to a Canadian visit in July 1997 that saw Her Majesty in a mint green straw hat with raised kettle brim, pleated crin crown wrap and front rosette. It feels like a very 1990s shaped and styled hat to me although I don’t remember seeing it before- is it familiar to any of you?
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A better view of this hat and matching outfit taken Oct 28, 1996 on a visit to Thailand
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HQ, you COULD’NT have put on a BETTER view of this hat after my video that I shared, which NO ONE responded to! I’ve added wonderful and thought-provoking material (and questions) to several posts, with no reaction. I thought I unearthed a brilliant connection in #20, with the simpler hat….no comment. I added a wonderful video of the same gawd-awful hat of #20…..no comment. I’ll still follow Royal Hats, but the contributions will be minimal. YES, I’m steamed!
Jimbo- I think many readers are on vacation, and many don’t look back at previous posts when a new one is up. I certainly don’t have time to myself.
Just catching up on all these posts and I read your comment. I got 3 words: Sit Down Sir. This blog ain’t about you.
Janae: I couldn’t agree with you more. I’ve already apologized to HQ for my comment, I was rude and out-of-line. I LOVE this blog and don’t want to offend anyone.
We all have times when the typing gets ahead of our hot heads. No harm done here and all is well! Let’s move on!
I like this hat. Its very pretty. However, I agree with with Sandra – the rose isn’t necessary.
A lovely hat – pretty colour, very summery feel to it. My only quibble is that darn rose placed front and centre – miner’s lamp. Either that, or she’s got the hat on skew-whiff! Does it even need the rose? The crin wrap is pretty enough in itself.
Similar hat but without a rose (as far as I can see): https://trendcouncil.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/all-the-queens-hats/#jp-carousel-16200
Similar in colour but as Katie Vale pointed out, the hat in the post is made of sinamay, a very light more transparent straw. The crown shape between the two is also quite different.
I’m sorry I can’t comment on this hat because I am distracted by that Mountie that looks like he is about to swat a mosquito right on Her Majesty’s neck!
intriguedbyroyals, if ever a comment needed a “thumbs up” button to click, it’s this one! “Swat a mosquito…” — LOL!
As far as the hat goes, while it’s definitely fussier than we’ve become used to lately, it’s a nice change from the more recent models, and was definitely a style then, though I don’t recall ever seeing HM in one like this.
I think this is a lovely hat on HM. Love the colour and shape but agree with Liz that the trim is overdone. Love this series, Hat Queen. thanks very much for uncovering all these oldies but goodies (well mostly goodies–I’ve just seen number 9!)
This would’ve been an early sinamay hat. Sinamay only cams about in the 90s xx
That provides some fascinating historical context- thanks, Katie! I’m curious- were straw hats primarily made from a different type of straw before then?
A wonderful video of the day, July 2, 1997. I hope I got this embedded properly.
http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/CANADA-ONTARIO-CANADIANS-CELEBRATE-COUNTRY-S-130TH-BIRTHDAY/5d098dd2544964c1b380a60bf33e69c9?query=queen+elizabeth+july+2+1997¤t=3&orderBy=Relevance&hits=3&referrer=search&search=%2fsearch%2ffilter%3fquery%3dqueen%2520elizabeth%2520july%25202%25201997%26from%3d1%26orderBy%3dRelevance%26allFilters%3dCBC%253ASource%26ptype%3dIncludedProducts%26_%3d1502909210525&allFilters=CBC%3aSource&productType=IncludedProducts&page=1&b=3e69c9
I’m afraid the video isn’t working- I’ve tried for several days to watch it and can’t get past the first 3 seconds!
I love this hat. It is one of the prettiest I have seen in a long time on HM. Lately I have begun to feel like I have seen them all before. Just variations on the same themes. For me this series has rejuvenated my interest. Hat Queen you are timely and inspired! TY.
You’re most welcome. There are some really interesting designs still to come.
I couldn’t agree more! I, too, was becoming jaded with the same old same old……
I like the hat color and shape. It is the crown wraps that don’t appeal to me — fussy and frothy — and I know I’m in the minority in this view!
This is a pretty hat, but after seeing several of these, I think I just don’t care for this kettle brim shape. I much prefer either a larger brim (with an upturn/upswept/slice) or the smaller brim (either flat/mushroom/or even slightly upswept) that we see more often on the queen today.