"Hats are like sunglasses. They detract and attract attention at the same time," says New York's go-to for fabulous headgear, Albertus Swanepoel, who has collaborated with the likes of Alexander Wang, Marc Jacobs and Proenza Schouler. After a successful seven year career in ready-to-wear in his native South Africa, Swanepoel relocated to the Big Apple in 1989, retraining as a milliner at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Top off your look with the 2008 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund runner-up's exceptional woven ribbon-trimmed trilbies.