Six months after launching with all guns blazing, former Harpers Bazaar Australia editor-in-chief-turned-purveyor of budget handbags Kellie Hush has quit the start-up she had been so enthusiastically spruiking
Six months after launching with all guns blazing, formerAustralia editor-in-chief-turned-purveyor of budget handbags Kellie Hush has quit the start-up she had been so enthusiastically spruiking.
She had plans to open five stores by the end of last year in malls across Sydney, and more stores around the country in the months to follow. But as the months dragged on, those ambitions were not realised. Hush said she had secured the backing of a wealthy silent partner for the new venture, to be called The Way, and was in talks with one of Australia’s major department stores – David Jones – to stock the brand.
PS was left off the guest list of Wednesday night’s big David Jones launch party, which was to unveil its ground floor revamp at the store’s Elizabeth Street flagship.I called to find out why your columnist had not been invited to document this auspicious new chapter in Sydney’s oldest and grandest department store.
As for the guest list, it largely comprised 20-something social media influencers, most of whom those who shop at DJs have never heard of.
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