MY HAT COLLECTIONAfter seeing my lovely face in a beach-walking hat,
my going-to-garage-sales hat,
the kind lady over at
TobyBo asked if I have a hat collection, hoping that I would write a post about it. Alas, unlike Dr. Seuss who had a hat collection covering an entire wall, I do not collect hats. You've pretty much seen them all.
My Older Son LOVED hats when he was little.
And when I was younger, I could sometimes get away with broader-brimmed hats. This Easter outfit was accentuated by a bridesmaid hat from my friend's wedding.
I often wore a Mickey Mouse hat in my college years. Here my friend and I had promised each other to study instead of chat.
This one is from the time I visited friends in Texas. Down there, even JC Penney had a very large selection of cowboy hats to choose from.
The most important hats in my life today are the ones I wear to English Country Dance balls. To be truly authentic, we should seriously consider wearing a turban*, which makes a lot of us moderns shudder.
I guess the movie folks think the same, because you don't see many turbans in the Jane Austen movies. So I made myself a toned-down bandeaux similar to what Mrs. Bennett wears in the BBC production of
Pride & Prejudice. I now have two of these. We moderns don't have hat boxes either, which makes them rather difficult to store. I keep them in a box together, and when I came home from a recent ball, I was rather surprised to see the condition of the hat that had stayed home.
"Gosh, the feather looks like a cat ate it or something!" I said.
As the British might say, "SPOT-ON!"
*Turban photo is from Doris Langley Moore's
The Gallery of Fashion 1790-1822 from Plates by Heideloff and Ackermann found on
Catherine H. Decker's website.
my going-to-garage-sales hat,
a sombrero,
and an almost-won White Elephant hat,
Comments (11)
I echo Mom -- this was a great entry! Thanks!
I envy you for your " collection" of hats . We need to wear hats
every time . Some wear a hat to sleep too !! 
1) in winter to protect our head from the cold .
2) in Spring and fall to proctect our head against the rain .
3) in summer to protectect our hear against the burning sun .
So I encourage you to wear a hat , like me !!!
Love
Michel
The most famous hats are The Queen of England ' s hats!
Isn't it amazing. There was a day when a lady wouldn't dream of going out without her hat! How times do change...
I love your hats! I wear hats too--to garden, to church. Maybe I should do a hat post too. My biggest pet peeve in life is the lack of hat shops! Can hardly ever find a decent hat these days.
I posted too about hats , just like you !!
Love
Michel
I love the hats! The feather one is my favorite.
Thanks for remembering Uncle John too!
Of course, I am partial to the cowboy hat, myself. lol
I got the most wonderful surprise in my PO box this morning. I loved the card and Mrs Hat, who is the stamp collector of the world, had never seen that particular stamp before so we enjoyed it twice!
Thank you, friend.
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