The Art of Wearing Hats: What to choose. Where to find. How to style.

The Art of Wearing Hats: What to choose. Where to find. How to style.
Helena Sheffield

The perfect and practical pocket guide to being a hat wearer for novices and aficionados alike, complete with tips on where to buy them, how to wear them, who wears them best and tricks of the trade (yes hat hair, we’re looking at you).Hats have been a mainstay of fashion for centuries, but now they’re back with a bang – overtaking the accessories departments of Topshop et al and gracing the celebrated heads of Taylor Swift, Cara Delevigne, Johnny Depp and the like day in and day out. But which one should you wear? Which will suit you best, how should you wear them and when?The Art of Wearing Hats answers all these questions and more. Broken down into chapters covering everyday, outdoor and special occasion hats, you’ll soon discover the full range to choose from, alongside who in the Googlable world you can turn to for styling tips, and fun facts about where each originated from.Complete with illustrations and tips on how to grow your hat-wearing confidence, it might be an idea to start making room in your wardrobe.

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HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk) First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2016 FIRST EDITION © Helena Sheffield 2016 Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2016 Illustrations © Sian Tezel 2016 A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library Helena Sheffield asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. Find out about HarperCollins and the environment at www.harpercollins.co.uk/green (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/green) Source ISBN 9780008165291 Ebook Edition © February 2016 ISBN: 9780008165369 Version: 2015-12-17

Contents

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Cover (#u1d7d296b-fb52-594f-92ac-ad95dfd77f8c)

Title Page (#uf3979bb3-0a9c-51e5-a521-6acf6d0693fe)

Copyright (#u01a5f9ac-92ce-5be5-9dad-01bae1583f8f)

Introduction (#u2846a2f2-32a4-5f60-8bcd-fb8369ecce2a)

How to Use This Book (#ue26b2478-7713-508e-ba00-f5cf6868e6dc)

A Brief History of Hats (#u1dad24c9-bb9d-5165-a37c-aa046b7ce388)

No.1: Hats to Wear Every Day (#u80b94c08-72c4-59b1-a22b-a2261b781101)

The Trilby (#u4827bee3-f199-573f-afd8-bcaf849bf958)

The Bowler (#ub78ed8c1-917a-57dc-bec4-f964b1b8748a)

The Cloche (#ub74bc3f9-60dc-5b49-8866-d4a61757ff6f)

GET THE LOOK: The 1920s (#uf0134a77-9cac-5448-a3f9-4983e8445399)

The Boater (#ua2022a1e-48c9-5b3f-979f-5d60c5acd608)

The Military Cap (#litres_trial_promo)

The Pork Pie (#litres_trial_promo)

Wide-brimmed Hats (#litres_trial_promo)

No.2: Hats to Wear in the Wild (#litres_trial_promo)

The Beret (#litres_trial_promo)

GET THE LOOK: THE 1930s (#litres_trial_promo)

The Beanie (#litres_trial_promo)

The Riding Hat (#litres_trial_promo)

The Deerstalker (#litres_trial_promo)

The Flat Cap (#litres_trial_promo)

The Fedora (#litres_trial_promo)

GET THE LOOK: The 1940s (#litres_trial_promo)

The Cossack (#litres_trial_promo)

The Trapper (#litres_trial_promo)

No.3: Hats to Wear to the Palace (#litres_trial_promo)

Hatinators (#litres_trial_promo)

The Top Hat (#litres_trial_promo)

The Pillbox Hat (#litres_trial_promo)

Hats with Feathers (#litres_trial_promo)

Hats with a Veil (#litres_trial_promo)

The Turban (#litres_trial_promo)

GET THE LOOK: The 1950s (#litres_trial_promo)

No.4: Tricks of the Trade (#litres_trial_promo)

Your First Hat (#litres_trial_promo)

Building Your Confidence (#litres_trial_promo)

GET THE LOOK: The 1960s (#litres_trial_promo)

How to Avoid Hat-hair (#litres_trial_promo)

The Ponytail Problem (#litres_trial_promo)

What to Wear in the Wind (#litres_trial_promo)

Spring vs Autumn (#litres_trial_promo)

Hatcessories (#litres_trial_promo)

Hatiquette (#litres_trial_promo)