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Laci - he may be a respected designer but he sure missed the mark on Bea's hat. It may have suited someone else, but it did nothing for her.
If I had some ham, I could have ham and eggs, if I had some eggs.
It seems a lot of fuss over nothing to me. The good old Daily Fail and the other newspapers were criticising her last year as well because she didn't wear a hat to the opening of parliament. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1281315/Samantha-Cameron-bucks-tradition-casual-look-Queens-speech.htmlThere were articles before the wedding speculating whether she would choose to wear a hat and clearly she did not. It was undoubtedly a conscious choice, especially after the comments last time.
Quote from: Bright on May 02, 2011, 07:06:46 AMIt seems a lot of fuss over nothing to me. The good old Daily Fail and the other newspapers were criticising her last year as well because she didn't wear a hat to the opening of parliament. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1281315/Samantha-Cameron-bucks-tradition-casual-look-Queens-speech.htmlThere were articles before the wedding speculating whether she would choose to wear a hat and clearly she did not. It was undoubtedly a conscious choice, especially after the comments last time. OK, I totally do not get this. (I am an American.) In the linked article, Ms. Cameron is shown standing next to two other women, neither of whom was wearing a hat! Why was she lambasted in the press but not they?
Quote from: Bright on May 02, 2011, 07:06:46 AMThe good old Daily Fail and the other newspapers were criticising her last year as well because she didn't wear a hat to the opening of parliament. OK, I totally do not get this. (I am an American.) In the linked article, Ms. Cameron is shown standing next to two other women, neither of whom was wearing a hat! Why was she lambasted in the press but not they?
The good old Daily Fail and the other newspapers were criticising her last year as well because she didn't wear a hat to the opening of parliament.
Quote from: LovesWater on May 15, 2011, 05:36:48 PMQuote from: Bright on May 02, 2011, 07:06:46 AMIt seems a lot of fuss over nothing to me. The good old Daily Fail and the other newspapers were criticising her last year as well because she didn't wear a hat to the opening of parliament. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1281315/Samantha-Cameron-bucks-tradition-casual-look-Queens-speech.htmlThere were articles before the wedding speculating whether she would choose to wear a hat and clearly she did not. It was undoubtedly a conscious choice, especially after the comments last time. OK, I totally do not get this. (I am an American.) In the linked article, Ms. Cameron is shown standing next to two other women, neither of whom was wearing a hat! Why was she lambasted in the press but not they?Also, the photo of her next to the 2 women was not taken at the royal wedding. It was the opening of Parliament.I'm American too, and watched the royal wedding, and literally every woman I saw was wearing a hat, fascinator, or headpiece. It looks like Parliament is a much less formal affair than the royal wedding (understandably so!), so it's a much bigger "offense" that she was the only person to go hatless to the royal wedding.
Quote from: kglory on May 15, 2011, 07:42:42 PMQuote from: LovesWater on May 15, 2011, 05:36:48 PMQuote from: Bright on May 02, 2011, 07:06:46 AMIt seems a lot of fuss over nothing to me. The good old Daily Fail and the other newspapers were criticising her last year as well because she didn't wear a hat to the opening of parliament. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1281315/Samantha-Cameron-bucks-tradition-casual-look-Queens-speech.htmlThere were articles before the wedding speculating whether she would choose to wear a hat and clearly she did not. It was undoubtedly a conscious choice, especially after the comments last time. OK, I totally do not get this. (I am an American.) In the linked article, Ms. Cameron is shown standing next to two other women, neither of whom was wearing a hat! Why was she lambasted in the press but not they?Also, the photo of her next to the 2 women was not taken at the royal wedding. It was the opening of Parliament.I'm American too, and watched the royal wedding, and literally every woman I saw was wearing a hat, fascinator, or headpiece. It looks like Parliament is a much less formal affair than the royal wedding (understandably so!), so it's a much bigger "offense" that she was the only person to go hatless to the royal wedding.I linked to the article just to show it wasn't the first time she chose not to wear a hat in a situation where wearing a hat was expected of her. It's something of a tradition for the Prime Minister's wife to wear a hat to the opening of parliament. (The other women, not being wives to Prime Ministers aren't held to the same dress-code.) When she chose not to the papers splashed the story all over their front pages. Since she's already been through the whole hat situation before you'd have expected her to be aware of it for the Royal Wedding.
Someone's wedding is just not a good place for a fashion statement.
Quote from: Nurvingiel on May 16, 2011, 08:32:11 PMSomeone's wedding is just not a good place for a fashion statement.Do you mean political statement? Because a whole lot of those hats and fascinators were fashion statements. (I'm not sure a wedding is the place for either, personally, just trying to clarify what you meant)
Quote from: Sharnita on May 16, 2011, 09:05:56 PMQuote from: Nurvingiel on May 16, 2011, 08:32:11 PMSomeone's wedding is just not a good place for a fashion statement.Do you mean political statement? Because a whole lot of those hats and fascinators were fashion statements. (I'm not sure a wedding is the place for either, personally, just trying to clarify what you meant)I think I'd disagree that weddings aren't the place for fashion statements. British weddings of a certain style tend to be all about the Big Hats.
I really don't know much about this tradition or "requirement." Is this a big deal?