And the singing superstar wore (designer’s designer) Iris Van Herpen…
All the celebrity and social photos from the epic Cartier Garage party in Sydney
The dress code said ‘a touch of gold’ but for secret guest performer Rita Ora, wearing fashion’s millennial golden girl designer Iris Van Herpen to the Precious Garage 2018 Cartier party was a clever stretch.
The 28-year-old singer, in Australia for the luxury jewellery brand and to promote her new album Phoenix with a performance at the ARIAs, braved Cartier’s long red carpet in blustery conditions wearing a mid-length, voluminous blush gown featuring the Avante-Garde Dutch designer’s signature organic pleating.
In fact, it’s worth arguing that the strong winds, although conjuring several ‘Marilyn Monroe’ high-skirt moments, were the ideal conditions for showing the dress in all its billowing glory.
Rita Ora wearing Iris Van Herpen at the Precious Garage 2018 Cartier Party in Sydney
More than 500 guests gathered under the iconic Anzac Bridge in the Sydney Inner West suburb of Rozelle, first milling in the open air before giant roller doors to a nearby dry-dock boat hanger opened and a gilded nightclub-like venue was revealed inside.
Created to resemble the original Precious Garage exhibition held at Salone del Mobile in Milan, and in homage to two of the brand’s most famous jewellery designs, both displayed there – the Juste un Clou (curved nail design) and Ecrou de Cartier (resembling nuts and screws) – the high-glamour party’s rustic Shipyard setting just added to the underground appeal.
Along with Ora, big-name guests included Elizabeth Debicki, Georgia Fowler, Bella Heathcote and Jessica Gomes. The British star performed three of her biggest hits, DJs Eve Speciall and Graz played, and the party people made this a Thursday night to be talked about well into the New Year. See below for an insider view of the epic party socials.
THE RED CARPET
Georgia Fowler and Kate Fowler
Georgia Fowler
Elizabeth Debicki
Rita Ora
Bella Heathcote
Eve Speciall
Pip Edwards
Nadia Fairfax
Montana Cox
Roberta Pecoraro and Carissa Walford
Anna Feller
Jessica Gomes
Heidi Middleton and CARTIER's Jessie Hargreaves
Aleyna Fitzgerald
Matilda Dodds and Jake Terry
Madeleine Madden
Lindy Rama-Ellis
Kate Waterhouse
Sara Crampton and Beck Wadworth
Gracie Otto
Cheyenne Tozzi
Carmen Hamilton
Camilla Freeman-Topper and Marc Freeman
Anna Plunkett
Rebecca Vallance
Mikey Nolan and Pip Edwards
Alice Hale
THE ATMOSPHERE
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THE PARTY PEOPLE
Tanja Gacic, Lindy Klim, Nadia Fairfax, Kate Watherhouse, Charles Hinckfuss_Cartier Precious Garage Party_29Nov19
Kate and Georgia Fowler_Cartier Precious Garage Party_29Nov19
Elizabeth Debicki_Cartier Precious Garage Party_29Nov19
Eve Speciall_Cartier Precious Garage Party_29Nov19
Anthony Callea_Cartier Precious Garage Party_29Nov19
Carmen Hamilton, Matilda Dodds_Cartier Precious Garage Party_29Nov19
