I know you are all waiting with bated breath to find out which hat I got yesterday at the antique center. I toyed briefly with the idea of getting the fabulous velvet Shakespearian looking "Wolsey" hat, but chose instead, a rawhide Minnetonka buffalo nickel band outback hat. It looks as if it's never been worn, just waiting there for me to come collect it. Wolsey just wasn't going to bond with the Barbour-coat-boots look I'm trying to achieve. It's all about reinventing yourself, don't you think?
And finding the hat, I always like to find the hat. And then props just dress the set. It's all fabulous.
Morgan Freeman
People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves
must be content with borrowed postures,
secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
Warren G. Bennis
LOVING this hat Willow. Fantastic choice and can't wait to see it with the coat/boots combo.
ReplyDeleteHello again, Willow! It's been a long time since I've visited! Love the hat - I wish we could get them like that over here!
ReplyDeleteOh, but you are showing your vibrant individuality too by choosing such a distinctive hat.
ReplyDeleteGreat hat Willow and great pic...you must head West with that look....bkm
ReplyDeleteI feel like Loretta Young, when she gets her new hat in "The Bishop's Wife"!
ReplyDeleteRaph! Good to see you again, my friend!
ReplyDeleteYee-ha!
ReplyDeleteMarjorie
It sure does suit you! Great choice. I know it's Western wear, but you look like a sleuth of some sort in the photo.
ReplyDeleteFab hat! By the way, I love your "old coat, new book" philosophy" It's what I'll be wearing and reading this winter.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the hat! The photo is nifty, too...lets the Native American DNA show through.
ReplyDeleteDr. Linthead, you're right, my Cherokee DNA was tingling all along. That must have been why I chose it!
ReplyDeleteGreat pic of you and hat, willow. I see you're using it as your profile picture. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHats off to you darling...in more ways than one. Just served one of your pasta recipes (sort of) with cipriani papardelle! It really was That Good!
ReplyDeletegreat look---you have no need to reinvent as every thing you do is so uniquely you...
ReplyDeleteLove the hat, Willow, but it's your perfectly groomed brows that have me thinking...time for some attention to mine...
ReplyDeleteYou could write a post on how you achieve those beautiful brows!
I like the hat Ma'am. Happy Birthday.
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, yes. Great hat. And it suits you!
ReplyDeleteWow can you wear a hat or what?! I do not look good in hats, daughter does. Great shot and your nails look fabulous.
ReplyDeleteNow, that looks great on you.
ReplyDeleteGREAT HAT FOR YOU!!!
ReplyDeleteCool!
ReplyDeleteYou are a brilliant stand out!
ReplyDeletenice hat.
ReplyDeleteperfect
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see the whole outfit. Barbour jackets are the BEST.
ReplyDeleteJ.G., I posted on the Barbour coat last week, in my 2010 version of "wear the old coat, buy the new book". (click on the highlighted phrase in the body of this post)
ReplyDeleteGreat sp, Willow! It suits you. Looks like you're having fun with that!
ReplyDeleteSome people just look good in hats! I do not. I envy you that ability, Willow. I think which ever hat you would have chosen would have suited you just fine. You are a hat-kind-of-girl!
ReplyDeleteKaren, glad you like my brows, daahling! I actually wrote a funny post on eyebrows last year. If you're interested, here's the link:
ReplyDeletehttp://willowmanor.blogspot.com/2009/07/facial-drama.html
It's got to be all about the hat, Willow. Why? Well, let me tell you ....
ReplyDeleteHave you ever seen an amazing building without a great roof?
Nice hat; love the colour. You'd like the Australian Akubra too!
ReplyDeleteA great roof, indeed. I love that, David. And it sure is great to see you back in the bloggyhood, my friend. x
ReplyDeleteInterested in the total look. You certainly are creative in your approach. -- barbara
ReplyDeleteG'day, miss. With that on yer head you like like a fair dinkum jillaroo from a Queensland cattle station.
ReplyDelete(Do I need to translate?)
I suppose the nickel was the selling feature. But , really, I was very fond of the other...
ReplyDeleteOh,yes...a fabulous hat. I was not disappointed.
ReplyDeleteI, too loved the movie "I am Love". The cinematography was captivating. I wish I had seen it on the big screen.
Do remember, dwarling, that in between the Barbour and the boots comes yellow roll-neck jumper and jodphurs.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good look, willow. It really suits. I have to be careful with wearing hats. Head made of sand, and all that!
ReplyDeleteSorry luv! not a patch on the akubra.
ReplyDeleteyou wear it well!
