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The Head-Turning Hats of the 2026 Kentucky Derby
Hats? The Kentucky Derby had a few.
In the hours leading up to America’s most famous horse race, spectators in Louisville engaged in the event’s other time-honored tradition (apart from day drinking): parading around Churchill Downs in attention-grabbing outfits.
But it wasn’t just hats — fascinators, fedoras, bowlers, boaters, flowers and feathers (so many feathers) — that caught the eye. There were equine-inflected accessories too: purses, patterns, jackets, brooches and at least one vest.
A wild ride, as always.