| If you have little ones in your life, you know how fun it | | | | hats, made as a piece of an ensemble worthy of a |
| can be to shop - or not, actually, especially with the | | | | Paris runway (crawlway?), would take my breathe |
| dismal supply of baby hats. What's up with that, by the | | | | away. If that sounds over the top, you haven't |
| way? Does everyone need to go to the dime-a-dozen | | | | experienced it yet - you're in for a real treat! |
| school of design these days to make sure they keep | | | | Gone are the days when you're limited to what's in |
| their jobs? OK, I know - this may come off a bit harsh, | | | | your local shop, if you don't live near the Big Apple or |
| but when I buy baby boy hats, baby girl hats, or | | | | other major fashion centers, so long as you have a |
| honestly any baby clothes - I'm picky. I should be, too, | | | | computer you have the world at your QWERTY |
| simply because my kids deserve it. I have discovered | | | | keyboard. Taking this shop as an example, they |
| a magic treat as a parent: knit baby hats made from | | | | coordinate the accessories flawlessly with the rest of |
| the hands of artisans, infused with fine design, and | | | | the outfit. One of my personal fave's is the "wool |
| coupled with the pragmatic joy of simplicity and | | | | angora brown knit baby hat" produced by Tammy |
| washing-machine-quality fabric. What can I say? I love | | | | Donohoe, with fabulous, chunky angora in a neutral |
| fashion and babies the way some love football and | | | | brown tone. The fabric is a blend of wool and angora, |
| Monday nights. | | | | and looks adorable on the store shelves, but even |
| I don't want to sound like I'm riding some high horse | | | | better on your little girl or guy. |
| here, I'm really not, but it wasn't until I happened to be | | | | It doesn't stop there, however, as you can get |
| visiting New York and stumbled into a baby clothing | | | | cashmere hats, pima cotton layette hats, even organic |
| boutique, that I was happy to re-discover online (love | | | | headpieces to cover your precious in a warm and |
| that!). What I found completely re-invented my thinking | | | | stylish cap. Once you go high-fashion, you'll wonder |
| towards the overly done, frilly garb I was then clothing | | | | how you could have lived without. |
| my children in. I couldn't believe that simple knit baby | | | | |