Skip to content
Katie Vale Designs Blog

Katie Vale Designs Blog

Couture Millinery, hand made for you

  • Home
  • Millinery
    • Royal Ascot
    • Wedding
    • Limited Editions
  • Rainbow Club Shoes
  • Info
    • About Katie
    • Contact
    • FAQs
    • Press & Awards
    • Testimonials
  • #TheSocialMilliner
  • Blog

Tag: Royal family

Posted on 10/05/2020

What the Queen Mother wore to celebrate VE Day in 1945

75 years ago, as we celebrated VE Day, the Queen Mother met with people in the capital.  She also hosted a garden party at Buckingham Palace for prisoner’s of war. As you can see here, she is wearing her favourite colour, blue; it suits her so well.  Her hat has a lovely fitted crown with …

Continue reading “What the Queen Mother wore to celebrate VE Day in 1945”

Posted on 29/03/202017/04/2020

Looking inside Princess Eugenie’s extensive hat box!

This week Princess Eugenie celebrated her 30th birthday, so I thought it would be fun to look at the top 30 hats that she has worn! It’s no surprise that she has a vast array of designs, both unique & classic styles & fabulous colours too. Starting with my favourite hat that I’ve seen her wear, …

Continue reading “Looking inside Princess Eugenie’s extensive hat box!”

Posted on 12/03/202017/04/2020

Royal Hats at the Commonwealth Service 2020

On Monday we saw some of the key British Royal family members gather at Westminster Abbey & they were all donning some beautiful hats. The Queen wore a wedgewood blue felt hat with a dramatic up turned brim, sweeping up in a sharp angle. The hat was decorated with decorative loops in the same fabric, …

Continue reading “Royal Hats at the Commonwealth Service 2020”

Posted on 05/02/201815/04/2020

The Royal Family – Christmas 2017

I know we are already well into 2018…but I wanted to take a look back at the beautiful headwear worn by The Royal Family on Christmas day & decided to share a few of my favourites.   Embed from Getty Images The Queen was the highlight of the day in the most beautiful & vibrant …

Continue reading “The Royal Family – Christmas 2017”

Posted on 28/01/201815/04/2020

Congratulations Princess Eugenie!

As we saw the announcement of Princess Eugenie to her long term boyfriend Jack Brooksbank last week, I thought I’d take a look at some of her wonderful hats!   Embed from Getty Images Obviously Eugenie is used to wearing hats & fascinators; and her comfort in this is obvious. She wears a wide range of …

Continue reading “Congratulations Princess Eugenie!”

Posted on 30/09/201715/04/2020

Princess Diana….In Remembrance xx

As this August marked the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death it seems fitting that I post a blog on her beautiful millinery!  Diana was of course known for her fashion, and pushing the boundaries of what was expected of a modern day Princess, and that is shown clearly below. Embed from Getty Images Embed …

Continue reading “Princess Diana….In Remembrance xx”

Posted on 02/07/201715/04/2020

Royal Ascot 2017 – Day 4

The most extravagant day at Royal Ascot is always Ladies Day on the Thursday, however we still see a lot of wonderful pieces worn the rest of the week too.  This post will specifically be looking at Friday’s fashions & my favourite choices….. The Queen wore a lovely aqua shade on Friday & once again …

Continue reading “Royal Ascot 2017 – Day 4”

Recent Posts

  • The Queen’s post isolation outfit!
  • What the Queen Mother wore to celebrate VE Day in 1945
  • Queen Elizabeth’s awesome hats!
  • This is why blue is such a popular colour!
  • Looking inside Princess Eugenie’s extensive hat box!

Previous Posts

Categories

  • Autumn / Winter 2012
  • Bridal
  • Celebrity Weddings
  • Collections
  • General News
  • Hat of the Week
  • Q&A
  • Rainbow Club
  • Royal Ascot
  • Royal Family
  • Spring / Summer 2012
  • Spring / Summer 2013
  • Spring / Summer 2014
  • Testimonials & Clients
  • Wedding
Proudly powered by WordPress