to October 11, 1982 and a very pretty blue hat worn in Australia. We often see hats with lattice woven brims but seldom do we see one where this pattern is on the crown- a unique touch on this design, one I don’t remember seeing before.
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I’m sure the peach hat you’ve shown is not the same hat, Jimbo – the hat in the link has 2 folds in the brim, 1 on on each side– but thanks for a superb photo! the peach hat must certainly have been worn with one of the lovely salmon coats you added.
I do appreciate the very appropriate simplicity of the hat styles worn by Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret in their childhood – chosen, I assume, by their mother the Queen. She had great taste.
I couldn’t find a pic of the peach hat in action, but I did find one in 1934 showing the 2 coats, minus hats. Elizabeth, aged 8, like her mother wears gloves and carries a purse: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/D257/production/_89174835_5509dbe1-63f0-44fd-8e38-de75242d2f37.jpg
Whoops- sorry folks, the reply above is meant to be to Jimbo’s pics of the young Princess Elizabeth’s hat, which is further down in the comments.
Queen Elizabeth II drives back from church to Windsor Castle on October 15:
Digging back in the closet to October 19, 2006 – ATTA GIRL!
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I was going to say gorgeous periwinkle blue. Whatever shade of blue, it is perfect. Rather like the lattice work on the crown.
A Belgian nobility wedding in France, between Nina Peers de Nieuwburg and Philippe Chevallier-Chantepie. Part 2:
Countess Arnould de Looz-Corswarem and her granddaughters, Joy & Inès de Pontac
Countess Aymeric de Villelume and Marie-Adélaïde de la Barre de Nanteuil
Count Nicolas du Chastel de La Howarderie and Countess Arnaud de Pontac
Princess Beatrix visited the Googermolen (a typical Dutch mill) in Roelofarendsveen on October 14:
Thank you Maja for keeping us up to date while our beloved HatQueen is on vacation.I enjoy seeing the millinery of the aristocracy and the royalty when available.
Could I just ask does anyone know what happens to all the old hats, are they just stored away for posterity? Thanks
I’ve always wondered the same thing. Royals must have enormous wardrobes and a filing system so they know what items are worn with what. I imagine rooms and rooms in the palaces devoted to hat box after hat box. I would love to spend some time just looking around and admiring all the beautiful fabrics, trims,furs and jewels.
I just think that “little girl” hat styles- http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/british-royalty-pic-circa-1935-hrhthe-duke-and-duchess-of-york-of-picture-id78949848 should be left for little girls to wear, not grown women. The pudding-bowl crown is so, what can I say, round…. and the brim is so, ah, even. No trim to speak of. Basic and practical.
However, I do award points for the interesting lattice-work, which reminds me of woven pandanus-frond; and the see-through brim lightens and softens the shape quite a bit. And I can’t ignore the colour, which appears to be THE most gorgeous and becoming lilac blue. In fact, I like the colour scheme of this outfit so much, that I give this hat a pass.
Mcncln: Is this the same or different hat and coat? Very nice color for a little girl.
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Is this the same hat, mcncln?
The two sisters’ coats:
Jimbo, my reply to you has landed further up in these comments – I must have hit a wrong key somewhere 😦 .