Fashion at the races...

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Warning, contains pictures that commit hideous fashion crimes!

It makes me ashamed to be from the north west. How can someone leave the house looking like this?

ooh! I LOVE a good gawp at the Ladies Day

However it cannot be denied we are in the midst of an obesity crisis, and that maxi dresses should be banned

I feel your pain apple99 being from that part of the world as well. I honestly don't know what to say

I am often in Liverpool and it's not just the clothes but the make-up, hair colour and eyebrows are so harsh looking.

Another thing I see a lot is women/girls walking around the city centre with huge rollers in their hair, what is that all about?

That's 3 times this DM article has been linked to today - a record even for them!!

why do all they all look so aggressive? Are they not happy to be there?

Its all there maxi primark fascinator Lots of them look like peter kay in drag

they've all had at least three special brews and they're starting to kick in, hence the aggressive look

I think they've backed off on the spray tans a bit. Must be the economic downturn.

the best bit for me is the look on the face of the WPC holding on to the stripper in the middle of the pic

No they have laid off the fake tan because pale is in and its more classier

These pics come out in the Mail every year. I've been to the National and these girls are very much in the minority - they just dominate the pictures in the press.

York Races attract the same crowd but somehow doesn't make the news to the same extent - perhaps because it's 4 hours rather than 2 for the national press

Liverpool is quite manky style-wise though - there's a very bling culture, always has been according to my parents. (I grew up nearby, though there's a gaping chasm between the city and rural Cheshire). I blame Colleen McLoughlin and Alex Curran.

Oh yes, and before Alex Curran, there was Cilla Black.

The Only Way Is Aintree

I am from Liverpool but HATE the fake tan/thick eyebrows/massive hair obsession. Lots of clones, and the attitudes to go with it.
I know a few who are going tomorrow and they have said they probably won't even have a bet. It's ALL about what you look like. I don't really get it.

In those pics though, the knee-length camel dress with brown belt is to die for. I'd choose something like that for the Races.

I like that camel dress with the skinny tan belt too - and great pair of shoes too, with the thick cork heel.