Hats!

[Wink Holliday]

I love vintage and vintage-style hats, but find that they don't usually "work" with my hairstyle. Still, I can't seem to stop buying them. Do you collect hats? Do you wear them?

Below: A collage of hats, some of my own and some from the V&A shop.

[Kim Bombshell]

I used to wear vintage hats in the 80s. I would wear them kind of forward on my head and have a low ponytail, and go to underground dance clubs. I was oh, so chic hehe...Funny, I never wore them with vintage dresses, only with modern clothes.

[C/S]

Yes, Ma'm they are cool stuff to collect ....

[Poppy Fields]

Say what you want about the fashion atrocities committed in the 80's, it was a decade where pretty much anything went. You must have some great photos!

Kim Bombshell said:

I used to wear vintage hats in the 80s. I would wear them kind of forward on my head and have a low ponytail, and go to underground dance clubs. I was oh, so chic hehe...Funny, I never wore them with vintage dresses, only with modern clothes.

[Poppy Fields]

Something subtle for spring:

[Lawrence TheeContender {★}]

I love to wear my hats when I go out to a show or around town boozin' with friends. But I need to keep better care of them. Any tips on hat care?

[Lenore Lovelace]

TheeContender said:

I love to wear my hats when I go out to a show or around town boozin' with friends. But I need to keep better care of them. Any tips on hat care?

It may sound a bit 'girly', but for hats like bowlers or fedoras, it would be best to store them in a hat box [or any box with enough room really] to keep them dust free and in shape.

In general, avoid getting hair products on them or wearing them out in the rain. And keep them off the bed. ;)

[Edson Carlos]

I keep a hat ontop of each Mac in my house, but im a geek like that so....

Lenore Lovelace said:

TheeContender said:

I love to wear my hats when I go out to a show or around town boozin' with friends. But I need to keep better care of them. Any tips on hat care?

It may sound a bit 'girly', but for hats like bowlers or fedoras, it would be best to store them in a hat box [or any box with enough room really] to keep them dust free and in shape.

In general, avoid getting hair products on them or wearing them out in the rain. And keep them off the bed. ;)

[Soda Shop Sue]

i like the head band hat

selling that one?

[Wink Holliday]

If you mean the dark purpleishy one on the white background, it was at http://www.vandashop.com but I don't see it there any longer. Perhaps they sold out.

Soda Shop Sue said:

i like the head band hat

selling that one?

[Lawrence TheeContender {★}]

Kim Bombshell said:

I used to wear vintage hats in the 80s. I would wear them kind of forward on my head and have a low ponytail, and go to underground dance clubs. I was oh, so chic hehe...Funny, I never wore them with vintage dresses, only with modern clothes.

OMG Kim! How are you and the rest of the Bombshells? Been forever since I ran into you ladies!

[Lawrence TheeContender {★}]

Lenore Lovelace said:

TheeContender said:

I love to wear my hats when I go out to a show or around town boozin' with friends. But I need to keep better care of them. Any tips on hat care?

It may sound a bit 'girly', but for hats like bowlers or fedoras, it would be best to store them in a hat box [or any box with enough room really] to keep them dust free and in shape.

In general, avoid getting hair products on them or wearing them out in the rain. And keep them off the bed. ;)

Thanks for the tip! I was thinking of investing in a storage box like this.

[Wink Holliday]

I need to buy many more wig forms. And then mount a shelf about 2ft from the ceiling, running the perimeter of the room, and fill it with bewigged and behatted heads! :)

TheeContender said:

Lenore Lovelace said:

TheeContender said:

I love to wear my hats when I go out to a show or around town boozin' with friends. But I need to keep better care of them. Any tips on hat care?

It may sound a bit 'girly', but for hats like bowlers or fedoras, it would be best to store them in a hat box [or any box with enough room really] to keep them dust free and in shape.

In general, avoid getting hair products on them or wearing them out in the rain. And keep them off the bed. ;)

Thanks for the tip! I was thinking of investing in a storage box like this.