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Vogue Australia|June 2024Editor's letterIf you're intrigued by how a candid chat among A-list stars might unfold, turn to our cover story on page 71 for a conversation between this month's cover star Anya Taylor-Joy and her Furiosa co-star Chris Hemsworth, two of our favourite actors. Anya is really an honorary Aussie, falling in love with our country during the five months of filming as the lead in Furiosa, the next instalment of the Mad Max journey.Much of the movie was shot in Broken Hill, New South Wales, inspiring Anya to scoop up a keepsake bottle of red earth and take it home after the production wrapped. She was overwhelmed by the epic, raw beauty out there, and two years on from filming, that earth is still a reminder of her experience. For Anya,…2 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Play it coolFine wovenHeritage fabrics with tactility have become a seasonal calling card; consider Chanel and Burberry's iterations that lace tweed and tartan with a new coloured edge.Scan the QR code to shop Vogue's edit of the trend.Under coverThe power of an oversized woollen scarf will rarely go astray when cocooning against the elements, and this time around they've been blown up to extra-cosy proportions.Pile onVelvet is synonymous with winter opulence, and its newest iterations are striking in their simplicity and elegant in their elongated shape – the shortcut to looking done for evening.The long gameWinter's anklelength skirts give poise and personality. See Prada's featherweight take on grunge, or Christopher Esber's sequinspangled party pieces for proof.Scan the QR code to shop Vogue's edit of the trend.Standing groundThe season's most unmissable boots are…3 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Gilda Ambrosio and Giorgia TordiniSometimes glamour should exist just for the sake of it, and The Attico excels at getting that message across. The eight-year-old label – founded in Milan by Giorgia Tordini and Gilda Ambrosio, who met when studying fashion design at Istituto Marangoni and Istituto Europeo di Design – has garnered a devoted customer base who favour its knockout eveningwear, diaphanous dresses, statement pumps and thighhigh boots. Recalling the finery of nightclubs in the 1970s, but with a modern twist, Zendaya, Rihanna and Dua Lipa are among the label's well-heeled fans. The growing attention crescendoed at the spring/summer ‘24 shows last September when Tordini and Ambrosio presented their debut runway collection, answering years of demand.A synergy between Ambrosio's edgy experimentalism and Tordini's elegant meticulousness defines each of The Attico's collections, which now…2 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024In living colourLaura Jones is in something of a blue period. Or, at least, a blue mood.“It's because there's a lot of old dried hydrangeas in here after summer,” says Jones, referring to her Darlinghurst studio where she currently sits, a cacophony of oil paint and dried flora splayed out on all sides. “I definitely go through colour phases. I find that I start painting my nails that colour … I think a lot of artists do this, you start to really embody the mood you're in and express it in your food, your clothes, and everything around you.”Jones is dressed to suit said mood for our interview, in a blue denim set. Behind her, further evidence: two portraits of the same still-life arrangement trade wall space, bushy pink flowers spilling out…7 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024GO, GIGI!On June 23, Paris welcomes Vogue World, a big celebration of fashion as well as a tribute to the life of a city and its culture. Paris has forever been the fashion capital, but this year, it's the capital of sport. This event arrives at the juncture of a century of couture and the Paris Olympic Games, which will be a 100 years old in 2024. Anna Wintour, Condé Nast global chief content officer, explains the philosophy of these very fashionable festivities: “In 2022, we wanted to help give back to life in Manhattan after the pandemic, and honour not only the extraordinary community of fashion in this city but also the city of New York itself. It was a truly uplifting moment that we couldn't resist trying again in…2 min

