the boater hat

"The boater is a symbol of a time when clothing told a story. A time when every day life was a play that required an exquisite costume. It's balmy seaside walks and long, lazy English summer days. It's Fred Astaire, dapper in a crisp, white, three button suit. It's Madeline in her splendid uniform and the sweetness of Jane Banks wondering at Mary Poppins' magic. It's bikes with baskets and boardwalk ice cream parlors. Coco Chanel once said 'I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little, if only out of politeness.' How true, and if it's not politeness we are lacking, certainly it is imagination." (Rachel Antonoff, lula magazine issue eight)

.:Wearing a zara top, topshop dress, h&m cardigan, vintage brooch, love colour tights, sofie schnoor shoes and asos hat:.