Indholdsfortegnelse for November 2021 i Vogue Australia

This month, we invite you to fall in love with fashion again. With our annual jewellery special and new-season couture report, this issue celebrates both the joy of dressing up and the excitement that beautiful fashion and design evokes. In Australia, as lockdown laws ease and our cities reopen, there’s a collective desire to embrace the warmer months ahead – a sense of wonder, occasion and fun. Our cover shoot, featuring Sarah Snook in looks defined by strong silhouettes and clever layering, captures this spirit of revival and passion. And who better to pull it off than Sarah’s alter ego, Shiv Roy from Succession, a character who’s become so synonymous with style she made headlines after cutting her hair in season two. While the 33-year-old actor from Adelaide jokes that…

Balenciaga – THE NEW ORDER This was our show of the season with so much fabulous – a wonderful meeting point between the vision of the original late Cristóbal Balenciaga and the fresh reverence of current creative director Demna Gvasalia. It was the 50th couture collection for the house since 1968. Gvasalia is our fashion god and he gave us an exceptional, thoughtful collection with graceful tailoring and sharp cutting playing on the original essential proportions, all worn by cleverly cast models. Philip Treacy hats and elbow-length opera gloves answered the yearning we have to dress up, while the salons in which the models walked were silent and expertly faded, a nod to the past with watermarked drapes and tiny touches of rust on the chandeliers; it was as if…

THE DESIGN WORLD just got sweeter with a playful array of bubblegum pinks, fruity brights and toffee hues. Fun forms in materials that appear almost edible, these pieces will satisfy your sugar craving minus the added calories. A candy-hued design high without the crash. Dream bloat “Look for blown glass pieces in vibrant colours to liven up your next tablescape.” Drop a hint “Neutral lovers can dip their toes into brights with smaller accessories that add a sprinkle of colour to spaces without being excessive.” Subscribe to Vogue or activate your membership to gain access to our exclusive rewards program Vogue VIP. • Win 1 of 5 Waterford Crystal eVouchers, worth $200. • Win 1 of 5 Carlotta + Gee eVouchers for French bed linen worth $500.*…

LADY KITTY SPENCER This year’s Victoria Racing Club’s Melbourne Cup Carnival International Ambassador. 1. “I love any excuse to wear a hat and it’s definitely at the forefront of my mind when I choose my outfit. I will usually choose an outfit I love and then show it to the milliner – if we have enough time we can match the colour perfectly, or if not, then Philip Treacy always has something in his archive.” 2. “I love the hats and headpieces Vivien Leigh wore as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind . She wore everything with such grace and style.” 3. “I keep jewellery simple and perhaps just wear a pair of diamond studs. I think simple jewellery is more elegant during the day, especially outdoors, and I…

Around two years ago, in the high-flying heyday of travel pre-Covid-19, Jacqueline Karachi-Langane, the French creative director of Cartier fine jewellery, was doing her usual rounds at the Tucson gem show in Arizona. At one stand, a dazzling 4.01-carat rose-cut diamond caught her eye, and she hesitated but moved on. “I thought it was interesting, but it needed something else,” Karachi-Langane recounts when we meet. The next day, that diamond was still lingering in her thoughts while she was on the lookout for coloured gemstones, and there, at the same dealer, she honed in on an 8.20-carat Siam ruby. The colour was intense and very saturated, like a sun-ripened raspberry, but it was remarkably flat in its shape. “I knew it needed more depth,” says Karachi-Langane, “and then I remembered…

DID YOU KNOW Australia is home to roughly 90 per cent of the world’s opal deposits? There’s a good chance you might not, because though their intricate appearance sets them apart from other gems, opals have fallen out of favour in fashion over the years. While they experienced popularity in the Art Nouveau and Deco periods, opals’ popularity dwindled in the decades that followed and they were relegated to antique dealers or cast to the back of the jewellery box. In 2021 however, they’re staging a visually arresting comeback. A homegrown, technicoloured treasure with a visual appearance evocative of the ocean, or even the depths of outer space with their supernova-like streaks, opals contrast to their environment of origin: the inland deposits across our country’s sparse desert landscape. Millie Savage,…

