Innehållsförteckning för April 2025 från Vogue Australia

Layer low Once dismissed as a style faux pas, the trousers-undereverything look is making a comeback. With the embrace of individuality, there’s permission to pair pants or capris underneath it all. Let it rain Raincoats have long been a necessity, but between Burberry’s sweetly printed version and The North Face’s streamlined structure, they claim their place as a worthy foil. Scan the QR code to shop Vogue’s edit of the best of the trend. Strong hold Take note of roundthe-clock clutches. Overblown in size with roomy interiors and covetable shapes, they’re designed to be held close from daytime well into the night. Scan the QR code to shop Vogue’s edit of the best of the trend. Peak performer Left-of-field but central to the new mood of elevated athleticism, sporty underpinnings…

When Francesco Risso sent models down the spring/ summer ’25 runway, a beguiling, theatrical mood took hold. It wasn’t the pencilled-on exaggerated eyebrows, the wiggle skirts or the opera coats, but an unexpected accessory taking surprising command of late: the dramatic hat. Securing their perch as the apogee of accessories, Risso’s creations came as exaggerated sailor hats in origami-like gargantuan paper sou’westers and a tilting Audrey Hepburn topper with sweeping brim. Elsewhere, Alessandro Michele – fashion’s accoutre-er in chief – adorned sun hats with elegant pheasant feathers, transforming them into supersized aigrettes for Valentino. Chloé and Conner Ives resurrected subversive takes on the pillbox, while at Ludovic de Saint Sernin’s debut for Jean Paul Gaultier’s spring ’25 haute couture, a frayed, skeletal ghost ship sailed onto the runway atop a…

There is a certain industrious hush in a watchmaking workshop. If you could bottle it in these distracted times, you’d probably make quite good margins. It stems from the methodical processes and the intense concentration of those working with their hands. All of these things are far more difficult than they might seem. Just as some people secretly believe they’d be good at cutting hair – only to discover otherwise when given the chance – I wouldn’t be the first watch journalist to be completely humbled when handed a loupe or invited to have a go. But perhaps it’s the effort that matters. After all, watchmaking has always been a deeply human endeavour. A watch chief executive said last year he thinks there’s something very meaningful – and yes, human…

There could be few jobs as thrilling as scouring the globe to buy the world’s rarest jewellery. That is the lucky remit of Alexandrine Maviel-Sonet in her role as patrimony and exhibitions director at Van Cleef & Arpels. Of late, she has been busy. From auction houses to private collections, she and her team have been acquiring pieces for the opening of The Art of Movement, an exhibition spanning the near 120-year history of the maison, opening in Sydney this month. Some of the treasures she’s secured will be seen for the first time during the landmark show. “Not every day,” she says, smiling with the joy of obtaining a significant piece. It then becomes part of the French jeweller’s patrimonial collection, an archive of more than 2,500 re-acquired creations…

Vintage was not a word I connected with clothes in the 1980s, when I started wearing older pieces constantly. I think I thought of wine or cars as vintage, but not clothes. I had always dressed out of the dressing-up box as a child, pulling out my great-aunt Helen’s Poiret coat or her shredded opal Fortuny; I would dress my brothers up and make them hold couture poses while I finished the tableau myself. (My mother must have wanted these pieces to remain in our lives somehow, even if, in the 60s and 70s, she wasn’t going to wear them herself.) This didn’t last very long, though, and soon I had to content myself with drawing whole fashion magazines of shapes and stories. But the glories of those dresses and…

Mouth piece Crimson lips and a refined manicure are eternally classic, but reworked in a high-shine finish, they make a brilliant talking point. Something extra Accessories such as shoulder-dusting earrings or a sequined mini-clutch are hallmarks of day-to-night dressing. The beauty equivalent? Fanciful face jewels in head-turning, high-impact applications. Excess granted. Hand held True to this season’s more-is-more aesthetic, spellbinding kaleidoscopic nails and full-face shimmer accents are as mesmerising as they are wearable. Apply and glow.…

