2022: Melbourne WAG Nadia Bartel’s incredible year of fashion
The Melbourne WAG has put the “powder” scandal behind her, successfully revamping her image as a “style guru” Australians adore.
2022 has been a big year for most, but especially so for Melbourne socialite Nadia Bartel.
After ending the previous year engulfed in a “white powder” scandal, the mum-of-two has successfully reinvented herself as a fashion guru.
The former WAG, who was married to AFL star Jimmy Bartel for five years before separating in August 2019, launched her own fashion label Henne two years ago which she revealed recently was now enjoying “incredible success”.
Her brand also made its runway debut this year, showing an array of stylish outfits at Sydney’s Afterpay Australian Fashion Week in May.
On top of this, the 37-year-old has attended a string of glitzy celeb parties, often decked out in expensive garments she’s been dressed in by a designer.
One of her most notable outfits of the year was the $599 Rebecca Vallance dress she wore to a long lunch in Melbourne.
The chocolate brown long-sleeved “Joan knit” featured a racy cut-out on the side that featured the daring “G-string” trend celebrities have been rocking recently.
The throwback ’90s style makes it appear as if the wearer’s underwear is visible, though in Nadia’s case the “string” was a modern gold metal chain.
Fans of the fashion entrepreneur labelled this one of her “best looks yet”, noting: “Nadia never gets it wrong.”
She’s a big fan of a sheer number, showing her 539,000 Instagram followers the sexy piece of clothing can be worn with grace and style.
In June she wore a sheer black top with a cut-out across the bust to an outing at Society restaurant with friends.
She didn’t name the brand of top in her snaps, but she teamed it with a pair of black vegan leather pants as she posed alongside friend and radio producer Jack Charles.
Fashion items with daring cut-outs are also a favourite of Nadia’s, with the glamorous business woman rocking numerous outfits featuring them.
One memorable ensemble was a brown two-piece from Christopher Esber which had an array of peek-a-boo moments across the top and skirt.
Another outfit that flashed the flesh was another racy Christopher Esber design, this time a black top which was held together by bejewelled straps across the chest.
The ex-WAG had to go braless in the risque outfit, which she teamed with a pair of flared pants and a black blazer from her own fashion label Henne.
Nadia told news.com.au earlier in the year she’s a huge fan of styling swimwear with regular wardrobe pieces to create a unique outfit – a skill evident in one of her most recent showstopping outfits.
Wearing a new $169 cossie from her own Henne swimwear line, the “San Giorgia One Piece”, Nadia paired it with a pair of beige “Astrid” cargo pants, and a pair of nude slides.
“Oh hello you style queen,” one fan wrote under the snap.
“You keep getting more and more iconic,” another said.
While one declared: “Need!!!”
In another outfit from December’s silly season, Nadia noted she was wearing a style she hadn’t worn since becoming a mum.
“First time I have worn low slung pants since before kids,” she captioned a snap of herself in a pair of low-riding vegan leather pants.
She paired the bold look with a lemon halter-neck top from her own label to complete the look.
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