Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2018 i Vogue Australia

Vogue has documented Australia’s most successful models for almost six decades and this month’s cover is extra-special because of the extraordinary women it features together. Australian beauties, both male and female, feature heavily on the international runways, but never before have we seen so many home-grown models at the top of their game from such diverse backgrounds. It felt timely to celebrate that fact, because it truly reflects who we are. Despite being a multicultural country, we have long subscribed to a homogenous standard of beauty. Charlee Fraser, Akiima, Fernanda Ly and Andreja Pejić prove that thinking – and casting – is archaic. Even more impressive than getting these four women in the same room are the powerful, personal stories they wrote for Vogue about their modelling careers and upbringings.…

SHOP TO IT It’s time for a wardrobe overhaul: the next Vogue Online Shopping Night will take place on April 18. NEW BEAUTY From jelly masks to how to wear the looks fresh off the ready-to-wear autumn/ winter ’18/’19 runway. FRESH FACES Everything to know about our April cover stars: Andreja Pejić, Charlee Fraser, Fernanda Ly and Akiima. COMING OF AGE These are the models beating out Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner at Instagram. TWITTER, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND TUMBLR: @VOGUEAUSTRALIA SNAPCHAT: @MISSVOGUEAUSTRALIA…

Paris. La Belle Époque. To say those words now is to be transported on the magic carpet of the imagination, or, if you prefer, in Dr Who’s Tardis, back in time to a world of high ornament. It was 1895 when Estelle Arpels – in a wasp-waisted gown with leg o’mutton sleeves that wouldn’t look out of place on a McQueen runway – wed the dashing moustachioed Alfred Van Cleef, son of a diamond dealer. He was tall and she was petite but the height of her tiara more than compensated. She looked like a faerie queen. It was the Art Nouveau era when nature-inspired curlicues and fanciful floral friezes were sprouting up all over the place. “YOU FEEL THE MOVEMENT IN THESE PIECES … THEY ARE ALWAYS FLYING OR…

There is no question that millinery encapsulates all that keeps the fashion world dreaming: unbridled creativity, a show of unmatched skill and the medium’s ability to unassailably capture the wearer’s style. But underpinning these lofty notions is a cadre of milliners who go to work every racing season, giving shape to forms that float in their imaginations, and they’re on hand to whip up creations for willing clientele. “The experience of having a bespoke hat created is a rare and rewarding service in the world of fast fashion,” says milliner Ann Shoebridge who knows there’s nothing like a one-off piece made just for you. Whether you’re a first timer, or consummate collector, here is our guide to having a bespoke hat this racing season. BEFORE IT’S MADE Know what you’re…

ON THE WEARABILITY OF BOLD COLOURS … “Coloured eyeliner, like blue eyeliner, is a good way to start using colour. I think when people are looking at colour in a palette, they almost feel like they have to do a very complicated and strong look. But you can just take a little bit of your eyeshadow and put it in the middle of the lids – just there to start with. You don’t want it to look 80s, so you don’t want to put too much colour on your eyelids; you want to blend it softly around your eye areas in a round shape, or you want to use an eyeliner or just apply a little bit of colour with your fingers. The use of texture, that is what defines…

If you’ve ever struggled to find a foundation that matches your complexion straight out of the bottle, then you’ll understand the buzz about Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear. This long-wearing foundation, which lasts 24 hours, comes in an unprecedented line-up of 40 shades, making it simple to create a perfect complexion whatever your skin tone. A panel of 40 women from the Vogue contributor ‘family’ were each matched to their ideal shade of Ultra Wear, and assembled for a makeover and photo shoot. (The number of each woman’s perfect shade appears beside her picture, right.) Their feedback from the day says it all. “It’s a perfect match for my skin and blends so naturally,” said Eva Chown of 032 Beige Cendré. Akual-Chels Ring loved the way 13.2 Brun “feels so…

CROCODILE NECKLACE, 1975, CARTIER PARIS Story has it that María Félix walked into the Cartier Paris boutique with her pet crocodile, and requested that it inspire her next jewellery piece. The result: a pair of jewelled crocodiles, one of emeralds and one of fancy intense yellow diamonds, that could be worn as a necklace or separately as brooches. ROSE CLIP BROOCH, CARTIER LONDON, 1938 To depict the rose’s unique curvature, diamonds of various shapes and sizes were carefully placed to create this piece. Owned by Princess Margaret, the brooch was worn to the coronation of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 at Westminster Abbey. MATCHING RUBY AND DIAMOND SET, CARTIER PARIS, 1951 The quality of a diamond can be determined by its natural intensity, so it is remarkable that these…

