Julie Bishop's fashion diplomacy under fire

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has come under fire with claims she's using fashion diplomacy as a self-promotion mechanism.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop Source: AAP

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has been accused of using fashion diplomacy as a self-promotion tool.

Labor senator Sam Dastyari took issue with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade devoting public diplomacy funds to a hashtag #fashiondiplomacy initiative in the wake of the Australia Network's demise.

He accused Ms Bishop of using the initiative for self promotion during a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra on Thursday.