fascinator

A fascinating person or thing.

A more repellent personality would be hard to imagine, and yet Hedda Gabler is one of the eternal fascinators of the world stage.

A delicate, often frivolous head decoration worn on the hair, primarily by women.

Westminster Abbey was peppered with everything from neat pillbox hats to netted fascinators.

Why, for example, was Lady Gaga the first act? Surrounded by pink ostrich feathers and wearing a fascinator that looked like a feather quill atop her head, she put on her best French accent to sing Mon truc en plumes (originally by Zizi Jeanmaire) but it still looked like a scrappy, tacky, riverbank cabaret by an American pop star.

A type of wool or lace headscarf.