Update 9th October 2019: Read this blog post for the latest 2019 Spring Racing Fashion Trends. After the hectic Spring Carnival and Melbourne Cup week, whereby I have to plan three outfits, I kind of slip into a FOTF coma. Then Christmas comes and goes, New Year....and suddenly it's January again and time for [...]
Months of preparation, hours upon hours spent trawling the internet for outfit inspo and the perfect accessories, online shopping, consults with milliners, weekly trips to shopping malls, DIY tasks, sewing, finding hair and makeup artist’s, sleepless nights trying to piece it all together in preparation for what is almost every race enthusiasts favourite time [...]
It was two weeks out from the Myer NSW state final FOTF competition. My outfit planning was well underway. And I was nervous. Here’s what was running through my head at the time… The Dilemma Diary The first dilemma is my dress. It’s stunning. When I saw it, I knew it was the one, but [...]
You know how different race days often have a theme? Themes like black and white, a touch of metallic, or dressing for a decade? Well, I’ve a got a new favourite race theme: Embellishment. It was this year’s theme for the Doomben 10,000 Day and I was in embellishment heaven. I was surrounded by sequinned, [...]
The ultimate dream for a Fashions on the Field enthusiast? Being crowned National Winner at Flemington Race Course on Oaks Day November 9th of course! And The State Finals for 2017 are now under way… 2016 State finalists from L-R: SA Courtney Moore, QLD Inessa McIntyre, NSW Reggie Thei, WA Ashleigh Ridgeway, TAS Alice [...]
The last minute outfit. If you haven’t yet, you will experience this at some stage. It might be that you forget the race day completely. Or you decide not to go, then change your mind. You get an unexpected day off work… whichever it is, you have barely a few days (or hours) to [...]
Update: On September 1st 2017, I published my 2017 Spring Racing Fashion Trends Report, a 41 page comprehensive guide to what's trending this race season. A scorching hot Gold Coast summer’s day provided the backdrop for the first Myer Fashions on the Field State Final for 2017. Ladies from around the country eagerly followed their [...]
What a week! Derby Day, Melbourne Cup Day and Crown Oaks Day. I’ve attended all three days for the past two years and, although it is a lot of fun, Spring Carnival is a full on week. And I don’t travel light either. So, with two big suitcases, 40kg of luggage and 5 hats, [...]
Something unexpected happened this year in the world of Fashions on the Field, Sydney. The Australian Turf Club announced they had split ties with long-term fashion sponsor Myer after negotiations to renew Myer’s contract failed. The question on my lips? What would happen to the Myer Fashions on the Field NSW State Finals? They are [...]
This year is the first year the EKKA held a FOTF competition. I wanted to go. After all, there are show bags, rides, petting zoo, cheese tastings… enough temptation to get me there in a dress. As usual, my schedule was quite full and time slipped away from me. Okay, I completely forgot about it. [...]
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