A Clotted Cream genuine Ecuadorian, straw hand woven and hand blocked, with vintage linen hand rolled petals and a Dark Bark ostrich plume waterfall pom. A naming nod to the chateau of the wonderful Jacques Fath.

With a hint of Jacques Fath from the Corbeville Plume, Alice Hare felt she could create a fabulously subversive yet tailored look for Royal Ascot – a white suit from Mango, with a shirt by Shirt Company London rebelling with double collar and elongated cuffs, Shell earrings by Grainne Morton and a double-sided V V Rouleaux velvet ribbon, worn as a neck tie, are the final flourishes.