1/48Sam Frost and Sasha Mielczarek. Picture: Richard Dobson
The finest frocks inside the Birdcage
PHOTOS: FROM florals to fascinators, the fashion stakes have soared on Cup Day this year. Who’s got it right and who hasn’t? Step inside the Birdcage.
2/48Rebecca Judd pictured at The Birdcage at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne at the 2015 running of The Melbourne Cup. Picture: Richard Dobson
3/48Foreign Affairs minister Julie Bishop and David Panton in the Birdcage on Melbourne Cup Day in Flemington Tuesday Nov. 3, 2015. The Victoria Derby Day is part of Melbourne’s spring racing carnival. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy)
4/48Megan Gale. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
5/48Lady Kitty Spencer in Emirates. Picture: Alex Coppel
6/48Jennifer Hawkins pictured at The Birdcage at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne at the 2015 running of The Melbourne Cup. Picture: Richard Dobson
7/48Snezana Markoski and Sam Woods. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
8/48Rachael Finch. Picture: Alex Coppel
9/48Ashley Hart inside the Birdcage. Picture: Alex Coppel
10/48Nadia Bartel poses for photos in the Birdcage on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. (AAP Image/Julian Smith)
11/48Danielle Spencer. Picture: Alex Coppel
12/48Melissa Rivers in the Birdcage on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne Tuesday Nov. 3, 2015. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy)
13/48Joel McHale in the Birdcage on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne Tuesday Nov. 3, 2015. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy)
14/48Bec Hewitt. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
15/48Bec and Lleyton Hewitt. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
16/48Bachelors from the recent season of the Bachelorette. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
17/48Tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
18/48Sam Armytage. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
19/48Natalie Barr in the Birdcage on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy)
20/48Actor Sophie Lowe. Picture: Alex Coppel
21/48Gina Liano. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
22/48Hamish and Andy having fun as they arrived. Picture: Alex Coppel
23/48Hamish Blake and Andy Lee pictured at The Birdcage at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne at the 2015 running of The Melbourne Cup. Picture: Richard Dobson
24/48Christine Burke and James Tobin pictured at The Birdcage at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne at the 2015 running of The Melbourne Cup. Picture: Richard Dobson
25/48David Guetta. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
26/48Scerri Lee Biggs. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
27/48Alex Perry pictured at The Birdcage. Picture: Richard Dobson
28/48Edwina Bartholomew. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
29/48Kate Waterhouse. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
30/48(L-R) Australian Diamonds netball players Laura Geitz, Caitlin Bassett and Sharni Layton pose for photographs in the Swisse marquee at the Birdcage on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse, in Melbourne, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts)
31/48Johanna Giggs. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
32/48Kris Smith. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
33/48Kelly and Julian McMahon. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
34/48Rebecca Maddern. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
35/48Australian Netball players Laura Geitz, Sharni Layton and Caitlin Bassett. Picture: Alex Coppel
36/48Brodie Worrell pictured at The Birdcage at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne at the 2015 running of The Melbourne Cup. Picture: Richard Dobson
37/48Lauren Phillips. Picture: Alex Coppel
38/48Rebecca Harding. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
39/48Kate Peck pictured at The Birdcage at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne at the 2015 running of The Melbourne Cup. Picture: Richard Dobson
40/48NRL players Corey Parker and Cameron Smith pose for photographs in the Birdcage on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse, in Melbourne, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts)
41/48Louise Roe. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
42/48Nikki Phillips pictured at The Birdcage at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne at the 2015 running of The Melbourne Cup. Picture: Richard Dobson
43/48Rochelle Fox pictured at The Birdcage at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne at the 2015 running of The Melbourne Cup. Picture: Richard Dobson
44/48Carissa Walford pictured at The Birdcage at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne at the 2015 running of The Melbourne Cup. Picture: Richard Dobson
45/48Melbourne Cup Day. Snezana Markoski and Sam Woods. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
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47/482015 Melbourne Cup Day inside the Birdcage. Jennifer Hawkins for Myer. Picture: Alex Coppel
48/48Melbourne Cup Day. Snezana Markoski and Sam Woods. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
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