Indholdsfortegnelse for November 2020 i Vogue Australia

When we photographed Katie Holmes for these pages, the world was vastly different. The shoot, brought to life by an all-female cast, took place when Holmes was in Sydney late last year. The energy on set was dynamic but also light-hearted, with a confident Holmes moving freely to the background music photographer Bec Parsons had playing (I distinctly remember her singing along to Prince’s Kiss as it was blaring). We could never have foreseen the global shutdown that would transpire or the fact Holmes would spend much of this year in lockdown in New York. So to complement her powerful shots of femininity, we tasked her with penning an essay about poignant truths she discovered during this period and of finding new beginnings (see page 154). “Now the leaves of…

HIGH-TIED The must-have summer top is in fact a deftly knotted Hermès scarf that packs luxury, and versatility. UNDER WRAPS Tap oceanic blues that speak of salt and sea, then add the season’s elegant solution to tangled tresses: the headscarf, knotted at the nape. WOVEN WONDER Hands-free is the instant route to summer ease and in a solar yellow, this clutch, tucked under the arm, is the perfect optimistic statement to be making ventures outside. SETS ON THE BEACH A summer suit – that is lightweight shorts and a shirt (bucket hat optional) – will see the season through in total comfort and, in Louis Vuitton’s take on the pyjama trend, monogrammed style. PUT IT IN PRINT Swim and denim are already comfortable bedfellows that get an update via the…

IT’S CURIOUS, CONSIDERING how Elsa Peretti revolutionised the jewellery world in the 1970s, that today the reclusive, enigmatic and famously fiery designer has such a resistance to newness. She rants over continual requests for “new, new, new,” saying, with a husky flourish, “For me nothing is new. Good line and good form are timeless. “The 21st century is not my cup of tea. I belong to another century,” says Peretti, speaking by phone from her home in Spain. Long before Covid-induced lockdowns, Peretti had retreated into splendid isolation, with only trusted staff and dogs for company in the tiny medieval hamlet of Sant Martí Vell, outside of Barcelona. It’s here that she finds the strength she needs to work, here that she’s surrounded by the nature that inspires her forms.…

SOMETIMES THE FRUITS of an idea appear in a daydream or chance encounter. But for Australian stylist Stephanie Yeates and English photographer Ryan Conduit, the couple and co-founders of local label LeJeune, the seeds of their jewellery designs appeared while living abroad and during visits to London’s National Portrait Gallery and Paris’s Louvre. Take the minimalist Hoop 01 earrings and Chain 01 choker, two pieces from their debut collection Essentials, the designs of which germinated from adornments seen in 16th- and 18th-century paintings. Yeates was studying fashion design at London’s Central Saint Martins when she met Conduit, a student of fashion photography at London College of Fashion, and the two discovered a shared interest in classical art, specifically the Renaissance, Baroque € and Rococo periods. Beyond the romantic flourishes, bustles…

WHEN ONE OF her three sons announced he wanted to play cricket, Siobhan McKenna sighed inwardly in anticipation of the day-long commitment. But then it struck her – all those hours on the sidelines would also grant her huge chunks of time to write. Because despite being an uber successful businesswoman – the chairman and director of not one but multiple Australian companies including Foxtel, Nova, Woolworths and Illyria – McKenna had also quietly set herself a goal: to pen her first novel. Realising that dream after 10 years of work with the recent release of her book Man in Armour has taken not only the new author by surprise, but also those who know her. True to her private nature, McKenna hadn’t shared her ambition with anyone, but even…

PAINT BY NUMBERS Conversation-starting bursts of colour in dynamic shapes are a feast for the eyes. Reach for your broadest eyeshadow brush and let your imagination run free. BRUSH UP Lancôme’s global creative director, Lisa Eldridge, is known for pushing the parameters of make-up. Follow her lead and flex your artistic muscle with finger-painted dot work and abstract brushstrokes. GREEN AND GOLD The best thing about make-up today? There’s always a place for artful darts of colour which extend beyond their usual home, as seen here in a neon-green stroke from eyeline to temple. HAPPY PL ACE Research tells us that the simple application of a vibrant lipstick has mood-altering benefits. Reach for your fanciest shade – red, tangerine, or pink will do – and test the theory for yourself.…

