THE CLICK AT SUNDANCE 1/23

THE CLICK AT SUNDANCE 1/23

HAT HEAD'S IN FASHION

Trendwatching in Sundance is so amusing because it's so separate
from the mainstream fashion axis of New York, L.A., London, Milan and Paris.
Each of those cities has a distinct "look" that celebrities and well-heeled
travelers adhere to when they arrive in said destination.

We've talked about Sundance's amazing and myriad style boots.
Today, let's talk about hats. We've seen knit cap beanie styles, mens'
fedoras on women, shearling and fur lined floppies, and Aviator styles with
flaps to keep ones' ears from ringing and reddening in the cold. There are
even Heidi knit styles that have either woolly braids – or woolly
dreadlocks – depending on how you look at it. The ubiquitous berets of New
York and L.A.are nowhere to be seen at Sundance – they're just not warm
enough.

My hat's off goes to Mischa Barton, who went from a black and
brown fedora she bought at Barneys in LA, to a handknit organic cotton Zola2 tweed hat by L.A. based Kathy Poncher. Check out Mischa in that tall topper. And fedoras on ladies aren't just for the snow – you can rock this boyish bauble through spring. Go to TheFind.com and type in, "Womens fedoras," and
all varieties will come up. Killer Hats has them in felt for $22.00. Windy City Novelties has a red felt fedora for $24. Baron Hats has a dress weight wool felt look with grosgrain detail for $49. And if you want a more deluxe model, try Peruvian Connection for styles that range from $79 to $269 that your boyfriend will covet and no doubt wear.

But the wool beanie look is tres wooly chic – just ask Marcia Gay Harden, who donned a latte colored one, or Mischa in her tweedy version. Mischa's Zola hat can be had at zolahats.com –in wool that's bejeweled, or the basic cotton version. If you go on TheFind.com and type in "Womens beanie hats," dogfunk offers you a Dakine stormy beanie with a cable design for &29.95. Paul Frank offers a pink and red Julius version with pom poms for &10..95 at Karmaloop. And there's a cute turquoise version for $24.95 at Boardtactics.

For fur-lined floppies, two sites on TheFind (type in "fur-lined
floppy hats") have great varieties: e4hats has faux fur bucket hats in black, camel and cream, and dogfunk has a "mcklusky hat" with ear flaps that even Amelia Earhart would have loved to fly high in. These are great buys for next year's Sundance – or any sojourn into the cold and the mountains.

Of course, some photo conscious celebs: Sarah Jessica
Parker, Emily Blunt, Jodie Foster, Charlize Theron, Paris Hilton, Meg Ryan
and Felicity Huffman – didn't don any toppers. These ladies sported either
stick straight sheets of hair or bouncing barrel waves. But that's because
they were traveling with their hairdressers - or they popped into the
Sephora hair and makeup station at the top floor of The Kevin Mazur
Celebrity Portrait Studio, where TheFindGreen suite was located. It's
amazing what a curling iron or a styling straight iron from Sephora can do
in a few minutes. Don't leave home without them. Type in :"Sephora hair
irons:" and grab yourself the ghd (it stands for "good hair day") styling
iron (with bend, so you don't get dead flat hair) for $195 at Sephora. In
the portrait studio, Sephora makeup artist Vanessa Dunn did touch ups on
many female – and male –celebs who came through this week. What were the hit
picks from Sephora at Sundance? Sephora's repair lip balm with SPF, that
covers lips, knees and elbows for extra dry skin. Sephora lipglosses were
also super popular, with shea butter in Golden Glow and Bronze Beauty. Also
necessary in the snowy glare was Sephora's plumping mascara which lengthens
and plumps and volumizes – but so were the Sephora and Makeup Forever
lashes, which Vanessa brought hundreds of – and was left with nary a pair to
be found.

And all of our Sundance efforts this week could not have been
possible without the finesse of Tim Hurley of Vox Entertainment, who
produced not only the Kevin Mazur Portrait Studio, but the St. Ives Lounge
and the premiere party of "Sleepwalking," the John Legend concert and events at Tao, Harry O's and Marquis. Tim – you are simply amazing.

Comments

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