Queen Juliana taking part in a domestic arts class at Pimlico School during a trip to London, April 13, 1972. From this photo, it seems that Princess Beatrix’s penchant for large, voluminous, brimless hats might have been an inherited one.
Category Archives: Vintage: Hats From The Past
Hat From The Past
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who passed away on this day in 2002. I can’t think of any other royal who has worn a halo brim as well (or as often!) as she.
Queen Elizabeth on a March 17, 1984 visit to Munster, Germany
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Hats From The Past
Twenty years ago today, two European queens were on foreign tours. The hats they wore on March 27, 1995 give a window into royal millinery fashion two decades ago.
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands greeting well wishers in Jerusalem during her tour of Israel. Her blue felt hat featured a much larger brim and substantially flatter crown than we are used to seeing her wear these days. This was likely the work of her longtime hat designer Harry Scheltens.
Queen Elizabeth in Prague, Czech Republic, in a royal blue hat with tall crown and upturned brim with stitching detail. Most of the hats we see the Queen wear have embellishment (feathers, flowers, bows, etc.) of some type and I adore the strong, clean lines of this unembellished piece. I suspect this was a Frederick Fox design.
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Hat From the Past
55 years ago today, Princess Alexandra of Kent stepped out in this large, lemon chiffon yellow braided pillbox hat with matching coat. The event was a visit to the London Association for the Blind in Peckham on February 27, 1960 – don’t you think she looked the epitome of early 1960s style?
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Hat From The Past
25 years ago today, Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh were on an official tour of Singapore. The Queen wore this purple Philip Somerville pillbox hat with a large ruffle at the back, trimmed with silk violets. I think it remains one of the more memorable and interesting hats in her millinery past.
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