Haute and heavy:Melbourne Cup’s best dressed

Haute and heavy:Melbourne Cup’s best dressed

There was only one question on everyone’s lips:would the tropical conditions encourage the wearing of shorts?

  • byMelissa Singer

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Put down the fascinator. Racewear has run its course

Put down the fascinator. Racewear has run its course

It’s time to rip up the fashion rule book for the Melbourne Cup and let style win.

  • byDamien Woolnough
‘Edgy with just a touch of b-tch’:Derby Day’s top five best-dressed

‘Edgy with just a touch of b-tch’:Derby Day’s top five best-dressed

What the Derby Day fashions like.

  • byDamien Woolnough
‘Racing is a risk’:Designers and retailers are taking a new approach to racewear

‘Racing is a risk’:Designers and retailers are taking a new approach to racewear

As crowds have fallen,so has the amount people are spending on raceday fashion – and brands are taking note.

  • byMelissa Singer
The 2023 Melbourne Cup Carnival Birdcage enclosure unveiled
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The 2023 Melbourne Cup Carnival Birdcage enclosure unveiled

The 2023 Melbourne Cup Carnival marquees include Lexus,Penfolds,G.H Mumm,Crown,Schweppes,Furphy and Don Julio 1942 Tequila

‘You’ve got to be joking’:Gai rails against shorts for men during Cup week

‘You’ve got to be joking’:Gai rails against shorts for men during Cup week

Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Gai Waterhouse,one of racing’s great ambassadors,says she’s against allowing men to wear shorts in the members’ area at Flemington during Cup week.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
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Spring racing fashion rule change
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Spring racing fashion rule change

Shorts are among the fashion items permitted in the members'areas at Flemington - but there are some conditions.

Forever New’s racewear edit
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Forever New’s racewear edit

Fashion brand Forever New is still promoting racing on its social media but is doing less in-store marketing for the spring carnival.

Caulfield Cup:Fashion’s top five

Caulfield Cup:Fashion’s top five

Melbourne’s weather tested a variety of trends on the first major day of Victoria’s spring carnival

  • byDamien Woolnough
As Myer and the Melbourne Cup part ways,there’s still hope for race day fashion

As Myer and the Melbourne Cup part ways,there’s still hope for race day fashion

Australia’s biggest horse race may have found itself without a fashion sponsor,but trackside style could be the ultimate winner.

  • byMelissa Singer
No skirting the gender issue as racing fashion winner makes history

No skirting the gender issue as racing fashion winner makes history

The VRC’s first gender-inclusive Fashions on the Field competition has seemingly paid off,with the winner of the best suited competition making his own skirt.

  • byMelissa Singer