Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2016 i Vogue Australia

Coincidently, our cover star Mia Wasikowska was on my flight home from the Copenhagen Fashion Summit. She had been in Europe on a press tour for the premiere of Alice: Through the Looking Glass, in which she revisits her role as Alice opposite Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter. For a movie star, and there is no doubt Mia is a respected member of A-list Hollywood and an admired actress, she is incredibly normal and unassuming. On board she quietly requested tea and sweetly smiled when the hostess recognised her. Like Cate Blanchett before her, Mia has achieved worldwide success while continuing to live an everyday existence in Sydney, away from the prying lenses of the paparazzi. Which is rather odd considering Mia wears fashion beautifully and comes alive in front a…

CHARLOTTE SIMONE Olivia Palermo and Sienna Miller are firm fans of this British label. Founder Charlotte Beecham has added to her core collection of faux fur scarves with chunky big-bird bombers and biker jackets. AINEA Italian label Ainea makes all its synthetics furs in Italy with the aim to innovate. The result is faux fur coats with cleverly placed trims, plush collars and zigzag intarsia vests. SHRIMPS It was a sample of faux fur that looked just as glossy as the real thing that prompted Hannah Weiland to start her label Shrimps. Ice-cream brights in vintage-skewed silhouettes is her slant, one that has won fans like Natalie Massenet. ALL PRICES APPROXIMATE DETAILS LAST PAGES…

Call something a wardrobe staple and it immediately has a lot to live up to. Denim, though, is yet to let us down. As the new season diverges in two distinct directions, denim has adapted accordingly. First there’s the cohort – Givenchy, Mugler and Burberry among them – that wants to take casual Friday dress codes and propose them for the rest of the week with exemplar workplace pieces. Cut lean and stitched in clean colours, jackets, skirts and pants are up to scratch. The other half – Valentino, Gucci and Sacai – are vibing flea-market finds; badged, patched and frayed with love. A staple that works hard, plays hard. ALL PRICES APPROXIMATE DETAILS LAST PAGES…

Walk through a busy Sydney CBD intersection and you can see those box-shaped handbags swinging off the shoulder of many a woman. With a buckle that takes up almost a quarter of the bag front, the Furla Metropolis miniature cross-body bag is an international bestseller. Because we live in a post-Philo-at-Céline era, the bag is devoid of obvious logos. Instead its calling card is bright shades and patterns. I’ve been chased down carrying a tangerine-toned Furla bucket bag by Furla fans imploring me about its style and when I bought it – they told me they spotted it because of the colour. These Furla fans will be first in line for the brand’s next major project: personalised Metropolis and Artesia handbags. The latter is a larger handbag with a top…

Watching Latelineearlier this year and hearing a representative from software company Atlassian talking about gender equality and the issues surrounding women entering jobs in technology – including the poor quotas – I felt this was an area where Vogue could make a difference. Then, at a recent event, I met Marita Cheng, a robotics entrepreneur and 2012 Young Australian of Year, who told me how she wore a uniform of jeans and a T-shirt to work with her developer colleagues and then changed into pretty dresses to visit schools to teach and inspire young female students to enter the technology industry. At Vogue, we don’t have a single female developer on our team, and that’s not through lack of trying. This has made us realise technology is an area where…

Coding is like a language I don’t speak but would like to stumble through,” said set designer Alice Babidge ahead of the workshop, which covered the history of the internet and programming, including female pioneers (look up Ada Lovelace), mock building of interactive native apps using HTML, Javascript and CSS, and practice pitches. Babidge, who works with Opera Australia, Sydney Theatre Company and Vogue, noted the influence of technology on her career: “Even basic things like shopping the costumes … the hunt was physical and time-consuming, and while you never want to lose this aspect, technology allows us to source items the world over more efficiently and, sometimes, with more success.” Alyce Tran, of accessories and lifestyle brand The Daily Edited, and Myra Perez, owner/florist of My Violet, marvelled at…

