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"It&amp;#x27;s no secret around here that I&amp;#x27;m a total sucker for any event that involves a hat--looking at photos of Easter Sunday with the British Royal Family was better than an eight hour Rock of Love marathon!--so naturally, I went wild for the old fashioned glamour at this weekend&amp;#x27;s Kentucky Derby. Does anybody on the planet do hats better than Aretha Franklin?! Her last fabulous piece of headwear--the bow-bedecked stunner she wore to the Presidential Inauguration--is now in the Smithsonian, okay? This one may look a little like an inverted shallow salad bowl or a pastel mushroom, but I still have to hand it to her for pure cojones. Brooke Shields looks like a classic beauty in a custom-designed Grey Goose &amp;quot;designer derby&amp;quot; hat by Rachel Roy (you can bid on it now at www.clothesoffourback.org). The last time we saw a hat with a veil was on Drew Barrymore at the Grey Gardens premiere, and 90% of you thought it was a Do! Does Brooke fare as well as Drew in her own veiled number? Kim Kardashian&amp;#x27;s body has been getting a lot of attention lately, but truth be told I barely noticed it in this photo--I can&amp;#x27;t take my eyes off of her fabulous accessories! What better way to channel Audrey Hepburn than in a black and white outfit with ladylike wrist-length gloves? Leann Rimes also went for simple, classic elegance in a printed floral dress and a floppy straw hat. Love that red ribbon around the brim, don&amp;#x27;t you? Lynn Whitfield definitely takes home the prize for the most daring hat--but do you think she&amp;#x27;s pulling it off with panache, or looking a little too close to Cookie Monster? I&amp;#x27;m definitely in love with the color against her beautiful skin, I just can&amp;#x27;t decide if all of those feathers are a Do or a Don&amp;#x27;t. What do you think? Time to talk hats, girls! Which one is your favorite? Which would you have worn if you went to the Kentucky Derby? Did you guys watch this weekend? And did anyone make their own Mint Juleps and invite their friends over to wear hats and watch the race? Share! PLUS: Think you&amp;#x27;re not a hat person? Think again! Milliner Eugenia Kim gives us her easy-to-follow rules for wearing hats. Which celebrity wore the best hat to the Kentucky Derby?(answers) Add glamour.com to your Google homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter! Photos: Jeff Gentner/Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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