Which of these hats was not worn at the royal wedding today?

[Stinky The Clown]

Every one of these were worn in the good ol' USofA, at Churchill Downs, for the All-American event, the Kentucky Derby. So much going on and on all day today about the "silly hats" worn to the royal wedding. Well, if one wants silly hats, one need go no further than right here in the good old US.

[pacalo]

1. I may have seen 3, 4, & 6.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. the blue one is awesome

[northoftheborder]

2. You are absolutely right!

I thought the bride was lovely, loved her dress. It was traditional, flattering to her, and appropriate. She was absolutely the most beautiful person there, and deserved the limelight. Some of the other guests looked to be trying too hard to be "chic" or "different" without being attractive. There were a few guests who did look lovely and appropriate.

[hlthe2b]

3. Number 4, I actually like

My question is how the hell these women get in and out of cars in those things... I saw the Bride's mother do so with a tiny bit of difficulty, but gracefully, nonetheless. But she didn't have one of the extraordinarily large (or tall) hats.

[malaise]

5. LOL

I'd wear four and six

[blondeatlast]

7. I'm drooling over #6! nt.

[blondeatlast]

6. It's a silly, fun tradition and I love it. My grandma was a Southern belle who made certain her hats

would be talked about (and they were always goofily gorgeous).

[Stinky The Clown]

8. We have some hat boxes we bought at auctiona while back

We use two of them, stacked, as an end table by the sofa in our bedroom. The bottom box is as big as an oil drum (only slight exaggeration!). I can only *imagine* the hat it once contained!

Ha!

[blondeatlast]

10. Those babies are built to last, too. nt

[BanzaiBonnie]

9. I adore the #4 hat

But what's up with that dopey looking #7 hat?

[Horse with no Name]

11. As a gal in the South--I LOVE these hats

I also kinda like most of the hats for the wedding today, although a few were a little over-the-top.:)

[madinmaryland]

12. Don't they wear those type of hats at Preakness Stakes, also??

[Horse with no Name]

21. Yes.

But more people associate the Derby with the hats.

[madinmaryland]

24. Living 15 minutes from Baltimore, we get continuous hype for the Preakness

after the Kentucky Derby.

[janet118]

13. Number 5 looks like a Halloween costume . . .

"Boo . . . I'm one of those kitchen pan scrubbies."

[The Backlash Cometh]

14. Outside of five, they're acceptable.

Those weren't the fugly hats that were so outrageous for a Royal Wedding I had to make them a topic of a thread.

[Horse with no Name]

19. That's my favorite one!

:blush:

[blondeatlast]

30. I like it too. It's not about exceptional good taste--it's costume.

Nothing wrong with a little theater.

[Motown_Johnny]

15. so you are comparing the royal wedding to a horse race

in so far as attire is concerned?

[Stinky The Clown]

17. Quite the opposite

I was comparing a horse race to a royal wedding.

:eyes:

[Tx4obama]

16. At least they are sitting ON TOP of the head not stuck on side or forehead like Royal Wedding n/t

[alfredo]

18. The last gal is drunk as a skunk.

[BillyJack]

20. My very first thought this morning was "WHA???? WHAT?????"

and then very shortly after that I thought....very cool, VERY VERY fun (wish I had the courage to show up at such a VERY PUBLIC affair with such abandon...which will quickly be considered "fashion forward" in certain circles.

Money.

The only thing that seperates 'fashion forward' from 'people of walmart'....ALL have the SAME sense of fun, creativity and abadonment, no?

Just b/c I "made it myself" doesn't make it less worthy than some 'high-profile' designer (who has most highly likely struggled) who made it for me?

The only ppl who haven't struggled, are nameless/shameless individuals who hide in the shadows'prince/pauper" thing. :think:

Best wishes to the newlyweds! TRULY! :toast: :-)

[MilesColtrane]

22. Pick an African-American church in the South on any average Sunday.

The women there could beat this hands down.

[Horse with no Name]

26. Oh yeah. And the suits!

We have a preacher at one of our Black churches that has the most beautiful suits! Pastels for spring. His wife has the hats and beautiful dresses to match!

[flamingdem]

23. Number One is too casual nt

[xchrom]

25. All those wonderful hats at the wedding - and now this!

Viva human creativeness, style and chutzpah to carry it off.

[kwassa]

27. You are so wrong.

Princess Beatrice.

[MilesColtrane]

33. Is she a Pastafarian?

Because I think I spy some noodly appendages.

[kestrel91316]

28. I love some of those hats! Too bad I look so awful in them.....

[nevergiveup]

29. I think maybe #2 was created from the contents of a fly fishing tackle box.

[CatWoman]

31. I like hats

[blondeatlast]

34. Me too; I'd love to have more chances to wear them. nt

[provis99]

32. American Bluebloods can be just as tasteless.

After all, they are deliberately imitating British nobility at Churchill Downs. but you already knew that.