Tasmania/lutruwita is trending. And not just for the splendid isolation of its pristine wilderness and, at the time of print, zero case numbers. Two of Australia’s most talented actors, Marta Dusseldorp (of Stateless, A Place to Call Home and Jack Irish fame) and Essie Davis (Babyteeth, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and Game of Thrones), have united to spotlight (and satisfy) the Apple Isle’s strong cultural appetite. This month, the Hobart-based friends are starring in a new production of Jean Genet’s 1947 play The Maids. Loosely inspired by the true crime story of murderous duo The Papin sisters, the play’s central characters Claire and Solange are tied by their love/hate relationship and the power structure that defines their existences. The challenging drama is the latest project from Archipelago Productions, founded in…

View from the top Sarah Snook takes her place in Hollywood’s seat of power. Sarah Snook is in isolation on her newly acquired 14-hectare property outside of Melbourne after a close contact received a positive Covid test result (later shown to be false). “It’s not much different to lockdown,” says the 33-year-old with a smile. “I’m in bliss.” Snook’s idyllic home quarantine, complete with a resident koala, wombats and kangaroos, actually makes for a nice sea change from her last lockdown during the New York winter while shooting the third season of HBO’s smash-hit drama Succession . And by bliss, she also means wedded bliss, relinquishing a secret she’s held for almost a year now. “At the beginning of the pandemic last year, I got locked down in Melbourne with…

In November, Chateau Montfort is a festival of colour. “That’s actually my favourite season,” admits Sara Silm, chatelaine of the house. Chateau Montfort is located on the outskirts of its small namesake village in the south west of France, wedged into the Béarnaise countryside between glittering Biarritz, the foothills of the Pyrenees and the Spanish border. “We have this extraordinary weather in autumn,” Silm adds. Most days, she’ll take her dogs for a walk in the nearby forest, where the trees are festooned with chestnuts. “Birch trees, oak trees, they’re all changing colour and it’s gorgeous,” she says. She’ll head home laden with chestnuts for roasting and mushrooms for gently sautéing. “This is the highlight for every French person in the countryside,” explains Silm. “Everyone is foraging around in the…

IT ALL STARTED WHEN ... a group of Spanish artisans gathered in a Madrid leather workshop in 1846. Under the guidance of the skilled Enrique Loewe Roessberg, the house of Loewe soon earned the Spanish royal warrant. With a story that unfolds with the help of greats (and aesthetes) Ernest Hemingway and Marlene Dietrich, in 2013 Loewe earned global acclaim under the direction of a young Northern Irish designer with an insatiable appetite for art and culture. Today, Jonathan Anderson reimagines the real-world applications of the finest leathers in fantastical, sometimes verging on surreal, shapes with a theatrical edge – he began briefly down an actor’s path. He is an aggregator – of art, of culture, of ideas – parsing the contradictions and complexities of life in his vision for…

Helen Bullock “This is my first [appearance in] Vogue! And yes! I’m very excited about it,” exclaims London-based illustrator Helen Bullock. “I’ve worked in the industry for a while now, and to grace these pages has always been an ambition.” This month, Bullock was tasked with creating a series of free-spirited fashion flashcards for the accessories-focused feature ‘In a flash’, from page 166. “The brief was inspired by a personal project called My Journey Through the Alphabet,” she shares of her creative contribution. “My main approach was to try and stay true to that aesthetic, but to elevate it a little.” Otegha Uwagba Following the release of her candid new book titled We Need To Talk About Money, bestselling writer, speaker, and consultant Otegha Uwagba says: “I wrote [it] as…

“This dip-dyed Proenza Schouler dress picks up on the freewheeling feeling of being on holiday – think the tassels of a beach towel or pareo (and it helps that lime green calls to mind freshly made mojitos) – but takes it to the city in longer lengths.” – KAILA MATTHEWS, FASHION AND MARKET EDITOR “F is for Fendi, but it’s also for fringe in this dress that dances with every step. That’s the beauty of this trend: added to a simple silhouette, it notches things up in energy so pieces could work for a dressed-up occasion by day, but shimmy their way across a dance floor by night.” – ALICE BIRRELL, FASHION FEATURES DIRECTOR “With a nod to the brand’s Ukrainian roots, I’ll be looking to this Bevza maxi as…

Better together The building blocks of any jewellery collection are pieces that are as eye-catching worn alone as when stacked and layered; think bold, sturdy rings and bangles in abundance. Sign of the time An enduring wristwatch helps band together any look, but choose to differentiate yourself with an androgynous timepiece – fastened in place with a classic leather strap. Bling thing After a year of adding joy to our Zoom squares via accessories, outré evening-feel pieces suddenly seem at home in the day. Case in point: Saint Laurent’s glittering necklace and earrings pair with a knit for day – no need to change accessories for evening drinks (just add mini-skirt). Want to shop Vogue’s edit? Scan the QR code using your phone to get instant…

