If you still hear your mother’s voice ringing in your ears telling you to “Wear a hat!” because you lose most of your body heat through your head, you should know that this is a myth that has since been debunked.
The myth seems to have originally been based on a U.S. Army experiment back in the 1950s that dressed volunteers in Arctic survival suits with…
The Headwear Association (THA) is the oldest association in the hat trade and every year they honor people in the public eye who are frequently seen wearing fashionable and trend-setting hats.
This year their members nominated more than 50 legendary hat wearers, both male and female, both living and deceased, and the board of directors selected Aretha Franklin, Cameron Diaz and Gwen Stefani for this year’s…
I attended the screening of Salt last night at LACMA, which was actually the movie’s “real” premiere since the showing at Grauman’s Chinese Theater started an hour later. And while action films aren’t my favorite genre, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this hour-and-a-half of non-stop action.
During the Q&A with the film’s director, Phillip Noyce, we learned that this film about a sleeper…
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I was paging through a fashion layout in a magazine the other day and realized that every shot–every single shot–was accessorized with a hat and gloves. And I’m not talking about mittens and cable knit keep-your-head-warm hats. I’m talking about velvet or leather gloves and super-chic toppers. And those accessories are what gave each look its panache.
With the economy tanking and all of us watching…
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