Annabelle

I needed an excuse to use this gorgeous pinky-gold dupioni silk I'd picked up, and I started fiddling with it, trying to figure out what to do with it that wouldn't look too girly and frilly, when I finally gave up and succumbed to the girliness and just made a huge bow. A double-layered bow. With a lace frill. And tiny pearls. Embrace the girliness, I always say...

Annabelle:

Covered in ruffles, lace, and pink silk, the only word to describe the Annabelle is "girly." ... but in a good way. A luscious dupioni silk hat band in an iridescent combination of pink and gold envelops the crown, forming a double-layered bow, and is anchored by a rose-pink acrylic jewel wrapped in delicate brass filigree and accented with tiny glass pearls. A frothy ruffle of ivory lace fans out above the jewel, sewn with a trio of more pearls, and a fluffy ostrich plume towers above it all. Full of feminine frippery, the Annabelle is practically a cupcake in hat form-- sweet, tempting, and something every girl needs at least one of.