Hi, everyone. It's Justine.
Today I want to talk about hats
because people don't really wear hats anymore
and I think it's a pity if they disappear.
So I would like to show you different types of hats
and I hope that when you see them you'll think
"Ooo! I had a grandfather who had a hat just like that"
or "Oh that's a hat my grandma would wear when she was sunbathing on the beach."
Hats make me nostalgic for some reason. (laughs)
But, anyways, let's go.
First, you know how the parts of a hat are called.
The part here on the head is called "The Crown."
This inward curve here is called a "crease"
and here you have two more little creases on the sides
but that's not mandatory.
This part here is called the "brim."
That's a band.
And usually you have
on proper hats, in ancient times (laughs)
like fifty - a hundred years ago
you have a knot or a little flower or a feather
or something to decorate or make it personal.
On the inside,
you usually have a ribbon or a piece of fabric here
so that you don't sweat directly on the fabric of the hat.
because this little piece here you can actually replace.
Once you know that, it's pretty easy.
The crown and the brim vary in proportions
That's it.
You put a ribbon, or not and you're done.
Yet each hat has a very different style
and when you see a hat, you can tell the personality
and the social status of the head it covers.
So it's really interesting.
Let's start with the chic ones.
All the names will be written in the description below.
Don't worry.
Let's start with the chic and bourgeois hat
That's the Homburg hat.
It has a feather. It's usually made of felt.
And with one big crease in the middle.
That's the hat of Winston Churchill
and of Al Pacino in The Godfather.
So today, it's called the Mafia hat
but I feel that's a bit unfair.
The more casual version of it is a Trilby hat.
The brim is narrower
and you can make it go downwards or upwards
for example, at the back as you want.
That's the hat of Sean Connery in James Bond
and today women, including Cara Delevingne, also wear it
as a Boho accessory.
I wear a Trilby hat in winter too.
That's a Trilby. You see it goes up at the back
down at the front
and here you have one big center crease
but it's less formal than a Homburg.
That's mine.
Since we're talking about movie characters
Indiana Jones wears a Fedora hat
because that's a gentleman hat
and, after all, Indiana Jones is a gentleman.
The crown is higher and pinched
The brim is wider and it's flat.
You can't actually bend it the way you want
like on a Trilby.
Then the Bowler hat
also called Derby in the US, I think.
That's the hat of the British upper class in 1900.
It's extremely practical for that time.
(laughs)
If you go riding with it, and you hit a branch with your head,
the hat will not lose it's shape
because it's completely rounded.
It's also Charlie Chaplin's hat.
A hat almost forgotten now is the Pork pie hat.
Named after what it looks like from above. (laughs)
Buster Keaton wore a very flat Pork pie hat in the 20s
but no one wears a hat like this nowadays.
Maybe it will come back. That could be cool.
Outdoor hats
Now come two hats that are meant and conceived
to be worn outdoors.
The first one is the Deerstalker
which is meant to stalk deers.
Exactly. (laughs)
It's usually made of wool.
It protects the eyes, the neck, and
if you pull the sides down it also protects your ears from the cold.
That's one very practical hat indeed.
Guess which character wears a hat like this?
one, two, three
Sherlock Holmes.
The next one barely needs an introduction.
That's the cowboy hat.
It has a tie under the chin most of the time
so you won't lose it when you go bull riding
or horse riding. All the things cowboys do.
The Casual Ones
We're getting closer to caps and to things that are less formal now.
The Ivy cap also called the Flap cap
is made of wool, rounded at the back
sewn with panels. That's proper construction here.
And it has a little brim, just on the front, almost hidden
That's the hat of the British working class
but it's worn all over the world really.
Prince Charles of Wales wears one.
Brad Pitt wears one too
and it's actually trending again in the last years
at least in Europe and in the show business in the US, I think.
I also see that in Berlin quite often now.
Then the Newsboy cap
is a kind of messy, less tight version of the Ivy cap
with more volume and less shape.
It was worn by the little guys who delivered your newspaper
and cleaned your chimney
back in the days when people read newspapers
and heated their houses with wood.
David Beckham wears that today.
This hat makes me really nostalgic.
I wish I could go 100 years back in time
and see what Paris looked like
I imagine it full of artists and great ideas.
That's probably not quite what it looked like but
that's my romantic version of it.
Then, the Beret.
And here, I'm going to have to break a myth. I'm sorry.
The world thinks French people walk with a Beret on their heads
and holding a baguette all day.
This is gonna sound very disappointing, but
we do not wear Berets anymore
It's flat and soft.
