That this is another of those completely unrealistic hats articles which names horse shows, weddings and christenings as all perfectly good opportunities to wear a hat and why do people think it's ok to talk about hats just because it's Easter and haven't they become somewhat of a fashion irrelevance? (The last time I saw the hat and floral dress thing working was on my god-daughter who is four, but she can get away with anything. ) As unimportant to you as you may well deem them to be, the fact that hats and headgear in all shapes and sizes are back storming the catwalks gives them a lot more gravitas and credibility this season than they have for a long time so, pushing images of Holly Hobby and Little House and the Prairie aside, lets talk the Prada turban look. Scary, I know, but is any one out there even just a little-bit, teensy-bit tempted?

I didn't think I would be until I saw a girl sitting opposite me at a fashion show in Malta last week who looked every bit the 1940s movie star.

Part Princess Grace, part Joan Crawford she sat four inches higher than everyone else looking as elegant and self assured, as she did swan-like and sleek . . . and not a whiff of the Hilda Ogden or fashion irony about it.

Quite mesmerised by her look I asked her how she had swirled her turban and she explained that it was as easy as wrapping your towel around wet hair . . .

and just perfect for bad hair days, she said. At that point she was one long cigarette holder away from Audrey Hepburn and I was utterly sold. Forget analogies with joke fashion such as puffball skirts and boiler suits, lets hope this fashion for turbans last and I might just get a chance to try it out myself.