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\u2026 a cloche hat. <\/p>\n

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I\u2019m actually a week into my skirts only experiment and so far there\u2019s nothing extraordinary to report. I\u2019m used to wearing skirt suits to work and skirts to church so not wearing trousers hasn\u2019t been a noticeable inconvenience. Plus the weather has been incredibly mild, albeit rainy. Otherwise, it\u2019s been pretty much my regular dress routine. I\u2019m sorry I don\u2019t have any anecdotes or more exciting news to share. I know. Yawn. <\/p>\n

The most exciting thing that has happened this week was I bought a hat. I\u2019ve never worn a hat for fashions sake. I\u2019ve worn knit hats for warmth and visors or ball caps for outdoorsy excursions, but never a hat for the sake of having something lovely on my head. It sounds so frivolous and silly when you think about it, but I started looking over various fashion blogs and old photographs and the hats\u2026 I think hats might now be competing with shoes for my affections. <\/p>\n

The hat I bought was a bright red felt cloche hat<\/a> that is the perfect shade of red to match my wool pea coat. I got a $20 gift card from the office secret santa so the expense was justifiable. It\u2019s hard spending money on myself, moms you can relate. Somebody always needs a new pair of shoes and buying a hat in comparison seems wasteful. I hate waste. <\/p>\n

How is a hat practical? How does this have anything to do with not wearing trousers for 30 days? Well, for practical intents and purposes this hat will protect my head from the elements and disguise bad hair days and look 100xs better than a knit ski cap while doing so. If I don\u2019t have time to fix my hair before running out the house \u2013 voil\u00e0. Again, my challenge is about dressing less casually and more grown up and breaking away from sloppiness<\/a>. I also want to show that you don\u2019t have sacrifice style for modesty, or even style for comfort and convenience. Also I am a firm believer in polished appearances positively affecting outward demeanor. So we will see\u2026 will the Crescat swear a lot less wearing a pretty hat or will it be 30 days of lipstick on a pig. Who knows. We\u2019ll just have to wait and see. <\/p>\n

Image: Twiggy <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"