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Your support makes all the difference.You won't have to sit in the Royal Enclosure at Ascot next week to experience the joys of wearing a silly hat. Take a stroll down your local high street in a pink, frothy lampshade (Fred Bare will oblige) or a neat, acid-yellow trilby (courtesy of Herbert Johnson's hatter, Prudence, who also makes hats for Vivienne Westwood) and strange things will happen to you. Dogs will bark, cyclists will veer uncontrollably, and you will find yourself wondering, "Is it the hat?" Photographs by Gavin Bond
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Red straw hat, pounds 149, by Dollargrand, and yellow leather belt, pounds 49, by Osprey, both at Fenwick, New Bond Street, W1 (0171-629 9161); red cropped top, pounds 16,99, by Oasis (0171-377 5335); red jeans, pounds 75, by APC, 124 Draycott Avenue, SW3 (0171-225 0364); red leather ballet-style court shoes, pounds 79.99 and mini-handbag, pounds 49.99, both by LK Bennett, 29-30 High Street, Wimbledon Village, SW19
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White paper hat, pounds 12.99, and red fabric and raffia sandals, pounds 49.99, by LK Bennett, as before; white cropped top, pounds 79, and stretch trousers, pounds 175, both by Calvin Klein at Harvey Nichols, Knightsbridge SW1 (enquiries, 0171-235 5000); antique wicker basket, pounds 225, from Paul Smith Women, 40 Floral Street, WC2
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Pink net fondant hat, pounds 100, by Fred Bare, available from Liberty, Regent Street, W1, Selfridges, Oxford Street, W1, and Jayne Shapley, 15 Rose Crescent, Cambridge; white linen dress, pounds 263, by Ally Capellino, at 95 Wardour Street, W1 (0171-494 0768), and Pollyanna, 16 Market Hill, Barnsley; white, two-strap sandals, pounds 69.99, by LK Bennett, as before
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Yellow mini-trilby, pounds 195, by Herbert Johnson, at 30 New Bond Street, W1 (enquiries and mail order, 0171-408 1174); yellow T-shirt, pounds 22, by Emilio Cavallini, at Whistles, 12-14 St Christopher's Place, W1, and branches nationwide; yellow mini basket bag, pounds 35, from Fenwick, as before; denim pedal-pushers, pounds 24.99, by Top Shop, Oxford Circus and branches (0171-291 2351 for local stockists)
Stylist Jo Adams
Hair and make-up Sharon Dowsett, using Aveda
Model Iris Palmer at Storm
With thanks to Robin Allsop (0956-360 875), for the use of the BMW Isetta car, the London Hilton, Park Lane, W1, and the Screen On The Green cinema, Islington, N1
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