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Vogue Australia Editor Replaced by Editor of Harper's Bazaar Australia

Justin Fenner — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:51:52 PDT

Kirstie Clements, who had been editor in chief of Vogue Australia for 10 years, was let go and replaced by Harper's Bazaar Australia editor Edwina McCann on Wednesday.

News reports called the staff change sudden and attributed it to an overall shift in the culture at Rupert Murdoch-owned NewsLifeMedia, which publishes Vogue and other magazines in Australia. Clements was one of three senior executives at the company let go recently. The firings came in the wake of Kim Williams's appointment as CEO of Australian media conglomerate News Limited, which runs NewsLifeMedia, last December.

McCann had been editor in chief of Harper's Bazaar Australia for three years but had worked at Vogue Australia previously. She starts her new job in July.

"I am very excited about returning to work for the world's most powerful fashion media brand," she said. "The opportunities for this formidable brand online and in a social media landscape are endless and our future is very bright indeed."

Nicole Kidman and her daughter Faith on the June 2012 cover of Harper's Bazaar Australia. Photo by Will Davidson.

Inside Karlie Kloss's Vogue Australia Cover Shoot

Christina Perez — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:29:01 PST

>>For the cover of Vogue Australia's March issue, Karlie Kloss went wet-haired, red-lipped, and toe-to-top Prada. Watch Kloss work her magic at the Kai Z Feng-lensed shoot in the video below, then click through to peek images from inside the issue.

Photos via The Fashion Spot

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Myf Shepherd Returns to Modeling After Year Hiatus

fashionologie — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:24:46 PST

>> After taking a year-long hiatus to study set design in Sydney, Myf Shepherd is back in the modeling game. "I was too young when I started," 19-year-old Shepherd recently told The Daily Telegraph. "I wasn't really ready for how competitive and everything the real world is, so I just needed to take some time to be a regular teenager. Modeling can be really stressful. You have to look after yourself."

A spread appearing in Vogue Australia's February 2011 issue is Shepherd's first job back at work, her Australian agency confirms: “Myf’s back modelling. She’s continuing on with her studies but she’s very excited to be based in Sydney now and modelling for top end magazines and securing some major Australian campaigns as well. She may go back for the [Spring 2011 Couture or Fall 2011] shows, although there are no plans at this stage. But things happen very quickly, there’s a slight chance she may."

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Catherine McNeil Covers Vogue Australia for Second Time in Six Months

fashionologie — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:41:31 PST

>> Back at the end of October, Catherine McNeil's agency sent out pictures of her hair cropped and dyed black, but that look is nowhere to be seen on her latest cover turn, for Vogue Australia's February 2011 issue. McNeil is a cover favorite for the magazine - she last appeared on Vogue Australia's September 2010 cover - making this one her second in six months. [TFS]

See the Full Vogue Australia Photoshoot with Miranda Kerr at Six and a Half Months Pregnant

fashionologie — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:39:20 PST

>> Photographer Carlotta Moye traveled to Los Angeles (where Miranda Kerr recently moved) to capture Kerr and her six and a half months-strong baby bump for Vogue Australia's January 2011 issue. The issue is out tomorrow, but the full shoot leaked, along with a behind-the-scenes video, in which Kerr talks about how "proud" she is of her "belly."

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Miranda Kerr Covers Vogue Australia at Six and a Half Months Pregnant, Just Listed Manhattan Apartment

fashionologie — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:58:03 PST

>> Looks like Miranda Kerr did a flurry of photoshoots at six and a half months pregnant. First, a nude portrait for W, and now the January 2011 cover for Vogue Australia, marking the first pregnant cover for the magazine. "I'm definitely taking more time out to relax and be present to the whole experience of being pregnant," she told Vogue Australia. She's also making some changes in her living arrangements: Kerr just put her one-bedroom condo in Manhattan's Flatiron District on the market for $1.395 million; she bought it for just under $1.1 million in 2006 and is now living in Los Angeles with her husband, Orlando Bloom. [Herald Sun, WSJ]

fashionologie — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:49:33 PDT

>> Vogue Australia Erases Abbey Lee Kershaw, Catherine McNeil's Nipple Piercings -While British lawmakers are considering banning airbrushing, Vogue Australia made quick use of Photoshop within its 50th anniversary September 2009 issue. Greg Kadel photographed Abbey Lee Kershaw and Catherine McNeil topless for an editorial entitled "Come As You Are," capturing the models with their nipple piercings in plain view, but in the magazine, the jewelry has been erased - Frockwriter has photo evidence. Funnily enough, however, they kept Abbey Lee's piercing untouched in a less close up shot. [Frockwriter (NSFW)]

British Vogue's Alexandra Shulman Stirs Up Size Zero Debate

fashionologie — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:31:47 PDT

>> Over the weekend, a "strongly worded letter" from Vogue UK's Alexandra Shulman "sent to scores of designers in Europe and America" - including Prada, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, and Chanel - was leaked to the Times UK in what some are calling a publicity stunt.

In the letter, Shulman exhumed the size zero fight, accusing designers of an "increasingly disturbing" practice of sending fashion magazines "minuscule" clothes for photo shoots. "I am finding that the feedback from my readers and the general feeling in the UK is that people don't really want to see such thin girls."

She noted that the samples sent were becoming "substantially smaller": "Nowadays, I often ask the photographers to retouch to make the models appear larger." Furthermore, she wrote: "We have now reached a point where many of the sample sizes don't comfortably fit even the established star models. Instead, we are having to use girls with jutting bones and no breasts or hips, to fit them."

So who's with her? »

fashionologie — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:54:34 PST

>> THE MODELIZER -Those new faces looking to break through shouldn't give up just yet - two catwalk veterans, Abbey Lee Kershaw and Ali Michael, are leaving their usual spots at New York Fashion Week vacant this time around. Abbey Lee, who's appearing on the March 2009 cover of Vogue Australia instead, is sitting Fashion Week out due to knee surgery (no word on whether she'll make it to Europe), and the cause for Ali's absence is unknown - big campaign, maybe? [Fashionista, Fashionista]

Fashion's Night Out Sets Dates For 2012

Justin Fenner — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:56:00 PDT

Organizers for Fashion's Night Out have set the dates for the fourth annual edition of the global shopping party.

All 19 territories that have their own version of Vogue will observe Fashion's Night Out this year, meaning there will be events in 19 countries spanning three weeks. Below, a breakdown of which nations will join the party, and when:

Sept. 6: Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Russia, Mexico, Australia, and Korea
Sept. 7: China, India, Germany, and Russia
Sept. 8: Taiwan and Japan
Sept. 10 and 12: Brazil
Sept. 13: Portugal, Italy, Turkey, The Netherlands, and Mexico
Sept. 18: Italy
Sept. 20 and 25: Greece

In past years, Fashion's Night Out in the US has been celebrated in more than one city at a time, and this year some other countries will follow suit. Italy, Germany, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, and Greece will all host parties in two or three style-obsessed cities - meaning there will be that many more opportunities to see fashion editors and industry folk doing things like this.

Photo: Anna Wintour and Diane von Furstenberg on Fashion's Night Out in 2011.