Kristin Fishers Comeback After Scandalous Fall

After several years wandering through social Siberia, Kristin Fisher has finally re-entered the notoriously picky eastern suburbs scene.

The Double Bay eyebrow plucker, who has weathered a string of very public controversies in recent years, made her most definitive return yet on Monday night - stepping out at society queen bee Bernadette Sukkar's Met Gala-inspired charity event hosted by The Buildcorp Foundation in support of Lifeline Australia.

Pilates instructor Bernadette - whose husband, Jordan Sukkar, is Buildcorp's chief operating officer, and the son of company co-founders Josephine and Tony Sukkar AM - is widely regarded as the new doyenne of the Sydney in-crowd, having risen from 's protégé to elite status. 

To bag an invitation to this exclusive soirée was impressive enough - but getting a plus-one was all the proof you need that Fisher has been welcomed in from the cold.

On the 41-year-old's arm was Morgan Stanley finance bro Shannon Sykes, 28, whose romance with the mother of two was first revealed by The Group Chat last week.

The headline magnet is said to have been introduced to the native, who now lives in Bondi, through mutual friends, despite him being more than a decade her junior.

In a social ecosystem where perception is everything, his presence spoke volumes.

One society insider suggested that courting a 'cleanskin' who hasn't been tainted by the incestuous eastern suburbs dating pool signals a 'reset' for Fisher, whose previous marriage to personal trainer Chris Barnes ended in divorce.

Indeed, few were surprised to see the socialite using Monday night's prestige event as an excuse to hard-launch their relationship, posting shots of the pair getting cosy between glasses of wine. 

Fisher, dressed in a plunging copper gown with lace inserts at the waist, looked like the cat that got the cream as she draped herself over her sharply suited beau.

Photos posted by Ms Sukkar, meanwhile, show Fisher nestled among fellow well-heeled guests, including PR queen Montarna McDonald and jeweller Kate Bond - who is Fisher's sister and the wife of Alan Bond's grandson Banjo.

Her appearance was as close to a 'Welcome Back' party as you could get.

Long seen as sitting on the outer fringe of social relevance after a string of gaffes, the story of how Fisher edged her way back into the room is surely one for the ages.

It follows a years-long stretch in which Fisher's carefully curated Double Bay life unravelled in increasingly public fashion. 

Fisher also suffered a professional setback in November 2023 when her salon Kristin Fisher Eyebrows entered voluntary administration with debts exceeding $900,000