to this day, seventy-nine years ago, when not yet a year after the abdication, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were met in Paris by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
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This Week’s Extras
Crown Princess Masako donned a grey pork pie hat back on November 1 in Myagi at a ceremony to commemorate victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. On Monday, she attended a tea party at the Imperial Palace in a white hat with silk jacquard printed hatband.
On Tuesday, Princess Kiko attended an event celebrating the 130th anniversary of the establishment of Akita Branch of Japanese Red Cross Society. The lattice embroidery on her navy silk brimless hat matched the collar of her suit.
Prince Harry in military dress on Thursday to open the 89th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey and meet with some of the 2,000 veterans in attendance.
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Dramatic red rose headpiece on Flora Ogilvy for a Dolce and Gabbana show
Crown Princess Mary and Princess Isabella in cosy hats for the Hubertus Hunt last Sunday
New designs that stood out to me this week:
Striking camel fedora with appliqué flower covered crown from UK based Layla Leigh Millinery
Statement boater with feather and crin trim from Australian brand Peacock Millinery
Wide brimmed, flat crowned maroon felt hat with fuchsia hatband from Texan milliner Milli Starr
Wonderful purple leather floral headpiece from Hayley Bonomi of Polly and Peaches in Queensland
Lovely use of printed felt on this smart cloche variation from California based Jill Courtemanche Millinery
Very pretty pink picture hat with exquisite grey straw lily trim from Australian brand Emma Michelle Millinery
And these structural wonders in graphic black and white from Australia milliner Catherine Ellen of The Essential Hat
Head of the Russian Imperial House, Grand Duchess Maria, made a statement on the centennial of the Russian Revolution
Lovely shot of Queen Mathilde at the Taj Mahal on Monday, taken by King Philippe
Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques attended their first formal dinner this week. Princess Charlene also shared a fun snap of the young prince piloting his first Maritime Police Boat.
Wonderful photographs shared by Prince Nikolaos here and here and another beautiful landscape shot shared by James Ogilvy here
How elegant Queen Elizabeth looked this evening, arriving at Royal Albert Hall for the annual Festival of Remembrance.
And finally, some wonderful images of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall taken on various stops of their southeast Asian tour earlier this week
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Different Angle
No mistaking this hat wearer, despite the unusual angle.
We don’t often get a view beneath the brims of Queen Elizabeth’s fabric covered hats but this snap gives a peek at the straw structure of the hat that I thought some of you might find interesting.
Queen Elizabeth Reopens Museum Gallery
Queen Elizabeth visited The British Museum this morning to officially reopen The Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery of Oriental Antiquities.
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For this engagement, she repeated she repeated her boater hat in the same magenta silk wool as her coat. The lavender-grey straw base of the design is visible on the underbrim, a great touch which gives some colour and textural contrast to the piece. I’m still not a great fan of the silver straw leaf, white silk tulip and faux berry trim, although it’s current pared-down state is an improvement on it’s original fuller look. It’s just a little too spiky and aimless for my taste.
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Designer: Angela Kelly
Previously Worn: March 13, 2017; April 17, 2015; April 17, 2014
Previously Worn: March 13, 2017; April 17, 2015; April 17, 2014
Any new thoughts about this hat on its fourth outing today?
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Norwegian Visit to Ethiopia
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit arrived in Ethiopia on Monday for a two-day visit.
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While it looked like the Crown Princess had donned a pink pillbox for the couple’s official welcome yesterday from Ethiopian President Dr. Mulatu Teshome Wirtu, a side view showed the design is actually a slim bandeau that circles her head, trimmed with three overlapping loops behind her right ear.
Designer: unknown.
Previously Worn: the headpiece is new
Previously Worn: the headpiece is new
I know, I know…. it’s not a real hat. It is, however, the style of millinery Princess Mette-Marit has worn for most of the past decade (for medical reasons, it is rumoured) and it simply is what it is.
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