Fascinator
A fascinator is a festive headdress that is worn by ladies and especially in Britain is popular. Originally referred to delicate scarves of lace or sheer fabrics that were wrapped around the head and shoulders as fascinator. Today, however, so are arrangements of fabric, lace, feathers, or other materials meant to be secured with bobby pins, a comb or hairband invisible on the head and seem to float above the hair.
Shaping
Fascinators can be designed as small hats and bear directly on the head, many models project but carefully crafted on the head of the wearer up, or consist of several parts, which, starting from a hair circlet swirl around the head. Typically, feathers, ribbon, lace, nets, silk flowers or beads are used for making a Fascinators, but it can also be objects of felt, foil, wire or plastic attached to it.
Fascinators at formal occasions
A fascinator can in principle on all occasions when a hat is worn, are worn instead of a hat. In Britain, such opportunities are traditional weddings, horse races and other events, including formal day clothes are worn. In contrast to the hat itself Fascinators can be combined well with different hairstyles. A formalization of the dress code for the Royal Box at the races Royal Ascot requires that women from 2012 to wear a proper hat, Fascinators are not as formal enough no longer authorized. In previous years, many ladies had replaced the traditional hat of the more popular fascinator. In the public part of the visitor bleachers Fascinators are however allowed to continue instead of the hat.
A fascinator is not to be confused with a cocktail has. This may be similar in appearance to. A cocktail has, however, worn by ladies only evening wear.
Fascinator Princess Beatrice
In Germany the fashion of the Fascinators to a wider public by reporting on the occasion of the wedding of William Mountbatten -Windsor and Catherine Middleton in April 2011 it was announced had appeared to many of the female wedding guests with Fascinators. Special sensation was caused by the Fascinator Beatrice of York, a custom built by the Irish milliner Philip Treacy for the marriage for the British princess headdress. The designed in beige fabric in the form of a three-dimensional baroque band Ornaments Fascinator caused quite a stir because of its unusual shape. The New York Times credited the headdress to the " 75 things about the New Yorker in 2011 saying ," Time magazine declared the Fascinator to the " Top 3 Meme " of 2011. Known as " pretzel ", " antler ", " toilet seat " or " gone wild sticking plaster " derided accessory has been the subject of many caricatures and jokey pictures. A Facebook page titled "Princess Beatrice 's ridiculous Royal Wedding has " found in a short time 143,000 fans. Princess Beatrice took advantage of the great public interest in the Fascinator for charity and auctioned the headdress for the equivalent of around 99,000 euros on the platform eBay. The proceeds donated them to a children's charity.