Speaking of summer hats, I think of the usual candidates, such as floppy buckets and flat brim of straw that you wear when you're relaxing at the beach. But Mary Kate Olsen thinks a little outside the box. Despite the uncompromising heat of Los Angeles, Ever the fashion iconoclast, a fashion iconoclast co-founder of The Row who accessorized a giant knitted beanie on a late spring, almost summer night.

Monday, 6/3, Olsen dined with Canadian hockey player Sean Avery E Baldi at a restaurant in Beverly Hills. (The meal was reportedly not a date night: a source confirmed to the US weekly last week that the two are just friends.She wore a maroon velvet top coat over black split hem trousers, wore a dark slip-on mule and wrapped a plaid scarf around her neck.

pièce derésistance was a towering hat more suited for a ski weekend in Aspen than dinner in Los Angeles. The sand-colored knit beanie added considerable height to her humble five feet and two inches and towering nearly a foot into the air. Obviously, Olsen will wear whatever she wants, when she wants — the weather will be damned.

As for her other accessories, Olsen went into incognito mode with rectangular black sunglasses. A chunky gold signet ring adds a metallic pop to her fingers. The exact credit for her appearance was not available at the time of the press.

There are some explanations for the topper Olsen chose on a warm 6-month night. Olsen may be making a jump start to the fall hat trend in 2024, as seen on recent runways and heavily influenced by Lowe's eclectic hats. Or perhaps the air conditioning in the restaurant was too cold, and the accessories helped her stay cozy.

There is also the fact that Beanie has long been a staple in Olsen's style files. Her affinity for casual hats has long been documented, from walking on the red carpets and city sidewalks of the 00s to crochet caps hanging behind her head

. She and her sister Ashley embodied "boho chic" archetypes during the aughts with swirling maxi dresses, flower print kaftans and feather accessories. Recently, the twins ignited their parade back fashion brand, a far-reaching quiet luxury movement through the line. Can Olsen launch an accessory trend for the summer of 2024 Woolly Beanie Not the first time she started an unexpected fashion moment, and certainly not the last. She and her sister, after all, are responsible for the revival of jelly sandals today.