recently at London Fashion Week by concentrating on big hats and no clothes. That’s right. Charlie sent his models down the runway wearing nothing but shoes, hats and a pouty face. Now I am a hat fan, but I really found this one a bit over the top.
Read MoreWho can forget Bella Abzug? To know her was to either love or hate her. Nobody was lukewarm about Bella. She was a passionate feminist, anti-war protestor, liberal. leftie New Yorker who served in Congress in the ‘70’s, spoke loudly and often, and always always wore a hat.
Read MoreCelebs have gone big and floppy in this hot hot summer heat. The heat has been bad but the hats have been fabulous. Here are a few more examples of celebrity floppy chapeau to feast your eyes on.
Read MoreI love South Africa. I hate the vuvuzelas with that annoying undercurrent of buzzing bees they lend to every match, but I love the enthusiasm of the fans and the amazing outfits they put together. I particularly love, guess what— yes, the hats. Here’s a gallery of some of my favorites.
Read MoreNope- Panama hats come from Ecuador and always have. What’s more, they come from only two places in Ecuador where the micro climate favors the growing of toquilla, the straw from which genuine Panamas are hand woven, as they have been for centuries. So, why, you might ask, is it called a Panama hat?
Read MoreSometimes things are more than the sum of their parts and that is the case with this quite wonderful upcycled hat made from antique English stamps bonded to a vintage hat. I can see wearing it with jeans or adding zip to a little black dress — and wouldn’t it be terrific with my London Fog raincoat— oops I mean Macintosh:-)
Read MoreWith the release of Disney’s new version of Alice in Wonderland , The Mad Hatter is in the news again,along with Alice, The Red Queen, The Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit and the rest of the down down the rabbit hole gang. Maybe I am simply mad as a hatter myself. Have a look at all these Mad Hatter hats available on the internet. As Alice would say, it is all just ” curiouser and curiouser.”
Read MoreSt Patricks Day is a day for green beer, fun parades and silly hats as well as a day honoring the patron saint of Ireland. It is celebrated in surprising ways all across the globe and is the occasion for the wearing of some pretty amazing hats.
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