Innehållsförteckning för June 2021 från Vogue Australia

When we photographed Priyanka Chopra Jonas in London during a break in her filming schedule, we intended to feature her on our cover to celebrate her hard-earned career and the fact she is leading a host of Hollywood productions, creating her own scripts and has recently penned a memoir. But that was before Covid took hold in India with such tragic consequences. Today, it seems timely to spotlight one of India’s most famous women, one who is so passionate about her homeland where there is ongoing suffering at a terrible scale. Her advocacy has shone a light on how we, as a global community, might help. We’ve learnt how truly influential Priyanka’s voice is as she has highlighted the unfolding situation in India, calling for donations, alongside her famous husband…

The pink pick-me-up Pink is the warmest colour – in idiosyncratic shades of flamingo, dusty peony and quartz to bruised hues of sweet pea and magnolia. Investing in one winter piece in the colour is licence to mood-boost to get through the coldest part of the year. A knit for all occasions Designers took the homely associations of traditional intarsia knits and flipped them on their heads, showing off the pieces’ colourful credentials for day or dressed up for night. A heady dose of hyper-saturation gives sedate Argyles and sweetly bucolic Fair Isle knits a subversive edge, and is the style thread to follow. The all-weather dress When winnowing down a whole pre-fall season into key pieces, look no further than the queen of versatility: the go-everywhere dress. With long…

COLOMBIA Brand: Kika Vargas “We found Kika on Instagram and were immediately drawn to her unique, dreamy aesthetic. Locally crafted in Colombia where Kika was born, her collection has an ethereal feel that will instantly put a smile on your face.” – Ida Petersson, womenswear and menswear buying director at Browns Fashion VIETNAM Brand: Gia Studios “We originally found Vietnam-based Gia Studios on Instagram and fell in love with designer Lam Gia Khang’s refined approach to reinventing the everyday wardrobe. Khang embodies the simplicity and elegance of Vietnamese culture in a way that feels fresh and innately feminine, drawing on traditional Vietnamese craftsmanship to deliver precise tailoring and distinctive designs.” – Lisa Ruffle, buying manager (ready-to-wear) at Moda Operandi AUSTRALIA Brand: Deiji Studios “Deiji Studios has recently launched on Net-A-Porter…

CATHERINE RÉNIER, CEO of Jaeger-LeCoultre is talking to us from the frozen and snowy depths of Vallée de Joux, the headquarters of some of the finest watches in the world. We are discussing the latest iterations of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s iconic rotating Reverso watch with four new designs of the Reverso One called Precious Flowers, each snow-set with diamonds and enamelled and hand-engraved with delicate flowers. “We are so excited as these pieces are just out of the workshop,” Rénier says, sharing glimpses of their intricate complexity. That Jaeger-LeCoultre has chosen to release precious, jewelled, highly decorative versions of the Reverso as part of the watch’s 90th anniversary speaks to the hunger for exceptional timepieces that are both prized heirlooms and a collector’s joy. Rénier has been CEO since 2018 having started…

WITH ALL THE best intentions in the world, it can still at times seem difficult to know if you’re shopping sustainably for a wardrobe. Enter Prochaine, the new ecommerce venture from co-founders Katy Watson and Elizabeth Ehrman that only stocks fashion labels that show a responsibility to people and planet and act on it. Launching with a dreamy roster of buzzy new and established labels – Alexachung, Sleeper, House of Sunny, Peony and Par Moi – with the latter few being Australian. The duo, who met while working in fashion together, bonded over a mutual frustration at the industry’s glossing over environmental shortcomings. It all goes live on June 7. Go to prochaine.co.uk. Tread lightly It’s leather weather, which means heavier shoes are on the style agenda, but not necessarily…

UNDER HER WATCH PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS HAS MADE A LIFE IN AMERICA BUT INDIA STILL BURNS BRIGHT IN HER HEART, NOW MORE THAN EVER. It’s a public holiday and Priyanka Chopra Jonas is working. Actually, they call them bank holidays in London where she is based, just four weeks into an epic nine-month shoot for Citadel , the multimillion-dollar espionage television series that Chopra Jonas is leading, alongside Richard Madden and Stanley Tucci. She’s been living in London since November, in Robbie Williams’s old house, a neat Notting Hill hideaway with a sun-drenched backyard and plenty of room for guests, which is just as well, because since she relocated a revolving door of family have shuffled in and out of quarantine in order to visit her. At one point, her…

