While you can wear a fascinator on either the right or left side of your head, traditionally, a fascinator is worn on the right-hand side of your face. Fascinators arguably look best when worn immediately above the eyebrow. A fascinator gives extra height, and it just kind of lifts the silhouette. Some people think that brimmed hats are more elegant. A fascinator is a high-society headpiece that is often worn by women at weddings and other events in the U.
Wearing a fascinator to a wedding is always appropriate, unless the bride has specifically mentioned not to in the dress code. Fascinators can add color and personality to your outfit, and help pull together a look. Only wear a fascinator if you fee comfortable doing so, and enjoy the experience! The headgear also denotes social standing. All head gear must have a base of at least four inches or 10cm in diameter, which definitely rules out hairbands or those little saucer-y discs on which fascinators are usually built.
Netted veils are common additions to fascinators. Kate Middleton wears a white floral fascinator as she heads out to the Royal wedding of Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall. The wide-brim is reminiscent of the larger than life hats often seen at the Kentucky Derby in the states. Kate Middleton's younger sister Pippa Middleton wore a dainty pink and white fascinator to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The style mimics the flowers that dot her dress.
There's a strict rule at the horse race that requires women to wear hats with a four-inch base minimum. Sisters that sartorially match their fascinators together stay together. Here they look dashing in blue for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding. The People's Princess looks darling in all green during a visit to Bristol.
Zara Phillips Tindall, the daughter of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips, is also very much in the running for the most unique fascinators in the royal family. An Olympic equestrian, she's used to being on the racetrack but doesn't disappoint, style-wise, when she's observing.
Take this distinctive piece she wore during the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse for example. Actress Angelina Jolie looks darling in her off-white fascinator as she looks on during a commemoration and dedication service at St. Paul's Cathedral. Her headpiece is a proper and chic bow on top of her outfit. Speaking of fabrics, velvet is a great choice when wearing fascinators in the colder months. The Duchess of Sussex looked particularly cozy in her navy number while attending the 91st Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.
This simple structural number from Beatrice still stands out for its vibrant orange color. Your Privacy Rights. To change or withdraw your consent choices for Brides.
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By Rosemary Leger. Rosemary Leger. Brides's Editorial Guidelines. What Is a Fascinator? Princess Beatrice. Princess Eugenie. Kate Middleton. Victoria Beckham. Princess Diana. Naomi Campbell. Meghan Markle. Sure, why not! If your fascinator is lightweight and comfortable to wear there is nothing to stop you wearing all day and long into the night.
Our fascinators are quick and easy to put on and take off when you want to. It's all about the colour! For the majority, the most important thing to consider when choosing a fascinator is the colour and because wearing a fascinator expresses your delight in dressing up, we recommend either picking a colour to match the dress or opt for an accent colour if the dress has more than one colour.
Another option is to match the fascinator with the shoes, clutch bag and jewellery so if you were wearing a black dress with silver shoes why not go for a silver fascinator and silver clutch bag to bring the whole look together and you can use our handy shop by colour page to find matching fascinators and bags.
There are many colours hues which work well together, navy and cream, pink and black, red and black, or blue and yellow to highlight a few. Although we stock hair fascinators in a wide variety of colours, it can sometimes be difficult to get an exact colour match to your dress or occasion wear outfit. If you have darker hair our bright colour fascinators will look sensational, think pink fascinators , purple, red, blue or green.
Redheads will look stunning with natural and neutral tones such as cream, beige or nude fascinators , and if you have lighter or blond hair you might want to consider warm colour hues and soft pastel shades such as lilac, coral, gold or silver fascinators. If it is going to be windy you might be better with a hair clip or headband because the fascinator will be more secure and there will be less chance the wind will tear it off your head. You might want to contrast your fascinator with your face shape, so if you have a more rounded face, opt for a taller fascinator.
Wearing a tall fascinator with heels is also a clever way to make yourself look taller. If you have a longer thinner face, a disc fascinator or saucer fascinator would look best. Most fascinators are made with sinamay but other popular millinery fabrics include horsehair braid netting which is a woven polyester mesh sometimes called crinoline or crin for short. To create our fascinators we start with either round disc or saucer for the base which can be moulded and shaped on a hat block and then we trim the finished shape with flowers, decorative loops, netting or veiling fabric and the most important of all, feathers.
In our feather fascinator designs we use a variety of feathers such as peacock, ostrich, coque, rooster hackle and goose biot. In the fascinating world of millinery there are many different styles of fascinator so here we look at some of the most popular types of hats and fascinators:. A fascinator is also known as a hair fascinator or fascinator hat and is the most common type of fascinator for weddings and occasions.
The hair fascinator is an adaptation of a formal ladies hat or cocktail hat which has evolved over the years but the millinery process used to make them is very similar to hat making. Fascinators come in all shapes and sizes from small fascinators to medium and large fascinators and can be purchased in a plethora of colours and elaborate deigns.
Larger than a hair fascinator, a hatinator uses a disc or saucer shaped base and are also known as hatinators. Although hatinators look more like a wedding hat in appearance, you actually wear them with a headband or hair clip rather than being worn on the head like a traditional ladies hat. Perfect for weddings, disc fascinators and saucer fascinators can be purchased in lots of colours and styles to compliment your occasion wear outfit.
Hatinators have also become a popular alternative over wearing hats at the races.
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