25 hats

You have probably noticed around here that I like vintage hats.  

Here's a silly little gif of me modeling them for you.  

You might be able to tell I'm not sure how to wear/style some of them.  I think I need bigger hair...

How's ilfe? I hope all is well.  I'm swamped right now with work, my course ends on Wednesday and I've got an essay due as well as an exam, and all I want to do in my free time is wrap gifts and make cookies!

Steve and I 'exchanged' gifts already, as our new mattress arrived this weekend.  But we're still getting each other something small to open at Christmas too.  The joys of adult life.

Other than that I hit up the Nacho Mama's craft show on Saturday and visited Holly Knitlightly and her booth and saw/bought some great crafty goodies.

I'd better get going or I'll be late for work.  Cheers all!

Vintage Hat Love. Bring Hats Back.

 You may or may not already know how much I love vintage hats.  

This morning I had some spare time to browse Etsy's lovely listings and these are my favourites at the moment.   If I had to just pick one, I think it's the first green one, in the top left corner.

 Which would you choose?

Also, I got my hair done again last week and I've been wearing this green vintage hat a lot this winter.  So here's a snap of that. 

 I saw this picture and was amazed at how the light fixture in our dining room doesn't look half bad.  I hate it in person.  Ahhh there's nothing that can't look good out of focus ;)
How's your week so far?

Bring Hats Back.

Over the past couple years I've stumbled upon and fallen for some beautiful vintage hats. 

They make me wish 3 things.  

1.  That people wore hats more often, and generally dressed nicer.

2.  That I had a head of perfectly placed 1940's curly hair.
3.  That it wasn't so windy outside. 

The other day, I was ambitious enough to face these 3 wishes and took a hat down and wore it. haha!

I found this hat while thrifting in my hometown.
I wore it with a simple brown sweater and one of my fave skirts that I bought years ago in NYC. 

 I always get a kick out of what's written inside the hats.  This one says "Finest Imported Velour," which has a nicer ring to it than Made in China, doesn't it?

There is no information about where it was made, but the detail in the shapes is beautiful, and the netting is really delicate.

Have you got hats?  Do you wear them?  Any interest in seeing more of mine?
Have a great Friday!

~mel

p.s. you can also see the hat in action here