ASBOs at Ascot

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Psst…. about to answer one of those questions that gets knocked about in standard celeb fashion interviews all the time, the "What is the worse thing you ever wore?"  It's not much of a shocker though.  During my uni days when I needed some extra dough for a) expensive apples (living in halls across from Selfridges did much to warp food prices in my head), b) a new glitzy top for a Saturday night and c) both the apples and the top, I would do a bit of silver service waitressing at places like Arsenal Football Club and annual events like Goodwood Races, Ascot etc. I had to don this standard cheap black waistcoat from a food services suppplier's store, a crappy white shirt from New Look (wasn't about to fork out for a nice white shirt for a waitressing job…) and the only black pencil skirt I had bought from some random cheap market where they cut labels out of clothes and offload stock in a mysterious manner. Oh and flat black shoes from Barratts which doesn't even exist anymore!

At Ascot in particular, I witnessed of course the infamous plethora of crazy hats and being a hat lover myself, serving up roast beef with horseradish in sad said outfit was just no fun at all.  Now, if I got to wear one of Le Tour de Force's new range of made-to-order headpieces whilst doling out minted new potatoes, that literally would have obliterated all of the dullness going on below the shoulders. Afterall, why shouldn't wait staff get stuck in and involved in the hat frolicking of Ascot.  Of course I may be the only one out of my fellow silver service crew prepared to wear a multi-coloured pinata headdress.  At the very least, the perpetually drunk old man (EVERY table had a perpetually drunk old man that wasn't at all interested in the races and would nod off at every opportunity) would be amused. That the collection is called ASBOS (that's Anti-Social Behaviour Order for non-UK peeps…) at ASCOT is even more apt…
 

DAISY FACE 

FALDA   PHAROE

MAGO 

TRITAN  

PINATA

31 comments

  4. Well at least you didn’t have to ear a baseball cap. or a bow tie
    /shudders

  12. Argh now I have flashback of me doing catering and barista work having to wear ill-fitting cheap dress shirts because I was a skinny teen with a HUGE bust. So glad those days have passed. I do like the ruffled pink (fushia? magenta? I don’t shades of color)headdress, but that’s probably because it’s the least extreme one there. That also reminds me that I should go find a miniature top hat to stick to a headband- d.i.y my own fancy headdress!

  13. Those hats would make perfect costume accessories(or something to wear for
    a Halloween party…)

  14. Many of the runway shows featured crazy hat embellishments this year! It was so cool. These hats are great..I bet it was all worth it in the end though cause you are doing great things now! Check out my coverage of Japan Fashion Week if you get a chance!

  15. haha this gave me a laugh! donning one of these for a day wud be funny indeed, just to see the reactions.

  16. Crap, I had forgotten all about that little stain on my right shoulder from carrying the tray…and the guy who walked over and took his tip back off of the table because I didn’t let him butt in line at the register…and the b*tchy women who kept sending me back for more rolls and water because the liked to see me run, grrrrr. I would have loved to hide under that last hat with all of the fringe.

  20. you are a true master. you never fail to surprise with new, wacky finds. Hats down!

  22. Yo yo. Hope you had/have a safe flight back home. Apologies for severe fangirl-ness last night. I was going to go and say hello again at the after-party, but was too embarassed. xxx Ailbhe

  23. oh dear, but at least a lovely hat would put a smile on everyone’s faces !XXX
    ps. I’m sorry to be the one braking the news but Barratts has gone in to administration

  24. we used camille’s pieces at a charity fashion show recently – when i went to collect the pieces to borrow i had a wee sneak preview of these and they are even better in real life. i even fondled the fringing on that last one! HUGE fan of her work.
    saskia xoxo

  25. I was just thinking about Ascot on the tube ride home yesterday.
    As for shity uniforms, my decently-paid reception job requires me to wear a polyester potato sack and flat black shoes (from Clarks). They’ve recently ‘upgraded my uniform so that now I have to wear a dip-dye blue polyester scarf. I have to tie it into a bow. I feel like a poodle. The only upside is that the scarf is made in Italy.
    I like this new collection much better than the last one. It’s much more outrageous and colourful.

  26. Hahaha. Pretty crazy hats!
    I’ve been reading your blog but I’m kinda shy to ask if I could link you to mine. Would that be okay? Thanks!
    xoxo,
    donna

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