The Art of Wearing Hats

If you look down at what you are wearing, I guess you see a top and a bottom, if yes, you could be missing an important detail. To step things up and make a statement with your attitude and your style, you’ll want to add another element, not a bikini, but a hat! But, what kind of people wear hats, what hats do they wear, and why do they wear them? If you have asked yourself any of these questions, then read on, this article is an incomplete guide to the art of wearing hats.

Why Writers Wear Hats

“The most important reason to wear a hat is to keep ideas in. Ideas are abstract, fluffy things, prone to floating away, remaining just out of reach if you don’t contain them.”
– Luc, @HanburySt

I am an author, and I guess its no surprise that I’ll start with why authors should wear a lot of hats. Well, if you’ve ever noticed how people with hats seem to have an attitude, sometimes the right headwear can help to create that attitude. You or your main character feeling playful .. then try a baseball cap, feeling dashing .. maybe a fedora, feeling sexy .. well — how about some bunny ears.

As well as keeping your ideas in, the beauty of using a hat to change your attitude is, of course, that it’s the quickest costume change possible.