Pillbox numbers and straw berets offer ease and elegance to the champagne set at the Melbourne Cup.
But there are some recent signs of courage. The prevalence of pillbox hats and toques on the international runways at Alaia, Emporio Armani and Prada have finally encouraged women to ditch tiaras and cover their crowns.
Models wear work by milliner Jill Humphries, who has found success this season with straw berets, wedges and pillboxes for the Melbourne Cup carnival.The refined pillbox style that will always be associated with Jackie Kennedy in the 1960s, during the Camelot era of US politics, is a versatile silhouette that is easier to manage than wide-brimmed boaters.
Along with international influences, Humphries says changes to the Fashions on the Field competition, where the best-suited category is now open to women, has made smaller styles more desirable.
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