"HELL hath no fury like a hatter scorned. When Esther Rantzen came on strong recently about headwear for women (and the odd man), ranting and raving about hats and those who still deign to wear them, she fair got Yvette Jelfs' dander up.
Entirely predictable. Edinburgh's best-known milliner was bound to take up the nearest cudgel.
I found Ms Jelfs, 39, apoplectic, positively spitting and screaming at her Holyrood home where, nursing her two month-old daughter, she teaches millinery.
'I think Esther Rantzen should go - not the hat! That woman is so old-fashioned, how on earth can she advise today's woman what's fashionable?
'People will only be figure of fun wearing a hat if they go into a store and buy what they think matches their outfit rather than what suits them personally.
"A hat should only be bought from a milliner who can advise a client on what suits them.
"Jenners used to have a brilliant department. The ladies who ran it were passionate about teaching the purchaser on what to wear.
"Hats aren't only for weddings. They can add the finishing touch for various occasions. They can be carried off by shy as well as self-assured women. They're for every type of facial shape and colour, as well as height and personality.
"Think Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Jackie Kennedy, Princess Diana and David Bowie's ever-youthful wife Iman. They've all been classic and elegant, never looking tired or dated in photos."
"Hats are still good winter wear. A third of your body heats escapes through your head, so keep it warm and you'll go around cosy and smiling."
If Rantzen is a ranter, Jelfs is something of raver. So tomorrow it's headwear at dawn. It's got to be steel helmets.
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