re: #417 HappyWarrior

It’s a tribute to her grandmother.

I found a quote:

“It all started with my grandmother, whose name was Frederica also. She wore hats and gloves. I just wanted to be like her, so I started wearing hats. I just like to dress up, I guess, and I got that from her,” Wilson told Roll Call in 2012.

“I’ve never counted, but I’ve been wearing them almost 30 years,” Wilson told Politifact in 2010. “It’s almost like a fetish. … I have hundreds.”

OK, so she just likes loud hats. At least she admits it, unlike Clarke who has to come up with BS excuses for his hat and pins.