Innholdsfortegnelse for August 2018 i Vogue Australia

DANCING SHOES Just a single shining focus can transport a look to the next level – as easy as clicking your silver slippers. FLECKS APPEAL Second-skin sequins can play to an everyday rhythm with artfully graphic patterns, toning down the overt glamour. PILLAR OF LIGHT The clean line of a straight-up-and-down midi-dress smattered in sequins is your key to straddling the day-night divide. Just switch accessories when the clock strikes 5pm. EMBELLISHED STORY Elect for shapes that sit comfortably in the day portion of the wardrobe, like a pencil skirt, then add glints of sparkle via elegant embellishment. FLASH POINT Prefer to take a more oblique approach? A fabric shot through with metallic is a refined nod to the trend. GOWNING GLORY A little inventiveness invites magic in: tap the…

LATE 60S AND 70S THROUGH LIGHTLY TINTED SUNGLASSES – OVERSIZED, TO BE WORN WITH RELAXED, NATURAL HAIR – AUTUMNAL SHADES CAPTURE THE FREEWHEELING, ANYTHING-GOES SPIRIT OF THE ERA. THE 80S THE DIVA IS IN THE HOUSE, RESPLENDENT IN RUCHED MINI-DRESSES, SEQUINS AND SHINE. IT’S THE TIME FOR MAXIMALISM. THE 90S THOSE LOW-SLUNG DRAWSTRING PANTS, MIDRIFF-BARING SHAPES AND SPORTS-INFLECTED STYLES ARE BACK WITH A SENSE OF UTILITY AND ASSUREDNESS.…

African-born poet, singer-songwriter and rapper who recently won the Australian Music Prize. WHAT IS YOUR BACK STORY? “I’m a Zambian raised in Botswana and now based in Australia. I grew up between Zambia and Botswana in what I can only describe as a colourful, vibrant, unapologetic upbringing. I was raised around strong cultures that heavily influenced both my music and who I have grown up to be. When I came to Australia to study at university with my older sister, I really did not plan to pursue a music career.” YOU RECENTLY WON THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC PRIZE. ARE YOU SURPRISED TO HAVE BEEN SO ACCEPTED BY OUR MUSIC INDUSTRY? “I’m more intrigued by the connection people have with the music. I started writing music and learning more about what kind…

Clean sweep However you choose to wear it, the latest formulas are packed with ingredients your skin will love. “It’s a natural extension of the skincare ritual, because it has actual skincare benefits”– Georgina Graham, make-up artist and La Prairie ambassador Skin hero Second-skin textures let freckles shine through. Nix actual problem areas with a dab of concealer. If you didn’t get the memo, we’ll let you in on a secret: skin is most definitely in. Nowadays, you don’t need to wear the moniker of skincare junkie to subscribe to some skin-loving rituals like supercharged in-clinic treatments such as lasers, chemical peels or needling, or a double-digit daily regimen. It seems we’re all captivated by the allure of a mega-watt complexion. It’s a no-brainer, then, that foundation formulas – the…

In the entrepreneurial world, it’s worn as a badge of honour: Apple CEO Tim Cook jumps out of bed at 3:45am sharp, Richard Branson wakes at 5:45am to exercise, and without the call of an alarm, Oprah rises before 6:20. Beyond the recommended seven to nine hours of sleep we should be clocking each night, science says that rising early can make us smarter, happier, fitter and even more successful. Since sleep crusader and entrepreneur Arianna Huffington ignited a conversation around the importance of a restful slumber with her best-selling book The Sleep Revolution, the notion of retiring early to bed, and therefore being early to rise, has been the topic of much debate. But, even if we genuinely want to be up with the sparrows, can we alter our…

We first meet on the set of this shoot while Kelly Rowland is being tested on camera about her knowledge of Australia, answering all the really important questions, such as: “What is a lamington?” (which she answers correctly) and: “Where is Woop Woop?” (which she answers incorrectly – watch the hilarious video on Vogue.com.au). Of the 23 Australian vernacular questions, she gets almost all of them right. Oh yeah, Rowland is a gun. The next time we meet is briefly at a Christian Louboutin party. Rowland is with teenage singer Bella Paige and on a mission not just to work those Louboutins, and Christian himself, but to have fun and show her The Voice protégé the ropes. She likes going out, like a moth to a flame. “It’s been a…

When Elsa Pataky was invited to spend Mother’s Day as a special guest of Vogue Australia at the opening of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia in Sydney in May, she enlisted the help of some fabulous friends. Pataky, an actress and wife of Chris Hemsworth, brought along her Byron Bay besties Lucy Damon (wife of Matt Damon), Natasha Emery (who runs Emery surfboards with her husband), April Munro (the wife of pro surfer Luke Munro), Jeanne Maxwell and Silvia Serra (Pataky’s sister-in-law), who all left their kids in the care of their husbands to have a mothers’ night out. The evening began with a photo shoot with Vogue at the Ovolo at Woolloomooloo, then the group was chauffeured in a Mercedes-Benz to the Camilla and Marc show, sitting front row alongside…

