Speaking of the London Season, the first thing that occurs to our minds of not only foreigners but also British is the Royal Ascot which has neatly become a pronoun of the British social.
Royal Ascot is held in the Royal Horse Racing of Ascot Village, Burke County from 18th to 21st, June. The ascot is launched by Queen Anne and first held on 11th, August, 1711. The top prize is 100 guineas and now the annual prize is about 3 million.
Ascotis the most advanced racing event in the social season. The queen and the royal members will hold an entry ceremony riding in a carriage before the beginning of the race. The London season activities exist to this day, leaving the Royal Ascot persist in its old ways which is strict to tradition like the most senior mall of London, Harroz. The Royal Ascot is prepared for those are in need of social intercourse and American tourists. You can see from the one and other stretch limos in the parking lot that civilian class will not be welcomed here.
The Royal Ascot is also a fashion spot in London Season. It is a rare occasion that regulates dress code. And what’s more, all the attendants identify with the regulation. It requires for tuxedo and top hat to man and box type skirt or informal dress and hat to woman. As a result, this becomes a fashion spot in London Season. The picture poster of the Ascot is stage photo of film “a quiet and modest maiden” on which Audrey Hepburn wearing a big hat, a full-length evening dress which swept the ground and taking a parasol.
In fact, the most famous thing in ascot is the cup cap. From the big and exaggerate pretty hat you will know ladies watching the horse race view the dress code as an excuse to create amazing effect. So the fashionable ladies and their private hat designers have to tax their ingenuity. This is why there will be a reporter who specifically reviews the hat on the guest’s head on the BBC horse racing live. The reporter is usually selected from some well-known cap designers.
In 2003, BBC invited famous cap designer Eve Jeffers as hat commentator. Princess Diana was once Jeffers’s clients when she was still alive. Jeffers wore hat made of multi-colored feathers. Princess Diana first joked that the feathers were pulled down from the chicken killed by her, and then she said seriously that a hat made of feather is light and you would not be tired even wearing it for a whole day. What’s more, it would not scatter hair style and was convenient when kissing with acquaintance.
Jeffers comments that the brim of traditional Jockey cap is large while hat with small grim is popular in this several years especially the young lady’s hat. She praises the Queen’s granddaughter Sera Phillips who is an outstanding jockey as well, saying that her hat is fashion and elegant.
