FASHION REIGNS SUPREME AT THE MELBOURNE CUP

The Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips went to the Melbourne Cup in a black feathered design by milliner Philip Treacy. Also making headlines was singer-celebrity Olivia Newton-John.

  Olivia Newton-John raised the style bar at the Melbourne Cup
 
Zara Phillips
 
Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John, who sang the Australian national anthem at the event, turned heads in a tall black hat trimmed with netting and feathers.
 
Ronan Keating and Good Charlotte frontmen Benji (left) and Joel Madden were among the VIP guests
 
Lingerie model Sophie Monk at the Emirates tent; right, Sarah Kelly models the outfit that won the Melbourne Cup's Fashions on the Field style competition
 
Racegoers take part in the Fashions on the Field event to find the best dressed ladies...
 
The Fashions on the Field competition is to find the best-dressed race attendee