Contributors

The creatives behind the issue tell us their best styling tips for spring

The Making Of The Cover

WE JOURNEYED 17,000 KILOMETRES TO SHOOT OUR BEAUTIFUL SEPTEMBER COVER STAR

Proportion Control

Duran Lantink autumn/winter 2025. The best of the

Shake It Up

NEW SEASON, NEW YOU (OR NEW WARDROBE AT LEAST). REMIX YOUR STYLE VIA UNDULATING EVENINGWEAR, ROMANTIC HUES AND PRINTS PLUCKED FROM THE GARDEN

Editor’s letter

Our cover girl, Anna Robinson, in a Dries

The moment Get waisted

THE NEW HOURGLASS SILHOUETTE SHRUGS OFF TRADITIONAL NOTIONS OF FEMININITY TO INTRODUCE A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT AND A SENSE OF HUMOUR. DIVYA VENKATARAMAN NAVIGATES THE CURVES AHEAD

Balancing act

FASHION’S CARBON EMISSIONS ARE GETTING WORSE WHILE THERE ARE FEWER WOMEN AT THE TOP OF THE INDUSTRY THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR. BUT IS IT CAUSATION OR CORRELATION? AND COULD FOCUSING ON THE LATTER INFLUENCE THE FORMER?

What makes an It-bag?

WHETHER SLUNG ACROSS THE SHOULDER OF A ‘90S SUPERMODEL OR IMMORTALISED ON A ‘00S TV ICON, EACH BAG REPRESENTS A DECADE DEFINED. HERE, WE CHART A CENTURY OF FENDI’S MOST ICONIC STYLES, AND THE ERAS THEY HELPED TO SHAPE

The shape of things

SWAROVSKI’S OCTAGON DEFIES TRADITIONAL DIAMOND CUTS, CREATING A NEW CLASSIC THAT WILL SIGNIFY ELEGANCE FOR YEARS TO COME

Minimalism In Motion

AT CALVIN KLEIN, UNDERSTATED STYLE FINDS NEW DEPTH IN THE QUIET AUTHORITY OF ITS FIRST FEMALE LEAD

The Future of Fashion

FROM CRAFTING PIECES FOR CHAPPELL ROAN AND LADY GAGA, TO REDEFINING THE WAY WE SHOP NOW, THE AUSTRALIAN FASHION INDUSTRY’S CURRENT MOOD IS ONE OF TOTAL REVOLUTION

What We Carry With Us

A GUCCI HANDBAG IS MORE THAN JUST A CARRYALL — IT’S A QUIET COMPANION THROUGH LIFE, THERE FOR ALL YOUR MOMENTS, BIG AND SMALL

Origin story

LUXURY TODAY IS MEASURED NOT JUST BY STYLE, BUT BY THE STORIES GARMENTS AND JEWELS CARRY — JOURNEYS THAT DEFINE DESIRE AS MUCH AS DESIGN

Open Daur Policy

ELLE SITS DOWN WITH BELOVED FASHION INFLUENCER AND MODEL CAROLINE DAUR TO CHAT STYLING FOR SPRING, ENTERING HER THIRTIES AND HER FORAY INTO THE ACTING WORLD

In Her Own Time

FROM THE WRISTS OF SCREEN ICONS TO THE SLEEVES OF POWER SUITS, THE WATCH HAS EVOLVED

Get It Bright

If you’re afraid of colour, face your styling

Hue’s That Girl?

HONOUR THE ERA OF COLOUR TV AND MOVIES WITH HYPER-PIGMENT AND RETRO STYLING

Object Lessons

LET US GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE MUST-HAVE ACCESSORIES OF THE SEASON, FROM NECKLACES TO BOOTS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

Coming Up Next

Meet the winners of ELLE ’s Next Gen Awards, celebrating the best and brightest creatives charging forward in their fields; is it time for the girlies to grow up?; and we speak with artistic visionaries Eva Victor and Olivia Dean.

The next gen

ELLE ’S NEXT GEN AWARDS CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA’S BEST UP-AND-COMING TALENT — THE PEOPLE IN FASHION, BEAUTY, CINEMA, MUSIC AND ART WHO ARE ON THE BRINK OF GREAT SUCCESS. AHEAD, MEET OUR WINNERS

Girlies forever

IS IT TIME FOR THE GIRLIES TO GROW UP, OR IS THE GIRLIE A NEW TYPE OF GROWN-UP?

Being ghosted

OPENING INSTAGRAM, RUBY FENELEY WAS STUNNED TO DISCOVER A FORMER LOVER HAD DIED. HERE, SHE EXPLORES THE WAYS OUR ONLINE AFTERLIVES COMPLICATE GRIEF

Good For The Soul

IT’S OLIVIA DEAN’S SEASON. AHEAD OF THE RELEASE OF HER ANTICIPATED SECOND ALBUM, FULL OF HEART-WRENCHING POWER BALLADS, SHE TELLS OLIVIA PETTER HOW SHE FOUND HER STRENGTH

Paris, Je T’aime

ELLE ’S FASHION EDITOR, JORDAN BOORMAN, HAD NEVER BEEN TO PARIS UNTIL SHE WORKED ON THIS ISSUE. BETWEEN COORDINATING THE COVER SHOOT AND CALLING IN CLOTHES, SHE STEPPED OUT FOR A DAY OF SIGHTSEEING

