Contributors

Collaborators behind this issue’s cover shoot reveal what it was like working with the one and only Margot Robbie, and the story behind a model’s glorious locks.

MARIO SORRENTI

Three years after capturing Margot Robbie for her September 2019 cover of Vogue Australia, Mario Sorrenti worked once again with Vogue Australia editor-in-chief Christine Centenera to photograph the homegrown star. “This was even better,” the revered creative muses. “We have now worked together a few times, so we definitely have established an amazing trust.” Confirming the shoot was a collaborative effort, Sorrenti shares that Robbie herself provided great input throughout the process. “The entire day was beautiful, and just got better and better with each picture,” he recalls. “Margot was amazing and very generous with her time and energy.”

PATI DUBROFF

Pati Dubroff is the make-up maestro behind Margot Robbie’s most famous beauty looks and joined the 33-yearold on set to create her headturning cover image this month. “We decided to do a look that focused on the eye. Lots of black mascara on upper and lower lashes and black eyeliner to frame the eyes,” explains Dubroff. The creative first met Robbie seven years ago when the actor reached out. “She liked the make-up she saw on Kate Bosworth that I had done, so she tried me out,” she says. On her favourite of Robbie’s looks over the years, Dubroff finds it impossible to single out one. “But let’s just say this Barbie tour will be epic,” she hints.

RIKKI KEENE

In order to pull together this issue’s cover, Vogue’s executive producer and talent director Rikki Keene spent many months liaising with Margot Robbie’s team on the topics of location, collaborators and creative briefs. “The last time I worked with Margot was for our September cover in 2019,” Keene recalls. “She is the real deal. Margot is supremely talented and genuinely down-to-earth. It’s an honour to be part of documenting her meteoric rise as both an actress and a producer.” In addition to her modesty, it was the star’s professionalism that continues to impress the talent director. “She treats everyone with kindness and respect, from the celebrity photographer to the studio assistant delivering her coffee,” says Keene.

TAARA McLAREN

“This was my first time working with Vogue Australia and I am utterly thrilled to have had the experience,” says Taara McLaren, the Gucci-clad model with trademark tresses who features in ‘Solar flair’, from page 120. “My hair is the result of having a very loving and dedicated mother,” explains McLaren, adding that the striking feature is considered a sign of beauty in India. “My grandmother had beautiful long hair, and she passed that down to my mother, who has now passed that down to my sister and I,” she adds. Describing her day on set as a dream, the model shares: “The people on the team were some of my bucket-list creatives who I have wanted to work with for some time.”