Mad hatters

The fashion show was fun with some beautifully beaded and stylish jackets from Caroline Charles, although the winter hot pants left me feeling old and cold. Sitting opposite in the front row was a young woman in a stunning black hat. It had an asymmetrical brim which came out in a wave to a length of about two feet at one side and was covered with pink roses. The owner of the hat was wearing a black choker sporting another pink rose, a black "grass" skirt which was about six inches long, a black v-necked top, flesh-coloured (or possibly no) tights, enormously high black heels and three inch curved black talons. Problems arose for this woman when somebody came to sit next to the long side of her brim. She was forced to angle her head so that the brim was behind her neighbour's head which meant that she could not move her head for the entirety of the show and was unable to turn to look at what was coming down the catwalk!