It was less of a marquee, more a towering manor in pristine white, flanked by dense, verdant hedges and solemn lookalikes of the Queen’s Guards. Inside the Emirates Mansion at Melbourne Cup, 450 guests indulged at an Yves Saint Laurent beauty parlour, snapped an exhibit curated by legendary milliner Stephen Jones, and smelled the secret scent wafting between custom carpets and wallpapers, designed to evoke England.

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