Glamorous Hen Do Unites Media and Legal Elites

Sore heads and smudged eyeliner were the order of the day across ’s eastern suburbs on Monday after the champagne-soaked hens' party of high-profile defamation lawyer Rebekah Giles.

Giles swapped concerns notices for cocktails on Sunday as she celebrated in style at Lady Chu, with a '90s  glamour-themed dress code.

The Potts Point haunt was transformed into the 'Lucky Price Mahjong Club' for the afternoon, where lychee martinis flowed over dim sum and dance music.

Dressed in colourful cheongsams, satin slips and sky-high stilettos, some appeared to interpret the brief as Rose Porteous chic, with lacquered glamour, opulence and excess reminiscent of Hong Kong’s golden nightclub era.

Bek's inner circle - comprising an eclectic Who's Who of law, media, sport and high society - wholeheartedly embraced the theme, with the bride-to-be making her entrance arm-in-arm with daughters Allegra and Mimi.

Interestingly, we noticed one prominent fashion figure in streetwear nearby. While she had been invited to the party, it seems she wanted a break from dressing up after a hectic few days at Fashion Week. But more on her later...

The guest list included , wife of outgoing Today host , and Kristine Goodwin, wife of  AFL coach Simon Goodwin.

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Also present was leading defamation silk Sue Chrysanthou SC, fresh off her bruising cross-examination of , as well as socialite Ellie Aitken, wife of Regal Partners investment director Charlie Aitken.

The media contingent was well-represented too.

Sarah Stinson, Seven's director of morning TV, was arguably the most influential among them. 

Then there was  host and Walkley 'Scoop of the Year' winner Sharri Markson, who turned up in the same outfit as yours truly.

The Real Housewives of Sydney stars Matty Samaei and Krissy Marsh, Olympian Harry Garside - whom Giles represented in 2023 - and Sheeva Tavakoli, wife of Sydney plastic surgeon Dr Kourosh Tavakoli, rounded out the glittering crowd.

The festivities marked the beginning of what friends are mischievously calling Bek's 'third, and surely final, crack at happily ever after'.