to the early 1980s and this blue cloche with darling butterfly trim. While we see LOTS of feathers and flowers trimming royal millinery, there are surprisingly few butterflies.
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Hat From the Past
to this day in 1977, 42 years ago. Princess Alexandra presented the Ryder Cup, held that year at the at the Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club, to a victorious American team in an ensemble that proves even a princess was not safe from the least kind of 1970s fashion.
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Hat From the Past
to thirty-one years ago this week and a state visit to Brunei where Queen Elizabeth wore a large blue hat with woven brim and braided straw trim by Frederick Fox. We usually associate this familiar hat with the Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2002 but this piece actually made its first appearance, four years earlier.
September 18, 1998 in Brunei:
June 4, 2002 for the Golden Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul’s Cathedral:
On display at the 2003 “Hats And Handbags” exhibition at Kensington Palace:
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Hat From the Past
to this day in 1977 and a multi-coloured butterfly headpiece on a young (and very tanned!) Princess Caroline of Monaco.
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Hat From the Past
95 years back to the Cowes’ Royal Yacht Squadron in 1924 that saw one boat led by King George V in a marvelously nautical hat.
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Royal Hats 