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hats. or, why I am no longer afraid of turning 35.
So, I've been angsting quite a lot over my 35th birthday. Which is in 5 days. The 6th... write it down on your calendars! I expect lots of hugs and possibly cupcakes!
But yeah, I've been crying over it. A lot. I don't know why, I don't think other people who are 35 or older are OLD or anything. It just sounds like such a horrid number for me. I don't FEEL 35.
I don't know about you... but I'm feeling 22...everything will be alright...if you keep me next to you...
Ahem. Sorry, I was feeling the Taylor Swift there for a minute.
But anyway! This is what I wanted to tell you. I was talking to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lim and we started talking about HATS. Because apparently if you go to a wedding in England you're expected to wear a hat! Or a fascinator, if you're under 35.
And for a minute I was like, oh, well, that makes sense, you can't wear the cutesy fascinator if you're OLD. And thenlim was like NO GREENIE! It's the other way round! You can't wear a hat if you're under 35, but you can wear a hat OR a fascinator if you're over 35. Because only the 35 and older set can really pull off a hat.
So like, I don't know why that changed my entire worldview. But dudes, I can wear a fascinator or a hat. I can pull off a hat, because being 35 is AWESOME.
...not that hats are a thing here. But if they were? I'd rock something like this.
But yeah, I've been crying over it. A lot. I don't know why, I don't think other people who are 35 or older are OLD or anything. It just sounds like such a horrid number for me. I don't FEEL 35.
I don't know about you... but I'm feeling 22...everything will be alright...if you keep me next to you...
Ahem. Sorry, I was feeling the Taylor Swift there for a minute.
But anyway! This is what I wanted to tell you. I was talking to
lim and we started talking about HATS. Because apparently if you go to a wedding in England you're expected to wear a hat! Or a fascinator, if you're under 35.And for a minute I was like, oh, well, that makes sense, you can't wear the cutesy fascinator if you're OLD. And then
lim was like NO GREENIE! It's the other way round! You can't wear a hat if you're under 35, but you can wear a hat OR a fascinator if you're over 35. Because only the 35 and older set can really pull off a hat.So like, I don't know why that changed my entire worldview. But dudes, I can wear a fascinator or a hat. I can pull off a hat, because being 35 is AWESOME.
...not that hats are a thing here. But if they were? I'd rock something like this.
HATS!
If you need to ease yourself into the hat wearing, Target has nice inexpensive hats. Just saying.
Re: HATS!
I do not know if I'm courageous enough to wear hats, is the thing. I'd stick out like a sore thumb around here (small town, not very fashionable) and I have anxiety about people noticing me (body issues, blah).
this is the only icon I have with a hat in it. :D
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I like to buy my hats at flea markets (both the periodic type and the junk shop type), because I can find such interesting specimens. Fedoras often catch my eye, but I'm more likely to buy clever small ones that I can perch on my head at jaunty angles.
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Hats are awesome, and finding them at flea markets sounds like fun!
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;)
I didn't wear hats at all when I had short hair because it's curly and the hat head was NOT TO BE BELIEVED, but now that I've grown my hair out I occasionally do. I have a fedora I got for $8 at H&M, it's the douchiest hat ever and it looks fantastic on me. It also has just enough brim for a little sun protection and doesn't look any more stupid with normal clothes than it already does. I'm trying to picture myself wearing a fascinator, though, and it's not working. :D
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Fascinators, yeah. They're extremely ... floofy.
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Yeah I just can't see myself as the kind of person to wear feathers and tulle on my head.
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lol FASCINATORS :D
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