Tea Party Hats

You may think the days of elegant ladies in their beautiful tea party hats are long gone, but I think you may be mistaken. Take a closer look as you pass that tea shop, or when you are headed to lunch with a friend, you just might spot a beauty in her finest millinery, crafted with care, or re-decorated to match her outfit.

The Ladies of the Red Hat Society have their own special flair that is hard to miss. You know just by looking at them they are having a wonderful time!

The Kentucky Derby and other grand races like the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes are prime locals to see and to wear your finery.

Weddings and other Church ceremonies, like Midnight Mass for Christmas Eve or Easter Sunday, (some ladies wear hats every Sunday) are other places you will see some lovely specimens of millinery.

Victorian hats are the inspiration and the main influence in hats that are spotted at such events. But what about something that isn't quite as formal or as fancy?

Church hats have their own etiquette requiring narrower brims, but places like the Kentucky Derby, the bigger and fluffier they are, the better! In the seated areas of the Kentucky Derby the rules of dress code are fairly strictly followed, in the infield, anything goes!



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