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‘I’m bald and broken’: Designer Camilla Franks reveals bald head after intense chemo

FASHION designer Camilla Franks is putting on a brave front. She walked her first red carpet since her shock breast cancer diagnosis last May shortly after giving birth to her daughter Luna in January.

FASHION designer Camilla Franks is putting on a brave front.

A stoic Franks walked her first red carpet since her shock breast cancer diagnosis last May shortly after giving birth to her daughter Luna in January.

Camilla Franks revealed her bald head at the Ladies in Black movie premiere in Sydney. Picture: Christian Gilles
Camilla Franks revealed her bald head at the Ladies in Black movie premiere in Sydney. Picture: Christian Gilles
The designer has gone through intense chemotherapy since revealing she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Picture: Christian Gilles
The designer has gone through intense chemotherapy since revealing she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Picture: Christian Gilles
She shouted to the paps “I miss you guys”. Picture: Christian Gilles
She shouted to the paps “I miss you guys”. Picture: Christian Gilles

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Showing off her bald head as a result of intensive chemotherapy treatment, the 42-year-old kaftan queen appeared in good health as she smiled for the cameras at the Sydney premiere of Aussie film Ladies In Black.

Supported by her partner musician JP Jones, Franks was on trend for the film, skipping her trademark elaborate coloured prints for a black pants suit.

While she posed for the gathering of photographers, Franks would not comment on her health.

She did call out to the pack of snappers, “I miss you guys”.

Her last appearance was at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in May where she showed her collection. Picture: Christian Gilles
Her last appearance was at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in May where she showed her collection. Picture: Christian Gilles

The public appearance comes after she first revealed the toll of the disease on social media in a series of powerful black and white photographs in late July.

“I am bald and broken but I will not be beaten,” she wrote.

Ladies in Black stars Aussie actors Ryan Corr, Noni Hazlehurst, Alison McGirr and is directed the legendary Bruce Beresford who were all present last night.

Originally published as ‘I’m bald and broken’: Designer Camilla Franks reveals bald head after intense chemo

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