IT ALL STARTED WHEN É Monsieur Christian Dior was one of the most promising new designers in late-1940s Paris, setting up his atelier across the street from the Hôtel Plaza Athénée. The elegant women frequenting its bar inspired the name of the Bar jacket, a blazer with a tailored waist that evoked the spirit of formalwear but with a suitable versatility allowing daywear to incorporate the drama and allure of the night. The Bar jacket was a distinct building block in the New Look wardrobe, another brainchild of Monsieur Dior. First shown in 1947, the cinched-waist, accentuated-shoulder and voluminous skirt silhouette looked like a hand-drawn sketch come to life, and worked as a post-war sartorial bang after the flapper style, then wartime austerity that had dominated decades prior. Naturally, the…

Bri Lee “This book deals with some big problems and while writing it, I had the sense I might have bitten off more than I could chew,” admits Australian author Bri Lee of her new release, Who Gets To Be Smart . Touching on “how race, class, and gender impact the way we allow some people to be smart but not others,” Lee says she set out to “make complex concepts and issues really readable.” She hopes the extract about bilingualism and its effect on the brain in this issue (see page 96) achieves that. Pete Lennon “Dynamic” is the word Sydney-based hair stylist Pete Lennon uses to best describe the look he created for 21-year-old Olympic hopeful, skateboarder Poppy Starr Olsen, who makes a stellar turn in ‘Air time’,…

“I love the blanket fringe detail and exaggerated lapels on Christopher Esber’s coat which gives its roomy, oversized silhouette a decidedly outdoor feel for chilly weekend days in the fresh air.” – RACHEL FAIR, FASHION ASSISTANT “Traditionally, men’s coats prioritised practicality – until women demanded it too, something Max Mara’s Achille Maramotti gave women in post-war Italy. Today it is visible in the Italian house’s peaked-lapel, warm-as-toast wool overcoat in timeless dove grey.” – ALICE BIRRELL, FASHION FEATURES DIRECTOR “Some days you just need a coat that can be wrapped around you like a blanket. A tailored duster, like this one from The Row, is the evolution of your trans-seasonal jacket to buy into for winter. Wear doubled over a blazer on the daily commute.” – DIJANA MADDISON, DEPUTY ART…

1. “Louise Bourgeois’s art always grabs me for its ability to find a balance between heartbreak and true love, pleasure and pain. To me, she somehow manages to not be restrained by her medium, which I think can be quite difficult when working with textiles, as she often did.” 2. “In 2011 I drove around Lebanon and visited Beirut with friends, staying with their local family in various locations. Always I remember the kindness of each person I encountered … and the cuisine is heaven. After the disaster last year, I was reminded of the deep resilience of its people, how often they have encountered severe strife in their long and rich history. My short time there left a great imprint on the way I view how life should be…

There was once a time when vintage stores – with a charmingly disorderly treasure-trove feel and a hint of musty cloakroom – and the gleaming beacons of luxury that are high-fashion boutiques, were worlds apart. Thumbing through a jumble of nubbly homespun cardigans and plucking a solitary featherweight heel from a Rem Koolhaasdesigned shelf to try on were incomparable. The person who went to one didn’t seem to have a place in the other. But a seismic rethink has happened. What was once the preserve of thrifty bowerbirds, vintage’s presence is being keenly felt in the upper realms of luxury fashion and it goes beyond the stuffed chesterfields and traditional tassels you’re likely to find adorning a Gucci store today. “There has been a change in perception around pre-owned, recognising…

VOGUE AUSTRALIA: You founded Parlour X in Paddington in 2001 as an independent, luxury fashion retailer, which it remains today. No mean feat. Can you explain your strategy? EVA GALAMBOS: “When we launched, Sydney did not have a high-end multi-brand boutique with collections straight from the catwalk. Twenty years ago, Australians were receiving collections six months later. I changed that. I also had a desire to introduce and curate contemporary collections that many Australians had never heard of before. I have always believed that Australians are progressive by nature and we are early adopters of technology, and my mission has been for Parlour X to reflect this. Hence, we were the first Australian-owned luxury fashion retailer to migrate online.” VA: How crucial was your early adoption of ecommerce? EG :…

IT SOUNDS ALMOST too good to be true. What if better skin was as simple as swallowing a small capsule each morning? And what if that daily ritual could relieve a specific skin concern – say breakouts or redness – with the same amount of effort it takes to down a gulp of water. Those are the questions Anna Lahey, founder of homegrown beauty supplement company Vida Glow, set out to answer. “We identify a concern, like uneven skin tone, and then we start asking: ‘What are the actives that can help the body with these concerns? How can they work from an ingestible perspective?’” says Lahey, who reverse-engineered the brand’s newest launch, Radiance Advanced Repair – a daily dietary supplement to help reduce free radical damage and support hydration…

