Lorraine’s Happy Hats

Lorraine White poses with some of the dozens of hats she has collected over the last few years.

Lorraine White loves hats.

Red, pink, purple, green and gold. Cowboy, fedora, boater, and cloche. Since 2006, White has collected 50 of them in all shapes, sizes and colors.

“I walked into Wal-Mart and they had all these fabulous hats,” said White, 54. So she bought a few, and then a few more. She buys them all new and never spends more than $15.

At a South Hill coffee shop, White arranged an artistic display of her colorful bonnets. “I look for bold and stunning,” she said. “My hats have personality.”

Do you wear hats? What kind?