Funky Fashions - My Hat Collection

I love hats. My love affair with hats goes back to my childhood. Even though hats went out of fashion when Jackie Kennedy entered the white house, I never lost my passion for fashionable hats. My hat collection is a big part of who I am. I collect hats of all types and I wear almost all the hats in my collection. I have always loved hats and thanks to Kate Middleton, hats are big fashion news again.

My many hats make a fashion statement - they're a part of my identity. Some of my hats are quite practical - they protect me or my hair from the weather or the sun. Other hats in my collection are essential fashion accents I simply cannot give up or go without. I wear hats and head wear all year round. When I travel I always pack an assortment of hats and head wear.

A few of my hats are strictly collectibles. These are displayed as cherished curiosities or objects d'art. For example, I don't wear my WWII Swedish army helmet or my brother's retired Marine helmet. I rarely wear my vintage hard hat decorated with its battered red, white and blue peace sign. Its been in my collection since the early 1970s and it's one of my favorites.

This lens is about me and my collection of fashionable hats, collectible hats, souvenir caps and fun to wear chapeaux. Some ladies love shoes - I like foot wear, too, but HATS are my PASSION. Yes, that hard hat is in my collection. And the sticker is original to the '70s.