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Have a freidn in your genral area who tells me much the same about the wearther you have now. For us, its turning out to be an unseasonably cool 7/4.
@Expat - You're on the East Coast as I recall? Virgina or thereabouts?
The yellow curls aptly demonstrate that you can neither be too rich or too thin.

It looks like the pink tablecloth comes with a butler!!
@Beeeze - lol. hopefully the butler knows basic first aid if she trips and falls with that load on her head.
If you call Northern Va, Virginia, yes, that's where I am.
The rolled pink thing is hideous - as is the monstrous ring over the pink glove!

If I had to wear one it would be "veiled"....

One can only think that in most instances these women were not really liked by family or friends, otherwise they would no have allowed them out of the house wearing most of those hats ...none of them are even in the "it was a good idea at the time range".

My Mum looks like Queen Elizabeth - must be the German genes!!!!

Or perhaps he's her gentleman friend or husband. His ascot is the exact shade as her glove.
Yes, some of these objects seem to express hostility on the part of their creators.
@Expat - Is that to say then that northern Virginia is unlike the rest of the state? ;) I've known a couple folks who defected from W. VA. Does that count for something? Anything? :p
@FD - Well, to their defense, the ladies wear these contraptions for Ladies Day at the Royal Ascot, where, evidently, competition is fierce to see who can wear the most creative, unusual, memorable or striking hat -- and yes, "striking" can be read in its numerous definitions here.
@Emjay - ring and hat - at least she paired her hideous fashions well. ;p
@Beeeze - oh yeah, nuthin's left to chance at Ladies' Day at the Royal Ascot!
@lauwolf - lol.
Let's just say Northern Virginia is about as representative of the rest of the state as Berkely is to the entire State of California.
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Interesting that Queen Elizabeth has the classiest hat, but maybe class is not what the lady with the cake hat was going for. Or the lady with the tablecloth hat.
@Expat - Lol. In decades past, the comparison was accurate. No more. For the most part, the state has gone the way of Berkeley with the exception that due to the university, more English is spoken there than elsewhere in the state.
@purple - lol. yeah, doesn't seem that class was foremost in the mind of the carpet wearer - unless it was an aerobics class 'cause cartin' that thing around on the head has gotta be a workout!

The same came be said of here. That brought to mind something many years ago, when son was taking ice-skating lessons. The rink was closings and the patrons were busying changing out of their skating boots, back into their street shoes, when it struck me; we, son, wife & I were the only ones speaking English. There was a knot of Hispanics, a knot of Middle easterners, and a knot of Koreans, all chatting away in languages other than English.

Even public transportation has gotten into the multi-cultural act; have spotted several Metro buses recently on the road, with advertising on the outside, in Spanish.

@Expat - Tempted though I be, I ain't even gonna touch the immigration issue. Did you know that Spanish has replaced English, if it can be considered English, as the leading language in CA? Years ago when I transited through LAX from Tokyo, I felt like I'd landed in an entirely different country! I was so glad to get the hell outta there.

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