The formal-attire influence is still easy to spot in Bishop's fancy toppers, all of which echo some bygone era (or perhaps a royal wedding) when women weren't fully dressed without a proper hat.

And there is the red, heart-shaped cocktail hat with veil, ... "Women in the 1940s wore them when they went out at night." Pernia, who just turned 55, came to millinery by way of the theater.

Royal protocol says that women must wear hats to all formal royal occasions, an etiquette rule that dates back to the 1950s, when it was seen as improper for upper class and royal women to show ...

Even if you aren't invested in the lives of British royals, you're probably familiar with their elaborate headgear. Fascinators—tiny, elaborate hats that are clipped to the wearer's head—are a ...

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They're the new cocktail hats, made to be worn indoors, after dark." Women are also wearing them instead of wedding veils, and as jewellery for the head.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may have heard of a fascinator. If not, you'll hearing about them and seeing plenty of them at the royal wedding. They are artistic little hats that are appropriate attire ...