Influencer bashed for wearing see-through dress to friend’s wedding: ‘Not about you’
Another day, another influencer causing a stir by wearing a see-through dress to a wedding, and this time it’s none other than WAG royalty, Nadꦗia Bartel.
She left little to the imagination while attending a friend’s wedding over the weekend, sporting a sheer, lacy gown with her undergarments on ful🃏l display.
The Melbourne socialite and fashion entrepreneur’s dress was a fitte🐈d, floor-length dress by her designer friend, Effieﷺ Kats.
The dr🐓ess, known as th𓄧e Valiya Maxi Dress, retails for $329 and features a strapless scalloped bodice.
The image on the brand’s website indicates that the item doesn’t come☂ with an in-built bra, but to maintain some modesty, Bartel chose to wear a boob tube crop top und🍸erneath.
She pair𒊎ed the outfit with black high-waisted underwear, which were visible through the figure-hugging skirt.
The 39-year-old styled her long, balayages hair in curls and opted for a glowing,🐷 neutral makeup look with glossy lips.
To keep the focus on her striking dress෴, she wore minimal jewellery, accessorising only with a silver watch and ring.
&nbsꦺp;or anything that distracts from the bride is considered “bad form,” as it could be seen as an attempt to upstage the bride.
As a result, Bartel’s revealing o🎃utfit faced some criticism online.
Com💟menters on Facebook called her “pathetically desperate” and labelled her🙈 outfit as “attention-seeking,” with one person simply remarking, “Yuck.”
Another added, “Attending someone’s wedding is not ��about you. It’s about the brid𒐪e.”
In the photos share𝕴d on her Stories, Bartel was pictured with her boyfriend, Peter Dugmore, w🌄ho looked dapper in a grey suit, white button-up shirt, black tie, and shiny shoes.
The couple went Instagram official in December 2022, sharing a loved-up photo, and in August, Bartel referred to Dugmoreꦚ as “the one” in a ‘question and answer’ video.
In the candid Q&A session, Bartel admitted to feeling dev💜astated after her divorce from Jim⛦my Bartel in 2019, after 11 years of marriage.
“I felt like my life had ended, which seems silly to think now♍,” sh🌜e shared.
At the time, Bartel wasn’t actively looking for a new relaܫtionship, as she was happy with her life and her two🎃 kids.
However, her interest was piqued when Dugmore messaged her🍸 on Instagram.
“I don’t usually respond𝄹 to Instagram messages, ꦓbut for some reason, I did,” she admitted.
She notic🐬ed they had mutual friends and that he didn’t post much – something she found attractive.
After exchan𝓰ging a few messages, she agreed to meet him at The Tan, a popular walking spot in Melbourne, and they have been✱ together ever since.
“I never thought I’d meet this person but there was something about seeing him and hearing his voice, his mannerisms, I 🍸just felt an instant spark and energy, which was crazy 🌱because I hadn’t felt that at all with anyone since my split,” she said.
“We took it very slowly and now have a great relationship b⭕ecause of it.”
Bartel als💖o touched on the possibility of having children together, saying, “I’m older now so I don’t know when or if that could happen but it’s n🍸ice getting to the point where you can feel like that again.”