It’s the intersection of sport and fashion in Melbourne’s event calendar, so naturally thousands of eager race fans and familiar faces have gathered at Flemington Racecourse to celebrate the biggest horse racing event in Australia.

As they continue to flood the gates, we’ve seen a kaleidoscope of colour, outlandish hats, and larger-than-life personalities who clearly put more thought into their outfits than the race itself.

Craziest outfits

One gentleman donned every colour of the rainbow, caught strutting in a striped suit with matching tie in a bold look.

While others went the psychedelic tie dye approach, with three gentleman seemingly transported from the 60s and 70s to arrive on race day in colour-coded suits and novelty hats.

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