Hat From the Past

Royal Hats to this day in 1963 which saw Queen Ingrid and a young Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark arrive in London in calot hats. A year later, Princess Anne-Marie would become Queen of Greece.

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Hat From the Past

Royal Hats to 1928 and what might be Queen Elizabeth’s first official engagement in a hat. It’s a sweet bonnet that our favourite royal hat wearer (who celebrates her 91st birthday today) wears, beautifully. Thanks to the British Monarchy for sharing this photo today.

Queen Elizabeth Spends Birthday At Races

Queen Elizabeth spent her 91st birthday today enjoying the spring trials meeting at Newbury Racecourse. For this day at the races, she repeated her pink felt hat with flat crown and short cartwheel brim. .

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While the pale blue and copper feather trim on this piece is obviously meant to coordinate with the plaid in Her Majesty’s bouclé, I’ve always thought they brought little to this hat. There’s something about the lightness of these feathers that just doesn’t work here, I think

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Designer: Angela Kelly. Made by Stella McLaren
Previously Worn: Feb 2, 2014
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Queen Máxima Opens Community Kitchen

Queen Máxima was in  Lelystad today to officially open the fiftieth Resto VanHarte, a community program where children gather at a school or community center to cook and learn about nutrition.

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For this event, Queen Máxima repeated her brown mohair calot hat. This was the hat’s third outing and interestingly, each wearing has been paired with this pink dress (two of the three outings have also included this patterned Natan coat). Máxima often mixes and matches pieces and it’s interesting to see this particular hat worn with the same clothes each time we see it. While not my favourite combination, it makes for a serviceable working ensemble.

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Designer: Fabienne Delvigne
Previously Worn: March 11, 2016November 12, 2015
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Hat From the Past

Royal Hats to a marvellous straw halo brimmed hat, worn by Queen Juliana in April 1971.

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