Vogue Australia

Vogue Australia epitomises the finest in fashion, design and journalism. It enlightens, entertains and inspires by focusing on its position as the authoritative voice in Australian fashion. Vogue Australia combines a modern mix of glamour, style and intelligence presenting the ultimate in fashion, beauty, health, and the arts.

Vogue Australia

Editor's letter

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Level up • Reframe dressing through the season’s elevated mood. All signs – and details, shapes and colours – point to a more refined, but never sedate, approach to everyday dressing.

Red-letter day • A balance of sumptuous 70s geometry and Italian refinement, Gucci's updated Blondie bag with a clutchable top handle is revved up in red and hot to go.

Gracie Abrams • A rich tapestry of inspirations and a passion for songwriting have seen Gracie Abrams's anthemic output make her one of music's most exciting new names. The singer-songwriter shares her influences.

Sphere of influence • A pearl necklace lasts a lifetime, not least Paspaley's, which highlights the one-off shapes of precious Australian gems.

Now wave • These designers have never come across a boundary they didn't want to push. Meet the homegrown line-up of original thinkers, forging a new name - and new look - for Australian fashion.

Land massive • This month’s Territory is a vast, melodramatic epic set in the heart of the Outback’s biggest cattle station. Hannah-Rose Yee goes behind the scenes with the all-star cast.

Setting sail • This month, a Women’s America’s Cup regatta will be held for the first time, and Australia will field one of the 12 teams vying for the inaugural trophy. On the eve of their departure for the race in Barcelona, Jessica Halloran meets the athletes bound for glory.

Dyed in the wool • As the recipient of this year’s Mecca X NGV Women in Design Commission, Christien Meindertsma wanted to create an installation that used new technology to challenge old thinking. To do that, she went back to grassroots.

Page masters • A blockbuster month of new novels from some of the biggest local and international names.

KATE • THIS MONTH, A BIOPIC OF THE TRAILBLAZING WAR CORRESPONDENT AND VOGUE PHOTOJOURNALIST LEE MILLER HITS CINEMAS. FOR KATE WINSLET IT WAS A PASSION PROJECT MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND A COLLABORATION WITH HER FRIEND AND FORMER VOGUE EDITOR MARION HUME, WHO CO-WROTE THE SCREENPLAY. HERE, THE PAIR RECONNECT TO SHARE WHY THIS STORY OF BRAVERY DESERVES TO BE TOLD.

Going deep • For a decade, Nicolas Ghesquière’s Louis Vuitton has thought big – globally big – with its mix of historic narrative and futuristic vision. Fashion still holds a powerful sway for Ghesquière, but so too, he tells Nathan Heller, does a life far, far away from work.

The life fantastic • Slip into something a little less ordinary as fun-loving, colour-popping fashion has a field day.

FINISHING PIECES • AN AUTUMN/WINTER ’24/’25 SEASON ROOTED IN REALITY MEANT ACCESSORIES, BY CONTRAST, WERE WHERE CREATIVITY LET FLY. PICK YOUR PUNCTUATION POINT.

Selling stories • If anyone has business advice, it’s Zoë Foster Blake. But after reclaiming control of Go-To Skincare, instead of writing a business book, she penned Things Will Calm Down Soon, her first novel in a decade. Here, she tells her friend – and Vogue Australia’s editor-in-chief – Christine Centenera, why.

Natural instinct • Clean lines, resolved shapes and a hint of youthquake daring - enter the resort 2025 collection of Sabato De Sarno’s revamped Gucci. Quintessential Italian codes are grounded in a brave new ease.

On the same page • Fashion’s embrace of books and literature goes beyond a passing phase, tapping a deep vein of both style and substance, says Alice Birrell.

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