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What's in this season>>

Spring summer 2009 is an exciting time for fashion. As always when the world comes out of crisis, fashion becomes bolder, more directional, and more edgy, reflecting the mood of a world rebuilding its life.

Race fashion is unique, take the trends of the season and exaggerate the look with a huge dose of glamour, add some fun, then make it uniquely yours by adding accessories and embellishments, because on the racecourse anything goes!!!

So if you're wanting to be first past the post in the fashion stakes take a punt of any of the following hot trends for spring/summer 2009:

To view what's in this season click the following link:whatsinlink

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Theraces.co.nz Fashion Ambassador

Amanda Nicolle has spent her entire life around fashion and racing and is passionate about both.  After training to be a milliner with the Queen’s Milliner in London she returned to New Zealand to become the most successful milliner in Australasia, designing and making the hat that topped the winning outfit at the Melbourne Cup five years in a row, as well as taking out top honours at most of the fashion events around New Zealand. 
 
She became the organiser of the Wellington Cup Fashion in the Field event and later became sponsorship manager of the Wellington Racing Club.  She has also been a guest judge at many fashion in the field events around New Zealand.  Her more recent roles include being Fashion Buyer/Manager for Wellington department store Kirkcaldie & Stains and she is now the 'About Town' Columnist and Restaurant Reviewer for the Sunday Star Times Wellington social pages.

Surviving Raceday fashionably

For girls:

The basis to all fashion and style is good grooming - make sure you have a good long shower, wash and condition your hair, use deodorant and body creme and perfume and all the other things that make you feel girly and special... read more

For boys:

Whether you're entering Fashion in the Field or you're out there to claim a prize of another sort make sure you start your day with the 'full monty' grooming check which includes showering and shaving and making sure those stray nasal and facial hairs are well in check. Do an ear check - ears are not self cleaning, and neither are teeth, so make... read more