Pip Edwards looks chic in an all-black ensemble with Darren McMullen’s ex-girlfriend in Sydney

Pip Edwards likes to make a bold style statement when she visits the city, but on Sunday she opted for a more minimalist approach at a Welcome to Sydney event ahead of Afterpay Australian Fashion Week.

The 43-year-old PE National designer looked chic in an all-black ensemble consisting of high-cut jeans, a crew neck top and an oversized blazer.

Pip let her beauty shine through as she snuggled up to best friend Milly Gattegno, the former girlfriend of TV presenter and actor Darren McMullen.

Elsewhere, Milly, who is rumored to be dating someone new, looked pretty pink in an oversized shirt as she posed next to the successful shopkeeper.

Pip’s dimmed gaze follows Sydney’s party queen slipped into a see-through dress last week that left little to the imagination.

The sassy “trail of glitter” dress from Common Hours turns out to be Pip’s latest traffic stopper.

She paired the look with a black leather jacket and heels, and designer underwear showing underneath the dazzling dress.

It is not the first time that the fashion designer has worn the dress. Pip shuffled her rock-hard Pilates frame into the reveal number in April to celebrate her 43rd.

It comes after Pip said her main focus was taking care of herself after revealing her private health struggles in March.

Speaking to Stellar magazine, she said her life was turned upside down nearly three years ago after she was diagnosed with perimenopause.

Menopause is the natural time in a woman’s life when she has gone 12 months without a period.

The term perimenopause refers to the transition phase to menopause and can be accompanied by symptoms such as irregular menstrual cycles, hot flashes, reduced fertility and sleeping problems.

Most Australian women enter perimenopause in their mid-40s and then start between the ages of 45 and 60.

Pip, who developed symptoms in her late 30s, recalled being surprised by a severe hot flash while attending her 16-year-old son Justice’s basketball game.

“I had to get myself out and was literally in a frenzy to take my clothes off. I thought: this is not right!’ she said, adding that she was so overwhelmed she was reduced to “tears.”

Pip said she “didn’t notice” her symptoms before that because she was too focused on maintaining her fitness, growing her business and raising her only child Justice, who she shares with ex Dan Single.