How do you determine your value? Your worth as a person? If we’re talking strictly what your body’s made of – things such as carbon, magnesium and stuff – your total value is around $6. Roughly the same as a cup of coffee. If you were to part yourself out like a junk car – selling off your heart, your kidneys, a lung or two – you might clear a few hundred thousand. But then you’re dead. Or you could try modelling, the career I stumbled into as a teen, and have total strangers tell you your worth every single day. My value could be plotted on a chart, like a stock on the Dow Jones. Demand caused it to rise, but a pimple could send it spiralling. The day…

David and Victoria Beckham, along with their children Romeo, Cruz and Harper, were front and centre for the unveiling of the former sport star’s latest campaign for Boss One at London’s Lightroom space. Surrounded by a host of famous faces, including Gordon Ramsay, Guy Ritchie and Gemma Chan, guests sipped on martinis before the premiere of the Trey Laird-directed campaign film. Shot by Mert & Marcus, the campaign marked Beckham’s return to the world of bodywear. The film, blending Rear Window with the Naked Guy scene from Friends (but in this instance not ugly) and the classic man-ogling of 1990s Diet Coke ads, saw Beckham in a curtainless high-rise Manhattan apartment, caught mid-pull-up, mid-shower and mid-brooding stare – all while wearing the new Boss One boxer briefs. At 50, Beckham…

KIP WILLIAMS In the lead-up to the Broadway debut of The Picture of Dorian Gray, former Sydney Theatre Company artistic director Kip Williams was spending six days a week in rehearsals with his star Sarah Snook. But he still leapt at the opportunity to interview her for our April cover story, from page 118. “It was really special,” he shares. “An experience like this gives us an amazing opportunity, mid-process, to step back a bit and see the big picture.” Taking this Australian production to Broadway has been “a dream”, he adds. “New York is one of the great theatre cities in the world.” ISABELLA ELORDI It’s the first time shooting for Vogue Australia for Isabella Elordi, who photographed her brother, actor Jacob Elordi, on set in Australia while making…

Vintage is now everywhere. More accurately, given its pre-existing nature, it has of late exploded from wardrobes and auction houses, red carpets and social media, and into the psyches of designers at the world’s top fashion houses, who are increasingly mining their own archives. Call it a response to a fashion ennui, an understandable reaction to a period of subdued minimalism or a concerted search for individuality, but the preloved, vintage and past-season market is growing at breakneck speed. A 2025 report by Businesswire pegged the global second-hand luxury market value to grow from US$34 billion two years ago to US$60 billion by 2029. “There’s a greater understanding that clothing doesn’t have to be fast, disposable or mass-produced,” says Juno Francis of Berlin- and Gothenburg-based vintage boutique Juno Juno. She’s…

In 2012, Miuccia Prada sent a pair of Mary Janes down the runway so sweetly perverse that they sent a chill up my 21-year-old spine. While the design of the shoe itself – shiny black leather, with a heel arched like a back – was both elegant and exquisite, it was the final touch that thrilled me: the toe box appeared to be dipped in red latex. Late last year, when I travelled to Milan for Prada’s spring ’25 show to cover the beauty backstage, my eyes began to wander during the encore walk, and ecco, my dream shoes, last seen on the autumn/winter ’12 ready-to-wear runway, were reborn. In fact, five different designs from the house (aside from my beloved Mary Janes, there were geek-chic sandals, pointy-toe heels, zippy…

Fashion has long been influenced by the Swinging Sixties, as have generations of racegoers in choosing outfits for the track. After all, it was British model Jean Shrimpton who attended the Melbourne Cup in 1965 and greatly influenced racegoers with her polished takes on mod style. Sydney-based milliner Kathryn Lee, winner of the 2024 Lillian Frank AM MBE Millinery Award – Australia’s top millinery honour – at Victoria Racing Club’s Melbourne Cup last November, has consistently drawn inspiration from the decade. From Bob Fosse’s Sweet Charity to the race-day glamour of Shrimpton and Lillian Frank herself, the era’s influence runs through her work. “I also noticed last year there were many 60s influences from big design houses, like Celine, Balenciaga and Chanel,” Lee says. All this manifested in her winning…

