Bardot’s look gets the cold shoulder from Royal Ascot
Not many people know this, but I have a surprisingly elegant nape. It is arguably my very finest feature, and the best way to share it (all beauty must be shared) is in a Bardot top. I enjoy rocking an off-the-shoulder look because it’s restrained not raunchy, chic rather than sexy, and French, so it must be classy. Right? Wrong. The Bardot neckline, named after sultry ingénue Brigitte before her reincarnation as a Front National supporting crazy cat lady, has been banned from Royal Ascot. You heard.
As of 2017, women had carte blanche to wear jumpsuits at the races, but now the Bardot is deemed de trop as it apparently no longer qualifies as formalwear, which is just a posh way of saying “common”.
Hmmm. Last year Ladies Day was marked by drunken brawling and women yanking off each other’s fascinators. The blame, I would hazard a guess, lay with the surfeit of bubbles rather than the dress code.
How dare they besmirch bare-shouldered frocks when the real problem is bare-knuckle fights?