Cup Day Hats

By Christine Low
The Latest Gossip

Ivan McLellan The Latest Gossip 1987

A rustic number probably more suited to the A&P Show.

Portrait of an unknown man

Hendrick Goltzius Portrait of an unknown man  

With a hat at such a jaunty angle surely he knows the winner of the Cup.

Self Portrait with Otira background

Petrus van der Velden Self Portrait with Otira background  

Another one for the A&P Show rather than the Cup.

A Tyrolean Peasant, 1900

Sydney Lough Thompson A Tyrolean Peasant, 1900 1900

Ticks all the boxes for satorial style on Cup Day - coloured jacket, a tie styled with a flourish, a hat, a cane and a mo for Movember.

Hearing

Artist Unknown Hearing  

Something a little different in the headwear department - that may just get you into the finals of the best dressed.

Wet Afternoon

Ethel L Spowers Wet Afternoon 1930

Just hope that this will not happen and we will see all the hats in glorious sunshine.