Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2024 i ELLE Australia

PAULINA Creative director Cartier watch. NAOMI Fashion director Loewe bag. Editor Grace O’Neill Creative director Paulina Paige Ortega Fashion director Naomi Smith Beauty director Sally Hunwick Copy director & features editor Alexandra English ART & PHOTOS Senior designers Natasha Barisa, Danielle Taylor Photo director Robyn Fay-Perkins FASHION Junior fashion editor Jordan Boorman Fashion assistant Isabella Rook BEAUTY Beauty assistant Francesca Hartley CONTRIBUTORS Contributing culture editor Bri Lee Contributing sustainability editor Lucianne Tonti PRODUCTION Managing editor Melissa Gaudron Sub-editor Hilary Board DIGITAL Digital managing editor Tessa Ogle Senior writers Cassandra Green, Rebecca Mitchell Writers Kirsty Thatcher, Teneal Zuvela Shopping editor Maddison Hockey ADVERTISING National brand manager Melanie Savvidis Sales director NSW, Vic, SA, WA Karen Holmes Head of Qld sales Judy Taylor Implementation executive Serena Cox MARKETING Marketing director Louise Cankett…

This image: Iris van Herpen Skeleton dress, from the Capriole collection, 2020. Right: Iris van Herpen Sensory Seas dress and Nautiloid dress, from the Sensory Seas collection, 2020. Iris van Herpen, Sculpting the Senses is at GOMA from June 29 to October 7. Below: Alexandra Carl. Peek: Collecting Fashion by Alexandra Carl Destined to be the new Cool Girl bible, stylist Alexandra Carl is releasing her first book, Collecting Fashion: Nostalgia, Passion, Obsession. The coffee table-style companion catalogues the personal collections of key fashion players such as Zaha Hadid and Michelle Lamy, among others. Imagine: closets flush with Comme des Garçons, Thierry Mugler and Issey Miyake. A fashion feast awaits. Rizzoli New York, $115, out April 2. See: Sculpting the Senses with Iris van Herpen Experience the groundbreaking Dutch designer…

Best bud Florals for spring aren’t exactly groundbreaking, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t obsessed with the rose redux. The easiest way to incorporate this trend into your wardrobe is tucked under your arm, naturally, with a clutch that adds new dimensions to afterdark dressing. Hey, Little Lady Christian Dior’s Lady-D-Joy borrows its name from Lady Diana, so it’s no surprise this silhouette blends elegance with modern details just as the late royal did. Weaving magic Woven details received a luxe revamp this season at Max Mara, where supple leather takes the place of classic raffia and straw. Curve your enthusiasm Don’t be afraid to cut corners. Louis Vuitton’s Loop bag makes the case for crescent moon silhouettes as a future classic. Jewel purpose This is not your grandmother’s Gucci.…

Barbie made progress look so painless. In Greta Gerwig’s $US1.4 billion-grossing ($2.1 billion) worldwide blockbuster, the Barbies of Barbie Land operated under the blissful belief that sexism didn’t exist. The presidency, the Supreme Court, Nobel Prize winners, construction workers, doctors — all female. This was a fantasy sold by a toy company, of course, but an eerily convincing one. And its magic seemed to translate directly to our world when, in July 2023, Gerwig celebrated the biggest debut in box office history for a female-directed film, after years of well-publicised industry initiatives on behalf of the post-#MeToo, post-Time’s Up, post-#OscarsSoMale era. Despite being unceremoniously snubbed for a Best Director Oscar nomination, Gerwig’s extraordinary success seemed the sort of bellwether women behind the camera in Hollywood had long awaited. “I cried…

Ginger Taylor is a Melbourne/Naarm-based artist and illustrator who has been working full-time in her practice for the past seven years, although she still finds it difficult to accurately describe it. “One day I’ll be making a Playgirl-style oil painting, and then the next day it’ll be a hot dog riding a hot dog,” she says, laughing. Whatever they are exactly, Taylor’s kitsch 1950s Americana-inspired pieces have drawn attention and earned her steady commercial success, particularly through her online store, gingertaylor.net. She says one Dolly Parton T-shirt she designed in 2017 reliably sold between 50 and 100 units every month — until last year, that is, when the flow of orders dwindled to a trickle and then dried up completely. Taylor says the current cost-ofliving crisis has undeniably taken its…