“Must there always be a bracketed ‘Australian-born Chinese’?” asks Ly, perhaps best known in the modelling world as a face of Louis Vuitton. “Why not stop with merely ‘Australian’? … racial dysphoria is a concept I am constantly struggling with … Cultural heritage does not simply disappear … I feel like an eternal floater. I was raised in what I would consider to be a disjointed mess of Australian, Chinese and Vietnamese upbringing.” Pejić says that the fact that her body is presented as an unrealistic ideal of ‘beauty’ to the world doesn’t stop her, or most other models, from feeling unsure about themselves. “Adding to this is the fact that I am also a trans person, a war refugee, and that my long-lost father doesn’t drive a Rolls-Royce and…

GUCCI WESTMAN For make-up artist Gucci Westman, working with our four cover models and Vogue fashion director Christine Centenera was a day she won’t forget any time soon. “We had a great time; I loved hearing about their various beginnings in the industry,” she says, sharing that the beauty look for the cover was all about “clean and simple” make-up that “made the girls feel their most beautiful”. NATALIE GREGG As a seasoned journalist, contributing to Vogue was a dream come true for Natalie Gregg, who penned an essay on the 2018 Commonwealth Games, happening just down the coast from her home town – see page 194. “I grew up on the Sunshine Coast, but I visit the Gold Coast regularly to surf. It has become a vibrant, interesting city…

Elation comes in all shapes and forms, but there is little that beats much anticipated news that comes back not just good, but great. Morgan Mitchell knows this right now as she has just found out, on the set of her Vogue shoot, that she has made the 2018 Commonwealth Games. “I’m so excited,” she’s saying, having just flown in from the Gold Coast qualifiers. “Now I’ve just got to run, and run well.” Dressed in a Yeezy x Adidas buttercream sweatshirt and white sneakers, the Olympic 400-metre runner is doing what an outsider would instantly read as typical athlete-off-duty. Straight away, Mitchell contradicts this. “A lot of my track friends dress like athletes,” she says of going from down time to training and back again. “I rock up to…

Safe Harbour was a really beautiful, timely, serendipitous experience. A little while ago, I saw the Oscar-winning documentary short The White Helmets, which is about the incredibly brave volunteers in Syria who risk their lives to rescue victims from the daily air strikes. It really gives you an insight into why people are fleeing their countries. I became very involved with the organisation The White Helmets, using my voice to direct people to them. As a result, I became friends with Esme Peach, who works with the organisation. I told her I wanted to do a project with a social conscience, something that would provide an insight into a part of the world we’re not necessarily aware of. A week after we hung out, I had an email from my…

 In 2013, Tracy Chou wrote a post on Medium asking about data on the tech workforce: ‘Where are the numbers?’: While it is commonly and correctly assumed that the number of women in the tech industry is low, Chou, with her computer engineering background, knew there was no solid data. Her post went viral, and she started to collect data first through Twitter and then through a GitHub repository, which she set up. Her focus on the issue is credited for encouraging larger companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft to release diversity reports. The numbers didn’t dispute what was assumed, but further enforced it: 10 to 20 per cent of workers in technology positions were women, and one study found that 45 per cent of Silicon Valley companies did not…

It is casual Friday in the business world and Rachel Stocks is sitting in the boardroom of American Express’s Australian head office in the Sydney CBD. The petite brunette is dressed in a floral racer-style Cue dress: “It’s got pockets: I love dresses with pockets!” she exclaims, shoving her hands into the side flaps. She has been up since 5am – first the gym, now corporate meetings – and later will escape the office and her family for a girls’ weekend of wine and hiking in the New South Wales Southern Highlands. “Have a brand and own it. You need to know what you want and what you are willing to do for it. And then make sure that you are aware of gender differences” But don’t be fooled –…

Tweak your genes Everyone knows that when it comes to genes, you get what you’re given. Right? Perhaps not. “The genetic make-up of a person doesn’t determine how a person’s skin will age,” says Olay senior scientist Dr Frauke Neuser. In fact, in a recent study in partnership with Harvard Medical School, Olay found that although a small proportion of the population forms a group of genetically ‘exceptional agers’, our skincare habits, such as our exposure to the sun and how well we hydrate, have a much greater impact on the way our skin ages. In short: no matter your DNA, great skin is achievable. “This [study] demonstrates that nurture is more important than nature, and that people can throw away their genetic advantages with poor lifestyle choices,” says Neuser.…

