fandomtownies | Community Center Class: The Wearing of Hats! // Tuesday Evening

"Today we are going to fit hats to faces," Ghanima began cheerfully. "Sadly, not all hat types suit all heads and faces, and so we must adjust our wants to our needs."

She picked up a marker to write on the large notepad that had been set up on an easel. "Let's look at what makes up a hat. Typically, a hat may consist of three - or more - main parts:"

* Crown, the portion of a hat covering the top of the head.
* Peak (British English), visor (American English), or bill, a stiff projection at the front, to shade or shield the eyes from sun and rain.
* Brim, an optional projection of stiff material from the bottom of the hat's crown horizontally all around the circumference of the hat
* Puggaree or riband (British) or hatband (American), a ribbon or band that runs around the bottom of the crown above the brim.
* Sweatband, the strip of leather (or sometimes ribbon or other material) attached to the inner circumference of the hat to stop sweat from soiling the main body of the hat and may be adjustable with a cord or rope on certain hats.
* Lining, for some hats there is a silk lining, often bearing the maker's name and label.

"Each of those things can affect how a hat fits you, and how it looks on you."

"For instance, someone with a prominent jaw face could wear moderately low crown, not too full, sometimes with slight taper crown. A big crown, a big brim would make him look more massive. A dinky crown and brim would make him look silly. A medium brim, therefore, with a full snap brim will help balance the jaw. Too sharp or a back roll will also seem to make the jaw come forward. Side dents help keep fair amount of crown front area without having the entire crown too full and massive. Don't tilt the hat too far back, or then you're just bringing your jaw forward."

"I've brought a few hats that I've imported from Dune just for this class, and they're over there," she said, gesturing to set of large boxes. "Try them on, see if you can decide what type of hat they are, and if it suits you."

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WITH YOUR FACE

Take notes, flip through hat magazines, etc.

Look at the handout, decide which type of hat would best suit your features, and go play in hats!

[[just google OUTRAGEOUS HATS for Ghani's moddable treasures. it's fun.]]

She's around, and she's got an entire box of wee hats for Jan, from when she was little.

meh

Harper Finkle

Harper thought she knew what worked best for her face, but it couldn't hurt to get a refresher course, right?

And yes, she was wearing the new hat she had snagged on her way to the community center.

Harper swapped out her woolen hat for something a bit more spring-like (http://0.tqn.com/d/jewelry/1/0/E/K/74844461.jpg). As far as she was concerned, the hat should get extra points for needing its own zip code.

Jane Porter

Jane found this fascinating the way she found phrenology fascinating. In that she thought it was a little silly, but one couldn't help but be a little drawn in by the details and tempted to see what came up when she dug into it a little and explored it.

Now, let's see...Jane most certainly had a long, slender face, or perhaps a short one, but she wanted to go with long, which suggested a moderate width brim.

That only made Jane snort, because there was nothing moderate about any of the hats being made available to them. Still, she supposed she'd better make the best of things. Something with a side tilt...hmmm...

Whether or not it fit her face distracted Jane when she pulled out a particular one (http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/antoinettes-dream-tricorn-mini-ship-tilt-hat-18th-century-steampunk). "Goodness!" she breathed out. "Pity the guide didn't say anything about what sort of face fit a ship!"

She did rather like it, though, she had to admit, and would take the attempt to perch it on her head and see how it looked.

Captain Shunsui Kyōraku

Shunsui looked up at his hat. It was really the only hat he intended on ever wearing, and so he considered making up the reasons why his hat worked well for his face-shape.

Other than the obvious fact that because it was sexy.

As stated in earlier narrative, Shunsui had no intention of wearing any hats except for his own, but he was more than happy to help appease his beautiful teacher by at least shifting through other possibilities.

"Yikes (http://horiwood.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/ladygagachinesehatheadpiece.jpg)..." was the only word he had.

Vida Boheme

Vida tried on a dozen hats, and finally settled on one (http://i54.tinypic.com/ipqyl2.jpg) that Ghanima might need to pry from her cold dead fingers.

Pinkie Pie

Pinkie . . . was making faces to herself. She was trying to get her face to be short and full or long and slender.

She was having a surprising amount of success at this.

Pinkie decided to get started with an arrangement of banana hats.

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