The hot new faux-fur Spirithood is the latest way to stay warm — and super cute.
by Rachel PughWhether you’re the type of person that would trap animals to harvest their pretty fur or the one known to only wear manmade materials, you can don the fur hat. And you don’t even have to ski the Swiss Alps to do so.
It is cold outside and big fur hats — whether real fur or faux — can certainly prevent frostbitten earlobes. Since you like your ears, why not stay toasty in a big, obnoxious fur hat? That’s right I said it. These hats are obnoxious, which is probably why I have always been smitten. They’re big. They’re loud. They make a fashion statement just by going out in public wearing one. And I love every minute of their screaming attitudes.
Keep your red paint away from me as I have numerous, I mean numerous fur hats — the real deal. A vintage shopaholic, it takes a whole lot of willpower to prevent me from purchasing a mink or fox hat if I see one in an antique store. My rule of thumb, however, is if it still has the paws and/or face, I won’t be caught dead in the corpse. But if it’s just fur, and it was originally crafted in the 1940s or ’50s, it shall be mine. Oh, how they complement my vintage winter-hat collection. Word for the wise however: If you have cats, do not leave your fur hats lying around unattended. You can be sure they will knead, if not literally suck on, the fur. I don’t know if they think it’s a long-lost relative or what, but I’ve lost a few hats because of some over-zealous felines.
Now don’t go thinking I have a room full of dead animals hanging on the walls or anything. I’m a hypocritical vegetarian with very specific fashion tastes, not a killer. And although I have fur hat after fur hat hanging on my hat stand, I also have a few newer faux ones. I love them all equally. It’s interesting, however, that most of my newer faux-fur hats cost much more than my antique real fur ones. Although I never buy real fur, when I do want to experience true sticker shock, I check out the prices of real ones. Fortunately, I’m never tempted to buy a new real fur hat as I like to actually make my car payments.
If you have deep pockets and want only new fur, these three websites have great hat collections: furhatworld.com (has real and faux), bigfurhats.com and wildthingsfur.com. For the people who want the look without the brutality, check out zappos.com, macys.com or fabulousfurs.com.
And finally, if you want the complete animal look, meaning with the paws and face, do me a favor and shop at Spirithoods.com. These hat/scarf/mitten combos are completely faux and all the rage. You can purchase the red fox, the husky, brown bear, skunk, tiger, polar bear, leopard, grey wolf, grizzly bear, night owl, panda and many more.
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