Marie Claire Australia

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EMERALD CITY • Swarovski serves up this striking green and gold offering as part of its bold yet timeless Millenia collection, featuring oversized octagon- and square-cut crystals.

Marie Claire Australia

EDITOR’S LETTER

TWIST & SHOUT • Shake things up this festive season in looks that span the style spectrum, from girlish glam to masculine drama, before tying it all together with a slice of androgyny

POWER DRESSING • Melbourne Fashion Week made history this year, staging a world-first runway event where the front row took on a whole new meaning

JEWEL PURPOSE • For their Sculpted by Light campaign, Chopard found the perfect match for their dazzling and luminous jewellery

WOMEN of the YEAR

SAM MOSTYN

JENNIFER ROBINSON

SAYA SAKAKIBARA

KIRSHA KAECHELE

SARAH WILLIAMS

PROFESSOR EMMA JOHNSTON

VANESSA TURNBULL-ROBERTS

LIANDRA GAYKAMANGU

EMMA MCKEON

LUCIA OSBORNE-CROWLEY

ASHER KEDDIE

CELESTE BARBER

Our GOLDEN GIRLS • Formidable females were everywhere in 2024, but it’s impossible to ignore the grit and hard-won glory of Australia’s women athletes. By Tracey Holmes

FACING THE ODDS • Australia has the highest gambling losses per person in the world. But poker machines and online betting are not only costing money, they are costing lives too, writes Adrienne Tam

How to DATE as a FEMINIST • Hannah Ferguson thought wanting a boyfriend meant she’d failed as a feminist. Here, she figures out how to have her cake and eat it too

Artistic LICENCE • Every year, the Dior Lady Art Project hands its exquisite luxury bags to a group of artists and encourages them to go wild. The results, writes Gemma Perry, are amazing

SEEING DOUBLE • What does it feel like to find out in later life that you are a twin? Three sets of sisters tell their stories of meeting for the first time – and what happened next. By Isabelle Aron

Sam Futerman and Anaïs Bordier, 36

Debbie Mehlman and Sharon Poset, 72

Emelie Falk and Lin Ahle, 41

THE STOLEN LIVES CHILD MARRIAGES • Cambodia has one of the highest rates of child marriage in South-East Asia, with one in five girls marrying before they’re legally adults. Writer Benjamin Law travelled to the region to witness first-hand the international push to improve the lives of a new generation of girls

MARRIAGE INEQUALITY

‘I’m a pimp, I’m a mother’ • Antonia Murphy wasn’t a regular madam, she was a cool madam, running an ethical escort agency in a New Zealand town while navigating being a mother to six kids and untangling her open marriage. By Alexandra English

Lukita Maxwell • How the 23-year-old actor’s home town is still the hero of her story

The Internet Is Not Your Diary • Confessional culture is bigger than ever, but some are realising there’s strength – and solace – in stealth

MAGICAL THINKING • American singer Nessa Barrett shares her rules on taking back her power in her hot new album, Aftercare

Thelma THE GREAT • The musician discusses fans, fame and the magic of youth

SOUNDSCAPE • The season of sun, sequins and live music is upon us. Here are the festivals to add to your summer calendar

BOOK CLUB • The best-selling Australian author of Cloudstreet, Blueback and Breath (and 27 others) shares what’s on his bedside table.

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