More Fun With Hats

Lots of crazy fantastic headgears with a good dose of fun and self-irony. More people should wear hats!!! It's so much fun.
Find your favourite one in filipino designer and milliner Mich Dulce's spring-summer 2012 collection. There is one for every taste...

Turbans Do Things For You

Beautiful Mother Russia

Anna Pavlova wearing a Kokoshnik.


Between 1800 and 1880.

"Headdresses, or kokoshniks had the greatest abundance of ornamentation of any type of garment in Russia. They were most often made of damask woven with gilt metallic threads or velvet with gold embroidery. The wealthy peasant class often decorated their kokoshniks with pearls and gemstones. The headdresses worn by maidens exposed their hair, considered a prize possession in Russian culture. They were often accompanied by a venchik, a forehead covering made of fabric or metal. Married women were required to cover their hair entirely lest they be considered immodest. The double-headed imperial eagle is common to many cultures throughout history, most notably Byzantium. The dual heads were meant represent the secular and religious sovereignty of the monarch, as well as power over the East and West. This headdress is spectacular both in size and rendering. The dense decoration as well as the Russian heraldic symbol creates a sense of grandeur and importance."

I found this through this super amazing tumblr-blog: "The Ornamented Being".
A tour de force through fashion- and costume-history (mostly from 15th til 20th century).

Adorned Heads

Some ideas for your Casual Friday outfit...

More Sculptured Hair

The Paper-Cut-Project

Dressy Is The Word

Wrapped And Knotted

Gaultier Fall/Winter 10

Catherine Baba

Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson

Oh I love all kind of headpieces, but I have a really bad crush on turbans. I like the bohemian ethnic eccentric vibe that turbans have. But it needs some skills to do it, so that it doesn't look like you're having a bad hair day, or like a cancer victim...It needs some love and some boldness to rock a turban, but then... ooh lala!
There are thousands of ways to wear a scarf, be creative!

You can find a tutorial on how to tie a vintage turban by The Glamourai here

Gaultier, Fall/Winter 10

Valerie from Bleach Black

Everybody Needs A Sahnehäubchen

Sneshina Petrov is the talent behind the Berlin based hat-brand Sahnehäubchen.
Oh ooooh lo-lo-lo-lovely!!!

Deja Vu - Tomihiro Kono

I LOOOOOOVE this!
The head props were made by Tomihiro Kono. You can find more of his amazing head-gears at Not Just A Label.

Circus Child

One very special line at Coco de Mer is their Circus Child range. Here are some of the hats from bespoke milliner Victoria Grant. Fantastic creations from the world of circus side-shows, cabaret and vaudeville.
"The Circus Child range is a limited edition, made to measure, capsule collection of Circus inspired pieces designed to raise money for Circus Child, a not for profit organisation that supports and promotes circus groups around the world that work towards social change. Sam Roddick of Coco de Mer, Matilda Temperley and Victoria Grant have joined forces to create this celebratory collection of Circus inspired pieces."

Oooh la la!

William Chambers summer 2010 collection: fancy, elegant, très chic! Ooohh la la, hats are such great accessories!!!