Is Australian Fashion Week out of style? Reality stars storm event once attended by Kim Kardashian

It has lengthy been thought-about one of the crucial prestigious occasions in Sydney‘s social calendar.

And whereas Australian Fashion Week has attracted a bevy of worldwide celebrities up to now – together with the Kardashians – lately you are extra prone to see native reality TV stars attending the runway exhibits.

This 12 months’s schedule noticed scantily clad MAFS and Bachelor contestants safe front-row seats – and their diva behaviour reportedly left so much to be desired.

A Who’s Who of TV

A gradual stream of actuality stars turned out for this 12 months’s Australian Fashion Week, together with former MAFS brides Jules Robinson and Melissa Lucarelli. 

Bachelor alumni Brittany Hockley and Kiki Morris have additionally made their presence felt, alongside Bachelorette star Timm Hanly and MAFS ‘villain’ Daniel Holmes.

Marley Biyendolo, Tilly Whitfeld and Sarah Jane Adams additionally loved a mini Big Brother reunion once they sat collectively at a runway present on Thursday.

MAFS grooms Al Perkins and Brent Vitiello fortunately posed for images collectively on Thursday, after befriending one another on this 12 months’s season. 

It’s a change of tempo contemplating the occasion as soon as attracted the Kardashians.

Back in 2008, Kim Kardashian sat entrance row together with her sister Khloé on the Ruth Tarvydas runway present.

The O.C. star Mischa Barton was additionally a entrance row fixture at Kirrily Johnston’s present that very same 12 months.

Paris Hilton stormed the runway for Wayne Cooper’s present at Australian Fashion Week in Melbourne again in 2003.

Years later, Bella Hadid dropped in from Cannes to stroll the runway on the Misha Collection Resort 17 present in May 2016.

At the time, stories steered the youthful sister of mannequin Gigi Hadid was paid as much as AU$420,000 for the gig.

Bella stated of strolling the runway: ‘I need to actually put on every little thing from this assortment. I actually wore a night costume immediately with tennis footwear and it nonetheless regarded cool.’

Male mannequin Jordan Barrett additionally reportedly earned AU$100,000 for a 60-second stroll at Justin Cassin’s Australian Fashion Week showcase in 2017. 

Colourful figures 

Former bikie affiliate Mark Judge raised eyebrows when he attended day three of Australian Fashion Week this 12 months.

The 43-year-old donned an all-black ensemble as he posed with a gaggle of scantily clad fashions and actuality stars at Carriageworks. 

Mark, who grew up close to Penrith in western Sydney, began out as a doorman for a Rebels bike gang clubhouse.

In 2011, the ‘girls’ man’ was discovered bleeding to loss of life on an upmarket Sydney avenue after he was violently stabbed 9 occasions.

Mark was discovered collapsed on the footpath outdoors his house by two pals who had been driving previous after the assault.

Mark has since turned his life round and now makes a residing as a designer watch vendor with shops in Bondi and Melbourne.

Ruffling options for all of the fallacious causes

This 12 months’s Married At First Sight ‘villain’ Olivia Frazer ruffled feathers when she attended Fashion Week on Monday.

The 28-year-old took it upon herself to take a seat within the entrance row, regardless of having been assigned a second-row seat.

An onlooker advised Daily Mail Australia Olivia was imagined to have been seated subsequent to them within the second row on the Bec + Bridge present.

‘I seen Olivia mingling with folks within the entrance row and making an attempt to work out the place she was sitting,’ they stated.

‘She regarded over to the empty seats subsequent to me, pointed and stated, “Oh, 10 and 11, that is us,” fairly loudly.’

Despite this, Olivia continued to talk with the folks within the entrance row, earlier than choosing up one of many goodie luggage, inserting it below a seat and sitting down.

According to the eyewitness, there have been three rows on the runway present, however solely the entrance row was given goodie luggage.

A consultant for Olivia stated that whereas she did sit within the entrance row, ‘nobody complained’ about her being there. 

Causing scenes

Fame-seeking Married At First Sight star Nasser Sultan was placed on discover over his rowdy behaviour at Fashion Week this 12 months.

Security at Carriageworks, the Sydney venue the place many of the runway exhibits had been held, issued the 55-year-old with a stern warning to ‘cease being a pest’.

The warning was given after Nasser was pictured harassing former NRL WAG Phoebe Burgess within the entrance row on the Oroton showcase on Tuesday. 

Nasser had briefly slipped into racing royalty Kate Waterhouse’s seat when she moved away and tugged on Phoebe’s designer coat to attempt to get her consideration. 

However, the ex-wife of retired NRL star Sam Burgess turned her again on Nasser as he repeatedly requested for a photograph and tried to begin a dialog. 

An apologetic Nasser advised Daily Mail Australia he was ‘actually embarrassed’ about his behaviour round Phoebe, however denied gatecrashing the present or stealing anybody’s seat, as had been beforehand reported. 

‘[The incident with security] actually embarrassed me. I felt like a f**kwit… however I did not take anybody’s seat or sneak in,’ the previous music promoter stated. 

‘I used to be invited to that present, noticed Phoebe went over to say hey. Why cannot you say hey to folks lately?’

‘Security had been saying I stole Kate Waterhouse’s seat. I didn’t. I used to be there for just a few seconds simply taking a photograph with Phoebe after which moved again to my seat.’

He added: ‘They stated I used to be being a pest and that the designers did not need me at their exhibits… that is not true. I’ve been invited to lots of exhibits.

‘I’ve been going for years. I’ve no disgrace sitting within the again row. I’m blissful simply to be there.’