ReplyDeleteWillow,
ReplyDeleteI didn't think you could invent a better you look, but then you are always surprising me.
rel
Great hat! Great photo! Great quotes!!!
ReplyDeletethat's a good hat willow but the eyes and the lips carry it!! steven
ReplyDeleteMy word, Minnetonka make a posse of hats! (I just decided that was the collective noun!) and you've picked a most flattering one, Willow!
ReplyDeleteI've got a hat similar to that, that I love. It's called a "crusher" hat, because, though it looks like that one, you can actually scrunch it up and stash it. Sounds awful, but it always springs right back. Keeps the rain off. Makes me look like a cowgirl. Yee haw!
ReplyDeletegreat hat that reminds me of something my ex-husband now deceased might wear.
ReplyDeletereinventing the self. exactly what i have determined i must do in order to remain up here in the cold northeastern hills. i may post about this soon.
interesting photo of yrself holding yr camera. it must have involved two cameras then, no?
LOL! Spoken like a true hat person, Willow! In my Walter Mitty other-life, I'm a late Victorian-era milliner named Millicent Fair...
ReplyDeleteSuki, two cameras? Oh, no, just one camera and a mirror! :)
ReplyDeleteThis period of time, astrologically, is all about personal and collective reinvention. You are on a wavelength with the cosmos, Willow.
ReplyDeleteAnd you look cool, too.
As some guy said to me once upon a time (about a hat I was wearing), "It ain't just the hat - you wearin' it!"
A hat is a perfect way to reinvent yourself! An excellent choice of chapeau!
ReplyDeletei LOVE this picture of you!!!
ReplyDeletexx
Good choice!
ReplyDeleteYou look fab in the hat.... I know what you mean..sometimes, its good to reinvent yourself. I went clothes shopping last night and found the sports coats just are not me anymore... I settled for some nice looking turtlenecks... 4 of them.. dark chocolate, navy blue, burgandy, and white... they look great and I feel great wearing them...thats what it is all about... :) The Bach
ReplyDeleteThat would go perfectly with my 'farmhand chic' wardrobe...do they have another???
ReplyDeleteYou look mahvelous dawling!
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you wear it well!!!
ReplyDeletethis hat goes better with the Land Rover!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is one great quote by Bennis. You look really good in the new hat. Enjoy it.
ReplyDeletelove the hat, willow
ReplyDeletehappy to stop by for a visit today
it's been too long, my friend
i have missed you
kary
xxx
Oh, good choice!
ReplyDeleteYou look smashing in that hat! And you are looking so young these dayss. my dear. You must share your secret.
ReplyDeleteHeehee, it's all about lighting, daahling!
ReplyDeleteOh, I love hats, although my sister has better hat hair than I. Still, I indulge...
ReplyDeleteGreat Hat...the re-inventing is complete...no, wait, where is the purse?
ReplyDeletewillow..i have never heard about that pumpkin festival...i have always wanted to go to the one in Keene, New Hampshire..was there one year and missed it by 2 days..isn't that just perfect
ReplyDelete:-)
"NUM-BAH SIX-TY-FO-WAH!" Did I just hear someone call my number? Finally! Jeeze, I hate having to take a number and wait in line to make a comment on here. It also bugs me the way everyone kisses your tushie, girlfriend. So I just dropped by to give you a hard time so your head won't get too big, which would cause your new hat to not fit. Well, that, and to see if I can siphon off some of your plentitude of fans. Just out of curiosity, of course, they may visit my puny postings, but they'll never leave you. That's 'cuz you're the best, baby. Peace and love from your FFF.
ReplyDeleteWillow,
ReplyDeleteNice look, for sure!
Trulyfool
Hiya cowgirl... beautiful choice i like it :)
ReplyDeleteThe hat sits perfectly and must have waited all its life to get ahead:)
ReplyDeleteIt is about permanent re-invention.....You look very cute in that hat...great find, xv.
ReplyDeleteHello hello
ReplyDeleteI'm new...Nice forum !
My name is Jonathan, 22 years old (French).
Nice to meet you !
That hat was born for you. It simply couldn't belong to anyone else. You look simply amazing! There must be a portrait of you somewhere growing older!
ReplyDeleteI have been away from the blogging world for awhile but am so glad to return and find this quote by Bennis-- it is perfect for the type of workshops I teach in painting because I am trying to get artists to paint their own personal work and not copy the instructor or others.
ReplyDeleteIt is you.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the hat. Very jealous!
ReplyDeleteGreat choice. Perfect, in fact.
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