The paradox of Pop

WITH TODAY’S BIGGEST POP STARS DITCHING OUTRAGEOUS SPECTACLE FOR A LO-FI, ALMOST APATHETIC AESTHETIC, THE DIVA IS DEAD. WE’VE ENTERED THE CULT OF EFFORTLESSNESS, WHERE A PERCEIVED LACK OF INPUT IS A HIGHLY STRATEGIC PR MOVE

Eva Victor

THE INTERNET SENSATION TURNED WRITER, ACTOR AND AUTEUR SPEAKS TO ALEXANDRA ENGLISH ABOUT WHAT IT’S LIKE WHEN YOUR MOST PRIVATE SELF IS WHAT PUTS YOU IN THE SPOTLIGHT

How to stay in love

EVERY LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP IS COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE MICRO-RELATIONSHIPS. BUT AS YOU GROW AND CHANGE, HOW DO YOU COMMIT ANEW TO THE PERSON YOUR PARTNER IS BECOMING AND GRIEVE THE VERSIONS GONE?

Runaway tradwives

THE TRADWIFE MOVEMENT SET UP AN IDYLL OF MOTHERHOOD AND WIFEDOM: ALL FRESHLY BAKED BREAD AND AND HAPPY HORDES OF CHILDREN. NOW, SOME ARE TRYING TO LEAVE THE LIFESTYLE BEHIND, USING A SOCIAL MEDIA WHISPER NETWORK TO ESCAPE THEIR OPPRESSION

For The Group Chat

AN EDIT OF CULTURAL MOMENTS THAT EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT. BE THE ONE TO START THE CONVERSATION

Fashion’s new force

FROM FRANKSTON TO FRANCE, ANNA ROBINSON IS TAKING THE INTERNATIONAL FASHION WORLD BY STORM. HERE, THE WINNER OF ELLE ’S NEXT GEN MODEL AWARD GIVES US A HIGH-FASHION TOUR OF HER NEW HOMETOWN

Historical Reference

TUDOR, ELIZABETHAN, MEDIEVAL – WHATEVER YOUR ERA, CHRISTIAN DIOR HAS RUFFLES, BLOOMERS AND PLENTY OF LACE, JUST FOR YOU

Sweet Disposition

FLOATY DRESSES, FAUX FURS, EMBELLISHMENTS AND COSY KNITS ALL SIT COMFORTABLY TOGETHER IN A LOUIS VUITTON COLLECTION THAT’S DOWN-TO-EARTH BUT SUPREMELY DELIGHTFUL

Shining Examples

Masscob top; Swarovski earrings. The latest beauty news

The beauty edit

ROBERTO CAVALLI A/W 2025 MECCA MELBOURNE The opening

Becoming Annabel

ON THE CUSP OF HOLLYWOOD STARDOM, ANNABEL WOLFE SPEAKS TO HER DIRECTOR SISTER PHOEBE ABOUT THEIR DIY MOVIE-MAKING DAYS AND THEIR UPCOMING FIRST FEATURE FILM, PURITY

Au Naturel

WE’RE GOING NUDE! (KIND OF.) OVERDONE MAKEUP IS, WELL, OVER — WELCOME TO THE ERA OF PARED-BACK BEAUTY

Scene Stealer

JENNA ORTEGA, DIOR BEAUTY’S NEWEST AMBASSADOR AND GEN Z HAUTE-GOTH, ON THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MAKEUP

How To Live Forever

(or at least look like you will)

Youth In a Bottle

DIOR’S MASTER PERFUMER, FRANCIS KURKDJIAN, USHERS IN A NEW ERA FOR A FRAGRANCE THAT STANDS FOR POSITIVITY AND FREEDOM

Fit For a Prince

PIERRE GUÉROS, CREATOR OF ELIE SAAB’S FIRST MEN’S FRAGRANCE, ON STRENGTH AND SOPHISTICATION

Street View

Stockholm, Sweden. For the second instalment of ELLE

Lifestyle News

Ruggable Golden Marigold Rug, from $819 Fluttering Carnations

Abstract Expressions

SCANDI-COOL MEETS FRENCH-CHIC – WITH A SPLASH OF THE 1930S AND A HINT OF THE 1970S – IN INTERIOR DESIGNER JULIA ROUZAUD’S PARISIAN APARTMENT

Dear Annalisa

IN A NEW COLUMN, ARTIST AND FURNITURE DESIGNER ANNALISA FERRARIS ANSWERS ALL YOUR LIFESTYLE AND INTERIORS QUESTIONS

The Honeymoon Glows Up

WHAT WAS ONCE A GRAND TOUR OR BAREFOOT BEACH CLICHÉ HAS HAD A HIGH-GLAMOUR MAKEOVER, DESIGNED TO KEEP THAT BIG BRIDAL ENERGY GOING FOR AS LONG AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE

Insider’s Guide

TRAVEL LIKE A LOCAL WITH THE HELP OF ELLE ’S INTERNATIONAL EDITORS, WHO HAVE PUT TOGETHER A HOT LIST OF THE TOP PLACES TO VISIT IN THEIR HOME CITIES

Star Factor

VIRGO August 23–September 22 You are determined

My life in fashion

GABRIELLA PEREIRA