This looks pretty cool, I wish I could attend.
http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2011/09/hats-anthology-stephen-jones.html
Interesting quote: "I think fashion historians will one day look back on this current time as the brief period when people didn't wear hats," theorizes Jones cheerfully, who carried his own hat, a colorfully printed newsboy cap, under his arm while we toured the exhibit. He points out that humans have worn some sort of head-covering throughout human history. "That people stopped for the last 50 years or so, I think, is just a blip in the larger history of headwear," he adds.
http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2011/09/hats-anthology-stephen-jones.html
Interesting quote: "I think fashion historians will one day look back on this current time as the brief period when people didn't wear hats," theorizes Jones cheerfully, who carried his own hat, a colorfully printed newsboy cap, under his arm while we toured the exhibit. He points out that humans have worn some sort of head-covering throughout human history. "That people stopped for the last 50 years or so, I think, is just a blip in the larger history of headwear," he adds.