This year is about treading softly. We want joy, we want simplicity, we want things to be easy. It’s not about tuning out from the news — it’s about applying light-hearted content as a balm for global devastation. It started last year when grown-ups collectively lost the plot for Barbie and Wonka, and the trend of kids’ movies with adult appeal continues this year with IF. Sure, it’s definitely a children’s movie — it’s about a little girl who can see the invisible friends adults have forgotten about — but with a cast including Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Awkwafina, Maya Rudolph, Emily Blunt, Ryan Reynolds, Steve Carell and Matt Damon, and written and directed by horror-slash-comedic-talent John Krasinski, you can expect ticket sales to match the bar sales. Just because content isn’t…

Of all the things I can picture Akon Changkou doing for work, taking calls for the Australian Taxation Office isn’t one of them. But that’s exactly the kind of “random nine to five job” she was doing at 21, having recently dropped out of university. Changkou had been studying a bachelor of psychological science at Adelaide University for two years when she began to feel she should be — well, elsewhere. “I was struggling with not knowing what I wanted to do, which, in your early twenties, is a huge struggle for a lot of people,” she says.  Changkou felt she had no sense of direction in her life. After leaving university in 2018, she picked up shifts at multiple cafes that she would race between each day, all the…

Makeup artist CARLY LIM ELLE: Talk to us about how you’re pushing the boundaries of creativity with these products. CL: The star symbol is a Chanel motif, so that was my starting point. That centrally negative space pattern was also interesting, so that was another layer that I wanted to explore. ELLE: Can you talk us through the beautiful ombre lip you created? CL: I used the Rouge Allure Laque lipstick. I love that formula. It’s so lovely to wear and so highly pigmented, yet you can still see the skin. It hugs the lips really nicely. (@carlylim_makeup) “Makeup is a great avenue to be imaginative. Try something new, even if it’s before a shower. You’re going to wash it off anyway.” Makeup artist NISHA VAN BERKEL ELLE: Your makeup…

DRINK WATER, WEAR SUNSCREEN Outside of maintaining a consistent skincare routine and always wearing SPF, my three biggest skincare tips would be to drink plenty of water, nourish your body with healthy wholefoods and incorporate activities that help to minimise stress, whatever those may look like to you. THINK HOLISTICALLY Embodying beauty is as much about kindness, compassion, empathy and love as it is about skincare ingredients. It’s about who you are as a person and how you choose to show up in the world. DON’T GET CAUGHT UP IN TRENDS Trust the products that you know work for you. If you’re looking to try something new, do your research and look for products that have independent testing behind them to prove their effectiveness. Also look into their ethical and…

ELLE: Can you share your daily beauty ritual? Rachel Zegler: I usually focus on my skin to ensure I feel at my most confident. I use a combination of Dior Forever foundation and the Dior Forever Skin Correct because they give me confidence on those days when my skin just won’t cooperate. I also really love to accentuate my brows and draw a slight over-line on my lips. I tend to lean towards Rouge Dior 720 Icone in a satin finish because I love to have a shade I can wear every day. ELLE: How does lipstick make you feel? RZ: It adds an element of fearlessness to the way I carry myself, whether on set, on a red carpet or on the streets of Manhattan. I’m either not really…

1 Tigmi mirror, $1795 2 Carl Hansen & Søn chair, $1270 3 Fazeek glasses, $119 4 Rachel Donath ottoman, $840 5 Rachel Donath dining table, $5900 6 Jardan vase, $430 7 Kaz Ceramics lamp, $399 8 Trobat bread basket, $176 9 Cultiver napkins, $150 10 Tigmi sofa, $4100 11 Coco Republic artwork, from $2595 12 Fred cushion, $295 13 House of Orange vase, $95. " NATURAL MATERIALS, LIKE WOOD AND CLAY, BENEFIT FROM POPS OF GREEN. THE CONTRAST BRINGS VITALITY TO THE SPACE WITHOUT COMPROMISING ON THE UNDERSTATED FEEL "…

I’D LIKE TO SAY THAT I FELL IN LOVE WITH NAPLES the first time I visited it but, in reality, the opposite is true. I was seven years old, brought to the city by my Italian mother who had called it home for a decade, and whose love for the place, its people and its rich culture was palpable. But despite her best efforts, perfectly curated itinerary and countless stops for pizza, it was my idea of hell. Chaotic, gritty, overrun with mopeds and loud people, it was an assault on my senses — and an experience I found so intense that I avoided the city for the next 20 years. I passed through Naples many times, but only out of necessity and as quickly as possible, in pursuit of…

