Friday, 12 November 2021

This weekend, I am mostly dressing casual...


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...like the irrepressible Mrs Shilling, doyenne of Royal Ascot Races' Ladies' Day (wearing the millinery creations of her son David) for three decades!

Gertrude Ethel T. Shilling (3rd March 1910 - 13th October 1999)


Footnote:

I was prompted to post this arising from a comment exchange over at Inexplicable Device, where the lovely Dinahmow compared me to the dearly-missed Gertrude...

13 comments:

  1. Oh, blimey! It looks as if the poor woman got caught in an endless packaging loop in a Cadbury's factory.

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    1. hahaha. It's certainly not one of her better creations!

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    2. I'm not overly keen on her outsize muff. Jx

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    3. Once you pass a certain age, that's what you have to look forward to. J

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  2. She looks like she should do well to stay away from matches.
    Sx

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  3. I wonder if that giant bonnet improved her ability to here long-distance gossipers.

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    1. On would sincerely hope so. Gertrude certainly looks as if she'd love a bit of gossip! Jx

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  4. The best any man could do to compete was Prince Monolulu, of course.

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    1. Thank you, Autocylus, for bringing this extraordinary man to my attention - I had never heard of him before. Quite the character!

      He and Gertrude never competed for the attention of the press, however. He died in 1965, the year before she wore her first extravaganza to Ascot... Jx

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