What Would You Wear On Your Head?

As you might imagine, I am a bonafide fashion writing junkie. From the lowliest DIY blog to WWD, I read it all.  All day, every day, to the complete and total dismay of my husband and many of my friends.  I’ll read every up to the minute fashion forecast, and every guide to style, even if it’s a guide to having the best dressed poodle on the block. And I don’t even have a dog.

Why, just this morning I was reading an article on Brides.com about upcoming bridal fashions. Apparently, it’s all about the hair accessories (duh) this season. Which, if you’ve been paying attention, you know that I heartiy agree with. But let’s review some of the hair fashions that are supposedly up and coming. First of all, this platinum faux fur, um, hat made the list. This is “for the bold bride” says Brides.com. SERIOUSLY? I am a bold bride, and outside of a costume party, you would never catch me in that polyeurathane, probably quite flammable, piece of crap.

And what about this lovely bonnet? Ladies, are you ready to acknowledge your family’s wagoneering past in the form of fashion? Don’t get me wrong. I am for avant gardism in all its forms. I want my couture to be as weird as possible. But I just can’t take anyone who tells me that this is going to be a legitimate trend seriously.

I’ll leave you with this lovely, albiet unlikely, tiara-veil combination. Aren’t we taking the idea of the bride as priness a bit far, here? By “we”, of course, I mean the royal “we”.

Read the orginal article on Brides.com.

Photo Credits: Brides.com