Perth style influencer and socialite Melissa “Lissy” Graham has shared her “pinch me moment” after touchdown an A-list frontrow usually reserved for her style idol Rita Ora at this 12 months’s Afterpay Australian Fashion Week.
Graham and her daughter Chelsea will tackle the glitz and glamour at AAFW in Sydney the place they are going to stand up shut and private with A-lister fashionistas and fellow influencers.
The mother-of-three stated it was an honour to be dressed by Saudi Arabian-Australian designer Yousef Akbar who has many celeb purchasers together with Kimbra, Jessica Mauboy and Kelly Osbourne.
Graham stated sitting within the entrance row with the likes of Rita Ora was “definitely a pinch-me moment”.
“(Ora) just walked the Met Gala so to even get the opportunity to get up close and personal, I think she’s a bit of an adopted Aussie now she spends so much time here with her career,” she stated.
“It’s undoubtedly a pinch me second, I consider myself as that little woman from Perth who typically sits again and watches it and now the chance to have a designer like Yousef needs to decorate you, it’s undoubtedly one thing I’ve labored in direction of.
“It’s an honour and large shock to be dressed by Yousef, being a bit of outdated woman from Perth getting the chance to go is sort of a giant deal to fly the Perth flag.
Graham has established herself as one of many Perth’s foremost style influencers due to her luxurious wardrobe, usually flaunting costly designer outfits.
She initially had 16,000 followers in 2019, however after two hackings she has needed to construct her up her following once more which now sits at 16,700.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
