Rozalia Russian, Nadia Bartel stun at Soda Shades launch party
A Melbourne influencer has caused a stir in a “sexy” outfit that flaunted her bust to launch her new sunglasses range.
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A Melbourne influencer has turned heads in a plunging gown at the launch event for her new sunglasses collection.
Rozalia Russian, who is married to Bar Bambi owner Nick Russian, wore a boob-baring lilac dress from local designer Misha to a star-studded bash celebrating her collaboration with popular Australian brand Soda Shades.
The floor length $380 “Jennifer Cupro Maxi Dress”, which gives wearers a “sexy silhouette” and “exposes the wearers cleavage” according to its own description, proved very popular with Russian’s 268,000 fans – with many praising the content creator’s “gorgeous” outfit.
“Stunning as always,” one commented on a series of photos shared by Russian on Instagram.
“Your dress is perfection,” another shared.
As one pressed: “Where is your outfit from? I’m obsessed”.
Others noted Russian, who paired her lilac number with “Shade 005” from the Rozalia X Soda range, looked strikingly similar to Melbourne socialite Nadia Bartel.
Bartel, 39, had also worn a lilac gown to the event, though she paired hers with a different set of shades from the new collection.
“Hang on are you and Nadia twins, for real?” one fan asked, prompting Russian to reply with a laughing face emoji.
The HENNE owner, who used to be married to AFL legend Jimmy Bartel, wore a $650 Jacinth Maxi Dress in Mauve by De La Vali at the bash, which she revealed on Instagram was purchased at luxury e-tailer The New Trend.
Bartel’s fans were equally as enamoured with her outfit as Russian’s were, with one declaring: “That colour on you.”
“Colour of the day,” someone else mused.
As others said Bartel, a mum-of-two, looked “unbelievably stunning”.
Other famous faces at party, held at Pipi’s Kiosk in Albert Park, Victoria, included Brooke Warne, the daughter of late cricket legend Shane Warne, and beauty influencer Gemma Diamond.
During the festivities, Brooke showcased a new collectable Monopoly edition that honours her dad who died in March 2022 at the age of just 52.
Celebrity fashion stylist turned shoe designer Lana Wilkinson was also at the “Welcome To Summer” launch event, wearing an electric blue dress along with a pair of the Shade 001 sunnies from the range.
Sydney stars attended a similar event to celebrate Runaway The Label’s new summer collection, with former reality TV star and influencer Skye Wheatley among the famous faces in attendance.
Wheatley posed for a series of snaps in the brand’s “Amalda Mini Dress”, showing off the results of her recent “fox eye” surgery which she had in Turkey.
She had the procedure, which uses dissolvable threads to lift and elongate the eye in order to create an upturned look, alongside a temporal lift, which is a fat transfer into the face.
Wheatley also had a blepharoplasty, most commonly referred to as an eyelid lid lift, performed at the same time.
But Wheatley, who lives on the Gold Coast, appears to have fully recovered following her lengthy procedures and posed for photos alongside other influencers at the party, held at Gatsby House in Darling Point.
Other guests included MAFS 2024 star Sara Mesa and Love Island Australia contestant Cassidy McGill.
Originally published as Rozalia Russian, Nadia Bartel stun at Soda Shades launch party
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