As winter chill winds increase, finding a proper hat that can withstand the cold and low temperatures becomes a fashion must-have. However, choosing from elegant berets, cool newsboy caps, or casual bucket hats is very hard to make a decision. Here, we, Aungwnter, a professional custom manufacturer of winter hats, accessories, and apparel since 1998, will introduce 6 types of hot winter hats for styling and suitable face shapes. From lazy, young beanies to vintage, fancy cloches, slick, neutral fedora hats to cool, versatile bucket hats, we will share how to choose the right hat through face shape, with fashion sense at the same time, which can make you the center of the winter street.
1. Beanies
Beanies are hats without brims, made from knitting fabrics. Some of them are cuffed and some are cuffless, with a pompom on the top sometimes.
① Style
From the name of beans, we can know that beans are casual, fashionable, yet versatile hats, which can be matched with mature pieces like long coats, windbreakers, and suits to eliminate the old style of these pieces to make the whole look younger and more casual. Also, can dress in a fur coat, looking like a boss, or pair it with casual jackets to enhance the casual sense. However, the pointed top of beans can make the wearer look taller. Like the looks above, even bloating coats + beans, the whole look is taller and straighter. Therefore, beans can naturally handle loose outfits. Moreover, beans can make the whole look younger and eliminate dull and old senses.
② Suitable Face Shape
Generally, beanies are a little bit picky about head shapes because beanies don’t have brims, but with great bounce, which can wrap the whole head. So, those who have a big head are not suitable for wearing a beanie. But please note that beanies are tight and made from knitting yarns, which makes them great for warmth. If you have a large face and want to wear a beanie, then please choose loose yarn beanies. The loose design + cuffed design can make the face look small.
In addition, women with a round face or a short face who want to modify their face shape can choose from pointed, pompom, or slouchy beanies. If you have a long or pointy face, then you can choose a short beanie or a watch beanie.
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From colors, black and gray colors are pretty fashionable yet versatile, which are the most shown colors in street styling. Not to mention that black and gray colors make the head look small.
2. Newsboy Caps
Commonly, many people get mixed about newsboy caps and berets because both are similar in structure, but obviously differ in brims: newsboy caps with brims, berets without brims.
① Style
Newsboy caps have a longer brim than berets, which makes newsboy caps more handsome than berets, with a more masculine sense. Therefore, newsboy caps are very suitable for pairing with handsome suits and mid-long coats, which can make the whole look slick and cool. In that case, the masculine boss look takes its place. Over-knee boots + suit jackets + newsboy caps, which can reduce the mature over-knee boots and suit jackets.
If you wanna to create a more casual, younger look, then please take off old knitwear or shirts, put sweatshirts on, ended up with a newsboy cap, then you can easily get a campus look – young and casual.
② Suitable Face Shape
Newsboy caps are not as collapsible as berets; the extra brim of newsboy caps can ensure the modified face effect. Women with angular faces, like square faces or diamond-shaped faces, wear newsboy caps very handsome. People with plump faces, like round faces or egg-shaped faces, particularly for wide faces, when picking a newsboy cap, please choose a newsboy cap with a flatter brim, which can make the face look smaller. If the brim is too curved, then the chin will look rounder and wider.
In a word, newsboy caps are face-friendly and suitable for most circumferences, which is not as picky as other hats or caps. Moreover, there are many newsboy caps designed with elastic bands at the back, which are favored by many girls or women with large heads. If you have a naturally larger head, then it’s suggested to choose woolen fabrics. Although leather is stylish, the reflective effect makes the head look larger.
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Brands from Left to Right: ASOS, Pull&Bear, ASOS
For people who have a proper head, they have a wider range of choices when choosing a hat, such as leather hats, patchwork hats. All these can be the highlight spot of the whole look. For colors, fashionable yet versatile black and gray are not picky, and the hot dark camel color is also worth trying.
3. Beret
Features of berets are pretty soft without brims. In addition, berets can be adjusted to any angle or direction to your favor. Definitely, berets are the favorite in the fashion industry. After the Dior fashion show this year, many women and girls were utterly captivated by this leather beret.
During the street shooting, fashionistas always love to wear leather berets. To be honest, leather berets are the largest winners this year. The hot berets this year are not only leather berets, like sequin berets, woolen berets. All these berets are on fashionistas’ heads in the fashion shows this year.
① Style
Berets are derived from army caps; therefore, berets bring people unparalleled elegance without any pretension. Even your look is full of femininity, after wearing a beret, the whole look is with a little slick feeling. Pairing with suits, denim coats, and other neutral pieces, the whole look can add a sense of femininity. Even if pairing berets with dresses, the whole look won’t be too sweet and delicate. That’s why so many fashionistas love berets that are born with a sense of elegance. A fake teddy fur coat + a leather beret looks elegant without any pretension.
② Suitable Face Shape
The biggest feature of a beret is that beret can be adjusted to any wearing angle. Therefore, berets are not picky about face shapes. Individuals who have a round or square face wear a beret at an angle; those who have a long face wear it straightforward; people who have a small face wear it backward.
In addition, when choosing a beret, there is a picky tip, too. No matter what your face shape is, a large face should choose loose berets with ample interior, which can keep the beret covering the head and make the face look small.
Vice versa, if you have a small or narrow face, it’s suggested to choose a smaller size. Comparing two berets from left to right, it’s obvious that the beret on the left is more suitable.
③ Recommended Berets
Brands from Left to Right: Pull&Bear, Missguided, Forever21
The most classic berets are woolen berets that are not picky at all. No matter whether you have a large head or a small head, woolen berets never go wrong. While considering colors, chic pomegranate red not only complements skin, but it’s also festive. If you don’t want basic colors like black, gray, or white, pomegranate red is a very nice choice.