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Vogue Australia|June 2024VioletteA creative in every sense of the word, Violette Serrat – known simply as Violette – had career ambitions in fashion design and painting before a chance encounter with a glitter pot as a 19-year-old saw her pivot to make-up. Almost two decades on, she was tapped to steer the make-up direction of Guerlain, the beloved 196-year-old French beauty house that thrives on firsts: it released the world's first lipstick and with the launch of its now-iconic fragrance, Shalimar, in 1925, heralded an entirely new fragrance family. In 2021, the French-born, New York-based artist also introduced her own beauty line, Violette_Fr, distilling her singular Parisian aesthetic into skincare, make-up, haircare and fragrances. At the heart of all her pursuits are both her loyal community – she has more than 600,000…2 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Altar stateMORGANE RICHER LA FLÈCHE, artistWORE: CUSTOM MOLLY GODDARD“It had to be Molly Goddard – I am a devoted fan and avid collector of her clothes. She had just launched a bridal collection, but I didn't want a white dress … Our ceremony took place at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas and was officiated by an Elvis impersonator, so a traditional wedding dress didn't make sense to me. As a visual artist, I love to build worlds and think of space like a set … [My advice to other brides would be] think about your story, make your own rules, and be true to how you want to feel. If you're having fun, that joy carries everything else.”KRISTEN BATEMAN, writerWORE: NOIR KEI NINOMIYA, COMME DES GARÇONS, SIMONE ROCHA“I…4 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024ContributorsGEORGE CORTINACelebrated stylist George Cortina dressed actor Anya Taylor-Joy for the cover of this issue, which was captured by Josh Olins in a picturesque home in the Los Angeles suburb of Encino. “I was inspired by actresses Catherine Deneuve and Romy Schneider,” Cortina says of his first time working with both TaylorJoy and Olins. “I also wanted to cast Anya in a different light. You always see her so dressed up, so for this I wanted her more dressed down, sporty.” He adds: “It always starts with the girl. From there, I begin with a film reference and adjust the character to fit. I always want it to feel very cinematic.”UMA FA LEUNGFor model Uma Fa Leung, who grew up in Ecuador, being granted the chance to travel for work…2 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Unending chainA train hisses and exhales at a station in Rome as French actor Anouk Aimée, wrapped against the cold, waits to board a train to see the premiere of La Dolce Vita in which she stars. It is 1960 and swinging from her arm is another star that will go on to rival all those who wore it – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Romy Schneider, Jane Fonda and more – Chanel's timeless bag.A giant of design, it has undeniably contributed to the founder of the French house's parting wish: “May my legend prosper and thrive. I wish it a long and happy life.” Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel spoke those words after she had designed the first iteration of the bag, the 2.55, in February, 1955 – the date codified into its name.…2 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Continental shiftShould we all just online shop together for a moment?” Melbourne-based artist Atong Atem and Nigerian designer Adeju Thompson laugh when I propose this over video call. Just two hours earlier, Thompson, the founder and creative director of Lagos Space Programme, had launched the non-binary fashion label's first ecommerce site. “Oh, I love the blue!” exclaims Atem. Her one-year-old son, Isagani, is resting his head on her shoulder, and turns to gurgle at the camera. Atem and Thompson are two creatives with formidable schedules, but they've carved out one precious hour for a tête-àtête. Both are showcasing their works in the National Gallery of Victoria's (NGV) upcoming exhibition Africa Fashion, the most comprehensive exhibition of fashion from the continent ever presented in Australia. Originally curated and shown in London's Victoria…9 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Best in classISHA AMBANIVogue Codes Summit 2017 speakerOn April 2, 2023, soon after Mumbai's Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre rolled out the red carpet for Gigi Hadid, Zendaya and Priyanka Chopra Jonas in honour of its grand three-day launch, Isha Ambani opened the doors to her sprawling four-storey gallery, Art House. Located within the same complex founded by her family (the Cultural Centre is named after her mother), Art House serves to further the centre's aim to honour Indian culture by creating a first-of-itskind platform for local and international artists.“I believe that the best of Indian art is still ahead of us, and I know the Art House will play a pivotal role in this exciting journey,” Ambani, the Yale- and Stanford-educated director of Reliance Jio Infocomm and its subsidiary Reliance Retail,…6 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Fashion for lifeOf all the designer quotes that circulated during the autumn/winter '24/'25 shows earlier this year, one stood out. “I say to myself every morning, ‘I have to decide whether I am a 15-year-old girl, or a woman close to death,’” Miuccia Prada shared of her inspiration at Miu Miu. This was conveyed through the collection's mix of ingenue and clothes with maturity, but also in the runway cast, which comprised a split of fashion models and nonmodels spanning different ages and careers – from Gigi Hadid to retired Chinese doctor Qin Huilan.