TURN THE CORNER Made from luxurious Saffiano leather and featuring clean lines, understated detailing and a handy optional shoulder strap, the Calvin Klein On My Corner satchel is a chic and practical example of the iconic brand s minimalist approach to design. Interior compartments keep all your essentials organised, making the satchel an ideal option for the office. It is available exclusively at Myer; www.myer.com.au. BLOOMING BEAUTIFUL Gucci s iconic floral print was designed for Princess Grace of Monaco back in the 60s, and now her granddaughter Charlotte Casiraghi is the face of Gucci Flora fragrances. Each of the eight scents in the collection represents a modern twist on the renowned pattern. Gucci Flora Glorious Mandarin EDT, 50ml for $87, from David Jones and Myer. ROCKON Go for a modern…

PEYTON KNIGHT While it may not be everyone s cup of tea, Knight s pageboy cut (which hair guru Guido Palau lopped for the Alexander Wang show) is having a fashion moment. MICA ARGANARAZ Hairstylists backstage usually choose to leave Arganaraz s mop exactly as is: shaggy, textured, curly and with bangs skirting her eyeline. RUTH BELL Bell s angelic blonde locks were shaved into a buzz-cut for an Alexander McQueen campaign and her career skyrocketed.…

“HOW OFTEN DO WE SEE ON SCREEN IN AUSTRALIA A YOUNG, EDUCATED ABORIGINAL WOMAN AS A JOURNALIST?” When Miranda Tapsell was growing up she always celebrated Christmas with her non-indigenous cousins. Their skin colour wasn’t the same – her mother is indigenous, her father isn’t – but the difference ends there. “I look at photos of us and we’re all wearing Christmas hats and opening presents together. I’d never question that my cousin is my cousin,” says the award-winning star of The Sapphires. But if you switched on the TV or turned to the catwalk you’d be unlikely to see a similar situation represented. Tapsell used her Logie award acceptance speech last year to call for television heavyweights to “put more beautiful people of colour on TV and connect viewers…

“YOU HAVE MORE ENERGY AND SLEEP BETTER WHEN YOUR LIVER IS WORKING WELL” Long ago, the liver was considered to be the seat of the soul. The ancient Greek philosopher Plato believed our subconscious thoughts and deepest desires would pass through the liver to be deciphered while the rational mind was sleeping. The art of reading the liver to foresee the future, known as hepatoscopy, began almost 5,000 years ago during the Bronze Age. The ancient Greeks examined the livers of sacrificed animals to predict earthquakes and other potential disasters, while the ancient Italians made connections between the gods and constellations with zones of the liver. In traditional Chinese medicine, the liver is the place where we store our anger, unresolved emotions and our energy (or qi). And it gets…

I have a working definition of power, which came to me in an anecdote about Prince. One night last year, according to someone who was there, Prince, the elusive chanteur who died in April, went to a concert in New York. Twenty minutes into the show, he decided he wanted McDonald’s French fries. Fifteen minutes after that, McDonald’s French fries were served to him on a white china plate. He ate standing up. Power like that has no uniform. In the late 1970s and 80s, white-collar women began to dress for the power they wanted, not the power they had. Suits were grey, maybe navy. Collars were white. Jackets were double-breasted, the better to hide a pair of breasts. If uniformity was the object of “power dressing”, the prototype was…

A utilitarian piece by definition must serve a purpose. So here, what do the new season’s clothes actually do? For Sacai, Cédric Charlier and Louis Vuitton, details become moving parts of a whole. Straps, buckles and fastenings are placed strategically to be let out and cinched in at will. The result is a user-decides silhouette depending on mood, and need. Needing room to move? Unlace a coat or boots for ease. Heading out post-work? Add a belt at the high point of the waist on a spongy bomber or parka for instant feminine definition. Hardworking wardrobes conquer all. ONLINE ONLY When you’re on to a good thing, it’s only a matter of time before everyone wants in. For Deena Abdulaziz, it was her original store D’NA in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,…

You know what the #deskinspiration social media humblebrag is like. It’s the artfully arranged desk with a Mac computer, peonies or orchids in the corner, a rose-gold wire folder stand on the other side with some blank pieces of paper in it. The 21st-century freelancer works from their well-appointed homes or from a well-lit cafe, the sort that serves almond chai lattes and matcha tea. They regale in the flexibility to work beyond the 9am to 6pm constraints and their freedom to roll out of bed in lingerie slip dresses with a jacket or shirt thrown over the top, or silken pyjamas topped off with a coat. Join in and dally in their lifestyle – at least sartorially – with embroidered mules and wallpaper-printed pyjamas. Work-life flexibility never looked so…

