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Sydney Morning Herald
6 days ago
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- Sydney Morning Herald
Hats at dawn: Sydney and Melbourne battle for racing fashion supremacy
The horse-racing wars between Melbourne and Sydney's spring carnivals have begun and the weapons of choice are hats, ties and dresses rather than riding crops – unless they match your outfit. Formal fashion competitions are returning to the Sydney Spring Carnival after a near two-year absence, hot on the Jimmy Choo heels of the announcement by the Australian Turf Club of a $7 million trackside hospitality facility at Royal Randwick in Sydney called Base Camp, challenging the Birdcage at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. You can't have a rival birdcage without feathers, even if they're sticking out of hats. 'Fashion is officially back on track,' says Donna Forbes, head of commercial at the ATC. 'There was strong demand for the competition's return from our loyal racing enthusiasts, racegoers and members of the public.' Formal fashion judging will take place from the Sydney Surf to Turf Day on September 20 to The Everest on October 18, with the winners announced on Moët & Chandon Spring Champion Stakes Day on October 25. Loading Racewear enthusiasts had been disappointed by the ATC's move away from formal fashion competitions, with prizes dribbling down to bottles of champagne before vanishing completely. The decision affected Sydney's already struggling dressmakers and milliners. 'This will definitely mean that business will pick up again here in Sydney,' says award-winning Potts Point milliner Kathryn Lee. 'The majority of my work comes from racing clients. Recently, I've been making more hats for Victorian clients than in NSW.' The categories for the fashion competition at the Sydney Spring Carnival are best suited and best dressed.
The Age
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Hats at dawn: Sydney and Melbourne battle for racing fashion supremacy
The horse-racing wars between Melbourne and Sydney's spring carnivals have begun and the weapons of choice are hats, ties and dresses rather than riding crops – unless they match your outfit. Formal fashion competitions are returning to the Sydney Spring Carnival after a near two-year absence, hot on the Jimmy Choo heels of the announcement by the Australian Turf Club of a $7 million trackside hospitality facility at Royal Randwick in Sydney called Base Camp, challenging the Birdcage at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. You can't have a rival birdcage without feathers, even if they're sticking out of hats. 'Fashion is officially back on track,' says Donna Forbes, head of commercial at the ATC. 'There was strong demand for the competition's return from our loyal racing enthusiasts, racegoers and members of the public.' Formal fashion judging will take place from the Sydney Surf to Turf Day on September 20 to The Everest on October 18, with the winners announced on Moët & Chandon Spring Champion Stakes Day on October 25. Loading Racewear enthusiasts had been disappointed by the ATC's move away from formal fashion competitions, with prizes dribbling down to bottles of champagne before vanishing completely. The decision affected Sydney's already struggling dressmakers and milliners. 'This will definitely mean that business will pick up again here in Sydney,' says award-winning Potts Point milliner Kathryn Lee. 'The majority of my work comes from racing clients. Recently, I've been making more hats for Victorian clients than in NSW.' The categories for the fashion competition at the Sydney Spring Carnival are best suited and best dressed.
