... a "Say Something Hat" Day at Royal Ascot!
CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
Oh dear. Some of those hats are ....huh....wellll...there a statement. I think Ill stick too the My Fair Lady look....
ReplyDelete“Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slave of the ordinary.” - Cecil Beaton
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The first rule of hat: don't have straggly hair.
ReplyDeleteThe second: avoid high winds. Jx
DeleteOh yes! I always love seeing pictures from this big Brit hat event every year! It seems like fun to make one for the heck of it! I think I could pull off that orange one from the second to last photo. Not bad at all! The "carrots on the plate"-hat make me think of Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be great fun just to try them all on! I'd wear that last pink one to Pride if I could.
DeleteThat carrot one is a hoot! Jx
Les dazzlers !
ReplyDeleteLes dames anglaises savent assurément porter un chapeau. :)
Mais aucune n’est plus remarquable que le reine Elizabeth II,
elle nous manque tellement. 🇬🇧
* d’Anjou 🇨🇦
Everybody still mourns HM The Queen Elizabeth. She may no longer be with us, but we're off to see an exhibition of her outfits - and hats! - next month at Buck House... Jx
DeleteI liked the Butterfly hat, most of the others looked Very pedestrian and day to day.
ReplyDeleteI know. You often wear something of that ilk to go shopping in Morrisons. Jx
DeleteI love that butterfly hat too. Very Grace Jones!
ReplyDeleteI'm not keen on the second photo's jungle hats, though - those poor women look like they're being attacked by parrots/cockatoos.
I'm sure both of them have had a cockatoo. Haven't we all? Jx
DeleteMore suitable for Papua New Guinea than Ascot if you ask me !
DeleteWhat on earth would they be racing there? Tree kangaroos? Jx
DeleteLike preening peacocks ! 🦚
ReplyDeleteMy grand mum and aunties always loved showing off their Easter hats.
One auntie is particular would wear the most outrageous of hats.
The Best of Britain 🇬🇧
I mourn the decline of extravagant hat-wearers - thank heavens for the Racing Season! Jx
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