Ksubi founder Dan Single returns to Paris hotel where he nearly died - debuting new girlfriend after crowdfunding backlash and marriage split

Fashion designer Dan Single has introduced fans to his girlfriend at the same hotel where he almost died after falling from a balcony nine years ago - an accident that marked the beginning of the end of his marriage to model Bambi Northwood-Blyth. 

Single - known for founding cult denim brand Ksubi and for being the father of Pip Edwards' son Justice - took to Instagram last Sunday with a photo of himself cosying up to actress Jenna Owen at Hotel Grand D'Amour in Paris.

The pair were seen posing for a pouty selfie, with Single showcasing his signature eclectic style in a bright shirt worn unbuttoned and a scarf tied around his head. 

Owen wrapped her hands around Single's tattooed chest and planted a kiss on his cheek.  

'Hot Paris nights w my [heart emoji],' he wrote in the caption.

A day later, Single shared several clips of himself partying outside Hotel Grand D'Amour while attending Fête de la Musique, France's annual street festival. 

Dan was seen beaming and dancing in the raucous crowd as he enjoyed a live DJ set just metres away from where he plunged from a three-storey balcony all those years ago. 

It is believed Dan, 48, and Jenna, 33, have been dating for around a year. 

Jenna, who touts herself as 'Wollongong's Darling', is a writer, actress and comedian best known for her appearances in the ABC comedy series Queen of Oz and Optics, which also stars Kate Walsh. 

The brunette is also one half of popular comedy duo Freudian Nip, alongside fellow funnywoman Vic Zerbst.

She has also previously toured with The Chaser and performed at major comedy festivals across Australia. 

Dan's return to the Hotel Grand D'Amour comes nearly a decade after he plunged 35 metres from a balcony in the same building in March 2017.

He landed feet-first, shattering his legs, leaving him in a coma for eight days.

It's understood Dan and his then-wife Bambi Northwood-Blyth were staying at the hotel while in Paris to shoot a video for their P. Jame clothing range when the accident happened. 

The Daily Telegraph first reported Dan's fall, with a source telling the publication at the time: 'His legs are a complete mess; he won't be walking for a very long time.

'He is not in a good way. It's expected both he and Bambi will have to stay over there for quite a while because he's not able to fly.'

Dan's former partner and mother of his only child, Pip Edwards, meanwhile told the newspaper: 'We are all taking each day as it comes.' 

The following month, Dan created a Go Fund Me page, writing that he's 'been given a second lease at life.'

'It all sounds awful but the guy writing this mail has been given a second lease at life and is SO grateful, inspired and excited to be back soon,' he wrote on the page.

'I am also lucky to have my family here by [my] side, wife, mother, brother and at least a visitor a day.'

Dan said at the time that he was hoping to raise $250,000 to help pay for his recovery and any associated costs.

'Help fund the hospital bill, rehab bill, early flights home, being unable to make bread and work over the next [few] months and all the incidentals the family is covering at the moment,' Dan added.

The entrepreneur also clarified that the media reports were correct, and that he shattered 'every bone from my feet to my hips and pelvis.'

'I fell three floors (35 metres) out of my hotel room in Paris, did a somersault and landed on my feet which saved my spine and my brain (a miracle says the doctor, one in 100 million chance).'

Dan added about his recovery: 'I have been in a coma for two weeks, had eight operations and am covered in pins and bolts in my bones.'

'I cannot use my legs for another month or two so will be in a rehab centre in Paris recovering.'

Dan was labelled 'pathetic' for asking the public to raise the $250,000 to help cover his medical bills.

An anonymous donor said: 'How come you can fund partying, drinking and overseas trips but not your own recovery?'

'I'll give you $5 with the sole intent of telling you what an idiot everyone thinks you are.'

Dan later removed the crowdfunding campaign after it was met with an avalanche of abuse, with the former BRW Young Rich-lister labelled 'disgusting' by commenters.

Dan announced his split from Bambi in March 2018, exactly a year after his Paris balcony fall.

Bambi tied the knot with Dan in Byron Bay in January 2014, with Bambi becoming a stepmother to Dan's son Justice, 10, at the age of 22.