Best of Rhode Island 2010 Editors' Picks

Really, there's never been a better reason to don more than one hat. Westport artist Alyn Carlson's artful designs raise the stakes, balancing grace and humor. Imagine, if you can, a French baguette wrapper, a jaunty Netflix envelope and some 1950s green stamps coming together to create, well, sheer poetry, if you ask us. And how thoughtful! There are men's versions too. Lawn party, anyone?