Blurring the timeline further is a runway appearance in Sydney 13 years ago,where Macpherson dressed as a sexy pilotto launch Virgin flight crew uniforms as a favour to entrepreneur Richard Branson.
Even Macpherson,who has a good head for numbers – having turned being ‘The Body’ into big business through a series of calendars,underwear collections and heringestible beauty brand WelleCo – is confused.
“The headline is ‘coming back to runway’,but that’s not really the case,” Macpherson says. “This is just an evolution of doing things. So anyway,it has been 11 years since I’ve walked – or 10 years,15 years,or whatever it is.”
During that period Macpherson’ssupermodel peers Naomi Campbell,Christy Turlington,Linda Evangelista and Claudia Schiffer have made runway appearances for Versace,Fendi and Ralph Lauren. So what makes an MFF show featuring Aje,Oroton and Bianca Spender the right time to resurrect her strut?
“I didn’t wait for this moment,” she says. “I simply chose other things along the way. That’s what I’ve done with WelleCo. I was hosting and producing Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model.
I grew and evolved and put my energy into things that sparked my heart.”
“This felt really worthwhile because I have a passion for supporting Australian fashion and young designers,and I love Melbourne.”