Vogue Australia December 2022

This December feels quite different from those we've experienced recently, in that we're feeling both hopeful and optimistic about being able to freely enjoy the upcoming party season. As I write this, we've just wrapped up Vogue American Express Fashion's Night Out in both Sydney and Melbourne, and I cannot begin to describe just how amazingly energetic and buzzing the crowds were at our events. The desire to get out, celebrate en masse with friends and, really, just have a good time, is palpable. Fittingly then, this month's issue provides all the inspiration for a long overdue party season. The good news is after-dark and soiree dressing is all about opulence (see page 40). More is more, whether that means features, volume, platform shoes or jewellery. As you make your stylish re-entry into…

Rose Byrne Rose Byrne wasn't going to pass up the “honour” of interviewing her best friend Krew Boylan about their new film Seriously Red for Vogue in ‘Cup of ambition’, from page 46 – even if it meant juggling asking questions while getting in costume on the set of her beloved television series Physical. “I'm just excited, because we're not in the same place right now – I'm in the States and she's at home –so we got to have a cheeky catch-up,” Byrne jokes. “But I'm mainly so proud … I am excited for everybody to see her range as a writer, actress and producer.” Plus, adds Byrne: “We also love fashion. So it's very fun to be in Vogue.” Gregory Harris New Zealand-born, Portugalbased fashion photographer Gregory Harris flew to London…

I bloody love Christmas, love it, and you can't beat Christmas in Australia – beach, sun, sand, crisp white wine that you drink far too much of in the weeks leading up to it because the minute that new year swings around, you won't be touching that stuff again for a while, you lie to yourself. Christmas in Australia is delicious and it's extra sweet-smelling for me this year. I've been away from home for seven months – three months filming my Netflix show Wellmania in Sydney and four months touring my stand-up show Fine, Thanks! around the world. Wow, that's a sentence! I'm currently living my dream and I have worked towards this for as long as I can remember. Being on film and TV sets bantering with other creatives and…

PLUME TO MOVE Make feathers your friend, then make an entrance in maraboufestooned creations that add that elusive air of ready-to-party wardrobe extravagance. BELLES OF THE BALL Silky, frilled or highvolume fripperies in eyeshadow shades are an unapologetic throwback to a 1980s brand of glamour, when prom dresses and poufy accents reigned. Add longer length for a more soignée take. Want to shop Vogue's edit? Scan the QR code to shop the best of the trend. COLLAR ZONE Shift the focus upwards with shoulder-baring silhouettes. Whether opting for a bohemian bent or sticking to a structured look, flashing some décolletage instantly evokes long summer nights. A HIGHER LEVEL Sure, dainty stilettos never go out of style, but changing things up in the silhouette of the moment, platform shoes, is about putting an unmissable foot forward, as any disco doyenne…

Krew Boylan remembers Rose Byrne's eyebrows; Byrne clocked Boylan's freckles. This is what the two actors and best friends recall about their first meeting, one morning at roll call when they were just a few kids spending their days at Balmain Public School and their afternoons at drama classes at Australian Theatre for Young People. “It was a school romance,” Boylan jokes, the beginning of a beautiful, decades-spanning friendship. “Sometimes I'm not sure where she starts and I finish,” Byrne reflects. “It's like a continuous communication that we have and thought process that we share.” The two are taking their relationship to the big screen in this month's Seriously Red, a film written by, produced and starring Boylan alongside Byrne through their production company Dollhouse Pictures and directed by Gracie Otto.…

In 2015, had anyone known that the newly appointed creative director of Balenciaga would go on to revive couture for the house, fashion eyebrows would have gone up. Regarded then as a rule-defying outsider, Demna (who dropped his surname last year) was parlaying eastern European underground culture into fashion pieces when he took up a post left by a predecessor, unable to energise the 103-year-old fashion house. Six years later, in 2021, the decision to reinstate couture came with the enormity of invoking a discipline so hallowed, no one dared touch it since the most accomplished couturier in history, Spanish-born Cristóbal Balenciaga, shut up salon 54 years ago. Today, for his second couture outing for Balenciaga, the creative director has put paid to any doubts. Last season, his chimeras of the…