Hat head is now stylish in some circles. Young trendsetters are largely the ones making cool the winter hats usually worn to keep you warm. In the weather-diverse cities of Seattle, New York and Atlanta, fedoras, cloches and even berets are among the favorites.

These aren’t necessarily your berets of French artist-types or even Guardian Angels: Imagine chunky knit discs in creams and deep jewel tones with a bit of a hippie vibe.

“The new emergence of the beret look is the knit version, which is like the slouchier, bigger kind of cousin to the more structured, the more traditional beret,” says Atlanta stylist Tamara Connor, who recently put a military-inspired version on rapper Young Jeezy.

The beret isn’t exactly new — the silhouette can be traced for centuries to the French-Spanish border where fishermen and sailors wore them — but they’ve become especially ubiquitous this season — in both traditional and hippie styles — after peppering runways at Chanel, Marc Jacobs and Ralph Lauren, and turning up on celebrities like Rihanna.

Connor envisions the hat worn with oversized sweaters, leggings and boots, while Ann Watson, fashion director at Manhattan’s Henri Bendel, lately has been attracted to a more refined look, perhaps with a long coat and high boots.

Indeed, the beret’s beauty lies in its ability to shift from day to night, Fifth Avenue to hip hop.

“It’s definitely versatile,” says Kim Maxwell, head of Styles By Maxx fashion consulting, in Atlanta.

Plus, hats aren’t limited to a certain age group or figure type like many other “it” items. Instead it’s a matter of finding the right shape for your face — and there surely is one out there for everyone, says Watson. “Hats is about a psychographic, not a demographic.”