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Sydney Morning Herald
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
The $599 fashion diplomacy from Jodie Haydon with Albanese in China
In a move straight from the royal family's fashion handbook, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's fiancee Jodie Haydon demonstrated she is ready for the dressing demands of being Australia's unofficial first lady. Accompanying Albanese on the Great Wall of China, wrapping up a six-day trip to the Asian superpower, Haydon wore a $599 short-sleeve midi-dress with a floral print and mandarin collar by Australian label Leo Lin. Like Princess Catherine greeting French president Emmanuel Macron in the UK last week, wearing the Parisienne label Dior, Haydon practised fashion diplomacy by paying tribute to her host country and wearing a label with Chinese connections. The brand's founder, Leo Lin, moved to Melbourne from China for his education when he was aged 16, staying on to explore fashion design and assemble his studio in Sydney. 'As an Australian-Chinese brand, we are thrilled to see Jodie Haydon wearing Leo Lin in Leo's home country,' said Laura Good, head of brand at Leo Lin. 'Ms Haydon has been a strong supporter of the Leo Lin label for some time and we loved welcoming her in to our Sydney showroom ahead of the trip.' Loading Leo Lin is stocked in Hong Kong but has been focusing on US expansion for three years, taking over the store windows of Bloomingdales department store in New York in May. 'I truly would love to see Leo Lin in all the best retailers in the world,' Lin said at the unveiling. 'Success in the US is fundamental to Leo Lin's global success, with some of the best international retailers based in this market.' Haydon's breezy outfit was a contemporary update of a belted floral shirt dress worn by Tamie Fraser with then prime minister Malcolm Fraser on the Great Wall in 1976. Haydon provided a modern twist, wearing white sneakers for the walk.
The Age
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
The $599 fashion diplomacy from Jodie Haydon with Albanese in China
In a move straight from the royal family's fashion handbook, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's fiancee Jodie Haydon demonstrated she is ready for the dressing demands of being Australia's unofficial first lady. Accompanying Albanese on the Great Wall of China, wrapping up a six-day trip to the Asian superpower, Haydon wore a $599 short-sleeve midi-dress with a floral print and mandarin collar by Australian label Leo Lin. Like Princess Catherine greeting French president Emmanuel Macron in the UK last week, wearing the Parisienne label Dior, Haydon practised fashion diplomacy by paying tribute to her host country and wearing a label with Chinese connections. The brand's founder, Leo Lin, moved to Melbourne from China for his education when he was aged 16, staying on to explore fashion design and assemble his studio in Sydney. 'As an Australian-Chinese brand, we are thrilled to see Jodie Haydon wearing Leo Lin in Leo's home country,' said Laura Good, head of brand at Leo Lin. 'Ms Haydon has been a strong supporter of the Leo Lin label for some time and we loved welcoming her in to our Sydney showroom ahead of the trip.' Loading Leo Lin is stocked in Hong Kong but has been focusing on US expansion for three years, taking over the store windows of Bloomingdales department store in New York in May. 'I truly would love to see Leo Lin in all the best retailers in the world,' Lin said at the unveiling. 'Success in the US is fundamental to Leo Lin's global success, with some of the best international retailers based in this market.' Haydon's breezy outfit was a contemporary update of a belted floral shirt dress worn by Tamie Fraser with then prime minister Malcolm Fraser on the Great Wall in 1976. Haydon provided a modern twist, wearing white sneakers for the walk.
