House of K'Dor's annual Blanc Diamond Soiree attracts celebs
There was no fear of celebrity accountant Anthony Bell's new $25 million Ghost II superyacht sinking on Saturday night, given the amount of inflatable devices cunningly disguised as skimpy cocktail frocks that made it on board.
Giving the Mehajer girls a run for their money in the Kardashian fashion stakes, it was certainly an eye-popping crowd on the luxury cruiser that had been chartered for the night by husband and wife jewellery duo Tarick and Zena Kaddour, the bling-meisters of Bankstown who have inched their way into the inner sanctum of Point Piper's silvertails.
The Kaddours own the House of K'Dor jewellery chain and host the annual Blanc Diamond Soiree. This year's event certainly raised the stakes, from the towering crystal and gold candelabras that greeted guests on arrival to the pianist playing a baby grand on the dock at Rose Bay.
An endless river of Dom Perignon flowed well into the night as a saxophonist and DJ had the dance floor pumping. Models paraded about, dripping in diamonds, before the evening culminated in a huge fireworks spectacular in the middle of the harbour.
Singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte and television sports identity Erin Molan were there, so too Chinese real estate maven Monika Tu, cabaret performer extraordinaire Adam Williams, Cricket WAG Kyly Clarke and heiress Deborah Symond.
It was hard to identify the heavily tattooed rap stars, or the footballers, though it was the seemingly endless supply of voluptuous vixens who stole the show, including Sydney Fashion Blogger Antoinette Marie, wearing a lacy saloon-girl see-thru pant-suit that left little to the imagination. Apparently she has more than one million followers on Instagram.
Meanwhile the Kaddours are already planning next year's event, which could be held at their new home about to be built in Castle Hill. PS was told it would be an "almost" identical copy of the Palace of Versailles, on a slightly smaller scale at just three stories.
We can hardly wait.
Senior journalist Andrew Hornery is the man behind The Sydney Morning Herald's Private Sydney column. If they are worth knowing about, they are on the PS radar.
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