Hats off to the ladies of Ascot!
The once strict regulations of the ascot ladies day seems to have relaxed a little this year giving way to some outlandish fashion! Some funky fascinators some happening hats and some err interesting works of art!
Some ladies thought it was all about size! with large ornate headdresses with brightly dyed ostrich and pheasant feathers. (not sure how much of the races the lady on the left actually saw!) Others opted for quirky little numbers.
Some ladies attracted attention for all the wrong reason though hats off to the milliners who made those concoctions stay upright!
For me these ladies wore the best hats by far! Pure class! Large hats in pastle colours work because their striking without being an eyesaw. Red suits everyone teamed with white and black equals pure elegence.
And it wasn’t just the men who went all out for Ascot this year, I’m loving the peacock top hat it takes a real man to wear that many sequins!
And who better to finish with then her majesty who looked beautifully demur in her colour coded pieces.
Collaboration with Russell Robin Hair Studio.
At a recent charity event Natalie-Joy (N.Joy) met the lovely owners of the Russell Robin hair studio. Wearing one of her own creations N.Joy and Robin (one of the dynamic brothers who own and run the studio) got into a conversation about fashion hats and hair. N.Joy was invited to a collaboration shoot mixing Robin Neal’s creative hair colouring and styling with N.Joy’s distinctive headwear.
N.Joy was thrilled to work with someone who had worked with celebrities like Amy Winehouse, Rodger Moore and Depeche Mode. As well as working with well know singers and actors. Both brothers have travelled widely with their work and exhibited their artistic hairstyling at such events like Malan fashion week and the Brit awards. To a budding young business women like N.Joy this was an opportunity not to be missed. The brothers originally from Essex trained and worked in Regents Street London but moved to the beautiful location of Cornwall to bring up their families though this has not but a dampener on their career.
N.Joy has been lucky enough to do a lot of amateur modelling in her youth so she was delighted to not only have her hats used in this shoot but to be the model as well.
A few days before the Shoot Robin took N.Joy’s dark auburn somewhat straggly locks with its grown out fringe and split ends and transformed her to a radiant redhead with dramatic blunt fringe.
On the day of the shoot, Robin put N.Joy’s hair up in a high French pleat styled updo and put her in front of the camera with a collection of hats and outfits the quirky shoot had a distinctly 60’s feel to it, directed and shot by Robin (who is also a talented photographer). The shoot was a brilliant success. The full shots have not been released yet but here’s a sneak preview. Keep watching for the final shots and Advertising campaign .
