One legacy of my obsession with All About Eve and His Girl Friday* (among others) is a lust for perfectly designed, semi-sculptural hats. And hats, like nail polish, anyone can make work. In one of my favourite children’s books, Howl’s Moving Castle, the heroine Sophie finds herself working in a hat shop, charming each one as she describes its personality (cheeky mushroom-coloured silk, etc.) and conjuring up exactly who would suit each hat.

Every one of Bundle Maclaren’s beauties would suit and be a Bette Davis, a Rosalind Russell, or a Katherine Hepburn. They are utterly wonderful and pretty affordable too, definitely something to have in your hatbox (because we ALL HAVE HATBOXES, right?) for a special occasion. By which I mean, eating cereal in front of Million Pound Drop just to make it feel more of an event. We’ve all done it. And if you haven’t seen His Girl Friday, do yourself a favour and watch it. So what if it’s the one day of summer we’ll have until December? Watch it.

*Oh, the outfits Rosalind Russell sports (and Cary Grant too, but I think he pulls a suit off better than I could) as they fire barbs at one another.