How is a hat pin used?

I wear an Edwardian-style straw hat for my job and would like to use a hat pin to keep it from flying off all the time. But I can't seem to figure out how exactly a hat pin is used. Presumably it's stuck through the hat and into the hair somehow but exactly how this is supposed to work I'm not sure. I wear my hair in a low bun, and it's usually fairly flat. I'm not sure if this is a problem or how I could solve it either... If anyone could help me out it would be much appreciated. ^_^


Thanks!
How is a hat pin used?
The bun has to be higher for the hatpin to work. Try a chignon, or a bun on top of the head. Put the crown of the hat over hte bun, run the hatpin through the hat and hair, then cross one over the other way and you hat will stay on in a hurricane!
How is a hat pin used?
Stick it through your hat and into your hair. Avoid sticking it directly into your skull. Though it would hold the hat better, it would smart a bit.
Reply:You definitely have to have your hair high on your head in a bun or chignon to get a hat pin to work. You stick the hatpin through the headband of the hat and into the hair. You stick a second hatpin in at a different angle to lock the hat on. A third one might be useful. I think a fourth is redundant, though, unless you are in Wyoming wind.
Reply:(It's used to deter unwanted advances of course! See the song [also recorded by Elsa Lanchester] on this site: http://www.glitzqueen.com/hatpins.html)








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If your hair is secured at both ends, as if evidently is if you wear a bun, the pin should go in at one side of the back of the hat, under as much hair as possible, and out the other side of the back, as symmetrically as possible. However, as some others have said, a low bun isn't the best hairdo for a hatpin. I think one pin used the way I described could result in a flapping hat.





BTW, do I know you? Erin?