HAT DAY!

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We viewed only a portion of the hats I collected for us – so we’ll have crazier and crazier hat days in the far future (to give us a bit of a break after mañana’s final Clothing as Art day)

We laughed and loved hats from The Kentucky Derby and the Royal Ascot Racing events in the U.K. They hold hat contests every year and we saw some contestants as well as guests with noggin-gear from the sublime to the tall, fluffy Silly Phoenix!!!

We relived the breathtaking moment Aretha Franklin sang at the inauguration of President Obama in 2009. (Whatever your political bent, her singing My Country Tis of Thee was a shining moment for our nation.) The Queen of Soul wore an elegant, understated yet grand hat that added so richly to the day. President Obama has even asked the family for the now iconic bow from the hat as a remembrance.

We discussed milliner Luke Song’s remarkable design. Luke Song made so many of Aretha’s beautiful headpieces over the years. We viewed a few more hats of Ms. Franklin’s and a few weeks from now, sporadically, we’ll see more charming, weird, wonderful & wicked chapeaus!

Today's Images:

  • Bun & Hat Starburst, Kentucky Derby -- link --
  • Flower Power, Kentucky Derby 2017 -- link --
  • Magnolia Blossom, Kentucky Derby 2016 -- link --
  • Roses, Kentucky Derby -- link --
  • Royal Ascot Hats, 2019 -- link --
  • Royal Ascot Hats, 2019 -- link --
  • Royal Ascot Hats, 2019 -- link --
  • Royal Ascot Hats, 2019 -- link --
  • Royal Ascot Hats, 2019 -- link --
  • Aretha Franklin, My Country Tis of Thee, President Obama Inauguration -- link --
  • Aretha Franklin, My Country Tis of Thee, President Obama Inauguration -- link --
  • Aretha Franklin -- link --
  • Aretha Franklin -- link --
Today's Chat:
09:40:09 From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : Good morning! The dress looks like it’s made of lace, I have a lace
09:40:18 From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : heavy lace
09:40:33 From Leslie’s iPad to Everyone : sequences
09:40:40 From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : You are right, I hadn’t seen when they zoomed in
09:43:15 From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : Do they have a contest for best hat? I noticed a number/name tag on her jacket
09:44:43 From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : I wonder if it’s made from posterboard? It looks like the right weight
09:54:07 From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : Could it be a combo of real roses and silk roses?
09:55:58 From Kristen Buhlmann to Everyone : Do we all get our hats?? :)
09:58:12 From Trish Grace from VA to Everyone : I just looked up and saw hats!!  Running to get one!!
09:59:06 From Trish Grace from VA to Everyone : Joined the club
10:00:00 From Vera Campbell to Everyone : Nice hats ladies
10:00:40 From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : Maybe the bird is wearing a fancy hat for Ascot?
10:00:44 From Trish Grace from VA to Everyone : Is it another bird on top of the bird?
10:01:18 From Kristen Buhlmann to Everyone : the bird is the word ;)
10:01:45 From Trish Grace from VA to Everyone : Oo mow mow, oo oo oo mow mow mow
10:01:59 From Kristen Buhlmann to Everyone : muahahahaha. You got it Trish!
10:02:55 From Kristen Buhlmann to Everyone : The hat I am wearing, I did wear to the Danish Derby
10:03:04 From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : Amazon just delivered is very fast! I saw the hats I ordered one I’m wearing it
10:05:17 From Leslie Anne to Everyone : church ladies hat
10:05:46 From Vera Campbell to Everyone : I am feeling The Mad Hatter Tea Party
10:05:47 From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : because of the popularity of cosplay, They are coming up with all kinds of new fabrics to build clothing/costumes from
10:06:02 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : Ohhhh Mad Hatter foh shizzle
10:06:22 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : You are ALL invited for tea. I have the fancy sandwhich 3-tiered tray :)
10:06:51 From Beth & Jerry, Phoenix to Everyone : Can we come with our big green hats???
10:06:57 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : of course!!
10:07:01 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : ALL welcome :)
10:07:14 From Kay to Everyone : will there be scones and clotted cream?
10:07:28 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : But of course!  How could there not be
10:07:34 From Ruth Stewart to Everyone : I have to wear my hat tomorrow since I’m not home...
10:07:45 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : And if anyone wants an Alice in Wonderland experience, let me know in advance ;)
10:08:08 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : Natalie Dormer
10:09:59 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : She was red head in The Tudors as Ann Boleyn. Off with your head !
10:11:47 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : I have a child head so REALLY difficult to find hats :)
10:11:47 From Barry Trabitz to Everyone : Anyone remember the Anne Boleyn Song? “With her ‘dad tucked underneath ‘er arm, she walked the bloody Tower!”
10:12:01 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : Yeps I remember that song Barry :)
10:12:08 From Barry Trabitz to Everyone : I meant ‘ead
10:14:04 From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : Maybe a leather cap?
10:15:31 From Vera Campbell to Everyone : Gypsy Rose Lee! I was going to mention that
10:16:05 From Trish Grace from VA to Everyone : Dr. Seuss. The Treffula tree!!
10:16:19 From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : she looks like the truffula trees from the Lorax
10:16:19 From Vera Campbell to Everyone : Fancy Tribbles
10:16:28 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : I want to be cat spatting with them. :)
10:16:46 From Kay to Everyone : definitely mutated Tribbles
10:17:03 From Katherine to Everyone : tribbles multiplying
10:18:17 From Vera Campbell to Everyone : Bunch of puddle tails
10:18:25 From Vera Campbell to Everyone : poodle
10:20:22 From Vera Campbell to Everyone : Queen Aretha!
10:23:34 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : Stately elegant
10:24:40 From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : But this wasn’t an occasion to be crazy and outrageous. It was an occasion to shining her own brilliance
10:25:03 From Vera Campbell to Everyone : No Big Bird
10:25:07 From Barry Trabitz to Everyone : I am teary, thinking of Aretha singing My Country Tis of Thee in relation to yesterday’s horror
10:25:08 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : Muahahaha
10:25:24 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : Chainmail Smurfette? :)
10:25:39 From Vera Campbell to Everyone : LOL
10:25:56 From Barry Trabitz to Everyone : Cone head
10:26:03 From Kiki in Canada to Everyone : I was laughing at Vera's Big Bird, not your sentiment, Barry. Yes it is a challenging time.
10:26:06 From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : Amen Barry! Amen

Comments

  1. Trish GraceJanuary 8, 2021 at 2:23 PM

    It was so fun to run and put on a hat to take part. Funny story, though... My had had been hanging on the wall of my "beach bathroom" way up high on the wall. Far above my notice, and I DIDN'T notice how much dust had collected on it!!! So for the entirety of our zoom visit, a fine shower of dust sprinkled before my eyes! I sure was red eyed and itchy afterwards!!!

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