I demand you take your hat off to me

There are some clothing items that just get on my nerves. I am yet to be convinced that they look good on anyone.

Exhibit A: The fedora hat.

Keira Knightly is beautiful. Sure, she may look permanently in need of an iron rich meal, but a very striking, albeit thin, woman. Wearing the offending item hides her best feature from the world, her face, and make her nose look unusually pointy. If your face is not on the slender side, the affect is even less flattering. Putting something blocky and structured on a soft face will make it look like a marshmallow. I'm not saying Keira looks bad, she doesn't. But she certainly doesn't look our best. Most of us look nowhere near as good as Keira to begin with so being made to look worse than usual is of greater consequence to those of us mere mortals.

The offending item is often used by those who can't bother doing their hair. Fair enough, we don't want to have to perfectly manicure our hair everyday but wearing offending item does not improve the situation. Wearing a strange head covering draws the eyes to the head area and to the scraggly un-brushed hair, often making it appear thin and lank. A quick ponytail or messy bun is always a better choice. Because fedora's brims are flat at the front and folded at the back they create an arrow like effect, drawing attention to the eyes and cheeks. If you are using offending item to an effort to hide unsightly, your skin had better be looking glowingly clear with no dark under eye circles. 

Hats are great but fedora's are the McDonald's cookie of hats, it's value is only very superficial and there are a million other better alternatives. If you think that you are the sort of gal that hats suit, I would implore you to upgrade to something more Tina Wafer as your go-to hat.

Do you agree with my stance on the fedora?