Ascot 2024 Day 3: Princess Royal & Family

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For the third day of racing, Princess Anne repeated a grey sinamay stovepipe hat trimmed with a grey sinamay bow edged in blue ribbon, a layered blue ribbon hatband and a spray of grey feathers. Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence repeated a grey felt top hat.

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It’s such a well balanced hat and pairs beautifully with Anne’s brocade coat and dress. How I wish she went to Amy Morris Adams for all her hats.

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Milliner: Amy Morris Adams. 
Previously Worn: May 23, 2024; Jun 15, 2022

Mike Tindall topped a grey morning suit with his black silk top hat.

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Zara wore a pale periwinkle sinamay bergère hat trimmed with an oversized white tulle pompom.

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The whole look is magnificent, the straight lines of the hat a perfect counterpoint for the puffed sleeves and embellished neckline on the dress. Everything is in great proportion, from the hat’s scale and brim tilt to the skirt and sleeve lengths… perhaps except for the belt, but that’s a minor quibble. On it’s own, this is a great hat but as part of this whole look, it’s simply perfect.

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Milliner: Sarah Cant. Dress by Rebecca Vallance. Styled by Annie Miall. 
Previously Worn: This hat is new

What a great quartet of hats!

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Ascot 2024 Day 3: The Edinburghs

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Ladies’ Day at Royal Ascot saw the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh in attendance, the Duke in his impeccable black antique silk top hat.

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The Duchess wore a saucer hat in layered dusky pink pinokpok and lighter pink sinamay. The underside of the raised brim is trimmed with draped organza in similar shades of muted pink.

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The shape of the saucer is great, as is the colour on Sophie. I’m less keen on the organza trim and would have chosen a hat in a different colour to pair with this dress.

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Milliner: Bespoke Artemise by Jane Taylor. Dress by Suzannah London. 
Previously Worn: This hat is new

Thoughts?

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Ascot 2024 Day 3: The King & Queen

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The King joined his wife for the third day of racing today at Ascot Racecourse, again in his black silk top hat (and another coloured waistcoat!).

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Queen Camilla wore in third new hat in as many days, a wide brimmed design in white sinamay with sweeping brim upturned on one side and a swirl-peaked crown. The hat is dwarfed by a giant white silk rose and wired white silk sashes that fan out around the crown.

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Like yesterday’s hat, these as flying, stacked sashes give wonderful texture and movement to the design. Have we seen the shape before? Absolutely. As for the colour… after two days of gorgeous blue, a return to cream is a bit of a letdown not even that giant rose can lift.

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Milliner: Philip Treacy. Dress by Anna Valentine. 
Previously Worn: This hat is new

What do you think of Queen Camilla’s new hat?

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Ascot 2024 Day 2: Extras

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Today’s racing saw two more Greek royals and a number of royal-adjunct guests:

Crown Princess Marie-Chantal and Princess Olympia of Greece wore wide brimmed Philip Treacy hats. 

The Countess of Halifax wore a wide brimmed electric blue sinamay hat wrapped in giant feathers dyed in the same hue.

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Lady Amelia and Lady Eliza Spencer both wore white hats from Jane Taylor with Holland Cooper dresses.

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Lady Sarah Keswick wore a cream and navy straw hat with crisp contrasting brim binding and a wide cream hatband tied in a trailing bow at the back.

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Carole Middleton wore a blue bandeau headpiece trimmed with silk roses, silk abaca bows and tulle veil

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Stay tuned tomorrow for Ladies’ Day!

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Ascot 2024 Day 2: Gloucesters & Kents

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For the second day of racing today, the Duke of Gloucester repeated a grey felt top hat while the Duchess repeated the pale oyster pinokpok circle bandeau she first wore last weekend for Trooping the Colour. Photos today show a veil over the open crown of this headpiece, a feature that makes it look like a modern snood.

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Milliner: Jane Taylor
Previously Worn: June 15, 2024; 

The Countess of St. Andrews repeated a pink sinamay stovepipe hat with short, downturned brim. The design is trimmed wtih a tan sinamay hatband and bow and a spray of pink feathers. 

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Milliner: unknown
Previously Worn: June 3, 2022; Jun 16, 2012

Thoughts?

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