InStyle Australia Magazine

From fashion and beauty, to lifestyle and social issues, InStyle Australia is a place to discover the ideas, trends, people and products that are in style now. We write about the individuals who decide what tomorrow will look like and deliver thought-provoking reads, celebrity interviews and inspiring fashion and beauty stories. With a curious mind, a point of view and an appetite for newness, InStyle Australia knows how to have a good time.

InStyle Australia Magazine

EDITOR'S LETTER

That's not cool • There’s something liberating about LIKING WHAT YOU LIKE – no matter what the culture police have to say about it. Here, the UNASHAMED, UNIRONIC loves of some people who otherwise know better.

NEW FAITHFULS • Here, the six SEASONAL ESSENTIALS that try hard, and look great doing it.

Love Notes • A spirit of boundless creativity brought the iconic Cartier Love and Juste un Clou collections to life. Artist Bella McGoldrick found inspiration in their storied history for an enchanting partnership.

DISPATCH FROM THE FASHION CUPBOARD • Need-to-know tidbits from the WORLD OF STYLE.

FREAKS AND GEEKS • Because the UNCOOL kids in high school were actually the COOLEST of them all.

Collector's edition • Whether in the form of a rare cult toy or a LUXURY WATCH, collecting for grownups is back. EMBRACE THE HUNT, feel the high.

Good jeans • Need a NEW pair? Try these on for size.

TIME TO PLAY • Three influencers, three personal takes on style, one effortlessly joyful bag. Fresh off Ralph Lauren’s spring 2025 runway in the Hamptons, where the brand made a case for vibrant colour and laid-back style, the Polo Play channels the spirit of the iconic Polo shirt into a beautifully crafted bag – ready to be worn your way.

NOT YOUR MOTHER'S IT-BAG • The icons and classics will always have their place, but the time is ripe for pieces that signal personal STYLE OVER STATUS, writes Noni Reginato.

STEP TO IT • The new collection from ECCO is functional footwear, reimagined with a playful eye.

The anti-snob guide to culture • A celebration of the mass, the midbrow and the misunderstood.

The cool-to-cringe-to-classic timeline • How other people liking something impacts our taste, illustrated using today’s most easily identifiable cultural marker: the sneaker.

The new romantics • FAERIE SEX. COWBOY FLINGS. LOVE ON THE ICE RINK. ROMANCE NOVELS HAVE BEEN REINVIGORATED AND, MORE THAN JUST A FRIVOLOUS PLEASURE, THE GENRE IS PROPPING UP BOOK MARKETS GLOBALLY. WE JOINED A ROMANCE-ONLY BOOK CLUB TO TALK SENTIMENTALITY, SMUT AND SHADOW DADDIES.

THE ANATOMY OF A PERFECT ROMCOM • There’s a fat line between a good and bad romantic comedy. The best feel warm, genuine and cosy, are preferably under two hours long and were probably made before 2005.

REVENGE OF THE THEATRE KIDS • Breaking into song has never made so much sense.

STAGE WHISPERS • Rah Gardiner, MUSICAL SUPERFAN AND CREATOR OF A HAMILTON AUSTRALIA FACEBOOK GROUP WITH 11,300 DEVOTEES, TAKES US INSIDE THE THEATRE SUBCULTURE.

POP GIRLS FOREVER! • Choose your fighter…

KEEPING UP WITH TIMOTHÉE • Fanfiction is what happens when fans parlay their passions into words. Once a dirty little secret, the genre is flourishing with adoring, well, fans, and even some blockbusters to its name (The Idea of You, Fifty Shades of Grey). Here, a short RPF (real person fanfic) story by Kathryn Madden.

SLIVING • Paris Hilton was the hotel heiress branded famous for DOING NOTHING. But STAYING RELEVANT for two decades and building a glittering pink empire that’s surpassed $6 billion in revenue? THAT’S HOT.

Age of influence • While celebrities have always had pull with the public, famous women of A CERTAIN AGE...