“It will only take me ONE word to say what is most important about hats: FUN”
It is fun to put one on, take one last look in the mirror, and see what a hat has added to your overall appearance. You will smile at yourself.
It is fun to walk down the street, sit at a stoplight, or enter a room and be complimented. People will smile at you.
It is fun to have doors opened for you, literally and figuratively, because you put a hat on your head. You will keep smiling.
It is fun to learn hat wearing doesn’t take confidence; it gives you confidence (Phillip Treacy). You will always be smiling.
Hats can turn plain into pizzazz, crank up the volume until the whole world sings along, change a girl into a woman and a woman back into a girl.
Hats are shameless flatterers, calling attention to an escaping curl, a tawny braid, a sprinkling of freckles over a pert nose, directing the eye to what is most unique about a face. Their curves emphasize a shining pair of eyes, a lofty forehead; its deep brim accentuates the pale tint of a cheek, creates an aura of prettiness, suggests a mystery that awakens curiosity in the onlooker (Jeanine Larmothe).
Hats are a flag, a shield, a bit of armor, and a badge of femininity. They are the difference between wearing clothes and wearing a costume; the difference between being dressed and being dressed up; the difference between looking adequate and looking your best. Hats are to be stylish in, glow under, flirt beneath, make all others seem jealous over, and make all men feel masculine about. A piece of magic is a hat (Martha Sliter, Author).
Women wearing hats are at once sophisticated and whimsical….Their faces are younger and softer. (Few) women have ever been able to resist the temptation to try on a hat and discover in the mirror a person they never suspected was there. A hat alters the image we have of ourselves and the image others see as well. For the hours we wear it, it brings out a different dimension in our personality, much as a costume aids an actress in her role.”
***Above Reprinted from The Joy of Hats by permission of the Author & “Top Hat” herself, Archie Burkel, creator of HATLADIES of Charleston, SC. To read more about the wonderful world of Hats, purchase your own complete copy — THE JOY OF HATS by Archie Burkel***
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