I’ve been to many Australian Fashion Weeks over the years and yet each new installment never fails to surprise, entertain and often baffle me.
Yes, there is no shortage of dazzling creativity on display on the runways, but for the outsider who isn’t part of the fashion elite, it’s the eccentric moments that really stand out.
This year, the wild whispers and rumors heard in the front row of Sydney’s Carriageworks and elsewhere were as sensational as the suits hanging from the models as they strutted their slender figures down the catwalk.
None of the fashionistas, influencers or others featured in this story are among the eavesdroppers, unless otherwise noted.
Australian Fashion Week never fails to surprise, entertain and sometimes baffle with its creative and eccentric moments. (Note: none of the fashionistas, influencers, or other people featured in the story are among those heard, unless otherwise noted)
This year, the wild whispers and rumors heard in the front row of Sydney’s Carriageworks and elsewhere were as sensational as the outfits hanging from the models as they strutted their slender figures down the catwalk (pictured: day three guests).
Ali Daher (right) spent the week interviewing Fashion Week stars, including Rebecca Judd (left), but it was the off-the-record comments from other guests that really impressed her.
One of the funniest moments I heard happened Tuesday at the Beare Park show when an influencer you may have heard of breathlessly recounted a health emergency to her manager.
‘I have to go right now. I’m going to get a scan. I’m so sick. I think it’s cancer,” he said.
The manager was not so alarmed and replied curtly, “Maybe you’re sick because you’ve been starving all week.” Try to eat something.
Oh.
A day later, on Wednesday, the brutal reality of the influencer food chain was laid bare in another surprising exchange.
My ears pricked up at the Bec + Bridge showcase when an influencer confided in a friend who was very willing to offer a sympathetic ear.
“I just hit 100,000 followers and my agent says I’m still ’emerging,'” she lamented.
‘I have to go right now, I’m going to have a scan. I’m so sick. “I think it’s cancer,” one influencer was heard telling her agent, who curtly suggested that she should try eating something.
My ears perked up at the Bec + Bridge show when an influencer confided to a friend, “I just hit 100,000 followers and my agent says I’m still ’emerging.'”
As Day 1 began, I was preparing for Carla Zampatti’s presentation when a high-profile PR professional whispered to a security guard, ‘What is she doing in the front row?’ Her seat was further back.
When things started on Day 1, I was preparing for Carla Zampatti’s presentation when a high-profile PR professional whispered to a security guard.: ‘That she doing in the front row? Her seat was further back.”
I could tell you who the alleged seat thief was, but she would never forgive me.
Perhaps the quintessential ‘Fashion Week moment’ also took place on Monday when I caught Carolina Santos, a former MAFS girlfriend known for her skimpy outfits and penchant for televised adultery, savagely mocking a stylist.
The fashionista in question, Jamie Azzopardi, strutted through Carriageworks flanked by an entourage of caregivers tending to her extravagant dress.
Looking from afar, Santos told me: ‘What the hell is that? Does Jamie think they’re at the Met Gala or something? Why do people hold (their) clothes?’
Being compared to the arrival of the Met Gala must have been positively orgasmic for them..
Perhaps the quintessential ‘Fashion Week moment’ also took place on Monday when I caught Carolina Santos (left), a former MAFS girlfriend known for her skimpy outfits and penchant for televised adultery, savagely mocking a stylist .
Being compared by Ms. Santos to an arrival at the Met Gala must have been positively orgasmic.