Julie Bishop stuns the crowd in her very own "revenge dress"
Former foreign minister turned mining adviser Julie Bishop has made a bold statement in her life post-politics.
Ms Bishop recently appeared at Australian department store David Jones' first runway show in four years to premiere the latest Spring / Summer 22 collection. She has managed to turn heads on the red carpet wearing a $3750 metallic jacquard long sleeve mini dress designed by French luxury fashion house Balmain.
The chic dress was paired with black stockings, simple black pumps and a silver clutch adorned with silver chain detail to complete her look.
Ms Bishop was flooded with adoring comments when she posted photos of her look to her Instagram account.
Pip Edwards of Aussie activewear brand PE Nation wrote, “You stunner”.
“ Va va va Voom!!,” Sunrise entertainment reporter Nelson Aspen commented.
One Instagram user compared Ms Bishop’s look to that of the late Princess Diana’s infamous ‘revenge dress", which she wore at her first public event following her split from Prince Charles.
“Is that like Diana‘s revenge dress?,” they said.
The skin tight mini black dress certainly looked similar to the Christina Stambolian cocktail dress worn by the Princess, and it’s even more fitting given her very public split from long-time boyfriend David Panton, ending their eight-year relationship.
Ms Bishop was joined at the David Jones event by musical artist Vera Blue, model Natalie Roser, TV-host Erin Holland, activewear entrepreneur Pip Edwards, and fashion designer Bianca Spender at the flagship store.
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