Kubonakala ngathi umbala oluhlaza ufune ngaphezu kweminye imibala kwimisitho yasebukhosini eLondon, njengoko ugqatso oludumileyo lwaseBritane "lwaseRoyal Ascot" luvulwe ngoLwesibini, phambi koKumkanikazi uElizabeth II, kwaye lo mcimbi weentsuku ezintlanu wenza unyaka bonisa eyona minqwazi mihle kunye nempahla yokunxiba, kwaye eyona nto imangalisayo kulo nyaka yayiyiSiginitsha yesiArabhu yeyona inkangeleko entle yosuku lokuqala.
Eyona mbonakalo yayintle yayiyiDuchess yaseCambridge, uKate Middleton, owakhazimla okokuqala kwilokhwe eluhlaza esayinwe ngumyili waseLebhanon uElie Saab. ibhegi ka-Elie Saab, izihlangu zesilivere "zestellate" nguGianvito Rossi, umnqwazi kaPhilip Treacy, kunye namacici kaKiki McDonough.
IBlue yayingekuphela nje ukhetho lukaKate kwesi sihlandlo, kodwa kunye nokukhethwa kukaKumkanikazi uElizabhete, owayenxibe idyasi kunye nomnqwazi ngombala ofanayo, kwaye kwakukhetho lwabazukulwana bakhe: uZara Phillips, owakhetha ingubo enemibala eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. UZimmerman onomnqwazi oluhlaza,
Ukongeza kwiNkosazana u-Eugenie owayenxibe igawuni yeleyisi eluhlaza nguMaje, kunye nodade wabo uPrincess Beatrice, owakhetha ingubo eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kaCalvin Klein enxibe umnqwazi omthubi.