Indholdsfortegnelse for June 2023 i Vogue Australia

Rita Ora and Taika Waititi were always part of the plan. They are just so good together. Both fiercely talented, they make the perfect couple to feature on this June cover, which comes ahead of Rita's first album release in five years, You & I, and Taika's latest film Next Goal Wins. I have huge respect for Taika as a filmmaker – prolific, daring in his decision-making, he also expresses his particular sense of humour in his work, managing to say things that are silly yet still have room for pathos. A writer, director, producer and actor, he is always willing to take risks and somehow manages to pull them off. He also takes the business of representing indigenous people seriously, shoots worldwide, and wherever he can, makes a difference…

Sweeping statement Coats that take up space are the style sign-off to adopt now. The more floor it skims and space it takes up, the better. Cropped jackets Clipped and boxy, the new cropped jacket is a fresh rejoinder to overly starched blazers, but still keeps a clean, preppy feel. Scan the QR code to shop Vogue's edit of the best of the trend. Blanket rule Versatile, insulating: the new outer layer is a blanket scarf worn every which way to swaddle, encircle and shelter under in sumptuous padded, silken or woollen warmth. Scan the QR code to shop Vogue's edit of the best of the trend. Cuts above Slouch gets a reprieve in two new tailored options that channel a lean line. Go between strictly tailored cigarette trousers and…

A.GIRL The future of Australian RnB is here. Meet A.GIRL; real name Hinenuiterangi Tairua, raised in Western Sydney and a rising star of the music scene since the release of her neighbourhood anthem “2142” in 2019. Her lyrics are playful, her tone confident and her sound? Made for the club. She'll play Vivid Live with underground rap artist Agung Mango at Tumbalong Park in Darling Harbour. JACOTÉNE At just 17, this powerhouse Melbourne singer was named Triple J's winner of Unearthed High in 2022. Now, barely a year later, she'll be headlining a solo performance at the Sydney Opera House during Vivid Live. It will be a chance to witness a star is born moment, which began with her Triple J Unearthed High single “I Need Therapy”, a soulful ballad…

FILM Phoebe Waller-Bridge is an excellent conversationalist. Even right after lunch on a plain old Monday, during which she's done nothing more taxing than go for a manicure (for a photoshoot tomorrow). “I've been in a writing cave for ages and I sort of crawled out of it this morning to get my nails done,” she sums up, speaking at the same fizzy and voluble clip – like a maid of honour who knows she has the whole wedding hanging off her every word – that she will maintain for the entire interview. Writing for television is her happy place. “Being able to really fill the tank and to start creating again has been wonderful,” she says. But it's also nice to occasionally leave the cave and step bleary-eyed into…

White book WEDDING DATE October 81, 2022 VENUES Iceberg's Dining Room and Bar DRESSES & SHOES Rick Owens couture RINGS Heart of Bone HAIR Sophie Roberts MAKE-UP Colette Miller FRAGRANCE Alaïa WEDDING PARTY ATTIRE Rick Owens PHOTOGRAPHER Ted Min FLOWERS Grandiflora FIRST DANCE “Come and Get Your Love” by Redbone VOGUE AUSTRALIA: How did you approach planning? “It was really important to Maurice that he get married in Icebergs [his restaurant], but due to renovations the reopening was delayed for months. We had set a date and friends had booked flights internationally so we decided that, although it was still a building site, we'd make it work. Maurice's amazing builders did the most incredible job of turning the building site into a wedding venue for a day midway through the…

VOGUE AUSTRALIA: How would you describe the theme of your wedding? “The overarching feeling for the day was bringing together our ‘families’, our people from all over the world. The style of the evening drew on considered, classic touches. Our inspiration came from the 19th-century architecture of the building, former palm courts of a bygone era, spring floral accents with silverware and bronze touches. We wanted to create multiple ‘wow’ moments. As each guest entered a new room there was something new and exciting to experience.” VA: Why did you pick your venue? “With so many people coming from outside of London to be with us, we wanted to mark the occasion with an incredible, awe-inspiring, and quintessentially British setting. We liked how the private members’ club brought all of…

