In 1993, you were nobody unless you were rocking on of those sweet bucket hats with the flipped up brim. They were usually adorned with a flower, or if it was really cool, a fake sunflower, much like the style’s poster-child, TV’s Blossom.
Mine was all-demin, with a demin flower right in the center of the flipped up brim. It had pink plaid lining, and for the entire 3rd grade school year, it was my wardrobe staple.
Back in the day, these hats were like the female version of Air Jordans. You were no one unless you had one of these baby’s on your head. But it seemed like a year later, they were done. Over. And I was glad. Am glad.
Today, my denim Blossom hat is probably sitting in the bottom of a bin, in a dingy thrift store right now, telling all the other hats about that one time when it was the coolest hat on the block.
But I have a bad feeling these relics of the 90s are on their way to making an ironic hipster comeback. After all, fashion is cyclical. It takes about 20 years for something that was once a fashion faux pas, to be considered “cool” again (i.e. Wayfarers, Plaid flannel shirts, and ugh, fanny packs). So going by history, the Blossom hat could be here any day now.
Good riddance Blossom hat! May you never rear your ugly head again.
