Needless to say, I didn't wear it out much.
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Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Hats I Have Worn, Part 2
1993: An extravagant red velvet hat that I bought in an Exeter charity shop, which looked not entirely dissimilar to this:
Needless to say, I didn't wear it out much.
Needless to say, I didn't wear it out much.
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Respect.
As they say.
Lovely colour.
It says something like "The best I am capable of doing" in the frame of that painting...
That's not a hat. He's just washed his hair. With "Gestalt".
Ahh, cello - that made me laugh a lot. I'm still no nearer to understanding what "gestalt" means. I think it's just going to be one of those words I have a blind spot with, like "ontological", and "non-microwaveable".
*laughs out loud at "hat". A lot*
*looks up "gestalt"*
Eh?
I'm not clever enough for this blog.
*scuttles off to Go Fug Yourself to look at Oscar frocks*
*speechless*
I may be exaggerating slightly.
That has just remonded me of the video I have of me at college, wearing a biretta [I was young and foolish]. I must see if I can get a still image, for the blog.
That's the fourth word I've had to look up this week! What's wrong with me?
Anyway, for those who are as in the dark as I am, a biretta is:
A stiff square cap with three or four ridges across the crown. Birettas are worn especially by Roman Catholic clergy and are black for priests, purple for bishops, and red for cardinals
Which leads me to conclude that Dave should definitely post a picture on his blog.
OK, I've dug the video out. I'll see if I can take a picture from the TV. Don't hold your breath. It won't appear before Sunday, anyway, as I have entries already written for the next few days.
I'm pretty sure I learned the meaning of gestalt from Red Dwarf series 6 (Legion).
Was this just an indoor hat, then? (Visions of swanning round house in velvet "thinking cap" dictating bodice rippers to assistant)
Yes, this was the kind of hat that I'd happily wear in the privacy of my bedroom, but as soon as I headed for the door, I would suddenly be overcome with an inexplicable sense of ridiculousness. Funny that.
I had some lovely hatpins to go with it, too, just remembered. Mm, hatpins.
Sadly I've never knowingly dictated a bodice-ripper, though. Or had an assistant, come to that.
You certainly could in the early 90s, Pash, I don't know about now. But I had some really lovely ones. Wonder what happened to them. Probably gone the way of my Spacemen 3 albums and that horrible armchair I had once.
Fabulous. I think you should wear it to work.
Yes, you can still buy hatpins. Not that I have for a *long* time.
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