Australian jeweller Olivia Bond has been known for her diamond regalia since 2023, but noticed something interesting happen when she introduced custom chain necklaces in the early days of her brand. “When our signature gold chain came in, we started at a 50-centimetre version,” Bond says from her Sydney studio. “We never had any requests for [longer]. Suddenly, everyone wanted a 60 centimetre. Now, we’re getting requests for 70 centimetres.” As part of a response to the desire for elongated necklaces, she released her Vacation collection, the name designed to evoke memories of trinkets and nostalgic finds. Its pieces, which feature turquoise, lapis and vintage coral, have been a hit. “I found women wanted to wear [their diamonds] all the time, but they wanted to layer them, particularly with other…

As Sarah Snook and Kip Williams settle in to speak for this interview, they have just run through the Broadway staging of their production of The Picture Of Dorian Gray for the first time. When they left rehearsals to return to their respective apartments, they emerged from the theatre to find New York dusted in snow. If it all sounds magical, it’s par for the course on Dorian Gray, the most successful play in the history of the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the chameleonic performer that is Snook. More than 145,000 people saw Williams’s one-woman, 26-character adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s novel in its hometown iteration, starring Eryn Jean Norvill, and in 2024, the production transferred to London’s West End with Snook in the lead, fresh…

Angelina Jolie has long understood the communicative nature of make-up. In Maria, the 2024 biopic in which Jolie plays the inimitable opera singer Maria Callas, it was her character’s trademark ruby-red lipstick that lit up the on-stage performance sequences as much as Callas’s extraordinary vocal range. During the Venice Film Festival, where Jolie received an eight-minute standing ovation for her portrayal of the late soprano, she sported a similarly powerful crimson shade. In fact, cast your mind back to any one of Jolie’s most memorable red-carpet moments and you’ll find they have one thing in common: a confidence-boosting red lip. “I enjoy playing with shades that feel right for the occasion,” says the actor and filmmaker, who was recently announced as the first celebrity face of Tom Ford Beauty. “It…

Signature scent: “At the moment, Loewe Esencia. There’s a sort of richness to the scent that I really love.” Beauty essential: “Lip liner. I alternate between different ones a lot. At the moment I love a M.A.C Lip Pencil in Plum.” Prominent figure: “Audrey Hepburn. I watched Roman Holiday when I was a kid and just completely fell in love with her and with acting.” First beauty item: “My grandma had the most incredible collection of perfumes. I’d go into her bathroom and smell them as a kid. Then one Christmas she gifted me my own one. That’s a special moment.” Skincare must-have: “Sunscreen. Always.” Person of note: “British visual artist Nadia Lee Cohen. I’m so interested in the aesthetic she’s created. I think her photography is unreal.” Skin whisperer:…

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards returned to Gold Coast’s Home of the Arts (HOTA) earlier this year to celebrate the very best in Australian film and television. Hosted by Russell Crowe, the star-studded ceremony was attended by local and international guests including Robbie Williams, Henry Cavill, Catherine Martin, Guy Pearce and Phoebe Tonkin. The afterparty, hosted by Rabanne in partnership with Vogue Australia, was a glittering affair where guests revelled in an encore of the night’s triumphs. Client Liaison set the tone with their upbeat performance, while DJ Richy Penny kept the dancefloor alive. Champagne flowed, cocktails and canapés were served, and a special gelato truck satisfied sweet cravings. Meanwhile, those feeling bold belted out tunes at the exclusive karaoke bar. Rabanne’s signature sparkling looks…

