LADIES ‘day at the races is a much anticipated event, a chance for women to dress up and soak up the sun.
Brighton Racecourse held its annual Ladies Day and the windy weather did not deter glamorous racing enthusiasts from attending.
Brighton hosts the event on the first Thursday of each year of its Festival of Racing and has said that an average of 1,500 bottles of Prosecco are consumed.
The August festival was canceled last year due to the pandemic, so organizers have stressed the need to “make up for missed moments.”
These pictures show that this is exactly what a lot of the women have done, they can be seen holding hats and umbrellas, but all with a smile on their face.
Although there is no formal dress code for the event, most attendees opted to wear floral dresses and heels accompanied by fascinators and hats.
To encourage sophisticated fashion, the racetrack also held style prizes with the theme of “forgotten favorites”.
The judges used photos taken from the flower wall and by the designated “observer” in the crowd to decide who won the prize.
This year the £ 500 prize went to Hannah Attrell who wore a red Karen Millen dress with a Primark headband, H&M shoes and a Gucci bag.
Ladies Day has been around since the 1800s, when women were given reduced prices for race tickets.
The term dates back to 1823, when an anonymous poet on Thursday described at Royal Ascot as “Women’s Day … when women, like angels, look kindly divine”.
Across the UK there are many racetracks that make Ladies’ Day synonymous with other fashion contests such as best dressed woman, best hat and best dressed couple.
Although the term is used colloquially at Ascot, it is not officially recognized by the organizers.
In 2017, Nick Smith, the event’s racing director, told The Telegraph: “We’re comfortable with the public calling it that, but marketing it as such would be confusing as the days ladies far from Ascot are completely different.
“We don’t have best dressed competitions – for either gender – and we don’t think podiums and the like are what it’s all about.”
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This notice was published: 2021-08-05 17:04:02
