Yesterday I headed to Royal Ascot with a group of friends. We were in the Royal Enclosure, so had to conform to the new super tight dress-code they put in place this year. If you follow me on Twitter you'll know how long it took me to find the perfect hat (fascinator's are no longer allowed). I was originally going to wear a green DKNY dress, but after seeing the weather forecast (very windy) decided against it and opted for my LK Bennett dress as it doesn't blow up around my neck in the wind. I'll wear the green one for Henley next week instead!
Anyway, we drove up, and after being very late and having to stop off at Sainsbury's on the way for emergency hairspray and tights (my fingers always go straight through them), we finally got there at around 1pm. We met up with some other friends before having lunch and then heading to the Royal Enclosure Grandstand to see the Queen arrive in her carriage and then watch the first couple of races...
The ladies dressed up all fancy in pretty dresses and beautiful hats, and the men dressed all dapper in their mourning suits and top hats. It was like something out of My Fair Lady...
Dress: L.K. Bennett
Hat: Accessorize
Me in front of the Royal Box. I definitely have my grandmother's ankles (*cough* cankles), which is why I usually wear much higher heels to make them look like normal ankles!
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Our rather elegant looking little group...
...we then went up to the high seats to watch the racing from above...
Before going in search of some fashion disaster's...
I'm still not sure how the gold-dress lady above was allowed in the Royal Enclosure with that dress length....so much for the new rules! The back of her hat had the Olympic rings on it.
We finished the day with home-made scones with clotted cream and jam and a beautiful bottle of red wine out of the back of my car, before heading back to London for the Royal Automobile Club Summer Party.
My mini scone sandwich, yummyyy!
Did you go to Ascot? What do you think of men in mourning suits? (I personally love them!)