While spring hats are often designed to protect from the sun’s rays,they don’t always need to be sun hats. Spring hats are often made of straw and are adequate for an afternoon in the sun, like relaxing by the pool pool or gardening. However, they can also be amenable for dresswear, like to an Easter brunch or the Kentucky Derby. They can leave you feeling nostalgic for an earlier era while remaining in modern times. They are usually lightweight but intricately built, designed to keep you both looking and feeling cool, ensuring your wardrobe will never be overburdened by the classic piece of millinery on your head.

Just the thought of a spring hat evokes images of smiles and laughter. Of someone coyly holding a hat on their head to keep it from blowing away in the afternoon breeze, wearing cheerful pastels to celebrate a fresh beginning. Searching for Easter eggs, taking strolls in the park, days becoming longer, an ice cream dripping down your cone. Allow yourself to celebrate in lockstep with these visions, yourself clad in your own version of a spring hat.

Anything from a floppy sun hat to a wide-brimmed fedora will turn this year’s spring into a lasting memory. We so often take for granted the awakening of a new season, re-birth of life around us, and the gentle touch of a warm breeze on a 70-degree day. Don’t allow your own moments to pass you by without a second thought this time around. Find yourself a spring hat this year, and make your own joyful memories.