Or the more appropriate question is, "Will you wear spring's head gear?"
The runways have been inundated with hats. Catherine Holstein wrapped whole sweaters around the heads of her models. PPQ added I Dream of Jeannie-like toppers to their ruffly dresses and Luella splashed retro veiled hats and riding caps across her floral outfits.
We think some, like the sweaters at Holstein, might look super cool on the runway but stop short of realistically working on a regular girl's head. Same goes for the PPQ hats - they'd induce a giggle or two at the even the most wacky New York party. And the swim caps at D&G - are they serious?
Luella's little hats, while cute on Ali, Jourdan et. al, are the kind of thing we want to rock when we're eighty-year-old eccentric ladies with a murky fashion past.
Right now, we'd love one of the sun hats from Trovata and Nicole Farhi, or even a mini Mary Poppins hat from Marc. And we'd obviously rock the giant bobby pins from Basso & Brooke, but we're not even sure those are for sale.
If you don't usually wear hats, will this spring's wide selection make you change your mind? Or is this a look better left to runways/editorials/ads/models rather than mere mortals?
posted by Ginge
Sep 24, 2008 7:39PM
I freaked when I saw Marc's Poppins (slash Eliza Doolittle as a guttersnipe) hats because I already have one that I picked up at a school costume shop sale for a dollar. I've only ever used it for costumes before and had never thought of wearing it otherwise, but Marc's got me thinking that maybe I could rock it. I'm a hat person anyway. Although,realistcally, the thing's pretty beat up. I'll probably never get around to trying it. I should really make it a goal, though :)
Out of the other hats mentioned, the only ones I'd consider wearing are the Luella ones. I feel as if one would need to be say in their twenties to make that work (in sort of a kitchy, fun way) or on the older end of the spectrum, but not so much in between. Maybe I'm wrong though.