Duchess Kate Named 'Hat Person Of The Year'

Posted: 29/01/12

Ruth Doherty

Duchess Kate named 'Hat Person of the Year' Kate has fun with her hat styles, and donned a cowboy hat in Canada. Photo: PA

Kate Middleton has, we think deservedly, been crowned the Hat Person of the Year.

Her hat tricks and love of all things fascinator has earned her the title from The Headwear Association, with a whopping 91% of the vote, which was polled online, according to the Daily Mail.

The association was formed in 1908, and is one of the oldest - and most trusted - in the industry.

Duchess Kate named 'Hat Person of the Year' Duchess Kate wore Rose Cory for Christmas Day at Sandringham. Photo: PA

It is their third annual Hat Person of the Year award, with Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt being previous winners.

Since her engagement in November 2010, the Duchess has worn an array of stunning head pieces, and the 'Kate effect' has been hailed as giving the hat industry and designers a huge boost.

She has worn the likes of Philip Treacy, and Sylvia Fletcher of Lock & Co, and has raised profiles of smaller designers like Rose Cory, whose velvet scarlet hat she chose for Christmas Day church services.

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The Perfect 10: Kate Middleton

November 2011
 Duchess of Cambridge wore a Jenny Packham silver grecian dress to a dinner reception in aid of the National Memorial Arboretum Appeal.
September 2011
 The Duchess arrived to open the new Oak Centre for Children and Young People at Royal Marsden Hospital, wearing a simple oatmeal, felt long-sleeved Amanda Wakeley dress.
August 2011
 Duchess Kate stepped out at Summerfield Community Centre in an Alexander Mcqueen silk blouse and pencil skirt.
July 2011
 The Duchess of Cambridge wore a printed coat dress for the wedding of Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall.
July 2011
 The Duchess of Cambridge departs her visit to an inner city school in Los Angeles in her Whistles outfit.
July 2011
 Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge wore a lilac Alexander Mcqueen gown to the 2011 BAFTA Brits.
July 2011
 The Duchess of Cambridge at Santa Barbara Polo Club in California.
July 2011
 The Duchess of Cambridge sizzled in scarlett at a reception at Calgary Zoo in Canada.
July 2011
 Kate wore a patterned white shirt, flared jeans and classic brown cowboy boots to the Calgary Stampede parade in Canada.
July 2011
 The Duchess of Cambridge visits Slave Lake in a khaki Burberry shirt and her favourite J brand jeans.