Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest are billionaires who made their fortunes in mining. Now, the long-time rivals are going toe-to-toe in apparel, buying up some of Australia's most iconic brands. But this foray into fashion is about more than boots.
As they stepped aboard the luxury yacht, about to set sail on the Seine, it wasn't our Olympians' hard-won medals glinting in the setting sun — it was their golden footwear.
Gina Rinehart and Australia's Olympic medallists posed for photos in their gold Rossi boots, on their cruise along the Seine River."Acquiring Rossi Boots is not just a business decision; it’s a recognition of our national history," Rinehart said at the time.This pursuit into Australian apparel has, once again, put Rinehart in competition with fellow billionaire mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest.
He even paid a special visit to the Rossi Boots stall at Beef Week in Rockhampton in May, following what his office termed an RM's 'blow out' at the event, going on to proudly display his pair alongside S. Kidman and Co. CEO and former Northern Territory chief minister, Adam Giles. "But if he was wearing a competitor's boot, I'm sure she would ask — and probably has asked — 'why aren't you wearing my product?'"
" is putting swindle factories or so-called wind farms all over our area," Joyce told radio station 2GB in May. "And that, to me, is the DNA of why bankers, stockbrokers, financiers are wearing RM Williams boots. It dates back to the 1990s, not the much longer brand heritage of RM Williams making saddles and country accoutrements."
S. Kidman and Co. did not respond to the ABC's inquiries about the number of staff it employs or its future manufacturing plans.Despite any feelings Rinehart and Forrest may engender, or any controversy their views may attract, Harris reckons the brands are ultimately bigger than their billionaire owners.
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