Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Anyone want a hat?


I have come to a realisation, albeit about 20 years too late. You know how I said that I thought I had reached the age when I thought I could get away with wearing a wide-brimmed hat? Well I was wrong. In England, the only people who think they can get away with wearing wide-brimmed hats are all my age, and they are all wrong as well.

It is women's hats for me from now on.
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30 comments:

  1. Cro Magnon23 January 2018 at 01:57

    Don't tell us that you're abandoning your beloved hat after all that trouble you went to. Just wear it and don't look in mirrors.

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    1. Tom Stephenson23 January 2018 at 11:27

      That hat was an impulse purchase through desperation after 10 years of looking for the right one. Everything has changed now.

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    2. Rachel Phillips24 January 2018 at 01:00

      'Everything has changed now' sounds very drastic. The hatmwasn't right. That's all, isn't it?

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    3. Tom Stephenson24 January 2018 at 02:07

      That's not really all. I think that if I did now find the exact right one, I would be reluctant to wear it.

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  2. Rachel Phillips23 January 2018 at 02:04

    Don't give up on hats altogether. John Betjeman always wore one.

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    1. Tom Stephenson23 January 2018 at 11:26

      John Betjeman died aged 80+. Basil Rathbone has been dead longer. I was born 6 years after the 1940s.

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  3. Lesley UK23 January 2018 at 08:13

    My husband loved it!

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    1. Tom Stephenson23 January 2018 at 11:24

      £50 and it's his. Cost me 60.

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    2. Tom Stephenson23 January 2018 at 11:31

      Ok, £45. Jeez you drive a hard bargain. Go here on eBay: Item number 132421365841

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  4. Joanne Noragon23 January 2018 at 08:17

    Years ago my boss walked into my office and put a shirt from the laundry on my desk. He said every time he wore it I said "How nice that shirt looks!" and since it was wearing out, he thought I'd like it for my "big shirt" collection.

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  5. potty23 January 2018 at 08:35

    I've just given away one of those 'russian' round rabbit fur hats. I bought it on-line and it felt all wrong. It was swapped for a maroon sort of puffa jacket, much more useful.

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  6. Share my Garden23 January 2018 at 09:40

    Are you telling me you care what people think? Just cram it on, enjoy it, a wide-brimmed hat stops the rain going down your neck. And exactly what sort of woman's hat is going to be an improvement? How can we judge when we never see the person known to Bogland as Mr Tom Stephenson?

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    1. Share my Garden23 January 2018 at 09:42

      Oops, Blogland. (Freudian slip!?)

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    2. Tom Stephenson23 January 2018 at 11:22

      Ha ha! Bogland is better. It's like Disney world as opposed to Dismal World!

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    3. Tom Stephenson23 January 2018 at 11:32

      Oh and btw, it seems I do care what people think. I think most of us do really.

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    4. Iris23 January 2018 at 16:36

      That's funny, Share my Garden! One can sink into the morast that is Bogland.

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  7. Vivian23 January 2018 at 10:47

    Hold on: being fashion-forward takes some getting used to. Give yourself more time to adjust to being damn handsome in a very suave hat.

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  8. Bea23 January 2018 at 11:02

    If I were you, I'd wear it anyway. (This is coming from a woman who can barely pull off wearing a scarf.)

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  9. John Going Gently23 January 2018 at 14:20

    I've always liked balaclavas

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  10. Jane Karwat23 January 2018 at 14:35

    Have you given up on the hat quest then?

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  11. Iris23 January 2018 at 16:35

    I would wear a fascinator just because that is a fabulous word.

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  12. MrsC (Maryanne)26 January 2018 at 23:26

    This feels like a metaphor for something else.

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