A smart racegoer in a trilby

Luxury hats: a cut above Before you read our guide to the best luxury country hats, be sure to take a look at other essential guides from The Field: What to wear to Cheltenham; the best gumboots, sporting gilets and much, much more. The art of stylishly covering pates can…

Feathered hats

Celebrated hat maker Yvette Jelfs ruffled feathers while commentating on fashion at Royal Ascot when she told BBC viewers her hat sported the leftovers of a pheasant she’d shot and eaten. “My sinamay hat was decorated with a pheasant head and feathers. For me, it seems a huge shame not…