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Today was the annual horse race that stops the nation – I am not sure if there is anywhere in Australia where their workplace or school does not stop to watch the race…  To me its not only about the horses (although they are important) it is about the hats… I love to how amazing people look when they wear a hat… it is a pity they don’t choose to more often.

Early on cup day the commentators were saying that there were more hats than fascinators – although this makes sense – you need something to shade you from that strong burning Melbourne sun… fascinators may be beautiful and easy to wear but hats have that classic appeal and besides looking a bit more sophisticated they protect you from getting burnt.

Here are a few of the online photo galleries from the day so you can see how wonderful everyone looked in their headwear….

The Age newspapers - Melbourne Cup Fashion Photo Gallery

An article about the winner of the fashion the fields wearing a classic black flower fascinator.

The Herald Sun’s photo gallery sports some great hats and fascinators…

And a video C/O of The Age newspaper on early morning on Melbourne Cup Day..

And not quite Melbourne Cup day but a good photo gallery displaying hats and fascinators from Derby Day on the Age’s website….

ENJOY!

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I have decided to start a regular blog post with news on hat in the media. This is a good source to see what people are wearing, where and when.

With the Royal Ascot in progress this week it was sure a week for hats in the media. There were also a number of other smaller media stories that I picked up and also a few millinery stories associated with the Royal Ascot and the tradition to wear hats. Enjoy!

Hats! Heels! Horses! Flashy fashion at Ladies Day – Fashion & Beauty – MSNBC.com

This is a link to an article on fashion at Royal Ascot.

So, where can one find a good hatpin these days?
This is an article with with quotes from How2Hat’s – Mrs Morse-Brown in relation to millinery and hats at the Royal Ascot

Hats off to Ascot! The wild, wacky and wonderful outfits of Ladies Day | Mail Online
The images in the gallery on this page show some of the less spectacular hats, but these still give a good indication of the styles of hats worn at the races this year

Rochdale Online -Hats off to the ladies for charity race day

ladies day at Royal Ascot.

The Associated Press: Hats and heels take the day at Ascot’s Ladies Day
Hats at Ascot

The Press Association: Stylish hats on Ladies Day at Ascot
Some more hats at Ascot.

Zara Phillips tops celebrity hat list – Telegraph
Who are the biggest celebrity hat wearer? According to this article Zara Phillips and Brad Pitt…

Mad hatters – Lifestyle News – Cairns, QLD, Australia
Article on local milliners in Cairns.