2026 Melbourne Cup Carnival Magazine

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THE BEAUTY OF RACE DAY

Preparation for Cup Week begins long before the gates open at Flemington. It starts weeks earlier in fitting rooms and milliners’ studios, tanning salons and hairdressers’ chairs, and in group chats full of outfit ideas and dress reveals. The races are only half the occasion.

WORDS CELIA PURDEY

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