Philip Treacy Hats Top Off Paris Couture Week

©ourtesy of Nicolle Keogh Fashion Editor | JustLuxe.com  

Philip Treacy is known as one of the most extraordinary designers of luxury hats for his eccentric style. Treacy who is Best known for his ornate hats that have topped the famous heads of Sarah Jessica Parker, Lady Gaga, and Princess Beatrice of York at 2011’s Royal Wedding (along with 39 other attendees) the latest pieces for Philip Treacy to add to his repertoire were components of Didit Hediprasetyo’s Fall 2012 Couture  Treacy show.

The Philip Treacy vibrancy of the orchid in the purple floral hat is eye-catching, but also complements the plum color of Hediprasetyo’s dress. At a closer glance, you can see how much detail went into making this hat, including the small jewels that are dusted onto the delicate petals of the orchid. Floral was a prominent theme in the Treacy show, but other Treacy designs reflected his signature eccentric work. The black contoured ribbon hat reminds me of the shape and texture of Princess Beatrice of York’s hat at the Royal Wedding last spring. The whimsical shape of the material in this hat resemble Treacy signature style. For more information, visit PhilipTreacy.co.uk.

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Take a Look at Past Royals Wedding Dresses

How will Kate Middleton's wedding dress measure up to history?

Hilary Alexander was given a preview of a lovingly restored and rarely seen collection of royal wedding dresses dating back to 1816.

BY Hilary Alexander (Courtesy: fashion.telegraph.co.uk)

In what was once the late Princess Margaret's apartments at Kensington Palace, the six wedding dresses, each one a fashion fairytale brimming with true stories of passion, power and politics, are bathed in the glow of concealed spotlights which capture the sheen of satin, and the twinkle of silver, still glistening after nearly 200 years.

Abiding love, love thwarted, love lost, and love ultimately denied; the deepest of all emotions are embedded in silken folds, painstaking stitches of Honiton lace, and tiny flowers of orange blossom and rose, fashioned from wax, embellishing the off-the-shoulder, 'Bertha' necklines.

Royal wedding dresses through the years

The royal bridal gowns, recently the subject of a major project by textile conservation experts from the Historic Royal Palaces charity, are very rarely on display,if ever, but are unveiled today, to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

The most stylish brides of all time

Apart from their place in the history of the monarchy, and their fashion lineage, the dresses are a fascinating timeline of the public hunger for details of a royal bride's finery. The marriage of Princess Charlotte, the spirited, only child of the future King George IV, to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, on May 2nd, 1816, for example, was the first royal wedding for which commemorative souvenirs were available nationwide. When Queen Victoria and her "beautiful" Prince Albert, were wed, in 1840, at the Chapel Royal, people lined the roads between Buckingham Palace and St James's Palace, and even climbed trees for a better view. Fast forward one hundred and twenty years to 1960, when Princess Margaret married Anthony Armstrong-Jones, at Westminster Abbey, in the first-ever televised royal wedding service, watched by 20 million viewers. 

....Read more on Hillary's Article

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