I managed to pack lightly and fairly minimally for the trip to Colorado, although not everything went together. I had a couple of mismatched colors, although my basics were fairly neutral. The theme was white, silver gray, aqua, and a few things along the theme of pinky-coral-strawberry. I had two skirts, two pairs of shoes, two tops and one sundress. If I had added two more tops, I would have come pretty close to the perfect endless-summer travel wardrobe.
One thing I quickly realized I had forgotten however was a hat. I love light but the sun and I are not friends. I get headaches in the sun. Luckily I was not the only hat lover in the group and so we went hat shopping.
I got this hat on sale for roughly $16 at Dillards. It goes perfectly with the tops I packed for the trip and several more I have at home. I think I will be wearing it a great deal. I really hit the hat jackpot as I actually bought two hats, another one in black, which went well with the aqua sundress. Both hats also survived the trip home unscathed. The one pictured had to go on the plane with me as it was too wide for my small suitcase, but it has the perfect combination of fabric and straw so that it is cool and still flexible. It came out of the overhead crushed up into a small banana-like shape and sprang back to life good as new. Although I was willing to sacrifice the money for a headache-free vacation, I am even happier to have another great hat in my closet.
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9 responses to “A New Hat”
The hat looks even better when you’re wearing it, Mardel! I wish I’d found one I liked in the sale racks.
The sun and I are not friends either. Your hat is lovely and apparently crushable, a feature I love in a sun hat. Do you find that you get hat hair? I do. The only solution seems to be to keep my hair really short so I can fluff it back into shape when I take off my hat.
A sprightly, pretty hat. Made me recall how my mother and her friends cherished a new hat. Hats were *really* important. Now they are nearly-excinct accessories mainly chosen for sun screening. But once, a hat signalled one’s status and preferred activities, and women were preoccupied with making good choices, re-styling old hats, wearing the latest style, etc.
Perhaps bags have taken their place, but I do love a fetching hat, and now you have two new ones.
I always use sunscreen but a hat is much more effective for protecting your face.
I gather the hair on top of my head up and twist it around before I put the hat on. It keeps the hat from flattening out my hair.
I’ve always loved hats! My Mom (who wore a hat to church every Sunday) let me play dress up with her hats when I was young – the love of hats never left although I don’t wear them so often anymore.
That hat would be perfect for me! I’ve bought several dresses recently in those tones. . . I bet it looks fabulous on you!
The hat is perfect – and with the clothes even more so. What a great reflection of a carefree vacation.
The coral hat is lovely! Like you, too much sunshine can create a headache, although I often suspect I am really just dehydrated.
Terri, sometimes Ive wondered about just that…the dehydration, I mean.
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