THE MELBOURNE CUP DRESS EDIT

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Cosmic Maxi Dress
$359.95
6 8 10 12 14 16
Lure Mini Dress
$339.95$199.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
Ignite Maxi Dress
$349.95
6 8 10 12 14 16
One More Time Maxi Dress
$289.95$99.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
Cosmic Maxi Dress
$359.95
6 8 10 12 14 16
Lure Maxi Dress
$319.95$189.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
Ignite Maxi Dress
$349.95$189.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
Cosmic Maxi Dress
$359.95
6 8 10 12 14 16
Cosmic Maxi Dress
$359.95
6 8 10 12 14 16
On & On Maxi Dress
$369.95$179.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
Memento Mini Dress
$329.95$259.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
Forgive & Forget Maxi Dress
$289.95$189.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
Carter Knit Midi Dress
$339.95$159.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
Love In The Dark Midi Dress
$279.95$199.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
Sense Of You Maxi Dress
$279.95$199.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
Forgive & Forget Maxi Dress
$289.95
6 8 10 12 14 16
Close To You Maxi Dress
$329.95$99.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
Ignite Maxi Dress
$349.95$129.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
Sole Purpose Maxi Dress
$339.95$79.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
Love In The Dark Midi Dress
$279.95$199.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
On & On Maxi Dress
$369.95$179.00
6 8 10 12 14 16
Sense Of You Maxi Dress
$279.95$199.00

Racewear cut for the Melbourne spring calendar, weighted toward midi and maxi dresses with matching blazer and trouser sets alongside them. Sizes run 6 to 16. The edit spans the full carnival rather than a single meeting, so shapes move from structured one-shoulder and column silhouettes through to lighter prints that carry between race days and past them.

Spring Racing Carnival Outfits

Midi lengths do most of the work through Cup week, in crepe, satin and lighter wovens. A column or one-shoulder shape holds up on the more formal days, while a printed midi moves from the marquee to a long lunch without a change of outfit. Maxi lengths sit better on the warmer afternoons later in the carnival.

What each race day asks for

Derby Day holds to black and white, and reads best in clean tailoring or a structured monochrome dress. Melbourne Cup Day, the first Tuesday in November, opens up to colour and print. Oaks Day leans to florals and softer palettes. Stakes Day is the most relaxed of the four. Caulfield and the Cox Plate run through October ahead of Cup week.

Suiting as an alternative to a dress

Matching blazer and trouser sets have become a standard answer to race day, particularly for Derby Day and for anyone who would rather not wear a dress. The tailoring here is cut to work as a set or apart. The wider matching sets and co-ords range holds more, with current-season occasion pieces in event dresses and the full dresses collection.