Royal Ascot

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Welcome to the wild and wonderful world of Ladies Day, where fashion rules are flouted and convention is not the word to use. The hats were just a small part of the fashion on the show at Ascot this year. The hats worn by the race-goers were bigger, better and bolder than ever. Here's our pick of the headgear turning heads at this year's Ladies Day.

A race-goer wearing ornate hats pass through the turnstiles as they arrive on the third day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting, traditionally known as Ladies Day in Ascot in England. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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A race goer wears an ornate hat on the first day of the Royal Ascot meeting at Ascot in England on June, 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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Zara Phillips in the Parade ring on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse meeting Ascot in England on June 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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A race-goer with a hat showing a cigarette in an ashtray arrives for Ladies Day on the third day of racing at the Royal Ascot meeting on June 21, 2007. (Reuters/Toby Melville)

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Race-goers arrive for the start of the Royal Ascot race meeting in Berkshire, southern England on June 17, 2008. (Reuters/Alessia Pierdomenico)

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Princess Beatrice waves to the crowd on the third day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting, traditionally known as Ladies Day in Ascot on June 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives for the second day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot in England on June, 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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A Woman wearing a butterfly-covered hat arrives at Ascot racecourse during 'Ladies Day' at Royal Ascot in southern England on June 19, 2008. (AFP Photo/Carl de Souza)

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British Oscar-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren arrives to attend the third day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting, traditionally known as Ladies Day in Ascot on June 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons)

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Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and his Junior Wife Princess Haya bint Al Hussein are pictured at Ascot racecourse during 'Ladies Day' at Royal Ascot in southern England on June 19, 2008. (AFP Photo)