Article by Charlie Lewis, Anton Nilsson & Daanyal Saeed, courtesy of Crikey.
When you’re the richest person in the country, they call this kind of thing “eccentricity”. Gina Rinehart’s Driza-Bone company is offering a special range of women’s riding coats, with special linings depicting the majesty of the Kimberley outback, described on the Driza-Bone website thusly:
“This unique lining not only celebrates the majesty of the outback but also captures the profound significance of this awe-inspiring landscape.”
Only one small detail is missing: the lining also captures what appears to be a photo from the wedding of Rinehart’s family friend and Hancock employee Marguerite Olivier.
Yep, apparently the presence of a personal family photo on the lining of an expensive coat is the kind of detail that just explains itself — even to the presumably reasonably large section of shoppers who wouldn’t recognise Rinehart on sight and/or don’t know that Rinehart owns Driza-Bone.
