The second day of royal Ascot saw a number of hatted noble heads, starting with those in the third carriage in the daily procession into the racing grounds. Lady Lucinda de Mauley topped her red textured suit in a matching Dillon Wallwork hat featuring a button base in the same fabric wrapped in a rim of red straw and champagne crin that entwined in a curled bow at the top. Lady Celia Vestey’s Rachel Trevor Morgan picture hat, in blue open weave patterned straw, extends to a wide cartwheel brim beautifully edged in blue silk binding that is repeated on the hatband and a bow at the back, studded with silver daisies.
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Longtime lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, Lady Susan Hussey rode in the fourth carriage with Irish horse trainer Michael Magnier and his wife. Lady Susan’s white straw hat features an upswept brim and folded hatband, giving an illusion of a double, stacked crown. The hat is trimmed with flying straw twists at the side.
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Stylist Sasha Wilkins in a navy vertical Rachel Trevor Morgan saucer with pompom dotted net veil
ITV’s Charlotte Hawkins in a magenta dress and Awon Golding’s cream straw button percher with ombre feathers
Kirsty Gallacher’s angular black straw sideswept picture hat with pleated hatband from Vivien Sheriff
Rosemary Mehta’s blush pink oversize saucer with windowpane crin edge, flowers and straw twists
Marina Zubkova’s blue and red swirling headpiece of unknown design. So striking!
Sophisticated veiled black cocktail hat with rose trim from Australian brand Hats By Zarbella
Elly Stemerdink (of The Hat Magazine) in a stunning teal open weave saucer by Marianne Jongkind
I was not aware of her before this post, but kudos to Lady Lucinda de Mauley for the beautiful colours of her elegant ensemble. I would never have thought of putting them together but it’s a lovely combination.
Lady Alice’s hat looks like a Union Jack ikat. 🙂
I love the silver daisies on Lady Vestey’s hat and the red twist on Lady de Mauley’s. My favorite was Rosemary Mehta’s blush pink oversize saucer.
Such pretty hats!! So sad that it’s looking like Kate and William won’t be at Ascot this year.
Love the hat on Jana Lang – very chic! Would look great on the Duchess of Cambridge, Duchess of Sussex, or Princess Beatrice.
Edwina Ibbotson for the WIN! I need a rainbow pride hat!!!
Nazer Bullen has a gorgeous hat. But can we talk about her shoes too???
Of course! Scroll to the right here for a closeup view. I ADORE this ensemble, head to toe! It’s one of my favourite looks of the week.
I didn’t see it until this morning but this hat by Jenny Roberts millinery, inspired by Spode porcelain, is amazing!
Mrs. Michael Magnier, who rode in the fourth carriage, wore a hat from William Chambers Millinery that was a fantastic pairing with her dress.
I also thought Lizzie Hughes looked great in this upswept blue design from Guibert Millinery. I love how the straw hat gives textural contrast from her boucle suit and the side embellishment is fab!
And, a very pretty white hat with pink flowers from milliner Julia Watson at Aussie brand Hats By Zarbella
I thought that was HGD Stephanie! She would look great in that hat!
Alice Manners! <3, <3,, ❤
Love the ladies and gentlemen’s hats in this posting. Just wondering, but isn’t that Suzannah red dress on Nazer Bullen the same one that Princess Eugenie wore to Ascot last year? Very flattering silhouette and the Ibbotson hat looks wonderful. The shoes are terrific but I wouldn’t have chosen red.
SoCal Gal, similar dress but not the same:
https://royalhats.wordpress.com/2017/06/22/royal-ascot-2017-day-3-princess-eugenie/
Lady Lucinda: Love the hat and the whole look, just a pity the hat is too far forward over her eye.
Lady Celia: I feel the crown is too low for someone of her stature, and has a widening and flattening effect; her proportions are better suited to a higher crown (good examples of crown shapes in the rear of the second pic)
Lady Susan: I think this hat is really really good. Hmm, could all-white hats be a trend?
Lady Alice: fabulous hat, great hair, I just wish the dress were red or blue to pick up strongly on the hat colours,
HQ’s non-royal hat picks: I love Kirsty Gallagher’s black picture hat; and of course Nazer Bullen’s rainbow picture hat – love that simple but powerful styling!
Everyone looks wonderful! I love how everyone makes such an effort for Ascot!
I like both Lady Lucinda and the Lady Celia’s hats. Lady’s Lucinda’s hat is well coordinated with her suit but appears to large for her head and is positioned too far forward that it looks to be obscuring her vision! When I first saw photos of Lady Celia’s outfit I thought it was lovely but after looking more closely, especially at the trim on the hat I wonder of it too closely copies the pattern on her dress so that look is almost matchy? If you look closely, as well as the daisies the hat is also trimmed with small dark blue bell shaped flowers that exactly copy the dress pattern. As discussed previously on this wonderful blog hat trim that reference a dress fabric rather than exactly copying it work best.
I don’t think that was the Earl of Carnarvon in the carriage with the Queen, but instead was his younger brother, Harry Herbert. As the procession was passing by the announcer was giving the names of those in the carriages and I remember hearing the Carnarvon name but looked specifically to see if it was the Earl and it was his brother. Which makes sense because Harry is more deeply involved in horses and racing.
That makes total sense. I couldn’t figure out why the Earl of Carnarvon would be in the carriage without the Countess. Correction made!