During the Dally M and Brownlow Medal awards season , designer Nicky Apostolopoulos is inundated with requests from WAGs and stylists interested in collaborating. Translation: “Can we wear your beautiful gowns for free and can you have it ready tomorrow?”

Understandably, Apostolopoulos was surprised to see last year’s NRLW Dally M winner, Olivia Kernick , politely inspecting dresses in the Sydney boutique for her label Velani, without a stylist but with a credit card in hand.

“Hopefully, I have pretty good taste, so I don’t have a stylist,” says Kernick. “I had been following Velani for a while and wanted to support her beautiful work. I never expected what happened next.”

In full fairy godmother mode, Apostolopoulos lent the Roosters forward a black silk mikado bustier mini dress w

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