Melbourne Cup 2020: Best dressed Gold Coasters revealed
Vibrant colours, elegant fits, and handsome suits, all with touch of spring were the taste of the moment at the fashion stake. Here’s the Gold Coast Fashion on the Fields winners.
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VIBRANT colours, elegant fits, and handsome suits, all with touch of spring were the taste of the moment at the fashion stakes on Tuesday for the annual Melbourne Cup’s ‘Fashions on the Field’.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions the competition took a more virtual approach this year, in which participants had their photo taken and uploaded with their details and then
were texted if they’d won.
The top 5 winners donned an assortment of floral print, bright citrus,
flowing sleeves, pastel pants, and sleek forest jackets, with one lucky couple taking out a title each.
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Self proclaimed fashions on the field addict Renee Zorko from Ashmore won the judges over for the Best Female title with her vibrant orange and red formal jumpsuit.
She made up one half of the best dressed pair on the day with her husband-to-be Beau Zorko who took out the male runner up prize.
“I love to create for my family, I love dressing up my husband, and it’s just contagious,” Ms Zorko said.
She paired her self designed outfit with a matching wide-brimmed hat, which she also made.
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“It’s self-designed, and it was sewn by my seamstress Carol Coster as I was hospitalised and was unable to sew for an extended period of time,” she said.
“I’ve just started playing with millenary, so I made my own hat.”
“I just love bright and happy and I think life’s so short so why not just embrace it.”
Ms Zorko has been competing in race day fashion competitions for almost 2 years after being “dragged into it” by a friend at the Magic Millions.
“We just caught the bug from there,” she said.
Winners included:
Best female: Renee Zorko
Best male: Oslean Guilarte
Female runner up: Louise Brown
Male runner up: Beau Zorko
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