Vogue Living

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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WATCHES AND JEWELLERY

AHEAD OF HER TIME • The drive and daring of GABRIELLE CHANEL endure in a collection of timepieces and fine jewellery worn by a woman drawn to the allure of the founder’s liberated vision and the freedom to decide her own DESTINY.

VISION

BEAUTIFUL MINDS • With all eyes on PARIS, it’s a potent moment in time for designers in France. Among them are Mathieu Lehanneur, Léa Zeroil and Anthony Guerrée, who, as Vogue Living discovers, have at least two things in common: they’re creating for the here and now, and their work will go down in HISTORY.

WORLDS COLLIDE • Winding back the clock on the early-aughts addition to her Sydney Federation home led fashion designer Bridget Yorston on a journey of joyful creative collaboration with esteemed studio HANDELSMANN + KHAW.

LINES OF BEAUTY • This year, HERMÈS harnessed its history with a tableware collection inspired by equestrian craftsmanship. In an illuminating conversation with its creators, Rebecca Caratti discusses the making of Tressages Équestres.

WAX POETIC • TRUDON returns to the scene of its royal origins with a scent that distils the garden parties of VERSAILLES and the flowers that have grown there ever since.

THE VL EDIT • A curated list of the latest statement makers including Rude rugs by Faye Toogood, who drew inspiration from the fleshy shapes and sensual bodies of Francis Bacon’s paintings for her third collaboration with CC-TAPIS.

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HOMES

HÔTEL PARTICULIER • Art curator JOSÉPHINE FOSSEY approaches the interior decoration of a renovated apartment in a 19th-century Parisian townhouse with CURIOSITY, sensitivity, and a desire to instil warmth and BEAUTY in everyday life.

FRENCH REVOLUTION • Given free reign in a friend’s apartment, designer RODOLPHE PARENTE creates seductive tension between art and architecture by invigorating its ‘very Parisian’ identity with the rebellious spirit of RADICALISM and his own contemporary vision.

EXTRA CELESTIAL • Sydney-based firm DECUS channels intelligence, soul and SKY-HIGH ideas into the design of a family’s South Head home where cerebral environs and salubrious amenities CIRCULATE around a sunlit inner courtyard.

PERFORMANCE ART • Architect MARINE BONNEFOY refashions a Belle Époque home in the image of its owner by creating SCENES of whimsy and joy that work in harmony with the theatrical light of its local Paris neighbourhood.

HIDDEN TREASURE • The story of THOMAS HAMEL’s latest endeavour in Melbourne opens with an art collection and Italianate-style villa and unfolds into an epic masterpiece in which no DREAM is off limits, no desire left unfulfilled.

SENSE & SENSUALITY • Renovating the kitchen and bathrooms of a Sydney home, HANDELSMANN + KHAW looks beyond lacklustre definitions of luxury and unleashes the ambient power of natural light.

KITCHEN AND BATHROOM EDIT

NEW TERROIR • Tapped to design a family home on the Mornington Peninsula, HECKER GUTHRIE imbibes the wine-producing region’s rich patchwork palette and the owners’ deep connection TO THE EARTH.

KITCHEN AND BATHROOM EDIT

TRAVELS

A RETURN TO PARADISE • Designed by STUDIO HADDOU DUFOURCQ, the new HOTEL LILOU...