by Angie Omata
Having a cool hat to polish off a look is key to celeb style. Actually, perhaps it’s a combination of fashion and function (ie, paparazzi shielding) that make them so popular in Hollywood. In any case, every girl should have a couple of cute hats on deck to help counteract bad hair days and to accent her wardrobe.
Eugenia Kim, hat designer extraordinaire, has been a celeb favorite for some time now. The likes of Cameron Diaz, Nicole Richie and Sienna Miller have all been photographed rockin’ her majorly chic and unique chapeaus and hair accessories.
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by Michele Obi
Berets, floppy hats or beanies? However you opt to keep your head stylish and warm, we say do it in colour. Topshop has a great selection of brightly coloured options; we love this cobalt blue felt floppy hat and this orange extra chunky hat. But most of all our heart goes to this purple sequined beret. Gorgeous! £15 available at Topshop
by Sarah John-Lewis
When Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie tried working as Arkansas milkmaids in an episode of their reality show “The Simple Life,” things ended badly, with the pair soaked in spilled milk. But their orange camouflage Von Dutch truckers’ caps made an impression. Within hours, the hats were selling on eBay for three times their retail value.
The Von Dutch brand, named for a seminal L.A. car customizer, has hit critical mass. Von Dutch, whose real name was Kenny Howard, was a father of the 1960s “kustom car” craze. Howard, who was raised in Maywood, California, and died at 63 in 1992, virtually invented the free- style pin-striping and painted flames that became the signature of the uniquely Southern California car subculture. His family nickname was “Dutch” - given to him early on by relatives who found him as stubborn as a Dutchman.
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