Julie Bishop rubs shoulders with royalty, actors and ex-British Prime Minister at swanky book launch

Julie Bishop rubbed shoulders with some very famous faces at a book launch party in London on Wednesday night.

The former Secretary of State, 66, was greeted at the launch of Dr. Gene Sherman’s The Spoken Object accompanied by Princess Beatrice, former British Prime Minister David Cameron and Isla Fisher.

The glamorous socialite stole the spotlight in a silver sparkly Max Mara mini dress, which retails for $1405.

She paired the sequined dress with diamond and crystal ball earrings and her short blonde hair was styled in his signature style.

Ms Bishop was delighted to attend the event and shared a series of photos of herself posing next to the stars on Instagram.

‘The princess, the prime minister and the actor. A simply extraordinary evening for @sherman_gene book launch ‘The Spoken Object’, she wrote.

It comes after Ms Bishop divided opinion after she showed up at a fashion event in London last month in a striking pink leather dress to give a speech on dress and feminism.

She caught the eye in a striking button-up mini dress with sparkly heels as she took the stage to speak at the Sherman Center for Cultural Ideas Fashion Hub event at the Design Museum in London.

However, some attendees were said to be “privately outraged” that she was named as a speaker at the prestigious event, as she once rejected being called a “feminist” at all, according to Nine Newspapers’ CBD column.

During the speech, Ms Bishop spoke about her contribution to equality and said that she was looked down upon by some colleagues for being more fashionable than other ministers.

But during her time in Parliament, Ms Bishop said: ‘I don’t see the need to describe myself that way [as a feminist]’ and said she didn’t find the term useful.

The respected Australian activist and photographer Juno Gemes is said to have commented that Ms Bishop was ‘an odd choice’.

Bishop reportedly told the crowd that her cabinet colleagues had disapproved of her fashion sense during her time in parliament and revealed that she had to wear “more waistcoats” when she was appointed minister of aged care – an anecdote she’s told regularly since she took office. left politics.

Ms. Bishop also spoke about the power of fashion in diplomacy, noting that she learned to wear colors to reflect the place she was dealing with. That meant white in the White House, red for China.

The center promoted the event with more photos of Ms. Bishop in another pink dress, this time an extraordinary two-tone ruffled dress.

In one of the images, Mrs. Bishop was standing next to a giant mining dump truck.

“The intriguing intersection of politics and fashion – delighted to speak at the Sherman Center for Culture and Ideas in London,” Ms Bishop wrote in an Instagram post following her speech.

She also thanked Bradley Lauten, David Jones’ personal styling suite manager, in a social media post that featured photos of herself in the dress. It was designed by Leo Lin and costs $899 from David Jones.

Leo Lin said it designs for “the new era of femininity is laced with strength, fearlessness and confidence.”