Ladies Day Ascot fashion 2017: from leg-length florals to pop art pom poms, it's all about the hats at this year's races

Catch up on all the looks during Ladies Day at the Berkshire racecourse
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Charlie Teather23 June 2017

A typically glamorous affair annually, Royal Ascot kicked off on Tuesday and has already welcomed a whole host of intriguing outfits.

From hats crafted from shards of metal to those embedded with edible macarons, attendees have shown no sign of creative modesty.

But despite the week's earlier impressive looks, there is one day every year on the Ascot itinerary that surpasses all previous levels of sartorial inventiveness.

Yesterday the Berkshire racecourse celebrated its Ladies Day, one of the hottest tickets in every keen racegoer's calendar.

With hats the day's biggest - and possibly most inevitable - style talking point, attendees were been spotted arriving in a whole host of fascinating pieces.

Diana Horn, from Austin Texas, arrived at Ascot in a simple black shift dress which she paired with one of the heaviest-looking hats we expect to see all day.

Deep purple flowers woven together with organza holding it all together, Horn's head piece fell in front of her shoulder, skimmed over her waist and finished at the top of her thigh.

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With many of the day's hats featuring floral embellishment of some sort, a number of attendees made an extra effort to stand out from others.

One arrival sported an enormous palm leaf in the centre of her botanic head piece, while another went in an entirely different direction with a square pop art-inspired fascinator featuring pom poms and coloured pearls protruding from its base.

Ascot 2017 fashion - in pictures

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