Cricket WAGs are rivalling AFL wives and girlfriends with glamorous outfits at Allan Border Medal
Wearing sleek gowns and Kardashian-worthy makeup, cricket WAGs have gone full Brownlow mode with their latest red carpet style.
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Wearing sleek gowns and Kardashian-worthy makeup, cricket WAGs have given their AFL counterparts a run for their money with seriously fashion forward style.
Candice Warner and a string of other cricket wives and girlfriends strutted the red carpet at the Cricket Australia Awards, which could have easily doubled for the glitz and glamour of the Brownlow.
Mrs Warner opted for an off-the-shoulder dress with a thigh-high split and a plunging neckline, featuring a subtle corset detail around the waist.
The knockout dress was designed by Melbourne-based Cappellazzo Couture, which is also an AFL WAG go-to for the Brownlow and weddings.
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Hawthorn-based designer Cappellazzo Couture has previously dressed AFL WAG Jessie Murphy, along with Elsa Pataky and Instagram model Elyse Knowles.
Meantime, Allan Border Medal winner David Warner praised his wife Candice in his acceptance speech, calling her, “my wife, my rock”.
I don’t know what could ever break you, you’re absolutely fantastic, you’re an inspiration not just to me but to the girls.
“It’s hard for a man to stand up here and say a lot of nice words about people but you always seem to bring the best out of me and the kindness of my heart. I can’t thank you enough for what you do for me and our family.
“I love you dearly.”
Other cricket WAGs also ramped up their fashion game for the red carpet, where bare shoulders, metallics and red carpet-matching red dresses were trending.
Speaking to News Corp previously, Candice said the attention she receives as a cricket WAG “can be a bit overboard at times”.
“I think the attention on the partners is way too much,” Mrs Warner told News Corp in December.
“Some people … enjoy that level of attention, whereas other people just like to go to the games.”
“We also understand that it (attention) can be part and parcel at times,” Mrs Warner added.
“There’s always going to be more interest in their private life and what they do. Everyone seems to love what the WAGs are up to.”
She counts fellow WAGs Rachel Khawaja (wife of Usman Khawaja), Julie Wade (wife of Matthew Wade), and Anna Weatherlake (Peter Siddles’ wife) among her close friends on the cricket scene.
“They’re more than just wives and girlfriends now – they’re not just glamorous girls that sit there, waiting for the weekend so they can be seen,” she said, adding many WAGs were now businesswomen on – and off – social media.
But her family always comes first at the game.
“I generally keep to myself, if I am at the cricket you’ll see me with friends and family or I’m sitting with my kids,” she said.
“I’ve got nappies, I’ve got bottles – it’s a big thing going to the cricket (with her daughters).
“I do keep it real and everyone’s entitled to their own opinions, whether it be good or bad. I just take it with a grain of salt,” Mrs Warner said, of social media trolls.
“I don’t get into reading comments on the internet. We don’t really take notice too much of the negative things people have to say.
“I think if you’re honest and true to yourself, the only things that matter are your friends and family.”
