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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Chloe Mac Donnell

From balabonnets to hoods – what’s behind the trend for grownup bonnets?

Two women wearing knitted bonnets
Handmaid’s tail … street style during Copenhagen fashion week. Photograph: Noorunisa Khan

Hej! Greetings from Copenhagen. I am in the Danish capital for fashion week, now regularly referred to as the “fifth fashion week” after New York, London, Milan and Paris – such is its influence in the industry and beyond.

While some of the catwalk trends have divided opinion (not everyone is down for a ballet flat/sneaker hybrid) on the streets, one item gets a firm yes: the bonnet. Yes, the head covering typically associated with newborns has been seen on everyone from the street-style set outside shows to the Danes queueing at bakeries for their morning buns. It’s not just in Denmark, either. The accessory is thriving and bumping beanies off the headgear charts in London and New York. One TikTok user summed it up: “Brat summer, bonnet winter”.

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