There were no criteria at all except that a woman wear a hat or enjoy wearing hats.

Observing the tradition from the outside, it looks like it's about looking fine in a big fancy hat. But it's about more than that.

Why should anyone be frightened by a hat?

there was no criteria.

There's a technicality to designing and wearing hats. A hat is balancing the proportions of your face; it's like architecture or mathematics.

Cooper would always kid me about my hats. He'd tell me I should get a bigger hat.