to a tour of the West Indies, 55 years ago today, which saw Princess Margaret in a yellow organza trimmed helmet.
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Hat From the Past
to a smart mint green hat, worn 21 years ago this weekend by Queen Elizabeth to her mother’s 96th birthday celebrations. I always thought the pairing of this particular print on the Queen’s dress and coat with this hat was particularly chic.
Hats From the Past: Christening of Prince William
to this day, 35 years ago, when Prince William was christened.
Princess Diana wore a pink straw hat by John Boyd with a gently upcurled side brim, wide silk hatband and side bow. Interestingly, the hat would undergo a renovation (reshaped brim, narrowed hatband and bow moved to the back) when it appeared again the following March during a tour of Australia.
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Queen Elizabeth wore a ruched turban by Frederick Fox in the same dotted blue silk organza as her coat, trimmed with a lavish spray of trailing feathers (you can see a closeup view at this post). The Queen Mother wore a pale blue straw hat in her go-to cloche shape with upturned front brim, trimmed with a net veil and blue silk flowers.
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Princess Alexandra, named one of Prince William’s godmothers (in yellow at left, below), wore a simple white bowler hat with short, upturned brim.
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Princess Anne, seated behind her mother below, wore a vibrant blue brimless hat. Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, behind Princess Alexandra, wore a large white pillbox with what looks like a large bloom at the back.
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I think the hat shapes here are all reflective of early 1980s millinery fashion, perhaps, with the exception of the hat worn by the Queen Mother, whose signature style and shape became a nearly timeless look for her. Your thoughts about the other hats worn to this event?
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Hat From the Past
to this day, 53 years ago, which saw Princess Alexandra watch the Sovereign Parade at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in a wonderfully textured turban.
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Hat From the Past
to this day in 2004 when the Queen donned a frothy white hat with spiky purple feather trim to open The Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s First Lifeboat College In Poole, Dorset.
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