#balmain

#balmain

Bryan Brown gives a barely perceptible nod of welcome after I arrive by ferry at Balmain wharf, as he steps out from under the semicircular roof of the late 19th-century timber shelter here, the last of its kind on Sydney harbour. How's it going? he asks, his Australian drawl at once familiar from his roles in 80-plus films and television series. The actor wears a straw hat and sunglasses with a waist-length jacket partially zipped against a rugged late-afternoon north-westerly.

Several guests at a Balmain soirée in East Hampton fell into an indoor pool close to the dinner table, resulting in a disruption amid high fashion and valuables.