It's back....

[gurdymonkey]

Ladies, have you noticed? Have you seen them everywhere from Old Navy to Nordstrom's? Or maybe you saw them in a fashion magazine somewhere between the cosmetic ads. Everyone's wearing them, it seems.

I'm sure it's no accident this was influenced by the success of Boardwalk Empire, about to start its second season on HBO.

I am referring to the cloche, that bell-shaped bucket of a hat that was popular in the 1920s, the hat my grandmothers wore. 

Now, as it happens, I have something to go to on Sunday. I don't have the bod or the dress (ir the time to make one!) to pull off a slinky party dress like this, and it's an afternoon event in an old plane hangar in any event. I do, however, have a skirt and top that can be pulled together for a daytime look. And this, found at the Nordstrom Rack on my lunch hour.  (Yes, it's a bit dorky. I look dorky in most hats....)


This link, however, does prove that women of my grandmothers' generation didn't all look like Mia Farrow. They came in all sizes, just like now. Check out the plus-sized beauty exiting a car at the bottom of the page.

Comments

[helblonde.livejournal.com]

I love it! I don't think it's dorky at all. I love that hats are becoming more easily available. The wool fedora I wore to tea was from Target!

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

They had this one at the Rack in a couple of colors, as well as a few other styles. I chose this one because the brim curls up on the other side of my face.

I never like how I look in most hats, don't mind me.

[takadai-no-tora.livejournal.com]

I think your hat looks very cool. I found a black cloche last spring and I've worn it more than I expected to. I look OK in cloches or broad-brimmed hats if the brim turns down but fedoras, which I love make me look like a total dork.

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

Cute hat! I love hats, but had to stop buying them because I never had a place to wear them. (Except the large straw ones that I wear during the summer to keep the sun off of me. I must have six of those things around here!)

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

I can never find a cloche that works on me--other hat styles? No problem. Except for fit, of course. They're generally all too small.

I like your hat!

[karisu-sama.livejournal.com]

That hat looks great on you!