Photos: The Social Shopper: Wide-Brimmed Hats

It’s providence may be the sandy beach, but the wide-brimmed straw hat has finally found its way onto the city streets. Maybe it’s the very real fear of melanoma and unsightly skin damage, or maybe it’s the Saint Laurent influence, but whatever the reason, there is something incredibly glamorous about seeing a woman dash across the way under the mysterious umbrella of an oversize hat, especially if it’s in darker, urban-friendly colors like black or navy blue. And as this sunny shot on **Adam Katz Sinding’**s Le 21ème blog goes to show, while Montauk may have killed the fedora on the fashion front, the hat is far from over.