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Maud Laceppe New York-based make-up artist Maud Laceppe, the creative behind Lorde’s cover look, began her beauty career in Paris in the early 2000s. “I was instantly captivated,” Laceppe says of her entry into the field. “For the first time I felt present, connected and like I actually belonged in the room. I knew right away this was it for me. I never had a back-up plan.” On working with Lorde, who she’s collaborated with in the past, Laceppe adds, “There’s something truly unique about working with her that’s captivating. Every time she stepped out of the fitting room in a new look, it felt exciting in a way that’s hard to put into words.” Ellie Coker For this issue, returning Vogue contributor Ellie Coker photographed numerous stories including ‘Winter…

Three years after fronting the March 2022 issue of Vogue Australia – shortly after the release of her third album, Solar Power – Lorde, born Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor, returns to the cover. Styled by Vogue Australia editor-in-chief Christine Centenera in New York, the shoot is a celebration of Lorde’s fourth studio album, Virgin. “Christine wanted to see Ella in really strong fashion – the strongest looks of the autumn/winter season,” says London-based contributing fashion editor Harriet Crawford. “Photographer Dan Jackson has amazing lighting, so conceptually they had an interplay of a studio shoot with great lighting, juxtaposed with Ella outside in Brooklyn. “The team had prepped this shoot with two fashion directions in mind,” explains Crawford of the styling, which saw some looks lean towards daring, while others were…

WORKED UP Double-breasted outerwear is the staple of the moment: oversized and masculine for a self-assured power. Keep it corporate with trousers or undone over fluid dresses. Both can complete the equation. Scan the QR code to shop Vogue’s edit. STRIKE IT RICH An aristocratic air informs lush fabrics, decorative surfaces and rich brocades. Decadence returns. Think cultivated extravagance with a nod to the bohemian undercurrent fashion favours now. POLITE COMPANY Fashion reclaims poise as a dressed-up approach to everyday takes over. The boxy jacket, reminiscent of Jackie O’s twinsets, gets a modern remix in bold brights, ultra-abbreviated crops and trims that pop. MIDWAY Midi-skirts are distilled into ladylike shapes: long and lean, pleated and layered over pants, or as a shortcut to an instant winter update. Wear with boots…

Few stars’ wardrobe choices are as dissected as Lady Gaga’s, and that’s truer than ever in the era of Mayhem. The performer’s seventh album is grungy and rebellious, so it’s fitting that instead of being costumed exclusively by a major fashion house, Gaga enlisted the work of a newcomer who shares her renegade approach. Meet Australian-Taiwanese designer Samuel Lewis, who has crafted outfits for her music videos and, more recently, the Grammys red carpet and main stage at Coachella. For Gaga’s performance in Rio de Janeiro in May, Lewis worked with costume designer Seth Pratt to create a satin peasant-sleeve dress in the colours of the country’s flag, seen by a record-breaking live audience of 2.5 million. Such visibility is something 26-year-old Lewis, who was born in Canberra and works…

New Zealanders are multi-talented by necessity. “The creative industry there is much smaller than in New York City, and you don’t always have access to the same resources,” says multi-hyphenate stylist, photographer and, recently, eyewear designer, Thistle Brown. “That forces you to become versatile – to use instinct and adapt quickly.” Now Stateside, the creative has traversed the world, first as a student of costume design in London then studying textiles in Auckland. He also neatly proves another trope about Kiwis – that many know each other. For Brown, however, this owes more to the calibre of his talent rather than birthplace alone. For cover star Lorde’s album Virgin, he worked on the visual direction. The pair found kindred creative spirits in each other. “Ella [Lorde] has this mythic, enigmatic…

Fashion likes a comeback story. Consider the return of the Chloé Paddington bag, the ultimate aughts status symbol, and the J’adore Dior tee from 2001. While the fashion industry typically follows a 20-year cycle, the interval for trends in timepieces can be far longer. The watchmaking world is steeped in tradition – it revels in it – and operates at a slower pace. Still, reissues of heritage timepieces are striking a chord with clients and collectors right now. Especially if said re-run is at least 50 years in the making. The best ones feel as relevant as they ever were. Recent examples include Vacheron Constantin’s new Historiques 222. The original watch was released during the peak of luxury stainless-steel sports watches in the late 1970s. A new yellow-gold iteration of…

When Sof Forrest is in the zone, nobody is faster. In conversation, the actor talks at a rapid-fire clip, launching themselves from subject to subject like they are on a climbing gym: from current affairs to getting married to Sydney’s best Korean barbecue, barely taking a breath. They even finish their Vogue photo shoot in record time, with three looks shot before I make it to the studio to interview them one damp greyscale morning in May. I first see Forrest standing at the camera monitor in a white denim pinstripe set from Baum und Pferdgarten, perusing selects with the photographer. After saying hello, I tell them I’ll wait while they get changed back into their own clothes – they’ve already done that, too. The outfit was actually purchased for…

EMMA McINTYRE, ARTIST If painter Emma McIntyre stays in her Los Angeles studio late enough in the day, she is treated to the sight of the sky bursting into shades of pink, orange and red from the setting sun. All these colours and more find a home in her abstract works, which begin with a base of oil paint and are built, layer by layer, as pigment, gesture and texture collide in a frenzy on the canvas. “Sometimes it feels like I can almost see the finished work and the painting process is about finding it,” McIntyre explains. Her father, Simon, and grandfather, Peter, were both painters. “Nothing was more normal for me growing up than aspiring to a career as an artist,” she says, of a childhood surrounded by…

Congratulations are in order: Luciane Buchanan - commitment-phobe, financial illiterate, a person who has spent the past four years living out of a suitcase – is officially a homeowner. No one is more surprised than she is. “It wasn’t on my bingo card for 2025,” the 32-year-old admits, chestnut eyes wide. But when the actor heard of plans to sell the Herne Bay, Auckland home that has been in her family for half a century, she was moved to tears. “I really owe that space for my creativity,” she admits. A place where she listened to her raconteur aunts as they unspooled their latest yarn or play-acted with her pack of cousins as a child. So Buchanan spent two weeks wrangling her finances – “there’s a thing called a mortgage,”…