EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Not a hare out of place as Tom Daley and Maya Jama party at Rimmel London’s summer bash in the East End
As Rimmel London’s first-ever male face, Olympic gold medallist Tom Daley has hopped at the chance to promote the make-up giant.
The 29-year-old diving star turned up at the brand’s summer party in London’s East End wearing an eye catching JW Anderson rabbit jumper and trouser set.
He was joined by fellow brand ambassador Maya Jama who wore a Dolce & Gabbana dress. ‘It felt so forwardthinking,’ Daley says of his role.
Is he all ears for other outfit suggestions?
Maya Jama and Tom Daley, Rimmel London Global Ambassadors attend the Rimmel London Summer Fest event at Hoxton Docks on August 2, 2023 in London
Fashion King in hot water over his firm’s £700,000 debt
Few would have objected to being mentioned in the same breath as the Princess of Wales’s parents, Carole and Michael Middleton — until recently, when I disclosed their business, Party Pieces, had slumped into liquidation, leaving scores of ‘betrayed’ creditors thousands of pounds out of pocket.
But Julien Macdonald —once crowned British Fashion Designer of the Year and the man who lured Queen Camilla to her first-ever fashion show — is now bracketed with them, in exactly the same ignominious circumstances.
Just a month ago, I revealed that the firm, Julien Macdonald Ltd, had gone into liquidation.
Now, I can disclose that it is being excoriated by creditors, following a Zoom meeting when the firm’s debts of more than £700,000 became clear.
Accusing the firm of ‘disgusting’ behaviour, its most vociferous detractors are the highly skilled, self-employed men and women among its trade creditors.
In tandem with larger businesses — including an Indian firm owed more than £90,000 — they are owed a total of £524,000, while former employees are missing payments of £162,000.
‘I’ll never work for Julien again,’ one creditor tells me, explaining how she was asked to help prepare his triumphant London Fashion Week show, organised in partnership with one of his richest clients, Mexican socialite Gabriela Gonzalez.
The creditor, who’s owed more than £1,000, alleges that there was a ‘toxic’ atmosphere at Macdonald’s studio. ‘Within half an hour I wanted to leave. They begged me to stay.’
Julien Macdonald (L) and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attend the Julien Macdonald Fashion Show for National Osteoporosis Society at Lancaster House on November 21, 2018 in London
She agreed — a decision she now bitterly regrets, both because of her financial losses and Macdonald’s attitude ‘to everybody’.
‘He just looked me up and down, and said [to the stylist], ‘Who is she? Where did you get her from?’ It was disgusting.’
Another has accused Macdonald of being on ‘a power trip’, explaining: ‘I was in a room with a man making a shirt [for] Julien [who] had a fitting at 3pm and wanted [it] made by 8pm. The guy was nearly having a heart attack.’
Macdonald, 52, declines to comment. I disclosed last month he’s launched a High Court battle to continue trading under his own name.
But acclaimed tailor, Steve Bell, of Portobello, West London, who’s owed £1,200, suggests it’s nothing to be proud of.
‘It’s not nice,’ he tells me. ‘I’ve been here for 38 years. I work for the community and for celebrities. You trust a lot of people and sometimes they die owing you money. Hopefully, I won’t see them on the next side. Because they will be with the devil.’
She shot to TV stardom when she became the host of dating show Love Island. And now Maya Jama has taken the fashion world by storm by landing a lucrative contract with Italian designers Dolce & Gabbana.
Dressed in a red latex coat and diamond encrusted sunglasses, the television presenter launched her campaign for the label this week to much fanfare.
In another image, Bristol-born Ms Jama, 28, wears a black see-through dress and a striking auburn wig.
She is also seen in a satin red gown costing £2,550. The deal, said to be worth six-figures, coincides with her appearance on the cover of Vogue’s August issue.
A source close to the star, who made her name on BBC programme Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star in 2021, said: ‘This is an amazing deal for Maya and it takes her career to the next level.
‘It has been in the works for a while, and she is so happy that it is finally done, and she can tell people. ‘It’s the start of something really big for her and Dolce & Gabbana.’
Love Island host Maya Jama unveiled as the new face of luxury fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana
Ms Jama, who is of Somali and Swedish descent, dropped a hint about the campaign this month when she mingled with the likes of Kim Kardashian, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Dame Helen Mirren at the brand’s decadent unveiling of their latest Alta Moda collection in Puglia, posing for selfies with Domenico Dolce.
The star took over from Laura Whitmore, 38, as presenter of ITV2’s Love Island earlier this year.
She has previously hosted ITV’s Walk The Line, and Crouchy’s Year-Late Euros: Live with former footballer Peter Crouch.
Ms Jama also has a big deal with make-up brand Rimmel London and models for the likes of designer brand Self-Portrait.
The currently single star dated British rapper Stormzy, 28, from 2015 until 2019. Earlier this year she was linked to Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio after they were seen leaving a Paris nightclub together.
However, Ms Jama described rumours they were dating as ‘silly.’ Despite her new-found fame, the host insists that she stays grounded, telling Vogue: ‘I always thought my teeth were all right, never blinked an eye, and then I read a tweet saying, ‘I really love that Maya’s kept her natural teeth and not fixed them.’
Move Abbey, it’s Fergie time! Crouch’s panic on dinner date
Talk about an own goal! Former England footballer Peter Crouch has admitted he made his wife, model Abbey Clancy, pictured right, get up and carry her dinner to the other side of a restaurant when he realised they were sitting at Sir Alex Ferguson’s favourite table.
Staff at the Alderley Edge Hotel in Cheshire told him Sir Alex had not been expected after the legendary manager arrived.
‘I made her pick up the roast dinner and move,’ he says.
‘I didn’t even tell the waiters. That’s the kind of respect you have to have. I’ve never played for him, but this is Sir Alex Ferguson.’ I guess it was Fergie’s time for the table…
Peter Crouch made wife Abbey Clancy get up and move when they realised they were sat at Sir Alex Ferguson’s favourite table at the Alderley Edge Hotel in Cheshire
The director of Diana In Love has come up with a cunning wheeze to promote his film during the Hollywood strike.
Brent Roske – who also wrote the screenplay for the forthcoming biopic which stars Shanti Fiennes, 25, as the late princess – has decided to sell his prized 1996 green Jaguar XJ6 used in the film as Diana’s personal car for $19,000 (£15,000).
‘If the actors can’t promote the movie, what else do we have to work with?’ he tells me. ‘Parting ways with the Jaguar is the least I can do.’
Forget Hollywood — stars gather in London these days. Just this week, I saw Hugh Jackman, 54, dining with Taron Egerton, 33.
They were joined at The Delaunay in Covent Garden by Dexter Fletcher, who directed Egerton in the musical Rocketman.
Screen veteran Julian Glover’s wife, actress Isla Blair, was not impressed with the plaster ‘death mask’ he wore as a baddie in Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade.
‘Isla took one look at it and said, ‘I’m not having that in the house.’ A month later we binned it.
About ten years ago, a dealer in America said he would’ve given $30,000 (£23,600) for it. Never throw anything away.’
Julian Glover and Isla Blair at The Fabelmans premiere at Curzon Mayfair, London in January
Dig out your bling. Having completed his farewell tour, Sir Elton John is planning to party again.
His husband, David Furnish, says they’re considering reviving their lavish annual White Tie and Tiara Ball at their Windsor home.
‘I am proud of what we did with that event as it changed the culture of fundraising in Britain,’ he boasts.
‘I like to think we might go back to something bigger in the garden when Elton is off the road.’
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