Royal Ascot : Feedback Another style (the Ascot hats) Poem for Julia Bradbury by Chris Brookes gone, the lakehills-trod foot-weathered-moulded boots which, appropriate to mark out allweather names and fame wainrighting the rough trails for us downcountry types from the lowlands ... so many, these exotic haunts (I cut my ‘A’ Level teeth on the Langdales) today instead, I perforce restrict’ from the fells by injury just memory-bound; whilst other sporty, televisual thoughts hold of horse-preened, jockey orange-and-green or any mix best of all, the glamour of the satined lace of dresses, and the hats, life exuberanced! one lady stands out from the throng sheened to perfect teaste, and parallel to the run, of ever changing equine pace and grace deftness of fashion change she balances colour, design with eleganced presentment no need a flaunty catwalk for her and daily the effortless finesse above, over, staid time overlaid: gents’ dead-as-dodos top hats hers: the finest trimmed brimmed tells-all-the-sporting tales millinery: beauty of day another sport, style, of the person. Back to Feedback
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