These outfit suggestions for Henley Regatta 2011 will ensure you tick all the right fashion boxes while ensuring you dress choice is in-keeping with the dress code for Henley Royal Regatta.  Unless in the Stewards’ Enclosure, if you are attending Henley Regatta 2011 smart casual dress is all that’s required. However, many women choose to dress up for the Royal Henley Regatta whether they are in the Stewards’ Enclosure or not.   Not ones to do things by halves at GirlMeetsDress, we wholeheartedly support women who choose to pull out all the stops come event day (after all, these things only come round once a year!) So, whether you’ve got to get your hemline just below the knee for the Stewards’ Enclosure, or you’re just looking to look fabulous at the prestigious rowing event, here are some outfits that are guaranteed to do both.

Look Great (& Appropriate) for the Henley Regatta 2011

This Nicola de Main Flamingo coral dress is demure and sexy without revealing too much leg.  Dress for hire: £49. RRP: £190. Pair with wedges and minimal jewellery such as this emerald cut cuff by Blaguette available to buy for £105.

‘Fascinate’ at Henley Regatta 2011

This chic chiffon Ballard silk printed dress by Tory Burch comes has (fittingly for a dress code for Henley Royal Regatta) a boat neckline, and elasticized pleated belt.  Why not pair with this fabulous fascinator as modelled in the photo here (heavens, the outfit is going nowhere near Henley Regatta 2011!) Oh! Nena ‘Ofelia’ fascinator available to buy for £19 from our designer dress hire website ‘for sale’ section. Would look even lovelier set off by these Cordelia earrings, £290 from Blaguette.

‘Maxi’-mum Glamour at Henley Regatta 2011

Our third (but by no means) final answer to nailing the dress code for the Royal Regatta is this elegant art deco Glamazonian ruffle maxi dress by Suzannah.  To those in the fashion know, the dress, with its print designed and painted especially for the brand and printed on silk chiffon from Como, Italy, is the epitome of exclusivity and sartorial elegance. Hire the dress for £79, (RRP was £475). Pair with these ‘Kiss Me Kate’ earrings, £85.

With the Henley Royal Regatta 2011 fast approaching, now is the time to start thinking about an outfit.  And with that, should come a  swift adherence to the dress code for the Henley Royal Regatta.  It’s important you get it right; get it wrong and you risk being turned away for not meeting the strict requirements of the assigned dress code for Henley Royal Regatta Stewards’ Enclosure.  (If you’re not going to be in the Stewards’ Enclosure then smart casual dress is more than acceptable. ) Thankfully in all 172 years of the rowing event’s existence, the dress code for the Henley Royal Regatta Stewards’ Enclosure has remained very much fixed in place.

Dress Code for Henley Royal Regatta – Dresses with Short Hemlines Beware!

That the dress code for Henley Royal Regatta is renowned for being particularly strict was proved at the event two years previously when a 22 year old girl from Ascot, Berkshire was turned away from the distinguished Stewards’ Enclosure at the Henley Royal Regatta. Wearing a strapless, ruffled peach dress from Reiss, student Lucy Mogford was turned away after guards told her her dress did not cover her knees, and therefore did not sufficiently meet the specified dress code for Henley Royal Regatta.  Even despite Miss Mogford’s protests that she had been allowed into the Royal Enclosure at Royal Ascot wearing the same dress earlier that year, Royal Henley Regatta stewards denied her entry to the Steward’s Enclosure.  While the student maintained she’d been allowed into the Royal Enclosure at Ascot earlier that year, the dress didn’t succeed in passing the strict dress code for Henley Royal Regatta test.

The Rules: Dress Code for Henley Royal Regatta Stewards’ Enclosure – Ladies

• A dress OR suit with a hemline below the knee
• Culottes, divided skirts, or trousers of any kind are NOT permitted
• Ladies are also encouraged to wear hats or fascinators

Henley Royal Regatta 2011

If you’re not a culottes fan, the no-culottes mandate might come as a welcome restriction.  The exacting hemline length rules, however, might serve more as an annoyance- high-street and even designer fashions don’t always run parallel to the dress code diktats of events such as Henley Royal Regatta.    However, with our online designer dress hire boutique catering to women with special occasions and events to go to, we guarantee that women in need of a dress that meets the requirements of the dress code for Henley Royal Regatta 2011 will have no trouble finding something that meets both their and the vigilant stewards’ approval.  Pictured are some of our suggestions for the perfect outfit, all of which are designer dresses for hire on our website.