Well that's vexing

Last night, after getting all dressed up to go to the Henrietta's Eye show at Belfry (if you're in Seattle, go see it!), I finally had to admit the truth: my standard top hat? The heavy wool "caroler/Mad Hatter" style top hat that I wear all the time? It's too heavy for me nowadays, and wearing it causes my neck and shoulders to hurt to the point of headache triggers.

DAMMIT.

Am I giving up top hats? Fuck no. I am, however, stalking a couple antique silk top hats on eBay, because I know from experience that they're much lighter in weight than the wool ones.

So the current plan is get new-to-me silk top hat, spend an evening decorating it, and continue telling the steampunks to get their grimy mitts and goggles off of my hat. ::grin::

(Dear steampunky people, you know I love you. But the proliferation of top hats with goggles GLUED to them makes me twitch just a bit.)