Casting a major ballet production is usually a pretty straightforward affair. Principal dancers get selected to play the coveted lead characters in big-name shows like Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, while those a little further down the dancer hierarchy support them in roles more suited to their ranking based on experience and skill. Every so often however, a casting decision is made, often by a guest choreographer, that both surprises and delights onlookers. That’s exactly what happened when Imogen Chapman, a soloist with The Australian Ballet, was personally chosen by visiting Russian choreographer Yuri Possokhov to be one of the dancers to play Anna Karenina is his adaptation of the Tolstoy classic, which hits the stage this month in Melbourne. In May 2019, Possokhov, a world-renowned choreographer (as…

When we are children, we are told we can do or be anything. I wanted to be an Olympic Champion and I truly believed it was possible. As I reflect on the Sydney 2000 Olympics, I can draw parallels between myself and my home city, Sydney. We were just kids. We were nervous, excited and living through the biggest year of our young lives. We weren’t quite sure of our place in the world but had big aspirations and were ready to perform on the global stage. Going into the Games, I was both World Champion and the World Record Holder. I was the undeniable favourite. I would be stopped in the street by people wishing me good luck or telling me they couldn’t wait to watch me become Olympic…

It’s March 23, 2020, 12.39pm and I’m at the supermarket check-out feeling on edge. It’s been a weird day; rumours have been dancing across my brain like dust devils, leaving a haze of uncertainty in their wake. My phone buzzes and I frantically check it. I’m not sure how long I stare at the screen – three seconds, three minutes, three hours? Time has lost all meaning, but dimly I become aware of the check-out lady. “I’m sorry,” I mumble, “what was that?” “I said,” she replies, loudly and slowly, “is that all?” The twinkle in her eye hardens to a glint. How could she know the world is suddenly a very different place? I pick up my bags and shuffle outside in a daze then re-read the message: ‘We’re…

I’m laughing,” says Emma Jarman, one half of local label Commas, seated in the brand’s Sydney studio, recalling a memory from its beginnings. “Because, to give you a picture, we were in Florence and we had Bergdorf Goodman coming in and Mr. Porter coming in – all of these stores – and we genuinely had no idea what we were doing. They were asking, ‘And how much is this?’ And we’d say, ‘We’ll get back to you about that.’” Richard Jarman, partner in life and work with Emma and Commas’s creative director, nods in agreement. “We didn’t have a line sheet; we didn’t know our numbers. We really didn’t have our heads around anything.” They were at Pitti Uomo in 2017, the twice-yearly showcase of men’s fashion, only a year…

Few other fabrics capture both refinement and rebelliousness like leather. Beloved by counterculture movements through the ages, today it retains its subversive undercurrent, albeit in modern iterations. Its ability to mould to the wearer’s body and its array of patinas – from a warm depth to slick wet-look patent – appeal to Sydney-based 29-year-old creative Yasmin Suteja. The founder of agency and studio Culture Machine, Suteja wears many creative hats over the course of her day, including photographer, so opts for versatile pieces that are as at home on set shooting as in downtime. With the collective mindset turning to the future, vegan substitutes or faux leathers – just as satisfyingly pliable as real leather – step into the fold, something Suteja favours. “There has been a movement to a…

ALTHOUGH DEBORAH SAMS insists that it “wasn’t deliberate” that both her home and office share the same aesthetic, the two could almost be confused for being the same space. While work and home represent different things for the Bassike creative director, there’s a visible symmetry between both her personal and professional arenas located on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. After co-founding Bassike in 2006 with Mary Lou Ryan, Sams created the first bricks-and-mortar store in Avalon, the beachfront suburb where she also resides with her husband and son. Originally serving as a retreat for Catholic priests and nuns, her home is “a hidden, gem – very private, and has a lot of history and character”. Cire Trudon candles and B&B Italia furniture fill rooms, and work by Vogue photographer Richard Bailey hang…

“Slouchy leather pants – leather pants always look polished. I wear mine casually or dressy, which is the best thing about them.” “A large tote – I carry my computer everywhere so I love an understated statement bag. Sound like a contradiction? That’s because it is!” “A comfortable yet chic blazer suit – I love a suit with a twist and wearing them as separates, too.”…

