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Sep 01, 2023

Jennifer Lopez Puts a Summery Spin on Her Signature Accessory

By Alex Kessler All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. All products

By Alex Kessler

All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.

All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors. However, we may earn affiliate revenue on this article and commission when you buy something.

Footwear has been grabbing all the fashion headlines in recent months – especially when a shoe is just a little bit “wrong.” Take Alaïa’s mesh ballet slipper, for instance, which has captivated Vogue editors and international It-girls alike. While Jennifer Lopez knows how to make a statement below the ankles – think of those transparent platform heels by Valentino Garavani – her latest ensemble puts another of her signatures centre stage: the wide-brimmed hat. In J Lo’s world, it’s a case of the higher the hat, the closer to heaven… or however the saying goes.

While shopping in Capri (perhaps on the hunt for some baggy jeans or an Hermès Birkin in a new colourway?), Lopez’s ensemble incorporated all the quintessential holiday elements: a cream linen top and trouser set adorned with floral motifs, a black bikini, oversized square-framed black sunglasses, cork wedge platforms and a capacious straw tote bag. But the focal point of her look? A mammoth black felt hat boasting not only a wide brim, but also an unusually towering crown.

Name a wider brimmed hat, we dare you.

Serving Western-inspired fashion with a leather cowboy hat.

In addition to her expansive collection of fedoras and panamas for her off-duty outfits, Lopez has a habit of wearing statement-making hats on the red carpet, too. Look no further than her 2021 Met Gala appearance, where, dressed by Ralph Lauren, she embraced a Western-inspired vibe with a leather cowboy hat. And who could forget her show-stopping moment at the 2019 Grammy Awards, for which she chose a Ralph & Russo piece with arguably the widest brim known to man (reminiscent of the comically expanding sheriff’s hat in Scary Movie 3)? For Lopez, any outfit is improved by a dramatic hat.

Shop JLo’s look, below. Plus, more sun hats.

Rag & Bone

The City felt hat

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

triangle string swimsuit

CALZEDONIA

Polo Ralph Lauren

Leatn embroidered wide-leg hemp pants

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

Loeffler Randall

Fae braided raffia platform sandals

NET-A-PORTER

Altuzarra

Watermill bag

ALTUZARRA

Isabel Marant

shield sunglasses

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

Totême

paper straw hat

BERGDORF GOODMAN

Hat Attack

chic crochet bucket hat

REVOLVE

Gigi Burris

Claiborne straw sunhat

NET-A-PORTER

Eugenia Kim

Mirabel straw sunhat

NET-A-PORTER

raffia cowboy hat

LACK OF COLOR

Eugenia Kim

Blaine wool felt fedora

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

Jacquemus

Ficiu embroidered raffia bucket hat

NET-A-PORTER

Burberry

monogram raffia-effect bucket hat

BURBERRY

Gucci

Lamé papier hat

GUCCI

Clyde

Swan fringe-edge straw hat

MATCHES

Felix Packable Hat

JANESSA LEONE

Sensi Studio

Life Is a Beach straw hat

NEIMAN MARCUS

Treasure & Bond

straw boater hat

NORDSTROM

Tulum Striped Raffia-Woven Hat

ISABEL MARANT

& Other Stories

straw bucket hat

& OTHER STORIES

Maison Michel

Zango fringed straw hat

MATCHES

Janessa Leoné

Tinsley wide brim hat

JANESSA LEONÉ

Clyde

Opia straw bucket hat

MATCHES

Sensi Studio

lamp shade hat

FWRD

Montegallo

big fringe hat

MONTEGALLO

Totême

faux-raffia hat

MATCHES

Cos

crochet paper hat

COS