Oscars of Polo

On Monday I'm heading for the red carpet. No, not Cannes; no, not Sundance, I am off to the Audi Polo Awards. 

Held annually at the beginning of the UK polo season, they're like the Oscars of the chukka world and are a great way to catch up with everyone who has been jetting around the globe whilst I'm at my desk watching the rain outside. (OK, OK, I know I've just come back from The States so it's not reeeeeaalllly a sob story, is it?).

The Day Job has just gone to press and it's literally been foot to the floor since I've been back so it's all of a sudden dawned on me I actually have to wash my hair and put on some rocks in just a few days time. Needless to say, I haven't been on the usual pre-Audis diet, but I'm hoping that the remnants of the tan will trick people's eyes away from the squishy bits. We all have these little tricks don't we girls?

So last year I wore this:

Excuse the bomb-site room in the background; it had been a whirlwind change-and-go

But for 2013, I'm thinking Balenciaga, I'm thinking Chaos to Couture at The Met, I'm thinking Ricardo Tisci at Givenchy – all on more of a supermarket rather than supermodel budget. Here's the inspo...

Does anyone know where I can get a lookalike pair of these? They're like porn for feet.

 

 

Thoughts on this from Aqua? Watch out Audis...

Now though, it's all about a little less of these...

Credit where credit's due: Flare, Vogue, They All Hate Us, Google