The Bad Hair Day Hat

Sacrificing a perfectly good hair day

It didn’t start out this way. I saw this cute hat at an art fair. I really loved the fabric—even though it was a basic bucket shape, I thought the fabric made it look more sophisticated. (Though it’s reversible to a beige fabric, as with my other reversible hat, I only wear my favorite side). I used to wear this hat at a jaunty angle with a pair of dangly earrings.
 
But then, one day I was having a bad hair day. Maybe I didn’t blow dry it right or I bedheaded it taking a nap. And I thought, “I’ll hide it with a hat.”
 
This hat, because it covers so much of my hair, seemed perfect.
 
And it was.
 
It’s like one of those sad movies, where the aspiring artist can’t sell her serious work but discovers a knack for advertising art. Or the musician is born to play classical music, but the crowd loves show tunes. This hat was meant for so much more, but it’s such a great bad hair day hat that I forget to wear it otherwise.
 
“Nice hat!” someone will say.
 
“Bad hair day,” I sometimes reply.  But other times I just smile and say, “Thanks!”

A better look at the fabric's colors and pattern.

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