Lifestyle Blog from Melbourne, Australia

Fun Fashion Photography at the Spring Carnival

Fashion Moments @Melbourne Cup Carnival

How much fun was The Park! The Pony Bar and Motel was smaller than we remembered from the previous Melbourne Cup carnivals, but it still offered us some great photo backdrops. With a couple of beds thrown into ...

Millinery at the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival – IMAGES

Melbourne, Melbourne Spring Racing, Millinery

Here are lots more images of the Millinery at the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Not a complete gallery of all the entrants. ...

Millinery Award 2022 - won by velvet and tonic

Myer Fashions on The Field Lillian Frank AM MBE Millinery Award 2022

Melbourne, Melbourne Spring Racing, Millinery

After a few years of not being at the racecourse, it was great to be back there to showcase our beautiful millinery! We all poured our hearts into our designs over the last couple of years. If you didn't make it into the top ten, your design received no recogn...

Best Dressed and best suited winners 2022 - Fashions on the Field - Melbourne Cup

Fashions on the Field Winners 2022

Melbourne, Melbourne Spring Racing, Racing fashion

The coldest Melbourne Cup Carnival did not deter any lover of the Myer Fashions On The Field competitors. The lure of a brand-new Lexus was just too hard to hard to resist! For some, the price of entering these...

Spring Racing Fashion at the Melbourne Cup

Melbourne, Melbourne Spring Racing

Some more photos from the Park at the Melbourne Cup Carnival 2022. Full Bloom! Full Colour! ...

Melbourne Cup Fashions on the Field - Colour

Melbourne Cup Carnival 2022

Fabulous Fashion, Melbourne, Melbourne Spring Racing, Millinery, Racing fashion

Wowsers! Where do I start? It's been one hell of a Melbourne Cup Carnival! After being away from it for three years, the return to Flemington was spectacular! The weather didn't play nice (giving us the coldest Melbourne Cup Day since lord knows when!), but th...

Ballarat Tweed and Ride

Fabulous Fashion, Fashion Inspiration, Melbourne, Melbourne events

Seeing photos of vintage-clad cyclists on their bikes, wheeling their way around historical Ballarat, made me want to be part of the "Ballarat Tweed and Ride". I've always been a lover of vintage style, so thi...

Chanel exhibition in Melbourne - NGV Exhibition - National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne

Chanel at the NGV, Melbourne

Fabulous Fashion, Fashion Inspiration, Melbourne, Melbourne events

More than 100 outfits from Gabrielle Chanel is now on exhibition at the NGV in Melbourne, and it's a must-see for fans of the designs from this renowned French couturiere. Chanel's innovative designs in fashion...

Melbourne Gin Distillery – Naught

blog, Melbourne, Melbourne events, Melbourne food & more

An Elegant Outing An invite to experience some delicious gin cocktails? How could I refuse? It's been a while since we have been to an event, and a night out at Naught Distilling was just what we needed. The bonus was that it was just a short drive from us in...

Beautiful Flower Farm - Girl in flower field

Dahlias For Days!

Inspiration, Travel

Melbourne Weekend Getaway Last weekend, I headed down to Warragul to spend the weekend with a lovely friend who loves to wander amongst flowers as much as I do! The last time we got together, we went all the w...

labassa mansion - wedding venue - event for millinery

Millinery Display at Labassa Masion

Melbourne, Melbourne events, Melbourne Spring Racing, Millinery, Racing fashion

Labassa Mansion, hidden in a cul-de-sac in Caulfield North (Melbourne), has re-opened to the public and did it in style, opening its doors in collaboration with the MIMC (Melbourne Millinery Competition). The t...

Field of Happiness – Sunflowerfield near Melbourne

Melbourne, Travel

I've only seen two sunflower fields in my lifetime. One was in Tuscany (Italy) while the other was in the Loire Valley in France (see here). The one in Tuscany was beautiful! We found it by chance while touring the countryside. Since it was a chance discovery ...