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The changing fashions of Aintree Ladies Day

Getty Images A woman with long, light brown hair is smiling and laughing as she tries to hold on to her fuschia-coloured fascinator. She is wearing a black-and-white patterned dress.Getty Images
Getty A grey-haired woman wears a silver tiara as she sits on a bench at Aintree. She is wearing a bright pink, puffy dress with white meshing. In one of her white gloved hands, she is holding a can of Coca-Cola with a white straw.Getty
Fasten your fascinators! The springtime weather on Merseyside can be a tad unreliable... posing a few challenges for those sporting headwear!
This great photograph, from 2006, really demonstrates that Ladies Day is loved by people of all ages

Thousands will be at Aintree Racecourse later for one of the biggest days in Liverpool's calendar.

And while fans will be glued to the racing, at least as much attention will be paid to what everyone is wearing.

From fascinators to frocks, it's a day for the people of Liverpool (and those from much further afield) to dress up and put their best (high-heeled) foot forward.

In short - to see and be seen.

Fashions may have changed enormously over the years, but the sense of excitement and fun remains the same every year.

Let's have a look back at Aintree Ladies Days from years gone by.

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