Cup Day Fashion, Well it seemed a good idea at the time.
Cup Day Fashion, Well it seemed a good idea at the time. A look back into the Fairfax archives at some of the fashion worn to the track at Cup time.
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1974 Melbourne Cup. Photo: fairfax -
![Final winners in the 1965 Fashions On The Field. Melbourne Cup. [From right] Australian model Maggie Eckhardt [in ...]()
Final winners in the 1965 Fashions On The Field. Melbourne Cup. [From right] Australian model Maggie Eckhardt [in turban] and English model Jean Shrimpton [in plaid coat] and some of the women competing in the Fashions on the Field at Flemington races. Pic taken on Saturday 6 Nov 1965. Photo: fairfax -
![1966 From left to right: Georgia Gold, Maedy Klicker, Gwen Constable, Marian Farmer and Susan Lambrick. Spring carnival ...]()
1966 From left to right: Georgia Gold, Maedy Klicker, Gwen Constable, Marian Farmer and Susan Lambrick. Spring carnival fashions. Photo: fairfax -
![Fashions on the Field entrant Caroline Bell meets 1969 Melbourne Cup fancy Big Philou.]()
Fashions on the Field entrant Caroline Bell meets 1969 Melbourne Cup fancy Big Philou. Photo: THE AGE ARCHIVES -
![Miss Frances Malone from Sydney, wears a puff ball of petals with a bow. Holding a Victoria Racing Club, Cup Day guide. 1964]()
Miss Frances Malone from Sydney, wears a puff ball of petals with a bow. Holding a Victoria Racing Club, Cup Day guide. 1964 Photo: fairfax -
![Cup day, 1964]()
Cup day, 1964 Photo: Staff -
![Mrs Maurice Mead of Glen Waverley wears an elongated jockey cap with bow. 1964]()
Mrs Maurice Mead of Glen Waverley wears an elongated jockey cap with bow. 1964 Photo: fairfax -
![Winners of the Melbourne Cup Day Fashions in the Field contest 1964. From left, Mrs H.P. Johnson, Miss Stewart, Miss ...]()
Winners of the Melbourne Cup Day Fashions in the Field contest 1964. From left, Mrs H.P. Johnson, Miss Stewart, Miss Janice Wakley (most elegant hat), Mrs. Jane Godby (dress designer) and Mrs. R. Hoskings. Photo: Fairfax Photographic -
![1965 English model Jean Shrimpton and her companion British actor Terence Stamp at Essendon Airport.]()
1965 English model Jean Shrimpton and her companion British actor Terence Stamp at Essendon Airport. Photo: fairfax -
![VRC Spring Carnival fashion - 1965 - Shrimpton. English model Jean Shrimpton at Flemington races on Melbourne Cup day. ...]()
VRC Spring Carnival fashion - 1965 - Shrimpton. English model Jean Shrimpton at Flemington races on Melbourne Cup day. She wore a three-piece grey and beige tweed suit four inches above the knee an ice blue straw Breton [hat], beige gloves and stockings and she carried a light chocolate hand bag. Melbourne Cup 2 Nov 1965. Pic taken on Melbourne Cup day Tue 2 Nov 1965. File (Melb): Negative collection Date filed: 03-11-1965 Neg no: W 13170 -
![****N.B. JEAN SHRIMPTON WORE THIS DRESS TO THE DERBY NOT TO THE MELBOURNE CUP**** The Best Of The Age Pics Photo by ...]()
****N.B. JEAN SHRIMPTON WORE THIS DRESS TO THE DERBY NOT TO THE MELBOURNE CUP**** The Best Of The Age Pics Photo by Clive Mackinnon. FOR USE WITH FEATURE 16/7/96, (AAP101) MELBOURNE - English model Jean Shrimpton, then 22, in the famous mini-dress she wore to the 1965 Victoria Derby in Melbourne, outraging society matrons who also complained she wore no hat or gloves. The English model, now Mrs Michael Cox, 52, has declined an invitation to the 1996 Melbourne Cup. (Age Photo)ex aap syd/col mb 1996. Photo: Clive Mackinnon -
![Melbourne Cup Fashion, 2 November 1948
".... On the lawns in front of the Members' Stand at Flemington today there was ...]()
Melbourne Cup Fashion, 2 November 1948 ".... On the lawns in front of the Members' Stand at Flemington today there was a parade of women's clothes representing every season of the year, and every fashion trend of the last 10 years..." .. Neg Ref: 5627 Scanned from glass plate neg cpsmh *PLEASE DO NOT USE BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF 'CENTURY OF PICTURES' PROJECT Photo: fairfax -
![Crowd Scenes at the Melbourne Cup in Flemington 1937]()
Crowd Scenes at the Melbourne Cup in Flemington 1937 Photo: G. Short & H. B. Martin -
![Melbourne Cup Fashion, 2 November 1948".... On the lawns in front of the Members' Stand at Flemington.]()
Melbourne Cup Fashion, 2 November 1948".... On the lawns in front of the Members' Stand at Flemington. Photo: Staff -
![Mrs George Wakefield of Brighton, Victoria, trackside at the Melbourne Cup Day social at Flemington. 4 November 1972.]()
Mrs George Wakefield of Brighton, Victoria, trackside at the Melbourne Cup Day social at Flemington. 4 November 1972. Photo: Staff -
![Stephanie Quinlan at the 1969 Melbourne Cup.]()
Stephanie Quinlan at the 1969 Melbourne Cup. Photo: fairfax -
![Fascinating heads, from Jean Shrimpton to today's Melbourne Cup. English model Jean Shrimpton in an ice blue straw ...]()
Fascinating heads, from Jean Shrimpton to today's Melbourne Cup. English model Jean Shrimpton in an ice blue straw Breton hat at the 1965 Melbourne Cup on the left, and Cairns fashion designer Sonya Alba photographed by Eddie Jim today at Flemington. Photo: fairfax -
![British model Maudie James at Flemington for the Melbourne Cup carnival fashion. 1966 .]()
British model Maudie James at Flemington for the Melbourne Cup carnival fashion. 1966 . Photo: fairfax -
![Elana Brainis and Bob Harding at the 1971 Melbourne Cup.]()
Elana Brainis and Bob Harding at the 1971 Melbourne Cup. Photo: fairfax -
![Mrs A.F. Corbett from Brisbane wears a black and white striped firemans helmet with a matching Isadora scarf. A.F ...]()
Mrs A.F. Corbett from Brisbane wears a black and white striped firemans helmet with a matching Isadora scarf. A.F Corbett is holding a Victoria Racing Club, Cup Day, Fashions in the Field guide. racing fashion, Spring Racing Carnival, 1969 Photo: fairfax
![Final winners in the 1965 Fashions On The Field. Melbourne Cup. [From right] Australian model Maggie Eckhardt [in ...](/content/dam/images/g/s/e/a/b/8/image.gallery.landscape.620x413.gsea35.png/1477869425747.jpg)
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