It doesn't actually have a shape to it.
So, however you put it on it's going to stay like this.
It's often made in wool or in fabric.
That's the hat of Che Guevara in Cuba.
but in France now it really only is worn in traditional outfits
like in the Basque Country in the southwest of France
and in the military and there is an element of their uniforms
but that's it.
Then the Bucket hat looks like a bucket.
That's the hat of the fisherman
because it drives the rain away from your neck
thanks to the angle of the brim.
And little kids wear the hat in summer
to go to the beach.
And the cool kids of R&B and the music industry
like Rihanna.
It's a hat quite common in the Caribbean region, I feel.
Pharrell Williams wears that too.
The summer ones
The gentlemen who wear a Fedora hat in winter
will wear a Panama hat in summer.
That's the version in straw instead of felt
so it's much lighter and lightweight
and the band is usually black for a fashionable touch
even when you're on holiday.
There is also a women's version of it with a more rounded crown
but women also wear the men's version.
and then the real real British dandy will wear a Boater in summer
preferably with a striped band of his own choice.
That's also good if you're going on holiday to Venice, Italy
or if you're the Great Gatsby.
I'm going to skip the baseball cap and the beanie
which everyone knows.
The formal ones for the ladies.
In Europe, royal ladies above a certain age
would wear a Bumper brim hat
in colors matching their outfits, of course.
It's a hat where the brim is large and highly curved
upwards like a roll.
Hillary Clinton also wore hats like this.
Not so much the younger generation, I believe
except for weddings.
Jackie Kennedy wore the famous Pillbox hat
Very minimalist, even though she wasn't a minimalist herself
but it was a very modern hat at that time.
No one wears that today
or correct me if I'm wrong.
Cloche is the French name for bell
like "ringing the bell"
and it's also the name of the corresponding hat.
Definitely THE hat of the 1920s.
Completely rounded and fitted around the head
so it's not gonna move when you swing.
That's really a hat strongly associated with
one particular decade in history for me.
Here, that's Joan Crawford.
Then we have the Mushroom hat. (laughs)
It's brim goes downwards really strongly
and the brim could be really wide
shaped in a curvy and stiff way
which really looks like a mushroom.
Now, how elegant women could wear an accessory
already nicknamed a mushroom at that time
I don't really get. (laughs)
An artist would wear a Vagabond hat.
Asymmetric, the brim goes up on one side
and down on the other when you look at it from the front
so it could hide an eye
and make you look mysterious and captivating.
Summer hats for the ladies.
If the brim is really, really wide and looks like it's waving
then it's a floppy hat.
This one really has some momentum again
since people have started to dress in hippie looks
to go to music festivals in summer.
It has a nice Bohemian feeling to it
and it comes in different materials
mainly fabric and straw to be really lightweight for summer
A Cartwheel hat is something that my great-grandmother
would wear in summer to protect her tan from the sun
with a really wide brim.
Hers had a delicate rose made in fabric
attached to the crown.
Really elegant.
Today, Kate Middleton would wear such hats
women with taste
wear a Cartwheel hat for me.
And here is a design by Jean Patou.
In the north of France people wear Breton hats
in Bretagne.
It's for seamen and seawomen.
It's usually navy blue and has a brim at the front
to protect you from the sun.
Today, typically Kate Moss would wear a hat like this
with a tailored blazer.
It's quite trendy.
Last but not least, the kind of hat the women
wear to go to weddings today.
At least, in Western Europe.
That's the Fascinator hat.
It has become more of a head decoration
than something to actually protect and cover the head.
It's not really functional anymore
it's really just aesthetically pleasing.
It can be really high, completely extravagant
and if you're interested in modern millinery design
I can recommend you have a look at Philip Treacy,
who has created headpieces for Alexander McQueen's shows
Lady Gaga,
Sarah Jessica Parker at pretty much every MET Gala
she'd gone to.
That one, the year (??) is from the theme
Punk: Chaos to Couture
That guy's a genius.
One day, I want a hat designed by Philip Treacy
I won't wear it.
I will just stand in front of it
and stare at it.
This video was a bit like traveling back in time.
It was very fun to make.
I hope you enjoyed it as well
Thumbs up if you did. Thank you very much.
The list of hats I mentioned is, of course,
far from being complete and it's quite Europe centric
so I'd love to know which kinds of hats are being worn in your countries.
And, let me know which hat-wearing celebrities
and movie characters I forgot.
I'm sure there is a celebrity or a character for each
single type of hat on this planet. (laughs)
See you on Wednesday and Sunday as every week.
Take care. Bye bye.