Someone undeniably said that the only difference between humans and animals is that the latter can’t accessorize. Well, they even don’t have Philip Treacy at their disposal! The run up to be humans, err eccentric humans ends at this milliner, who has been the favourite amongst celebrities and royals for his outlandish hats. In fact hats are one such accessory which can glaringly infuse a lot of substance in one’s look. Ample substance, that it is misinterpreted as snobbery in a culture like India. Thanks to Royal wedding, or call it exotica, infact royal exotica, that the trend is picking up insanely. So in this section we worship the bizarre-quotient the hats have lately come up with.
Move over fedoras and trilbies, they have subdued to let the fascinators, cocktail and bizarre hats land on the heads of the prettiest Rapunzels. Kate Middleton is undoubtedly the proponent of the trend with her feathery and lacy fascinators imbuing the ladies around the world to dabble with the trend. Actually fascinator is a headpiece with a delicate decoration of fanciful materials like lace, beads, flowers, feathers and veils, mostly worn on one side of the head.
The eccentricity is not limited to fascinators and cocktail hats, the recent opening of The Royal Ascot, saw the most dignified ladies appearing in outlandish hats made of fake hair, pearls, flowers and silk cabbage roses to form the flowing edifices. Lady Gaga’s telephone and lobster hats by Philip Treacy rightly stand for the insanity quotient the hats can endow you with. In fact Indian designers now and then have showcased such hats on ramps and the latest in series are Tarun Tahiliani’s Occidental hats, Gaurav Gupta bizarre contorted headgears and Gauri and Nainika’s ultra-feminine headpieces.
