Inventory: Queen Silvia’s Dark Pink & Burgundy Hats

It seems only natural today to look at pink hats so we are doing just this, diving into Queen Silvia’s closet. At the turn of this century, she had both a burgundy and a deep pink hat in rotation:

 

Since 2000, she has added an additional five deep pink designs:

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Designer: unknown; Philip Treacy; Philip Treacy made by Sandrine Bourg
Introduced: June 18, 2002; March 27, 2007; August 21, 2010

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Designer: Philip Treacy; Kerstin Carlefalk
Introduced: April 16, 2015; May 22, 2019

For hats of such a similar hue, there’s considerable diversity of shape and scale. Which designs here stand out most to you?

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This Week’s Extras

On Tuesday, Queen Margrethe opened an exhibition celebrating the 90th birthday of the Danish Royal Yacht Dannebrog. For this event, she repeated her burgundy bumper hat with feather trim.
The following new millinery designs caught my eye this week (open this post to scroll through the comments for more):

Milestone Birthday: Princess Astrid of Norway

Princess Astrid of Norway celebrates her 90th birthday tomorrow! We offer our best wishes and celebrate with a look over her lifetime of hats:

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Hat From the Past

Royal Hats to this day in 1937 and a short brimmed jaunty hat on Princess Marina, the Duchess of Kent, for the christening of her daughter, Princess Alexandra.

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Austrian-Luxembourg Wedding 40 Years On

 Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg and Archduke Carl Christian of Austria were married 40 years ago on February 6, 1982. Marie-Astrid wore the Congo Diamond Necklace Tiara, a convertible necklace made by Van Cleef and Arpels and gifted to her mother, Princess Josephine of Belgium, when she married Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg in 1953 by the Belgian colony of Congo (this piece has a fascinating history explained over at The Court Jeweller). Not only was the streamlined tiara one with tangible family connections, it made a great counterpoint to Marie-Astrid’s ruffle trimmed dress.

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