Virgo 24 AUGUST – 22 SEPTEMBER It’s a powerful month, with a chance to sweep away wounded pride and replace it with self-love and self-worth. Often your own worst critic, you don’t need to seek anyone’s approval now, though this self-assuredness may attract the attention of the people who passed you over first time around. STYLE ICON: Michelle Williams Libra 23 SEPTEMBER – 23 OCTOBER The ‘same-old same-old’ is not for you this month. Anything you turn your attention to now could evolve into something special. Even a fresh twist on what you love to do and the people you do it with could prove extra scintillating. Get back to basics with romantic and creative desires. STYLE ICON: Dakota Johnson Scorpio 24 OCTOBER – 22 NOVEMBER This is the time…

CATHERINE BABA Meeting on a flight from Paris to Sydney, singer Tina Arena and stylist Catherine Baba hit it off immediately. Reuniting in the French capital for our shoot on page 150, the friends took to the streets for a day filled with fun. “We had horns honking, Parisians smiling, tourists surrounding us at the fountain and a fabulous sunset behind the Eiffel Tower in the distance,” says Baba. And the most memorable part of the day? “Tina began singing to Diana Ross, and being swept away with the music, her voice resonating through the whole apartment with such passion, strength, soul and beauty … that was a moment of outer-body magic!” JAMIE PREISZ Artist Jamie Preisz created a custom piece for our shoot with model Victoria Lee on page…

We might not know it, but we all need Cleo Wade in our lives. At a time where jadedness and cynicism have gained currency, her forthright optimism and hopefulness slice through the negativity. “My biggest passion is making sure everybody has the tools to be the best person you can be,” says Wade ebulliently over the phone from her home in New York. Her words of affirmation and encouragement feature on public art and in Gucci’s Chime for Change campaigns, but are most prolific and accessible on Instagram, where you can find them wherever you are, whenever you want, which is very Cleo Wade. “When I wake up in the morning, I don’t wake up and feel like an author, I feel like a toolmaker, so I’m really focused on…

People are often amazed to hear that, three years ago, I delivered my first granddaughter, Ezra, myself. My daughter, Assisi, had a home birth, just like I did when I had her. Over the course of her 72-hour labour, I held her hand as we walked around the Cornish countryside and breathed with her through the contractions, while her partner Alex, sister Amba and the rest of the family anxiously waited to meet the new arrival – a professional midwife on hand to allay their concerns. All of this might have been slightly easier to handle if I hadn’t been almost nine months pregnant myself. But I suppose that’s the sort of thing that happens when your family doesn’t worry too much about convention. I was just out of my…

HALSEY Since she shot to fame with the 2016 hit Closer, Halsey’s refreshingly honest approach to music (and life) has seen her become a household name and land a Yves Saint Laurent beauty contract to boot. Here, she charts her beauty evolution. The whole point of using make-up on stage is to amplify your features and make everything more expressive. When I’m performing, I’m mostly wearing a lot of dark make-up – dark lips, dark eyes. What I look like in person is a lot different than how I look on stage. “I’m 23. When I came into the music industry I had somebody do my make-up, but I flipped out. People forget that a musician and a model are very different. A model’s job is to play a character,…

Kanye West is in the middle of a dialogue with two radio hosts, about media pressure, at the launch of his new album Ye in June, when a disembodied voice interrupts. West listens, then reconfigures his face, meme-like, into a lock of stunned incredulity: off-camera, mega-manager Scooter Braun has delivered the news that he has sold half a million dollars of merchandise in 30 minutes. West finishes his drink. This kind of turnover is what every fashion label, from streetwear upstart to elite French house, dreams of. Strangely, this particular merchandise of West’s isn’t for a concert tour – band name clearly demarcated in a bold typeface square in the middle of a T-shirt – it is for an album listening party. Indeed, acid-orange hoodies have exactly this printed on…

In an amphitheatre in Hong Kong Park, tai chi master Daisy Kan is taking me through a series of fluid poses, my thighs protesting the held lunges and my preconception of how tai chi was too gentle a form of exercise for me to be bothered with being steadily sweated away in the humid mid-morning heat. One of the resident gym trainers from the Murray, a newly opened five-star hotel right across the road from the park in the city’s Central district, minds our gear as my fellow hotel guests and I attempt to perform the routines with some semblance of grace. The trainer is soon joined by a swarm of schoolgirls in tracksuit uniforms, who take up spots on the amphitheatre steps for morning tea, spreading out plastic picnic…

The sought-after invitation requested ‘dancing shoes , and so everyone brought their D-game to this smart party for Christian Louboutin, co-hosted by Alison Veness. Monsieur Louboutin loves to dance, so dance he did – all night long – to celebrate his visit to Sydney and the end of MBFWA. DJ Niki Dé Saint’s playlist pumped guests into the early hours of the morning, with everyone letting loose after a long fashion week. The Queen Victoria Building heritage space was bathed in soft-focus red light, and lush red velvet couches and red carpet made for a cocooned glamour. Guests, who wore their red-soled Christian Louboutins with pride, included the divine Kelly Rowland, with her The Voice protégé Bella Paige. She didn’t miss a beat as Say My Name blasted in tribute…

