| OUR HATS ARE
OFF TO THE ROYALS
Queen Elizabeth II and her loyal-royal family
attended the Kentucky Derby this month. And true
to British tradition they brought along their
hats. And everyone knows that Hats are as much
a loyal subject to the Queen as those who live
in her land.
"The queen helps legitimize ladies' head
wear to begin with," said Terry Grossman,
the manager at Mad Hatter's Hat Shop in Lexington,
Kentucky. Grossman is right, but the Queen was
not the only woman who made wearing a hat a labor
of love at the Derby. Women of all ages sported
expressive (and sun protective) hats in bright
colors with flowers, feathers and fanfare.
“It is hard for someone who has not been
to a big race to realize how important the hat
is," said Raquel Koff, of Rodeo Drive hat
shop is in Louisville. “The hat makes a
statement."
It’s that statement (that some call Hatitude)
that drives women to spend as much as $600 on
a hat to wear to the Kentucky Derby. For those
who didn’t want to spend the big bucks for
a new hat there were other options. "I was
able to change a few feathers and make an old
hat a new hat," said Stacy Mitchell, who
owns Briland Farm in Kentucky.
Although we weren’t at the Derby this year
we got a look at the Royals on their tour of the
US (which included time at the White House). Hopefully
these photo ops will cause a rippling effect and
encourage other women to don a hat.
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