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Whether in tribute to the late Isabella Blow or just because they felt like it, catwalks and high street ( stores are full of glamorous headwear for winter ~. 07/08. It's time to ditch the bobbly number your gran knitted you in 1983, as Kirstin lnnes looks at winter's warmest trend

I Be bold. Super-cool oddballs like Roisin Murphy, Alison Goldfrapp, Johnny Depp and model Agyness Deyns have been ahead (badda boom) on this for ages. Murphy turned up to her December 1 gig at Glasgow's ABC wearing a lime- green cap created especially for her by young Glasgow milliner William Chambers (hats featured below and left).

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I The outré female equivalent is the sequinned turban, but don’t worry if you’re not exactly at ease with your inner Joan Collins. Bejewelled felted cocktail hats and Miss Jean Brodie-esque cloches are also back in for women, while feathered or

sequinned fascinators are the quickest route to full-on old school glamour this party season.

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