Getting Ready For Royal Ascot

Having a waistcoat individually made for you is the only way to ensure a comfortable fit that looks smart. But don’t leave it too late to order your waistcoat for Ascot.

Royal Ascot is the premier meeting of the racing season. Known as the place to dress up and enjoy the style in a pageant of escapist fun. What attendees are wearing is seen by the media, press and TV. The flamboyant hats of Ladies Day are dissected by über-fashionistas as well as the millions of TV viewers. All this is carried off with a typical British sense of humour.

The hospitality boasts award winning cuisine and elegant service for discerning clientele. From private boxes to corporate hospitality. Trying to define the atmosphere is like attempting to tattoo soap bubbles.

The Betting

There are 30 races to bet on during the 5-day festival. Studying the betting form can lead to permutations as endless as a scheme for joining the stars. Winners erupt like Eyjafjallajokull, losers deflate like Dali’s watches. ( I refuse to use similes like a fat kid refuses cake. )

For this year’s Ascot here’s wishing you collect winners like Nabokov collected butterflies.

The discerning gentlemen’s eye will wonder from the horses to the ladies. Especially the fashion goddesses: 24-carat gold spray tan, thinner than a brace of Armani models in a trouser press, hats that look as though they’ve made a forced landing.

Royal Tradition

It’s Royal Ascot because of the patronage of the Queen who is a keen supporter of racing and owns racehorses. It’s worth realising the event has traditions dating back three hundred years to 1711.

Dress Code

There’s a strict dress code. For gentlemen, waistcoats are de rigueur. Sports clothes are strictly forbidden.

In the Royal Enclosure, gentlemen have to wear either black or grey morning dress, including a waistcoat, with a top hat. Gentleman may remove his top hat within a restaurant, private box or private club.

Let’s face it black or grey morning dress doesn’t give much scope for individuality. So that’s were getting a waistcoat for Ascot specially made pays off.

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