Why does everyone wear such fancy hats at the Kentucky Derby? Well, when the Kentucky Derby first started in 1875, horse racing in the United States had a much rougher reputation tied to gambling and ...

The Kentucky Derby is known for its extravagant hats, with attendees sporting a wide variety of styles. Louisville becomes a hub for milliners in the weeks leading up to the Kentucky Derby, offering a ...

Anyone tuning into the Kentucky Derby each May sees not only plenty of horses, but plenty of hats. The fashion at Churchill Downs is, at times, just as impressive as the fastest horses in America, and ...

As we all know, the Kentucky Derby is as much of a social celebration as it is a thrilling day of horse racing. And no accessory is more iconic than the hat. Year after year, racegoers at Churchill ...

If ever there was a banner day for hats — wild and colorful hats — it was Saturday, the dual spectacle of King Charles III's coronation and the celebration that IS the Kentucky Derby. Katy Perry ...

Then TV got involved, and things got delightfully less restrained. Hats really took off in the 1960s, when changing fashion rules and televised events encouraged people to stand out, and that’s how we ...

For Terri Prost and her friends, the Kentucky Derby sounds the starting gun for the summer hosting season, and as such, they like to celebrate it in style. "We start thinking about it early," she said ...

At spring events like the Kentucky Derby and Boston’s own “hat luncheon,” the Emerald Necklace Conservancy’s annual Party in the Park, hats have long shaped the conversation—an expected flourish of ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The 2025 Arkansas Derby is now officially one week away, which means it’s time for horse racing fans to bust out their finest derby hats for a chance to win some prizes. During the ...

Ladies in fancy hats and gentlemen in seersucker suits sipped mint juleps and champagne at Julep’s Kentucky Derby day event.