Hats Off to You: Get Ready for This Year’s Kentucky Derby Party in Style

FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. - April 12, 2015 - PRLog -- Known as the most exciting two minutes in sports, the Kentucky Derby is an exhilarating display of man and beast coming together in an attempt at victory. However outside of the track and in the stands, the real competition is who has the best hat to display. For years, Kentucky Derby attendees have been sporting fancy and eccentric hats from around the world. Now you don’t have to be strolling to Churchill Downs to enjoy race day. Many of us like to spread our southern charm and hospitality and throw a Kentucky Derby bash. If you’re one of the many that is either hosting or going to one of these fancy parties, you’re going to need a show-stopping hat. You can go for the classic big brim matched with a massive sash or the edgy birdcage look with sculpture-like designs on top. Whatever your style, this is the time to go the next level in your hat fashion.

Although you can wear any hat you want to a Kentucky Derby party, face shapes strongly dictate the best type of hat for you. Here are just a few examples of face shapes and what works best for them.

Small Faces: Those with small faces may want to avoid the bigger brimmed hats. Much like petite bodies needing petite clothes, sometimes the hat takes over the face. Although the hat is your main fashion item, you still want your whole look to be about you. A big brim is the more traditional Derby hat, however for small faces a pillbox or birdcage hat might be a better choice.

Long Faces: All jokes aside, a long face can sometimes look even more elongated with a thicker brim. When it comes to hats for this face type the best options are a medium-wide brim. This will create width in your face and create better symmetry with the hat. The best hats for this type of face are big floppy hats.

Round Faces: Round faces do best with the fashionable, asymmetrical tilt you see frequently in the brims of Derby hats. The tilt will create an edge to you face, creating a longer look. It is noted that you should avoid hats that have rounded crowns which will cause your face to look more rounded. The best hat for round faces includes the famous big brimmed hats with flat crowns.

In the end, the best hat for you is the one you love. So whether it’s the traditional wide brim or the retro pillbox hat, as long as you’re having fun, that’s what matters. With hats there is no better place to go than the Mad Hatter in the Fuquay-Varina area. With a wide variety of interesting and ornate hats it will surely make your hat the talk of the party.

Mad Hatter is located at 107 South Main Street in Fuquay-Varina.  The shop is open 10 am - 4 pm Thursday - Saturday.

References

Beeler, Jennifer. “Your Guide to the Kentucky Derby.” Southern Living. 15 May. 2013. Web 20 Mar. 2015.

“Best Hat for Your Face.” BeautyRiot.com. Web 20 Mar. 2015