Jewellery is born of myriad inspirations. Rarely, though, does it take the life of a man for its starting point. Louis Vuitton’s latest collection, Bravery, however, is as intrepid as its name suggests. Celebrating the bicentenary of his birth, it is a jewelled biography of the founder of the lauded luxury house. Francesca Amfitheatrof, Louis Vuitton’s artistic director for jewellery and watches, is behind the collection. Two years ago, she immersed herself in the house’s archives to discover the man behind the brand, the visionary who foresaw the expansion of travel in the 19th century, and whose inventions, such as the stackable canvas trunk in 1858, won him awards and royal patronage around the globe. Further innovations, such as the tumbler lock and instantly recognisable LV logo, enabled him to…

EVERYONE KNOWS THE importance of sun protection for your skin, but harmful ultraviolet rays may also wreak havoc on your hair. Croatian researchers who studied the hair shaft before and after sun exposure found both UVA and UVB rays deplete protein and keratin stores (our hair’s building blocks) and warp both natural and artificial colour. Thankfully, the newest haircare launches have you covered, just in time for summer. 1. AVEDA SUN CARE AFTER-SUN HAIR MASQUE, $55. Like a life raft for damaged hair, this ultra-hydrating mask restores root-to-tip strength to tresses zapped by the salt, sand and sun. 2. ORIBE INVISIBLE DEFENSE UNIVERSAL PROTECTION SPRAY, $66. Whether via the sun or your styling tools, it’s universally acknowledged that heat damages hair. This spray works double duty to protect hair from…

It was a Wednesday when I found the meaning of my life. Bloody hard thing to find. Searched everywhere. Four decades of seeking. Tried to find it in star systems and love songs and bank balances and kissed lips. Then I found it on the corner of Adelaide and Albert Streets, Brisbane, where spinning leaves fell on my writing hat and a junkie couple fought over a lunchtime tuna can and a fulsome cloud shaped like a human heart drifted north across the muddy Brisbane River. This glorious and restorative find was the product of two months spent asking 200 CBD strangers to tell me stories of love. Call it my defiant middle finger to this endless and soul-suffocating plague. Call it a series of extraordinary events. Call it love.…

Who: Tamsin Johnson, interior designer and author of Tamsin Johnson: Spaces for Living (Rizzoli, $110). Where: Home in Darling Point and workspace in Paddington, both in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. What: A heritage-listed, Art Deco residence with bay windows overlooking Sydney Harbour, and a curated store and office space. IT’S NOT EASY to create an eclectic space that also feels streamlined, but somehow Tamsin Johnson has done it. The interior designer and her husband, Patrick Johnson of P. Johnson tailors, moved their children into a heritage-listed home in Sydney’s Darling Point earlier this year, but with Johnson’s taste in furniture and art, all steeped in history, you’d be forgiven for thinking they have resided there for years. As with many harbourside properties in Sydney, the 1920s home sits on a steep…

Bellmore, Merrick, Freeport, Baldwin!” Michael Kors shrieks when he sees me in the corridor outside his conference room on 42nd Street. “Massapequa, Seaford, Wantagh!” I shout back, while his assistants stare at this goofy recitation. But it is not strange to the two of us. These are the stops on the Long Island Rail Road that the conductor bellows on the train to Manhattan, the golden land for Kors and I when we were growing up a few droopy suburban towns away from each other on Long Island, Manhattan. “I thought New York was Oz,” Kors says of the city where he made his reputation, the place that gave birth to his enormous success, the town that he loves fiercely. This is the 40th year that Kors has been at…

IN A WORLD of constant flux, solid ground can be found in a personal jewellery collection. As with any wardrobe item, there’s ever the temptation to splurge on whatever is newest and shiniest, but lasting regalia is where a jewellery collection really wins out – and now is the time to consider the pieces to be kept for life. Remember, it’s the liberated 20s now, and timelessness looks different. Eschew outdated rules against mixing metals, and don’t be afraid to stack up with multiple bracelets and rings, or even mix in understated gemstones and unconventional shapes. When it comes to timepieces, a little bit of weight, and a nostalgic 70s shape won’t date. Anything (that sparkles) goes.…

When we talk to Lucia Silvestri, Bulgari’s jewellery creative director, Zendaya has just appeared at the Venice Film Festival wearing the spectacular Serpenti Hypnotic necklace. It is jaw-droppingly hypnotic, audacious, a snake ingesting a whopping big emerald. We are in. “I think it will turn out to be one of the most iconic pieces ever designed by Bulgari,” Silvestri says. “It’s so great! When I found this huge emerald, 93 carats, I immediately thought it could form part of Serpenti because this is our most iconic collection. We have never designed a piece in the collection with such a large stone in the mouth, almost as if,” she pauses, “the serpent is eating the stone but in a very delicate way, like an egg … So, the idea originally centred…

To this day French modernist painter Henri Matisse continues to be universally cherished among art lovers and artists alike. But when contemporary Sydney-based Samoan-Australian artist Angela Tiatia was invited to respond to works the French master created following his seminal trip to Tahiti, she was initially flummoxed. Tiatia, herself a respected artist in Australia and abroad, is known for her exploration of power dynamics, gender and the exploitation of the female body, often examining historical images with a contemporary gaze. But unlike his compatriot Paul Gauguin, Matisse took a respectful approach to women and his representation of them on and off the canvas was considerate and playful. “A lot of my art practice re-empowers representations of the Pacific female body, especially how she’d been sexualised and exoticised in the past,”…

Adding to the growing list of things Scandinavians do better than the rest of the world, is the simple act of bathing. “The concept of winter bathing, where you dip your body into the cold water, repeat a second time then go into a sauna, and back and forth, is very much endorsed as a powerful way to not only detoxify but strengthen your body’s immune system,” says Danish skincare founder Ole Henriksen of the Nordic ritual that inspired his eponymous brand’s latest launch. “That’s exactly how Cold Plunge Pore Mask feels – like you’re enveloping your entire face with an ice cube.” “Start off by having the cold shower. If you can just hang in there for 15 seconds and work your way up to two minutes, that’s an…

The day after I gave birth to twins, a lactation consultant came to my hospital room to see how the babies were feeding. My mother was holding one baby, while I breastfed the other. The consultant tried to teach me how to feed both of them at the same time. Then she looked at me curiously. “Your eye looks droopy,“ she said. Taken aback, I tried a joke: “Yes, my eyes are a little droopy,” I acknowledged. “I’m Irish.” “That’s not what I mean,” she said, kind but firm. “Go look in the mirror.” The left half of my face had fallen down. Eyebrow, fallen; eyelid, fallen; lip fallen, frozen, immovable. A stroke? I was astonished – my face hadn’t felt any different before I looked in the mirror. I…

girl·boss /noun An ambitious, successful woman with an enviable career. Often (but not always) an entrepreneur or self-employed in some capacity. Highly driven and impossibly well-groomed. Probably younger than you. Somewhere around the mid-2010s, as we collectively pieced together our post-recession existences and began to succumb to social media’s poisonous embrace, entrepreneurship got itself a makeover. In the space of a few short years, a career path I’d never before contemplated suddenly exploded into my consciousness. The word ‘entrepreneur’ stopped being synonymous solely with grey-suited businessmen like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, people with personal fortunes that read more like the GDP of a small country and who might as well have lived on the moon for all the relevance they had to my life. All of a sudden, it…

Jowl: noun. The lower part of a person’s or animal’s cheek when it is fleshy or drooping. Are there many things more horrifying than jowls? Does the entirety of the English language contain a less attractive, more cheerless word? Even the sound – jow-lz – is dreary, glum. Like howl, but worse. But here we are. Jowls. They happen slowly. You don’t have to be old. Or even oldish. Or particularly gluttonous, as the word might suggest. Jowls sneak up on you. They snuck up on me. One day you are happily going about your life, thinking that perhaps, at most, it might be time for a Botox refresher. The next, a badly lit selfie or regrettable interaction with a three-way mirror stops you in your tracks. ‘’Who’s that?” you…

SCORPIO 24 October–22 November A New Moon in your sign suggests that a transformation could start though it may take six more months to complete. Not just outwardly, the inner you could feel radically different, and relationships get a shake-up too, thanks to the Full Moon eclipse. Talk softly but with seriousness now, as love or money commitments may need to be set. STYLE ICON: Alexa Chung SAGITTARIUS 23 November–21 December Detox your emotions. It won’t be pretty but it will go deep this month with a New Moon helping you analyse past hurts and move on. The Sun adds power to your personality, with a Full Moon eclipse bringing a radical makeover of health and work routines. Money and love look good now too, and your outspoken style gets…