hatinator

A small, fascinator-like hat, typically featuring elaborate or extravagant decoration.

Noun

  1. A small, fascinator-like hat, typically featuring elaborate or extravagant decoration.
    • The fascinator is dead. Long live the hatinator. It’s the must have, this season. Apparently. Both have feathery things and a band around the head, but the hatinator also has a brim. Which makes it half a hat. There...
    • "A simple hatinator suits everyone and it's not too heavy, but my best seller is a grey cloche. […] - 2015 March 1, Janet Christie, “Leave Your Hat On”, in Scotland on Sunday:
    • Shoes of all hues, as well as the now ubiquitous hatinators add the finishing touches to your look. - 2015 June 7, “These Are the Styles That Will Be Hot to Trot Down at the Down Royal Summer Festival”, in Belfast...

Origin

Blend of hat + fascinator.

Forms

hatinators