The Age
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Cardi B, a crow and the Americans taking over Paris Fashion Week
A warm 'howdy' is becoming more appropriate than a breathy 'bonjour' backstage at Paris Fashion Week. On day one, Americans are already the flavour of the autumn/winter 2026 haute couture season at two leading fashion houses, leaving the acquired taste of French designers in short supply. The week dedicated to clothes for the rich, where gowns can cost anywhere between $77,000 and $1,230,000, began with a collection brimming with historical references from US designer Daniel Roseberry at Schiaparelli. Who is buying the matador suits and gowns with jutting hips and shoulders? Lauren Sanchez wore a gold corset dress from Schiaparelli as part of her pre-wedding festivities with Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos. The dress, with floral hand embroidery, was estimated to have cost $US100,000 ($154,000). Roseberry has risen to the top of the Parisienne ranks by embracing the drama of the label, founded by Italian designer Elsa Schiaparelli in 1927, which gained fame for its surrealist touches. In 2023, Roseberry gave us Kylie Jenner wearing a realistic lion's head in the front row, yesterday it was Cardi B arriving cocooned in a black velvet gown with pearl fringing, an exaggerated U-neckline and a crow on a leash. Cardi B asked the paparazzi to be quiet, to not scare the bird. Pop singer Dua Lipa, in a white gown with paillettes and a keyhole cut-out endured the photographers screams, arriving without a bird, or even a key. The highlight of the Schiaparelli show was a dress with a faux décolletage on the back and a beating red diamanté heart. It's unlikely to inspire any Zara dresses but could turn up at Lauren Sanchez-Bezos's Valentine's Day celebrations. Groundwork for the US invasion began the day before the Schiaparelli show, with Washington DC-born designer Michael Rider debuting as creative director at Celine. Having worked at the French fashion house in the past, with stints at Balenciaga and Ralph Lauren, Rider's ready-to-wear show was a confident presentation of early 80s silhouettes with roomy red leather jackets, skinny jeans and suits with broad shoulders and nipped waists.
Sydney Morning Herald
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Cardi B, a crow and the Americans taking over Paris Fashion Week
A warm 'howdy' is becoming more appropriate than a breathy 'bonjour' backstage at Paris Fashion Week. On day one, Americans are already the flavour of the autumn/winter 2026 haute couture season at two leading fashion houses, leaving the acquired taste of French designers in short supply. The week dedicated to clothes for the rich, where gowns can cost anywhere between $77,000 and $1,230,000, began with a collection brimming with historical references from US designer Daniel Roseberry at Schiaparelli. Who is buying the matador suits and gowns with jutting hips and shoulders? Lauren Sanchez wore a gold corset dress from Schiaparelli as part of her pre-wedding festivities with Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos. The dress, with floral hand embroidery, was estimated to have cost $US100,000 ($154,000). Roseberry has risen to the top of the Parisienne ranks by embracing the drama of the label, founded by Italian designer Elsa Schiaparelli in 1927, which gained fame for its surrealist touches. In 2023, Roseberry gave us Kylie Jenner wearing a realistic lion's head in the front row, yesterday it was Cardi B arriving cocooned in a black velvet gown with pearl fringing, an exaggerated U-neckline and a crow on a leash. Cardi B asked the paparazzi to be quiet, to not scare the bird. Pop singer Dua Lipa, in a white gown with paillettes and a keyhole cut-out endured the photographers screams, arriving without a bird, or even a key. The highlight of the Schiaparelli show was a dress with a faux décolletage on the back and a beating red diamanté heart. It's unlikely to inspire any Zara dresses but could turn up at Lauren Sanchez-Bezos's Valentine's Day celebrations. Groundwork for the US invasion began the day before the Schiaparelli show, with Washington DC-born designer Michael Rider debuting as creative director at Celine. Having worked at the French fashion house in the past, with stints at Balenciaga and Ralph Lauren, Rider's ready-to-wear show was a confident presentation of early 80s silhouettes with roomy red leather jackets, skinny jeans and suits with broad shoulders and nipped waists.
