Spanish-born Pataky said she worked with Dior to make the look race-day appropriate. “It normally has high briefs[underneath] so I had to put something else under it. I saw the Dior hat,and it just came out,and it’s very Spanish. It really transformed the outfit. It gave it Spanish vibes and wanted to pay tribute to my home country.”
Speaking of jewels,model Nicole Trunfio arrived with her own security detail responsible for ensuring no one came too close to the hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of diamonds,by Anton Jewellery and Cerrone,around her neck and on her gloved finger.
Trunfio’s look,the first of five planned across the week,was the “most classic” of the lot,which will reach a crescendo on Thursday,when she is scheduled to appear in a piece once owned by none other than Hollywood icon the late Elizabeth Taylor.
Though it was Joan Collins,during theDynasty years,who Trunfio most channelled on the day with her all-black look,which included a strapless dress by Sportmax and millinery by Ann Shoebridge.
“The races is the one place you can truly become a character ... and a hat really adds an element of drama to every outfit,” she said.