Just a little comment about the royals: what is it with the women's funny hats?

[CTyankee]

Do the Brits have a "thing" about kooky hat styles for women?

Bring back Monty Python! "Funny walks" could become "funny hats."

(altho the recent crop of women's hats at the festivities have become less weird than I expected.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. It's a Brit thing. Women's hats have to be odder than men's.

[Freddie]

3. They're called "fascinators"

The more interesting, the better. It’s a British thing.

[mitch96]

4. "fascinators" are also popular at the Derby...

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/fashion-trends/g9267914/best-kentucky-derby-hats-and-fascinator-headbands/

[LakeArenal]

2. A lot of Southern Baptists here love their hats.

I think they are beautiful and real art in fashion.

Because the Bible and other religions believed women should cover their hair. It makes men randy or some such bs.

[Bayard]

6. I grew up with that

And they had mink stoles or coats, with the animal still attached. Used to freak me out if I had to sit behind one, to see those little beady eyes.

[Ocelot II]

9. My grandmother had one of those mink stoles with the little heads attached.

Paws, too. It was really creepy, like wearing a hunting trophy.

[elleng]

12. HAHAHA! A few of those

stoles, in my family! (Aunts, I think.)

[CTyankee]

7. I have a wonderful "Southern belle" hat, altho I bought it in Sicily!

I could possibly get away with wearing it to a beach situation, where you need a hat for shade.

[Bayard]

5. I love the Queen's hats

She wears them well.

[Wicked Blue]

8. Camilla's hats remind me of

toilet seats, for some reason.

[Ocelot II]

10. Princess Beatrice had the best one:

[Wicked Blue]

11. Absolutely

That one looks like some kind of IUD