Ladies day at York races

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I love all the colour.

I think Lucca. You only like the most conservative and, almost, old fashioned, outfit photographed, or perhaps just looking at the ones that you would wear.

People have many different styles of dressing and I may not particularly like them, but I can recognise when, whatever their style, they do it well. A classic example of that is the Goth lady, absolutely not my style or taste, particularly the tattoos. But she does the style so well. I can admire how well her outfit has been put together, the limited use of tattoos, Outfit, make up etc etc just all look stylish and balanced - in the Goth style.

I noticed several really nice more up to date outfits on younger woman.Not, outfits I would wear, but well fitting and well accessorized and the whole outfit looking classy.

A lady in a long bottle green pleated dress with a crossover halter neck, with a man as accessory, couldn't see her shoes, a lady in a white midcalf combined dress and cloak, with a black and white hat and absolutely the right black shoes, and the lady, the centre of a group of three with a long dress with a splashy rose pattern in red/grey/black and a scarlet hat, and bag. And to show I have nothing against short dresses a blonde girl in a white lace dress, her long hair cleverly disguisung what looks like a possible excessive decollete.

As I said not necessarily styles I like, but ones done well.

I agree Lucca.

Some of the comments reminded me of Victoria Coren Mitchel on Have I got news for you. They were laughing at princesses Bertrice and Eugenie’s hats at the weddings.
She defended them saying they’d got their outfits and asked their friends who said they looked nice and now we were all laughing. She was right, everyone looks lovely with a smile and they’d all made an effort and we should all be kinder.

I rather like the red feathery outfit.
Its certainly eye catching!

There’s Only one classy outfit and that’s the woman in a white dress checking herself in the mirror

I expect the outfits were pretty costly.
They're certainly colourful, rather than sludge coloured beige, so that's something in their favour.

GrannyGravy13

Maybe the outfits look cheap (according to some) because that’s all they could afford after paying for race day tickets and factoring in spending money?

You can actually go to the enclosure on the inside of the track fir £15. We’ve got a friend whose house overlooks the track and he always meets up with his friends there. Ok you can’t get to pre parade or the paddock but you get a great view of the races,
.I assume you can picnic there, too.

Maybe the outfits look cheap (according to some) because that’s all they could afford after paying for race day tickets and factoring in spending money?

Absolutely right MOnica. I think the word to describe the outfits you mentioned is ‘cheap’, in both senses of the word. I’ve never understood this ‘women must stick together and not criticise each other’ thing.

GrannyLaine

This gal's got the right idea.

I love his shoes!

Good for them a lovely chance to dress up.
I love a ladies day at the Races.

I'm fact I'm always impress Grand National week at Aintree, its nearly always cold but on ladies day, they go got it.

Why when a woman or women criticise something they do not like in other women is it always described as 'bitching'? Isn't that a nasty sexist word, that we should not hear or see written by another woman.

We are all entirely free to comment on the clothes other women, or men are wearing. No one has been making any unpleasant remarks about the women themselves, just about their clothes - and I can see no fault in that.

In another thread, people are saying exceedingly rude and unpleasant things about men with beards.

Surely sauce for the goose should be able to be as critical as sauce for the gander. And beards are far more intimately personal.

Jesus!! Lets hold each other up sisters!! There are some pretty scathing comments on here. Bitching about the appearance of other women, having a fun day out, is far worse than appearing 'common' in my view.

The thing that struck me about most of the dresses were that quite simply they were badly made and didn't fit.

I do not mean that they were revealing, just simply whether revealing or not most of them were sagging or stretching or the fabric was in great folds, and most of them had shoes that were inapproriate, or in some cases made them stand so badly with their bums sticking out, most unflattering.

Thare were women there both revealing, or more mature who did look elegant and whose clothes did fit them properly, but an awful lot of them looked like 'wear once and chuck' dresses from Shein.

There aren’t many who wouldn’t belong on the ‘common’ thread. Two or three at most.

lemsip

oh dear, the lady with piercings on face, shaven sides of head and mohican hairstyle posing with a tray of chips belongs on the 'commom' thread. ha ha

HI, surely if the racecourse felt that eating chips did not portray the correct image then it would not be selling them?

There is a thread running 'what do you think is common.' Those pictures are an example.

I was surprised because the Telegraph showed a picture of a group of young, slim pretty girls in different coloured sheath dresses and they all looked most attractive.; I thought that was the picture to which you were referring.

oh dear, the lady with piercings on face, shaven sides of head and mohican hairstyle posing with a tray of chips belongs on the 'commom' thread. ha ha

This gal's got the right idea.

Dizza25

I was there today, in the picnic area, it was a great day and lovely to see everyone dressed up. Can’t say I saw anything inappropriate, but horses for courses.

I haven’t been there for years but I loved it. We used to go when The Ebor was in a Wednesday. I love the pre parade ring with all the trees.

It’s what you do when you’re younger. I recall swimming at Henley in my underwear many years ago, fortunately no pictures!

I was there today, in the picnic area, it was a great day and lovely to see everyone dressed up. Can’t say I saw anything inappropriate, but horses for courses.

Go for it girls, strut your stuff!
I'm all for women being what they want. I wouldn't wear clothes like that, but perhaps I would when younger with a figure to match.