Hats are the must-have accessory for the fall and winter months, but it’s not always so easy to look good in a hat–especially when you take it off! We talked to celebrity hairstylist Philip Pelusi to get tips on how to make your hair look great under the most popular hat styles of the season.

Hat Style: Fedora

Hair Style: Contrast the angles of the hat with loose feminine waves.

Why It Works: Loose feminine waves are a great way to wear your hair under a Fedora.  This type of hat has very sharp “menswear” angles, which is off-set by the softer hairstyle.

How To Get The Look: This type of hair style works best on medium to longer length hair.  If hair has a natural wave, simply apply a curl enhancing products like to boost waves and let hair dry naturally, or dry with a diffuser attachment on your blow dyer.  If your hair is straight, use a big barrel curling iron to add curls, some facing towards and some facing away from the face.

Hat Style: Newsboy cap

Hair Style: Create ballerina-esque bun at the nape of the neck.

Why It Works: Wearing a bun at the nape is the perfect combination with this tomboy-ish type cap look.  Also the Newsboy cap is supposed to be worn low on the forehead and this tends to cover most of the forehead. Wearing a ballerina bun pulls the hair back off the face opening to face up. 

How To Get The Look: Part hair in the center and smooth hair back into a low ponytail at the middle of the nape.  Use a hair smoothing bore bristle brush and a hair smoothing product like Tela® Beauty Organics Composure.  Apply product to the ponytail also and brush smooth.  Twist ponytail in one direction and wind around ponytail and secure with a few hair pins.  Put on the Newsboy and you are ready to go!

Hat Style: Beret

Hair Style: Tuck the hair back into a side ponytail so that soft strands peek out.

Why It Works: A side swept ponytail is a perfect way to wear your hair under a Beret.  A Beret has a French romantic look and a feminine ponytail really compliments that — tuck the hair back into a side pony so that soft strands peek out.

How To Get The Look: This look works best with straight or smooth hair.  Create a side part and use a bore bristle paddle brush and a hair smoothing product and brush into a low side ponytail at the nape on the opposite side of the part.  Secure ponytail and put on Beret.  The back of the Beret should slouch to the opposite side of the ponytail.

Hat Style: Shearling hat

Hair Style: Pull the hair half-way back, then unclip when the hat comes off to get the hair’s bounce back.

Why It Works: Shearling hats are beautiful and warm but they often crush your hair!  A hair half-way up look is a great idea to make the hair look great while the hat is on and preserve the style for when the hat comes off. 

How To Get The Look: Style hair as usual and then apply a product that can act as a dry hair setting lotion like P2® by Philip Pelusi® Increase. Then divide hair in half from ear to ear and twist up the crown of the head and secure with a clip.  This will work as a dry set.  Once you take the hat off and remove clip, toss to separate and revive hair.