"It's not too late to top up your winter hat collection.
'This is a great time to invest in warm and classic, felt and velvet hats, as they're on sale now,' says Helene Hemel, general merchandise manager and buyer for La Cache.
'And with spring just around the corner, it's also a good time to look ahead to what's on the way for warmer weather,' says Hemel.
WINTER STYLE
Winter hats with lots of texture make strong style statements. Small to medium brimmed styles made of mock Persian lamb, boucle, and tweed can help to give winter coats and jackets a new look.
Winter hat colours include wine, navy, red, purple, olive green, brown and mustard, along with black.
Popular accents include metal bits and buckles, as well as flat and gathered velvet trim. Cloches and berets are current, along with variations on newsboy and golf caps.
"We call our variation on the golf cap the driver cap. One of my designs, the Mao Now cap, is a crossover between a cloche and a military-inspired cap," says Liz Cohoe, designer for the Nelson, B.C.-based company Lillie & Cohoe.
"Today's hats are a wearable art form. I design my hats to invite interaction with the wearer. Put a hat on. Shift it around on your head and observe what features you notice most. When you find your hat, it becomes a form of self-expression," says Cohoe.
If you're looking for a hat to help you through the upcoming shift of season, some materials work better than others.
"Tweed and fleece are good transitional fabrics that offer protection from spring showers," says Hemel.
Cotton and crochet knit cloches, caps and berets, are among the many styles that will materialize in the new spring collections.
Other spring hat styles include woven cotton, denim and linen variations on newsboy caps, boaters and Sou'westerns.
A SOFT SPRING
Spring and summer hats typically feature lots of bright colour, but this year there's a trend toward neutral tones. Black, charcoal grey and white are among neutrals that spring forward.
Fashion shades for the upcoming season include powder blue, pale pink, dusty rose, green, aqua, butter yellow, coral and red.
Solid colours are most prevalent, but whimsical polka dot, jungle inspired, and floral prints also dot the landscape.
Leather and grosgrain ribbon bands, top stitching, buckles and bits, flowers and bows are popular spring trimmings. "
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