Ascot's creative director reveals how to: Win the style stakes in summer suiting Daniel W. Fletcher says swap your showy dress for colourful, modern tailoring READ MORE: Leopard is the print of the season. Our fashion expert reveals how to tame the tackiest trend – and make you look younger By Kate Wills For The Daily Mail Published: 20:14, 19 June 2024 | Updated: 20:15, 19 June 2024 e-mail View comments The fashion pageant of Royal Ascot has always been a barometer, and inspiration, for summer event dressing at large.
And the hot tip from Ascot as the racing gets under way this week? Swap your showy dress for colourful, flowing, modern tailoring. Leading the field is the race meeting’s first-ever creative director, Daniel W. Fletcher, a unisex designer who has dressed both Harry Styles and The Crown star Emma Corrin .
He has delved into the Ascot archives to create a lookbook of timeless yet modern outfits for 2024, including brocade suits and crisp shirt dresses paired with ties. ‘Dressing for occasion is something we seldom find the time to do nowadays,’ says Fletcher, who has been a racegoer for many years and says he was ‘a little daunted, but incredibly excited’ when Royal Ascot approached him for the role. Hat, £109, phase-eight.
com; blouse, £225, and skirt, £285, both lisou.co.uk; shoes, £225, fairfaxandfavor.
com Hat, £390, stephenjonesmillinery.com; blazer, £360, top, £114, and trousers, £230, all essentiel-antwerp.com Sharp suits continue to domi.