The Durban Derby is the longest running and most popular horse race of South Africa's three annual races. Alongside the race schedule at this much loved event, colourful fashion competitions exhort audiences to dress innovatively offering prizes to the Best Dressed Person, the Most Striking Couple, and South Africa's Best Young Designer.
A glance at the audience confers the race website's proclamation that the Derby has come 'to encompass all the peoples of South Africa'. In addition to the usual flash dress of racing audiences, their sophisticated apparel, Easter egg hats, men in tails and outrageous...