kentucky derby

I am going to the Kentucky Derby for the first time!! What am I most excited about? The hats. One of the only times that you will be out of place if you are not wearing a hat. My first move after finding out I was going was to begin my search for the hat. I started looking through all my favorite online shops. I finally found my derby hat on Shopbop. Rag and bone comes to my rescue! I am digging the mixture of lavender, lime, and straw with the leather band.

mad hatter.

embrace your inner mad hatter today.

johnny depp + the hat

Was he born wearing a hat? Every hat looks like it belongs on his head. His hats look to all be vintage. They are all very masculine hats typically with a wider brim and in neutral colors. I think that more guys should take style inspiration from Johnny Depp. His look is so effortless, grunge, and he shows his respect towards accessories. Johnny shows the world how easy it is to throw on a hat, and it completes the outfit. So guy buy a hat that makes you feel confident and comfortable as if you were born to be unified with this hat.

 wide brim hat + scarf

 my hat has holes in it, and I still look awesome.

hat + colored lens sunglasses + graphic print scarf

hat + vintage glasses + 3 handkerchiefs (because one is not enough) 

can we be best friends?

helen bonham carter. I want to be your best friend, and so does everyone else in the world. She is by far one of my favorite actresses, and she takes her style cues from no one but herself. I admire her self expression in her clothing choices. She is fearless and never shies away from an opportunity to wear a top hat. 

hat headshots.

my friday wants

Fridays have become dangerous days for me. I don't have classes on Friday, and I enter into this sort of euphoria just because of the fact that it is the weekend. Online shopping is put into full gear, and Paypal becomes my worst enemy. I usually come out alive though...so don't fret. Here are some of my hat finds from this morning:

you can't go wrong with a flat brim hat especially in black. what doesn't this hat go with?

freepeople.com for $98

the perfect hat for spring/summer. i am obsessed with this combo of black straw and jewel toned ribbon. rock this with an all black outfit.

freepeople.com for $38

POOL HAT. embrace the colors of the season and bust out this rag and bone fedora. 

shopbop.com for $175

Pucci goes military, and I'm going with him...or at least I wish I could go with him.

net-a-porter.com for $550

ok ok I would wear this hat everyday of summer if I could. the colors on this hat perfectly compliment each other. 

net-a-porter.com for $340

hats must run in the family

The Olsen sisters, primarily Mary Kate and Ashley, have been paving their way in the fashion world. Their bohemian-homeless-eclectic-vintage style has been turning a lot of heads and inspiring a lot of women. The most refreshing part is that they do not play by societies rules. Grazie mille Olsens. Their youngest sister Elizabeth has also taken up a few style points from her sisters. Besides the fact that they all look freakily similar, they also all enjoy wearing hats. They don't just wear the hat. They make it look like the hat belongs on their head. Here are some pictures of the Olsens becoming one with the hat.

american beauty: doris day.

She is rocking this wide brimmed straw hat and looking effortlessly chic while doing it. Dear Sun, please come back into my life. 

Anything goes on the beach..right? Don't take yourself too seriously. Go ahead and put some tassels on your straw hat.

A matching shirt and hat ensemble? Doris is loving hat. Please have fun in your hat.

the felt hat.

This is a link to a video by Bill Cunningham on the current popularity of the felt hat in New York City.

http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/01/25/fashion/100000002027380/bill-cunningham-antifreeze.html?emc=eta1&smid=pl-share

In the clip, Bill Cunningham references the character Annie Hall played by Diane Keaton in the Woody Allen film. Here is a photo of her floppy, felt hat.

hats are the bees knees.

Here is an interview by Dazed Digital with Sarah Burton on Alexander McQueen's Spring/Summer 2013 at Paris Fashion Week. It is an interesting representation of the connection between femininity and the female form involving nature.

Dazed Digital: What was the starting point?

Sarah Burton: Everything was exploding last season so I really wanted to really bring it back to what the silhouettes of the house were, by embracing femininity and all female forms and looking at the hips, the waist and the bust. Then we began to peel it away as I wanted it to feel erotic but not overtly sexual.

DD: How did you connect bees with the sexual undertones of the collection?

Sarah Burton: It was about nature and femininity. There's always a sense of nature in what we do like referencing pollination in bees. It was meant to be quite celebratory.

DD: Tell us a little about the historical shapes – the panniers, the corsets and the bustles?

Sarah Burton: It's not meant to be historical. It's all the underpinnings of different periods. We did look at Alberto Vargas but we also looked at everything used to accentuate the female form.

DD: The moulded corsets were quite brilliant…

Sarah Burton: Yes, we wanted to use corsets but we didn't want them to be heavy, because when you think corsetry, you always feel it might be restrictive. I wanted them to feel light. They're all moulded tortoiseshell, moulded onto the body with jewelled bees in them.

DD: So it's a celebration of the female form and ultimately women?

Sarah Burton: Yes, us lot!