Vogue Australia Archives : Alexandra Spring

Spinning Top: Flume

Alexandra Spring — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:20:33 +0000

Last time Harley Streten was in Europe, he carried a backpack and crashed in tatty hostels. This time round, he stayed at some of the world’s finest hotels. “The promoters were like: ‘I’ll take you out to the nicest restaurant and show you around. Oh, it’s snowing outside, come in, we’ve got a beautiful hotel.’ […]

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On Fire: Joanna Murray Smith

Alexandra Spring — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:59:51 +0000

This is, in Joanna Murray Smith’s own words, “a crackerjack year”. Back in Melbourne after the opening of her 2011 play The Gift at Los Angeles’s Geffen Playhouse, the playwright will have a play staged in almost every state this year. “Writers are never happy,” she says with a laugh. “Instead of going: ‘Isn’t it […]

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Most Likely: Callan McAuliffe

Alexandra Spring — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:30:32 +0000

The perils of stardom too young are well known. Too many promising child stars, bursting with talent, crash and burn once exposed to the Klieg lights of Hollywood. If anyone, however, is determined to keep his head while others are losing theirs, it’s rising star Callan McAuliffe. “So many people strive to get to a […]

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All the World’s A Stage: Lisa Tomasetti

Alexandra Spring — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 07:24:07 +0000

A dancer doing a jeté against the New York skyline. Frantic rush-hour commuters sidestepping a flying ballerina. Unexpected, joyful and utterly inspiring, these are some of the images photographer Lisa Tomasetti created with Australian Ballet dancers on their international tours. And now she is sharing them with two major exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne. For […]

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Sweet Valentine: Adelaide Clemens

Alexandra Spring — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:50:13 +0000

Standing in the Soho production offices, Adelaide Clemens couldn’t help feeling a little frustrated. Having flown herself from New Orleans to London, the actress had finally convinced acclaimed director Susanna White to give her just 15 minutes to audition for the upcoming BBC/HBO television drama Parade’s End. Based on the little-known classic Ford Madox Ford novels […]

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Mademoiselle Oui: Sylvie Guillem

Alexandra Spring — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:22:25 +0000

“When I go for it, I will do everything I can to do the best I can,” says Sylvie Guillem. “This is the real responsibility. It’s not towards someone else, towards an administration or an audience or a journalist. The biggest responsibility is mine, it’s not to deceive myself in the way I live.” Undoubtedly […]

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The Young and the Fearless: Lena Dunham

Alexandra Spring — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:07:47 +0000

It sounds like an episode straight from hit TV series Girls. Lena Dunham has just returned from a group holiday to India with her mother, photographer and designer Laurie Simmons. Prompted by a close friend who happens to be an Indian arts and culture expert, Simmons thought it would be a good way for mother […]

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Justice League: Melinda Taylor

Alexandra Spring — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:54:00 +0000

“Unless you have an effective defence, you’re not going to have a fair trial. And unless you have a fair trial, you won’t have justice.” It’s early morning in the Hague, and Melinda Taylor is on Skype while her three-year-old daughter plays nearby.The Brisbane-born international criminal justice lawyer is discussing the necessity of defending accused […]

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The Gilmore Girl: Stephanie Gilmore

Alexandra Spring — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:26:09 +0000

Stephanie Gilmore sips a cocktail and looks out onto a flat Bondi surf. With her long blonde beachy hair, green eyes and long lithe frame, she looks more like a model than the world’s top female surfer.And with her high-low fashion combination of Zara rose-print pants, black Quiksilver blouse, Ellery sandals and black leather Balenciaga […]

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Having Her Cake: Christina Tosi in Sydney

Alexandra Spring — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:03:48 +0000

Christina Tosi takes making cookies very seriously. The dessert queen and owner of New York’s acclaimed Momofuku Milk Bar is explaining what it takes to come up with something new. “You go through a process in your head where you think, does that make sense Is it well-rounded enough Is there enough of this or […]

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