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With the release of another compilation of smart and striking KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS from around Australia — our latest Extraordinary Homes special edition on sale now — you can discover more INSPIRING PROJECTS and chic design ideas including innovat

How does Elvis Presley and his iconic style relate to a Vogue Living issue guest-edited by me now in 2022? Well… it all starts with Baz Luhrmann being fascinated by Elvis. In fact, in the 30 years Baz and I have known each other, Elvis has been an ab

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I’ve always had a passion for textiles and their application. I’m fascinated by how fabrics technically work, how they drape and can mould to a body or a piece of furniture. One of the great things about working with Mokum has been understanding how

When Ken Done mounted his first solo show of paintings in 1980, the genial Sydneysider had already spent two decades as a creative director at advertising agencies. He was a highly successful ad man, holding roles at top firms in New York and London.

Last year, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain was preparing to open the doors of its latest exhibition, a collection of paintings known as the Cherry Blossoms series. The 30 works were by Damien Hirst — easily one of the most successful ar

Few would guess that the fervent applause greeting artist and inaugural La Prairie Art Prize recipient Atong Atem on a recent afternoon at the Art Gallery of New South Wales would prompt a key moment of self-realisation. “I knew what the prize was. A

I lived in Bondi and Tamarama as a teenager and young adult, and they weren’t enviable places to live. Back then I couldn’t have imagined doing what I’m doing now. The fact is that I stumbled into design — I didn’t study it; I studied fine art. My am

If looking for a little respite in trying times, Truman Capote’s most famous protagonist had one suggestion: “What I found does the most good,” Holly Golightly explained to readers back in 1958, “is just to get into a taxi and go to Tiffany’s. It cal

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In 2020, when Covid hit New York, Richard Christiansen, the Australian-born founder of boutique think-tank, bookstore and brand agency Chandelier Creative, remembers watching as his warp-speed world was sucked into the vortex of a contagion. “I never

When it comes to creating a dream home, sometimes the process can be a little fraught. Between client demands, deadlines and disruptions of all kinds, there are plenty of ways things can go off the rails. But hearing local designer Greg Natale talk a

On a sunny Tuesday morning last year Jeremy Bull, principal architect at Alexander &Co., found himself outside smashing stone tiles. “I hit them with a hammer, threw them against the wall and dropped them from various heights,” he says. But despite h

Back in 1999, when the Ace Hotel opened its first location in Seattle, Washington, among the artworks on display in the converted halfway house was a series of paintings by an emerging artist who turned out to be an inspired choice. His name was Bria

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Embroidered visual detail, sumptuous fabrics and animal print have all found a place in producer and costume and production designer Catherine Martin’s latest collaboration, The Royal Menagerie collection with Mokum. Evocative names recall striking m