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Just five years after the hit film Grease was released and Olivia Newton-John became a household name – and right at the time she was about to open her own boutique, Koala Blue, in Los Angeles – the singer and actress appeared in the pages of Vogue Australia’s December 1983 issue, purveying party-ready outfits straight out of an 80s playbook. In a profile calling out Newton-John’s ‘new moves’ and ‘black magic’ allure, the accompanying shoot was packed with big hair, disco sequins, over-the-top eyeshadow, ruched mini-dresses, a mullet-esque ‘do and wrist cuffs. Dressed in Australian designers Mark & Geoffrey and Linda Jackson, both prominent names at the time, Newton-John almost looked the part of ‘rebel’ Sandy, if Sandy had swapped her leather trousers for a strapless party dress, that is.…

Red alert When it comes to fragrances, we all have our favourites we reach for time and time again, but there’s always room to say yes to a fresh new scent. Sì Passione, from Giorgio Armani, is created for bold women who embrace life. The intense floral fragrance is a vibrant mix of blackcurrant, pear, rose and jasmine notes with a base of vanilla and cedarwood. Go to www.giorgioarmanibeauty.com.au. Ring the change Getting engaged is a significant milestone and that makes choosing the perfect ring all the more important. Linneys, a family-owned Australian company that specialises in designing and handcrafting fine jewellery, has a wide range of contemporary engagement rings to suit all styles, including this stunning, super-sparkling diamond ring. For more, go to www.linneys.com.au. Shine on Advances in technology…

Night moves After a crazy busy day, it can be tempting to skip your nightly beauty routine, but if you do stick with the program, the pay-off can be a brighter complexion. The “pearls” in Payot Uni Skin Perles des Rêves night cream contain shea butter, niacinamide and vitamin C to ensure radiant-looking skin. Each pearl contains enough product for one application. Go to www.payot.com. Soft touch To leave your skin perfectly cleansed as well as whisk away waterproof make-up without harsh rubbing, Australian beauty brand Jurlique has created Nourishing Cleansing Oil. The light, silky oil can be used morning and night and is enriched with black elderflower extract for smoother, younger-looking skin. It’s due to land on shelves July 30. Go to www.jurlique.com.au. The flame game To up the…

The oldest and one of the last cashmere factories in Scotland (it was founded in 1903 by Walter Barrie and Robert Kersel, with machines saved from the Luddites) is changing the way we look at cashmere. The factory has long been chosen over Italian mills for its matchless quality, perfecting a combination of rarefied hand-finishing and the latest technology. Or perhaps, as connoisseurs of the whiskey distilled in these parts say, there is just something in the soft Scottish water. Either way, Barrie’s designs are one of the most extreme counterweights to fast fashion you will find. The bulk of Chanel’s cashmere – including its signature two-tone twinsets – have been made at Barrie for the past 30 years. On the walls of the studio are Karl Lagerfeld’s deftly drawn…

CATHERINE BABA (on set with Jean Paul Gaultier in Paris): “Hi darling, how are you? Bonsoir !” TINA ARENA (in rehearsals in Melbourne): “Hello, how are you?” CATHERINE: “I feel like I’m in the womb of the world, speaking to both of you. It’s quite cosy in this womb …” SOPHIE TEDMANSON (in the office in Sydney) : “Hello, ladies. I’m intrigued to hear how you met and about your friendship.” TINA: “We actually met on a plane [in 2016] when we were leaving Paris, and Catherine, you were accompanying Martin Grant, who was coming back to launch the Qantas outfits he had designed.” CATHERINE: “We met in the sky, of course!” TINA: “Yes, and we just hit it off immediately. Energetically, it was like: ‘Oh hello, I feel like…

Ho Lee Fook Taiwanese-born chef Jowett Yu, formerly of Mr Wong in Sydney, fuses Taiwanese and Cantonese cuisines in this wildly popular eatery in Central – the eclectic drinks list is an added attraction. holeefookhk.tumblr.com Mott 32 Head to this contemporary Chinese restaurant in the basement of Central’s Standard Chartered Bank Building for dim sum such as pork dumplings that ooze sour soup when pierced. www.mott32.com The Old Man This Ernest Hemingway-themed bar serves up inventive cocktails such as the Across The River And Into The Trees (vermouth, pear cooked in Campari, verjus and pineapplejackfruit shrub). www.theoldmanhk.com…

Regarded as the most exclusive charity gala in Australia, the annual Gold Dinner has raised more than $25 million dollars for Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation since it first dazzled 21 years ago. “It’s terribly rewarding for us to be celebrating our 21st birthday, and to see how the event has grown over the years and helped so many families,” says Gold Dinner Committee co-chair Athena Wagner. In keeping with its tradition, the Gold Dinner 2018 boasted an impressive roster of Australian creatives to produce an unrivalled experience under the stars and overlooking Sydney Harbour. Creative director Tony Assness applied his unique styling lens working with Australian merino wool, alongside florist and sculptural artist Saskia Havekes of Grandiflora – both transforming the setting into an autumnal Australian wonderland. Chef Ben Greeno…

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