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Masthead

Editor’s letter

contributors • The creatives behind the issue tell us what they love most about their jobs

Spring Forward • Say goodbye to the fashion blues and hello to spring/ summer 2025. What’s on the agenda? Everything. From pretty pastels to the new gothic, anything goes this season.

The Fashion Book • THE MOST DESIRABLE TRENDS OF SPRING/ SUMMER 2025

Welcome To The Dark Side • WITCHY SLEEVES, TIGHT-LACED CORSETS AND BILLOWING HEMLINES ALL BREW TO MAKE A POTENT FASHION FORMULA FOR THE NEW SEASON. INTRODUCING, THE NEW GOTHIC

Nautical But Nice • TOMMY HILFIGER NAVIGATES THE NEW BY EMBRACING THE OLD IN HIS LATEST COLLECTION

Your New Heirlooms • HOW CARTIER IS BRINGING THE WORLD OF HIGH JEWELLERY TO THE NEXT GENERATION

Driving Force • FORMULA 1 CARS AND HIGH-OCTANE WATCHES WERE ONCE A MEN’S GAME. NOW, THE LADIES ARE COMING FOR BOTH. THANKFULLY, TAG HAS CHIC TIMEPIECES AT THE READY

Street Style • FOR HIS SPRING 2025 COLLECTION, COACH CREATIVE DIRECTOR STUART VEVERS TOOK INSPIRATION FROM CUSTOMISED SCHOOL UNIFORMS,NEW YORK’S ’90S KIDS AND A MELTING POT OF SUBCULTURES

The Jewel Of Light • CHOPARD’S LATEST PIECES TAKE THEIR CUES FROM MINIMALIST ARCHITECTURE, MOVEMENT AND JOIE DE VIVRE. INTRODUCING THE ICE CUBE COLLECTION, FOR EVERYDAY ELEGANCE

Follow The Flock • SHEEP FARMING DOESN’T EXACTLY SCREAM HIGH FASHION, BUT THESE SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIAN GRAZIERS ARE INFILTRATING THE HIGHEST ECHELONS OF THE INDUSTRY, JUST ASK STELLA McCARTNEY

Agenda

Ready To Wear • Fashion is fun again! We’re leaving the realm of quiet luxury and entering an era when every piece is a statement piece; plus the most covetable bags of the season because every It girl needs an It bag.

Max Factor • IF THE NEW SEASON RUNWAYS SHOWED US ANYTHING, IT’S THAT MORE IS MORE. HERE’S HOW TO LAYER, CLASH AND (UN)COORDINATE IN REAL LIFE

The Finer Details • FROM CHUNKY PLATFORMS TO DELICATE JEWELLERY, THIS SEASON’S ACCESSORIES HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON: WE WANT THEM ALL

Structural Integrity

Girl talk

Amazing Gracie • FROM A PAINFULLY SHY SINGER WITH A CULT FOLLOWING ON INSTAGRAM TO THE OPENING ACT ON TAYLOR SWIFT’S ERAS TOUR, GRACIE ABRAMS HAS GONE FROM ‘IYKYK’ TO ‘HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW?’

Rise Of The Political Gender Gap • DONALD TRUMP HAS ENTERED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A SECOND TERM, AND MEN IN AMERICA AND THE UK ARE MAKING HARD-RIGHT TURNS IN THEIR POLITICS. HOW DID WE GET HERE, AND CAN WE EXPECT THE SAME TO HAPPEN IN AUSTRALIA?

The Creative Act • THESE SIX PEOPLE ARE MAKING CAREERS OUT OF THEIR ARTISTIC PASSIONS …WE ASKED THEM HOW

Who’s the boss? • IN A WORLD CHARACTERISED BY UNCERTAINTY AND TOXIC PRODUCTIVITY, ARE BALANCE AND A SENSE OF PURPOSE THE NEW MARKERS OF SUCCESS?

The new Hollywood royalty • JOEY KING, THE FORMER CHILD STAR TURNED FASHION DARLING, WOULD LIKE TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY NOW, PLEASE

Good Grief • GRIEFLUENCERS, BEREAVEMENT RETREATS AND END-OF-LIFE DOULAS ARE CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE OF LOSS. OLIVIA JORDAN CORNELIUS FINDS THAT TALKING ABOUT DEATH CAN BE A CURIOUSLY LIFE-AFFIRMING PURSUIT

Adult content • IS IT TIME FOR A MORE CONSCIOUS APPROACH TO PLEASURE? SHANNON MAHANTY REPORTS ON THE RISE OF ANEW EROTIC MOVEMENT

For the group chat • AN EDIT OF CULTURAL MOMENTS THAT EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT. BE THE ONE TO START THE CONVERSATION

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