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Kylie and Cathy add Australian sparkle at Chanel’s first Sydney show

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 05, 2026 • 08:00 AM
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At a transformed Cutaway at Barangaroo, the French fashion house recruited star power to make its Very Important Clients very happy.

Kylie and Cathy add Australian sparkle at Chanel’s first Sydney show

For stylist Sara Smith, Chanel’s debut runway show in Sydney was “the fashion Olympics, and all the Olympians are coming out in force.”

Smith was right in a literal and metaphorical sense; real-life Olympian Cathy Freeman sat front row with Kylie Minogue, mixed in with hundreds of Very Important Clients – defined as those who spend around $200,000 annually with Chanel – dressed head-to-toe in Chanel.

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