Vogue Living November/December 2020

Vogue Living tells stories that engage, fascinate and excite, weaving together a myriad of influences that inspire our lives, be it cultural trends, arts and architecture, a new secret find around the corner, a far flung destination, or a privileged glimpse into a private and compelling world. Interiors, spaces and places, here or there, come vividly to life through their inhabitants and the lens of the camera. Beauty is paramount.

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in this issue

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Contributors

James Tolich PHOTOGRAPHER New Zealand-born James Tolich began his photography career in Sydney at the age of 18 on a break from university. He has since lived and worked in New York and Paris, where he’s shot for some of the world’s leading publications, such as US Vogue, and brands including Nike, Valentino and Hermès. He now calls Sydney home. For this issue, Tolich lent his unique eye for colour to ‘Flights of Fantasy’ (page 35), ‘Full of Wonder’ (page 44) and ‘Cast in Stone’ (page 76). Photographing kids Francesca and Charlie in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden was a highlight. “They were both so engaging and delightful to work with,” he says. “The images really reflect it. There is such a natural ease to them — I am thrilled with the result.” @jamestolic Nicole…

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Take the tour

Containing some 900 artworks, 10,000 books and an enviable gallery of furniture and wearable art pieces, the HOME OF GENE AND BRIAN SHERMAN is an ode to the joyful art of collecting. Featuring bespoke interior architecture designed by DON CAMERON (of Canberra’s Hotel Hotel fame), the Sydney house is just one of 10 highly idiosyncratic dwellings featured in our SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S ISSUE of Extraordinary Australian Homes out now. Find this incredible home, and many more inspiring spaces, online at VOGUELIVING.COM.AU Vogue Living @vogueliving VogueLiving @VogueLiving vogueliving.com.au…

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Editor’s letter

There is no getting away from the fact that 2020 has been an incredibly challenging year for everyone. From those on the frontlines trying to keep us all safe to decimated creative, hospitality and travel industries to those who experienced a second lockdown in Victoria and separation as state borders closed, the pandemic has wreaked havoc in unexpected and far-reaching ways. For us here at Vogue Living, we’ve tried to offer a place of refuge and escape from the COVID-19 storm by curating issues featuring the very best of the world’s design talent and interiors. It’s a privilege to be able to do this but the ability to create this magazine stems from the simple notion of home, of being lucky enough to have a place to call one’s own. And…

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The MAGIC of the everyday

This year, life as we knew it was interrupted. We found ourselves both collectively tested and questioning, as never before. Not least on the purpose of the home itself, as it was forced to play the part of school, nursery, office, gym, and even restaurant. Nevertheless, while the prompt may have been unprecedented, such a domestic reappraisal was long overdue. For too long, home for many has been little more than a place to get ready to leave in the morning, and crash back into at night; its importance as a place of restorative rest and active play sorely overlooked. Enforced lockdowns across the globe demanded the objective recognition of the profound impact of our surroundings on our physical and mental wellbeing. And so, despite the economic turmoil and despair of…

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