Aries 21 March-20 April Emotional questions could be resolved this month with Mercury out of retrograde and a Full Moon in your partnership zone. As Mercury and Venus both move into your own sign, you’ve got all the answers and the love power now, too. Your ruler Mars pumps up the passion and creativity, and a New Moon refreshes your values, with Saturn putting a serious spin on your financial future. STYLE ICON: Emma Watson Cancer 22 June-22 July If you’ve felt dazed and confused with Mercury and Venus retrograde, you’ll get clarity now as both planets move forward to pep up your career. Home life may feel extra emotional and asteroid Juno could bring a ‘compare and despair’ vibe to romance, but shake it off as you have fiery…

Mastering scent is a little like capturing the essence of being alive. It’s a product without a tangible form, yet a beautifully crafted fragrance can capture memories and moments in a way that feels entirely natural. For Byredo founder Ben Gorham, giving life to new perfumes and creating worlds through scent is where he finds joy. “Fragrance really is a universe of itself and possesses limitless creative possibilities,” he says of his brand, which now includes make-up, and, under the name Byproduct, homewares and fine jewellery. Gorham’s upbringing in Sweden and Toronto mixed with his Indian, Scottish and French-Canadian heritage lends itself to his skill in melding cultures and bottling a moment in time. “The smell of people and culture is very interesting to me,” he says. Travel is a…

In a crowded hotel bar in London’s Mayfair, Joanna Hogg recounts the story of her lifelong fascination with fashion. “Clothes say a lot about our character,” begins the director, whose films are all connected by their close observation of the power of fashion: a deep-pocketed, tweedy men’s overcoat (The Souvenir, Hogg’s 2019 semiautobiographical tale of her consequential first love). Or a skin-skimming halter dress the colour of dry earth, as seen in Unrelated, her 2007 debut feature about the unmooring of a family holiday. Hogg’s 1986 graduate film, Caprice, starring her childhood friend, a bright-eyed drama student called Matilda Swinton, follows a young woman whose magazine obsession leads her to wake one morning trapped within its glossy pages. There is something both “fundamental” about fashion, she explains, but anxiety-inducing, too.…

Recently, Alexa Abitbol, director of the high jewellery workshop at Cartier, along with her team, had the opportunity to handle a magnificent, fully articulated, life-sized snake necklace. The piece was commissioned in 1968 by Mexican actor Maria Félix, one of the biggest stars – and divas – of Mexico’s golden era of cinema in the 1940s and 50s. “The techniques used at that time were incredible,” says Abitbol of the striking creation. “What is great also is to see we still use these kinds of techniques in the workshop today. It’s just a different way of interpreting it.” Félix’s snake necklace is from the Cartier Collection, a selection of pieces the maison has acquired for its archives since 1973, with the collection officially inaugurated in 1983. It was displayed at…

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The chaotic world gets more chaotic.” Chaos? Disorder? This is not the usual terrain of Max Mara’s Ian Griffiths, at least not outwardly as he helms the nearly 75-year-old house, a bastion of serene, supremely luxurious Italian style. He is speaking about women’s lives today from his studio at the Max Mara headquarters, a slick, modern campus, like an Apple Park of fashion, in Italy’s northern Reggio Emilia. He continues apace: “This woman gets up in the morning and her head is crowded with things that she has to do: her agenda at work, the kids, her husband, her ex-husband, her travel, her job, the garden.” To hear him speak about the tumult of the everyday so matter-of-factly – a straight-talking, Manchester-raised, steady hand – has, for a moment, a…

For Cayley Norman, the 10 days before her period were a hellscape of strong suicidal thoughts, paranoia and irrational rage. “I remember sitting on the beach with my beautiful babies and I really thought my family would be better off without me,” says the Central Coast-based hair colourist. “But 15 minutes after my period started, I felt completely fine.” Now 44, Norman was eventually diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD, in her mid-30s after the birth of her second child. If you’re active on TikTok – where there are 60,000 videos posted under #pmdd – you may have heard of the condition. While it’s no secret many of us are struggling psychologically – in 2024, the Liptember Foundation found one in two Australian women said they were experiencing mental…