Mother was terrified of her big giraffe hat Celebrated designer David Shilling tells Alan Tyers why no one could light up the royal meeting like glamorous Gertrude

• Published in: Daily telegraph (London, England : 1969)
• Main Author: Shilling, David
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: London (UK) Daily Telegraph 20.06.2017
• Subjects: Piggott, Lester

The week Lester Piggott won his first Gold Cup here, Lonnie Donegan was top of the charts: that was 1957; the last time The Long Fellow triumphed in that race it was 1982 and punk rock had been and gone. Highlights over the years included "an amazing gold silk and ostrich feather concoction tha...