Sydney Morning Herald
07-07-2025
- Climate
- Sydney Morning Herald
Paris' ‘filthy' river reopens to swimming after 100 years. I jumped in
In fact, it took 36 years and a herculean clean-up operation costing €1.6 billion ($2.9 billion) – including a vast run-off basin that can hold 20 Olympic swimming pools' worth of water – for his dream to come true when last year the Seine was famously opened to athletes for the Paris Olympics. Even so, heavy rain meant that only five of the 11 scheduled events were able to take place. Now, authorities are confident they have improved matters even further and to prove this point, Eve Plenel, the head of public health for Paris City Hall, was up for a dip. 'There is no need to worry. The water is tested every 15 minutes for everything. If (it) is not swimmable, it will be closed until it is, just like beaches,' she said, insisting the Seine was now among the most closely scrutinised waterways in France. Personally, I was more concerned about the prospect of a close encounter with the pacu, the testicle-biting fish that was caught a decade ago in the Seine. 'I know they eat pigeons' I also struggled to erase images of a 2.17 metres giant catfish caught last month within a few hundred yards of the bathing zone, cut off from the rest of the river by a few fig-leaf buoys. I know they eat pigeons. Small children at a push? Thankfully, the bathing area is out of bounds for the under-14s. Another worry was being squashed by a bateau-mouche, the tourist boats that ply the river and point out the sights. Some 300 craft pass the bras-Marie every day. Paris town hall officials assured me they were barred from passing during bathing opening hours – to the reported fury of tourist operators. Perhaps all this – plus the coolish weather after a blistering heatwave – explained the relatively modest queue that formed ahead of the 8am opening time when Paris' Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo came in person to see the first bathers off. Loading In the queue was Noémie Wira, 30. 'I'm a Parisienne and it's such a thrill to be among the first to take a dip. It's taken a century, but the promise has been kept. It's great to say our generation can swim in the Seine in three amazing locations. Am I worried about my health? I'll let you know in three days,' she told me. Sarah Hosking, 53, originally from Vancouver, Canada, and a Parisienne for the past 17 years, said she felt 'a little leery about opening my mouth' but that it was a 'dream come true' to be able to swim in central Paris, 'just like in Copenhagen '. She sang the mayor's praises for 'pushing it through'. 'Enough of doing things that are just for tourists. We want stuff for us.' Only on Tuesday, Paris was sweltering under record 40°C temperatures but the air was almost chilly as I approached the water. However, there was relief when we were informed the temperature was a bath-like 25C. I strode through the turnstile without a ticket – all bathing areas are totally free and there is no time limit, but the bras-Marie zone is limited to 150 bathers at a time (the other sites can hold 300 and 150 respectively). A green flag fluttered over the wooden decking that serves as a changing area with lockers to store belongings. There are no changing rooms. A yellow flag signals caution, and red is no-go. Caps and goggles are not compulsory but all bathers are required to be tethered to a fetching yellow inflatable tow float. The next hurdle was the obligatory 'swim test'. 'Well, it's not really a test, we just observe people's first few strokes and fish them out if they don't pass muster,' said lifeguard Trady, who kept an eagle eye on bathers. 'This is a small, protected area but the Seine is a dangerous place,' he warned. Indeed, a sign outside points out potential threats: passing boats, currents, and 'gripping plants'. Intriguingly, it was only in French. Could this be some covert plan to reduce over-tourism?, I mused. But now, the moment had finally arrived and I glided into the river and took a few strokes before plunging below. It felt exhilarating and frankly historic to be among the first 100 members of the public to bathe in Paris since 1923. Loading Parisian Hector Pellegars, 27, said: 'I didn't expect it but there was a feeling of intimacy between me, the city and the river which I have never experienced. It was also very weird as the image I had of the Seine when growing up in Paris was an open-air sewer. Now the water is clean enough for us to swim in and it's fantastic.' Paddling past was Tom, a British 24-year-old from Bath now living in Lyon. He said: 'In England, I've swum in some pretty grim rivers. Now we realise just how grim they are with all the water company problems going on, so this doesn't bother me much, frankly.' Could it catch on across the channel in the UK? 'The Thames is a bit of a long shot. But if they've done it here, why not?,' he said. It was a delightful and surreal experience to view Paris from water level after all these years of observing it from the banks. Indeed, it had become a running joke for me to predict: 'One day I will literally go 'in Seine'.'
