The Kentucky Derby vs. the Royal Wedding

In all slides, derby hats are on the left and royal hats are on the right.

On the left, a royal wedding enthusiast shoots a photo along the processional route on April 29, 2011. On the right, Emily Smith of Birmingham, Ala., at Churchill Downs on May 1, 2004.
CREDIT: Photographs of: royal hat Gerard Julien/AFP/Getty Images; derby hat byDon Emmert/ AFP/Getty Images.
Left: A boy sports a sort of middle-school collage project wrapped around his head.
Right: A derby fan attempts to style herself after the Chiquita banana woman in 2008.
Photographs of: royal hat by Paul Hacket/AFP/Getty Images; derby hat by Jamie Squire/Getty Images.
The derby hat on the right allegedly cost $4,000 to make.
Photographs of: royal hat by Christopher Lee/Getty Images; derby hat by A. Messerschmidt/Getty Images.
Unlike Princess Beatrice of York (on the right in the left photo) and Princess Eugenie of York (to Beatrice's left), the men at the derby were probably not attempting to wow the fashion world.
Photographs of: royal hat by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images; derby hat by Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images.
Zara Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne, must literally hold on to her flying saucer by Philip Treacy.
Photographs of: royal hat by Chris Jackson/ Getty Images; derby hat by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images.
An understated display of royal love, and a whimsical shrine to the horses of 2009.
Photographs of: royal hat by Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images; derby hat by Jeff Gentner/ Getty Images.
A twin-off: Royal sunflowers vs. flowering tires borrowed from the Hells Angels for the derby.
Photographs of: royal hat Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images; derby hat courtesy the Kentucky Derby Museum.