As we get older, our social network seems to get smaller and smaller. We don’t have all the opportunities to go out and meet new people, as we once did when we were younger in college, engaged in clubs, at the workplace and in bars. Many of our closest friends have since moved away or passed on. Yet life doesn’t have to be a tidal wave of loneliness and isolation. Instead, women approaching 50 and beyond can get together with an organization called the Red Hat Society, which celebrates life in an active way, with tea parties, vacations, dinners, theater performances, shopping trips and more. For just /year, members will don red and purple womens apparel (to show that life doesn’t have to be so serious) and will enjoy many benefits while aging gracefully.
The Red Hat Society was founded in 1998 for women who were nearing 50 years of age and older. Founder Sue Ellen Cooper of Fullerton, California gave out the first of her signature red hats (a fedora) to a friend for her birthday, along with a poem by Jenny Joseph that read: “When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple with a red hat that doesn’t go and doesn’t suit me.” Over the years, several more friends received red hats and purple outfits and they began to hold tea parties. While she never initially intended her womens apparel idea to become a global phenomenon, Cooper was happy to start a society that promoted “fun, friendship, freedom and fulfillment.” As of July 2009, there are over 40,000 registered members and nearly 24,000 chapters that span 26 countries.
To become a bona fide member of the Red Hat Society, one need only sign up through the website and pay annual membership dues. Unlike sororities, there are no initiations, no fundraising projects and no mandatory service hours. The RHS is more like a social club, where members enjoy parties, outings and other fun events. According to the society rules, women who are under 50 may join the group, but these “Pink Hatters” must wear pink hats and lavender attire until they reach 50. Then they may switch to “Red Hatters” status, wearing red hats and purple attire. It’s this womens apparel that distinguishes them from a crowd and intrigues passersby wherever these confident women go. Often they are adorned in elaborate accessories apparel too — like feather boas, wild party hats and gaudy jewels.
Before attending any of the official meetings, new members must do a little bit of shopping to find the right red and purple apparel in keeping with tradition. Despite the dress code, there is plenty of room for individuality in the Red Hat Society. Classy women can choose veiled pill box hats, large brim Kentucky Derby hats or fedoras. Wild women can choose ornate party hats, funky visors, straw hats, feathery and sequined hats or cowgirl hats. Youthful-at-hearts can wear newsboy hats, berets and cloches. A good place to shop for these various styles is www.marylusuniquegiftsonline.com, which has a number of perfect red hats for to .
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I preferred the old army cap