Innholdsfortegnelse for January/February 2024 i Vogue Living

FREYA HERRING Contributing editor Freya Herring wrote our travel story on luxury cruises (page 160) and was taken by the immersive approach to food and art. “Cruise companies recognise that luxury comes in many forms and guests don’t just want to be pampered; they want to be enriched culturally,” she says. “I can see that they are trying to be more environmentally friendly, which is a positive move for the industry.” JONAH WATERHOUSE Vogue Australia’s assistant fashion features and news editor Jonah Waterhouse was raised on social media, but he seeks repose in print. “Sitting down to read a magazine that helps you visualise a world in your own mind is the ultimate gift.” Waterhouse brought his sartorial insight to our story on designer Lucy Folk’s home (page 44), which he…

There’s a palpable sense of history and energy to everything Dior does. The esteemed house — its hyper-feminine New Look silhouette one of the most recognisable in the world — is adept at reinventing and reinvigorating its legacy. Some 76 years since Christian Dior first sent his ladylike looks down the runway, we’re still admiring the maison’s commitment to excellence, a position accentuated by the nimble yet timeless womenswear designs introduced by creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri. There’s a similar sense of elevated, French craftsmanship at play in the Dior Maison universe. Masterminded by Dior Maison and Baby Dior artistic director Cordelia de Castellane, the designs speak to a merging of past and present, with heritage prints and house codes reinterpreted as treasures for the home. It’s a balance that…

Drive 30 minutes north-west of Noosa and you’ll arrive at Boreen Point, a little known town that Lucy Folk, founding designer of her eponymous fashion and jewellery brand, often visited as a child on holidays. “Life’s a bit slower and simpler up here,” says Folk, who names the local pub as an unmissable highlight. After living in Paris for three years, Folk, then pregnant, returned to Australia in August 2020 with her French partner Joffrey Cauchy and fondly introduced him to Boreen Point. While exploring the area, they stumbled upon a two-storey timber bungalow called Le Bateau Ivre (or ‘The Drunken Boat’, named after a poem by the French writer Arthur Rimbaud), and were enamoured with its castaway feel, reminiscent of a bygone era. “It’s one of those houses you…

A Hebrew origin is perhaps not what you would expect from the expansive brutalist enclave of Casa Shalva. But this house in Quintana Roo is anything but standard, with its nods to ancient Mayan castillos and views of the lush Tulum tropical jungle. The amalgam of curves and arches amidst the formidable angles of a cement profile juxtaposes the delicate airy feel of the space, courtesy of oversized glass windows throughout. The brutalist style extols raw base materials — cement and stone — and heroes a distinct monochrome palette seen within the casa’s hues of greys and use of steel, glass and timber. “I wanted my home to express the beauty of nature,” reveals homeowner, Belgian-Israeli entrepreneur and property developer Aviv Siso. “In Hebrew, the word shalva suggests the sensation…

Arriving at Thomas Hamel and George Massar’s coastal home means willingly going down a garden path. Deception can only be found in the hidden entrance but winding around a narrow pathway in the eucalypt-strewn bush of the NSW South Coast eventually leads to the open embrace of a zen-like circular entry garden, shaped by its natural surroundings. It’s a singular statement of intention for these two talents: Hamel, the interior designer founder behind his three-decade-strong Thomas Hamel & Associates practice, and his partner Massar, a formidable design force in his own right as chairman and creative director of US-based furniture specialists Kneedler Fauchère and Gregorius Pineo. And somehow this tranquil courtyard perfectly encapsulates their beloved retreat’s raison d’être. “It’s interesting that this house had an old oak tree, two large…

Going on a polar expedition cruise is like heading to the last wilderness of this planet, one last destination before heading to space,” says Ryo Ijichi, Ponant Expedition Leader and Commercial Manager, Japan and Korea. With just a small window to visit during the summer and in some places no trace of human life, travelling to the ends of the Earth can be a hard journey. But not for the latest addition to the Ponant fleet, Le Commandant Charcot. “The only comfortable way to travel is on an expedition ship, where you are taking your own moving hotel, or in our case, a luxury one,” says Ijichi. “It’s like you’re on the peak of a mountain summit, without walking to the summit.” Named after Jean-Baptiste Charcot, the French scientist and…

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When homeowner Francesca Tota fell upon her dream house in Italy’s Andria, “It was love at first sight”, says Silvia Brambilla of Apulian design studio Acqua di Puglia. Utilising the expertise of Brambilla’s architect father Massimo in restoring Puglia-specific properties, the three-level family home is a perfect marriage between its rustic southern Italian style and rich, Moroccan riad-inspired design. “The vintage dishes in the kitchen come from past trips to Tunisia and Morocco, which mix with Apulian and Sicilian ceramics,” adds Brambilla. VOGUE.COM.AU/VOGUE-LIVING Vogue Living @vogueliving Vogue Living…

