to an August 20, 1995 visit to the Tower Of London where the Queen donned an aqua straw hat with pork pie shaped crown, trimmed with a wide, ruched white silk hatband anchored with an aqua button.
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Better views of this design are found on subsequent outings on June 17, 1995 (for Trooping the Colour) and June 7, 1997 (at the Epsom races) with a coordinating coat.
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I love the colour, and the colour combination. The details are so much fun!! For me this is a lovely hat
I love this hat! I am not as good as y’all in describing why I love it, but it looks good in every picture to me. I like the color, the brim, and the trim with the dress or the coat!
I do like this hat but it has a look of molded plastic or hard icing to it where I wish it had a softer look to go with the lovely soft looking coat.
Now with the coat I get it. It’s a really beautifully made hat, with similarities to the much loved pink swirl.
But with that dress – good God no! There’s way too much going on. It all tips into Mrs Slocombe for me alas then.
Aqua is such a lovely color on Her Majesty.
While I don’t like the thick crepe fabric of the band, its heavy moulded “Sydney opera house” shaping (which appears to have suffered a ding near the button), nor the button itself (I find buttons on hats look odd next to similar size buttons on a coat) — I adore this colour and hat shape on HM. And I just have to say how much I like this floral dress, in light of the fussy ones we’ve seen recently in Hats from the Past. The hem pleats and romantic sleeve add a little softness and movement to the strict core structure of the dress, and the visible skin above the gloves is a pretty and flattering feature I would love to see repeated. But I suspect HM prefers her forearms always covered these days.
You really do see the Sydney Opera House in the second from bottom photo!
Love the aqua and agree w/ mcncin about the feminity of the dress.
Mcncln:
This is a totally different ensemble, I realize, but the similarities are amazing, don’t you think?
Similar indeed! the outfit “formulas” used by the Queen’s wardrobe planners are very evident.
Of the two, I prefer the hat you found. It’s simpler, but with plenty of closeup detail- which is also why I prefer the suit featured in HQ’s post.