HAT OFF? WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

"Military" cap and knitting are the hit of this year Fall-Winter season.
The 20s' fashion style also calls for itself

Zdravka Kirilova

In the world of fashion accessories some of them had turned into a symbol of eternal classic and whole an epoch. Exactly such a symbol is the hat. Everybody just going to think it is a remnant when women didn't go out without a hat on, no matter if they would show or prove themselves this way... But here it is the forthcoming Fall-Winter season of 2007-2008!

Almost all fashion houses and designers stake on a vision including various hat styles, hair-belts or hair-claps transformed to works of art. This could mean only one - the hat is back and it is a kind of very modern fashion accessory.

Accents of this fashion season are American "military" style of berets and caps, the English vintage vision hats with their usual refinement and romance achieved by belts and feathers, the French sensuality and innocent playfulness of berets, the comfortable and always actual ski-hat or the massive and regal fur hats "Russian winter" type. Choose yourself your hat style and face the cold winter days boldly.

Military style
Caps and berets always come and go. Some fashion designers even love them. But this fashion season caps are hit among all of them. However they are quite various and eccentric - by textile or leather, in animal-hide patterns, in Scottish checked or stripe patterns.The leather cap is the right choice for every-day usage together with a double-clasped coat and large collar or a high-knee leather boots on a thick and high-heeled sole. The leather color is black, dark brown or beige. Some of designer decisions often suggest textile caps in vivid yellow, candy pink, lilac and orange. Shoes and shawls must be the same color style.

English retro style of 20s
During the time when women emancipation had been rising, the short hair-style with much of brilliantine became trendy. Such an hair-style suppose to be accompanied by a mini hat with variety of details and accessories. The long hair-style includes curls and "commas" stuck to the cheeks. In this case hat accessories are turban-like or belts with pins, ribbons and exotic feathers. Many of you probably remember the English TV series "The House of Eliott" which could be used as a manual for hair accessories. The elegant British style of 20s in the century gone by is ultra modern for this fall-winter season. If you stake on this vision you surely should get a velvet hair-belt or any other by elastic material over which is fastened large ribbon, feathers, fluff or any ornate brooch. Such an accessory perfectly fits to a plain evening dress with a low neck accent, large collar, belt of fluff or feathers, tulle shoulder cloak as well as some ornaments of fine lace. That retro vision surely will give you mysterious and sexy outlook which will rivet people eyes.

Another fresh whiff from the past are so modern hats called "bob". The reason for such their name are two: 1st one - they are similar to the English policemen's hats which byword is "Bob" and the 2nd one comes from the short hair-style so popular in 20s of the century gone by. Such kind of hat really needs a short cropped or tidy hair having in mind that it clings closely to the head like a cocoon and also has an eye-shade mysteriously covering some of the eyes.

French beret
The lax sex-appeal or an innocent-romantic vision you could get with a French type of beret freely covering your loosen wavy or curly hair. Berets are ornate with crystals, captions, ornaments and some of them are even made by classic stripe and checked textile patterns.

Russian winter
The massive fur hats are warm and truly prove the need of this accessory especially in the winter. They bring a regal vision and could be turned into a main accent of every clothing even the most simple. Some hats are cylinder-shaped another ones "nest"-like but certainly all of them are decorated with feathers and even buttons or leather elements.

Knitted hats
The fashion icon Sarah Jessica Parker made a hint at this trend some seasons ago when she boldly appeared in knitted loose hat with eye-shade and a pompom. The knitted ski-hats are also modern having in mind they have always been classic - simple and worldly. The large-shaped pattern is a hit! The stole should be also vast, twisted many times around the neck and lax tied. The more tiny knitting is a mixture combining together two or more colors depending on the rest garment. Moreover these hats are quite accessible. You could take some in a different color and shape. This way you will be always modern.

Bowler hats
Sicily gangster style of the bowler is a celebrities' obsession. Among the obsessed are Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Victoria Beckham and many others. In its other variety - "Robin Hood" style - the bowler is playfully angled to one side and decorated with a ribbon or feather. It is elegant and extravagant meanwhile. It always expresses your personality and most of all - your fashion boldness. Flared bowlers similar to men's ones of Victorian-style have trimmed eye-shades and sharper shapes. For the present fashion season ladies can combine them with strictly elegant and business suits. Bowler textile follows the suit or coat material and you could also add any classic gloves in black or light brown leather.

Photos:
1. Military cap of "Hermes" combined with a coat and boots in the same style
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2. Kirsten Dunst is one of the first who staked on vintage style of the 20s
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3. Posh hat "bob" style
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4. Beret of "Donna Karan" with encrusted crystals
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5. French type of beret from the "Loui Vuitton" collection
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6. Cylinder-shaped furry hat designed by Jean Paul Gaultier
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7. "Russian winter" type of hat from the Michael Kors's collection
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8. Girlish knitted ski-hat of Ralph Lauren
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9. Sarah Jessica Parker in her emblematic knitted hat with eye-shade - lax but modern
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10. Marc Jacobs stakes on the Victorian flared hats in every model of his newest collection
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