True excellence takes time. It’s something London-based designers Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay, the husband-and-wife duo who make up Raw Edges know too well. Twelve years ago, the designers embarked on a journey with Louis Vuitton to explore a unique proposition: a high-end home line befitting of the French fashion house’s name. “We’ve worked with them for a very long time,” Mer says before admitting, “The first collection took really long to develop”. Raw Edges is not the only studio to work on Objets Nomades, a travel-inspired collection created in the spirit of the Louis Vuitton DNA. They share the spotlight with design luminaries including India Mahdavi, Marcel Wanders, Patricia Urquiola and Atelier Oï, too. It’s a community of creatives that has come to feel like family. “We see the…

Preserving the heritage narrative of a grand beauty is not without its hard-won victories. Tradition, of course, has its virtues, particularly if presented in a turreted property fashioned in a Federation Queen Anne style. This was the prospect that first greeted interior designer Alexandra Ponting of AP Design House five years ago. Ponting and her trusted team of artisans worked with architecture firm James Design Studio to place the original craftsmanship of this cherished Mosman family home that first charmed and romanced its owners squarely into focus. Not disrupting this thread of the past while bringing it into the present was a detail-oriented journey that required patience, understanding and above all, realising the intrinsic and ultimately rewarding value of protecting past treasures. “These clients are quite conservative in their tastes,”…

SUMMER IS HERE and I’m looking forward to taking a break with family and friends and recharging, because 2024 is set to be one of our biggest years for the Vogue Living team. We are selecting our highly anticipated VL50 — a list of the VERY BEST creatives in the country — and for the first time, VL50 will be celebrated with an awards ceremony in February 2024. It’s a wonderful way to recognise the INCREDIBLE TALENT in Australia. Stay tuned! This issue, we gravitate towards homes that are quietly confident, with lush gardens, fabulous pools and a sense of peace and calm. On the cover is the Sydney home of Australian fashion photographer Georges Antoni and his family (page 86). It is beautifully simple in its design and materiality,…

Come summer, gardens, terraces and swimming pools become sites of leisure and celebration, and the line between internal and external spaces dissipates. The heart of the home, the living room, is no longer contained to an interior and furniture traditionally designed for indoor areas must be reinvented for the oudoors. This reimagining requires a technical approach to textiles, the ingenuity to enhance already beloved designs and a profound understanding of the way we live, and its these traits that set Italian furniture company Flexform apart. Flexform has always distinguished itself as a master of elevating an exterior. Since 1959, the family run company has positioned itself at the forefront of design. The ’60s saw Flexform furniture invited into villas across northern Italy, not to mention the foyer of Milan’s Teatro…

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Beautiful objects are no less of an artwork than a painting or sculpture, according to Tamsin Johnson. “They are all born of someone’s point of view, heart and mind,” she says. Such sensitivity toward an object’s true value and the ability to observe artistry in unlikely places is essential to Johnson as an interior designer and antique dealer, and it also explains why this home in Sydney’s Chiswick is standing today. The owners, a couple with two children, sought Johnson for a short-term renovation but ultimately intended to knock the house down and rebuild. Their plans were understandable given how unremarkable the house was — and how rare the property’s 35 metres of harbourfront is — yet Johnson saw something worth saving, an impure design with solid ideas. “There are…

Sometimes, houses are born far away. This property, situated a few kilometres from Ostuni in Puglia, Italy, came to be during the pandemic and surprised its owner, art dealer and artist Nini Bonavoglia, who was living in Patagonia at the time. Born in Bari, the artist studied in Milan and lived in New York for 10 years, then London, Paris and Zurich. “I was fine everywhere, but I never really felt at home anywhere,” says Bonavoglia. “I needed a place of refuge to rediscover my roots.” Returning to Puglia was a romantic homecoming, and it was here during months of lockdowns that Bonavoglia discovered the most beautiful truth: he could live without others and be together with those few who truly matter. And then there was nature — immense, primal,…

Traversing the world’s biggest ocean, the Pacific, is arguably the ultimate voyage. Circumnavigating half of Australia before taking to the great ocean and arriving on the shores of South America is the very definition of adventure. “The Grand South Pacific Expedition is a deeply immersive exploration of the rich biodiversity of these islands,” says Silversea’s Managing Director of Asia Pacific, Adam Radwanski. “It’s not about quick visits and warm weather, it is a mission to see the planet’s most remote and pristine regions. It is more like an educational experience in ultra-luxury comfort. Guests will visit 11 countries over 75 days, and visit 58 destinations — from Easter Island to Robinson Crusoe Island and, in a first-ever for Silversea, see Indonesia’s Fam islands in Raja Ampat to explore abundant coral…

After embarking on Crystal Cruises’ 2025 World Cruise, you will be the most well-travelled person you know. Over 123 nights — yes, one third of the year — guests will travel to 62 destinations spanning 31 countries. The ship Crystal Serenity, which was beautifully refurbed in 2023, takes the scenic route, setting out at Fort Lauderdale in Florida and finally anchoring in Barcelona. Crystal Cruises has a relationship with luxury travel aficionados Abercrombie & Kent, so the voyage encompasses far more than its onboard offerings. The off-boat jaunts are spectacular, with overnight stays and flights available. This means guests can regularly set off on thoughtfully curated excursions before returning to their home away from home on Crystal Serenity when it’s time to move onto the next leg of the adventure.…