AKIIMA I’m from South Sudan, but I now live in Australia. Most people know me as Akiima, but my mother gave me two names, because she could. Akiima was my childhood name that has carried on with me, the other one is Achol Ajak Yong. I was born while my family was on its way to Kakuma from Sudan, because of the war that broke out. My mother had three children at the time and I was born in a small village called Loki, before we continued our journey to Kakuma. After 10 years of going back and forth between Kakuma and Nairobi in Kenya, we moved to Australia to start a new life that involved us getting an education and being able to live a life that was the…

Carefree fashion Blush Clothing Playhouse is the brainchild of mother and daughter duo Karen Scott and Elana Pa’apa’a, who believe fashion should be fun. Catering to sizes 6 to 22, the retailer has a range of stylish yet affordable Australian-designed clothing, plus haberdashery essentials and fabrics you need to tackle your own DIY project. To find out more, visit www.blushclothingplayhouse.com. The good oil Agave Healing Oil from Bio Ionic features extracts from the agave plant to restore and transform hair, making it softer, sleeker and shinier. The non-greasy, lightweight Revitalizing Shine Spray is ideal for all hair and skin types; it hydrates dry, damaged hair, smooths flyaways and frizz, and create a lustrous look. You can follow Agave Healing Oil on Instagram @agaveoilausnz. Shine on The team at Anton Jewellery…

Samantha Harris was just 13 years old when she won the Girlfriend model search competition that catapulted the schoolgirl from her home in Tweed Heads to the fashion world. By 2010, aged 19, she had become a Vogue cover star, appeared in a record number of fashion shows that year and was a positive role model for Indigenous girls. Styled in an Emilio Pucci dress, Harris was the second Indigenous woman to grace the cover of Vogue Australia. Asked about being an Indigenous role model, she told Vogue at the time: “I think if I inspire young children, not just Indigenous but anyone, to follow their dreams and do what they want to do in their life, then that’s good.” Photographer Nicole Bentley recalls: “She was so fresh and youthful,…

BEST WESTERN Throw out dress code compliance with some weekday shimmy. The western flavour that has descended on the runways has found a new frontier in our work wardrobes. BLAZER GLORY Nipped in ever so slightly, a touch jutting in the shoulders, cigarette-slim pants: it’s tailoring with architectural seduction. Belt it for evening to update Le Smoking. OH BOY Tap tomboy roots with a hit of 90s street-meets-sport. The suit goes walkabout from desk to down time. VESTED INTEREST Move quick-smart and get in on the ground floor when it comes to tailored vests, the next biggest piece on fashion’s hit list. SKIRT AROUND The sweet spot when it comes to masculine/ feminine dressing? A revolutionary new work uniform with the faintest hint of 80s Working Girl. IN-TRENCHED Soft, overblown,…

The Les Baxter soundtrack wafting from the speakers for this shoot was chosen by Catherine Baba. The look? Also Catherine Baba. From a tray of jewellery, curated by a Vogue stylist, Baba selects and picks ones to wear with innate ease. “For me, everything is visual,” she explains, examining the pieces. “I like to play with and twist proportions, and not be obvious. That’s how we evolve, to not be obvious,” she proffers; a Catherine Baba-ism if ever there was one. “That said, I do have my uniform codes that I still embrace day-to-day: I love a turban, kimonos, necklaces.” Having lived in Paris for almost 25 years, Baba has become a respected stalwart of the French fashion industry for her styling and style – of film, of fashion and…

STOP, LOOK AND GLISTEN TROPHY PIECES MADE FOR THE WINNER’S CIRCLE: TAKE CUES FROM EVENINGWEAR – THE RACES ARE ONE OF THE FEW ARENAS THAT CALL FOR SUCH SPARKLE – AND CREATE A SENSE OF OCCASION IN WINKING AND GLISTENING HIGH-SHINE METALLICS. WINNING SUIT NO-NONSENSE, DECISIVE, SHARP: ALL DESIRABLE QUALITIES TRACKSIDE IN LOOK AND IN MIND-SET. TONALLY, GO DARK TO KICK THE SUIT INTO A BRAVE GEAR THAT ESCHEWS TRADITIONALLY FLOUNCY RACE WEAR. STRUCTURED ACCESSORIES ARE THE SMART PAIRING. $ IT’S BLACK, IT’S WHITE ONE OR THE OTHER WON’T DO – IT’S THE COMBINATION OF OPPOSITES THAT MAKE BLACK AND WHITE CRACKLE WITH ENERGY NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER. IF YOU OPT FOR A PATTERN, KEEP ACCESSORIES BLOCK JET OR CRISP WHITE. RICH MIX FOR SHOW PONIES: FEATHERS AND FRILLS IN…

