Insect Accessories Edit

Princess Beatrice's Butterfly Bonnet
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Ordinarily when you see an accessory as eccentric as Princess Beatrice’s butterfly hat, you write it off as a very rare, albeit entertaining fashion faux pas. However, one could start to wonder that this look is catching on and may inspire mainstream fashion when it’s pointed out that this is in fact the third such hat we’ve featured on the site.

The first was at Alexander McQueen’s spring 2008 runway show, the second was Sarah Jessica Parker’s extreme floral bonnet she wore the London premiere of the Sex and the City movie, the third a line of bouquet hats.

Perhaps the princess really is onto something, Roberto Cavalli thinks so. The fashion designer recently told the Daily Mail he wants her as his next muse.

Alexander McQueen’s Butterfly Hat - Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Beehive (VIDEO)

For spring 2008, eccentric milliner Philip Treacy teamed up with infamous bad boy of British fashion, Alexander McQueen to pay homage to the woman who discovered them both, Isabella Blow. This headpiece certainly speaks to her surrealist, fearless take on the fashion world… [More]

Sartorial Extremes - SJP’s Flower Hat at Sex & The City Premiere (VIDEO)

Sarah Jessica Parker showed up at the London premier of the Sex and the City movie in an eccentric flower hat and an outfit typical of the over-the-top fashion choices worn by her SATC character, Carrie Bradshaw. The vibrant, very quirky hat perched on her head dominated her petite frame, and even… [More]

Head Bouquets - Extravagant Floral Headdresses (GALLERY)

If the flower hat Sarah Jessica Parker wore to the Sex and the City movie’s London premier is too eccentric for your fashion taste, wait until you see the overly outrageous floral headdresses in the “Tulips and Pansies: The Headdress Affair” collection. Already in its seventh year, the annual benef… [More]