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Kendall Jenner flies into Australia for 24 hours and then jets back out

Everywhere she goes, Kendall Jenner turns heads. And it was no exception when she swooped into Sydney as a special guest of Tiffany & Co.

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It wasn’t so much breakfast at Tiffany’s but champagne, diamonds and a famous Jenner at one of the hot tickets on the Aussie social scene.

While Tiffany & Co. unveiled its new flagship store in Sydney on Pitt Street, all eyes were on special guest, model and TV personality, Kendall Jenner, who flew into Sydney Thursday morning. She even made a tracksuit looked chic while arriving at the airport.

As she walked along the red carpet, Kendall told media “there is a lot I love about Australia...the atmosphere reminds me of home”.

She was dressed in a short yet oversized bubblegum pink dress drom French design house Ingie Paris @ingieparis and matched with a silver Tiffany & Co necklace and white court heels.

Kendall Jenner arrives at the official opening of the Tiffany & Co. flagship store in Sydney, Thursday, April 4, 2019. Picture: Dan Himbrechts
Kendall Jenner arrives at the official opening of the Tiffany & Co. flagship store in Sydney, Thursday, April 4, 2019. Picture: Dan Himbrechts
The pink mini skirt made Kendall the centre of attention. Picture: AAP/Dan Himbrechts
The pink mini skirt made Kendall the centre of attention. Picture: AAP/Dan Himbrechts
It was a lot to take in. Picture: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images
It was a lot to take in. Picture: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

Ms Jenner, 23, is dating Australian basketballer for the Philadelphia 76ers and GQ Australia cover star Ben Simmons (who unfortunately didn’t jump out of a big blue signature Tiffany box) while security around the mega model was tight.

As one of the 5 ‘K’-named daughters of “mum-ager”, Kris Jenner, Kendall (with 107 million Instagram followers hanging on her ever move) is the older sis to fellow model Kylie (with a mere 131m followers) and is half sister to Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian. You couldn’t make this stuff up.

Kendall Jenner in her oversized pink number. Picture: Matrix Media Group
Kendall Jenner in her oversized pink number. Picture: Matrix Media Group
News.com.au editor Lisa Muxworthy snaps a selfie with Kendall Jenner.
News.com.au editor Lisa Muxworthy snaps a selfie with Kendall Jenner.

Kendall was joined by CEO Alessandro Bogliolo, A$AP Ferg, Lara Worthington, Jesinta Franklin and Victoria Lee who all celebrated what is deemed Australia’s best Tiffany store.

The famous and virtually priceless Tiffany yellow diamond, recently worn by Lady Gaga to the Oscars, also had its own security and will stay enshrined in the new store for the next few weeks so the public can have a good ogle.

Samantha Harris. Photo: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts
Samantha Harris. Photo: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts
Jessica Mauboy. Picture: Darren Leigh Roberts
Jessica Mauboy. Picture: Darren Leigh Roberts

The flagship store takes up 1,800 square metres and will become the ultimate luxury shopping destination in Australia. From the unique facade design to its gracious interiors, the store echoes the company’s global reputation and 182-year history that includes Sydney, where Tiffany first opened a store in 1994.

In fact, the store will be one of the top ten flagships worldwide and is of great international importance to the brand.

450 of the country’s social set made up the guest list including Eva Galambos, Jessica Mauboy, model Cameron Robbie, Carmen Hamilton, Amanda Shadforth, model Victoria Lee, Soho House executive Markus Anderson and every major lifestyle magazine and fashion player in town.

Kendall blows a kiss to photographers. Picture: Darren Leigh Roberts
Kendall blows a kiss to photographers. Picture: Darren Leigh Roberts
Get in line, people. Picture: Darren Leigh Roberts
Get in line, people. Picture: Darren Leigh Roberts
Kendall Jenner arrives at the official opening of the Tiffany & Co. flagship store in Sydney.
Kendall Jenner arrives at the official opening of the Tiffany & Co. flagship store in Sydney.
Kendall Jenner was the star of the show at the Tiffany & Co launch on Thursday night.
Kendall Jenner was the star of the show at the Tiffany & Co launch on Thursday night.

The launch was a visual spectacular with lot of colour although the starting post was black, as guests wandered down the “black” carper. After drinks in the style-fuelled store, guests made their way downstairs to an unconventional location under the store, which had been painted ‘Tiffany’ blue.

For the first time, the store also featured a large permanent assortment of Tiffany ‘High Jewellery’ with pieces being among the world’s most precious and exceedingly rare creations.

Annabella Barber. Picture: Darren Leigh Roberts
Annabella Barber. Picture: Darren Leigh Roberts
Victoria Lee. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts
Victoria Lee. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

Guests swamped the Tiffany “style studio” with dedicated stylists offering more interactive browsing of jewellery in open displays, with photo opportunities and a Tiffany try-on studio where guests tried on one of the store’s most dazzling jewels.

There were also custom installations created exclusively for the store by nine up-and-coming and established Australian artists including Lisa Cahill, Anna Wili Highfield and Gemma O’Brien.

Kendall Jenner pictured on arrival into Sydney. Picture: Matrix Media Group.
Kendall Jenner pictured on arrival into Sydney. Picture: Matrix Media Group.

As one of the world’s most popular “influencers”, Kendall recently responded to her involvement in the ill-fated Fyre Festival.

The music festival — which enlisted a whole crew of highly paid models to promote it — was the subject of a fascinating Netflix documentary and created a huge stir, with people losing major bucks, when the whole event was deemed a disaster, before it even started.

But there was no talk about that at the launch, with the media being tightly reigned in when it came to asking questions.

As one of the highest-paid models, Jenner was reportedly paid $500,000 to attend the Tiffany event and also shot a Vogue cover in her 24-hour Sydney stay.

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