to forty-two years ago yesterday when Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh were welcomed by the late Emperor Hirihito and Empress Nagako to Japan. While Empress Nagako’s turban makes a significant millinery statement, it pales in comparison to the Queen’s flower covered cloche.
Royal Hats
The Bold, Beautiful and Bizarre World of Royal Millinery
Royal Hats 
Mcncin– fabulous video. Bagpipes in Japan?
I started reading this post thinking I did not like HM’s floral hats but now I’ve changed my mind!
It is amazing to me, who really dislikes the turban style of the day, how elegant the empress’s turban is. Looks lovely, at least from the side. Of the four blossoming hats Vivian kindly posted, I only begin to like number 1. Not a period of millinery I admire, on the whole, though the colors are very flattering.
Cancel what I just said – research done and it is purple with a green brooch. A departure!
That is a departure. In the video that mcncln posted, you can see the contrast between the brooch and the pale purple ensemble. It`s lovely but unexpected.
She was fond of the synchronised swimmer look wasn’t she! Not my favourite of her millineray trends.
I wonder if she had two hats like this, it’s just that’s an emerald brooch and it’s unlike HM to mix emeralds with purples (I could be easily proven wrong on this one though!!) I would have thought it was pale green going by that?
These blasts from the past have been absolutely wonderful! This hat was purple. It looks much better in color than in black and white.
These are delightful to see and I typically enjoy these hats unlike many others. I wish HM would have some delightful new hatmaker create one for Royal Ascot. What a wonderful surprise that would be. Well, for me anyway.
As to these fun examples. L to R: 1. Love. 2. Like would love sans ribbon. 3. Love. 4. Lukewarm. The colour is lovely and I like the shape. Perhaps it is simply the photograph but the petals or perhaps buds would be more accurate do not seem to be working together here. Smile.
I think it’s divine how Her Majesty pulls off such a wide variety of hat styles and colours.
Vivian, I also love these flower hats as a style group. Just not this one; the shape underneath those flowers looks too much like a giggle hat for my taste. Here’s a video, sadly not in colour, which gives a good view from all angles including the back. See the hat at 2:13 to 2:33 and 3:03 to 3:46 http://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php/2015_00241
Thanks for sharing this. The views of this hat are great and there is a glimpse of a young Empress Michiko in a pale lime pillbox.
Vivian, I’m with you. I loved hats one and three, but just could not like two and four.