4. Cloche Hats
The shape of cloches looks like a big bell; the brim of the cloche is integrated with the crown as one piece, slightly narrowed down, and the brim won’t be too wide. The golden age of cloche hats was the late 20th century. At that time, most female stars and wealthy young ladies had one cloche hat.
The star, Angelina Jolie, wore a cloche in the film Changeling, which is full of a vintage feeling.
① Style
In general, cloches are vintage and full of femininity, but cloche hats are not like wide-brimmed hats, which can create a girlish look with a feminine, mysterious temperament. Cloche hats emphasize more on fancy and elegant ladies’ temperament. Therefore, you can wear this type of hat on social occasions. For example, Leighton acted as Queen B. At that time, socialites’ look was long coat + dresses + cloches. Some women also like to pair cloche hats with pleated, ruffled, or A-shaped outfits.
② Suitable Face Shape
Cloche is normally small and narrow; therefore, cloche doesn’t have too many effects on modifying face shapes, which is suitable for girls or women who have a small, fancy face. Moreover, a cloche is prone to being a wrapping hat, so it’s not that friendly for females who have a large head.
Therefore, people who have a wide-chin face or a too-rounded face are not fitted to wear a cloche.
Females who have a plump chin wanna try a cloche, then it’s suggested to choose an oblique cloche or wear a cloche obliquely, which can have a better face-shaping effect. Regular ways to wear a cloche are to put it on near the eyebrows. This way is very suitable for females who have a long face. If your face is pretty long, and the bottom face is not wide. No matter whether your face is a square face or an oval face, a cloche is a very nice choice for you.
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Due to its hat shape, a cloche is suitable for females who have a small head and a small face. So, we recommend you try more cloches in light colors or warm colors. After all, cloches are gentle, elegant, and petite. So, cloches in various light camel colors and light pink colors are great choices that are worth trying.
5. Bucket Hats
The shape of bucket hats is close to cloches. Bucket hats also look like an upside-down bell on heads. However, standard bucket hats are made from very soft nylon, which can be folded in any way without deformation. The hottest fashionista, RiRi (Rihanna), loves bucket hats so much. It’s common to see her fancy, personalized looks with bucket hats.
① Style
The shape of bucket hats is close to cloches. Bucket hats also look like an upside-down bell on heads. However, standard bucket hats are made from very soft nylon, which can be folded in any way without deformation. The hottest fashionista, RiRi (Rihanna), loves bucket hats so much. It’s common to see her fancy, personalized looks with bucket hats. Although bucket hats look close to cloches, due to differences in fabrics, bucket hats don’t have the elegance of cloches, and they place more emphasis on leisure and youth. In addition, bucket hats are more chic, so fashionistas love to wear designable and chic bucket hats with casual jackets or designable sweatshirts or hoodies.
Differing from feminine cloches, bucket hats are more neutral in gender that both women and men can wear, particularly in Japanese streets and hip-hop circles. Pairing bucket hats with handsome bomber jackets or windbreakers can show unrestrained spontaneity.
② Suitable Face Shape
Due to the soft fabric of bucket hats, after wearing a bucket hat, the brim looks like waves in front of the forehead; therefore, bucket hats have a better face-shaping effect. Angular faces, like square faces or diamond-shaped faces, can get a better face-shaping effect. Moreover, it’s worth mentioning that due to this feature, please avoid choosing too wide-brimmed bucket hats. Otherwise, the too wide brim can affect the whole look.
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Burn hats are natural with a youthful sense, and bucket hats won’t amplify your head. So, you can try some bright colors, like bright red and clean white. Both are basic and common colors that are worth trying.
6. Fedora Hats
Fedora hats feature 3 distinctive recessed designs: one long and deep recessed design on the top of the crown, and two recessed designs on both sides of the top recessed design. Despite that, some people get confused about fedora hats and Panama hats. In fact, genuine Panama hats are completely hand-made straw hats, made from the finest Torquilla grass stems. Fedora hats are made from wool.
① Style
Fedoras are derived from male hats. Therefore, Fedoras are born with a handsome neutral trend. Fashionistas often pair a fedora with various leather coats, mid-length to long jackets, and suits, which is a very attractive and cool look. Of course, if your look is full of femininity, then adding a fedora hat can neutralize the whole look.
② Suitable Face Shape
From left to right: tapered fedoras and fedoras without taper
Commonly, there are two types of fedoras: tapered crown fedoras and fedoras with relatively even crowns, without taper. People who have a plump chin, please don’t choose a fedora with too many tapered designs. The more tapered the crown, the plumper the chin.
Overall, the crown of fedoras is pretty high with a great face-shaping effect. Therefore, fedoras are not that much picky about face shapes. No matter whether you have a long face, a square face, a round face, or an oval face, you can easily hold on.
Here is another tip is that no matter whether your face are, if your face is large and wide, then please choose a wide-brimmed hat, which can make your face look small.
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Fedoras are handsome pieces, and it’s suggested that people choose black fedoras that can update the handsome level. Moreover, you can also pay more attention to decorations, like rivets and strap designs.
In the End
No matter whether choosing casual, lazy beanies, slick, handsome newsboy caps, elegant, retro berets and cloches, chic, youthful bucket hats, or even neutral spirited fedoras. All these 6 winter hats not only withstand cold winds, but also become a fashionable, chic piece. Selecting the right hat can maximize the value of staying warm while being fashionable. Moreover, a right hat with the suitable face shape can easily upgrade the whole look, expanding the pro and covering the con.
The winter fancy styling often hides in petite decoration, and we hope this context can help you find your winter styling inspirations, which can keep you warm and chic in the cold winter, with confident street looks.
