In America, we have the Kentucky Derby, a horse race held on the first Saturday in May. The annual tradition calls for women to wear lavish and elaborate hats. When it comes to headwear, the bigger and bolder, the better. Now, I didn’t get to go to the Kentucky Derby, but watching Meghan Markle marry Prince Harry made me want to get out the fascinator that I never wore. Did you view the royal wedding? Everyone wore such fancy hats.

It’s a British royal wedding tradition to wear hats or fascinators. Meghan and Harry’s wedding was star-studded, and their high-profile guests wore over-the-top millinery at Windsor Castle’s St. George’s Chapel.  When church and religion come into play, sometimes we have rules to follow, unlike last week’s post of the Met Gala Red Carpet interpretations of Heavenly Bodies:  Fashion and the Catholic Church.
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