Autumn/Winter '13 Hat Trends

Accessorising in the Autumn/Winter season is one of my favourite things to do. Not only is it superfun to brighten up a winter outfit, but they're cosy and practical too (trying to hold an umbrella, a Starbucks and a cigarette is like a re-enactment of Naomi Campbell's 1993 Vivienne Westwood walk... disaster waiting to happen!). I think the biggest benefit of the winter hat is the bad hair day cover-up.
There are a whole bunch of massive hat trends for this season, and I've indulged in almost all of them, so I'm going to talk about some of my favourite trends, favourite hats and famous faces that don them the best!

The beanie has been around for years as we all know, but they've recently resurfaced as a winter staple. Made a favourite by cool kids like Rita Ora, Cara Delevigne and Kylie Jenner, the beanie is a fun take on the woolly bobble hat, with bold and tongue-in-cheek slogans or bright bold patterns, they're great for a young, fresh-faced, 'thrown together' look.


The Mac-Daddy of hats this season, you've got to be brave, bold and confident to pull this one off. It's not so much about how you wear it, or what you wear it with, as it's a hat that needs to be worn with conviction to convey great, effortless style. I think the most popular advocates of the Fedora are Kate Moss, Nicole Richie, Rachel Zoe and more recently, Olivia Palermo.
Taking inspiration from the 1920's (and Downton), the cloche hat is back again this season after being dormant for a while. It's a super cute take on vintage style as it's available in an array of colours - perfect for accessorising this season. I'd say the most popular wearer of the cloche hat was Manhatten's very own Blair Waldorf of popular television programme Gossip Girl. This hat is the most structured of styles in this post, and screams Park Avenue Princess, so would be best worn with clean cut, crisp, girly outfits.


Taking inspiration from Wintery Russia, the cossack hat has made it's not-so-subtle appearance on the catwalks and the high street each season. With firm warnings that this coming winter is going to be a bitter one, I think everyone should invest in one of these truly fabulous hats! Not only are you guaranteed a head-turning reaction, but your ears are sure to be nice and toasty all Winter! The cossack can be either styled up or down to create a sleek country-girl-goes-city-chic look, which both Kate and Pippa Middleton style perfectly.
Inspired from exotic India and made famous by the likes of Kylie Minogue and Elizabeth Taylor, the turban hat adds a touch of sophisticated glamour as well as practicality to anyone's winter wardrobe. The chunkier the knit, the better, a great spin on the beanie as a sassy statement piece. Bright eye-catching colours as seen on Nicole Scherzinger help to make these beautiful headpieces really stand out.

Love them all!! Which are you going to wear this season?