I'm going through bit of a Doctor Zhivago stage - all I want to do is wear ridiculously delicious-looking (faux) fur cossack hats. I blame the blistering winters of upstate New York. I'm not advocating or even condoning the wearing of fur - in this day and age, with so many other fantastic-looking alternatives are out there, I don't understand why you'd want to buy the real thing - but it surely is a fantastic look, isn't it? Websites like ASOS have excellent faux versions of the look, so now all of us (even the veggie-eaters!) can look like we're living la vida ZhivagoPattie Boyd (but were any of you surprised I put her on the list?)High society gals in the sixties even gave the look a tryJanis Joplin, with good friend Grace Slick, in her signature hippie-luxe threadsA page from a 1967 issue of Look MagazineJean Shrimpton keeps warmAudrey Hepburn braves the cold in 1963A Love Story-era Ali MacGrawDhani Harrison and Sasha Pivovarova in a sixties-inspired shoot for Fashion Rocks The cast of Doctor Zhivago - Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, and Omar Sharif I have a strange obsession with the style of Grace Jones, and her take on the cossack hat does nothing to quell that obsessionFormer Disney starlet Hayley MillsElizabeth Taylor does the fur look (and - no surprise - she looks glam doing it!) A fantastic Jane Birkin-inspired photoshootIngrid Boulting on the cover of the November 1974 issue of Vogue UKThe beautiful Miss Gemma WardKnowing a heavy fur jacket isn't enough of a statement outfit, Jane Asher adds a fur hat for good measureKate Moss poses for a winter-inspired photospread for Vanity FairLauren Hutton, in a very luxe lookA shot of Marilyn Monroe, from her infamous "Last Sitting" portrait session with photographer Bert SternThe inimitable Marlene DietrichFolk-starlet Melanie SafkaThe model of this gorgeous Vogue cover is a mystery - a lot of people credit the pic to Penelope Tree, but I agree with the genius over at Youthquakers, who believes it's Lesley JonesHere's the actual Penelope Tree, doing her take on the fur hat lookAlways the fashion icon, Penny Lane tries her hand (or head) at the lookThe lovely Romy Schneider There's a reason why those Moscow girls made Paul McCartney scream and shoutAn excellent street style example of how to rock the fur hatAnother from Fashion Rocks - this time taking inspiration from Janis JoplinIn this statement-making look, it's easy to see why Jean-Paul Belmondo was so in love with Ursula AndressA timeless - yet incredibly on-trend - example of the fur cossack hatNo surprise that perennial fashion risk-taker Cate Blanchett pulled off this look without a hitch in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Title: from "Keep Me Warm" (Ida Maria)