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I’m always reminded of Audrey Hepburn shouting, “Come on Dover! Come on Dover! Move your bloomin’ arse!” and I wonder how often that gets shouted at Royal Ascot, and what the Brits think of the person who does it, who is undoubtedly an American.
Love hats. There aren’t enough hats worn in this country.
Oh my god. I am loving the Brits so much right now. So much lunacy! Such HUGE HATS! They must actually start constructing some of these at least 6 months in advance.
I share your sentiments, J. I legitimately love the hilariously campy attire that seems to reign supreme at these things.
I think we can all agree that you and Heather should DEFINITELY be slide 6 for Halloween. Because obviously.
Indeed, Photo #6 is exactly how I picture them in my mind.
I read in the paper this morning that 40,000 people attended Ascot last year. Further down in the article, it said that 60,000 bottles of champagne were drunk and 110,000 glasses of Pimm’s. That’s one and a half bottles of champers for every man, woman and child in attendance, not to mention the 3 glasses of Pimm’s. Love the Brits.
Shortly after those photos were taken, the IOC barged in and issued Cease and Desist orders to those two ladies with the Olympic rings hats.
There was some big hoo-hay about bringing back old rules about decorum and dress within the Royal Enclosure this year- skirts at the knee, no strapless, they had women handing out pashminas to the offenders, etc.
Clearly none of these women were in the Royal Enclosure. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
Also, there was a guide dog in a top hat!!! Come on. Now cute is that. Here is a link: http://www.horsephotos.com/watermark.jsp?photoID=139365
And…the Queen won her own race today! Her horse Estimate won the Queen’s Vase. Of course she did. It is Her Jubilee!
http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/royal-ascot-queens-vase-estimate-scores-for-the-queen/1058568/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews
thank for the picture of the guide dog in the hat. that made my evening.
Is it just me, or did Princess Anne actually look really nice?
Not just you, I loved it too!!! That jacket is gorge.
She did look lovely!
Love the crazeball hats – but still really want to put a good bra on Sophie, Countess of Wessex. Despite the frivolity, one must still don flattering undergarments, my dear.
EXACTLY. I was coming here to say the same thing. She’d be ten times prettier if she’d just hoist the girls up a notch. And switch to a seamless cup.
Thank you for saying that. Now I don’t have to.
Sophie, Countess baby, listen to us! We have your best interest(s) at heart!
Agree! Agree! Agree!
Yes, Sophie NEEDS a good bra. It’s saying something thst that was my lasting impression from a slideshow featuring those hats.
I was going to post the same. It is not possible that the royals do not have access to good foundation garments!
YES! I thought it was just me. I must find a way to attend this event next year. I’m already thinking of crazeballs hats to design and wear.
I’d also like to meet Older Harry Lookalike, please. I just went to London for the first time and am regretting not working harder on my ‘finding a British husband’ mission while there.
I think I did Fug Nation proud by wearing a tiny Union Jack hat to the Jubilee Flotilla, though…it just seemed right to wear some sort of a cooky hat, even in the cold and rain.
Royal Ascot is so much fun!
For the lady on slide 12 (?) with the period dress, she totally ruined it with the shoes – cute buttoned boots would have been fab!
Loved Beatrice’s dress – very pretty. Hat, too.
Sophie looks as frumpy as Camilla usually does (maybe the Countess raided the Duchess’s wardrobe). Sophie’s only a few years older than I am and NO WAY would I put on a belted, round-necked sweater with seaming that made my tits look droopy (made worse by the belt). It made her look old and heavy and she’s usually very classy.
I saw a closeup elsewhere that confirmed that the hat/bag made of albums are actually made of WEIRD AL albums…
Slide 3, caption:
“Eddie, Eddie, look! Look where I’ve put my head!”
from off-camera “Oh, Pats, that’s noth… – oof! Oh, help mama up…”
Pats flits gaily away…
For a second there I really thought you slipped in a picture of Kate Winslet from the boarding scene in Titanic as #14.
I love the handbag that the woman in the last slide has! I can’t find a handbag that isn’t the size of a duffle bag anymore and it makes me le sad.
WORD. I would like to carry my essentials on my shoulder — not on my wrists! stop the tiny-purse-must-be-a-wristlet movement! — and only my essentials. I have no need to carry a stepstool and a winter coat and a bowling ball everywhere I go, ergo I have no need for a “handbag” that is so large that it would enable me to do so.
British Cloris Leachman. I love it.
why can’t we wear hats in america??? i WANT to wear hats. let’s start a movement.
I’m in!
I wear hats. I am very pale, and parts of my family are from Wales, so my hat-wearing is considered normal at family functions. Plus I just like them. Let’s get the rest of the Americans on board!
