Meet the glamorous Australian mum getting through isolation by wearing $2,700 designer outfits to do VERY mundane household chores
- Perth socialite Melissa 'Lissy' Graham owns a wardrobe full of designer clothes
- She is keeping busy during isolation by planning elaborate photoshoots at home
- The mum-of-three donned luxury labels to carry out mundane household chores
- She wore Yves Saint Laurent and Scanlon Theodore to trim the garden hedges
- She slipped into $1,605 stilettos and a Dolce & Gabbana dress to take bins out
Melissa 'Lissy' Graham is the wife of Keystart Home Loans chief executive Paul Graham (pictured together in February 2020)
A glamorous socialite is keeping herself entertained in isolation by wearing extravagant designer clothing to complete mundane household chores and photographing each look as a memento of life under lockdown.
Melissa 'Lissy' Graham is doing her part to slow the spread of coronavirus by staying inside her stylish Perth house with her husband, Keystart Home Loans chief executive Paul Graham, and their three teenage children.
Ms Graham is passing time by dressing up in high-end pieces from her envy-inducing wardrobe normally reserved for fashion shows and red carpet events to scrub the bathroom, tidy the garden and take out the bins.
She wore a miniskirt worth $2,675 to trim the hedge and a pair of $1,605 diamond encrusted heels to drag the recycling bin to the front of the house, before slipping into a bodysuit and skirt worth $1,936 to drink cocktails in the living room.
She enlisted the help of the whole family on Friday to stage a photoshoot which saw her waited on hand and foot by her son and two daughters while 'Instagram husband' Paul took charge behind the camera.
Wearing an evening gown by Australian designer Rachel Gilbert and a headband by Alessandra Rich, Ms Graham relaxed on a bed while her daughters cleaned and manicured her nails and her son offered her a glass of red wine
Wearing an elaborate evening gown by Australian designer Rachel Gilbert and a jewelled headband by Alessandra Rich - one of Kate Middleton's favourite labels - Ms Graham relaxed on a bed while her daughters cleaned and manicured her nails.
Mimicking how a servant would deliver refreshments to a queen, her son offered her a glass of red wine from a silver tray with his head bowed low out of respect.
Ms Graham jokingly captioned the shot: 'Homeschooling - because education begins at home.'
While most rush to take the bins out in pyjamas or battered old jeans, Ms Graham donned a glamorous Dolce and Gabbana midi-dress covered in thick fuchsia feathers across the bust with a white chiffon skirt billowing out underneath.
She slipped into a glamorous Dolce and Gabbana dress and a pair of $1,605 diamond-encrusted Manolo Blahnik stilettos to drag the recycling bin to the front of her house
She slipped into a pair of $1,605 Manolo Blahnik stilettos to drag the recycling bin to the front of her house, wearing a pair of plastic surgical gloves as she went to reduce the risk of contamination from COVID-19.
To clean the bathroom, the mother-of-three wrapped herself in a floor length burgundy gown covered in feathers and sequins.
She fixed a chunky gold chain round her neck and a leopard print turban over her perfectly waved hair before posing for a mirror selfie, clutching her phone in one hand and a bottle of disinfectant spray in the other.
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Ms Graham wrapped herself in a floor length burgundy gown covered in feathers and sequins and a leopard print turban to clean the bathroom
To trim the garden hedge, Ms Graham chose an 'all black' ensemble reminiscent of a Madonna music video.
She tucked a luxurious cashmere polo neck into a $2,675 patent leather miniskirt by Yves Saint Laurent and wore a short lace veil by Valentino over her head, as she teetered on the grass in a pair of PVC over-the-knee boots from Australian footwear label Wittner.
'I've just always preferred to trim my own bushes,' she captioned the shot.
She turned the kitchen into her runway by cooking a family dinner in a navy dress by Rachel Gilbert and tan leather boots by Yves Saint Laurent.
She slicked her hair into a chic chignon at the nape of her neck and accessoried with elegant pearl earrings, captioning a photo of the look: 'Kitchen couture.'
Ms Graham tucked a cashmere polo neck into a skintight $2,675 patent miniskirt by Yves Saint Laurent to trim the garden hedge, protecting her skin from the sun with a short Valentino veil
She turned the kitchen into her runway by cooking a family dinner in a navy dress by Australian designer Rachel Gilbert and tan leather boots by Yves Saint Laurent
Ms Graham also staged a 'house party', drinking cocktails beside stacks of toilet paper covered with wigs to represent the friends she cannot socialise with during quarantine.
She wore a striking $295 bodysuit and $1,641 maxi skirt by Zimmermann, both from the Australian label's spring/summer 2020 collection.
Ms Graham said she 'lives for events and dressing up' and hoped to entertain other women with her photos, most of which are taken by her husband Paul.
For a faux 'house party' with her 'friends', Ms Graham wore a striking $295 bodysuit and $1,641 maxi skirt by Zimmermann, both from the Australian label's spring/summer 2020 collection
'I lived in Asia for ten years where dressing up is [the] norm,' she told Yahoo Lifestyle.
'I was exposed to every luxury brand and I wanted to bring some laughter and light to the mums and women out there that suddenly have a house full of people and very little alone time.'
Follow Lissy Graham on Instagram for fashion inspiration and entertainment as Australia's continues its stage three shutdown.
