Newly engaged Gabi Grecko and Geoffrey Edelston look ... strange. On the proposal Grecko told 'The New Daily': "I'm shocked! We have plans to celebrate tonight."
Megan Gale knocks the pack out of the park with her plunging Victoria Beckham.
Controversial Bachelor Blake Garvey and his partner Louise Pillidge.
US supermodel Gigi Hadid.
Melbourne model Montana Cox at the Lavazza marquee.
Model Ashley Hart strikes a pose in the Birdcage.
Model Nikki Phillips poses in the Fashion on the Field enclosure.
Bec Hewitt at the Swisse marquee in black and yellow.
A model wearing the winning outfit from the Fashions on the Field designer category. Designer Anthony Capon has won the prize twice.
Fashion blogger Kate Waterhouse.
Melbourne model Bambi Northwood-Blythe shows off her garlands.
Lauren Phillips is all glamour in the Myer marquee.
'Bold and the Beautiful' star Ron Moss was one of the big celebrities at the Cup.
US singer Erykah Badu attended the Melbourne Cup for Lavazza.
A Fashions on the Field entrant.
Crazy in the coconut: this pair of Fashions on the Field entrants are all ice creams and hamburgers.
Nicole Warne - aka Gary Pepper Girl - poses in the Birdcage.
Geelong mayor Darren Lyons and partner.
A racegoer goes 1920s glam in the Birdcage.
Supermodel Gigi Hadid has arrives at the Emirates marquee.
Andy Lee, an unidentified woman and Myer model Lauren Phillips.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop looks smashing in neon yellow.
Julie Bishop in the Birdcage at the Melbourne Cup 2014.
Frances Abbott looks relaxed in the Birdcage with The New Daily reporter Susannah Guthrie (left).
Prime Minister Tony Abbott's daughter Frances and her boyfriend Lindsay Smith in the Emirates marquee.
Always stylish: International racing royalty Francesca Cumani trackside at the Cup.
A seafaring Fashions on the Field entrant.
Fashion blogger Nadia Bartel in ice blue and grey By Johnny, accessorised with a Demillinery hat.
Friends pose in the sun at Flemington.
Superheroes: A group of crime fighters take off at Cup Day.
Colourful racegoers at the Cup.
A Fashions on the Field entrant.
Rebecca Judd in Dolce and Gabbana.
Chris and Rebecca Judd at the Lavazza marquee in the Birdcage.
Sydney model Alexandra Agostan in the Birdcage.
Model Rachael Finch in the Birdcage at the 2014 Melbourne Cup.
Rachael Finch in the Emirates marquee: "I'm wearing Yeojin Bae. After this I go home and take care of her (my baby daughter) so it's back to being a mum."
Kris Smith in Cup-friendly grey and pink.
Myer ambassador Kris Smith and his partner Maddy King in the Myer marquee at Melbourne Cup Day 2014.
2013 national Fashions on the Field winner Chloe Moo back at the track on Cup Day 2014.
A group of Fashions on the Field entrants.
Interesting hat: a Fashions on the Field entrant takes her hat to another level.
A punter looking glam as she enters Flemington for Melbourne Cup Day 2014.
Gorgeous girls: Three friends go all out in the public area.
Laura Dundovic was one of the first to arrive at Flemington and looked striking in a By Johnny scarlet frock.
Let me take a selfie: Friends strike a pose at Flemington for Cup Day 2014.
Sunrise presenter Samantha Armytage opted for a cobalt blue shift dress and silver head band.
Samantha Armytage chose a statuesque silver head piece.
Seven presenter Natalie Barr looked sharp in navy.
Port Adelaide Football Club President and Sunrise presenter David Koch.
Melissa Doyle at the Emirates marquee at Melbourne Cup Day 2014.
'Mad Men' actor Rich Sommer looking dapper in the Birdcage for Melbourne Cup Day 2014.