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Can we have our annual point and laugh at Aintree?

71 replies

justallovertheplace · 08/04/2010 19:02

courtesy of the DM, who else
and may I be the first to say,

My eyes, my eyes!!!

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justallovertheplace · 08/04/2010 19:03

And am I the only one wondering how she ever squeezed those yellow boots on?

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SuSylvester · 08/04/2010 19:10

ooh i lLOVE this

cakemix · 08/04/2010 19:11

Some people don't own mirrors.

SuSylvester · 08/04/2010 19:12

what is this trend for dying your hair two shades too dark?

SuSylvester · 08/04/2010 19:12

OW OW OW at that cpstume

SuSylvester · 08/04/2010 19:13

Dm spells sandals wrong

traceybath · 08/04/2010 19:14

Its like the guests that were in the 'big fat gypsy wedding' documentary.

They do all look like they're having a good time though and I sort of admire how they're not constrained by ummm good taste.

Does put me off maxi dresses big time though.

justallovertheplace · 08/04/2010 19:16

Gypsy wedding! That's exactly it. Are we assuming that the second lady is due imminently? Because that dress is doing nothing for her if not

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geordieminx · 08/04/2010 19:18

Reminds me of

"Whats it like to have no friends?"

"I have got friends"

"Clearly you havent... friends wouldnt let you go out looking like that"

geordieminx · 08/04/2010 19:30

I like the orange and brown maxi dress.. the girl looks nice in it... feel a bit sorry for her mate though

nighbynight · 08/04/2010 19:34

You are all being catty and mean, it is nice to see people making an effort. At least its better than looking at the saggy grey tracksuit bottoms that you see on an average Saturday afternoon in a shopping centre!

justallovertheplace · 08/04/2010 19:38

making an effort? Are you looking at the same pictures I am ?

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TheCrackFox · 08/04/2010 19:39

Aw, leave them alone. If they like their clothes then that is OK with me.

OrmRenewed · 08/04/2010 19:41

Well yes, I quite agree that if they like their clothes we shouldn't take the piss too much. But what happens if the grey tracky bottoms in a shopping centre are things of beauty to the wearer?

Either you point and laugh at people who look dreadful, or you don't. And that applies to those who don't give a shit as well as those who try too hard.

SoupDragon · 08/04/2010 19:43

LOL @ Yellow Boot Woman. What was she thinking??!

Onionpeeler · 08/04/2010 19:44

I'm sure they must be doing it for a dare? See who can get their pic in the papers?

SoupDragon · 08/04/2010 19:44

"Matalan hosted the runway event which failed to add any element of style to the Grand National"

PMSL

geordieminx · 08/04/2010 19:44

Yellow boot woman got her inspiration here

justallovertheplace · 08/04/2010 19:47

I love that the question, 'now, what will go with these vile yellow boots' was obviously met with an inspired moment of 'I know, a vile yellow pashmina'. Can't say I have anything that colour just lying around

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SoupDragon · 08/04/2010 19:51

The 80s were shite from a fashion POV first time round. Why oh why are they being relived??

meggymegmegs · 08/04/2010 20:00

I was there today with work, running a promotion. We do it every year and it is seriously hilarious to watch the sights that turn up. I have never seen so much orange skin on display in one place, it's brilliant.

I actually saw the girl in the yellow dress with the black wrap being photographed, she was over the moon, reckoned she'd make the style pages, poor, deluded fool!!

The worst is when it's freezing cold and these girls are in strappy numbers with acres of chubby, goose-bumped, orange flesh but they refuse to cover up. I love it!

Bring on ladies day tomorrow

cocolepew · 08/04/2010 20:02

Oh dear god.

nighbynight · 08/04/2010 20:15

Some of those outfits are ok, and in any case its unkind to laugh.

cocolepew · 08/04/2010 20:20

We're laughing with them.

GetOrfMoiLand · 08/04/2010 20:27

Ha HAAAA this is great.

What the hell makes a bucnh of deluded women think that maxi dresses and summer frocks is appropriate wear for a windy as hell racecourse in chilly Liverpool at the beginning of April.

They have ladies day at Cheltenham 2 weeks prior to this and people don't dress like these loons.

Bless them. I bet they think they look lovely. But they look hideous.

I remember last year there was a great big piece about Scouse style in ST Style mag, and then Aintree happened a week later and we were subject to these horrors. Lol. Stylish they aint.