The sun is not our friend. The sun is a malevolent invader, intent on evaporating our oceans and melting our ice caps and crisping our delicate skins, leaving us cracked, wrinkled, despairing and riddled with cancer. Cancer is worse than looking old, people, but if looking old is what gets you into some SPF, then I am happy to stress how very old and very spotty you will be if you spend too much time having unprotected happy times with our foe, Mr. Sun.

SPF, though, is all well and good, but it's still not the perfect cancer-and-aging prevention solution. That would be locking yourself in a windowless basement. Unfortunately, that is not a tenable or even really sane solution for most of us. What is? Big floppy hats. The floppier, the better. And while I am very happy to plug the shade yourself from Death Rays angle, there is also nothing more awesome in the world than rocking a seriously huge and wonderfully floppy hat. This one from Urban Outfitters comes in a rainbow of fruit flavors, and is perfect in its large and floppy fabulousness. Wear it, own it, pretend you're at an expensive resort waiting patiently for your next daiquiri, and do not die from skin cancer. Thank you.

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