TABLE MANNERS Skip the fine dining – Tel Avivians relax around food. The hottest chef in town is Eyal Shani, a judge on MasterChef Israel who has a series of Mediterranean-style restaurants, from the drop-in Miznon (the pita pockets and whole roasted cauliflower are legendary) to the unbeatable and upmarket HaSalon. The latter is housed in a car park where very loud Arabic music plays all night, carpaccio is smashed on the table right in front of you, share dishes are served on paper and, by dessert, the patrons are dancing on their chairs. In Tel Aviv’s liveliest restaurants, it is not uncommon for the wait staff to join you, too, in a round of arak shots – sometimes even before noon. TO MARKET The ever-popular Carmel Market is where…

“IT’S PRETTY MUCH BEEN ENCODED IN LINES OF CODE WRITTEN BY MEN. SO I WANT WOMEN TO BE A PART OF IT” Let’s start with the basics. Could you learn how to code in a day? Could you learn how to code at all? It’s a question that sparked off a career and business for Kathryn Parsons – a multilingual Cambridge graduate with a successful stint in digital advertising. She co-founded Decoded in January 2011, in London. The company now has offshoots internationally and offers pop-up sessions – Decoded staff have travelled to 65 cities to teach technology, or what they call “digital enlightenment”. Its students have included heads of major corporations and governments, as well as the likes of Lily Cole and the Duke of York. Don’t be intimidated,…

Just like the fashion merry-go-round, beauty has a way of repeating itself. There was the bare-faced and tousled look of the 70s; the dramatic eyeshadow, full-coverage foundation and heady fragrances of the 80s; followed by a more minimalist aesthetic in the 90s. So while we’re leaning towards a more natural look now (thank you, no-make-up make-up), that’s not to say we’re playing it down. In fact, we’re just getting more clever about everything from skincare to hair and make-up. “A lot of the heavy styles of piling on make-up years ago was because women didn’t really know how to put it on; you never saw anyone do their make-up,” says Lisa Eldridge, who, as Lancôme creative director of make-up and YouTube vlogger, has helped usher in a more informed era…

You would be forgiven for thinking essences were just water in fancy glass bottles. They do have a lot in common: they’re both clear, liquid and hydrating. Once you get past the fact that essences also feel conspicuously like water, you’ll realise that they’re actually the team player of the skincare world. When Korean skincare gurus trumpeted this watery substance as a vital step in their efficacious routines, the rest of the world began to take notice. In fact, essences are the very reason why a multi-layered regimen is effective: the intense hydrating properties aim to make your skin super-juicy and plump, and, most importantly, also able to absorb what goes on top, like active serums and moisturisers. Dip your toe in the water, so to speak, with Jurlique Activating…

Nourish the skin naturally from the inside so it glows on the outside,” reads the label on the Beauty Chef’s Glow Inner Beauty Powder, a concoction which, when added to water, delivers skin-loving nutrients. The product is part of a new wave of beauty drinks that aim to have you sipping your way to a glowing complexion. “Digestive health is key for healthy, radiant skin,” says Carla Oates, naturalist and founder of the Beauty Chef. Oates is taking the old adage “you are what you eat” literally, with her 10-product range of powders, potions and topical applied skincare comprised of fermented ingredients, predigested so the body can more easily soak up nutrients and in turn improve the complexion. “Our gut is where 70 per cent of our immune system lies…

FEEL FREE TO EXPERIMENT WITH VIBRANT COLOURS AND NEW PROPORTIONS IN THIS MEGA FASHION MOMENT. BREAK THE OLD RULES & MIX IT UP. BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE WITH CHARACTER & CONFIDENCE. “IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD TIME TO HAVE A BREAK AND CONNECT BACK TO WHO I AM, AND MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY” There are many layers to the wonder of Mia Wasikowska: acclaimed actress, writer, fledgling director, former ballet dancer, bricklayer … wait, what? “So I’ve been getting into gardening and I planted all those ferns and I did a brick path, too.” Wasikowska is showing me a photo on her iPhone of her courtyard at home. There, forming a path through verdant ferns and flowers, is a perfectly neat row of bricks. “Did you get a…

