I chatted with my friend about their hat collections.
Interviewer: Yuxuan (Y)
1. 🦆S
Y: Do you have lots of hats?
S: Yes! I love hats!
Y: What kind of hats? I am quite interested in hats and your wardrobe collection!
S: Mainly knitted hat and bucket hat.
Y: Why you buy and wear hat then?
S: One reason would be I didn’t wash my hair, so I had to wear a hat when going out.
Y: Haha, I think that would be a really valid reason for quite a lot of people.
S: Another reason would be, most of my clothes are black, therefore I would like to have some colourful hats for styling.
Y: Oh, I see.
Y: I am thinking to work on a zine to talk about hats or small accessories, and would like to learn more about your hat collection if possible.
S: I can send you photos of my hat collection, my accessories are mainly silverware.
Y: You can talk about the stories of these hats, or your experience of wearing the hats.
S: Sure!
Y: I think the action of wearing makes the clothes truly belong to myself. With these valuable experience and interaction with the cloths, I will love these items!
S: Yes! I have a shirt which I wore for a concert. I feel happy every time I see the shirt.
S: I bought the snake-skin hat here.
Y: Fluffy!
S: All the items I brought here are easily matched with my look. I intend to buy some fancy hats here.
Y: So cute!
2. 🤖A
Y: Do you like to buy hats? Why?
A: Hats are very cute!
Y: Then why do you wear hats?
A: I think the hat is a very important item to highlight in styling.
Y: Re:Hats are very cute!/ Cute items should be owned!
Y: Re: I think the hat is a very important item to highlight in styling./ I see.
A: (Reasons of wearing hats) Didn’t wash my hair/ match my outfit.
Y: Haha, will you consider whether your hat matches your clothes?
A: Yes.
A: I divide my hats in two groups: hats for “I didn’t wash my hair” and hats for delicate choosing and styling.
Y: How do you divide them then?
A: “Not wash my hair” hat should be easy to match with any outfit.
Y: Since you didn’t care that much on your hair and clothes?
A: The grey hat and black bucket hat are for this occasion.
A: Yes.
Y: I see! I f you find super cute hats but might not match with your current dress style, will you still buy them?
A: Yes! It’s a pleasure to own them.
Y: Will you buy clothes to match the specific hat?
A: Probably. If I see suitable clothes, I would think, oh, this just matches that hat!
Y: I see.
A: Cuteness is everything!
Y: Do you always wear hats?
A: Not very often.
Y: Rate in ten?
A: Becomes more frequent since I came to London, since the wind is too strong.
A: Maybe two out of ten.
Y: The hat might be blow away by the wind tho.
A: I wear hat when I go out for a walk.
A: But mainly depends on whether the outfit for the day suitable for a hat or not.
Y: It’s really important to consider styling!
A: If I go for a walk, I will wear the “not wash my hair” hat.
Y: I like this new word.
A: I find myself more delicate when wearing the “delicate” hat.
Y: A small item can change the mood!
A: Yes Yes! The item can bring the sense of ritual.
3. 🍮 D
Y: Do you have hats? Do you like to buy hats?
D: Yes. But I think the wind is too strong here.
Y: What kind of hats do you have?
D: A knitted hat and a bucket hat.
Y: Why do you wear hats then?
D: Hmmm… I brought the bucket hat from home and bought the knitted hat here. Coz they won’t be blown away by the strong wind.
Y: What kind of hat do you have? Or any hat that looks good?
D: Any hats that look good.
Y: I suggest we need extra string on the hat in UK! (To tie the hat on the head)
4. F
Y: Can I ask you some questions?
F: Sure.
Y: Do you have hats?
F:? Yes.
Y: How many hats do you have? What kind of hats are they?
F: Four? Are you doing a research?
Y: Yes.
F: I only brought four hats with me to London, baseball hat, baseball hat, baseball hat, knitted hat.
Y: Do you have bucket hat? Do you have more hats at home?
F: I have at my home but didn’t bring it here.
Y: I think the hat gradually becomes an accessory compared with hat in the past which is considered as an essential item, a must have.
Y: It becomes the additional decoration.
F: Is hat an essential item in China in the past?
Y: Probably not. But in UK, yes?
Y: Hat always appears in the fashion magazines in the past.
F: It’s also true in Europe.
Y: Why hats becomes not essential? Because we can wash our hair when we want?
F: ?
Y: Just a suggestion. Why do you wear hat?
F: My head feels cold. Or match my clothes. Or I didn’t wash my hair.
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