I miss my English hats. When I lived there, it was normal to wear them for formal-ish events like weddings, and large sporting events like Henley Regatta. No call for them here in the wilds of Canada, though (just toques and ball caps – bah!)
Insider Note: Big Hat deployment and drinking in the day makes it the devil to keep your hat tilted at the appropriate jaunty angle!
Wear a fabulous hat, and a quick backstroke in champagne. I’m all for that!
Please say it’s just my imagination and Princess Anne’s knickers aren’t visible through that skirt.
I think it is the underlining. But yeah, something is off.
I was wondering the same thing. Maybe it was just the the light?
Did you have to bring up the STEPS breakup on Boxing Day? Still haven’t gotten over that.
When I was a kid, my siblings and I would spend all summer vacation thinking up our Halloween costumes. I would imagine that’s how some of these truly excellent examples of headgear are created. Plus, all the liquor.
The umbrellas one for the win.
Wouldn’t it be cool if Her Maj traded hats with Ms. Green Lantern ?
Are the women in the Royal Family not allowed to wear bras that hoist the girls up to the proper latitude? They all look like their coconuts are ending at their belly buttons.
The Royal Family have a truly outstanding By Appointment orsetry supplier in Rigby & Peller (crucially, not to be confused with Penn & Teller. That never ends well) so they officially Have No Excuse.
Leah, I am thinking of so many things that could go wrong with a bra constructed by Penn and Teller. Not sure if I should thank you for the images.
Well let’s not jump to hasty conclusions. I’m not all that impressed with Rigby & Peller at the moment, too many of the Royal Femmes are egregiously droopy, and we all know that just does not have to be. If Kate starts looking a little “under the weather” soon, Penn and Teller deserve a chance at the title. How much worse could they be?
I’m totally adopting Holy Shitballs and adding it to my repertoire immediately.
Does anyone know what these women do with these hats afterwards? Surely they don’t store them – unless Brits have a wardrobe for clothes and an entire room for hat storage. Are they on loan, so-to-speak, from the milliners? I have SO many questions!
That first woman is going to be embarrassed when she sobers up and realizes she wore her hoop skirt without the skirt.
Beatrice’s dress looks like she just came from a crime scene. Perhaps if the splatters weren’t blood red?
This gallery just made my day. (And I was having a really craptacular day, so thank you Fug Girls and the Royal Ascot!)
I REALLY want that cherry headband.
Am I alone in thinking that the first lady with the Olympics-themed hat looks a lot like Kate Middleton?
I thought the same thing!
Once again, thank you for a royally lovely week fug girls, keep up the good work.
Serious question: How do they transport the larger hats to Ascot? Do they ride in their own van/cab/lorry/open-air trailer? I have a compact crossover, and some of those things wouldn’t fit in it, even with the backseat folded down!
Range Rovers, darling. *Loads* of room in the boot.
Go Black Caviar!
Love the funny hats, too.
I think the 1st woman should be considered a National Treasure… Wow! Hmmmm, champagne! I believe Heather & Jessica should emulate & duplicate Pic #6 for Halloween! I covet the shoes on Pic #10 & record purse in Pic #11… They’re AWESOME! I love the hats from Pics #14 & #16! WANT! I really like Beatrice & Eugenie’s outfits! FAB! And, the outfits in Pics #22, #28 & #31 are just LOVELY! Well Played, England!
Outstanding restrospective! Way to go, Fug Girls!
HATS! HATS! HATS!
Woo-Hoo!
I almost choked on “touching British period drama” and “Noted Fan of Nudity.” Brilliant, Jessica!
I need to go to an event where I can wear a hat such as these. This is so unbelievably awesome!
Hastings Park, are you listening???!!!???
If by some far off chance you’re referring to Hastings Park in Vancouver, Canada – they tried. Apparently, though, we’re just not as adventurous with our hats on this side of the pond. Look up Day at the Races for more info.
I was there for Ladies Day! I got whacked in the head (knocking off my own hat) by the lady with the bigger Olympic torch hat. My brush with fame!
I have to stand up for The South here in the “Hats, America: Why Are We Not Flaunting Them As We Darn Well Should Be?” controversy. If there’s anything a Southern lady learns early in life, it’s how to choose and coordinate your church hat with the proper outfit for Sunday services. We wear hats with pride — and whatever accessories are necessary.
Carry on and keep calm. But hats… yes.
Yup. I’ve got a Southern family and I was certainly raised as a Southerner though I was raised in Chicago. Hats every Sunday, every wedding, every funeral, every graduation, every church function, etc. And all the time during the summer.
Only just had a chance to look through and thought I’d let you know that the girl in the Union Jack bow is also Jackie St Clair, former Page 3 model and paramour of Simon Cowell. Girlfriend obviously likes a quick change.