Myer Fashions on the Field Melbourne Cup 2015 Design Award

During the Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington, we uploaded images from Myer Fashions on the Field to our Instagram and Facebook pages, giving a live commentary of the event. These are some of the images we took of contestants, judges and celebrities from the Design Award competition on Melbourne Cup Day.The Design Award is an invitation only event that was introduced by the Victoria Racing Club in 2005.

After a minor kerfuffle backstage in rounding up the top 10 and counting the votes, it was time for the grand final- Angela made the cut! 

LIVE - Designer Award, Melbourne Cup Day

And the winner is Oscar Calvo, congratulations!First runner-up...And the winners are... Second runner-up.We may be biased, but Anthony Capon's incredible gold lace and sequin ensemble is our favourite.12:45 - The final of the Design Award is about to begin... And here are the finalists!1:30 - The fabulous Dita von Teese arrives to join the already star-studded judging panel!And preliminary final 3...Here's preliminary final number 2...1:15 - The preliminary finals are about to begin, and Angela's made the cut! Here's the outfit in final 1.The final heat, number 6.Heat # 5 featuring Angela's entry, #836.And heat number 4...Here's heat number 3...Heat 2 takes to the stage...Heat 1 commences...12:45 - International Style Guest Coco Rocha arrives to judge the Design Award.12:20 - The Myer Fashions on the Field women's racewear competition has concluded and the invite-only Design Award will be starting soon.

Supermodel Coco Rocha to attend Melbourne Cup Carnival

Canadian supermodel Coco Rocha has just been announced as the official International Style Guest for the 2013 Melbourne Cup Carnival. Scouted at an Irish dancing competition when she was 14, Rocha has modelled for every major designer, has appeared on many covers of the most influential fashion magazines (including several times for Vogue Italia) and boasts a combined 11 million followers on her blog OH SO COCO, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and vimeo accounts.The coach/judge of The Face is one of the few models to address the prevalence of eating disorders in her industry, after the five-foot-ten beauty had previously been told she did not conform to the ultra-slim size zero look favoured by designers. "I’m not in demand for the shows anymore," she said in an interview after one particular New York Fashion Week. "I’ve been told to lose weight when I was really skinny."In an interview with the New York Times, Rocha spoke out about when she came to terms with the industry's unrealistic expectations of models. "It took me a long time in the business to realise I didn't have to do everything people told me I should if I wanted a career...You know what, I stopped caring," she said. "If I want a hamburger, I'm going to have one. No 21-year-old should be worrying about whether she fits a sample size... A lot of people don't take into account the vulnerability of these young girls."Her willingness to speak out about the pressures facing models led to an invite from US Vogue supremo Anna Wintour to participate in the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s Health Initiative conferences, where she discussed the issues of weight and age in the modelling industry. She is now on the board of the Model Alliance, which was established to protect models and improve their working conditions.Rocha will spend six days in Melbourne and will be attending Emirates Melbourne Cup Day, the Crown Oaks Club Luncheon and Crown Oaks Day. She will also put her fashion expertise to use, judging the Women's Racewear and Design Award on Cup Day, and the Women's Racewear National Final on Oaks Day.Photo credit: www.parade.comBy Lisa Tan