hat tricks

I think the Kentucky Derby has alot of catching up to do if they ever want their hat fashion to be taken seriously...especially after the Brits took to the red carpet at the royal wedding yesterday. For all their prim and properness, when it comes to hats, they've got their own kind of crazy going on. Irish milliner, Philip Treacy, made a whopping 36 hats for royal wedding attenders...including that "Big-O-Bow" that Princess Beatrice is wearing.

Now there's something she'll get alot of wear out of...(insert the sound of my eyes rolling to the back of my head) I guess a little bit of negative attention is better than none at all, right?

The other two hats that I thought were a bit wonky were Tara Palmer Tomkinson and Victoria Beckham. I actually don't know if these would be classified as 'hats'...more like forehead barnacles.

For best satellite dish, the standouts for me were Zara Phillips, Sophie Winkleman and Princess Michael of Kent. I would have been super ticked if my seat assignment would have been behind any of these yokels. "Uhmmm yea, I was invited to the royal wedding. Uh, no...no I didn't really see any of it because Lady Whats-her-snuff, seated in front of me, wore a head appendage the size of Pluto...but what I heard of the ceremony was absolutely lovely...the radio reception was quite good actually."

And, my tippy top favorites were:

Of course, QE2...aka Lemon-Go-Lightly

Miriam Gonzalez Durantez

And this enthusiastic onlooker, who just may have a budding millinery career in her near future. Add a pint of Tetley with a mouth hose to that and I think you've got a winner.