|  Warm winter hats offer cool style
Hat head is now stylish in some circles. Young trendsetters are largely the ones making cool the winter hats usually worn to keep you warm. In the weather-diverse cities of Seattle, New York and Atlanta, fedoras, cloches and even berets are among the favorites.
These aren't necessarily the berets of French artist types or even Guardian Angels: Imagine chunky knit discs in creams and deep jewel tones with a bit of a hippie vibe.
"The new emergence of the beret look is the knit version, which is like the slouchier, bigger kind of cousin to the more structured, the more traditional beret," says Atlanta stylist Tamara Connor, who recently put a military-inspired version on rapper Young Jeezy.
The beret isn't exactly new -- the silhouette can be traced back centuries to the French-Spanish border, where fishermen and sailors wore them -- but they've become especially ubiquitous this season in both traditional and hippie styles after peppering runways at Chanel, Marc Jacobs and Ralph Lauren and being worn by Rihanna and other celebrities.
- From The Washington Times |
