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Renowned British model and entrepreneur Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was photographed by Lachlan Bailey at some of Sydney’s most recognisable locations for the April cover shoot. From the Sydney Opera House to the city’s famous harbour, each setting provided a striking backdrop. “We narrowed down locations to beaches and city landscapes,” says Charlotte Rose, head visuals producer and bookings editor. “As Rosie and Lachlan were in Australia to be panelists for Vogue Forces of Fashion, we also wanted to centre on the iconic Sydney Opera House and harbour. We started at Coogee, then went to Bronte, the Sydney Opera House, Hickson Road Reserve and, finally, a penthouse at Crown Residences. “Rosie was invested in getting the best imagery and down to make it happen,” adds Rose. With prized yet limited usable light…

Holly Sarah Burgess “Each of our shoots had a distinct personality, whether from the clothes or model, so I tried to lean into those different characters,” says photographer Holly Sarah Burgess. Despite this being only the second time she’s worked for Vogue Australia, she captured three features. Burgess shot director Margaret Thanos in a “playful and theatrical” light (page 104), focused on “silhouette and structure” for a fashion edit (page 56), and highlighted “the finer details and smaller moments” for a jewellery story (page 82). “When I get a brief, I can’t help but visualise how I’m going to approach it,” she explains. “I’m just riding on adrenaline until I’m behind the camera.” Jasmine Christie “The turnaround was fast, but the brief was whimsical and evocative, with nods to Galliano’s…

A great deal of collaboration and a great number of elements coming together at just the right time made the first Vogue Summer Ball possible. “When everyone’s calendars and schedules started to align, it became a reality,” says editor-in-chief Christine Centenera, who conceived of the evening at the Sydney Opera House to celebrate Vogue Forces of Fashion, a global conversation series held earlier that day at the same venue. “We’ve never really had an event like this in Australia that showcases Australian and international talent on a global stage. So we did it.” The day began with morning talks centred on the art of collaboration. As the light began to wane and the city came into its own after hours, the Northern Foyer of the Opera House came alive as…

Scan the QR code to shop Vogue’s edit. SWEEPING STATEMENT The unexpected pairing of dramatic skirts in trailing lengths and elaborate texture, with low-key staples like shirting, jackets and hoodies, makes the switch to dressing-up after hours a cinch. HOLD SUEDE Suede’s innate opulence gives the new daytime workhorses – roomy shoulder bags and totes – a versatile appeal for on and off the clock. Scan the QR code to shop Vogue’s edit. PLUME TIME Fashion’s feather fixation continues, making them the only accent for cocktail hour across tights, trousers and tailoring as we transition into autumn. PARTING WAYS When casting around for a fresh styling shortcut, look to the open-front top. With a hint of the bohemian, it adds a sense of theatre to the everyday, and transforms a…

Spring/summer ’26 was a season like no other. The scale of newness, marked by more than a dozen designer debuts, helped pave the way for a fresh perspective on style and self-expression. This manifested in spirited accessories, as visually striking bags, shoes, eyewear and jewellery took centre stage, emboldened by outstanding craftsmanship. The most memorable accoutrements – from Saint Laurent’s dangling chandelier earrings to Chanel’s oversized, tufted brooches – were designed for maximum visual impact. But the through-line was in how each piece was styled. Across the board, statement accessories were worked in with energetic clothing for a symphony of colour and texture that defied convention. It proved that when it comes to personal style, there are no rules – and when it comes to accessorising, it’s never been easier…

For the Italian house Fendi, the Peekaboo bag symbolises its approach to craft: that what is on the inside matters as much as the outside. This is inescapably emphasised for spring/summer ’26, which saw beaded flowers in a confectioner’s palette, rectangular beads in glass and paillettes of different shapes in electric anemone purple appear as enticing glimpses on inside pockets. On the runway, bags were left open, in a gesture of unstudied nonchalance, a mood the Peekaboo embodies. With a near 20-year legacy, the style has endured on the arms of serious fashion followers. A little sister to the effervescent and cult 90s-born Baguette and, with its slouched functional front pocket, this is a working woman’s bag, with a twistable lock that is a quiet signal to others of an…

With Mugler’s strong history and visually potent DNA, the mantle of creative director at the maison could weigh heavily. Miguel Castro Freitas’s debut spring/summer ’26 collection, however, thrummed with assured confidence. That’s not least because of his design pedigree, as a Central Saint Martins alumnus who worked under Raf Simons, Stefano Pilati, Dries Van Noten and John Galliano, and, more recently, quietly led Sportmax. A movie buff with diverse influences, Freitas brought a sensibility that landed on the runway at the right time, connecting with ideas around women’s bodies and their strength, as well as codifiers of femininity in 2026. Lately, archival Thierry Mugler has been taking over red carpets. Think Zendaya’s turn in the metal-and-PVC autumn/winter ’95/’96 Maschinenmensch suit two years ago, last year’s Cannes Film Festival (Elsa Hosk),…

YESMINA “My grandad gave me a ring of my grandmother’s for my 18th birthday,” says Jessamyn Cornell. “She’d passed a few years earlier so it was incredibly sentimental. It sat in a drawer for years from fear of losing it and it wasn’t quite my style. I worked with a jeweller to redesign it and, since then, I’ve never taken it off.” The process sparked the artist, and now jeweller, to design a line of pieces “that would invoke the same feeling”. Working between Byron Bay and Sydney under her label Yesmina, Cornell creates chokers, link bracelets, earrings, rings and an expanding line of precious pieces for home and life, including silver combs and spoons, using the lost wax process, whereby a mould is used then melted away. Intention and…

The bastion of refined taste and sophistication we know to be Cartier has hidden depths. As the maker of the most coveted watches and instantly recognisable accoutrements for the fashion cognoscenti and jewellery connoisseurs alike, it has always, at its heart, had a true rebel spirit. Although aficionados compete for Cartier’s rare vintage timepieces at auction, and others save up to acquire a Love bracelet or a sleek Panthère watch, it was in far humbler times, and with anti-establishment roots, that the maison began in 1847. The brothers Cartier, descendants of founder Louis-François, ventured to far frontiers to bring hitherto unused gemstones and inspiration from pharaohs, tsars and maharajas into the vernacular of Western jewellery. At the turn of the century, they brought that, and then some, into the rarefied…