Headwear is an important accessory for your wardrobe. It does not only make you warm but protects your hair as well from undesirable effects of moisture and low temperatures. Besides, it completes your outlook and makes it unforgettable.
Beret
Beret is translated from French as a flat hat. Berets were first used by peasants in France and had practical meaning. Berets helped to hide the hair that interfered with work, protected head from sun rays and nasty weather.
During its long history, this headwear symbolized absolutely different spheres of social life. There are two basic associations that refer to berets: a beret as a part of military outfit and as an attribute of artistic nature. The perception of a beret depends upon the context. The designers Peter Jensen, Rodarte, Polo Ralph, Donna Raran, Badgley Mischka, and Re Walker offer to combine berets with dresses and sweaters this fall. It will emphasize femininity and sophistication of their possessors.
Hat
Slouch
This autumn the designers applied to historical hat patterns and offered their versions of fedora. Sometimes these variations are free enough.
Slouch is a model of women’s hat with wide brims down. Coach, Comme des Garsons, Ace & Jig and Assembly demonstrated interesting models reminding the hats that were in fashion in the 30-ies of the last century.
Wide-brimmed
In fall-winter season 2014-2015 fedoras with incredibly broad brims are trendy. They are widely presented in the collections of such famous brands as Laurent, Tibi, Alexis Mabille, Dion Lee and Barbara Casasola.
Broad brims cast dramatic half face shadow and give a touch of mysteriousness to the lady wearing hat.
Cloche hat
Low bell-shaped women’s cloche hats came into fashion in the 20-ies of the 20th century. Maestros of fashion industry borrowed the form of the design and created a series of unusual headwear on its basis. The models can be successfully included to wardrobe of creative, sophisticated women.
Fascinating models were shown by Kate Spade New York, Ruffian, Yohji Yamamoto, Creatures of Comfort and Jasmin Shokrian.
Baseball cap
A.F. Vandevorst, DKNY, Moschino, Red Valentino, VFiles and Vika Gazinskaya pay tribute to sport and prankish youth style. Baseball caps of all possible forms and colors are widely presented in their collections.
Distinguished designers offer combining bold caps with straight peak, laconic baseball caps, and jockey hats with loose sweatshirt and jeans or with feminine blouses, dresses, jackets.
Kepi
Kepi is a cap with a flat crown, a soft band and a firm peak. It appeared as a part of military uniform of French and English army in the 19th century. You can still find a kepi in the military uniforms of many countries. However, the model became popular as fashionable women’s accessory as well. This fall the designers (Custo Barselona, Dsquared, Paule Ka) included festive kepi into their collections. They are made of shining materials and adorned with metal decorative elements.
Hood
A popular hood hat is a poke bonnet historically. This is a women’s hat with a low crown and wide firm brims that connect at the back of the head. Now it is a kind of helmet made of soft elastic and well-draped material.
Combining the properties of a hood and a scarf, this type of hat becomes an irreplaceable accessory that keeps warmth and protects you against wind in nasty weather. Such cozy types of headwear 2014-1015 can be found in the collections of Dolce & Gabbana, M. Patmos, Josie Naton and Hunter Original.
Fur
Fur is one of the most popular materials for headwear. One can see a big variety of classical designs for fur hats on the runways this season. Fans of indigenous luxury will like the fur hat (malakhai) from Coach, kubanka (flat round fur hat) from Crosby Derek Lam, Cossack hat from Daks and ear-flaps hat from Moncler Grenoble.
Ear-flaps hats
An ear-flaps hat originates from a traditional Mongol fur hat malakhai. It has long become a symbol of severe Russian winter and even turned into folklore item.
Now the designers of the whole world try to play upon the popular Slavic theme in their works. Extraordinary models of fur ear-flaps hats are presented in the collections of Coach, Moncler Gamme Rouge, Nicholas K, Preen by Thornton Bregazz and Kate Spade New York.
Knit hats
Wool is not less popular material than fur for cold season. It can keep warmth and provides cozy feel.
Beanie hat
Beanie hat is a head-hugging knit hat. The distinctive feature of a beanie is lack of decorative elements. Such hats appeared as a part of uniform for workers. Builders, welders, mechanics, carpenters wore beanies to hide hair that interfered with careful work.
Today a beanie is a fashionable attribute of youth culture. Thanks to famous actresses and pop-divas this simple hat became a symbol of sexuality and liberation.
Detacher, Pam amp Gela, A.L.C., Joseph, Christopher Raeburn, Lacoste present great trendy hats in their collections for season 2014-2015.
Babushka’s knit hat
In contrast to laconic beanie style bulk warm chunky-knit hats that are called babushka’s headscarves came into fashion this season. Such hats are decorated with variegated ornaments. You probably wore such hat when you were a child. It used to be a necessity before but now this is an ultra-trendy accessory.
If you do not have a grandmother who can knit this bright hat for you with pleasure, you should pay attention to the models of Giles, John Galliano, Joseph, Polo Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Public School.
Kerchiefs
Kershief is a practical modern solution for windy autumn weather. Modern designers offer different versions of using a kerchief: from classical style (Josie Natori, Vivienne Westwood Red Labe, K.T.Z) to hijab (Manish Arora) and turban (Vika Gazinskaya).
Elegant confident women should regard this unusual headwear. The kerchief will also be a good solution for women who prefer retro style.
Extended form
Maestros of fashion industry offer creative women wearing unusual hats of extended form. Exciting hat designs were suggested by Wendy Nichol, Carolina Herrera, Felder Felder, Tia Cibani, Dsquared, Daks.
Jokey hats, berets, tall astrakhan hats and skullcaps acquire weird forms this fall.
Off-size
One more extraordinary type of hats is a hat of huge size. Bowler hats that entered the collections of Undercover, Emporio Armani and Vivienne Westwood look like look like stage property for making movie about Mad Hatter from popular “Alice in Wonderland”.
If epatage is a part of your nature, you can bravely put on such hat. All attention will be focused on you – this is guaranteed.
Pompons
Pompon is popular detail that decorates fashionable hats of 2014-2015.
Hunter Original, Acne Studios and TSE decorate their unusual models of hats with classical round pompons on top, which remind us of childhood and deliver a touch of playful look to the image.
Betsey Johnson offers big fur pompons for decoration of hat strings. This is an interesting detail for active and bright girls.
Manish Arora demonstrates a hat with complicated fur pompon. This is rather an art object than an item of wardrobe for everyday wear.
Hats, fedoras, skullcaps, astrakhan fur hats, turbans, kerchiefs, baseball caps and ear-flaps hats – the list of headwear that are actual this fall is far from being full. The designers offer an incredibly wide choice of styles, colors and materials for you.
Elegant ladies and young playful girls, lovers of laconic solutions and extravagant accessories, classic style and creative design — any fashion-minded lady can easily find something unique she will definitely like among diverse fashion trends.