WEDDINGS VOGUE AUSTRALIA: How would you describe the theme of your wedding day? “A good friend of ours, artist André Saraiva, had made the visuals inspired by his ‘Amour’ signature graffiti. We used it for the invitation, stationery, beers and goodie bags, and once that was decided on, it also set the tone for the theme of the wedding – cheerful and full of love!” VA: Why did you pick your venue? “On one hand, we wanted to anchor our love locally – right in our neighbourhood – in order to create memories that would surround us for the rest of our lives. On the other hand, we wanted to throw a weekend wedding with a huge party where our guests would spend the night far away from home not…

Historically, rain and weddings aren't a great mix, but Albus Lumen's Marina Afonina is one of the few people who could make such a combination sound appealing. “This particular collection is inspired by a moody day on the coast, not a typical summer day,” Afonina says of her resort ‘24 offering, which includes her largest eveningwear focus to date and second ever bridal range, four years after her first. The designer is framed by the sand-coloured backdrop of Albus Lumen Société, a gallery-like space in Sydney's Bondi that hosts everything from dinner soirées to exhibitions for emerging artists. “When I thought of this collection, I thought of nostalgia and walking along the coastline. It could even be raining, [but] you're thinking of the beautiful days in summer,” she notes as…

ROBBIE FIMMANO Photographer Robbie Fimmano worked closely with editor-in-chief Christine Centenera and senior fashion editor and market director Kaila Matthews to capture couple Rita Ora and Taika Waititi from an observational viewpoint for the cover of this issue. “We gave them an environment to be in and let them be themselves,” he says, adding that the team was careful to avoid a staged aesthetic. “They both have loving and warm personalities, which I hope transcend in the images.” Fimmano shot the pair in and around Justin Hemmes's historic Hermitage house. “Tire emotion on set was natural and fun,” he shares, adding, “Tire weather was all over the place to make things interesting.” KAILA MATTHEWS “Christine and I co-styled this story, which was a first for me,” says Vogue's senior fashion…

CURATED BY The synergy between Danish and Australian style is underscored when Ganni comes to town this month. The Copenhagen brand founded by Ditte and Nicolaj Reffstrup put Scandi-girl style on the map, and is opening its first store in Sydney. Followers would feel it's overdue, given how Ganni's local fanbase resonates with its breezy separates, cult dresses and practical accessories. The key to its success? Ditte's optimist's vision informed by a melting pot of global influences coloured by a carefree Scandinavian outlook, one that's captured fans from Beyoncé to Bella Hadid. Her embrace of what could be described as a think-global-style-local mentality is something she's incorporated into the new boutique. “When we open new stores, we engage in local artist collaborations,” she says. “For our Sydney store, we stumbled…

The day Rita Ora and Taika Waititi were due to shoot for Vogue Australia, all weather forecasts reported rain. Not just any rain, either. An unpredictable torrential downpour; a rain bomb, even. And yet, by some sheer meteorological miracle, for the most part the sun shone brightly across Sydney's eastern suburbs before the heavens opened up mere moments after wrapping. It was not just fortuitous but fitting that the weather gods played nice for Ora and Waititi's first shoot together. The two, who wed last year and recently stunned on the red carpet at the Met Gala in matching Atelier Prabal Gurung, are all warmth and laughter – nonstop banter, jokes and good times – their joint positivity attracting the best in everyone and every situation wherever they go. (“Rita's…