MY MUM CAME to Australia when she was just 12 years old. She fled her home in war-torn Afghanistan to Pakistan and eventually landed in Brisbane. Nine years later, she met my dad who had chartered a similar journey, leaving Afghanistan for Queensland as a teenager. It’s an extraordinary path for anyone, let alone two people who hadn’t even reached their 18th birthday. Even though they were children themselves when they arrived, they knew they wanted their own family’s future to be in Australia. My Afghan heritage and my Islamic beliefs have always been core to my family. We moved from the north to the south side of Brisbane when I was seven to be closer to the Islamic school, and it was important my siblings and I not only…

“Nature’s job: to shift things elsewhere, to transform them, to pick them up and move them here and there. Constant alteration. But not to worry: there’s nothing new here. Everything is familiar. Even the proportions are unchanged.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Nearly a year ago, I landed in Sydney and was greeted by some enthusiastic and passionate women whom I grew close with in the days that followed. As we took part in the journey of visiting the Ronald McDonald House in celebration and to raise money for McHappy Day, I was transformed in spirit by the families I met and the generosity of so many people in Australia who gave to this beautiful cause. The families I met were so strong and accepted the suffering they endured with grace…

When Paul and Linda McCartney welcomed their second child into the world in 1971, they named her Stella, for Linda’s grandmother, and Nina, one of Linda’s college chums. “Stella Nina means star girl,” Sir Paul explains by telephone from his home in the Hamptons. “And she is.” Indeed, she is. This month, Stella Nina McCartney is kicking off the 20th anniversary celebrations of her brand – which she launched in 2001, aged 29. In those two decades, Stella, a lifelong vegetarian, has grown from being considered the industry kook for refusing to use leather and animal fur, to becoming a driving force for sustainable and conscious fashion. All as well as marrying the love of her life, the creative brand consultant Alasdhair Willis, in 2003, and with him raising their…

Inside a Gucci hat, autumn/winter ’20/’21 LOUISE ZHANG, (2020) DIGITAL RENDER Gucci’s Alessandro Michele doesn’t make rules for himself, and neither did Chinese-Australian artist Louise Zhang, who took the serene aqua blue of the original felted, tilted-brim Gucci creation as her starting point. “I didn’t want to take away the extravagant silhouette, so working with that as my canvas, I imagined a dreamy, luminous environment; fluidity a lily pond.” Zhang’s airy colour palette captures the kinetic pace of Gucci’s multi-layered fantastical world and its simultaneously mismatching and unexpected, but harmonious elements – much like her work. Pearl constellation, an interstellar interpretation of Prabal Gurung’s autumn/winter ’20/’21 earring HELENA DONG, (2020) DIGITAL MEDIA, 3D RENDER When fashion graduate and artist Helena Dong saw Prabal Gurung’s pearl earring creeping up the ear,…

SCORPIO 24 OCTOBER–22 NOVEMBER This month allows you to reinvent yourself. Looking good and feeling fine, you’re a magnet for love and all of life’s pretty things. A significant journey or communication could arise, and there might be an emotional or financial cost as a result, but the investment in your happiness will be worth it. STYLE ICON: Katy Perry AQUARIUS 21 JANUARY–18 FEBRUARY Solutions that get below the surface of a problem could help you rise up the career ladder between now and next May. Refresh your work style by dressing for the role you aspire to. This isn’t just about money, so think about your reasons for striving for power. Ask questions and state your case firmly but fairly in all situations. STYLE ICON: Amal Clooney TAURUS 21…

BILLIEJEAN HAMLET Indigenous Australian model Billiejean Hamlet, who grew up in Ngurturwarta, an Aboriginal community in the Kimberley region, was photographed at Sydney’s McCarrs Creek Reserve for the fashion feature ‘Natural instinct’, from page 166. “This was a huge pinch-me moment – my first time shooting for Vogue Australia,” the 20-year-old exclaims. Revealing that she loved the Chanel look best, Billiejean says hopping into the water at sunset dressed in the label was the most memorable moment from the day. “It gave me goose bumps, quite literally. But the cold was worth it – it was a moment of magic,” she says. BEC PARSONS Celebrated Australian photographer Bec Parsons captured Katie Holmes for this month’s cover. “We wanted to portray Katie in a relaxed, pared back way so her strength…

