Did you hear the news? Bonnets are back, baby! Well, that’s if Bella Hadid’s approval has anything to do with it, which it usually does.
Making its long-awaited comeback from the middle ages, the bonnet – which, for the uninitiated, is a sort of balaclava-cross-beanie tie-up concoction – seems to be the next logical step in the realm of cozy headwear following hat-hood-heavy FW21 runways.
Everyone from Miu Miu and Jacquemus, to Marine Serre and Gucci x adidas was sliding those warm head sleeves onto our feeds, but, thanks to Hadid, it looks as if it’s time to cut the chinstrap and go full bonnet.
The model – who is also famously a wearer of the bonnet’s lesser-known sibling the head kerchief – was spotted wearing a striped knitted number in New York earlier this week, which she paired with sunglasses, a shirtdress, and boots.
Now, I don’t want to divide the room here, but I’m starting to think that this Hadid character is a bit of a trendsetter.
Whether it’s her sporting the ol’ two-belts-is-better-than-one vibe last week, her penchant for tighty-whities, or her knack for pulling off knee-high socks, Hadid certainly knows her onions.
As I said, Hadid can’t solely be behind the potential rejuvenation of the bonnet with a myriad of luxury labels playing with patchwork hoods and cozy wrap-arounds for the last few seasons. That being said, if they were to take off (which they may well do), she’d have certainly had a major part to play in one of the greatest (and warmest) comebacks fashion has ever seen.
