Yes, the fun and frippery of Ascot fashion is in full flow, but Ladies' Day is where it’s at!

I love all the creativity that goes with it, all the different ideas, ingenuity and the colour.

I get so inspired by the pieces that we see in the paper and on the TV highlights, and I hope that you will also come on my little journey of Hatastic! picks.

Summer Yellow Irish Fascinator by Hatastic!

When people go food shopping nowadays, they often look at where the vegetables were grown, where the chicken was raised, and now people are realising that they can do this with gifts, clothes, homewares etc by buying Handm@de.

Everything at Handm@de is exactly that, and by supporting Handm@de you are supporting local artists and crafters.

Nine Millinery students from Leeds College of Art will be launching their debut collections in the Life & Style Marquee at Yorkshire Post Ladies' Day, Wetherby Races on Thursday 20 May.

Having only been in business since 2007, William Chambers has already been nominated at the Scottish Fashion Awards 2008, won the Creative 30 competition and featured in The List's Style Issue as one of the hottest young designers in the country. They said:

So moving swiftly on from ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’, we bravely turn to HRH Queen Elizabeth.

2009: No – not the rather hip and trendy bar in Nottinghill (although it is the official venue of London Fashion Week 18–22 September – so quite cool really), 

2009: Well the day is nearly upon us! What? You say…The Eclipse? Or Ladies Day at Glorious Goodwood? Well BOTH! Sort of…

So following on from last weeks’ blog, where I interviewed Louis Mariette (who I incidentally saw in my local suppliers this week!), you may remember that he would love to see Kristin Scott Thomas in one of his creations?

2009: Some of you will have trawled through the many weird and wonderful hats from Ascot this year, and I am sure you will have noticed this amazing creation by Louis Mariette: