‘Tis the season to start thinking about keeping warm – and stylish! – during the winter.  Sweaters, hats, gloves, scarves, shawls, earmuffs, neck warmers, wrist warmers, headbands…there are lots of awesome choices, so everyone should be able to find exactly what they want/need!

Some popular winter fabrics are made of natural fibers, while others are synthetic.  Natural fibers (different types of wool and fur) are great for bad weather (more…)

There are bad hair days, and there are bad hair days.  They might be caused by laziness, mistakes, accidents – or your hair might just be particularly high maintenance.  Even hair-coverers have them: sometimes your tichel just won’t tie right or keeps sliding back, or a hat you love suddenly makes your face look fat, or your wig is in desperate need of a professional wash and set.  It stinks when your normal routine fails you like that.  But to put things in perspective, imagine having a permanent bad hair day. (more…)

I’m going to change things up a bit and talk about the fascinating past of a male item of headgear.  A turban is a piece of cloth that is wound around the head, sometimes by itself, and sometimes over a cap.  There are dozens of ways to wrap and tie them, often unique to particular areas or tribes.

Turbans are practical for people living in hot countries, because they protect the head from the sun and are not easily knocked off by wind or exertion.  In some places, part of the cloth is used to protect the neck and face as well as the head.  Because they are generally made of long, unfitted pieces of cloth (up to 50 yards long!), turbans are one-size-fits-all. (more…)

Back in the day, when unusual furs, feathers, and other exotic animal decor were precious commodities, having a tiger-skin rug or an eagle-feather headdress were major status symbols.  If you had the skill or the money necessary to acquire them, then you got respect to go with it.  Nature has given us some of the most beautiful and interesting colors and patterns, which we borrow in order to beautify ourselves and our surroundings.  Fortunately, you don’t have to be a hunter to use the natural world for inspiration anymore.

The most popular animal prints are truly striking; leopard spots, zebra stripes, peacock feathers.  Tigers, cows, giraffes, snakes and more have lent their colors and patterns to apparel and accessories.   (more…)

For the fun of it, I just Googled “hat’ and then “hair” to see if any interesting news stories popped up.  I thought I’d find some fashion reviews, or celebrity mentions, or something like that.  Well, I got two good stories – but they were NOT what I was expecting!

The best hat-related story was funny, in a horrible sort of way.  A woman got mad at her ex-boyfriend, and for revenge, she put 24 of his favorite baseball caps in the bathtub, doused them in gasoline, and lit them on fire.  She was arrested on charges of mischief and arson, (more…)