Mardi Gras Hats

Mardi Gras Hats – What A Madcap Variety There Is!

Find Your Perfect Mardi Gras Hat!

The Mardi Gras anywhere it is held in the world, be it in New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro or Quebec, is one madcap party, that’s for sure.  You can go in the most outrageous costume you can think of or you can go in the skimpiest bikini you have in your closet, embellished with a few strands of beads.  You can be your wild self and nobody, and we mean nobody save the police, can tell you otherwise!

Mardi Gras Plush Royal Crown	White Venetian Mardi Gras Mask With Black Hat	Mardi Gras Velvet Felt Top Hat

You can also come in just one of the many Mardi Gras hats in your collection, along with just your plain shirt and jeans with beads galore.  Nobody will begrudge your right to party anyway you like simply because it’s the Mardi Gras.  Just don’t go in just your Mardi Gras hat without anything else on – save it for the after party.

Purple King Hat	Purple Disco Dots Cowboy Hat	Fabric King Crown

You have so many choices when it comes to the Fat Tuesday hats, be it a top hat, a crown, a beaded tiara, a velvet headpiece and a jester’s hat.  Choose which one best suits your mood for the parade and you will never go wrong.  We did mention that the street party and parade are madcap events so the madder your Mardi Gras hats, the better to get into the mood.

Mardi Gras Feather Hat	Venetian Mask Gold and White Mask with Hat	Mardi Gras Drinking Helmet

Most of the headpieces used during Mardi Gras come in the official colors of purple, green and gold.  Of course, purple is the most dominant as it is the most attractive, not to mention that it represents royalty.  And so, you will find purple cowboy hats, purple king’s and queen’s crowns, purple top hats and trucker caps, and even purple jester’s hats.  Yes, the Mardi Gras is a sea of purple hats, paints and bodies gyrating to the salsa music.

To further add to the madcap atmosphere, you have the outrageous materials used on the Mardi Gras hats! You will find feathers, beads, velvet, appliqués, glitters and the slights show on the heads of many revelers!  If you will be so unlucky as to be unable to see the fully-costumed bodies of the spectators and the participants, you at least have the spectacle of hats bobbing to the beat of the drums.  It’s a little consolation but definitely better than nothing.

One of the more practical hats used during Mardi Gras – not that the other hats are useless per se – is the drinking helmet.  In many instances, it is composed of a simple hardhat engineered to accommodate two soft drinks cans at the sides.  This way, you can have protection against the heat of the sun, a hands-free source of hydration and a good costume, all in one thingamajig.

It’s not the best of the Mardi Gras hats – the crowns of the King and Queen of Carnival, meet with the King and Queen of the Mistick Krewe of Comus are better, if you ask me – but it is definitely useful on the road.  Now, if only somebody can invent a hat that will grow hairs but that’s neither here nor there.

So, if you are looking for the best accessory possible for your Mardi Gras costume, aside from the embellished thong bikini, of course, then we suggest going for any of the madcap hats!

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