Hats!

I very rarely wear them, but did wear one for dd's big but relatively informal and mostly out of doors wedding do.

I knew it was likely to be hot, and it was.
It was just a fairly basic, wide brimmed straw hat which I trimmed to pretty it up a bit - shades of Jane Austen, 'making my bonnet up new!'

Well, being a chap, I find that wearing a hat especially in Winter is essential but very unfashionable in the UK as most men do not, even in cold or rainy weather. My job took me to Poland for three years and most men there wear hats ( and many women wear fur coats) so I have a collection of two fine trilby hats, some beanies, two fedora types, sun hats, peaked caps and even had a real Russian fur hat that I bought having had a spell in Novgorod )at -15C) in the Winter.
I wore the Russian fur hat shopping with my wife in the UK to a supermarket and the remarkable thing is no one comments whatever you wear so I say to all you other Gramps, don't be shy - get a hat or preferable several!

I thought I was not a formal hat person until I tried one on for very formal occasion last year. Being tall I look daft in fascinators, but somehow the wide brimmed hat made me feel ‘dressed up’. So I now have two such hats and look forward to a special wedding in June when I shall have the chance to dress up again?
Certainly wouldn’t want to wear one with feathers on though. Yuc!

lilypops the lovely visors can be had at Surprizeshop, GolfGarb, Miss designer Golf and Sunwiser. Defintely improves my golf if I'm not blinded by the sun.

I never, ever wear hats or even try them on. I cannot bear anything at all on my head at all. I flinch if anyone goes to put a hat on me.
I even dislike the paper hats at Christmas. I have no idea why I am like this.
I hate baseball caps on others, or to see people wearing hats indoors. I feel uncomfortable when I see some people looking ridiculous wearing strange hats.

I tend to wear baseball caps in the summer but I really should get a Panama hat for the sun (can't afford one at the moment)

I did wear my beanie hat during the cold weather, it doesn't suit me but I can't bear cold ears

Rarely wear a hat to a Wedding & didn't wear one when DH & I got married, I just don't suit them.

I don't think of fascinators as hats, more as headdresses, which I suppose hats are too in a literal sense but, for me, a hat is also something with a purpose other than, but possibly including, decoration.

I'd noticed more hats (bobble hats in particular) being worn this winter too, fennel.

I love hats on other people would love to wear a hat but where so live they dont wear hats we are going to a Wedding in July and I would love to wear s fascinator but dont know if I dare

I have a few, all practical. ie some cotton ones with brims to shade my face in hot weather. And some woolly ones for when it's really cold.
I noticed that many people were wearing woolly hats during the cold weather last winter.
They do tend to flatten and ruin your hair though.

Im not a very 'hat'person, though have a couple of straw hats to keep off the sun. Being only 5' 2" they make me look like a squat little mushroom ....
However in response to the OP, a friend of mine (a fellow lacemaker) has been working on pieces of lace to make either a fascinator or to trim a hat to wear to her niece's wedding. I can't wait to see the finished item!. So there can be other forms of hat trimming, for those with the imagination and skill to conjure up something different. ? (That wouldn't apply to me, you understand @).

I like hats, but rarely wear them. Usually, I decorate a hat with artificial flowers, or tie a thin scarf round the crown if I feel it needs a little help.

exotic feather are ones left during molting
at least thast how my friend gathers hers to sell and she must prove where they came from
also many are turkey/chicken feathers that have been dyed and reshaped

the hatboxes are beautiful too

love hats and caps
not so much the large frilly things
i have a 6 that were handed down and still in gorgeous condition
some were gf
most were gm
my absolute favorite is a pink fedora and the grey and pink dress that came with it c.1946/a bowler with lacy trim,2 mens fedoras now trimmed with some lace or ribbon
caps for outdoor running around/newsboy ones
american and aussie bush hats love 'em all

I would love to be able to wear one of those old-fashioned Victorian hats with a wide brim, a veil and a couple of those Mother-of-Pearl hat pins, but......

I'm just 5 foot bang-on, and I'm also 'Triangle-Shaped-Aren't-You-Auntie?" so says my undiplomatic niece.

So, sadly, no hats for me except woolly bobble hats in the winter.

(And aren't those feathery, wispy, Alice Band fascinator things banned at Royal Ascot?)

Teetime,, ⛳️ A purple diamanté visor sounds lovely , may I ask where you bought it from , I wonder if it would improve my golf ?

Thinking about it I do wear a lot of hats - winter beanie type for dog walking, summer straw. I did buy a panama a few years ago and I love it! I was just struck by the number with feather adornments in the formal hat section.

I've never worn a hat (I'm 59). The closest I got was wearing a Juliet cap with a short veil, at my wedding.

Love hats and any excuse will do to wear a fancy one. It takes a bit of getting used to if you have not worn hats much so if you think they look odd then just keep wearing it in the house until you grow accustomed - and ignore comments from your DH!

Women have always made or wanted pretty and/or stylish things to wear. I suppose that feathers are such a lovely design and such intricate things certainly lend themselves to being used rather than wasted. I am phlegmatic about such things.

I love hats, and have quite a collection, yet I've never worn one to a wedding, with feathers or without. I think it's a British thing. Years ago I was invited to a British-Italian wedding in Tuscany. None of the Italian ladies wore hats, only the British ones. Wedding hats are in a league of their own, and are mostly ridiculous.

I’ve always liked hats, but apart from a straw hat (which I always look ridiculous in, but have to wear in any sun) I don’t wear them. I don’t miss a hat at weddings, but in the winter I seem to see no end of people looking glamorous (and warm!) in fur hats - I’d love one. I did send for a couple, but just looked awful. Oh well!

I wear hats and caps regularly and love them. The only feather I have is a kind of pheasant tail (I guess) and it completely transforms the black fedora into something decidedly more special. I'm quietly confident the bird in question was not specifically reared for this purpose but -who knows?

I've had a good number of hats in my time and used to find the Breton style with upturned brim suited me best. We seem to have run out of weddings in our family and I'm not likely ever to go to Ascot. So the purple wedding hat in a box on top of my wardrobe must go to a charity shop. I've sometimes tried on fascinators but they just look silly on me. Recently, in the process of de-cluttering, I found seven sunhats and I know of two more unaccounted for. I hope five of them have found good homes from the charity shop. As for beanie hats - they make me look like a clootie dumpling.

I'd love to wear hats, but with my little round face, I look ridiculous. I do have a hat that I wear in the winter, when it's really cold or snowy. I've never found a style that suits me, and when I try hats on, DH falls about laughing.

Hats have never suited me and I envy those who look great in hats. I was forced to wear them in the sun when I lost my hair and also a few years ago I went to a garden party at the Palace. I knew most of the ladies would be wearing hats, so I got one. It looked OK I think but there were some wonderful creations there!