We’re wrapping up our month of hats from the past with one many of us have seen before- a glorious turban covered in silk hydrangea blossoms worn on this day in 1966 to the Epsom races. These floral covered turbans appeared on a few royal heads during the 1960s and while I’m happy the style is no longer en vogue, I couldn’t resist including at least one.
to sixteen years ago today and a British royal state visit to Norway. Queen Elizabeth’s pink and purple straw bucket/cloche hybrid hat by Frederick Fox made a memorable statement…. if you look closely at Queen Sonja’s classic white and navy straw design, you’ll see it had a larger brim, here on its first outing, than it does now (jump over to this post for its most recent outing earlier this month for Norwegian National Day). Which version of Sonja’s hat do you prefer?
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to this day in 1997 when Queen Beatrix welcomed an American president The Hague in a frothy peach hat.
to 48 years ago this week and a canary yellow hat with tall, rounded crown worn by Princess Anne to the Bath and West Agricultural Show. It’s quite a look, this one.
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to this day in 1983 and a young Princess of Wales in a small hat with double bumper, dotted veil and bow. The collaboration between John Boyd’s hat and Catherine Walker’s coat is a great one (especially for the 1980s).
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