--- title: Princess Charlotte's Bonnet Makes Fashion Headlines description: Princess Charlotte is wearing a spanish bonnet by the Spanish brand Irulea, canonical: https://time.com/3851776/princess-charlotte-bonnet/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-08T15:18:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:38.043Z og:title: Princess Charlotte Makes Her First Fashion Statement og:description: Princess Charlotte is wearing a spanish bonnet by the Spanish brand Irulea, og:url: https://time.com/3851776/princess-charlotte-bonnet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a76199091a797d7/6987eeee524fc0a06cdf09eb/bonnet-princess-charlotte-kate-middleton-prince-william.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: bonnet-princess-charlotte-kate-middleton-prince-william og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Princess Charlotte Makes Her First Fashion Statement twitter:description: Princess Charlotte is wearing a spanish bonnet by the Spanish brand Irulea, twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a76199091a797d7/6987eeee524fc0a06cdf09eb/bonnet-princess-charlotte-kate-middleton-prince-william.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Princess Charlotte Makes Her First Fashion Statement  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 8, 2015 3:18 PM UTC  Anwar Hussein—Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 8, 2015 3:18 PM UTC She’s not even a week old and Princess Charlotte is already following in her mother’s footsteps by stirring news with what designer she’s wearing. When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Kate Middleton appeared in public with their newborn daughter last week, the youngster was wearing a bonnet from a high-end Spanish baby goods designer Irulea, [People.com](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20910362%5F20921539,00.html) reports. And apparently, the new royal was wearing the bonnet backwards. Spanish news outlets are reporting that the buyer may be the mother of Prince George’s nanny, Maria Borrallo. But the owner, Ayajo Villar, would only tell[ _People_](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20910362%5F20921539,00.html) that the customer did not want to be “seen or noticed” and bought the artisanal bonnet in different colors because “she did not know the gender of the baby.” ### Charlotte Brontë  Charlotte Bronte Getty Images The eldest of the three literary Brontë sisters is best known for writing the classic novel, _Jane Eyre._ ### Charlotte York Goldenblatt  Kristin Davis as Charlotte York Goldenblatt in "Sex and the City." New Line Cinema The character of Charlotte, played by Kristen Davis, was considered the most traditional and romantic of the _Sex and the City_ foursome. ### Charlotte Perkins Gilman  Charlotte Perkins Gilman, circa 1896. Getty Images Gilman was a utopian feminist who agitated for social reform. She’s best known as the author of the short story _The Yellow Wallpaper,_ about postpartum depression. ### Charlotte Corday  Charlotte Corday Getty Images A moderate French revolutionary, Corday assassinated Jean-Paul Marat, who led the more radical wing of the revolution. She stabbed him in the bathtub, an incident that was later depicted in a famous Jacques-Louis David painting. Corday was later beheaded. ### Charlotte Church  Charlotte Church sings during the Tsunami Relief Concert at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, south Wales, on Jan. 22, 2005. Reuters Charlotte Church is a Welsh soprano who has sold over $10 million records worldwide. ### Charlotte d’Ambroise  Charlotte d'Amboise attends an after party marking the 7,486th performance of 'Chicago.' Noam Galai— Getty Images Charlotte d’Ambroise is a Broadway actress who has frequently starred as Roxie Hart in _Chicago._ She’s also starred in _Sweet Charity_ and _A Chorus Line._ ### Charlotte Hawkins Brown  Charlotte Hawkins Brown, founder of the Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia, N.C., in 1902 The Charlotte Observer/MCT/Getty Images Brown was a prominent African-American educator in the early 20th century who started a school, the Palmer Institute, to educate black students in the south. ### Charlotte de Suave  The Marquise of Noirmoutier, Charlotte de Beaune Semblancay seeking to dissuade Henry I of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, called the Scarred, to go to the meeting of the States of Blois before his assassination at the Chateau de Blois. Leemage/Corbis Charlotte de Suave was a French noblewoman who became mistress of King Henry of Navarre in order to spy on him for Catherine de’Medici. She was a member of Catherine’s ‘Flying Squadron,’ a group of courtesans who seduced men in order to get valuable information from them for the Queen. 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