PRINCESS NAMED QUEEN OF HATS

Did you know that there was a “Hat Person of the Year”?

No, me neither. 

Well, there is, and Princess Kate Middleton has been named queen of women’s hats. Personally, I think that everyone in attendance at the royal wedding should have collectively been named “Hat people of the year.” I think it was a group effort that made anyone take notice of Kate’s wonderful fashion accessories.  So, let’s give credit where credits due and democratize the Hat awards. 

Click Hat Person of the Year for more info or click on the photo below:

I do like Kate’s hat.  Not in an I would actually wear it sort of way, but in it’s an impressive that you can pull that off sort of way.  (For a red cap you can definitely pull off check out Abbie Madcapz).  Here at Madcapz, we strive to make fun women’s hats, so I think that the award should be given to the woman who has the most fun wearing the hats.  How we would measure that, I’m not sure, but I think “person who enjoys hats the most” is an award I could get behind.

So what do you think?  Is Kate Middleton worthy of such a title?  Who would you rather see crowned? 

All Jacqueline Needs to Run: A Cute Baseball Cap and A Good Pair of Shoes

I don’t run.  But I have listened to my friend, Jacqueline, complain and, at times, gloat about her experiences with the sport.

Running and Jacqueline have a pretty good relationship.  Sure, sometimes they go long periods without seeing each other, she’s cheated on him with swimming, and during college they had a dubious open relationship with yoga, but for the most part they’re pretty good.

Jacqueline and her running wardrobe have a less good relationship.  She never really bought into the whole if you look good while you work out you’ll be more likely to work out.  While I personally think a cute cap is a great motivator for exercise, I do like her explanation that “working out is for me, and the world does not get to tell me how to dress while I’m doing it.” She will wear the ratty t-shirt and the ugly shorts and you will all just have to look at her.

The problem with this philosophy is that she runs outside in the north east and the weather has a tendency to change.  And at the moment it’s quite cold. So I see her, as I do every year, cave on her “low maintenance runner credo” and don actual athletic gear.  On with the runners tights, the light weight shells, the black gloves and of course the cute women’s baseball caps. 

So, what’s your work out uniform? And how does your baseball cap fit in?

Women’s Hats: Fun Winter Fashion Accessory

“Classy, practical, and cool,” three words Lisa Armstrong uses to describe women’s hats.  In this article, Armstrong discusses her opinion on why women stopped wearing hats; as well as share her personal perspective on wearing women’s hats. 

This article is a fun easy read, Madcapz would like to hear some other thoughts on hat wearing!

Do you have your hat ready for winter?

Flashback To The Hats of the 1960s

Take a look into the past by Victoriana Magazine.  This video clip shows fabulous women’s hats from Christian Dior’s 1967 African inspired summer collection fashion show.

Do any of these women’s hats give you some inspiration for a more modern piece?

Unusual Beautiful Women’s Hats

If you love women’s hats, then this is the perfect video for you! Accompanied by the song “Pretty Women,” this video displays a wide range of beautiful, wacky, tacky women’s hats that you’ve probably never seen before. 

Enjoy watching, hat lovers!

If you want something a little more tame for your head, check out our Madcapz!

Women’s Hats Are Making A Comeback

According to an article posted in AI Insite, hats of all kinds are making a comeback! The wide variety of styles from fedoras to newsboy caps, berets to cloche hats, and our favorite: women’s baseball caps, all offer hat designers plenty of creative avenues to pursue.  The assortment of materials and embellishments that can be used for hats make them versatile accessories.

“The hat craze that we have today is due to the fact that we have celebrities wearing more of them as fashion statements, said Professor Tammy Apóstol from Miami’s International University of Arts and Design.

Milliner Laura Hubka, who “stumbled into hat making after falling victim to a terrible hair cut,” adds “I am happy to see younger women develop their interests in hats. “Young girls, even those interested in fashion, are easily intimidated by headwear; any time they see a hat worn beautifully, it gets them a little closer to being tempted to wear one.”

Please click here to read more of this terrific article: HAT COMEBACK

And if you want to get started shopping for fun women’s hats, click here: WOMEN’S FUN HATS!

Deal of the Day – SAVE 25% on Madcapz

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Take advantage of this fabulous MarketMommies Deal of the Day while it lasts! But you have to go to MarketMommies to get the discount code!!

Have fun shopping at Madcapz!

Women’s Golf Caps and Visors To Be At Park City Market

Starting this Sunday, July 3, Madcapz will be participating in the Park City Silly Sunday Market on Main Street in Park City, Utah. If you are in the area, please stop by and say hi! We’ll be looking for you! We’ll be the booth with the fun women’s hats and visors!

Before you come on by, take a look at all our fun women’s golf  hats and visors so you know which one you want to buy!

Women’s Hats At The Kentucky Derby

The 137th Kentucky Derby was this past weekend, and in line with tradition, women’s heads were covered with big, bold, bright, colorful, eye-popping headwear! Here are 10 of the best women’s hats as reported by Bennett Spector of bleacherreport.com:

Hmmm…no Madcapz this year…..oh well, which is your favorite topper? Let us know!

Royal Wedding Hat Fashion

With the big royal wedding behind us, let’s look one more time at some of the women’s hats worn by guests and those involved in the wedding. The head covered guest list included Victoria Beckham, Camilla, duchess of Cornwall, Princess Eugenie, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Samantha Cameron. Philip Treacy, the famous hat designer, not only designed the hat worn by Kate Middleton but also designed one of our favorites of the wedding, the broad, swooping brim women’s hat worn by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

Other interesting creative toppers were the gravity-defying hat worn by Victoria Beckham. Princess Eugenie wore a feathered hat, while Samantha Cameron surprised everyone by doning a feathery barrette instead of a hat. Click on the photo below to see more fabulous women’s hats worn at the wedding:

Women’s hats are definitely in this season, so keep on rockin’ those Madcapz women’s hats!