The style stakes are always high during the Dubai World Cup but this year the crowd surpassed previous performances with some of the most eclectic, eccentric and outright elegant displays of high-fashion we’ve ever seen. 

When it comes to events where millinery expertise is required the results can be disastrous but this year it seems the ladies had done their research well with everything from adventurous fascinators to feathered hats and grandiose hair accessories demanding some rapturous applause. Kylie Minogue may have worked the crowd into a frenzy and the horse racing courted the sporting world’s attention, but these ladies were firmly on our radar getting a big sartorial thumbs up from us…