Before my first novel came out in 2021, I purged my Instagram grid, changed my Facebook settings to Super Private, and decided that I wouldn’t post anything that wasn’t explicitly related to work. I’m not the product, I reasoned. My books are. Now, I’m rethinking that strategy. It feels self-serious and alarmist to assume that, with my meagre following, I’m at risk of commodifying my own personality if I upload a humble holiday snap. But going through my camera roll looking for something to post, I suddenly found myself cringing. I’d maintained a sparse, strictly professional presence for so long that even re-sharing one Instagram Story of me and my friends at drinks felt, as dramatic as it sounds, like self-betrayal. There was something about it that smacked of inauthenticity.…

In with the new REINVIGORATING AND REFRESHING, ENTER STAGE RIGHT: SPRING/ SUMMER 2024 THE DETAIL : HEAVY METALS Dainty: OUT Drama: IN Main-event jewellery commands the spotlight. THE LOOK : PICTURE THIS Louis Vuitton makes this season’s most compelling case for downing smartphones with its old-school camera bag. THE PIECE : WHAT A WAIST Be sure to buckle up. Worn low on the hips or nip-tucking at the waist, your belt should be big enough to rival those boxing champs’ ones. How to wear THE DETAIL : THE DETAIL : THE DETAIL : THE LOOK : THE BOYFRIEND JACKET Gently oversized with elongated sleeves, dropped shoulders and blouson volumes, cool girls are shopping from the menswear department. THE TREND : CLOSE KNIT In sweet-as-candy colours, these shrunken, coquettish cardigans add…

At an intimate lunch in New York earlier this year, Victoria Beckham declared, “I like to work with the best.” The designer was rather succinctly explaining her decision to collaborate with Breitling on a curated line of understated, sophisticated and unapologetically cool timepieces. “I’ve never designed a watch before,” she said. “Ultimately, when I’m creating anything, I’m creating a product that I want to wear myself. Everything that I do is very honest. And I think what we’ve created is very special.” As a fashion designer, Beckham leans on colour and bold, sculptural silhouettes. And for her collaboration with the 140-year-old Swiss watchmaker, she infused a limited drop of 1500 timepieces with the palette from her spring/ summer 2024 collection. Peppermint green, dove grey, midnight blue and sand shades feature…

This season, designers take a sculptural approach to earrings, cuffs, bracelets and necklaces, ensuring they double as mini works of art, even when they’re just sitting on your dresser. 1 Valére earrings, $199 2 Mejuri ring, $148 3 Anna Rossi earrings, $89 4 Agmes necklace, $362 5 Louise Olsen x Alex and Trahanas earrings, $290 6 Agmes brooch, $394 7 Sylvia Toledano cuff, $600 8 Tiffany & Co. bracelet, price on application 9 Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello earrings, $1415 10 Paola Sighinolfi ring, $491 11 Louise Olsen x Alex and Trahanas bangle, $560 12 Alighieri necklace, $1846 13 Gucci necklace, $3680. Beach, babe? With chunky resin, thick statement chains and bucketloads of personality, these pieces are the sartorial equivalent of going on holiday. No annual leave required. 1 Christian…

MIAH AND MADELEINE MADDEN Actors The Madden gene pool runneth over with talent. “Because of our upbringing, I always knew I would go down a creative path,” says elder sister Madeleine (right). Her mum is mum Hetti Perkins, an Arrernte and Kalkadoon woman and esteemed art curator and writer; her aunt Rachel Perkins is a filmmaker; her sister Thea Anamara Perkins is an award-winning visual artist; her late paternal grandfather Charles Perkins AO was an activist. Madeleine and Miah’s late father, Lee Madden, was an actor, activist and poet. “Being surrounded by creatives from an early age has truly been a huge blessing and influence on who I am,” Madeleine says. “We were always encouraged to express ourselves from a young age, and all of our interests and quirks were…

It’s 2am, and we’re at a strip club kicking on after the more civilised portion of a milestone birthday celebration. Most dinner guests have gone home, but the remaining five of us aren’t ready to leave yet, so we’ve gone searching for something else to do. In the pole room, we watch the women in awe: the core strength! The athleticism! The acrobatics! They’re so talented! These girls are amazing! We should come here more often! We pool our cardboard ‘stripper dollars’ and hand the stack to Mary*, the birthday girl. “Here,” we say. “Choose your favourite and give it all to her!” Mary tiptoes to the edge of the stage and considers each performer, looking left and right as if she’s at some sort of nude tennis match. She…

GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE, BY SLOANE CROSLEY, $24.99, IS OUT NOW Everyone’s favourite New Yorker humourist and essayist, Sloane Crosley, has been through hell lately. In the space of a month, her apartment was broken into, and she lost her closest friend to suicide. The thief took with them some of her most valuable belongings and her sense of security, which was further decimated on her friend’s death. True to form, Crosley puts her signature acerbic spin on the ‘grief novel’ as she investigates the meaning of family and possession, and pays tribute to her friend. THANKS FOR HAVING ME, BY EMMA DARRAGH, $32.99, IS OUT NOW Emma Darragh’s debut novel is the first work of fiction to be published under Nakkiah Lui’s Allen & Unwin imprint, Joan. Developed with…

ALYCIA DEBNAM-CAREY SCRUBS UP WELL. AFTER SEVEN YEARS COVERED IN MUD AND BLOOD FOR HER ROLE IN FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, THE ACTOR IS MAKING NEW MOVES — IN FILM AND FASHION  Alycia Debnam-Carey is not in the business of following the crowd. An actor by trade, she has had her sights firmly set on a career in film and television since she was a child. Her first role came about when she was just eight — in Rachel Ward’s short film Martha’s New Coat. At school, she kept up small parts in Australian productions including McLeod’s Daughters and Dance Academy. Then in 2011, as her friends were heading to university, the 18-year-old took the ultimate leap: leaving Western Sydney to try her luck auditioning in Los Angeles. It was…

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There was a period in deepest lockdown all those light-years ago when we would regularly ask each other if we were all right. Texts would ping in the mornings. “How are you doing?” “How are you coping with this upturned reality, these homeschooled, banana-breaded, one-walk days?” “Are we okay?” We were not. Of course we were not okay. We were quite mad and grief-y, actually, with our hands cracked from sanitiser, hearts longing for our unseen parents, and relationships spread thin as Marmite. But time passed. We all moved on. Everything went back to normal. Didn’t it? The fourth anniversary of our first lockdown has seen some of us looking down at our burned-out bodies and asking the question again: “Are we — okay?” For me, it was the first…

When searching for her new home in Margate, England, Charlene Prempeh was considering the people who would visit it. “I think about what makes sense in terms of people being over and what’s comforting,” the writer and founder of creative agency A Vibe Called Tech says of her seaside townhouse. Her childhood home in Canning Town, east London, was, “set up to host”, she says. “On any given weekend, there would be around 20 people over for dinner. It was a house that was meant to be lived in.” That experience influenced her approach to decorating her fourbedroom Georgian property at the crest of a hill. “Ours is the only house on the street with views of the sea,” she says. She moved there from Borough, central London, in September…

CULTURE Read all about it Some of Australia’s best writers unpack the most pressing cultural questions of our day — from the girlification of TikTok to the politics of Taylor Swift — every week on ELLE.com.au. RUNWAY See it from the front row Don’t miss a moment from New York, London, Milan or Paris with our extensive ELLE recaps. Get the download on the must-know trends, see the best looks from the front row, and more. ELLE EXCLUSIVE Behind the scenes Get the inside scoop on our cover shoot with Australia’s new horror heroine, Sophie Wilde, and watch her recreate the iconic Hitchcock flick The Birds in a short film by Phoebe Wolfe. PODCAST What the ELLE? From April, sink your ears into our new podcast series, What the ELLE?…

Creative producer CAMILLE PECK ELLE: When’s the last time you ‘relaunched’? Last year, when I trusted my instinct and swan-dived into working for myself. It was cathartic and reinvigorating. Photographer, “Watch This Space” ROB TENNENT ELLE: Tell us about a recent new beginning. I gave up drinking alcohol and eating carbs, but I expect by the time this issue comes out I’ll be back to doing both. Contributing sustainability editor LUCIANNE TONTI ELLE: Where do you go when you need to reset? Sydney. The flowers are so bright and sculptural, the leaves on the plants are green and enormous. Whenever I am back in Australia, I fall in love with my home again and again. Model, “Age of Akon” AKON CHANGKOU ELLE: How do you hit refresh? I refresh, restart…

A few years ago, when I was living in Paris and experiencing a particularly painful bout of homesickness, my then-boyfriend took me to a forest a few hours outside the city in an attempt to cheer me up. Unimpressed by its sparse, spindly, uniform trees, I said pointedly: “This isn’t a forest.” What followed was a terrible fight. He was convinced I had insulted his country. And in my longing for Australia’s towering eucalypts and the way the deep bush clears my mind, I intentionally had. At the time, I wasn’t aware of the Canadian scientist Dr Suzanne Simard’s work or the concept of the Mother Tree. I didn’t know that in an old-growth forest, the roots of the trees are connected by a vast system of fungi underneath the…

