Only a ‘select group’ of reality stars will attend 2024 Australian Fashion Week next week, with the rest blacklisted to protect the event’s reputation.
Just a handful of brides from this year’s season of Married At First Sight have been invited, after previous years saw a deluge of fame-hungry participants flock to Sydney’s Carriageworks venue.
Eden Harper, Lauren Dunn and Sara Mesa are among the lucky few invited.
Jade Pywell, Madeline Maxwell and groom Tristan Black are also confirmed to attend several shows and after parties.
These VIPs will be rubbing shoulders with Australia’s fashion elite, who get to sit in the first two rows at all the runway presentations.
Just a handful of brides from this year’s season of Married At First Sight have been invited to attend Australian Fashion Week next week, after previous years saw a deluge of fame-hungry participants flock to Sydney’s Carriageworks venue. Pictured Eden Harper
Industry stories have told Daily Mail this year designers are taking caution and want nothing to do with ‘fame hungry MAFS stars desperate to be seen at fashion week.’
‘You won’t see the likes of Tori and Jack front row at any of our shows,’ said one source.
Fans expecting to see ‘cheaters’ Ellie Dix and Jono McCullough, Ben Walters or Collins Christian will also be disappointed.
Perth-based bride Lauren Dunn and Sara Mesa were among the few brides to make the list
‘This year’s cast have really struggled to gain any traction and it’s such a massive gamble to bank on any of them to be honest.’
With only an elite group of glamorous and well-edited MAFS stars attending Fashion Week this year, the rest of the cast is said to be ‘feeling the FOMO’.
For 27 years, fashion leaders and international stars were snapped alongside the runway – but now it’s been taken over by reality stars and micro-influencers crowding the shows and the coveted front row.
Top fashionistas were nowhere to be seen on the first two days of the 2023 event.
‘It girl’ and front row regular Nadia Fairfax-Wayne, Bondi influencer Elle Ferguson, and celebrity stylist Elliot Garnaut notable were all no-shows.
And while the Kardashians, Paris Hilton and Bella Hadid have been seen along the runway in recent years, don’t expect them to show up again.
‘Influencers’ and former MAFS contestant Nasser Sultan (yellow shirt) attend the AFW 2023
Kim and Khloe Kardashian with Lara Bingle at Australian Fashion Week in 2008
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