1. “I treasure my dear friend Orit Elhanati’s beautiful crafted jewellery – she made our wedding rings and my engagement rings, and each piece is made by hand. Clothing-wise, I’m a huge fan of my friend Cate Holstein’s label Khaite. I always invest in pieces that are unique and timeless, so it’s my idea of the best staples with a twist.” 2. “I love exploring new paths – in January my husband and I journeyed to Patagonia on a three-week adventure. It was a lifelong dream to go and so humbling. I’m so grateful we got to have such a life-changing journey at the beginning of this unforeseen year.” 3. “[I love] Scandinavian mid-century furniture and probably appreciate it even more for the nostalgia from growing up surrounded by it.…

1. NATURE AS DESTINATION: “Every time I leave the grind of Los Angeles during Covid, I’m reminded how grateful I am to be able to ground myself by an incredible coastline, in a majestic forest, or under a star-filled desert sky.” 2. HÔTEL WEEKEND X SARAH ESPEUTE TABLECLOTH: “There have been times this year when I’ve felt as far away from home as humanly possible, and I’ve been so thankful to have an incredible husband and group of friends who have been my rock through the ups and downs. I have loved having small dinner parties where we can switch off, play a game of Monopoly Deal and eat a wonderful home-cooked meal on my favourite tablecloth.” 3. GIA ORANGE RIESLING: “I don’t think Gia Coppola could have released her…

“IT’S A NICE morning in Paris, it’s autumn, so I can’t complain. I’m home,” says Pierre Hardy, creative director of Hermès jewellery. We’re on the phone to discuss the new fine jewellery collection he has designed called Lignes Sensibles, which translates as ‘sensitive lines’ – appropriate when you consider the fine detail of the collection. The twinkling stonework is intricate, complex and mysterious and the collection could be Hardy’s boldest and best yet, although each of the six collections he has designed since joining Hermès three decades ago has been singularly epic. As part of his role, Hardy gets to play with an amazing arsenal of stones, diamonds and precious metals every day. Jewels can be the most intimate and emotionally powerful pieces and he is the master of seduction…

1. SEB BROWN Seb Brown’s signet rings and earrings, speckled with Australian blue sapphires, emeralds and tourmalines, have an otherworldly quality. Handmade to order in Melbourne, buyers can customise the setting and colour of each stone so their piece is unique, and can be reworked or repaired to ensure it’s worn forever. 2. BILUM & BILAS Australian Jessica Cassell of Bilum & Bilas has established a social enterprise that employs women weavers in Papua New Guinea. The artisans transfer the skill of crafting bilum, woven bags made from natural fibres, to tactile drop earrings, bracelets and necklaces. 3 JASMIN SPARROW New Zealand designer Jasmin Scott grew up admiring her grandmother’s jewellery collection, which led her to create her own. Recycled silver and local, ethically sourced materials, like pearls, give her…

BORN IN BOLOGNA , residing in Rome, with her sultry brown eyes fixed firmly on a career in Hollywood, Matilda De Angelis is a young woman with the world at her sun-kissed feet. Anointed a shooting star of the 2018 Berlin Film Festival, the 25-year-old is beginning her international trajectory propelled by her remarkable debut performance in new HBO thriller, The Undoing – starring megawatt names including Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant and Donald Sutherland. Playing the drama’s femme fatale, Elena, whose bold sexuality imposes itself on the world of Kidman’s character, Grace, the young actor had to steel herself for a number of nude scenes and even sharing a kiss with the Australian superstar. Not a bad introduction to the global stage, she giggles, admitting her fandom for Kidman began…

“The Audi Foundation was designed specifically to support progressive, not-for-prof it organisations in the areas of education, medicine and mental health” JESSICA HALL HAS been at home in Forster, on the New South Wales mid-north coast, since March. While she’s happy to be spending time with her mum and brother, she’s desperately missing life on campus at the University of Melbourne. “I’m hanging out to be able to go back to uni,” she says. “I miss the independence that I had, and I’m hoping I can go back to university next semester.” This is her second year of a Bachelor of Science degree, and she’s planning to major in bioengineering systems, which, when asked, she describes as “basically a lot of maths and a lot of sciences”. This will allow…

Does your creative process vary depending on whether you’re crafting fashion or fragrances? Marc Jacobs: “I think my process is similar, if not the same. I have the opportunity to create something with a group of people and I look at everybody as being a collaborator and bringing something very specific to that project. The role I play is to come up with the beginning of a story and to then be on board for the whole journey, when the story unfolds, because it always unfolds through the process.” The new fragrance champions optimism and self-acceptance, which seems fitting for the present times. MJ: “We started this project more than two years ago and I suggested the word ‘perfect’. I didn’t want to do something that’s aspirational in…

