Derby Day in Melbourne and a pivotal moment in fashion
Nightlife

Derby Day in Melbourne and a pivotal moment in fashion

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 20, 202619 min

Michael Adams, Creator and host of the Forgotten Australia podcast joined Philip Clark and listeners to Nightlife with this and other events from this time of year in our history.

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Men in their suits, women in their best outfits,

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Now, yes, in the mandatory statement, hats and fascinators, when suddenly an apparition

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ABC Listen, podcasts, radio, news, music and more. Nightlife history. Well, it was late October 1965. It was Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne.

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Men in their suits, women in their best outfits, smart gloves and handbags, stockings and polished formal shoes, Now, yes, in the mandatory statement, hats and fascinators, when suddenly an apparition appeared.

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Young and beautiful and, for the times, barely dressed. English model Jean Shrimpton had been invited by the organisers to attend the races, wore a small shift dress. And all of a sudden, literally everybody stopped talking.

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