page_title: Bumper brim
section_title: Notable bumper brim hats
hierarchical_section_title: Bumper brim / History of the design / Notable bumper brim hats
caption_attribution_description: English: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands on April 8, 2013 in Amsterdam.
context_page_description: A bumper brim is a millinery feature in which the hat brim is tubular in design, making it a prominent feature of the hat. In order to achieve this effect, the brim may be rolled, stiffened or padded. A bumper brim can be added to a variety of hat designs, from small to large.
context_section_description: Hillary Clinton wore a blue velour rolled-brim hat at Bill Clinton's 1993 Presidential Inauguration. The design, which was by Connecticut milliner Darcy Creech, attracted criticism. A New York Times article reported it was considered unflattering by fashion critics and some commentators considered it inappropriate to wear a hat once her jacket had been removed. An article originally published in The Times ahead of the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama provided a run-through of previous fashion hits and misses among first ladies and noted that Hillary Clinton's headgear had become known as the "Oh-God-What-is-That? Hat".
  Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands favours a bumper-brim style, wearing a blue version during a 2013 visit to Amsterdam with President Putin. She also wore a distinctive multiple-rimmed bumper design in black straw for the memorial service to Richard von Weizsaecker in February 2015.
caption: Beatrix of the Netherlands wore a blue bumper brim design in 2013 during a visit to Amsterdam by President Putin
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