Whatever happened to hats?

Photos showing the queues for food in WW2 showed many women wearing a hat or at least, a headscarf. My Mum dressed up to go shopping in what was called a costume in the 1950's and a smart hat. Air travel had her pulling out all the stops with her smartest clothes. Nowadays people dress for comfort for flying. Not ever having been a hat person, I don't miss their decline. I do like a fascinator for a wedding, though.

We have a hat shop in our town, but I have never seen anyone go in.

The only hats people wear nowadays are smart ones for weddings, beanies when it's cold and baseball caps.

Have never looked good in a hat. My head always seems to be at odds with it.
Both my mum and dad wore hats back in the day.

i wear a bowler and a gorgous gangster one,sunhats.fedoras are my fav but i have all handmade from the 40s and 50s

straw fedoras a pinkone i just gave to someone cowboys
straw felt leather and canvas
they look great with my duster too

I always wear a sun hat in the summer and hats of various kinds in the cold winter weather. So a woollen knitted for casual, and I have furry types for smarter.

I wear a hat with a brim whenever the sun shines as I can’t bear sunlight since having a cataract done four years ago. Before that I hadn’t worn an hat since grammar school.
My grandmother never left the house without a hat.

I like beret, but in this wind!!!!

Berets

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We have a hat shop in our town, but I have never seen anyone go in.

The only hats people wear nowadays are smart ones for weddings, beanies when it's cold and baseball caps.

You saw me!

(Beanies and baseball cap, not in the hat shop)

I used to like the boaters we wore in the sixth form, but my head seems to be completely the wrong shape for a hat. I have a sun hat that I wear in the garden, but I wouldn't want people to see me in it.

I had to wear hats for school and hated it, and I’ve not worn one since regardless of how hot or cold it is. I don’t ever remember my mum or grandmother wearing one either.

I've never worn a hat for purely aesthetic reasons, only for practical ones. So wooly toques, berets or baseball cap only for me.

I also have quite thick hair, and the idea of a sunhat just makes me sweat. My one straw sun hat is insufferable after about 15 minutes.

I wear a woolly or waterproof hat for dog walking

I bought a huge hat and wore it as mother of the ( ery beautiful ) bride recently

Otherwise no hats

I love hats but I’m not brave enough to wear one…..except a woolly one for dog walking. My daughter bought me an amazing hat from Peru, I’ll keep it safe!

I still have the bonnets I knitted for my baby girls, with satin ribbons to tie under the chin. Even babies just wear beanies now.

I love hats too. If I have an excuse to wear one these days, I get one from vinted or a vintage store & send to a charity shop after the occasion.
Think a lot of people do similarly so there's not much trade for a hat shop.
I do own & wear beanies for dogwalking, riding hats & swimming caps but they're no fun.

I have long been jealous of the hat wearing in other parts of the world. I actually wore a fascinator for my anniversary this week! Yes, the

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The Americans stared, but I wore that sucker with pride!

I wear sun hats in the Summer. Not very wide brim, just wide enough to protect my hair, neck and face and block out the glare from the sun. I started wearing them when I lived in Sydney and just carried on when I got back.

I used to get some funny looks from neighbours and women on the bus but given some of the strange sights see on a daily basis I'm not worried what other people think 😁

What to do with old but lovely mother of the bride or groom hats?

I kept my mother-of-the-bride hat just in case I ever got invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace. Alas, no invitation has ever been forthcoming. I haven't been to Cheltenham or Ascot either.

Yes, I often wear a sun hat in summer.

Mam and dad always wore hats. Sadly there aren’t any good hat shops around. I’d love to go back to those days because I love hats.

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(Beanies and baseball cap, not in the hat shop)

The reason I wear a sun hat - skin cancer - oncologist recommended - factor 50, wide brimmed sun hat -I have about 5-6 different ones and sun glasses. Not a beam dares shine on my face!!

My mother and sister were/are also sufferers.

Winter - just because it keeps me warm. Although I would wear a hat at every chance tbh which sadly is very little as it does complete an outfit I think.