Territory duo take out top gongs in national Melbourne Cup Carnival fashion competition
SHERLON Garbo and Christine Spielmann have shown Australia that Territorians know how to dress, taking out the men’s and women’s titles of the Myer Fashions on Your Front Lawn national competition.
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SHERLON Garbo and Christine Spielmann have shown Australia that Territorians know how to dress.
The Darwin residents took out the men’s and women’s Myer Fashions on Your Front Lawn national competitions and walked home with a swag of prizes for their effort, including a Lexus UX250h 2WD Sports Luxury valued at $70,070 each.
It was the first time Mr Garbo, whose outfit came from Zara, had entered a fashions on the field competition.
“I didn’t expect to win, and then I went outside and saw the car,” he said.
He said the win would spur him on to compete again.
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Ms Spielmann was also rapt with the win.
She wore a purple suit and hat she designed and made herself.
“It was so funny, last night I just couldn’t sleep, and I just tried to imagine I’ve won the car and what I’m doing with it. I imagined getting coffee with the girls and driving around,” she said.
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Ms Spielmann, who won the Melbourne Cup Day heat at Flemington in 2014, said this win proved Territorians knew a thing or two about fashion.
“We know how to dress and we have style, it just gets hot so we have less functions where we can show off our beautiful cocktail wear,” she said.
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