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From the sublime to the sensational: the hats have it! It’s Ladies Day at Ascot 2016

17 Friday Jun 2016

Posted by meappropriatestyle in accessories, Accessorise Me!, creative headdress, design detail, design inspiration, design inventive, fashion events, fashion fun, hats, headwear, signature piece, women's fashion, womenswear

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accessories, creative headwear, hats, headwear, Ladies Day- Royal Ascot 2016, Royal Ascot, statement accessories, statement hats, women's fashion

 

 

Royal Ascot

the annual thorough-breed horse racing and fashion event-

is a much anticipated fixture on the English summer social calendar.

 

Occuring over a five day period each June

the most eagerly awaited point on the Ascot schedule is

Ladies Day

when attendees wear hats and headwear of singular

design detail and dimension.

 

 

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The hats have it!

Ladies Day

Royal Ascot,  2016

Play on!

piano keys inspired hat

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Sweet sensation

marshmellow embellishments

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All a- Buzz

black / yellow colour scheme

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Butterflies are free

‘canoe’ shaped hat with butterfly and flower adornments

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Cheers!

champagne flowing / glass filled

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Tartan and feathers

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(photos from express.co.uk)

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Her Majesty

Queen Elizabeth II

in melon orange and egg-shell blue

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Of national pride

heraldic symbols of Wales:

a fierce dragon and a proud lion

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‘Riding to the hounds’

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Perched

a hat of blue / orange plummage

with bird of matching colours a top

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(photos from telegraph.co.uk)

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For an afternoon tea party

hat of check table-cloth and tiered cake stand

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A trio of fascinating fascinators

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(photos from dailymail.co.uk)

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Hats off! : headwear by Swedish design label, Horisaki Design & Handel

09 Wednesday Mar 2016

Posted by meappropriatestyle in accessories, agender fashion, design inspiration, design inventive, fashion innovation, fashion inspiration, hats, headwear, signature piece, style = innovation, style ideas?, style inspiration

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accessories, agender attitude, agender fashion, avant garde hat design, hat design, hats, headwear, Horisaki Design & Handel, signature accessory, signature piece, Swedish/Japanese aesthetics

With a celebrity following which include such names as

the oft flamboyantly attired  songtress, Lady Gaga

and style conscious actor, Don Johnson-

hats by Horisaki Design & Handel

are for those who seek to achieve the look of a “high-concept outfit”.

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The creative talent behind the Horisaki Design & Handel label

is husband and wife duo:  Karin and Makoto Horisaki

who produce their singular and innovative headwear

in the rustic lands of southern Sweden.

Theirs is cool-vibe melding of design perspectives

true to Scandinavian and Japanense influences:

uncomplicated, minimal, modern, accessible.

The hats from Horisaki Design & Handel collections include

a variety of types, textures, shapes:

bowlers, fedoras, caps, bucket and more.

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All with an unique, innovative twist.

All handcrafted from natural materials.

All inspired by elements of the rugged Swedish countryside.

All with an awesome agender attitude.

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Heads up!

Hats by

Horisaki Design & Handel

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(image from horisaki.com)

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brown, distressed, top hat

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grey felt fedora

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country rolled-up edge

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(images from lyst.com)

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(image from ink361.com)

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floppy top

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(images from lyst.com)

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wide rim straw

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(image from shopaccessoriesde.com)

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high-boy bowler

black with contrasting white wide-widith band

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(image from lyst.com)

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(image from 24thofaugustosakajapan.com)

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black, wide brimmed

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bucket hat

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tan cowboy

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(image from horisaki.com)

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crumpled cap

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(image from usmenaccessories.com)

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The weird, wild and wonderful: Ladies Day at Royal Ascot, 2015

20 Saturday Jun 2015

Posted by meappropriatestyle in accessories, avant garde, fashion fun, hats, signature piece

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Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England

is a premier racecourse for thorough breed horse racing.

Located near Windsor Castle and

established in 1711 by Queen Anne-

the racecourse maintains particular ties

with the British royal family.

 

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Each June,

the famed racecourse hosts Royal Ascot-

five days of horse racing excitement,

which is the jewel event on the annual racing calender.

Not only is it a celebrated sporting experience

but Royal Ascot is recognised as

an occasion of fashion pageantry.

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With hats of every conceivable dimenson and design-

Ladies Day at Royal Ascot

is a highpoint of the sartorial display.

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Head held high !

Ladies Day at Royal Ascot, 2015

 

(image from western morning news uk):

 ASCOT, 2015, ladies day,

Lady in black / red

in general:  the outifit in full effect

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(imagesfrom the telegraph uk):

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Lady in black / red

the specifics:  hat focus

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(image from home.bt):

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Green, black, yellow

colours of the Jamaican flag

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(image from gulliverstravel):

 ASCOT, 2015, ladies day,

Total whimsy

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(images form telegraph uk):

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A teddy bear tea party

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Blue diamond deer

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(images from chron.com):

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Roses and plummage aplomb

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Camo-wear taken to new heights

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(image from cnn):

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At a gallop

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(images from get reading):

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Tophat

flowers and veil

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‘Loves me, loves me not’ white, flower petals (l)

Pink butterfuly (r)

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(image from irish examiner):

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Say it with flowers:  lots and lots and lots

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Ascot, 2015, ladies day, mirror,

Ten gallon hat style

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(image from mirror uk):

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Colourful rosette swirls

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(image from the mirror uk):

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‘In fancy dress’

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(images from the telegraph uk):

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Tropical exotics

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Over the top (hat) narrative: designer Takeo Kikuchi presents at Tokyo Fashion Week, a/w 2015

21 Saturday Mar 2015

Posted by meappropriatestyle in accessories, Accessorise Me!, hats, headwear, menswear, menswear designers, runway presentation, Tokyo Fashion Week

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Acccessorise Me!, accessories, autumn/winter 2015, bucket hats, creative headwear, headwear, men's fashion accessories, menswear, Takeo Kikuchi, Tokyo Fashion Week

 

With over thirty years of design experience ‘under his hat’

Japanese menswear designer

Takeo Kikuchi

expertly creates clothing for the man of

fashion daring, wit and whimsy.

 

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(image from ajw.asahi.com):

takeo kikuchi, designer, portrait

designer, Takeo Kikuchi

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Mr. Kikuchi’s  a/w 2015 collection

recently presented at Mercedes Benz Tokyo Fashion Week-

was a study in fanciful suiting

topped off with statement , story-telling headwear.

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 ‘Over the top’ Hat narrative

by designer Takeo Kikuchi

for Tokyo Fashion Week, a/w  2015

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(images from tokyo-mbfashionweek.com):

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Broad-brimmed ten gallon Stetson

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Cool cowboy

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takeo kikuchi, a15, men,hat, artful dodger

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Dickensian character

  meet the Artful Dodger

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takeo kikuchi, a15, men hats

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Marching off to the beat of a different drummer

military kepi

oversized peak, gold chain detail

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takeo kikuchi, a15, men, hats

Summer tour on the Continent

the sunhat

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takeo kikuchi, a15, men, hats, gangster stripes

Gangster stripes

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takeo kikuchi, a15, men, hats, puff peak cap

At the masquerade

puff peak cap

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takeo kikuchi, a15, men, hats, german helmet

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German stahlhelm take, WW2

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Mais oui:  the artist, the beret

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In black leather

wedding party pageboy

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