Collette Dinnigan Opens New Boutique



Lee Furlong & Shane Watson



Queen Street, Woollahra has now taken on the mantle as Sydney's uber shopping area with designer Collette Dinnigan, still the toast of Paris, opening a new boutique in one of the few remaining and much coveted stores available.

 For the past 3 years the tree lined boulevard has been going through a transformation from the city's premier antique centre to the smartest fashion precinct in town.

Sipping on Moet and nibbling Chinese style canapes at last night's opening bash- Kerrie Anne Kennerley, Peter Weiss, actress Pia Miranda, TV host Kylie Speer and cricketer Shane Watson. They're all confirmed Collette fans.



Collette & models



Missing in  action were Dinnigan's close friends Sarah and Lachlan Murdoch. Murdoch is busy with his takeover of the TEN TV network along with James Packer.

The Mother of All Balls

Now in it's 8th year, actress Rachel Ward's Mother of All Balls went of without a hitch on Friday night at Royal Randwick Racecourse in the Oaks Lawn Marquee.



Bryan Brown & Rachel Ward



With A Rock The Kasbah theme it was an exotic extravaganza of Bedouin chic on a warm evening reminiscent (if you shut your eyes) of  Casablanca meets Marrakesh in a seductive swirl of colour and light with Camel racing, dancing, a Moroccan Souk for Fez hats and jewellery and a sumptuous dinner by Luke Mangan, inspired by the fragrant and tantalising spices of Morocco.



Matilda Brown



And most important, one of the Shuttle's favourite sponsors, Nicholas Feuillatte Champagne which is now the largest selling non vintage bubbles on the planet. Sadly the great man himself Nic Feuillatte failed to appear as he is ailing at his Sydney home where he is now permanently based having sold his Tangier palace.

In the past any major movie personality in town has attended Rachel's baby including Hugh Jackman , Russell Crowe and Quentin Tarrantino.

This year we had Kerri-Anne Kennerley and cricket great Shane Watson and girlfriend Lee Furlong ( see our pic from the OHLALA Mag).








Lee Furlong & Shane Watson