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Having lost my Panama hat to youngest-teenageson earlier this week, I felt I absolutely HAD to buy this Anthropologie one I discovered on a quick dash into the Regent Street store last week. When I took it home and showed the boys, they fell about laughing at its size and general OTT-ness. M.A.D said I should avoid putting it on the ground as people might start having a picnic on it and youngest teen started to hum 'Casa Bonita' from South Park....
I however, absolutely love it's Margo Ledbetter tendencies and should point out that Its large brim means I can a) Read in the sun without squinting b) Not worry about getting pinkly burnt shoulders/back of neck/nose c) People watch to me heart's content. It's general giant-ness (it has a 7 inch brim) is, I think quite glamourous, it's ALL about the big floppy 70s style hat this season and since I mostly wear black swim suits, I think will brighten up my beach appearance nicely.
My last hat, bought here, is still one of my favourite ever, but the lack of crown means things can get a little hot on the beach and it's best kept for cooler climes. This Anthropologie one cost £68.00 and is made from 84% paper, so perhaps I'd better not wear it in the rain, sadly it's not on the Anthro website.
What do you think? Too big or totally fab?
PS While we are on Anthropologie, you might like to know that artist Leslie Oschmann who made the lovely bags we mentioned here has a small exhibition on currently in the Kings Road store, featuring things she makes for Swam. Photo via Pia Jane Bijkerk
LOVE it. If I had £68, it would be mine ;)
Posted by: Penny Dreadful Vintage | April 16, 2011 at 09:39 AM
totally fab!
Posted by: therese | April 16, 2011 at 01:01 PM
Love it. I made a similarly enormous hat last year from a beautiful green and blue Amy Butler print. For that totally matchy-matchy 60s look I made a beach bag from the leftover fabric, with faux bamboo handles. I don't give two hoots that people can see me coming from several miles away. I am comfy and that is what matters!
So much do I love my giant sunhat, I bought a second one in plain black straw by Ophelie Hats - from the V&A shop. So now I can peer mysteriously out at the world whatever I am wearing.
Posted by: Emilyobyrne | April 16, 2011 at 04:19 PM
Well I'm glad it met with approval ladies, I am now just wondering how I am going to get it in my suitcase without ruining it.
Ax
Posted by: amanda | April 16, 2011 at 07:21 PM
Amanda it's completely fabulous and don't let anyone tell you any different! Margo and you. A fine pair.
x
Posted by: steffi | April 16, 2011 at 07:59 PM
Thank you Steffi, I've always been a bit 'Margo' Ax
Posted by: amanda | April 17, 2011 at 12:49 PM
Nice hat ... shame about the price. Anthropologie doesn't really work for most of us lesser mortals. Way too expensive .....
Posted by: Sue Evans | April 18, 2011 at 01:33 PM
Love the hat but I'm still working on the idea that Coco Chanel started...
The popularity of tanning can be traced to a single moment in 1923. After cruising from Paris to Cannes, designer Coco Chanel stepped off the Duke of Wellington's yacht with a startling suntan. Chanel had apparently gotten too much sun by accident, but the press and fashion world assumed the immensely influential Frenchwoman was making a fashion statement. 'I think she may have invented sunbathing,' Prince Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucigne said. 'At that time, she invented everything.' Soon, daring women in Europe and America were baring their skin to the sun."
Posted by: Caroline Davis | April 25, 2011 at 11:26 PM
Caroline, I never knew that, terrific thanks! Trust Chanel. Ax
Posted by: amanda | April 27, 2011 at 11:00 PM
Post Script here....can I also mention that this hat featured in Grazia as their buy of the week a couple of weeks after I posted this? Ahem.....you read about it here first. Ax
Posted by: amanda | May 11, 2011 at 01:25 PM