ELISSA SANTISI

Former US Vogue stylist Elissa Santisi opted to outfit Naomi Watts in a variety of daring designs from the likes of Valentino and Bottega Veneta for this month’s cover story, from page 88. “I didn’t want it to be another pretty actress in a pretty dress. I wanted her to look cool and sexy and a bit undone,” she explains of the shoot, which also marked her first time working with both Watts and Vogue Australia. “I was pleasantly surprised how cool she was with the clothes. Pieces I thought she may not go for, she put on and really got into. [It] takes a certain confidence to own a look.”

SOPHIE NOLAN

“I was naturally honoured to be involved in Vogue’s January issue. It has always been one of my favourite magazines as it never disappoints,” says Sydney-based ceramicist Sophie Nolan of her handmade pieces featured in ‘On the trail’, from page 48. “It has always been one of the leading publications, beautifully showcasing inspiring style, art and design.” Touching on her creative process, Nolan says: “Through my vessels I seek to give fluidity and personality to a functional form, to become a sculptural object that captures the wondrous nature of our individual feminine idiosyncrasies; how we hold ourselves physically and energetically through varying moods and states of being.”

SHARON BRADLEY

For this issue, writer Sharon Bradley penned a wellness story on pet therapy (see page 82), which was written in the wake of 15,000 local animals adopted over a six-week period at the height of Covid-19. Her piece, which she describes as “a celebration of animal companionship – in all its forms”, explores the health benefits (including lower stress and blood pressure levels) we experience because of our furry and feathered friends. “The animals we have in our lives give us their best, unconditionally, every day,” she says. “In return, they deserve nothing less than our best.”