Wearing hats

When it's 40 degrees Celsius and the sun beating down at midday hurts on your skin, your mind seems inevitably  to turn to hats. I am always amazed at how few people wear hats now. In a country like Australia where the sun does real and lasting damage, hats are a necessary item of clothing.

The good thing is that hats look good as well. I'd like to see a return to the habit of wearing hats which was so common in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. It was a fashion accessory which was a real loss, especially for men. It seems to survive in Melbourne, where it is least needed and struggle elsewhere. I take my hat off to hats.