Racing Fashion: Racing Fashion at Oaks Day Luncheon

Monday 3 March 2014

Racing Fashion at Oaks Day Luncheon

One thing I would love to see added to Fashions on the Field would be an over 55 category. There is something about women when they understand who they are and have their own beautiful way of dressing. These ladies are my mentors and give me inspiration to dress well and feel fantastic.

These ladies have poise and elegance and I don't always see them final on Fashions on the Field and really I feel that ladies may feel intimidated by the beauty of youth and in reality our bodies and faces cannot compete with the younger counterparts. With all that said, I love to see young ladies embracing style and race wear of yesteryear. We have to engage the young but give them other than media figures to muse their attire.

I feel the competition of Fashions on the Field welcomes all ages and does not discriminate against age, but I want to see ladies showcasing their favourite attire more often. At the races in dining areas you often see beautifully dressed ladies with their pearls of wisdom hanging from their neck, yet never make it to Fashions on the Field. Oaks Day Luncheon and social parades seem the only places where you can put on a hat and wear your Sunday best.

Caulfield has embraced the mature age bracket by bringing in 40 plus section, although I think the attire that often is selected is still on very slender, younger looking contestants. This is all good and well and that is what the judges deem most fashionable, but looking at the success of Ari Seth Cohen Advanced Style Blog it is evident that we are missing out on finding our true fashion mentors. Ladies I cannot wait to join you tomorrow for 'The Beautiful Girls' luncheon and see true Racing Fashion in all its glory.