Rumour has it, Derby Day is notorious for being damp and miserable, however my experience proves that this just isn’t the case. Today, and last year, I have gotten burnt on Derby Day (yes I wore sunscreen but when you DIY you are bound to miss spots!) in the most amusing patterns and shapes. 

Derby Day: Dress by Ojay, Shrug by Temt, Shoes by Tony Bianco, Facinator thanks to Morgan & Taylor.

Today I am sporting a patch of sunburn on my neck, neatly lined with the stripe of my lanyard, and what I feel has to be wind burn based on the tightness of my forehead. The day was indeed spectacular weatherwise (and there will be many a sore bod and head because of it!) but as it so often does, sunshine brings out the silly in many and it was in abundance today. (Take note ladies walking home in bare feet!)

Derby Day in the Myer Fashions on the Field enclosure. Olivia looking super!

Meanwhile, the sensible among us frocked up and hit up Fashions on the Field, where Lisa Welling took out the Derby Day prize in Toni Maticveski. No stranger to Fashions on the Field, Lisa has been in the preliminary finals before. As I have the past two years, I am working at Fashions on the Field again, manning the VIP entrance to the enclosure. As you may have heard, this year we are celebrating 50 years of fashions on the field, which is an amazing achievement! Gorgeous black and white prints adorn the walls in the backstage area this year.

Olivia and I in traditional Black and White.

And once the fashions were over for the day, the exhaustion of two big days caught up with me and I was ready to head home.

Late Mail Luncheon: Olivia and I frocking up on a Friday. Olivia’s dress by Liza Emanuele. My dress is Dion Lee for Cue, Shoes by Toni Maticveski for Siren, headband by Diva.

Two big days? Well, yesterday I went along to the Late Mail Luncheon as a guest of Olivia Nunn, whom I share the Fashions on the Field door girl stage with. Liv is an Adelaide racing celeb in her own right and was a guest of honour at the luncheon – now if that doesn’t call for a few champers, what does?

One day down and three to go. So many more dress dilemmas, picking a winner and the fantastic Peter Rowland raspberry macaroons to come!