Family photograph albums show me wearing a wide range of hats. Sunbonnets that had a distinct milkmaid look; berets to co-ordinate with winter coats, GiGi hats, Russian Cossack, cartwheel, fascinator, you name it, I’ve worn it, so why can’t I now?
If I venture through the door in a hat, my husband compliments me (though he must know I look ridiculous) children snigger, grandchildren, look away and roll their eyes. I can’t work out whether it’s my face ( to be fair I tend to avoid mirrors nowadays). My hair? quite a nice silver colour, but nothing special. The shape of my head? But surely that can’t change? Really worst of all is a bobble hat or beanie, honestly Bennie from Crossroads looks straight off the catwalk in comparison.
Honestly, it’s got to the point when I look round at other ladies and immediately imagine what they would look like in wedding hats and know that no matter how “homely” the face, they will certainly look better than I would.
Have any gransnetters noticed that items of clothing or headgear that they used to feel quite comfortable in (and I’m not talking miniskirts and hot pants) now look really weird? Maybe I will have to embrace eccentricity and wear a huge hat with an all encompassing face veil in future before I can venture out wearing any form of headgear………though come to think of it there is always a balaclava. I must rush off and perfect my eye-liner.
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