Saw this article on women wearing beautiful hats to church.

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It brought back wonderful memories of days at The Del Mar Turf Club in the 80’s when we would go and wear the most beautiful hats we could find. We wore those hats to church and to luncheons and felt very glamorous.

I wonder where that glamor has gone.  In Washington, the closest thing you see to a hat is a knitted hat to keep your head warm in the winter.  Some atrosious thing that smashes down your hair with a puff on top.  Not so elegant any more.

I found a couple of “very old” photos of me in a hat in the 1980’s:

 

I still have several of the hats from this era and have shared them with a friend for use in a Vintage Fashion Show.  Don’t think either of these still grace my closet.  I do wish they would become fashionable once again, as I love the idea of a new hat to go with a new Easter Outfit every year.