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Ascot race goers pose with their hats in front of a Union flag on Ladies' Day (Day 3)
Royal Ascot, Day Three, Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire - 21 Jun 2018
This is AMAZING. I can't QUITE tell what's happening inside the little gazebo on her head, but I think a little band is playing? Ascot is the best. (Also: How has Sarah Jessica Parker never come to this event? SHE IS OBSESSED with hats!)
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A racegoer arrives at the course.
Royal Ascot, Day 1, Ascot Racecourse, UK - 19 Jun 2018
This woman reminds me of Lynda Carter, and also I LOVE the hat genre I call Just A Giant Flower On Your Head.
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A racegoer poses for photographers on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England
Britain Royal Ascot, United Kingdom - 19 Jun 2018
In which this same hat is accompanied by a musical flourish.
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A racegoer arrives at the course.
Royal Ascot, Day 1, Ascot Racecourse, UK - 19 Jun 2018
This one for SURE poked a bystander in the eye.
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A racegoer arrives for Ladies Day.
Royal Ascot, Day 3, Ascot Racecourse, UK - 21 Jun 2018
"Hello, I'm just literally wearing a headless bird on my noggin."
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A racegoer arrives at the course.
Royal Ascot, Day 1, Ascot Racecourse, UK - 19 Jun 2018
This is very on theme!
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A racegoer arrives at the course.
Royal Ascot, Day 2, Ascot Racecourse, UK - 20 Jun 2018
She has a FESTIVE TORNADO whirling about her face!
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A man in an elaborate, horse themed hat attends day one of Royal Ascot
Royal Ascot, Day One, UK - 19 Jun 2018
Slow clap, good sir, slow clap.
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A racegoer arrives at the course.
Royal Ascot, Day 2, Ascot Racecourse, UK - 20 Jun 2018
This is of the genre I call EXPLODING FEATHERS!
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Racegoers pose for photos as they arrive on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England
Britain Royal Ascot, United Kingdom - 19 Jun 2018
A continued example of EXPLODING FEATHERS. (I love this one. It's so dramatic, but the color scheme is so elegant.)
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Racegoer
Royal Ascot, Day One, UK - 19 Jun 2018
This is a great marriage of a hat and a hijab.
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A racegoer poses for photos on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England
Britain Royal Ascot, United Kingdom - 19 Jun 2018
A variation of the tried and true BIRD ON MY HEAD sort of hat.
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Fashion on Ladies Day, woman with hat at the racecourse.
Horse Racing - 21 Jun 2018
Speaking of birds on people's heads.
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A racegoer poses for photographers on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England
Britain Royal Ascot, United Kingdom - 19 Jun 2018
This one is so delicate for also being SO HUGE.
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Racegoer
Royal Ascot, Day One, UK - 19 Jun 2018
Imagine standing behind this woman!
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Racegoer
Royal Ascot, Day One, UK - 19 Jun 2018
This is a millinary salute to the step-and-repeats favored by Anna Wintour, I decided.
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Racegoer
Royal Ascot, Day One, UK - 19 Jun 2018
This is dramatic and gorgeous and would also be an amazing lamp shade.
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Racegoer
Royal Ascot, Day One, Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire - 19 Jun 2018
Those plants look like they might literally be growing out of her head.
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Racegoer
Royal Ascot, Day One, Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire - 19 Jun 2018
FWIW, I also appreciate the snake on her dress.
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Racegoer
Royal Ascot, Day One, Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire - 19 Jun 2018
Lady bugs!
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A racegoers with a horse themed hat watches members of the Royal Family arrive at day one of Royal Ascot at Ascot racecourse in Berkshire
Royal Ascot, Day One, UK - 19 Jun 2018
The 5 day showcase event, which is one of the highlights of the racing calendar, has been held at the famous Berkshire course since 1711 and tradition is a hallmark of the meeting. Top hats and tails remain compulsory in parts of the course.
This pony is popping out to say cuckcoo!
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A racegoer in an anti Brexit outfit and hat attends day one of Royal Ascot
Royal Ascot, Day One, UK - 19 Jun 2018
This look says, "ask me how I feel about Brexit!"
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Ascot race goers pose with their hats in front of a Union flag on Ladies' Day (Day 3)
Royal Ascot, Day Three, Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire - 21 Jun 2018
I appreciate her "TA-DAH!!!" pose here.
Larisa Katz
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Racegoer
Royal Ascot, Day Two, UK - 20 Jun 2018
This is UH-MAZING and also she was surely unable to negotiate moving or sitting at all throughout the day. (This appears to be Larisa Katz, who shows up every year in something of her own making. Her Instagram documents Ascot and Cannes, her other main stomping ground, and it's Quite Something.)
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Tracey Rose with her England Football net hat.
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Royal Ascot, Day Two, UK - 20 Jun 2018
PERFECT for a World Cup year!
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Ascot race goers pose with their hats in front of a Union flag on Ladies' Day (Day 3)
Royal Ascot, Day Three, Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire - 21 Jun 2018
FEATHERS!
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A racegoer attends the third day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting, which is traditionally known as Ladies Day, in Ascot, England
Britain Royal , Ascot, United Kingdom - 21 Jun 2018
BUTTERFLIES!
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Racegoer
Royal Ascot, Day Three, UK - 21 Jun 2018
Every bit of this is fantastic.
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Racegoer during Ladies day
Royal Ascot, Day Three, UK - 21 Jun 2018
This is delicate and lovely.
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Fashion on Ladies Day, woman with hat at the racecourse.
Horse Racing - 21 Jun 2018
Glamorous AND pointy!
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Fashion on Ladies Day, woman with hat and man with top hat at the racecourse.
Horse Racing - 21 Jun 2018
This hat is perfect for Pride.
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Fashion on Ladies Day, woman with hat at the racecourse.
Horse Racing - 21 Jun 2018
For some reason, the sunglasses really sell this?
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Ascot race goers pose with their hats in front of a Union flag on Ladies' Day (Day 3)
Royal Ascot, Day Three, Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire - 21 Jun 2018
This is clearly the Feathers District of this post.
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Fashion on Ladies Day, woman with hat at the racecourse.
Horse Racing - 21 Jun 2018
Bees!
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Fashion on Ladies Day, woman with hat at the racecourse.
Horse Racing - 21 Jun 2018
Stained glass!
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Ascot race goers pose with their hats in front of a Union flag on Ladies' Day (Day 3)
Royal Ascot, Day Three, Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire - 21 Jun 2018
A full-on floral arrangement!
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A race goer wearing a coat hanger hat arrives at Day 2 of Ascot
Royal Ascot, Day Two, Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire - 20 Jun 2018
Clothes hangers?!??! (This one literally made me chortle with joy.0
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Ladies Day fashion.
Royal Ascot, Day Three, UK - 21 Jun 2018
I LOVE this one. It's so tropical! Ascot, you're the best.