One knit wonder Give the humble blazer-and-jeans combo a seasonal refresh by draping a striped jumper over your shoulders. Vested interest No sleeves? No problem. Keep your options open, though, with a leather jacket that can be donned as needed. On the shoulder There’s nothing ludicrous about a capacious bag. Laptop, books, gym clothes — the gang’s all here with room for more. Blazer glory Dying to try a tie but worried you’ll look less Diane-Keaton-in-Annie-Hall and more Rainn-Wilson-in-The Office? The solution is in the blazer. Offset a boxy silhouette with short shorts and a lace-up ballet flat. Added points for topping it off with a ’90s-style baseball cap. With the bandeau Balance the delicacy of a sheer crop top with utilitarian-inspired outerwear and a stand-out shoe. The big short…

This is a compliment: until recently, if you passed Angourie Rice in the street, your first thought was more likely to be, There goes another totally regular Melbourne girl than There goes an actor who’s worked with Sofia Coppola, Kate Winslet, Tina Fey, Jennifer Garner, Ryan Gosling, Elle Fanning, Miley Cyrus, Russell Crowe, Margaret Qualley, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Nicole Kidman, Rebel Wilson, Sarah Snook … It’s not that Rice doesn’t exude It factor — that elusive energy as invisible as an aura but felt by all who come within its radius. It’s something else that’s hard to put your finger on. Within the first half an hour of being in her presence, it hits you: she’s normal. She’s sweet; she’s punctual (she’ll already be on Zoom when you log in…

In 2021, someone who didn’t like me started making changes to my Wikipedia page. They deleted positive reviews of my books, added a few links to negative blog posts about me, and generally tried to make me sound like a vapid asshole. It’s against Wikipedia policy for people to edit their own pages, but I’m lucky to have friends who keep an eye on mine and try to prevent this type of ‘vandalism’ (Wikipedia’s term) from staying up for too long. The editing war went on for weeks. As this absurd digital skirmish unfolded, what upset me most was that this person kept deleting the top-line descriptions of me as a journalist, academic and activist, replacing them with a single low blow: influencer. Eventually, the troll gave up. But I…

There’s a scene in Fleabag when Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s character goes scorched earth on a hairdresser for suggesting that “hair isn’t everything”. “Hair is everything,” she declares. “We wish it wasn’t so we could actually think about something else occasionally. But it is. It’s the difference between a good day and a bad day. We’re meant to think that it’s a symbol of power, a symbol of fertility. Some people are exploited for it, and it pays your fucking bills. Hair is everything.” Like many pursuits in the feminine cultural sphere, a preoccupation with our locks can be considered vacuous and vapid. Yet when a woman shucks the expectations of how the top of one’s head ought to look, whether on purpose or by some accident, she risks becoming the target…

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In less than a week after delivering her baby girl, Penelope, Martine Ho was the proud new owner of this Victorian-style home in Melbourne. “We literally bought it three days after I had given birth,” she says. While the creative and her husband, Cliff, were smitten with their new darling daughter, their freshly acquired slice of real estate left a bit to be desired. “We bought the most dilapidated house in South Yarra,” she says with a laugh. “The location was awesome, but it could do with a reno.” The “one-level jungle” had certainly fallen into the right hands — 36-year-old Martine has interiors in her blood. Her family tree boasts several successful artists, and her brother is an interior designer. “It’s honestly a little bit genetic,” she says. Travelling…

STRETCH: KIND YOGA 41 rue Beauregard, 75002 Paris; kind.yoga Ignore the rumours — French women work out just like the rest of us. If you want a stylish yoga experience, head to Kind Yoga in the trendy second arrondissement. With a range of classes adapted to different levels of ability and led by creative yoga professionals, the space is light-filled and chic. DRINK: CLAMATO 80 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris; clamato-charonne.fr This outpost of the Michelin-starred Septime owes its name to a popular cocktail in Quebec, a sort of Bloody Mary with clam juice. The decor is trendy, and the ever-changing menu is always focused on carefully selected seafood and vegetables prepared in the simplest way possible. There are no reservations here: it’s first come, first served. CHILL: LA FANTAISIE…

PISCES February 20–March 20 You feel that everyone is putting you under pressure to do things you don’t want to do. Actually, that’s not true. All they want is an indication from you, a rough idea about if or when you might do certain things. Ultimately, this is about time: there are points in a relationship, a job, or anything when decisions must be made. If you want to go ahead, you say yes; if not, you say no. It’s as simple as that. ARIES March 21–April 20 Have you ever felt as optimistic about the future as you do now? Or been so happy in your personal life? As Venus and Mars meet high in your chart, it seems that everything you ever wanted is within reach — and…