I want to express a small pet peeve of mine not necessarily at you but in general. Kate does not wear fascinators, she actually hasn't worn one since she got married. She wears mostly cocktail, percher and pillbox style hats along with hatband and boater style hat mostly. Most people place any hat that is not a standard hat under the category as a fascinator but they are many different styles and each with a specific name.
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I want to express a small pet peeve of mine not necessarily at you but in general. Kate does not wear fascinators, she actually hasn't worn one since she got married. She wears mostly cocktail, percher and pillbox style hats along with hatband and boater style hat mostly. Most people place any hat that is not a standard hat under the category as a fascinator but they are many different styles and each with a specific name.
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I read somewhere that QEII did not like noticeable nail polish. She wore a very sheer pale pink. As a sign of respect the women in the Firm adhered to her sentiment regarding nail polish. I also read that she didn’t like her hands. She never wore any rings except for her wedding set as she didn’t want to call attention to them.
Diana wore red but not until her marriage was over. Maybe we’ll see some now. Margrethe of Denmark always wears red. CP Victoria as well as CP Mary and Queen Maxima wear dark colors at times.
* I don’t know why I know this useless information. That space in my brain could be storing much more relevant information.
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Yes I was reading about Essie the other day and it said the queen wore ‘ballet slippers’ which is a very neutral French pink. That’s interesting and makes sense why she didn’t wear rings though I suppose you don’t want heirloom jewels to go through a lot of resizing too.
I recall reading that back in 2011, and the palace was not happy that the brand Butter made a color called "No More Waity Katie".
OMG! Is Catherine wearing b-b-b-b-beige in some of these photos?? Oh the horror! I guess I never noticed because SHE DOESN'T WHINE AND FEEL SORRY FOR HERSELF.
I don't know if the part about her not liking her hands is very true because the Queen did actually wear the cocktail rings in her jewellery collection regularly. I don't think it was always noticeable because she often wore gloves also.
I know I could google but would you mind giving a brief overview or introduction to those hat styles and what makes them different from fascinators?
The link to the below website will give you full details. Fall down the rabbit hole!!
Glossary of Hat Types
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The link to the below website will give you full details. Fall down the rabbit hole!!
Glossary of Hat Types
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OMG that's a whole science. Thank you!
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The link to the below website will give you full details. Fall down the rabbit hole!!
Glossary of Hat Types
Click on any of the graphics below for a detailed explanation of each hat type ……
I'll take this guide next time I'm in the market for a hat. I don't want to risk calling the Peach Basket hat, a bell lamp shade.
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The link to the below website will give you full details. Fall down the rabbit hole!!
Glossary of Hat Types
Click on any of the graphics below for a detailed explanation of each hat type ……
I especially adore halo hats I wish they were more popular as they are just the perfect frame.
I will say there’s some ambiguity with hats still as I understand Canadians call what the Brits and Americans call a beanie a toque whereas it looks more like a moulded or sewn than knitted style here.
On fascinators point I think the problem is the whole hatinator grey area. I think a general distinction is a hat sits on your head whereas a fascinator is a decorated hair accessory. However you get hatinator which are usually a hat brim and top attached to a headband or clips that sits on top rather than around the head but it still looks like at bay then on the other hand a lot of elaborate picture hats and cocktail styles have to be secured to the head with pins and don’t actually fit the head either.
I do think most fascinators sold are too small for anyone’s head so they end up looking a bit drunken tellytubby and if they were bigger they would look better but then they might also become hats so IDK.
To bring it back to K, she did wear more those feather on a clip style fascinators before she got married but thankfully I think the world has realised that fashion is not stylish on anyone and she’s got much better styles now. I’d quite like to see more of the men in hats in civilian dress too. I think hats would really smarten them up though they’d have to avoid fedoras due to memes.
I ignore the time H wore that cowboy hat because he looked like a drunk at a theme restaurant.