Polo style tips

Polo Style

By Lauren Santo Domingo, Moda Operandi Co-Founder and Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic Host Committee Member and Moda Operandi Co-Founder, Aslaug Magnusdottir

DO: Hats A little known fact: women in the UK do NOT wear hats to traditional polo matches. Here in the US, we like to make our own rules (or maybe it was Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman who made that rule for us...) Hats are the accessory for a stateside polo match. The Brits get to wear fancy hats or fascinators for everything from tea time to a wedding, so polo matches can be our time for fun.

Don't: Gloves Just NO. (It's not your Mother's polo match!)

Do: Scarf or shawl. This is a polished look that also works if it gets a chilly. Or use as an impromptu blanket on which to lounge while you sip champagne.

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Aslaug Magnusdottir and Lauren Santo Domingo, Co-Founders, Moda Operandi

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2010 Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic Style Highlights

Hat Tips

Ellen Christine Colon-Lugo, New York's premier Milliner, provides tips on different hat styles for the guests attending the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic:

  • Basic trends are classic: the Cloche, a style that was very popular in the 1920s, is a great shape on a lot of women.
  • The Fedora, a style stolen from menswear, is always a hot look and can be classic or trendy with diversity in proportion and color.
  • The Picture Hat - long the definitive hat for many-has a crown, large brim and should have a decorative something that makes any outfit pop.
  • The Fascinator is new to the American fashion scene and can contain a wisp of feather, flower, and/or veil. Sexy, and fun, flat or dimensional, this headpiece always wins.

Ellen Christine
Ellen Christine Millinery in New York City