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Wit is periodically disensouled
05/13/09

In reply to Stephen Jones Helps Us Believe In Hats For Women
Those of us who adore hats but don't wear them often enough really ought to band together and form a pact to wear them. There's strength in numbers!
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hfree
05/13/09

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That first pic is absolutely magnificent (especialy when I thought it was Kristen McMennamy [or however you spell it]).
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elephantshoes
05/13/09

In reply to Stephen Jones Helps Us Believe In Hats For Women
I'm getting the impression from this post that hats (and fashion) are a way to escape and be someone else. But I've always seen fashion, hats included, as a way to express your true, unique self. Costumes = escape. Fashion = the amplification of oneself. So I'm not getting the whole "expression of another self" bit.
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poires et poireaux
05/13/09

@elephantshoes: I think it's both, really, and the question you ask could be extended to all art forms. Self-expression often involves escaping into the imagination or into other worlds, and looking at art/fashion does involve a degree of escapism. And there is a fine line between costume and fashion, I believe. When I get dressed in the morning, sometimes I ask myself "what costume am I going to wear?"
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Plum-Pie
05/13/09

@elephantshoes:I agree, in terms of the way I like to dress. I own two hats - a straw one for summer (which is also good for keeping the sun off my face) and a small wool cloche which is purely decorative. The reason I like them is that I feel totally comfortable in them and they blend in with all my other clothes. (I could probably be described a fan of the classics).

I do feel that I'm drawing attention to myself when I wear them but only because hats are unusual, not because I'm wearing something that says 'In my sexual fantasies, I am an alien'.
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CassetteLove
05/13/09

@elephantshoes: There was an essay in Aluure (back when it was good) about a woman who was an extra in period piece films, and her thoughts on women dressing in costume for everyday life- that that is the thought and purpose behind why some women wear what they wear, because it creates a new persona or identity. I don't disagree with that idea; and while I dress for expression, I also dress for confidence, which I do not always have. Isn't that a costume in the sense I am putting on someone else- a more liberated, out there self, as it were.
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elephantshoes
05/13/09

@All: Thank you all. This topic is something I like to think about as I try to hone my personal style. I guess clothing is always going to be a costume to some degree because it's hard to dress YOU. Interesting perspectives...
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poires et poireaux
05/13/09

@elephantshoes: If it's going to be a costume, you get to be the costume designer :)
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Plum-Pie
05/13/09

In reply to Stephen Jones Helps Us Believe In Hats For Women
This exhibition is hugely enjoyable (I went with my sister, Gherkinfiend and Makelovetothejudgeswithyoureye...) and I urge those resident in London to go.

Also, I remember that Guinivere van Seenus interview - she said many idiotic things in it, although being Jewish, I found the quote highlighted most offensive.
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Plum-Pie
05/13/09

@Plum-Pie: I just realised she said this 10 years ago - that is a long career for a moddle.
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gherkinfiend
05/13/09

@Plum-Pie: And you looked particularly stylish in your fabulous vintage hat...

I second the recommendation for the exhibition. It is so good I've been twice! Total hat heaven!
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JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
05/13/09

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I remain utterly incapable of not using this image any time there is a hat post.

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hfree
05/13/09

@JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: There's also that halo-like veil thing she wears during the bar/club scene. That one always distracts me.
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Rare Affinity
05/14/09

I have always loved wearing hats on a daily basis and people use it for shorthand to describe me to others. My collection has recently expanded with a number of fabulous hats from the 1940s. I only discovered that there were so many wonderful vintage hats out there when I signed up for e-bay last week. A friend said when she first met me she thought I was impossibly grand and somewhat forbiddng simply because I always wore huge picture hats to work. I love to wear hats at a jaunty angle and there is something very flirtatious about widebrimmed hats or hats with a veil that partially conceal the face. My hats usually make me feel instantly glamarous and save a fortune on hairdressing bills. I could never afford a Stephen Jone's hat (I used to work near his Covent garden hat shop) nor would I want to. Now I can buy genuine Holllywood heyday millinery for a relative song. If you want to get ahead, get a hat as the saying goes.@JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!:
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wry_bred
05/13/09

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My great aunt was a very successful haberdasher. She was also batshit insane. Perhaps they go together? That said, the first hat is awesome... it looks like water.
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doodley is not amused
05/13/09

@wry_bred: Believe it or not, it's possible that it is related. The use of mercury in hatmaking caused serious illness, including some mental illness -- hence the term "mad as a hatter."

OK, I googled it and here's an article:

[www.worldwidewords.org]

If this article is correct about the time period, though, your great aunt may have been too young for the mercury to have been a factor.

I can't remember a damn thing that is important, but I have about a million useless facts such as this crammed in my head.
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Diziet_Sma
05/13/09

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He is a bona fide artistic genius. I LOVE hats. But I definitely have to be in the right mood to wear one.
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morninggloria
05/13/09

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I'm wearing the many legged doll hat to my interview for a housekeeping position at the Adams' family mansion.
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frankie22
05/13/09

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I LOVE LOVE LOVE hats. It's the one thing I'd reinstate from the 50's - wearing jaunty, chic little hats everywhere. But I hardly ever wear them because I feel that they are a bit costumey. Maybe I should just get over it and proudly wear the dozens of untouched hats in my closet.
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lilbobbytables
05/13/09

@frankie22: Same here! We can start a "Hats without shame" club, and rock it out of the park.
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tscheese
05/13/09

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How does the waves-of-undulating -plastic hat thing work? It looks like if the moddle holds her head normally, the "waves" will poke her shoulder. Aiee!
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Yellowbelt
05/13/09

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That first "hat" is incredible. I can't stop staring at it!
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wordinedgewise
05/13/09

@Yellowbelt: I KNOW RIGHT? I'm mesmerized.
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baraqiel
05/13/09

@Yellowbelt: Yeah, I really like that one. It's like trompe l'oeil millinery.
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tscheese
05/13/09

In reply to Stephen Jones Helps Us Believe In Hats For Women
OH MY GOD, I WANT THE BARBIE FEET HAT. Oh my god, I want, want WANT the Barbie Feet Hat. I would NOT be able to stop chewing it, but I WANT IT.
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prettycool
05/13/09

In reply to Stephen Jones Helps Us Believe In Hats For Women
I NEED that baby doll head/ barbie leg hat.
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baraqiel
05/13/09

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(And that's saying something, given I normally can't even stand to look at Van Seenus, a Steven Meisel favorite who once told The Face that the Holocaust could be interpreted as karmic retribution for something really bad the Jews must have done.)

Oh, you mean like the time we killed Jesus?

Yeah, fuck you.
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wry_bred
05/13/09

@baraqiel: Or for causing all the wars in the world.
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casi nadie
05/13/09

In reply to Stephen Jones Helps Us Believe In Hats For Women
I used to not be a hat person, but then I discovered a lovely green felt wonder that transforms me into a glamorous 1940s traveller whenever I put it on.
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