Comments on: For My Non-Fire-Obsessed Readers: Something a Little Lighter

By: Alice Gunther

Alice Gunther — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:53:15 +0000

I do love those hats! And you would look beautiful in any hat there is.

(Even though I own a few pretty ones, I’m more likely to wear a baseball cap than anything else!)

By: Becky

Becky — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:52:37 +0000

I guess I’ve gotten to the point where I value health over just about anything, especially what other people think about how I look! I’ve also spent enough time out in the sunshine in the past 15 years (farming and West Indian holidays) that I don’t want to spend my old age looking like an old leather handbag. Or worrying about skin cancer. And it’s truly cooler under a hat.

I did give up dangly earrings for the duration with babies, because I wasn’t eager for a ripped earlobe. But the hat removal business doesn’t last long, and it’s much easier to convince your kids to wear hats if you do
What’s nice about the Tilley hats is that they are crushable and washable, i.e. childproof. I wouldn’t pay Tilley prices for young children though — you can find nice washable cotton “bucket style” hats for them.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:54:25 +0000

Go for the Tilley for practicality. Your adventure loving girls would love a Tilley and with the life time exchange guarantee its value cannot be beat. We fished our first one out of the ocean as it drifted by the boat and when it fell apart we mailed it off and they sent a Brand New One for FREE. Gotta love a company like that.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:22:13 +0000

Oh please do go all the way and get those over-the-top but oh so cure ones at the bottom…I’m the type to either wear a way flamboyant hat that will attract everyone’s attention, or nothing at all. For all the fuss it takes to keep it on my head, I’d like some bang for buck!

By: mary mi

mary mi — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:20:53 +0000

Lissa…what are you talking about?
You would adorable in a hat!

just saying..
mmi

By: patience

patience — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:46:30 +0000

We don’t use sunscreen. My daughter wears a hat and long sleeves. (I’m Waldorfy in this - she wears hats most of the year.) I myself don’t wear hats, I look like a gnome in them. I’m embarrassed to say that, when out walking in summer, I use a parasol. A big pale-coloured umbrella. All the Asian women hereabouts do it, and it seemed to me like a brilliant idea. It shades the entire body. But yeah, it looks dorky.

By: Mirissa

Mirissa — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:15:41 +0000

I vainly searched for wide brimmed hats for my daughters this summer before our vacation and finally found this lady
http://www.gottahavahat.com/adult/index.html
My girls loved designing their hats and I loved that they’d actually wear them. They’re very lightweight, which helped them forget they were on. I also ordered a pair for my husband and I and was really impressed with the quality. And she was so quick. We had them within days of ordering.