The races is as much about champagne and socialising as it is about fashion (and apparently it also has something to do with the horses). Aeroplanes across Australia fly into Melbourne laden with hexagonal hat boxes covered in “Fragile” stickers as everyone who’s anyone rushes into town to get a piece of the Spring Racing Carnival action.

Being captured in photographs is a crucial step in this profile-raising process, and the celebrities are ever-so-willing to flash a smile and show off their spectacular outfits. 2Threads roamed the Birdcage and the Nursery Carpark with great success during a flurry of Derby Day celebrity spotting.