House of Kwa Four generations of one family are chronicled in this epic, sprawling saga of personal history by Australian journalist Mimi Kwa. Leaping from Hong Kong to the Philippines to Perth, House of Kwa is an extraordinary true story. (ABC Books, $34.99) by Mimi Kwa. Still life In 1944, in a crumbling villa in the Tuscan hills, a young soldier and an ageing spy connect as the world around them changes irrevocably. A gorgeous and transporting novel, for fans of Kate Atkinson. (Fourth Estate, $32.99) by Sarah Winman. Second Place From the beloved and much-acclaimed author of the Outline trilogy comes this tale of art, and its seductive power to uproot everything, as seen through the relationship between a famed, albeit provocative, artist and the woman who invites him…

Green land Blended eye shadow has its place, but to frame the eyes like an expert, try colour-blocked swatches of creamy paint-effect pigment. M.A.C Chromaline cream liner in Landscape Green, $42. M.A.C Lip Conditioner, $28. Outside the lines You could describe these colours as muted, but there’s nothing quiet about the ombre and metallic finish of make-up artist Karim Rahman’s creation. NARS Single Eyeshadow in Goldfinger and Matcha, $29 each. On the red eye Just when you thought you had seen every iteration of winged liner it charts a new course: this time curved, blurred and extended almost all the way to the hairline. Lancôme Lip Liner in Caprice, $47 (used on eyes Lancôme L’Absolu Mademoiselle Tinted Lip Balm in 001, $57. Pencil it in Forget everything you thought you…

In Who Gets To Be Smart, Australian author Bri Lee reflects over seven essays on the different manifestations of intelligence, and the barriers that prevent people from succeeding. Released this month, the book is the follow up to her bestselling 2018 memoir Eggshell Skull, which detailed Lee’s sexual assault and her battle to pursue the case in the Queensland courts. Longlisted for the Stella Prize, and the winner of a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, Eggshell Skull established Lee as a singular talent, as does this exclusive extract from her highly anticipated new book, which looks at the way our brains process new languages, as seen through the prism of her relationship with her bilingual boyfriend, Vincent. I spent 2011 living in China. I’d been learning Mandarin at university for several…

A few years ago, if you’d asked Lillian Ahenkan, aka Flex Mami, when she felt her most successful, her answer would be unequivocal: getting her first job at a local pizza shop as a teenager. “I was like: ‘This is it, this is big dollars, this is one per cent vibes … I’m 17, got more money than your parents.’ That’s how I felt, because we were probably making like 500 bucks a week. At that point I was money-motivated. I was like, what else can we do? So when I was studying, I had three to four different retail jobs.” Now a podcaster, TV host, purveyor of unconventional parlour games via her merchandise company Flex Factory, social media influencer, Big Brother contestant and soon-to-be published author, Ahenkan, has a…

Ideal Saturday morning: “An early beach swim followed by coffee and warm croissants from Punch and Daisy, devoured while still salty and wrapped in our towels.” Local grocer: “Santos Organics in Mullumbimby.” Slice of nature: “Ask shopkeepers, baristas and staff for their favourite waterfalls, bushwalks, rivers and beaches. Connecting with people is the first step to learning more about the local area.” Retail therapy: “Shackpalace Rituals in the Byron Industrial Estate for homewares. East Coast General for expert vintage finds like Japanese and French work overalls.” Culture fix: “A guided Aboriginal tour of Byron Bay to learn about the history of the Arakwal People. The Margaret Olley Art Centre in Murwillumbah, Yeah, Nice Gallery in the Byron Industrial Estate, and Ninbella, a contemporary Aboriginal art gallery in Bangalow.” Cocktail hour:…

With the impact of bushfires and a global pandemic, Australia’s businesses both big and small have been challenged. But out of devastation comes a spirit of determination. And in this same vein, on April 19, at Sydney’s Fullerton Hotel, the Business Council of Australia held its first ever Biggies Awards to celebrate the resilience, innovation and community-minded generosity of Australia’s thriving businesses. Three categories made up the awards: Big Heart, which recognised an individual or a team that had gone the extra mile to help those in need, often while facing adversity; Big Impact, which rewarded a company’s outstanding efforts over the past year; and the People’s Choice Award, where the general community vote for their most beloved businesses. Acts of achievement indeed.…

GEMINI 22 May–21 June The confusion that has ruled your world says adios now, so aim for a reset by mid-month. Shared responsibilities, especially around money, could peak now, too. You may feel that your natural inclinations go against tradition, but as an overwhelming career situation eases off you’ll feel more valued for who you are and what you know. STYLE ICON: Awkwafina LEO 23 July–23 August Each year you get extra cosmic blessings for new ventures linked to friends and groups. That time is now, though you may need to rethink your dream team. There could be tension around your career and relationships but you might also reach a health or work goal late in the month, when your magnetism gets you who and what you desire. STYLE ICON:…