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Ascot have released their own official photos of what they would like their racegoers to wear when attending the races next week:-
Nothing less than Dior and diamond jewels by Asprey for a day of preening and promenading on the Royal Lawns.
The horses of course steal the show, beautiful just as nature intended.
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Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Why does he have to prove or justify the results of the survey?
The attendance figures surely show racegoers are happy with the policy.
Barnett was in charge of Aintree before moving to Ascot, I think Aintree is the antithesis of Ascot and is the least snobbish course in the country.
He doesn’t need to justify the results of the survey, just provide them or some may think they don’t exist.
I’m not quite sure why there should be a correlation between attendance figures and racegoers being happy with the policy and it being right. I’ve no reason to believe the crowds wouldn’t be at least the same even with much laxer rules, have you evidence they would be smaller?
We all know of Barnett’s past at Aintree but I would suggest he’s found his true vocation now at Ascot.
It’s good that Ascot tries to maintain standards of dress at a time when society has become much less deferential and the "anything goes" brigade is now firmly in charge across all aspects of society.
Ultimately, the traditionalists are fighting a losing battle because so many people now have a chip on their shoulder. Sneering at what many people see as stuffy, toffee-nosed displays of supposed social superiority has been on the march for years.
If people can’t be bothered to make the effort and dress in the required way, they can stay away and watch the racing in the betting shop or at home if they want.
If they don’t like wearing ties or complying with other aspects of the dress code, they don’t have to attend the meeting. This attitude of "It doesn’t matter what I wear, I should be able to wear what I like" is symptomatic of a general sliding in standards and a rise in the I-couldn’t-care-less attitude.
Even at weddings or funerals, where you would think a bit of respect might be appropriate, it’s amazing the number of people who turn up as guests in open-neck shirts, jeans and other casual, inappropriate clothes.
Anyone who says anything, of course, is branded judgemental (the worst insult that can be levelled in today’s dumbed-down, me-me-me society). At posh hotels with dress codes for meals, it’s amazing the number of people who turn up wearing jeans. They don’t even realise how ignorant it is.
The rise of chav culture means that if Royal Ascot were staged near where I work, most of the people would turn up in tracksuits, hoodies and baseball caps. The dress code for women would be thongs showing above the tracksuit bottoms. Tattoos would be compulsory for everyone.It’s good that Ascot tries to maintain standards of dress at a time when society has become much less deferential and the "anything goes" brigade is now firmly in charge across all aspects of society.
Ultimately, the traditionalists are fighting a losing battle because so many people now have a chip on their shoulder. Sneering at what many people see as stuffy, toffee-nosed displays of supposed social superiority has been on the march for years.
If people can’t be bothered to make the effort and dress in the required way, they can stay away and watch the racing in the betting shop or at home if they want.
If they don’t like wearing ties or complying with other aspects of the dress code, they don’t have to attend the meeting. This attitude of "It doesn’t matter what I wear, I should be able to wear what I like" is symptomatic of a general sliding in standards and a rise in the I-couldn’t-care-less attitude.
Even at weddings or funerals, where you would think a bit of respect might be appropriate, it’s amazing the number of people who turn up as guests in open-neck shirts, jeans and other casual, inappropriate clothes.
Anyone who says anything, of course, is branded judgemental (the worst insult that can be levelled in today’s dumbed-down, me-me-me society). At posh hotels with dress codes for meals, it’s amazing the number of people who turn up wearing jeans. They don’t even realise how ignorant it is.
The rise of chav culture means that if Royal Ascot were staged near where I work, most of the people would turn up in tracksuits, hoodies and baseball caps. The dress code for women would be thongs showing above the tracksuit bottoms. Tattoos would be compulsory for everyone.Well said.
And are society or individual lives any better for these slides in standards? Of course not. The poor are still poor and the rich are still rich and the snobs are still appointing dress code assistants. And the large group in the middle are being dragged down to the lowest common denominator.
Of course it could easily be argued that dressing in top hat and tails and stupid hats is fancy dress as it’s not the kind of thing that people normally wear.
Wearing suits etc doesn’t make you a better person, some of the biggest crimes in the world are commited by people who wear suits.
I also don’t buy the Ascot line that people support the dress code because they always have high attendances. The attendance would be just as high if people were allowed in wearing jeans and undoubtably more of them would actually be interested in the racing rather than being there just because of the occaision and to be seen.
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