Royal Ascot's fashion extravaganza is cancelled and the BFC predicts many designers will go out of business. So how are brands fighting back Royal Ascot will, for most of us, conjure up images of Audrey Hepburn in her monochromatic My Fair Lady finery, of a top-hatted Roger Moore as James Bond in A View to a Kill, of the Queen's daily wave from her open top horse-drawn carriage (bets can be placed on her outfit colour choices).
The annual five-day meet is a pinnacle of the horse racing season, and the pinnacle when it comes to style. The traditional dress code in the Royal Enclosure (the members-only top tier of the four enclosures) calls for sizeable hats and modest clothing for women, morning suits and top hats for men.
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