THE FOOTHILLS OF the Himalayas is home to a Buddhist monk who has been branded the happiest person in the world. Although it’s a title Matthieu Ricard has since attempted to shrug off, neuroscientists who studied the Frenchman’s brain for 12 years found that the part of his mind that regulates happiness worked in overdrive while negative thoughts barely registered. Is it the 4am wake up? The hours of meditation and chanting? The sense of community-mindedness? The reason Ricard’s happiness meter is soaring can’t be pegged to one factor, but we can’t overlook the fact monks are among the world’s most disciplined cohort and creatures of habit. A psychologist will tell you that habits are automated responses, which are dependent on our environment and learned through repetition. Anecdotally, however, you…

WE STAND, STRANGERS to each other, in the cold and crane our necks towards a glorious gum tree, silent and marvelling as if we were staring at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Nestled in the crook of a curving branch, a mother tawny frogmouth glares at us while her two impossibly fluffy chicks squat beside her. Mum is awake and wary, her babies blinking wide. More and more people join us – parents on bikes, their infants leaning out of their seats, older couples and curious joggers. It is mid-morning in Melbourne winter lockdown, and we have all escaped from home for our one-hour allotted daily exercise. The last time we rode through this wild park, a spry cyclist in full riding kit beckoned to my young son: “Did…

AS A SCHOOLBOY , Ian Griffiths remembers visiting St Petersburg in his dreams. He fell under the spell of Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky, and was lured by the murder of Rasputin, Russia’s mystic monk. That led him to Prince Felix Yusupov – the protagonist of Max Mara’s resort ’21 collection – and to Lost Splendour, Yusupov’s autobiography, where he details how he helped orchestrate the infamous assassination in 1916. Over Zoom from Reggio Emilia, Italy, where creative director Griffiths has worked at Max Mara for 33 years, he recalls with rapt enthusiasm how Russia, with its great novelists and neoclassical architecture, wooed him, sight unseen. It was still front of mind when it came time to choose a location – St Petersburg – for this year’s resort ’21 show, Reason and…

HAUTE PINK Glinting pink sapphires, a lozenge of rubellite and tourmaline make Tiffany & Co.’s latest Jean Schlumberger offerings a lavish and celebratory paean to the creative flair of their namesake. Chief gemologist Victoria Reynolds notes the way he “created spectacular jewelled statements that have an incredible sense of dimension and life,” exemplified in the bangle she describes as: “Bold, vibrant, unexpected.” GREEN LIGHTS Louis Cartier’s affinity with striking geometry and Jeanne Toussaint’s fondness for the Panthère still make their presence known in the house’s creations. Today the jet black stone contrasts with the house’s pavé diamonds, which were imagined to resemble the look of fur strong meets soft. BOLTS FROM THE BLUE The Italian jeweller with a storied connection to coloured gems, Bulgari demonstrates its signature combination of confidence…

WALKING DOWN A street in Sydney’s Darlinghurst on a recent weekday morning with Jake Gordon, I’m dimly aware of glances from passers-by. To be clear, they’re not looking at me : my companion, on the other hand, at more than six feet tall, has unquestionable presence. On this unseasonably cool day, he’s dressed in a symphony of layered neutrals: ecru polo-neck, caramel pants, a long camel coat. He looks expensive and smells good, too, his fragrance a delicate, lingering olfactory impression. All of this would be enough perhaps, but then there’s his hair, a tumbling confection of tawny curls that dances in soft counterpoint to his strong jaw and brow. Even in a postcode known for its good-looking inhabitants, Gordon turns heads. At 31, he’s used to being looked at;…

In this year of uncertainty, hardship and inconceivable loss worldwide, Aboriginal people have struggled to breathe. It began with the smoke engulfing large swathes of Aboriginal land, from the fires that killed billions of animals and stole homes and futures. Aboriginal knowledge of this Country – built over tens of thousands of years of sophisticated cultivation. which tie into our spirituality and kinship systems – were ignored and it left us all gasping for air. The pandemic then drove us into lockdown and Aboriginal people were rendered voiceless in the national debates, despite being most vulnerable to the virus. The Aboriginal community-controlled health sector and communities themselves rose up to protect our own people, even though their efforts were largely ignored. Despite being far ahead of the public health response…