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The Art of Wearing Hats: What to choose. Where to find. How to style.
Helena Sheffield
The perfect and practical pocket guide to being a hat wearer for novices and aficionados alike, complete with tips on where to buy them, how to wear them, who wears them best and tricks of the trade (yes hat hair, we’re looking at you).Hats have been a mainstay of fashion for centuries, but now they’re back with a bang – overtaking the accessories departments of Topshop et al and gracing the celebrated heads of Taylor Swift, Cara Delevigne, Johnny Depp and the like day in and day out. But which one should you wear? Which will suit you best, how should you wear them and when?The Art of Wearing Hats answers all these questions and more. Broken down into chapters covering everyday, outdoor and special occasion hats, you’ll soon discover the full range to choose from, alongside who in the Googlable world you can turn to for styling tips, and fun facts about where each originated from.Complete with illustrations and tips on how to grow your hat-wearing confidence, it might be an idea to start making room in your wardrobe.
Copyright (#ub1b160cd-d5d7-5617-ac36-463879cd2294)
HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk) First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2016 FIRST EDITION © Helena Sheffield 2016 Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2016 Illustrations © Sian Tezel 2016 A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library Helena Sheffield asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. Find out about HarperCollins and the environment at www.harpercollins.co.uk/green (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/green) Source ISBN 9780008165291 Ebook Edition © February 2016 ISBN: 9780008165369 Version: 2015-12-17
Contents
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Cover (#u1d7d296b-fb52-594f-92ac-ad95dfd77f8c)
Title Page (#uf3979bb3-0a9c-51e5-a521-6acf6d0693fe)
Copyright (#u01a5f9ac-92ce-5be5-9dad-01bae1583f8f)
Introduction (#u2846a2f2-32a4-5f60-8bcd-fb8369ecce2a)
How to Use This Book (#ue26b2478-7713-508e-ba00-f5cf6868e6dc)
A Brief History of Hats (#u1dad24c9-bb9d-5165-a37c-aa046b7ce388)
No.1: Hats to Wear Every Day (#u80b94c08-72c4-59b1-a22b-a2261b781101)
The Trilby (#u4827bee3-f199-573f-afd8-bcaf849bf958)
The Bowler (#ub78ed8c1-917a-57dc-bec4-f964b1b8748a)
The Cloche (#ub74bc3f9-60dc-5b49-8866-d4a61757ff6f)
GET THE LOOK: The 1920s (#uf0134a77-9cac-5448-a3f9-4983e8445399)
The Boater (#ua2022a1e-48c9-5b3f-979f-5d60c5acd608)
The Military Cap (#litres_trial_promo)
The Pork Pie (#litres_trial_promo)
Wide-brimmed Hats (#litres_trial_promo)
No.2: Hats to Wear in the Wild (#litres_trial_promo)
The Beret (#litres_trial_promo)
GET THE LOOK: THE 1930s (#litres_trial_promo)
The Beanie (#litres_trial_promo)
The Riding Hat (#litres_trial_promo)
The Deerstalker (#litres_trial_promo)
The Flat Cap (#litres_trial_promo)
The Fedora (#litres_trial_promo)
GET THE LOOK: The 1940s (#litres_trial_promo)
The Cossack (#litres_trial_promo)
The Trapper (#litres_trial_promo)
No.3: Hats to Wear to the Palace (#litres_trial_promo)
Hatinators (#litres_trial_promo)
The Top Hat (#litres_trial_promo)
The Pillbox Hat (#litres_trial_promo)
Hats with Feathers (#litres_trial_promo)
Hats with a Veil (#litres_trial_promo)
The Turban (#litres_trial_promo)
GET THE LOOK: The 1950s (#litres_trial_promo)
No.4: Tricks of the Trade (#litres_trial_promo)
Your First Hat (#litres_trial_promo)
Building Your Confidence (#litres_trial_promo)
GET THE LOOK: The 1960s (#litres_trial_promo)
How to Avoid Hat-hair (#litres_trial_promo)
The Ponytail Problem (#litres_trial_promo)
What to Wear in the Wind (#litres_trial_promo)
Spring vs Autumn (#litres_trial_promo)
Hatcessories (#litres_trial_promo)
Hatiquette (#litres_trial_promo)
Popular Hat Terms (#litres_trial_promo)
No.5: Final Notes (#litres_trial_promo)
Glossary (#litres_trial_promo)
Recommended Hat Shops (#litres_trial_promo)
List of Searchable Terms by Season (#litres_trial_promo)
Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
Introduction (#ub1b160cd-d5d7-5617-ac36-463879cd2294) —
The hat is back. Not with a bang or a grandiose flourish, but with a growing murmur as it gathers a dedicated following. It’s cropping up more and more frequently: from weddings and walks, to festivals, holidays and quick nips to the shops, people are rediscovering the trilby and the turban, the pillbox and the pork pie. It’s a quietly quirky fashion revolution.
Do you want to know a secret? The hat never left. While it’s been fading from common use over the past few decades, every now and then someone rediscovers it. Look at Kate Middleton, Cara Delevingne, Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams: all lauded for their pioneering hattitude, and all inspiring more and more people to don a hat.
