TOthe shelter from bad tastebut also from the sun: the straw hat is The elegant antidote at high temperatures. An accessory that has its roots in tradition but which, season after season, is proposed with lightness and character. And in this summer 2025 it seems to be destined to become a real catchphrase. Between catwalks and looks stolen from the Divers of the antanthe fetish accessory of the summer is reconfirmed.
An object that protects, framing, tells. And that, like certain loves, makes immense laps and then returns … directly in the suitcase. Or maybe with nonchalance even in the city.
The climb to the success of the straw hat
From stables to stars: before becoming a glamorous symbol, the straw hat was a functional garment. Born in the rural field, it was thought To protect farmers from the suntravelers and craftsmen. The light, breathable and easily workable material has made it popular throughout Europe since the 18th century, particularly in the summer months. Starting from 1920sits use also extends to urban and worldly contexts: fashion adapts it to new aesthetic codes and inserts it into the wardrobe for long time of the upper bourgeoisie. In 1950s and 1960sthe straw hat is definitively transformed into a diva accessory. Coco Chanel he began his career just as a model, while Audrey Hepburn consecrate him to the big screen in My Fair Lady. Jackie Kennedy takes him with bon ton clothes during the official holidays, Brigitte Bardot He chooses it for Saint-Tropez, Sophia Loren It combines it with maxi glasses and saros. From croisette wheat fields, without ever stopping to represent an ideal of relaxed, but extremely well -kept femininity.
Brigitte Bardot in about 1955. (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images)
From yesterday’s divers to today’s celebrities
Between the rarefied elegance of a holiday in Provence and the casual glamor of the hills of Los Angeles, The straw hat returns to the protagonist in the looks of the celebrities riding this double personality. Keira Knightley And Natalie Portman they wear it according to the codes of theFrench aesthetics: Clean lines, midi clothes, rétro details that recall bourgeois heritage. Anne Hathaway And Gigi Hadid, Instead, they reinterpret it with an American spirit: maxi pitches or Texan silhouettes, dark glasses and clothes that alternate glamor and metropolitan audacity.
Keira Knightley with a total look Chanel.
On the catwalk? It’s all a foot game
The fashion shows Spring-summer 2025 They confirm this: the straw hat is the clearly visible protagonist of many looks. Zimmermann Maxi, theatrical, wants it, with so large aquifers to steal the scene from each dress. Prada It transforms it into a modern statement, with a rigid tense and portholes in graphic plexiglass. Elie Saab He declines it in the bucket version, perfect for a modern urban explorer, while Gucci It makes it romantic and floral, as stolen from a secret garden. Between folk and nostalgic, last but not least, Valentino Instead it combines it with complete tapestry by embellishing it with scenic feathers.
From the spring-summer 2025 catwalks: on the left, at the top, Elie Saab, under Gucci, under Valentino. On the right, in the upper Prada, at the bottom Zimmermann. (Spotlight Launchmetrics)
How to combine it
Knowing how to choose a straw hat is a thin art. It requires intuition, proportions and a pinch of audacity. The rigid, almost architectural versions speak the language of modern elegance: perfect with light blazers, chemisier Summer minimal or suit that play on monochrome. The oversize, on the other hand, love theatricality: a long linen dress, A botanical print and you are already on vacation. And then there are the bucket in woven straw, new allies of the relaxed urban style, to be combined with tank tops in sweater, Cargo pants and leather sandals.
The golden rule? Let the hat be guided the look. No overloads: a raffia bucket bag, a pair of dark glasses and you’re done.
Because in a summer that changes rhythm, the straw hat remains the only header that puts everyone in agreement.
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