THESE WERE CLOTHES INTENDED FOR THE SUPER-WEALTHY Hubert de Givenchy called it right when he once said that, to him, haute couture means perfection. At a time when everything else is seemingly falling apart – plummeting oil prices, the global economy – there’s always haute couture for escapism. Now more than ever, the expectation of what couture should be – or perhaps more accurately, what you want it to be – is forever whirring, as the shows play out in an uncharacteristically quiet Paris, where taxis are on strike and the effects of last November’s terrorist attacks are still ricocheting through every arrondissement. Surely what we want haute couture to be is modern, of-the-moment clothes as fantastical as they are believable, and so exquisitely engineered, crafted and decorated they make…

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HAUTE COUTURE ALL THE COUTURE AUTUMN/WINTER ’16/’17 FASHION SHOW COVERAGE IN ONE PLACE WITH DAILY UPDATES DIRECT FROM PARIS. Behind the scenes Vogue transports you to the set of our fashion shoot with actress Mia Wasikowska. WINTER BEAUTY It’s time to embrace berry lips this season. Learn how at Vogue.com.au.…

“I liked my skirts short because I wanted to run and catch the bus to get to work,” once quipped Mary Quant, designer and mini-skirt innovator. The sight of bare legs is coded to youth and frivolity but for pre-fall, the mini-skirt wearer has grown-up somewhat. This time she’s wearing minis with matching jackets on top – a play on the usual skirt-suit routine. LEG WORK When Hannah Ferguson, Sports Illustrated model and star of the 2016 Seafolly campaign, gets ready for a shoot it’s all about working her lower half. “So many girls do boxing but my upper body gets strong really quickly so for me it’s about working my legs and quads.” Ferguson likes US-based SLT (strengthen lengthen tone), a mash-up of cardio, reformer pilates and strength training…

1. Matin PIECE TO BUY: The criss-cross lace-up linen blouse. FOR: Those de-saturated monochrome photos that are all over your Discover feed. This is the Australian brand to turn to for your slightly more tricked-up wardrobe staples in natural fabrications, designed by Lucy and Michelle Perrett. Buy into Matin for a touch of their beachside cool – they hail from Sydney’s Northern Beaches and are now based in Tamarama. 2.Boyy PIECE TO BUY: Oversized buckle bags. FOR: Bold graphic flat lays. Boyy is an accessories label on the brink. With a cult following bubbling along on social media the label s bags festooned with gigantic buckles have the kind of attention-grabbing proportions that play well on any Instagram feed The same goes for their in-demand fuzzy loafers 3. Johanna Ortiz…

In retrospect, it seems like destiny. But if anyone had told Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski back in the late 90s how things would turn out for her, she would have laughed in disbelief. The young woman from a small town in northern France near Lille was – like many aspiring fashion designers at that time – a big fan of Belgian avant-garde, and particularly admired Martin Margiela, the creative director at Hermès. One day, in the Hermès boutique in Paris, she was finally able to buy a leather bracelet from his collection. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Vanhee-Cybulski started her first job with none other than Martin Margiela himself, travelling between Belgium, France and Italy for the role. Next, she moved to London and joined a…

1. Reframe the way you dress and focus your sartorial prowess on the shoulders and neck the places you’re most likely to capture on Snapchat Chokers turtlenecks and frill details apply 2. Take the 360-degree approach and invest in jackets that are as much of a party on the back as they are up front 3. Heading out? Choose statement earrings big enough to catch the disco ball s refracted light and your followers attention…

What makes artisans in Morocco and their crafts unique? “Moroccans take pride in their work. We make a traditional Moroccan babouche [slipper] there. It’s so important to me to make shoes with indigenous roots in the countries of their origin. We must create work for people and not just take for inspiration.” Where do you stay in Marrakech? “La Sultana is my place to escape the craziness. Most of my time is spent in the souks and meeting local craftsmen, so it’s great to have a beautiful place to Zen out in at the end of the day. I love waking up to birds singing in my riad and the scent of fresh Joseph’s Coat roses swimming in the fountain. Pure bliss.” What is a must-buy in Marrakech? “The carpets.…

