Maree Menzel

As principal designer for Acton’s Melbourne Cup outfits, Menzel showcased Australian fashion on a world stage.

[9] Her designs included the Titanium outfit (1983),[10] Mock Croc (1986),[11] and an embroidered navy linen suit for Derby Day 1987.

[12] Menzel also designed Fantasy Head, a mask for a charity auction at the Metro Nightclub in the late 1980s, using green and gold fabric scraps to evoke sea and bush themes.

[13] Snake Proof, a costume designed by Menzel and Marcos Davidson, was part of Australian Fashion: The Contemporary Art, an exhibition at the Powerhouse in Sydney and London's V&A Museum in 1989-1990.

Her Port Melbourne home, with a deep orange Moroccan-inspired lounge room and hand painted mandala ceiling rose, is featured in Places, a photographic book by Earl Carter and Jean Wright.