Monday, October 18, 2010

wear the old hat, too


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

75 comments:

  1. LOVING this hat Willow. Fantastic choice and can't wait to see it with the coat/boots combo.

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  2. Hello 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!

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  3. Oh, but you are showing your vibrant individuality too by choosing such a distinctive hat.

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  4. Great hat Willow and great pic...you must head West with that look....bkm

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  5. I feel like Loretta Young, when she gets her new hat in "The Bishop's Wife"!

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  6. Raph! Good to see you again, my friend!

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  7. 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.

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  8. Fab hat! By the way, I love your "old coat, new book" philosophy" It's what I'll be wearing and reading this winter.

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  9. LOVE the hat! The photo is nifty, too...lets the Native American DNA show through.

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  10. Dr. Linthead, you're right, my Cherokee DNA was tingling all along. That must have been why I chose it!

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  11. Great pic of you and hat, willow. I see you're using it as your profile picture. Beautiful!

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  12. Hats 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!

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  13. great look---you have no need to reinvent as every thing you do is so uniquely you...

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  14. Love the hat, Willow, but it's your perfectly groomed brows that have me thinking...time for some attention to mine...

    You could write a post on how you achieve those beautiful brows!

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  15. I like the hat Ma'am. Happy Birthday.

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  16. Yes, yes, yes. Great hat. And it suits you!

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  17. Wow can you wear a hat or what?! I do not look good in hats, daughter does. Great shot and your nails look fabulous.

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  18. Can't wait to see the whole outfit. Barbour jackets are the BEST.

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  19. J.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)

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  20. Great sp, Willow! It suits you. Looks like you're having fun with that!

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  21. Some 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!

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  22. Karen, glad you like my brows, daahling! I actually wrote a funny post on eyebrows last year. If you're interested, here's the link:

    http://willowmanor.blogspot.com/2009/07/facial-drama.html

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  23. It's got to be all about the hat, Willow. Why? Well, let me tell you ....


    Have you ever seen an amazing building without a great roof?

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  24. Nice hat; love the colour. You'd like the Australian Akubra too!

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  25. A great roof, indeed. I love that, David. And it sure is great to see you back in the bloggyhood, my friend. x

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  26. Interested in the total look. You certainly are creative in your approach. -- barbara

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  27. G'day, miss. With that on yer head you like like a fair dinkum jillaroo from a Queensland cattle station.

    (Do I need to translate?)

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  28. I suppose the nickel was the selling feature. But , really, I was very fond of the other...

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  29. Oh,yes...a fabulous hat. I was not disappointed.

    I, too loved the movie "I am Love". The cinematography was captivating. I wish I had seen it on the big screen.

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  30. Do remember, dwarling, that in between the Barbour and the boots comes yellow roll-neck jumper and jodphurs.

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  31. That's a good look, willow. It really suits. I have to be careful with wearing hats. Head made of sand, and all that!

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  32. Sorry luv! not a patch on the akubra.

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  33. Willow,
    I didn't think you could invent a better you look, but then you are always surprising me.
    rel

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  34. Great hat! Great photo! Great quotes!!!

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  35. that's a good hat willow but the eyes and the lips carry it!! steven

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  36. My word, Minnetonka make a posse of hats! (I just decided that was the collective noun!) and you've picked a most flattering one, Willow!

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  37. I'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!

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  38. great hat that reminds me of something my ex-husband now deceased might wear.

    reinventing 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?

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  39. LOL! Spoken like a true hat person, Willow! In my Walter Mitty other-life, I'm a late Victorian-era milliner named Millicent Fair...

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  40. Suki, two cameras? Oh, no, just one camera and a mirror! :)

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  41. This period of time, astrologically, is all about personal and collective reinvention. You are on a wavelength with the cosmos, Willow.

    And 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!"

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  42. A hat is a perfect way to reinvent yourself! An excellent choice of chapeau!

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  43. You 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

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  44. That would go perfectly with my 'farmhand chic' wardrobe...do they have another???

    You look mahvelous dawling!

    s

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  45. this hat goes better with the Land Rover!

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  46. Wow, that is one great quote by Bennis. You look really good in the new hat. Enjoy it.

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  47. love the hat, willow

    happy to stop by for a visit today

    it's been too long, my friend
    i have missed you

    kary
    xxx

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  48. You look smashing in that hat! And you are looking so young these dayss. my dear. You must share your secret.

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  49. Heehee, it's all about lighting, daahling!

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  50. Oh, I love hats, although my sister has better hat hair than I. Still, I indulge...

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  51. Great Hat...the re-inventing is complete...no, wait, where is the purse?

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  52. willow..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
    :-)

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  53. "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.

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  54. Willow,

    Nice look, for sure!

    Trulyfool

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  55. Hiya cowgirl... beautiful choice i like it :)

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  56. The hat sits perfectly and must have waited all its life to get ahead:)

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  57. It is about permanent re-invention.....You look very cute in that hat...great find, xv.

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  58. Hello hello

    I'm new...Nice forum !

    My name is Jonathan, 22 years old (French).

    Nice to meet you !

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  59. 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!

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  60. I 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.

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  61. Great choice. Perfect, in fact.

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― O. Henry (and me)