Isabel Oakeshott used to hate headwear. Then she got an Ascot invitation. So... Which hat's a winner for the races?

Isabel Oakshott has never been a hat person. She blames the teenage trauma of wearing a riding helmet. 


As a 14-year-old in grubby jodhpurs, she couldn't carry off the hard hat look and she's been a hat dodger ever since. So when she was invited to Royal Ascot, she drafted in top British milliner Stephen Jones OBE in the hope that he could save her pride.