'Gold obviously': Toronto milliner heads to U.K. with his hats for coronation parties
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Some Canadians heading to London for coronation festivities have enlisted a key expert to ensure they look their royal best: a master milliner.
Some Canadians heading to London for coronation festivities have enlisted a key expert to ensure they look their royal best: a master milliner.
Headwear designer David Dunkley says he expects to provide an array of fascinators and couture hats to fashionistas attending gatherings in honour of King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort.
He says the colour gold features prominently in several of his handmade headpieces, and that the design of one hat was inspired by an RCMP horse named Noble that was announced last month as a gift for King Charles III.
"Gold obviously is my favourite colour for the coronation and is a coronation colour, so there's lots of gold flying around at the moment,” Dunkley said of his inspiration as he plowed through "non-stop" preparations at his Toronto store and studio, David Dunkley Fine Millinery.
"I am looking forward to the historic nature of the event, I am looking forward to seeing London in its full glory.... It'll be fun. It really does feel like a once in a lifetime event."
Dunkley would not reveal if any of his clients are among the exclusive 2,000 guests invited to witness the coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey on May 6.
But he said he's helping some dress for related events including one at Canada House, Canada's diplomatic home on London’s famed Trafalgar Square, and a pre-coronation cocktail party that Dunkley himself plans to host across the street from Kensington Palace.
