Chester's best dressed: Coordinated shoes, race day suits and £10 bargain sunnies
CheshireLive's reporter scours the streets for the best-dressed individuals
Will White, 26, steps out in coordinated Birkenstocks with Sarah O'Hagan, on a day trip from Manchester with her mother, Marie, who is visiting from Derry(Image: CheshireLive)
Glorious late-summer sunshine reaches down to every street, park and building in Chester on a very busy race day, the last of the season. CheshireLive's reporter scours the streets for the best-dressed individuals, and finds bargain sunnies, coordinated pairs of shoes, and a stunning tartan four-piece outfit complimented by a matching clutch bag.
Down on the Groves, Will White, 26, Sarah O'Hagan and her mother Marie watch the light shimmer as it reflects off the water and breaks over shaking leaves. Marie is visiting from another walled city, Derry, and says she loves "beautiful" Chester on her first time visiting.
Her daughter, Sarah, lives in Manchester, and has coordinated shoes with Will, Birkenstocks mules in a stone-coloured suede. They both pair the shoes with relaxed over-sized t-shirts.
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Marie wears a floral pinafore style dress that compliments the nearby Grosvenor Park and Roman Gardens. Heading back into the city, a couple rush down Eastgate Street draped in electric blue tartan.
Standing outside the Grosvenor Hotel, David Pullar, 57, wears a three-piece wool suit in blue plaid with matching flatcap and shirt collar; while Valerie Dale, 63, reflects David's suit with a blue tartan clutch bag. Scotsman David says he "comes down every year" to the races, and this year his suit is made by Highland Tartan.
David Pullar, 57, wears a blue plaid suit in wool fabric with matching flatcap from Highland Tartan. The scotsman is visiting Chester for the races with Valerie Dale, 63, who carries a matching clutch bag. (Image: Cheshire Live)
Originally from the South of England, Emily Wharton now lives near Brunswick dock in Toxteth, Liverpool. She sits outside Cinderbox Coffee on Bridge Street with her mother, Liz Wharton, visiting her daughter for the weekend.
Emily ties black leather loafers with a 60s pattern skirt and a lime canvas blouse. The outfit is tied together by Emily's Oliver Bonas sunglasses, which feature a subtle gold chain, reflecting the gold across the top of her loafers.
Emily Wharton, living in Brunswick, Liverpool, visits Chester with her mother, Liz Wharton, wearing green acetate Oliver Bonas sunglasses complete with gold chain(Image: CheshireLive)
The green acetate glasses also match with her mother's green dress, in keeping with today's floral theme. On Northgate Street, Robert Cross is sat with Michelle Johansen outside the Town Hall.
Robert, from St. Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, wears a traditional, three-buttoned blue mod-style suit with an open-collared white shirt, marked with subtle dark blue stripes that match it with the suit in a delicate and understated way. Michelle Johansen from Deptford, London, wears a black dress decorated with horizontal folds in a v-shape and a dark green shall that matches with her green tights.
Mod Robert Cross from St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, wears a Jump the Gun suit as he visits Chester with Michelle Johnansen from Deptford, London, who wears a look completed with £10 sunglasses from Spitalfields Market(Image: CheshireLive)
Her sunglasses make the outfit, which she purchased for just £10 at Spitalfields market in the capital. The pair are visiting Michelle's oldest friend, who lives in Handbridge. On Pepper Street, John Newton is visiting Chester with his family from Sandbach. He looks out over the ampitheatre, perhaps imagining what it looked like 1900 years ago.
He tells me he likes his florals, referring to his sharp short-sleeve shirt printed with small blossoms on a maroon field, offset by light trousers that blend the piece with practical and sturdy walking boots.
John Newton wears a floral shirt during a family outing to Chester from Sandbach(Image: CheshireLive)
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