the life aesthetic

It took me a while to not think "Britney Spears" whenever I spotted a fedora...

but eventually Britney cleaned up her act, got a real stylist, and let me forget about her infinite faux pas & return to my love of the fedora

(clockwise from upper left: 'Beach Detective Hat' $68 Anthropologie; Katherine Hepburn in the 1935 Sylvia Scarlett; Sienna Miller; Hat Pete Studs, $800 Maison Michel; vintage fedora sketches)

Beginning in the late 19th/early 20th century, the fedora was originally a woman's fashion. It wasn't until the 20s when the hat became a middle-class man's accessory.

(Moschino Cheap & Chic Resort 2010)

Although it was a more popular style the past couple seasons, I still plan on sporting mine this spring. To avoid looking like a popstar/mobster, pair it with neutrals like camel, taupe, gray, etc. & loose knits.

The fedora also transitions into fall with the continuing menswear theme (along with the boater & boweler hats)

(Kenzo Fall RTW 2010)