“I didn't know anything about fashion before, and even now I don't know much … I was busy in the hospital most of the time, so I gave up [my] pursuit of beauty,” the 70-year-old says. Miu Miu's team…8 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Green goddessHaving first risen to fame in the 1990s, influential supermodel Amber Valletta remains very much in demand, fronting campaigns for such luxury brands as Loewe, Saint Laurent, Stella McCartney, and many others. But she is also a leading climate change activist: she serves as British Vogue's contributing sustainability editor and the Karl Lagerfeld brand's sustainability ambassador, and has participated in several of Jane Fonda's Fire Drill Fridays protests in Washington, DC, where she has been arrested a few times alongside other activists.Valletta tries to fold her pro-environmental ethos into every corner of her life, including her home. Thus, she, her fiancé, the fashion hairdresser Teddy Charles, and her friend, the LA-based interior designer Ross Cassidy, have worked to turn a new hilltop house in LA into a model of sustainability.Valletta…5 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Stranger thingsVOGUE AUSTRALIA: You're recently engaged. What will your pre-wedding skincare preparation involve?BELLA GEMINDER: “It's simple. During my time modelling, I would have so many products put on my face, which led me to break out and my skin barrier became totally compromised. Since then, I've stripped back my routine to really simple products that focus on nourishment, hydration and skin barrier health. I only use a really gentle cleanser, the new Super Hydration Serum, the Barrier Balance Cream, and in the morning, I always follow with SPF. If I am feeling extra-dry at night, I'll mix in a face oil with the Barrier Balance Cream.”VA: Will you be trialling any skin treatments ahead of the big day?BG: “Laser Genesis – I love this treatment. It's super-gentle and non-invasive, and it…4 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024The look of loveHappily after allFor fans of Simon Porte Jacquemus's youthful but classic label, the launch of a dedicated bridal collection might feel overdue. From the romantic palette of rose red and ivory he deployed at his buzzed-about 2023 show at Versailles, to the multitudinous brides who have worn his dresses before he launched any kind of official line, it's a natural step. The debut of Le Mariage melds the best of the label: smouldering shows of skin, updates on traditional suiting and liberal helpings of linens, this time in sheer white gowns and sheaths, lipstick red co*cktail-hour dresses for guests and suiting in black, to bone and emerald for all in the bridal party. For those dreaming of recreating the designer's own epic Bouches-duRhône wedding in 2022, guests all decked out…2 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Trivial pursuitI'm standing in a queue at a pharmacy, a week before my wedding day, waiting to buy some medical-grade antihistamine. The woman in front of me is moving at a glacial pace, while I'm having the mother of all meltdowns and making a deal with a god I haven't spoken to in years. The problem: my lips have blown up to the size of a Jeff Koons sculpture. This is not where I wanted to be aesthetically so close to the finish line. Help.As a beauty editor who has written more wedding preparation guides than you can shake a needle at, I know full well that anything invasive you may want to do in the lead-up to the big day (that includes minimal procedures such as Botox and filler) has…5 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Big pictureA most two years after fronting her first cover for Vogue Australia, actor Anya Taylor-Joy, who was raised in Buenos Aires and London, is once again captured for our pages. Photographed by Britishborn Josh Olins, Taylor-Joy makes star turns poolside at an Encino residence in Los Angeles, California.“I pictured her lounging in the south of France,” says renowned stylist George Cortina of the creative direction. Setting out to portray Taylor-Joy like she's rarely been seen, Cortina drew inspiration from silver screen stars Catherine Deneuve and Romy Schneider when curating looks for the 28-year-old.“Anya Taylor-Joy was a total joy to work with,” Cortina says of the pair's first collaboration, which works to highlight the actor's versatility both on and off the screen. “The only challenge was trying to make her look…1 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Sharp focusThere's a framed picture that sits on a cabinet near Alex Perry's desk at his opulent inner-Sydney studio. In it, Elle Macpherson wears a black floor-length gown with a strapless bustline and immaculately tailored internal corset, positioned to reveal its structure. Perry believes the image, shot for Vogue Australia in 1995, is the purest representation of his vision.