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CHARLES & PATRICIA LESTER
Ascot silk evening outfit.
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Ascot, what to wear outfit
The Ascot Season and the dress code, what to wear.
The traditional summer season events such as Ascot Ladies’ day, or the Henley Regatta are occasions where you can really dress up. For Ascot there is a dress code, but thinking within the boundaries of what is considered acceptable you can have lots of fun choosing your outfits to suit your mood and of course there are the hats that you might need. But remember that ladies in the Royal enclosure are still warned that midriffs must be covered while gentlemen are required to wear morning coats with a top hat which must be sported at all times!
According to Moss Bros advice for the summer season: “Nowhere is this emphasis on tradition more evident than in the dress code. If you're a patron of Ascot's Royal Enclosure, only a morning suit will do. This classic suit was created in the nineteenth century, when horse riding was a common form of morning exercise for the Victorian gentleman.
For ladies in the Royal Enclosure, off-the-shoulder or halter-neck dresses, and those with a strap of less than an inch, are considered unsuitable and not permitted attire in the Royal Enclosure - as are miniskirts. Midriffs must be covered and trousers suits should be full-length and of matching material and colour. Hats are, of course, obligatory and the Royal Enclosure is famous for a fantastic display of millinery over five days.
Dramatic headgear is not limited to the ladies – a top hat is essential and must be worn. Gentlemen are required to wear a top hat at all times when within the Royal Enclosure area other than within a private box or facility. In the late nineteenth century, when Lord Harris wore a brown bowler hat to Ascot, Edward VII is reported to have taken one look at him and loudly enquired, "Goin' rattin', Harris?". Morning suits also remain extremely popular in the public enclosures of the General Admission and Silver Ring areas, though not essential.”
Silk Outfit
This elegant outfit in two pieces has been created from very dainty silk georgette fabric that has been hand marbled for the dress and hand painted and hand pleated silk for the coat. A romantic outfit that is perfect for all those special summer occasions, evening wedding dinners and parties, a luxury cruise or for an unusual wedding outfit, whether for the bride, her maids of honour or the mother of the bride. The dress is lined with white silk and tiny beads decorate the neckline and the straps. The tailcoat has beaded bands down the front and across the shoulder as well as all around the hem giving weight and movement to the coat.
The Coat
Style: Tailcoat: £3105
Fabric: Hand painted and hand pleated silk.
Color: Lime Green - a soft fresh combination of yellows and greens hand painted.
Other colour available to order.
Size: to order petite to plus.
The Dress
Style: Danuta dress £2105
Fabric: Hand painted silk Georgette.
Colour: Lime Green - a soft fresh combination of yellows and greens hand painted.
Size: to order petite to plus and in different lenghts.
The outfit in this picture is a medium size. It can be made through the size range from petite to plus size. For the plus size the coat needs more panels than the regular sized garment so will be slightly more expensive. There are many other colour choices available.
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