A statement making hat moment for actress Sarah Jessica Parker is hardly surprising to those familiar with her Met Gala red carpet sartorial choices, which many include fantastical designs by milliner Philip Treacy. The actress’s latest hat trick — a checkered “cloud-like” topper worn in the “Sex and the City” sequel “And Just Like That”— has just gone viral. This one recalls a variation of oversized hat styles from the past, highlighting the craft of millinery design and when hats were less about function and more about fashion .

Parker’s oversized soft pouf draws similarities to floral and feather-plumed, wide-brimmed garden hats and artistic styles that were popular in the early 1900s. Styles that all but disappeared by the mid-twentieth century, when streamlined, modern silhou

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