2012 Inductees are Lady Gaga, Victoria Beckham, Marlene Dietrich, LL Cool J, Kid Rock and Fred Astaire
The Headwear Association Announces 2012 Headwear
Hall of Fame
(LOS
ANGELES -- September 29, 2011) The Headwear Association (THA) has announced
the inductees for the 2012 Hall
of Fame. This year's honors go to
Lady Gaga, Victoria Beckham, LL Cool J and Kid Rock. Marlene Dietrich and
Fred Astaire will be inducted posthumously.
Each year THA annually recognizes stylish individuals renowned for wearing hats.
The six chosen to be inducted into the Headwear Hall of Fame are all known for
frequently wearing hats and have all had a positive impact on the evolution and
popularity of headwear fashions.
"The mission of THA is to promote the headwear industry and keep hats in the
public eye, and each year we honor individuals who have made hats an integral
part of their personal style," said THA President, Ryan Seth.
Lady Gaga has enthralled us for years with her theatrical headwear on stage and
off. She has proclaimed her undying love of hats - even applying for an
internship with master milliner Philip
Treacy. Gaga is an obvious choice for the THA Hall of Fame.
Victoria Beckham's chic fashion choices are often topped with a hat. Her choices
run the gamut from chic military caps and dramatic fedoras to artful Philip
Treacy creations. Her royal wedding hat put her on numerous best dressed lists.
Beckham also takes her love of hats to her own runways - repeatedly showing hats
with her signature Victoria Beckham Collection.
Marlene Dietrich is renowned for her sophisticated Hollywood glamour, and there
are no words for how chic this woman was in a hat.
Her hats were true couture pieces and her legendary style is
unparalleled. They don't make them
like Ms. Dietrich anymore and THA celebrates her fashionable grace with a
posthumous induction to the Headwear Hall of Fame.
Fred Astaire's stage and film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which
he made 31
musical films.
Hats were a signature part of his persona.
And whether he was wearing a top hat, fedora or a summer boater, Astaire
wore hats with pure sophistication and elegance. THA honors his celebrated style
with a Hall of fame nod.
The title of his record says it all - American Bad Ass.
Kid Rock is rarely seen on stage or off without a hat, and he wears both
cowboy hats and fedoras with a distinct Rock and Roll swagger that is all his
own.
Ladies love cool James in a hat. LL
Cool J has made hats part of his personal style since he burst onto the music
scene in 1985. He wears hats so
well, and looks equally suave in his signature Kangol bucket or his more
debonair fedoras and driving caps.
Members of The Headwear Association nominated more than 50 legendary hat
wearers, living and deceased. Nominees had to wear hats in their personal lives
and not only while portraying a character on the stage or screen. The Headwear
Association board of directors voted and approved the final six inductees who
will be formally inducted into The Headwear Hall of Fame at the annual THA Gala
at The Central Park
Boathouse on April 19, 2012.
Previous Headwear Hall of Fame
inductees:
2011: Aretha Franklin, Carlos Santana,
Ne-Yo, Cameron Diaz, Gwen Stefani , Payne Stewart
2010: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Jennifer Lopez, Sarah
Jessica Parker, Brad Pitt and Frank Sinatra
2009: Jackie Kennedy,
Johnny Depp, Madonna, Princess Diana, Samuel L. Jackson and Vince Lombardi.
For more information about
The Headwear Association and The Headwear Hall of Fame
visit
www.theheadwearassociation.org
or
contact Jill Hammer at
jill@hammerink.com.
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