E llie Cole greets Vogue Australia with a warm laugh. The advocate and athlete is personable and sharp-witted, with a keen sense of humour. Case in point, one of her first memories at swim camp in 2006. “I was 14 years old and a lot of my para swimming friends and I thought it would be really funny to just leave a whole bunch of legs in the elevator and send it up to a higher floor,” she says. “We sat there and waited for the elevator to come back and this old couple stepped out …” Pranks, she says, were par for the course. “I suppose I've always been quite humoured by disability because I've grown up with a lot of people who have one,” she reflects. “I didn't…

VOGUE AUSTRALIA: What was it about Vegamour that drew you in? NICOLE KIDMAN: “A few years ago, I realised my hair and scalp deserve as much attention and care as the rest of my body. Vegamour's holistic approach to hair, which they call hair wellness, really drew me in. It recognises that hair health is dependent on both lifestyle and the products we use. We take care of our skin, but we don't always care for our hair in the same way.” VA: What turned you from a fan of the brand, into an investor? NK: “I became involved as an investor and advocate because of my love for both the products and the passion behind Vegamour. After meeting Dan [Hodgdon], the founder, and seeing firsthand the amazing work the…

WEDDINGS VOGUE AUSTRALIA: How did you meet? At a barbecue on a temperamental British summer day in 2019 at (groom) James Whewell's sister Sarah's home. “I was faffing with my puppy and someone came running into the house saying: ‘You have to come outside, there's a huge double rainbow in the sky’. When I went outside, sure enough, there was the most amazing rainbow I have ever seen, and standing directly below it was James and his tall black hairy dog, Tipsy. It was like a Turner painting, and I definitely did a double take.” VA: How did your partner propose? On Boxing Day, surrounded by family. “He had asked the kids if they would be his stepchildren that morning – down on one knee, with the ring! – so…

After she got engaged, financier Carmen James didn't start booking appointments at rarefied bridal boutiques and white glove salons. Instead, she began hunting on familiar ground. “My mum and I used to go vintage shopping every Saturday growing up and whenever we travelled,” she says. “I still have the 1960s twisted sculptural midi I picked up in Paris for my school formal, and antique kimonos from trips to Japan.” A collector of pieces from the 60s and 70s, with a penchant for “Dundas-era Pucci, Tom Ford-era YSL and Gucci”, vintage was the obvious choice for James's wedding looks, which include a rare fringed cerulean dress from Tom Ford's final Gucci collection for her rehearsal dinner and an off-white 50s Lanvin couture gown with a bodice finished with delicate purple chenille…

SOIRÉE The worlds of fashion and Formula 1 collided when the annual F1 Glamour on the Grid celebrations took place on the eve of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Lauded as the hottest event of the racing weekend, F1 Glamour on the Grid ushered in a 700-strong crowd to the Albert Park race circuit, including tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis, musician Baker Boy, chef Diana Chan and television presenter Rebecca Judd. Guests walked from the starting grid through to the pit lane in their finest eveningwear, before making their way to the Marriott Bonvoy Lounge for the night's festivities. Former Miss Universe Australia Maria Thattil wore a collaborative design by Jacob Luppino and Anthony Pittorino of J'Aton Couture along with Italian luxury car makers Alfa Romeo. When Thattil stood next…

ON SET Double the cover stars, double the fun. For Vogue Australia's June issue, Rita Ora and Taika Waititi appear alongside each other in a photoshoot for the first time, and the singer stars in a second special fashion feature, lensed in-studio by her husband. Tire two Sydney shoots represent a magical full-circle moment for the couple, whose romance began in Australia in 2021. Ora was in town to make The Voice – coincidentally when she appeared on the cover of Vogue Australia for the first time – and Waititi to direct Thor: Love and Thunder. The rest is (very romantic) history. “It's always great to work with Rita, she's very professional, creatively collaborative and refreshingly down-to-earth,” says Vogue's executive producer and talent director Rikki Keene. “It was a laugh…