Christopher Bevans, the inaugural winner of the Innovation Award in this year’s International Woolmark Prize (IWP), is hoping that Dyne, his three-year-old luxury sportswear label for men, will push others to change the way they do business and think about their impact on the world. The announcement was made in Florence in January, where editors and industry heavyweights gathered amid interactive touchscreens and a staged presentation of designs from the 12 finalists in men’s and womenswear, which included Australia and New Zealand representatives Blair Archibald and Harman Grubiša. While the design awards were won by Bodice, from the India, Pakistan & Middle East contingent, for womenswear and Matthew Miller, of the British Isles, for menswear, this was the first time that IWP was offering an additional award recognising innovation, complete…

The new classic “It was all about focusing on the relationship between the lips and the skin,” says Chanel global creative make-up and colour designer Lucia Pica of this look. “When I do something so bold, like a really matt, bright-red lip, I like to pair it with super-shiny, very sophisticated yet natural polished skin. The secret is to buff the product into the skin, then pat down areas like the side of your nose or the middle of your forehead with a powder, and leave the rest glowing.” Seeing red “You look at this and you think: ‘Wow, that’s really intense’, but in a way it’s so beautiful and striking and kind of natural on Phoebe. Red around the eyes is something that I’m exploring more. You know how…

I am in a hollowed-out Boeing 727 that’s crafting stomach-churning formations in the sky at an altitude of around 10,000 metres, and I’m struggling to find a link to mascara. “We had to go big,” says Annie Ford Danielson, global beauty authority at Benefit Cosmetics, which is known for pushing the envelope when it comes to new formulations (and, evidently, beauty launches). In fact, instead of finding inspiration for the brand’s latest launch, a volumising mascara affectionately dubbed BADgal Bang!, in the myriad mascaras flooding the market or in the newest Korean beauty trend, Benefit looked to NASA, specifically, the ‘aeroparticles’ that are typically used in space suits. It’s why I find myself experiencing the type of weightlessness a space-bound astronaut encounters. But that’s not to say it’s surprising. After…

CLARE WAIGHT KELLER AT GIVENCHY “There’s so much change everywhere,” exclaims Clare Waight Keller, seated on a discreet pew in Claridge’s. The British designer has a big new job. After seven years spent creating bohemian flounces at Chloé, she switched tack in March. She has been given free rein by Bernard Arnault and his daughter, Delphine, whose LVMH group owns Givenchy. “I was literally told: ‘Do what you want,’” says the Birmingham-born designer. It was a resounding vote of confidence from the luxury titan, no doubt inspired by the success Waight Keller enjoyed at Chloé, where her hit bags and feminine clothes kept the tills merrily ringing. Waight Keller has a reputation for divining what women want to buy and delivering the fashion equivalent of catnip every season. ”I will…

Buried deep among the many videos on YouTube relating to the teen Netflix hit 13 Reasons Why are some home music clips made by its star Katherine Langford when she was a teenager. The then 16-year-old schoolgirl is sitting in her bedroom at her family home in Perth, dressed in her school uniform with messy tumbling curls, earnestly singing into the computer camera. “Saying that we’re young and dying to be old … crying out for freedom but never wanting to grow old and … here I am in the midst of teenage angst trying hard to be so much more than we are, it’s too far to go,” Langford sings. It is 2013 and the song is called Young & Stupid, an anti-suicide song after three Perth teens took…

Aries 21 MARCH – 20 APRIL It’s all change for you this month. This is change with a purpose, as in a change of mind or a change of heart, more than a change of your ‘on-trend before it’s a trend’ groove. Progress with your career goes stellar now as recent roadblocks fall away, and with your love-life, make transparency your new MO. STYLE ICON: Victoria Beckham Taurus 21 APRIL – 21 MAY You’re a magnet for love now, but trust your instincts to guide you away from over-the-top players and let more subtle love into your life instead. You’re smarter with money this month too. Use funds to retrain or boost your knowledge, or invest in a trip away that could take you places with your career too. STYLE…

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