Hats at Royal Ascot, Day One
This are amazing. How long do you think people are working on their Royal Ascot hat-plan? Surely AGES.
Hats at Royal Ascot, Day One
This woman is going to have to hold her head at an angle all day so that she doesn't whack her companions with her butterfly.
Hats at Royal Ascot, Day One
I also always wonder how one transports one's self in such a lid. Do you put the hat on when you arrive? Do you ride in the car all scrunched down? Do you stick your head out the window?
Hats at Royal Ascot, Day One
Not for nothing, but I also LOVE the trousers on that man behind her, who's running late to meet his friends. He looks so jaunty!
Hats at Royal Ascot, Day One
She will NOT be best pleased if you spill on her, either.
Hats at Royal Ascot, Day One
This is like for EVIL ASCOT. (That's not a complaint.)
Hats at Royal Ascot, Day One
This is amazing, and she's basically like, "yeah, I already have to just hold this thing upright with my hand, okay?" Anything for HATS.
Hats at Royal Ascot, Day One
This is glorious.
Hats at Royal Ascot, Day One
There are VERY STRICT rules about the headgear one can wear at Ascot -- at least, in the Royal Enclosure -- and this one is a very charming smaller one, I think.
Royal Ascot 2014 Day One
Do you think these two women showed up and were like, "nice hat!" (They, too, look fabulous. This section of the slideshow is what I like to call A Brief Break for Elegance.)
Hats at Royal Ascot, Day One
I am literally convinced that this is actually a prototype for a Rose Parade float she's tied to her head. Which is very resourceful, really.
Hats at Royal Ascot, Day One
I seriously JUST NOTICED that one of these ladies also has a BIRD ON EACH SHOULDER. NEVER CHANGE ROYAL ASCOT.
Hats at Royal Ascot, Day One
Do we think this is heavy? It's AMAZING.
Hats at Royal Ascot, Day One
This is like a giant, fabulous loofah.
Steffi Graf?!?!
And then Steffi Graf showed up.