Lift off 🚀 Photographed by Benny Horne, styled by Natasha Royt, Vogue Australia, June 2015.
“After a Sunday brunch, we took our puppies for a walk in Melbourne’s Albert Park,” describes Ako Kondo of the moment her partner, fellow ballerina at The Australian Ballet, Chengwu Gu, proposed. “Our toy poodle, Choc, suddenly dropped a ring box in front of me. And a second later, Chengwu was kneeling in front of me, asking: ‘Will you marry me’” The couple knew they wanted to wed in Ako’s hometown, in Japan, so they did “lots of online research” of venues before they travelled over there and decided on Hyakka-rou in Nagoya. “The venue had a chapel with beautiful stained glass, but then the reception area was a very traditional Japanese setting with a beautiful garden. It was the combination of classic and traditional Japanese. And that was what I was looking for.” Visit the link in bio to go inside this wedding 📷 Masanori Hirata
Gloria Vanderbilt, American fashion designer, artist, author and heiress, died on Monday 17 June 2019, aged 95. Throughout her life, Vanderbilt operated at the nexus of American society–first as an heiress and later through her myriad career ventures, social life and four marriages. But it was in the late 1970s, with the launch of her eponymous denim line in collaboration with Murjani, that Vanderbilt experienced her greatest financial and critical success. “She’s tried to do many, many things for many, many years,” reflected her friend Diane von Furstenberg in 1979. “The thing that you least associated her with—jeans—worked.” Tap the link in bio to look back on the remarkable life of Gloria Vanderbilt. 📷 Horst P. Horst/Conde Nast/Getty Images
@Joansmalls shares her stories of hard work and friendships with Vogue, from dinner with her close friend and fellow model @damarislewis to reminiscing with her family. Meet the people in Joan's life who matter most and delve deep into the everyday world of a present-day fashion superstar. Creative agency: MATTE Films. Director: Danny Yirgou. Director of Photography: Alberto Mojica. Puerto Rico Production: CereProds.
There are some films you can watch again and again and again and again! Whether on the plane or from the comfort of your couch, Vogue has compiled a list of the best movies to indulge in year-after-year. Tap the link in the bio now and tell us if we missed your favourite flick below.
“I always imagined I would walk into a store and buy my dress off the rack. I knew that it wouldn’t be a traditional wedding gown. I just wanted to wear something elegant that I felt beautiful in,” jewellery designer Christie Nicolaides said of her colourful wedding dress and big day. Tap the link in the bio to see go inside the spectacular wedding now. 📸 Marcus Bell of Studio Impressions
![We’re hypnotised by #BillieEilish, our July cover star ✨ “As grateful as I am for the appreciation and the love, honestly, I’ve become numb to it. I remember the first couple of times people called me the face of pop or pop’s new It girl… it kind of irked me,” #BillieEilish tells Vogue of being crowned the ‘new face of pop’ in the July 2019 issue. “The weird thing about humans is we [think we] have to label everything, but we don’t.” Hit the link in the bio to read more from Eilish’s cover story now. Photographed by @jesse_lizotte, styled by @jilliandavison, Vogue Australia, July 2019.](https://scontent-cdg2-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/85e595592733ede6c685ea16d6ed3ca6/5D8A5073/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.140.1434.1434a/s640x640/64445129_148872452943304_4110836254343805794_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-cdg2-1.cdninstagram.com)
