

Meanwhile, within the corporate offices at the store's Sydney flagship, management is in the midst of relocating to the store's new headquarters in Melbourne, ending the store's 180-year history of Sydney being home. Franklin is one of Australia's leading social media players with 412,000 followers on Instagram alone, more than six times the number following Lee.ĭavid Jones has also been negotiating with its lead model Jessica Gomes to retain her services, however the David Jones spokesman refused to comment, despite whispers suggesting she too was preparing to abandon ship. Unlike Franklin, Victoria Lee is not a name with the same celebrity credentials. Last July Packer told PS: 'Kylie has been a wonderful influence on my life. Backgrid Relations between the former couple remain strong, as does Packer's friendship with his first wife, former bikini model Jodhi Meares, who is another regular at Aspen and has become a firm friend of Lim's. While David Jones will be taking another direction, we are extremely grateful for Jesinta's dedication and hard work."Ī store spokesman declined to shed any further light on what led to Franklin's departure but said the store was looking forward to debuting its new model, Victoria Lee, at its Autumn/Winter collections show in February in Sydney. James Packer and Kylie Lim in Aspen last year. James Packer, 51, breaks his silence on socialite girlfriend Kylie Lim after engagement rumours Daily Mail Online Published: 11:21 EDT, 12 July 2019 Updated: 11:52 EDT, 12 July 2019. This week, DJs issued a somewhat perfunctory statement about Franklin's sudden departure: "After two great years of working together, David Jones and Jesinta Franklin will not be renewing their contract in the new year.


PS previously revealed Ched was no longer working with Packer and it is understood he has returned to live at his country property in the Southern Highlands. Most recently "Ched" was overseeing the build of a huge new superyacht in Europe, a project which has been plagued with delays and cost blowouts. Packer has also fallen out with another of his long term Sydney friends, Matthew "Ched" Csidei, his former school buddy who worked with Packer for many years on big private projects, including building the ill-fated marital home he was going to share with his former wife, Erica, before they split. Following his split from Mariah Carey in 2016, the billionaire. It was in Bondi where he spectacularly fell out with his former best man, David Gyngell, the pair's once brotherly relationship still bruised following the punch up that occurred outside Packer's beachside apartment more than three years ago. James Packer has opened up for the first time about his two year relationship with Canadian-born model turned socialite Kylie Lim. It is where both his mother Ros and sister Gretel reside – it is also the place where his every move is scrutinised and documented ad nauseam. Sydney holds many bittersweet memories for Packer.
