There is hat fever in the air. I can feel it in my bones. I can also see it in the D&G, Bimba&Lola, George Wu and Christian Dior A/W campaigns. Designer Noki (above) showed off his sustainable street collection at the Lovebox festival and hats were plentiful. Jennifer Ouellette sparked a headgear frenzy with her Gossip Girl-featured designs and that infamous turban in SATC2 looks like it’s here to stay for a while.
I’m feeling queasy. I’m just not a hat person. Odd-shaped head/hair/eyes – whatever you wish – I just cannae get one to suit me. I love the idea of hats. On other people. People who miraculously don’t suffer from hat hair, who pull off ridiculous millinery feats with aplomb, who may have sprung from the womb sporting a perfectly cocked trilby. That ain’t me. When I wear hats I feel like a giant, squealing, hat siren goes off, alerting natural hat-wearers everywhere that there is an impostor amongst them. My hats are either tilted at the wrong angle (fashion SUICIDE), show off an unflattering amount of forehead cleavage or make my hair look more like seaweed than it already does (and it looks alarmingly like seaweed already). But do I resist valiantly or do I try and get on board this gravy train? The full-on D+G flowers clearly ain’t gonna be happening, but perhaps I could dip my toe in with some Tallulah Tu head-pieces. So very pretty and beautifully crafted. I fear I’m just not very pretty or beautifully crafted enough to wear them…I could go kooky and kitschy with the home-made headband/turban ala Bimba and Lola. Songstress Lykke Li sported one in Spring and she looked spot on. Bimba and Lola also have a spiffing deerstalker to bring me through to Winter. Or George Wu has been featuring some gothic-crown creations and I think I could muster up some regal for that. Or I could go totally Mad Hatters Tea Party and invest in Jennifer Ouellette’s umbrella hat or Christian Dior’s plastic fantastic structures…
D+G Fall 2010
George Wu A/W
Kate Hudson in Jennifer Ouellette
Jennifer Ouellette: Tokyo Umbrella
Jennifer Ouellette: Harlow
Bimba and Lola A/W
Bimba and Lola
Bimba and Lola
Bimba + Lola A/W
Lykke Li
Tallulah Tu Rose Feather Headband
Tallulah Tu Denim Bow Hairband
Christian Dior A/W Couture
Christian Dior A/W Couture
what will i wear today? 
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July 28, 2010 at 3:01 pm
aideenf
loving all the pictures! i absolutely adore the ostrich feather one kate hudson is sporting there. that could go on my friday flash lust list. i used to wear hats all the time, i think you’ve inspired me to start trying on some more…
July 28, 2010 at 3:02 pm
aideenf
oh and it’s the lady gaga effect. i’d put good money on saying that’s the reason for the hat explosion this winter.
July 28, 2010 at 3:59 pm
jenniemc
i’d say you’re pretty square on that front alright. and yer wan – paloma faith? she’s pretty hatstatic. she annoys me. like who is she? i admire her risk-taking fashion etiquette, but where did she come from? i wonder if i started dressing crazzzzzZy, would i suddenly become a hot-to-trot A-list dahlink?
July 28, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Aoife
I love hats. I can’t put it any plainer than that. Despite being cursed with a large and very roundy head that its a good bit bigger than your average hat size I love a good hat and cannot resist trying on anything and everything regardless of whether it suits me or not. Came *this* close to dropping 30 quid on a dressage hat at the Galway market on Saturday. Not saying I might not go back for it though ….