She Didn't Look Gorgeous

Princess Beatrice's hat was one of the more outlandish style statements to be seen at the royal wedding, quickly taking over the Internet with its own Facebook page (132,537 "Likes" as of this posting) and Tumblr. And 78.7 percent of you told us that the ribbon-meets-reindeer headpiece was truly horrendous, while 21.3 voted for "No, I've seen worse." I'd love to see what you've seen, in that case. But no judgement, as always.
So what's the story behind the monstrous meme? Milliner Philip Treacy explained to HollywoodLife.com, "My inspiration was beauty and elegance; it's a 21st century royal wedding. No, they didn't tell me [what they wanted] because I've known them for a long time and I wanted them to look gorgeous and beautiful. They trusted me to make them. Gorgeous and beautiful can be open to interpretation...I thought they looked gorgeous and beautiful. But no one is crying if anyone didn't." (The "they" being Beatrice and sis Princess Eugenie.)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/04/princess-beatrice-hat-photos_n_857314.html

Were there no mirrors at the Milliner Shoppe? The Goth makeup and a hat shaped like a toilet lid with DQ ice cream swirls, just doesn’t work for me.  Bad advice and bad execution combined here to cause a disaster.  It’s kind of like; “let’s build a new car and name it after your son; Edsel, Mr. Ford.”  Or; “John we need a woman on the ticket, I wonder if Sarah Palin is available?”  It just didn’t work.