to June 17, 1992, the final year that Diana, Princess of Wales, would attend Royal Ascot. Her fuchsia straw hat with black silk hatband, brim piping and stripe around the raised kettle brim is a bolder and larger scale design than many of her other designs, making this one stand out. The Queen Mother’s yellow straw capulet hat with silk flowers and veil is her quintessential millinery look for the last decades of her life.
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HM the Queen Mother was a lovely person, inside and out! The hat and jacket are such a soft, flattering shade of yellow.
I’m surprised at the comments that Diana’s hat was too large for her. Too large or wide for 5’10” Diana?? Then, who, may I ask would it be made for? I will agree that it is worn a little too low on her head. And too graphic? A black hat band, black around the brim and another black stripe? I feel like I am not looking at the same hat. I am in the minority here, but I think it looks great. especially for Ascot! I love that Diana was not afraid of bold colors and I love her use of contrast in her dressing. This outfit has both of those characteristics!
Princess Beatrice attended Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity tea party wearing a black leather bandeau that looks identical to that recently worn by her sister Princess Eugenie. I think Beatrice’s placement of the bandeau is more successful. I could not locate any images of the visit on Getty to imbed but have put link to Princess Beatrice blog below that has images
http://hrhprincessbeatriceblog.tumblr.com/
I knew it! Lady Jayne, I was saying in the comments to HQ’s 4.4.19 post about Beatrice and Eugenie’s adoption of the headband trend, and you’ve just confirmed it even more. Will the York sisters wear hats or headbands at Ascot? can’t wait to find out!
Regarding Diana’s hat, not one of my favorites. A good color on her, but the hat looked way too large — not only too wide, but actually like it was too big for her. As we can see from the video, she did wear the dress again, but I don’t recall ever seeing the hat again in public.
No, this is a miss for me – the hat buries Diana, and is very stripey! Looking at the video, I’m not keen on the dress either, and agree the colour match with the hat was a bit off.
The Queen Mum looked just like the Queen Mum!
I agree, it’s a bit overpowering on her, and js a bit too graphic for the style of dress. Also the pinks are a bit off. Diana got a new mojo back a few years after this, the last years of her life she looked spectacular, but this isn’t her best.
Beautiful colour and style, and dramatic in shape, but far too wide – even for the early 90s.
Diana had so many wonderful hats — but I’m thinking this one, lovely as it is, looks too heavy and low for her.
For a full view of the dress, see 0:27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCm9wKTK6AY
Mcncln, thanks for finding the video – great catch. For a full view of the QM, I found her just 2 years later again at Royal Ascot, wearing the same ensemble. (Horrors!)
June 22, 1994
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Not only did the QM wear this ensemble two years later, but she had also worn it only a few days before, at Trooping the Colour 1992!
Scroll down in this article to see the carriage photo:
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a19852750/andrew-morton-meghan-markle-biography/
and here is the balcony shot:
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Lovely Jimbo! that buttercup yellow outfit gives the QM such a summery happy look!