42 DECEMBER 2017
KATE BALLISLACHLAN BAILEY
Australian-born photographer
Lachlan Bailey, a contributor
tosome of the most prestigious
titles in the world, including
Vog ue Australia, shot actress
Margot Robbie for this month’s
cover. On his approach to the
shoot Lachlan explains: “I saw
Margot once from a distance at
Chateau Marmont in LA. She was
in simple clothes with natural
hair and make-up, and I thought:
‘How beautiful she looks. Why
have I not seen her like that in
pictures?’” See how Lachlan
captured the actress’s raw
beautyin ‘Mad for Margot’,
starting on page 162.
GABRIELLA
COSLOVICH
Author and journalist Gabriella
Coslovich provides a fascinating
insight into Australia’s biggest
alleged art fraud case, involving
works by artist Brett Whiteley,
frompage 103. Coslovich first
wroteabout the allegedly forged
paintings for the Age newspaper
in 2010, long before the case
reached the courts. “I found it
perplexing that three audaciously
large paintings in the style of one
of Australia’s most high profile
and significant artists, Brett
Whiteley, were being discussed
in the art world and fingered as
suspected forgeries, andyet the
police seemed to be doing
nothing about it.”AKKI SHIRAKAWA
If you scroll through hairstylist
Akki Shirakawa’s Instagram feed
you’ll recognise a lot of celebrity
faces. For this issue, Akki created
an undone textured ’do for
Margot Robbie, whom he worked
with forthe first time on this
shoot. “Ithought Margot was just
so cool! She arrived on set with
great energy,” he says. “We shot at
a fantastic location in Long Island
City with perfect weather, and as
a team we all worked really well
together. Lachlan’s lighting and
Christine Centenera’s styling both
made Margot look amazing.”VOGUE
Contributors
JAMILA RIZVI
For this issue writer, presenter,
commentator and former editor
Jamila Rizvi addresses current
issues of gender on a global scale
as well as in the workplace.
“When you invest in women
and girls, you actually help
lift the living standards for an
entire community. I’m deeply
committed to the work of
feminism and gender equality,
because it benefits humanity
collectively.” Read Rizvi’s
Vog ue debut on page 218.