2016 Oaks Day fashion
OAKS Day is also known as Ladies Day. Check out all of the day’s looks here.
Spring Racing
Bolt raring to go for ladies day
USAIN Bolt is raring to get trackside for Oaks Day (aka ladies day) today. The world’s fastest man met Jennifer Hawkins ahead of the big race.
The Cup tradition finally broken
THE part of the Melbourne Cup that many onlookers look forward to every year is media coverage of the carnage. How bad was it?
Gina Rinehart stacks it at Cup
OUCH. Gina Rinehart fell down a flight of stairs in the Emirates Marquee during a rare appearance at the Melbourne Cup.
Did a homemade frock deserve the win?
WHILE the screams and cheers echoed trackside for the big race, two NZ sisters had a surprising win of a different kind.
Why were all the celebs matching?
JENNIFER Hawkins broke with fashion tradition at the Cup today, but there’s another trend that has clearly taken over the Birdcage.
Worst celeb fails at the Melbourne Cup
ON the outside everything looks perfect. But these are the race day moments our celebrities would rather forget.
Melbourne Cup 2016: Best and worst fashion
ALL the fashion action from Flemington racecourse for the 2016 Melbourne Cup.
Six kinds of people you meet at Melbourne Cup
THE celebs might look good, but it’s the punters who provide the best entertainment. Here are the six types of people we found at the Cup.
‘Luckily I was wearing Spanx’
SUNRISE presenter Edwina Bartholomew suffered an awkward wardrobe malfunction at the Melbourne Cup, but she took it in good humour.
Melbourne Cup 2016: Racegoer’s flamboyant fashion
MELBOURNE Cup isn’t just about celebrity fashion, some of the wildest looks are courtesy of the general public.
Worst bluffs used to get inside marquees
DON’T even think about using these lines to bluff your way into the Birdcage. The gatekeepers have heard some outrageous lies.
Ten style tips from racing royalty
EMMA Freedman’s father is a five-time Melbourne Cup-winning trainer, and she knows a thing or two about racing style. She reveals this season’s trends.
Celeb fashion heats up for Derby Day
FASHION was the real winner at this year’s Derby Day where celebrities went for lace and statement headpieces to class up the day.
After the race ‘we find lots of underwear’
CRAIG LOVETT has been cleaning up after the Spring Racing Carnival for 30 years. He’s unearthed some memorable items in that time.
Why this look wouldn’t fly in Melbourne
BRIGHT suits, neck scarfs and slippers. These are all things you do not want to be caught dead in while you’re in Melbourne this spring.
Sneak peek at Melbourne Cup marquees
A BEAUTY salon offering makeup touch-ups, rooms pumped with signature scents and even a pool … this year’s marquees inside the Birdcage are incredible.
What not to wear to the races
IT’S a day at the races not the beach so leave the crop tops and shorts in the wardrobe. This event calls for something else entirely.
The make-up mistakes you’re making
WHILE not everyone is as skilled at DIY make-up, there are some tricks that can give you a more flawless look during this year’s party season.
Irwin a red hot drawcard on race day
MODEL Megan Blake Irwin will be among the 12,000 punters at Royal Randwick today for the time-honoured George Main Stakes, which is going with ‘a touch of red’ dress code this year.
Fashion at the Races just got serious
THE style stakes are higher than ever for racegoers attending Wednesday’s Balaklava Cup — now there’s cash involved.
Women in vicious brawl at the races
A DAY at the races descended into violent chaos for a group of at least five women, who were seen kicking and punching each another on camera.
‘Not the first time I’ve embarrassed my kids’
SHE’S not embarrassed, but her kids sure are. The “Soaks Day” streaker has spoken about her near-nude trackside gallop.
#SoaksDay: Woman strips down
THE fashion was on point, but Mother Nature had other plans for the Oaks Day. One woman made the most of it, stripping on live TV.
Oaks Day 2015: Fashion
SEE all the fashion hits and misses at Oaks Day 2015.
Cup Day inspo: Australia’s first hat
AS the nation pins on its fascinator and sets its cap at a jaunty angle, we look back at the hat that made us a world-leader in the headwear field.
Swank and Mauboy guilty of ‘faux pas’?
WERE Jessica Mauboy and Hilary Swank cast aside for wearing the ‘wrong’ clothes at the Spring Racing Carnival?
‘Stuck naked in a porta potty’
WHEN Em Rusciano got invited into the Birdcage at Melbourne Cup things got weird, like getting stuck naked in a porta potty.
Overheard in the Melbourne Cup toilets
WHAT goes on tour stays on tour right? Well it did until now. These are the top 10 things we overheard in the toilets at the Melbourne Cup.
The surprising Cup fashion trend
We’re used to seeing loads of bare flesh at the Spring Carnival, but this year the trend took an unexpected turn.
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