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Hats!

Hats!

Date: Aug 27 2010

Themes: Fashion

Grammar: Count and Noncount Nouns

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It used to be that no outfit was complete without a hat. From men’s bowlers to women’s bonnets decorated with ribbons and flowers, hats were both a must-have fashion accessory and a functional part of every wardrobe.

Hats keep us warm in the winter and protect us from the heat in the summer. They keep the rain off our heads and the sun out of our eyes. Yet since our way of dressing has become more casual, hats have become less essential. Lucky for milliners everywhere, Ella wants to revive the lost art of hat-wearing.

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Ella

Ella

Mason

Mason

Ella:  So I believe hats are a necessary accessory to every outfit.

Mason:  Uh, Blossom? What?

Ella:  No. Fedoras, knitted little…you know, just all types of hats. I love them. I try to get one in every city I visit.

Mason:  Interesting. I mean, I’m a hat guy, but I have the one hat. It’s funny, I’m pleased to hear that you like hats so much because they don’t really seem to be that in fashion these days.

Ella:  I have so many, I have almost 20 hats right now sitting in my closet. I have the big wide-brim ones that are perfect for the sun, and I have the sporty little ball cap. But fedoras are my favorite, I have almost 10 of those in every color.

Mason:  Really. You have kind of the whole range, like baseball cap, low-brow, fedora…

Ella:  And then you have beanies for snowboarding.

Mason:  Bowlers.

Ella:  Yep. I definitely wear hats just for looks. There’s not very much practical use for it, sometimes I’m wearing beanies and it’s 90 degrees outside, but hey, it works with my outfit, you know?

Mason:  I totally know. Oh my god, you have no idea how much I know.

 

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Ella loves hats and has a big hat collection. She has hats in every color to go with all her outfits. Her favorite kind of hat is a fedora. But when it comes to hats, Ella doesn’t have a strict type. She loves them all, from baseball caps to beanies.

Mason is more of a one-hat man. He’s faithful to his favorite beanie, which keeps him warm all winter long. Mason thinks hats are more functional than fashionable. But maybe Ella will change that.

Do you like to wear hats? Do you think hats are an essential fashion accessory? Describe your favorite hat.

 

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maitrang88

maitrang88

Viet Nam

I have one favorite cap and it appears in every picture taken of me in summer lol. I have quite a lot beanies, they are perfect match for winter outfits.

So I guess for me hats are both functional and fashionable 

04:04 AM Aug 27 2010 |

Ryo

Ryo

Saudi Arabia

 this  also very  big but   to me

   this hat its sound  more  styilsh  than  the above

 

03:44 AM Aug 27 2010 |

Jahongir_Halilov

Uzbekistan

I agree with Mason. I used to it for functional.

03:38 AM Aug 27 2010 |

Ryo

Ryo

Saudi Arabia

when i was small  and my father biring hat like that (whch post by kobite ka)

i dont like  to wear it

i was prefer cold   than to wear this stuff 

03:25 AM Aug 27 2010 |

Ryo

Ryo

Saudi Arabia

I love  very very much hats

But they should not be like the hat in the picture here above  as if was large and not very stylish

as there some  hats i dont like it  at all also

like  what post  kobite ka 

 

its must  nbe very stubal and with new  looking

I think that is  became  now less interest in hats
Perhaps because there is  stop abit  in Fashion

Where new hats  stiylish ?

some people  good with hat somtims  but  its very heathy in the sun ray  too 

03:23 AM Aug 27 2010 |

Bob lee

China

yeah! just like glasses,hat  is  one important  adornment in our life. l love it.

02:42 AM Aug 27 2010 |

crumarina

crumarina

United States

I used hats, but just when I need to. I like to see people wearing them. Every time I wear them just for looks, I feel stupid on it. I don't know why. It could be probably because I haven't get used to them :0)

02:25 AM Aug 27 2010 |

Lento

Lento

China

Haha,the winter's hat,it's so cute

02:20 AM Aug 27 2010 |

sam_moh

sam_moh

Yemen

hats as stylish , sometime it get be for fashion so u can notice that , and another time such as occasions u could find that , and caps are used for some jobs as police men and women and it used  for reserve or protect or keep the head from getting broken by anything fallen up to down , and it has a lot of uses , it's nice to wear cap with sporty cloths or going to the playing or outdoors , picnic and so on ,, 

nice lesson , keep on such those lessons  

02:20 AM Aug 27 2010 |

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