What is Frocktober?
Frocktober is the campaign that empowers women around Australia to channel their creative flair through their favourite frocks, all while raising urgently-needed funds for the OCRF’s innovative research projects that help to shine a light on ovarian cancer.
For a day, a week or the whole month of October, something as simple as the clothes we put on our back has the potential to start important conversations, raising awareness of the lack of early detection method, of women’s experiences, and of how we as a community can do more to support ovarian cancer research.
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The spirit of Frocktober
Diversity
Frocktober is all about embracing diversity and coming together as a community. Whether you’re boho or rockabilly, corporate or creative, a seamstress or a shopper—Frocktober is the fundraiser for you.
Flexibility
Can’t commit to the whole month? Just want to frock up once, or on weekends? Frocktober gives you the flexibility to take part as often as you like. Check out some popular ways to frock up here, or get creative and design your own challenge.
Creativity
Frocktober celebrates creativity in all its glory. We’ve seen wedding dresses, costumes, handmade creations—there’s no right or wrong way to frock up. You do YOU!
Why should I Frock up?
Ovarian cancer is one of the most lethal and least understood cancers. Over the next 10 years, an estimated 14,000 Australian women will die from it.
Every dollar raised by Frocktober participants ("Frockers") supports the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF) in their mission to develop and early detection test, as well as more personalised, targeted therapies to treat ovarian cancer.
1 woman dies from ovarian cancer every 8 hours
An early detection test will save 8,000 women over the next decade
Only 29% of women with late-stage ovarian cancer will survive past 5 years