But fascinators are great! Because they’re less formal than hats, they’re versatile as accessories, and they’re small, so they’re quick and easy to make. Click any photo to enlarge.

In Harry Craddock’s “ The Savoy Cocktail Book,” that gold mine of classic recipes from 1930, I found a cocktail named the Fascinator, an anise-kissed riff on the martini: two parts gin, one ...

But whether you choose to crown your Derby look with a wide-brimmed hat or a feathery fascinator, you’ll be sure to turn heads in style. The worst mistake you can make is not wearing one at all!

The fascinator had a rebirth in the 1960s, when designer John P. John began designing hats without brims made of veiling so they could sit atop women's ever-higher hairstyles without crushing them.

The Hat Girls, Rachel Bell and Kate Smith, have been designing and making hats and fascinators for Kentucky Derby fans for more than a decade. They are the Official Milliners of the Kentucky Derby ...