What's with the hat?

“A picture is worth a thousand words” – but a hat is worth a thousand judgments! The type of headwear one wears says a lot about that person. Cowboy hats = rugged cowboy or rebellious party girl. Beret’s = snobby with an accent or intriguingly artistic. Sombrero = spending a lot of time in the sun, or bought a regrettable souvenir from last vacation down south. Ball caps can have several meanings – depending on the way it is decorated. If it has a label still on it = cool hommie. Mesh back = smelly head or hip teenager. With a slogan = I was desperate for a hat so I wore this free one. A toque = bad hair day or cold weather. But then there is cross-over headwear like ball caps with neck protectors to wear instead of a wide brimmed hat. Engineers, not designers, must have created these – they just scream “function over fashion!”


Tags: Hats, Sombrero, Cowboy Hat, Beret