2011: Ruby Rose
Yes, this is Ruby Rose! That Ruby Rose! In 2011, I was like, "This person is some kind of DJ in Australia!" And now she's our erstwhile Batwoman. I'm not sure if this is a hat, or some kind of skull shield attached to novelty glasses, but it sure looks annoying as hell to wear. I wonder if she still owns it. She could have gone as herself for Halloween.
2007: Melissa George
This hat is fine, but the dress looks like someone in Marie Antoinette's court ate it after all the cake was gone.
2009: Zara Phillips
The best part about this is, being a royal and being Zara, it's POSSIBLE that is not a painting on the wall behind her but in fact just stuff springing forth from her head. I do not believe that is TRUE, but it's BELIEVABLE.
2010: Brynne Edelsten
Someone in Australia can explain her better, but Brynne was at the time a socialite married to some rich dude named Geoffrey, and therefore able to buy several coats of spray tan to go with her massive peacock feathers.
2011: Brynne Edelsten
I've never before seen someone buy a fasciator to go with their flirty nightie.
2013: Brynne Edelsten
That's not a hat; that's a state fair consolation corsage.
2014: Geoffrey Edelsten and Gabi Grecko
Geoffrey, in the yellow here, split with Brynne and got with Gabi here instead -- who is here the same age Brynne was when THEY got married. Don't be such a DiCaprio, Geoffrey. Gabi's hat is great but this whole thing feels less like something she's doing for race day and more like some deep life performance art that she takes very seriously.
2011: J. Alexander
I am concerned about the weight imbalance here.
2011: Dita von Teese
Dita REALLY loves a tall, flat hat, as if she bought a regular one and just turned it vertical. There's this...
2013: Dita
... and then this, which I guess she filled with flowers first. I LIKE both of them. She just has a type.
2011 Kerri Anne Kennerly
Psst, Kerri Anne, your napkin goes in your lap.
2011: Rebecca Judd
Was EVERYONE into napkin-folding seminars this year?
2012: Rose Byrne
Rose must have realized too late that she completely forgot the "hat" portion of affairs, and just made a barette in five minutes.
2012: Mischa Barton
The hat embodiment of a wisp of smoke rising from a cigarette.
2013: Lleyton Hewitt and Bec Cartwright
And another!
Lleyton Hewitt and Bec Cartwright
Is this too much neon, or too much spray tan? Or both?
2012: Sophie Monk
In space, they hadn't learned about colorful shoes yet.
2013: Lauren Phillips
This looks like Robin Hood shot her updo with an arrow that had a message attached.
2013
This is a random racegoer, but it's such a phenomenal photo. And hat.
2013: Danielle Spencer
Danielle, once married to Russell Crowe, did okay with her dress, boringly with her shoes, and then pulled a shocker with her hat's color scheme.
2014: Danielle Spencer
Much more coordinated, but she really needs to invest in some new pumps.
2013: Kate Upton
This is less of a hat design and more of a tulle tangle.
2013: Coco Rocha
As usual, Coco is posing the shit out of it, but the hat looks like some wacky Minnie Mouse tribute.
2014: Renae Ayris
Her brain leak is so beautiful.
2014: Kate Peck
Is she... wearing a thong on her head?
2014 flock to the Birdcage to celebrate Melbourne Cup Day
The man in this shot is a hat designer, I believe, and his head looks suitably perilous.
2014: Maria Venuti
Maria is a singer, and I am pretty sure this entire thing was semi-homemade at 3 a.m.
Kate Peck, 2018
This hat is literally what my brain feels like right now.
2019
This is a random person from last year, entering what I believe is a fashion contest. It looks like it's a floral interpretation of The Upside Down or something.
I hope these are also pinatas.
And this is clearly the woman who has been presumed dead for years and is biding her time until she throws off her disguise and reveals herself to her now-remarried partner.