Right - i've worked out what to do with the fascinator - next problem is...

[TicTacsMum]

...what combo do i go for?

Basics will be high brown boots, brown linen trousers and brown, gold and orange halterneck top.

Do i add the fascinator, wrist corsage and pashmina thing or will I look like a dog's dinner?

I've ordered and paid for the corsage so I feel obliged to wear that but I could return the pashmina or fascinator if necessary.

So... do I go for

everything

the corsage and pashmina

the corsage and fascinator

just the corsage????

Thanks!!!

Did you not see mine when we met, NQC?

No? Well that was subtlety for you, dear.

Oh, you have a casual merkin? I just have my formal one, which is v. hard to wear in a subtle way. The sequins itch, for one thing.

NQC

in England we never wear our sequinned merkins until after Labor Day