Coding in Australian schools is now a hot button policy issue, with politicians promising to spend more on tech education. But more needs to be done, experts warn, with the future of our economy at stake. While Sydney is persistently placed in the top 20 global cities for start ups and innovation in a list topped by tech hubs Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv, we’ve slipped from 12th to 16th in the past two years as rivals outspend us on education. Says Holly Ransom, chief executive of Emergent Solutions consultancy: “Were an advanced society with a strong economic system (but) in the past decade we haven’t been alive to the way our world is changing. Sixty per cent of what we re skilling young people in now will be irrelevant…

There are a handful of people who had their finger on the wellness pulse long before cold-pressed juices became as much a fashion accessory as the Chloé Faye bag. Endota Spa’s co-founder Melanie Gleeson was one of the few. Since starting her business as a bright-eyed, and admittedly naïve, 26-year-old, her tally of franchised spas Australia-wide now totals 94. “I do think, even more so now than when we started, getting that care is what’s important to people. Everything’s on automatic,” says Gleeson, now 41, of the need for people to switch-off from their autopilot lives. Entering an Endota spa you’re immediately ushered into a Zen-like state: voices are hushed, aromas are soothing, visuals are comforting – people are happier here. “We’ve got people who say: ‘I just want to…

THE OVERNIGHT SUCCESS FERNANDA LY “You know, the model with the pink hair” was the phrase bandied about by editors, agents and the front-row flock when Fernanda Ly strode the runway for her debut season at the autumn/winter ’15/’16 shows accessorised with long sherbet-pink tresses and blunt bangs. “When you think ‘Fernanda Ly’, the pink hair is sort of synonymous,” says the 20-year-old Australian model, who coloured her hair on a whim as a teenager and is now unmistakable when fronting campaigns for luxury houses such as Louis Vuitton and Chanel beauty – brands no doubt drawn to her unique, cartoon-like beauty. Ly admits that eventually the day will come when she’ll opt for something less arduous (she has a weekly colour with root touch-ups every four to six weeks,…

ALL GUESTS WILL RECEIVE A BONUS GIFT BAG ON THE DAY If you’re interested in beauty and anti-ageing treatments and trends, here’s your chance to attend the first Vogue Beauty and Anti-Ageing Event in Queensland and get all the latest from the experts (see panel). Guests will also enjoy mini makeovers and skin treatments, such as HydraFacials and Intraceuticals oxygen facials. The event includes morning tea and lunch, plus guests receive a gift bag on the day. There’s also $10,000 worth of prizes, from Alpha-H, Intraceuticals and Giorgio Armani products to vouchers for teeth whitening and non-surgical treatments, each valued at more than $1,000. EXPERT SPEAKERS EVENT ESSENTIALS Date:Saturday, July 30 2016 Time:9am–3 30pm Address: La Medusa Ballroom Palazzo Versace, Sea World Drive Main Beach Queensland Tickets:$75. All attendees on…

Tatiana Casiraghi “It sounds stupid, but when people ask me: ‘Where are you from?’ I never really know how to answer,” says Tatiana Casiraghi, 32, who is half-Colombian, half-Brazilian, was born in New York, grew up in Geneva, and spent her summers in Bali and India. “From a very young age, it made me realise that not everyone lived the way that I did, and it made me curious to discover the world.” Casiraghi now resides firmly in London with her husband, Andrea, the son of Caroline, the Princess of Hanover, and channels her worldliness into Muzungu Sisters, an online shop she founded with her friend Dana Alikhani, where the offerings include one-of-a-kind clutches crafted from Pakistani textiles and embroidered blouses from Budapest, all of which are ethically sourced to…

CANCER 22 JUNE – 23 JULY A fresh style, better romance and new ways to make the most of your money are lining up for your attention. A relationship could hit new heights, or if you’re solo you could do whatever it takes to find your significant other. Passions run high but you call the shots and control finances this month. STYLE ICON: Eva Green LEO 24 JULY – 23 AUGUST Feeling re-energised goes with the territory this month, and revamping your style is part of the package. But it’s not just an outer makeover. What’s going on inside and with romance also needs to change, especially if it means phasing out jaded views and things you do out of habit or tradition. Establish some new and better traditions instead.…