Hat Tricks

Yes, you look amazing in that ultra-furry trapper hat — until you arrive at your destination or your ears get overheated and you have no choice but to stuff that small animal into your bag. Thankfully, there are equally trendy and much more compact ways to keep your head warm. Enter Free People’s chic leopard-print beret. It’s just as animalistic, but slightly more realistic outside of the Tundra than your oversized, tassel-tied topper. The angora will keep you extra warm, not to mention this pattern goes perfectly with everything (according to Diane Von Furstenberg, leopard’s a neutral).

Another fabulous option to ride out the winter? Evoke your inner frigid-weather flapper in a knit turban. (Urban turban? J. Peterman would be proud.) The chic, knotted design adds a new twist to your basic beanie, but the best part is that its snug-fit over your ears and head. Keep with the fur theme in this Elizabeth and James rabbit-trimmed version, or nab it in knit with this Top Shop turban, available in black and black-and-white stripes. Go ahead, bring on those winter winds — you’ll be well protected and pretty.

Text Kara Solarz
Image Nordstrom

Hippie Tam Hat aka The Rasta Hat

You might have noticed people wearing these interesting over-sized looking beanies. Well, let me tell you, they are not called beanies. They are in fact called Tams, more widely known as the Rasta hat. Normally the best are handmade and can cost a pretty penny if you're lucky enough to find them. However, I've found a great place online that sells them and they're pretty cheap, Purple Sage Designz check them out. They have have them in several different styles as well as knit tams and crochet. Many of the hats on the site are made of 100% all natural hemp. You can also specifically request certain colors and yarn types to have your own one of a kind tam hat. Makes a pretty cool gift for any earthly hippie friend, or hey even a nice one for yourself.