Business
16 July, 2025
Fashion deal is a winner
CAIRNS Central has signed on as official partner of Fashions on the Field for the 2025 Cairns Super Carnival, bringing a three-year style boost to the region’s biggest racing and fashion event of the year.
The three-year agreement positions the city’s largest shopping centre as the one-stop race-wear hub for a program that now stretches across three race days, two Fashions on the Field contests and a new track-side Fashion High Tea from 15-23 August.
“When you think retail, you think Cairns Central. When you think one-stop shop for all your race-wear needs, you think Cairns Central, home to some of Australia’s most iconic fashion brands,” Cairns Jockey Club general manager Cameron Riches said. “We’re incredibly proud to align with such an influential force in the fashion and retail scene,” he said.
The debut ‘Super Carnival’ merges the traditional Cairns Cup with the Great Northern Brewing Co Cairns Amateurs, creating what Mr Riches calls “the uniting of the two greatest carnivals” for Far North Queensland. “It’s going to be huge for the community, it ingests a lot, not just here at the racecourse, but for your fashion boutiques, hair stylists, makeup artists, even from accommodation to going out for dinner afterwards,” he said.
Cairns Central will also revamp the judging line-ups. Celebrity stylist and Sunrise fashion commentator Elliot Garnaut heads the Cairns Cup Day panel on August 23, joined by his mother, veteran stylist Kathy Garnaut, and model-entrepreneur Rebecca Harding. The Amateurs Day panel on August 16 features fashion creative Kerrie Carucci, club ambassador June Sheppard and Cairns Central guest judge Stacie Galeano.
“I’m genuinely so excited to visit Tropical North Queensland, it’s such a special part of the country,” Mr Garnaut said. “From the Reef to the rainforest, the natural beauty and energy of the region are truly unmatched,” he said.
Cairns Central centre manager Louise Martin said supporting racewear had long been part of the shopping centre’s DNA.
“Cairns Central has proudly supported the Cairns Cup and Cairns Amateurs for over 15 years and continues to be the premier destination for race-wear in Far North Queensland,” she said.
Tickets for the 2025 Cairns Super Carnival are now on sale at https://bit.ly/44KlTLk
