What is it about Hats? – The Documentary
I requested the movie What is it about Hats? A Documentary About People Under the Brim as a birthday gift and wanted to do a semi-review here for you hat lovers. (I didn’t take enough notes to do a full-fledged review; I was looking at all the hats!)
What is it about Hats?
For a short documentary (around 30 minutes), it’s $20 selling price seems steep (I think the price was closer to $30 when I got mine….) But, considering the unusual subject matter and the fact that it’s an indie documentary, I still think it was worth it.
It features many prominent milliners and members of the fashion industry from around the United States, including:
- Ian Dellar
- Truly Biggs
- Nicole LeBlanc
- Lisa Farrell
- Loreta Corsetti
- Blythe Savage
- Kate Pernia
- Myra Walker
- Stephanie Davis
The basic format is broken into sections such as “How to Wear a Hat” where they interview people on their opinions about attitude and placement on the head.
Some of my favorite quotes/concepts from the movie:
- “There is a hat for you. You just have to find it…and then you have to wear it.”
- “You have to wear the hat, the hat cannot wear you. You dn’t want to look too conscious about wearing a hat.”
- “Caps are not hats!” (I love that one)
- When you’re wearing a hat “you look like you are somebody that other people want to know.”
- “Peoples’ posture changes when wearing a hat.”
- “A woman that can wear a hat, usually, is an interesting woman.”
- “My advice to anybody, if you’re single, is to wear a hat!”
The three main things I wish the producers had done differently:
- I wish it were longer. (This one is obvious and I’m sure there were reasons it wasn’t longer, probably budget-related.)
- I wish there was more technical info in it. It would be lovely to have a movie that really goes into how hats are designed and made, and I think it would give more people an appreciation for how technical and how difficult millinery can be. Maybe they’ll consider a sequel to address this side of millinery.
- Interview more men and address that population equally. The movie almost exclusively featured women, but more men are wearing hats now. The movie was released in 2006 – maybe it’s time for that sequel.
Overall, I think if you love hats you’ll find this movie entertaining and sometimes insightful. Let me know what you think about it if you ever see it!
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