Thursday, April 28, 2011

A Fedora Fashion Experiment


It wasn't that long ago, 50 or 60 years, that hats were a staple of American fashion. Both men and women wore hats when they went out. Everywhere. Today, these same hats are considered a fashion risk or more of a "look at me" call for attention that possibly only Hollywood hipsters and stylists could pull off. Not so much for your average Joe.

The fedora is a new trend that seems to be putting hats back on the fashion map. I bought a fedora for myself last October, but never wore it. Or should I say I never had the fashion nads to wear it, until yesterday when I instituted a Fedora Fashion Experiment. (and trust me when I tell you, I have a lot of fashion nads)

I work in a fashion environment, perfect for my initial entry into a fashion realm of the unknown. The question? Could I pull it off for an entire day? One thing I knew for sure was if I wore it I would have to be committed and wear it for the entire day. No exceptions.





So this is me in The Candy Bar in the morning, hopeful and ready to conquer the day. Walking into the boutique my co-workers immediately greeted me with a "oh wow, don't you look cute?". I can report that at his point I felt a little silly and a bit out of my comfort zone, but I trudged on. With the weather a bit muggy and the temp inside the boutique at a balmy 80 degrees, my head began to sweat a bit and the nagging feeling of hat removal nipped at my psyche.



I was not to be deterred.




As the day progressed, I began to get my hat mojo on and I was feeling pretty good. Customers had only positive comments like:




"You look great in hats"




"I love this look" and




"Only you could pull that off."




By two pm I began to get a slight headache and I wondered if it was from wearing a foreign object on my head for so long or the fact that I had yet to eat my lunch, (which very well could have been) but after lunch I still had my groove. And it reflected in my enthusiasm.



Bottom line: The Fedora Fashion Experiment was a success! So much so, that I've decided to add the Fedora to my fashion repitoire regularly. I high recommend it to you and to all us Average Joe's who are afraid to let their Fashion Freak Flag fly.



Sometimes a little "look at me" is just that, in the most positive way possible.



13 comments:

Thomas (Tom) Rimington said...

You look FABulous!

Deech said...

Yup! It definitely works. You look great!

sybil law said...

Awww - even your voice is cute!!
I have no problem with hats, but they really do give me a headache (like sunglasses on my head) after a few hours. Still - hats are great for bad hair/ unshowered days!

Dr Zibbs said...

You're hot!!!!!!

Slyde said...

i think you look great!

right now i'm wearing a fedora (and nothing else!)

BeckEye said...

It looks good on you! I, on the other hand, look like a complete idiot in hats. All hats.

Anonymous said...

Baby in need a biscuit so I can sop you up with it.

Lil' Nigglet said...

Gat-damm i doo likes me some Candy !!

Cora said...

You're so stinkin' cute!!!! I would do the hat thing, but hats give me a headache. :-(

Scope said...

You look fabulous. And look good in the fedora, too.

I wore a fedora thru most of college. You know, the 80's black one with the white band.

the walking man said...

That was just Fabulous DAAhling. Next up is the Stovepipe hat, pull that off and you may single handidly bring hat wearing back to the uncouth Americans....well baseball hats don't really count as fashionable right?

Marie-Eve said...

Love the fedora on you !

Furtheron said...

where did you get that hat... etc.

Sorry whenever someone in our family tries a hat on you get that refrain sung

You look excellent in it