There was never anything wrong with the small hats/fascinators, what's been wrong has been the hair. The chosen hairdo makes or breaks those kind of hats ie with a good updo they can look wonderful but with long flowing hair they never look good. I do love this hat today, it's very similar to the style favoured by Lady Gabriella Windsor who always looks amazing. I hope that Kate will recognise that on the occasions where she wants to wear her hair down it's much better to wear a hat like this, anything smaller then it's an updo all the way. I do agree however that whilst not essential an updo can also work well with wide brimmed hats.