VIEWPOINT Rebecca Vallance doesn't stop. She's speaking fresh from a night communicating with New York, during which her namesake label provided looks for the Met Gala. It's lucky to catch her in Sydney. Although Australia is home, 40 per cent of her overall business comes from the US – 60 per cent of her online sales are international – meaning she's often in New York. She's there, she approximates, six times a year minimum. “New York is definitely my second home.” Fittingly, Qantas has hand-picked Vallance to create pieces in celebration of a milestone development in its approach to long haul. When the national airline debuts its newest route this month – Sydney to New York, via Auckland – its amenity bags and business-class pyjamas will be emblazoned in a…

Hair: Michael Beel. Make-up: Lochie Stonehouse. Lighting: Diego Lorenzo Jose. Tailor: Weave.…

Economists call it the lipstick effect – the concept that we splash out more on affordable luxury items during economic downturns. But at Vogue, we've always known that beauty is worth investing in. Now, more than ever, it's time to focus on products that work the hardest and to indulge that little bit extra on something special to make you feel good. The tried and tested winning products of the inaugural Vogue Beauty Awards have been officially announced. After months of using the best and brightest in beauty, our judges, and Vogue's own readers, have landed on what's worth investing in for 2023. We've done the hard work – from slathering on serums until our faces shone, to curling and combing our hair to its limits – all in the…

Endometriosis is almost as difficult to pronounce as it is to diagnose. Almost. The first time my mouth struggled its way around those six syllables, I was huddled around a computer screen in a poky doctor's office in California, parroting what this rather kooky ob-gyn had just told me. I won't pretend to remember her precise words because, like all bad news, it came to me in slow motion. She said something along the lines of, “You have a haemorrhagic cyst, a chocolate cyst and often they are a sister ailment to en-do-me-tri-o-sis.” I remember the chocolate bit because it conjured up an image of a Cadbury Creme Egg and from then on I couldn't stop thinking about the absurdity of an Easter treat being stuck inside me, conspiring with…

WEDDINGS White book WEDDING DATE December, 2022 VENUE Waimea Valley DRESS Liz Martinez HAIR Ashlee Valeros MAKE-UP Risa Hoshino PHOTOGRAPHER Cassandra Ladru WEDDING PLANNER K. Zietz Weddings FLOWERS Best Day Ever CATERING Ke Nui Kitchen MUSIC Mana Music (ceremony) VOGUE AUSTRALIA: How did you meet? “John and I met at a party in Rainbow Bay, Australia in 2012 at ages 17 and 19.” VA: How would you describe the theme and style of your wedding day? “I would say a garden party theme with a little merge of tropical. I wanted to incorporate the natural surroundings into the floral design. We had some anthuriums and some flowers from my garden and it felt really special to know I grew some for our wedding day. I could see there were little…

VOGUE AUSTRALIA: How did your partner propose? Tom Guinness proposed three years ago at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, when Tish was eight months pregnant with their son, Reuben. “I knew it would happen at some point, but I was never that bothered about a wedding. But I did love the idea of a really magical party.” VA: What was the theme of the wedding day? A three-day bacchanal staged over Halloween weekend. “I thought, what's scarier than a wedding? … A Halloween wedding. October in England just felt right. The castle is so beautiful and October is my birthday month … I'm an autumnal creature.” VA: Why did you pick your venue? Belvoir Castle, the 11thcentury ancestral home of the Duke of Rutland, lent itself to the theme of the…

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Gemini 22 May-21 June Trust your intuition this month as there's luck and destiny linked to following a hunch. A Full Moon highlights partnerships now and things could get emotional, but there's nothing you can't solve with the right words thanks to your ruler Mercury in your sign aided by love planet Venus. Your own personal New Moon brings fresh energy to develop a new and improved you. STYLE ICON: Venus Williams Virgo 24 August-22 September Look outside your usual scope for unusual experiences and ideas that could bring you luck and even fame this month. Love is on your mind and a reset of romance could move things your way with powerful Pluto, Saturn and Neptune retrograde. A New Moon brings a fresh vibe to your career, and your…