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Tag: Straw

Posted on 24/04/202025/04/2020

Queen Elizabeth’s awesome hats!

This week Queen Elizabeth celebrated her 94th birthday & I thought it was the perfect opportunity to look at my favourite Top 10 hats of her’s that I love.  But I couldn’t narrow it down to just 10….so I’m sharing my Top 15 instead.   The Queen wore this green floral hat to Ascot in …

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Posted on 02/04/202017/04/2020

This is why blue is such a popular colour!

Blue is one of the most popular colours I see in my shop, from navy to Wedgwood, aqua to cobalt; there is a shade of blue that suits each & every person. I thought I’d share some lovely blue occasion wear hats to inspire us & show some wonderful colours that work well with too… …

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Posted on 12/04/201815/04/2020

Cheltenham Festival Ladies Day 2018

It’s always exciting to see the Cheltenham Festival arrive, as often a nod as to what millinery fashions we will see at Royal Ascot, taking place in June. Whereas the Cheltenham Festival is set in March; so the main difference is the seasonal fashion changes.  We see a lot more tweeds, velvets & fur hats at Cheltenham; …

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Posted on 20/03/201815/04/2020

My Favourite Hat – Royal Ascot 2017 – Day 2

Last year I wrote a blog post on the millinery event of the year, Royal Ascot. Each day I did a round up of my favourite hats & then choose 2 winners for me. Here is a link to the original post on Day 2 and the hat that I choose as my favourite that day …

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Posted on 15/02/201815/04/2020

Camilla – Royal Ascot 2017 – Day 2

Last year I wrote a round up of the hats at Royal Ascot each day; my favourite Royal hat of Day 2 was worn by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.   Embed from Getty Images   We all know that Camilla loves a large brim on a hat & in comparison to some of her other …

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Posted on 11/08/201715/04/2020

Sophie Wessex – Royal Ascot 2017 – Day 1

Throughout Royal Ascot this year I did a daily blog post & I awarded the prestigious accolade of Favourite Royal Hat & Favourite Hat of the Day!  On Day 1 I gave the Royal award to Sophie Wessex. Embed from Getty Images This beautiful hat is made from a lovely straw. There is a round …

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Posted on 03/07/201715/04/2020

Royal Ascot 2017 – Day 5

Taking a look at the last day of Royal Ascot 2017; it’s been a great year & all of the pieces that have been named as either Hat of the Day or Royal Hat of the Day, will have a separate blog post written about them shortly. But first up….my favourite pieces of the final …

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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 …

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Posted on 29/06/201715/04/2020

Royal Ascot 2017 – Ladies’ Day

The Thursday of Royal Ascot is the one we have all been waiting for, the infamous Ladies’ Day.  The hats, fascinators & fashion that we see at this event never fails to impress & this year was no different!  Here are a selection of my favourite pieces worn on the day. Her Majesty wore this …

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Posted on 28/06/201715/04/2020

Royal Ascot 2017 – Day 2

The 2nd day of Royal Ascot saw another display of beautiful millinery & I’m sure you agree some of the designs are just exquisite. I really like the Queen in this lovely buttercup yellow; the brim is smaller & more subtle than yesterday’s hat, so the decoration is larger to balance it all out. Embed …

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