to this day in 1935 when a young Duchess of York opened the Middlesex Hospital in London in a lace gown and wide bow trimmed picture hat with fascinating circular cutouts (or an underlay of silk printed with large dots?) on the brim.
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to another pair of newlyweds, on honeymoon in a casual pair of hats, ninety-five years ago this month.
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to May 21, 1985 when, on a visit to Newcastle, the Princess of Wales wore this wide brimmed red and white hat trimmed with folded cone flowers. This is not a piece I remember seeing before and two things jump out at me. First, how the scale seems a marked departure from the small hats Diana favoured during the early years of her royal life and second, how generously padded shoulders on a coat can set a hat completely off balance!
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to 1984 and a clearly joyful royal couple enjoying an amusement park ride. I adore how Queen Margrethe is hanging on to her hat.
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twenty-five years ago today to a visit to Hungary that saw Queen Elizabeth in a bright straw turquoise hat with mushroom brim and twisted pixie top, trimmed with a velvet hatband. This hat, designed by Marie O’Reagan, came up in conversation here a few weeks ago and is such a unique design, I thought it warranted a closer look:
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Royal Hats 