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Ladies' Day


Ladies' Day
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Copyright: Zoran Stevic (zokakelt) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 216 W: 51 N: 13] (1397)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08-03
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-08-06 4:08
Viewed: 663
Points: 12
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Ladies' Day at the Galway Races (03 August 2006)
by Bridget Haggerty

The fourth day is traditionally the busiest and most stylish day of the week-long festival. It's Ladies' Day - the mid-point of Ireland's oldest and most enduring race meet when two-legged fillies, all decked out in their finest finery, fiercely compete for the coveted title of Best Dressed Person or Most Elegant Hat.

Dedicated fashion followers always outdo the horses. Winning demands fine attention to detail and a bit of luck, especially when the course is filled with so many potential champions. So, they make a splendid effort, parading in Gucci and Versace and Armani, sporting Lanzarote tans and in diet trim. The gents do their bit, too, and for Salthill native John Coen, who hasn't missed a festival in more than 30 years, getting togged up is a central theme for the week. "It's not like you can show up in a pair of jeans," he said, resplendent in white duster coat and fetching cap.

It's a glorious time to be in Ballybrit. Car parks are filled to over-flowing with mercs, beamers and jags. As well as one or more flutters on the horses, you can buy Aran jumpers and jewellery and flowers, you can join the 200-long queue waiting to withdraw cash from the ATM machine, you can quaff endless draughts of pricey bubbly in the Champagne Bar, and you can scoff burgers or oysters, curries or trotters. From one wag of a newspaper reporter: "How many Lydon House Hot Beef Rolls can a crowd of people go through in the course of a single week? (Hint, count all of the stars that there are in heaven, then double your tally.)" This same wag also asks: "Did the young man with the Mayo accent who approached a dazzlingly gorgeous six foot miracle of a woman in the Best Dressed competition and asked her “are ooh a mogol?” really think he had much of a chance, given that at this precise moment he was chewing on the foot of a pig? If Madam Bridie outside the front gate is such a dinger at the fortune telling, why couldn’t she tell me who was going to place in the Galway Hurdle? And why is it that veteran attenders of horse festivals feel it behoves them to sport the trinkets and badges they picked up at previous horse festivals?"

Every year, wads of cash are handed over to the bookies who nearly all drive to the course in very large cars, including many top of the range Mercedes. The amounts spent in the fashion race are also in the flamboyant bracket, with some ladies flying to London and Paris to find the perfect quirky style for Ballybrit.
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Great compilation of photos you have here Zoran. I like it a lot.
Thanks for sharing it my friend
Cheers

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  • jone Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2260 W: 175 N: 0] (29188)
  • [2006-08-07 2:53]

Zdravo Zorane...
Dobra ideja i odlichan kolazh... super...
pozdrav,
J.

You bring us the mood throughout your photo compilation, zoran
thanks for sharing, useful note!
stefaan

Great funny and a clever compo!
Welldone Zoran TFS
John
Ps
Thanks for your reaction on my photo:
Dutch virtuous couple

Hello Zoran,
Lots of ladies indeed! All kinds of dresses, all kinds of shapes and styles!
All presented in a pleasant collage, well done on the theme!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • BOBAN Gold Star Critiquer [C: 90 W: 0 N: 0] (167)
  • [2006-08-18 20:09]

KAKO SU SE DRUGARICE UPARADILE..........DOBRA TI JE FOTKA

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