Did You Know That Choosing a Right Hat Depends a Lot on Your Face-Type?

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Hats were an integral part of fashionable women’s wardrobe from the 18th century until the mid 1960s. Women of that era made it a point to purchase the new styles of hats right alongside latest dresses, jackets and shoes. Come 1960s when the fashion became more inclined towards the younger generation, the popularity of hats started diminishing. Slowly and gradually, hats fell out of favour and the art of millinery died out.

Even today, hats do not hold the prominent place, once it enjoyed in the collective wardrobe of men and women. However, they have started trickling back into fashion and leaving modern women and men confused about which styles suit them best.

Basic Characteristics of Hats

Now, before choosing the best style, one should know about some of the basics of the hats. The crown and the brim are two key parts of a hat. The hats found these days have different crown and brim styles. The crown styles out there are mostly high and tall, domed, creased, flared, slanting and asymmetrical, shallow or flat.

Similarly, the characteristics of brims are also enormously varied. You can find brims which are perfectly flat and symmetrical, angled down, swept up or rolled up, though there are a few hats completely without a brim.

You must pay attention to the basic features of the hat, if you are determining which style suits you the best. One must look at the shape, height and depth of the crown and the shape and width of the brim.

Choose a Hat According to Your Face Type

There are some basic principles when it comes to choosing the right hat. The basic is to accentuate your best feature and downplay the rest. You can start figuring out your basic characteristics to determine the kind of hat you are looking for.

Knowing the shape of your face is of great help in order to get started. However, do not get too busy trying to figure out exactly of what shape your face is. The most important thing is to make out the association between the length and width of your face. Here are the guidelines for choosing a right hat according to your face:

Round Faces – If you have a round face, you should go for a hat that elongates your face and balances it. You can go for tall, shallow crowns or also try peaked, creased or slanted crowns. Wider brims help balance your face and made it look narrower.

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Square Faces – Choosing a hat sitting high on your forehead helps in elongating your face. People with square faces can opt for soft berets, which when worn above the hairline and tilted off one side look incredible on you. Such people can go for rounded bowler hats with rolled narrow brims.

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Long Faces – People with long faces can go with a flared, deep crown and wider brim to shorten and widen their faces.

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So, make sure to follow these guidelines before choosing a right hat for yourself. You can look at the wider range of collections at a few online hat stores.

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