Hey guys…sadly Melbourne Cup Day will be my last day at the races, thanks again for all the snaps, hugs and kisses and I’ll see you again next year! Enjoy the highlights xx
Special thanks to SHEIKE for my jumpsuit and earrings, to EVHPR and TINKPR for your hospitality.
My photos were taken by the brilliant Caroline Khoo of Nectar and Stone, and Hugh Stewart.
Please email me at hey@karenwoo.com.au for any social/commercial usage. Thank you.
To celebrate the coming of the Spring Racing carnival, I have partnered with Voodoo Hosiery to create a fashion editorial piece called SECRET GARDEN which features 6 key spring racing looks. Together with my stylist, Emily Edwards, we wanted to show you ways in which you can incorporate the Voodoo Hosiery tights or socks into your spring racing outfit. If you are following the trends at fashion week, you will notice wearing socks with heels isn’t anything new, but a winning trend at the moment. Not only does socks look great with boots or open toed heels, they actually prevent your feet from breaking out with blisters. Well isn’t that good news?
\\FIRST LOOK
Elle and Rebecca wears the white KNOCK OUT SOCK – shop it here.
Top and dress by CMEO COLLECTIVE, headpiece by KITTE, and shoes by MOLLINI.
\\SECOND LOOK
Elle and Rebecca wears the black and Lilac-dust MOD NET SOCKS – shop it here.
Top and dress by ALICE MCCALL, hat is Stylist’s own, and shoes by MOLLINI.
\\THIRD LOOK
Rebecca wears the black ILLUSION SOCK- shop it here.
Top and dress by ALICE MCCALL, hat is Stylist’s own, and shoes by WITTNER.
\\FOURTH LOOK
Elle wears the Lilac-dust MOD NET SOCKS – shop it here.
Dress by ALICE MCCALL, headpiece by KITTE, fur by ALEXANDRA and shoes by MOLLINI.
\\FIFTH LOOK
Elle wears the smokey-teal MOD NET TIGHTS – shop it here.
Dress by CMEO COLLECTIVE, headpiece by KITTE, and shoes by MOLLINI.
\\SIXTH LOOK
Elle wears the black LINE UP SOCKS – shop it here.
Top and dress by ALICE MCCALL, headpiece by KITTE, and shoes by MOLLINI.
This fashion editorial wouldn’t be made possible without the help of my talented and hard working crew:
FASHION STYLING // Emily Edwards
MAKEUP // Tre Dallas
HAIR// Resta Vi
ASSISTING // Celine Lie
MODELS // Rebecca Harding and Elle Brittain represented by THE TALENT BURO
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
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
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):
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
