From Borsalino to Philip Treacy... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to You Can Keep Your Hat On, by Olivia O'Leary above.
There's a picture of my mother striding down a city street in 1938, impossibly elegant. She’s wearing a tailored suit with a pencil slim skirt. A clutch bag is tucked under her arm - and topping it all is a jaunty hat.
You can’t beat a hat...
Listen to more from Sunday Miscellany here.