{"id":21382,"date":"2015-04-27T19:19:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T02:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/?p=21382"},"modified":"2015-04-27T19:28:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T02:28:52","slug":"derby-through-the-decades-the-history-behind-the-kentucky-derby-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/scottsdale-fashion-flash\/derby-through-the-decades-the-history-behind-the-kentucky-derby-hat","title":{"rendered":"Derby Through the Decades &#8211; The History Behind the Kentucky Derby Hat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it come Kentucky Derby fashion, the bigger the hat the better. This weekend\u00a0marks the 141st Renewal of the Greatest Two Minutes in Sports, and there&#8217;s no better way to channel your inner Southern belle than with a topper that expresses your style and stays true to Derby history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094945\/hat2.jpg\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\" size-full wp-image-21384 aligncenter pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094945\/hat2-80x58.jpg\"  alt=\"hat\"  width=\"550\"  height=\"400\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094945\/hat2.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094945\/hat2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094945\/hat2-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094945\/hat2-380x276.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094945\/hat2-80x58.jpg 80w\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So how did it come to be that high society women, celebrities and modern-day Derby-goers wear those iconic wide-brimmed hats decorated with thick ribbons, feathers and fascinators?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a brief history of the infamous Kentucky Derby hat throughout the decades:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1875<br \/>\n<\/strong>Marking the first year of the Kentucky Derby, more than 10,000 spectators \u2013 men and women alike \u2013 crowded the stands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen coordinated their hats, dresses, bags, their shoes and their parasols,\u201d aid\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/sports\/NATL-History-Kentucky-Derby-Hats-202358231.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ellen Goldstein<\/a>, a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology. \u201cTo go to a horse racing event was really a regal affair. It was just as important as going to a cocktail party, or a ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The media justly followed suit, covering who attended and what they were wearing, just as much as the race itself.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21386\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21386\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094947\/1938.jpg\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-large wp-image-21386 pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094947\/1938-80x54.jpg\"  alt=\"A woman at the Kentucky Derby in 1938\"  width=\"750\"  height=\"504\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094947\/1938-750x504.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094947\/1938-750x504.jpg 750w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094947\/1938-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094947\/1938-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094947\/1938-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094947\/1938-380x256.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094947\/1938-800x538.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094947\/1938-1160x780.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094947\/1938-80x54.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094947\/1938.jpg 1200w\" ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman at the Kentucky Derby in 1938<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>1925<br \/>\n<\/strong>A record downpour overcame the 1925 Kentucky Derby, where a <em>Washington Post<\/em> reporter covering the event noted the damage it caused to women\u2019s clothing before even mentioning the black stallion who won the race!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeghorn hats, pink Milan hats, large white felt hats and just hats drooped; flimsy dresses clung closely to their humiliated wearers and fancy shoes soaked up more water than there was room inside them comfortable,\u201d the reporter wrote. \u201cWhen the rain finally did cease, it was all too late\u2014thousands of dollars worth of beautiful clothing had been ruined and thousands of equally beautiful women were miserably unconformable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>1960<br \/>\n<\/strong>The \u201860s was really the time when the large extravagant Derby hats, as we know them today, came about. As broader social and cultural norms became more\u00a0accepted, fashion was freer and more expressive than ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hats became larger, more avant-garde,\u201d said Wendy Treinen, a spokeswoman from the Kentucky Derby Museum. &#8220;Formalities dropped away, the hats had more prints, they were brighter.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21387\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094950\/1977.jpg\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-large wp-image-21387 pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094950\/1977-80x53.jpg\"  alt=\"A group of fashionable women at the Derby in 1977\"  width=\"750\"  height=\"498\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094950\/1977-750x498.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094950\/1977-750x498.jpg 750w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094950\/1977-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094950\/1977-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094950\/1977-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094950\/1977-380x252.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094950\/1977-800x531.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094950\/1977-1160x770.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094950\/1977-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094950\/1977.jpg 1200w\" ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of fashionable women at the Derby in 1977<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>1990<br \/>\n<\/strong>Interest in grandiose Kentucky Derby hats grew steadily in the \u201890s. Chic statement hats became the forefront of Derby fashion once again after the royal wedding in 2011, where milliners like Philip Treacy and David Shilling became household names.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21389\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094953\/1004.jpg\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-21389 pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094953\/1004-80x58.jpg\"  alt=\"Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey in 2004\"  width=\"550\"  height=\"400\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094953\/1004.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094953\/1004.jpg 550w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094953\/1004-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094953\/1004-380x276.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/afm-style-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/22094953\/1004-80x58.jpg 80w\" ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey in 2004<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Images: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/05\/03\/kentucky-derby-hats-vintage-photos_n_1474969.html\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it come Kentucky Derby fashion, the bigger the hat the better. 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