Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands joined celebrations for the 140th anniversary of the King William Fund yesterday at the Dutch Church in London. For this event, she repeated her tall crowned hat in black and gold layered straw. The closeup photo below shows a greater view of this hat than we have previously seen – the textural effect created from laying the two colours of straw is subtle but gives such visual interest to this piece. The proportion of this hat (which I questioned on its last outing) works well with the wide lapels and sleeves on Beatrix`s coat and the entire ensemble is balanced. It’s not my favourite colour palace on the princess but she does wear it well.
Designer: I suspect Suzanne Moulijn
Previously Worn: October 28, 2014
Photos from Getty as indicated
Not to a hat per se, but a lace veil. 52 years ago today, Princess Alexandra of Kent chose head to toe (plus a 21 foot train) lace for her wedding ensemble. It`s a LOT of lace but this statuesque royal bride carried it well.
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One of our favourite royal hat wearers, Queen Elizabeth, celebrates her 89th birthday today. As we do on royal birthdays, we are going to surround our best wishes for Her Majesty with suggestions of hats we would most like to see her repeat in the coming year. After intense deliberation, my pick is her famous Wedgewood inspired hat in porcelain blue with white lace trim. I love the delicate feel of this hat, its classic simplicity and its perfect shade of blue. Since it hasn’t been seen in public for nearly a year, I think it’s high time for another outing. What hat would you like to see the Queen repeat this year?
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