HEARTS

Launching a racing season is about anticipation — and the people who create it are the ones with the audiences. Ellerslie brought us in to open the season in style and, each year, unveil a brand-new space on course: The Stables one year, the Tote on Ascot the next.

So we styled a long lunch worth photographing — layered florals in raceday reds and pinks, a table designed to be shared as much as sat at, and tastings with beverage partner The Ned. Thirty influencers, one beautiful afternoon, and a season's worth of content before the first race was run.