Oaks Day Emirates Marquee 2014

This is the final instalment of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. Although it has been an exhausting week of shooting and editing images on the fly, it was definitely one of the biggest highlights of my street style photography career. I have been so blessed to work with my best friend, Jess Dempsey from What Would Karl Do to bring you the best style coverage; biggest thanks to Danica Erard who custom made my headpiece so I can shoot in style, EC-Group who found me on Instagram and engaged me to shoot their beautiful pink and green apple carpet in the Lexus Pavillion, and all the welcoming kisses and hugs every time I enter into the Marquees.

All thanks to the fabulous people around me which made my week at the Races so much special. x

All the Emirates Marquee Oaks Day 2014 images are copyright and were taken for What Would Karl Do, please contact Jess Dempsey (jess@whatwouldkarldo.com) for permission to use these images. Thank you x

 

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Oaks Day Lavazza Marquee 2014

My fave look of the day was the cute striped navy outfit, meeting Samantha Jade who looked stunning in Demillinery headpiece, and hanging out with my all time favourite girl, Alexia Petsinis who handmade her beautiful green dress. Enjoy the highlights!

All the Lavazza Marquee Oaks Day 2014 images are copyright and were taken for What Would Karl Do, please contact Jess Dempsey (jess@whatwouldkarldo.com) for permission to use these images. Thank you x


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Oaks Day Lexus Pavilion 2014

Oak’s Day  was all about the ladies. Here’s my snapshot of the fashion and vibe inside the Lexus Pavilion. For more highlights, click on over to What Would Karl Do blog.

*All the images were taken by Karen Woo for What would Karl do, please contact Jess Dempsey for permission to use these images at jess@whatwouldkarldo.com. Thank you x

 

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Melbourne Cup Day Lexus Pavilion 2014

I can go on and on how wonderful my experience has been every time I step into the Lexus Pavilion. The fresh modern interior design by Mim Design,the floral decoration by Joost Bakker and the Sky Deck by Jamie Durie is simply DIVINE. I can’t get enough of this place! Today is Oak’s Day and I’m going to make the most of it. See you there!

*All Melbourne Cup Day Lexus Pavilion images were taken for What Would Karl Do. Please contact Jess Dempsey for permission to use or purchase these images at jess@whatwouldkarldo.com. Thank you!

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Melbourne Cup Day Lavazza Marquee 2014

I just want to start this post by thanking you guys for the overwhelming positive response to all my images on What Would Karl Do blogsite, Instagram, Facebook and even walking up to me to tell me in person! Wow thank you so much! What amazed me the most is when I woke up this morning, I found my image of Lindy and Michael Klim’s Louboutin heels on Louboutinworld’s Instagram feed (over 3.4M followers) with 73K likes, I mean that’s incredible, and the fact that they acknowledged our work shows me how ethically and the respect they have for other creative’s work.

You see, I love Louboutin’s trademark red shoes because it was only 3 years ago I went to Paris to visit their infamous store on 19 Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 75001 Paris to buy my very first pair of Louboutin heels (patent violet heels) as Parisian souvenir. The store manager who served me at the time even let me in on a secret back then that an Australian lady was opening up a store in Sydney! It has surely come to pass!

Here’s the image that’s going viral (thanks for the regrams too):

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Anyway, grab a Lavazza coffee and enjoy some highlights I have for you from Melbourne Cup Day. Feel free to leave me any comments as I would love to hear from you x

 

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