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Editor’s letter
Contributors • We’re back, baby! As ELLE Australia returns to newsstands, we asked the creatives behind the issue to tell us about their fresh starts
New season’s greetings
Gucci Gucci coup • NEW CREATIVE DIRECTOR SABATO DE SARNO’S SEXED-UP, PARED-BACK VISION MAKES A CLEAN BREAK WITH THE PAST
Trends
The nature fix • WHEN A CANADIAN SCIENTIST DISCOVERED THAT TREES SPEAK A SECRET LANGUAGE, SHE WAS ROUNDLY DISMISSED. NOW, NEARLY 30 YEARS LATER, HOLLYWOOD AND THE SUSTAINABLE FASHION INDUSTRY ARE TAKING NOTICE
Agenda
Time after time • VICTORIA BECKHAM BRINGS HER SIGNATURE CHIC MINIMALISM TO A LIMITED-EDITION LINE OF TIMEPIECES
Prep school • Whether it’s taking collegiate staples from the lecture hall to high fashion, or trying to choose your next It bag, we’ve got you covered. ELLE style school is in session.
Saved By The Bell • VARSITY BLUES? NOT HERE. RELIVE THE BEST OF YOUR SCHOOL DAYS WITH A GROWN-UP TAKE ON UNIFORM DRESSING
Carry Me Away • THE BEST HANDBAGS PAIR SERIOUS STYLE WITH A STURDY DOSE OF PRAGMATISM. FROM STATEMENT CLUTCHES TO PRACTICAL TOTES, MEET THE NEW IT BAGS
Fancy foot work
Gilty pleasures
The deep dives
The quiet • SHE’S HAVING SOMETHING OF A BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT IN HOLLYWOOD, BUT ANGOURIE RICE HAS BEEN THERE ALL ALONG
A Seat At The Table • WHEN BARBIE BLITZED THE BOX OFFICE, IT HERALDED A BREAKTHROUGH FOR WOMEN IN FILM. BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, GENDER PARITY IS STUCK IN DEVELOPMENT
Watch This Space
Are Influencers The New Public Intellectuals? • WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CELEBRITIES ARE PRESSURED TO WEIGH IN ON GLOBAL ATROCITIES AND ACADEMICS ARE FORCED TO CONDENSE INFORMATION INTO BITE-SIZED CONTENT?
The Artists (Finding A)Way • BETWEEN THE PANDEMIC AND THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS, THE AUSTRALIAN ARTS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PUT THROUGH THE WRINGER LATELY. HERE, ELFY SCOTT SPEAKS TO SEVERAL RESILIENT CREATIVES ABOUT HOW THEY MAKE ART NOW
Don’t Mind The Gap
State Of The Arts • A ROUND-UP OF THE YEAR’S MOST ANTICIPATED EXHIBITIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ADD TO CALENDAR
Time To Lighten Up • THIS YEAR’S POP CULTURE SEES A RETURN TO SILLINESS, CHILDLIKE DELIGHT, JOY AND EASE
Top Shelf • WITH LAST YEAR’S HOLLYWOOD STRIKES LEADING TO A CINEMATIC DROUGHT, WE’RE CALLING 2024 THE YEAR OF THE BOOKWORM
Bright Young Things • This is our ode to the next generation of Australian superstars: AACTA’s Best Actress, Sophie Wilde; top model Akon Changkou; breakout star Alycia Debnam-Carey; and Maia Mitchell, all grown up
Wilde About Her • ON THE CUSP OF GLOBAL DOMINATION, SOPHIE WILDE SITS DOWN WITH ELLE’S EDITOR, GRACE O’NEILL, AHEAD OF HER BEST ACTRESS WIN AT THIS YEAR’S AACTA AWARDS. GET READY TO SEE HER EVERYWHERE
The Age Of Akon • FROM PSYCHOLOGY SCHOOL DROPOUT TO ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST SUCCESSFUL MODELLING EXPATS, AKON CHANGKOU HAS THE FASHION WORLD FALLING AT HER FEET. HERE, SHE HIGHLIGHTS THE BEST OF THE NEW SEASON
She Who Dares • THE ACTOR AND CHRISTIAN DIOR AMBASSADOR ALYCIA DEBNAM-CAREY MODELS A REBELLIOUS NEW COLLECTION
Mad About Maia • DISNEY ALUM AND RISING STAR MAIA MITCHELL SHOWCASES LOUIS VUITTON’S BOLD SPRING/SUMMER 2024 COLLECTION WHILE BACK HOME IN AUSTRALIA
Set The Tone • THE SECRET TO MASTERING HEAD-TO-TOE BLACK IS IN THE FINER DETAILS: CASCADING PLEATS, RAZOR- SHARP SHOULDERS AND...