Getting Heady

For a few years now, I’ve been rooting to bring back hats. They’ve always seemed to hover on the edge of being brought back to daily attire, but I just don’t feel like it’s ever going to happen. While in the winter months I wouldn’t hardly dare to go outdoors without a hat, that’s more a function thing… but more often than not I find that wearing hats for pleasure doesn’t happen as much as it should.

Dutch Milliner, Irene Bussemaker, who had apprenticed under Philip Treacy creates true to art-form sculptural hats you’ll see on the runways of edgy emerging designers like Iris Van Herpen. I’m acutally ashamed that I hadn’t posted about Ms. Bussemaker before because I’ve completely drooled over the edgy forms and playful use of color. The kind of hats that you wear to make a statement, or in my case wear to distract from the sleepy eyes I’ve had as of late. Perhaps these days I shall venture out of the house wearing the most outrageous hats hoping that no one notices the circles under my eyes… “Hey! Nice hat!” Staring at my hat, and not to my eyes. “Why, thank you.”