Renowned Australian fashion designer Lee Mathews has faced a public examination in the Federal Court over the liquidation of her fashion company and restructuring of her businesses, which denied a London-based creditor more than $2.3 million.
Mathews, who has boutiques in Melbourne and sydney along with a booming online business spruiked by A-list celebrities including Gwyneth Paltrow, was grilled in court over the collapse of her company Lee Mathews Workroom Pty Ltd in October 2021 following the transfer of her fashion business to another company called Lee Mathews Australia Pty Ltd.
Before it was placed into liquidation, Lee Mathews Workroom was being pursued over a debt owed to UK fashion company Paper Mache Tiger, which was founded by former Melbourne businessman Kyle Robinson.
In November 2021, Paper Mache Tiger obtained a court judgment in the UK of almost £1.2 million ($2.306 million) against Mathews’ former company.
Barrister Simon Rubenstein,…