“That sums me up, what my personal design aesthetic is,” he says with a smile – those trademark sunglasses off, though gold and silver reflective pairs sit in a mirrored tray at his desk. “It's not lace or beading – it can be – but it's more that razorsharp finish, fitted within an inch of its life.”Perry will never apologise for his compressed cuts; he's the first to note that there's a disclaimer…7 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Story timeLucy ColemanThe harrowing story of Exposure, following a photographer seeking answers about her best friend's death, was drawn from writer Lucy Coleman's own life. In 2020, she picked up a pen and “just started to purge this story”. As “someone who very much uses humour as a crutch”, allowing herself to be so vulnerable through the main character of Jacs, played by Alice Englert, was both painful and exhilarating. “Something that I wasn't expecting to come at the end of it was a huge sense of accepting myself around what had happened. And on the other side of it, a huge sense of grief.”There are elements of the crime genre throughout this miniseries, streaming from June 27 on Stan. “The mystery thriller has an incredible way of allowing for the…5 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Ground controlThe fragments that are a part of Dutch designer Iris van Herpen's artistry has most recently made for a blockbuster exhibition, Sculpting the Senses. This brilliantly curated survey of her work that opened at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, recently transferred to the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) and launches this month.What sets van Herpen apart is her vision and voice at the epicentre of expeditionary fashion, her exploration of form, her intuition, and cutting-edge technology. Van Herpen's work embodies the exacting rigour of haute couture with her atelier in Amsterdam intricately interpreting her perspective and stitching masterpieces, often as light as a feather and as fluid as water. Her inspiration and the essence of her work lies in her love of nature, dance, and perhaps, the…8 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Optimised glowA is for azelaic acidYou know glycolic and salicylic acid, now prepare to become acquainted with azelaic acid. “It's known as a tyrosinase enzyme inhibitor that has been shown to reduce hyperpigmentation and skin discolouration,” says Sarah Hughes, Dermalogica's learning and development manager of the ingredient which diminishes the appearance of post-spot pigmentation, redness and uneven skin tone. “It also gently exfoliates and removes the dull upper layers of the skin, which helps speed up skin cell turnover, refining the texture and appearance.”Key word: gently. If you've avoided acids for their reputation as an (occasionally) harsh exfoliant, then consider azelaic acid the calming counterpart. Most derms even recommend the all-rounder to rosacea sufferers (it's anti-inflammatory) and anyone with acne-prone skin (it's anti-bacterial). Try it in Dermalogica's Breakout Clearing Liquid Gel,…4 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024Take a breathHow do you feel right now? Are you happy, surviving or exhausted? Are your lifestyle habits stifling your chances of living a long and happy life, or are you on track for a telegram from the King? Or perhaps, you're “on a never-ending hamster wheel with no time to take a breath”, as my friend laments over yet another after-work ‘crisis’ wine.It's a state I know well and the reason I've signed up for Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat's new seven-day Ultimate Wellness program, which promises a transformational experience through a holistic approach to physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.A secluded gem, Gwinganna is nestled on a lush green hilltop in the Gold Coast hinterland with soothing views of the ocean and the Tallebudgera Valley. This is not a strict ashram with enforced…4 min

Vogue Australia|June 2024HOROSCOPESGemini22 May-21 JuneA revitalising New Moon plus your ruler Mercury in your sign bring a new look and outlook. With Mars in your emotional zone, you're impatient to launch ideas, and if money's been an issue, the Sun and Venus may attract more your way now. Under the Full Moon's beams an obligation could be settled, and while sensible Saturn is retrograde, review your career situation.STYLE ICON: Riley KeoughVirgo24 August-22 SeptemberYour ruler Mercury gets you seen and heard now with a New Moon revitalising your career. A passion to get ahead in life is strong with Mars in the mix, but what and who you know is also important, with Venus and the Sun pushing your agenda in a caring way. Romance and fun could be on hold temporarily as…4 min

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