Jesinta Campbell was always going draw attention at Sunday night’s Logie Awards.
The 24-year-old model, who is noted for her impeccable fashion sense, made sure this was the case when she rocked up to the event in a ‘fishnet dress’.
The dress, which was a green strapless bodysuit covered in a fishnet-look mesh, received mixed reviews. One of the commenters was Kate Langbroek, who wrote in an Instagram post, "This cannot be for real. #logies #beachwear #desperate(for pants)” next to an image of Campbell.
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Not one to take a sly comment sitting down, Campbell threw shade right back at Langbroek. "Woah nasty, @katelangbroek!," Campbell wrote. "Hope you enjoyed watching and critiquing from your couch last night."
On Tuesday night Campbell took to Instagram once again to explain to her 338,000 followers the story behind her custom Camilla and Marc dress.
"'I want to empower women to follow their dreams, I want to empower them to wear what they desire and not to be judged or punished. And thats where my point of the story comes from. Do what you want, follow your dream and wear what you want.' - Tala Raassi," Campbell wrote.
"Fashion never really used to mean much to me until l met a young designer, Tala Raassi. She grew up in Tehran, the capital of Iran, where women don’t always have a choice in what they wear."
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Great face, great body, no class.
It's good to see Jesinta supporting a girl in Iran for wanting to dress without totally covering up, but could someone explain to Jesinta that thousands of females cover up in Australia, maybe she should try and do something closer to home, perhaps start a group to stop women from wearing the burka, now that might empower women.
She got what she wanted media "coverage".
I love Jesinta. She looks so beautiful in that dress. She's right, in many countries you cannot wear what you like and we're lucky to be able to. She doesn't have to explain herself. I say, where whatever you want because your body changes and your looks fade so do it while you can get away with it.
I think Jesinta's lovely too, and she looked great in that "dress" - but she's a model - that's her job to wear clothes and be photographed. She must realise that not everybody is going to love or even like everything she wears. She can't be that vain, surely !!! And in this time of over-sharing on social media, EVERYONE will have an opinion. Isn't that the idea ??? People need to harden up and accept criticism, whether they think it's warranted or not. If you don't like it, don't put it out there