This book is an ode to you – to the person who sees the power of a good hat, whether they wear one or not. If you’re already a hat enthusiast, delve into these pages for ideas to further refine your unique look. If you’re afflicted by The Fear, believing that hats don’t suit you, ask yourself why that is – it’s possible that you simply haven’t found the right one yet.
Catwalking some of the best, most versatile hats around, this book offers advice on how and when to wear them, what with and where to, and lists a variety of shops to buy them from. It suggests which hats suit different face shapes and head sizes, and gives tips and tricks for making the most of each hat. It provides stories from the history of different hats (you might be surprised by some), and will point you in the direction of becoming the hat-wearer you were always born to be.
Wearing a hat doesn’t actually take anything more than confidence, but understanding the true magic of hats – and how they can transform the wearer into a mysterious stranger – can’t always be learnt alone. Using this book will help you uncover their secrets, master them and work out how to wear hats every day.
How to Use This Book (#ub1b160cd-d5d7-5617-ac36-463879cd2294) —
The list of contents and index in this book can help you determine exactly what kind of hat you’re looking for, with the contents organising them by occasion and the index by season.
Once you’ve decided on a hat of interest, you can find more information on its origin, anecdotes from its history and a list of specific suggestions and ideas for finding and wearing it under the following headings:
WEAR IT When to wear the hat – occasions, weather and season.
OWN IT What face shapes, head sizes or hair styles can really own the hat.
STYLE IT What to wear it with.
FIND IT Where’s best to buy one.
PERFECT IT Top tips and tricks for wearing the hat.
STYLE GURU Which celebrities wear this hat best and why, giving you all the hat-spiration you’ll ever need.
This book is a guide to help you along the path of discovering hats, to encourage you to create your own style and to become an inspiration to the rest of us.
While there are considerably more hats designed for women, this book also provides pointers for those fashion-savvy men who really know how to dress. Many of the hats listed here can – and should! – be adopted by both sexes.
Once you properly start wearing hats, it naturally follows that you’ll become an icon. (I know, it’s a hard life.) There are burdens that come with such responsibility, and the final section of this book covers common issues faced by hat-wearers today, with a few simple solutions. By dipping in and out of these pages you will become a fully fledged hat-wearer, who commands respect and answers to no one.
A Brief History of Hats (#ub1b160cd-d5d7-5617-ac36-463879cd2294) —
3,300 BC – The earliest known version of a hat is preserved alongside its owner in the ice of a mountain on the border of Austria and Italy, proving that even in the Bronze Age people knew how to dress. Or just keep their heads warm.
3,200 BC – Tomb paintings depict Egyptian men wearing conical straw hats or headdresses.
AD 800 – St Clement, English patron saint of hat-makers, accidentally discovers felt. You could say that this occurrence ranks alongside similar accidental discoveries, such as penicillin and the Slinky.
1571 – An Act of Parliament is passed decreeing that people over the age of six must wear a hat on Sundays. Of course, this only applies to the ‘commoners’.
1597 – The above law is revoked for being far too ridiculous.
17th century – The term ‘milliner’ is first used to describe hatmakers. Milan is already considered a centre of fashion, so the term suggests that only ‘Milan-ers’ make hats.
18th century – The French Revolution makes hats unpopular in France (perhaps for the first and last time), as they’re seen to indicate social status. It’s deemed fashionable – and safer – to appear democratic, so hats drop out of use.
19th century – Women’s necks are considered too erotic for public display, so bonnets are fashioned with frills and ribbons at the back to cover them up.
1914–1918 – During the First World War fabric is scarce, so plumes of feathers and overly adorned hats are frowned upon for being unpatriotic. Hats become much smaller and simpler.
1920s – Women’s necks are apparently still considered erotic, as they’re all being shown off by shocking new hairstyles and hats that accentuate their length.
1939 –1945 – In complete contrast to the First World War, hats are one of the only items of clothing not affected by severe rationing. In France berets are adopted as a symbol of resistance against Nazi occupation, and explosions of feathers and flowers are admired rather than shunned.
Late 1960s – Fashions begin leaning towards the daring young people, and hats gradually fall from grace, perceived as the preserve of older, more conservative dressers.
2011 – The wedding of the century takes place between Prince William and Kate Middleton, bringing the hat back with resounding success. Royalty and guests wear hats with panache, style and unfailing confidence, finally returning them to the public eye.
2016 – A book so brilliant, useful and witty is published, championing the hat and inspiring a revolution of new hat-wearers, that it will later be heralded as the tome that changed the fashion industry for good. (Clue: you’re reading it.)
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The TRILBY (#ulink_3a3578f4-e3d6-575a-9f1c-8eebfb24f89b) —
This hat was famously inspired by Trilby O’Ferrall, a character from one of George du Maurier’s novels who, in a stage adaptation, wore an interesting new soft hat that was quickly named after her and adopted by the public in the late 19th century. It has always been more popular in America than in Britain, and because of this is often confused for a fedora – a grave mistake indeed!
WEAR IT: ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE
This hat suits day and night during autumn and winter. Always smart, it’s one both men and women can wear with ease.
OWN IT: BIG HAIR, LONG FACES
As it’s a narrow hat, the trilby suits long faces best. It also works well with big hair as the material is soft and flexible.
STYLE IT: CRISP SHIRT AND TROUSERS
The trilby means business, and it therefore works best with smart outfits – think The Blues Brothers or Marlene Dietrich.
