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BEAUTY

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TA N N I N G I N A F L A S H 8

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– Lottie Tomlinson, get a dark tan fast. “Express [tans] allows you to choose your
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We ask the experts for their best tips.
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Jayne Cooper, St. Tropez tanning 11
and skin finishing expert. 12
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FAC E TA N N I N G
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“One of my biggest motivations was
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non-comedogenic, meaning the ON YOUR BODY, A
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The best news: you can add them to FACE MIST CAN BE
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“They give you total control over how TO MAINTAIN A TAN”
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If we muck-up our tanning (think
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DO THIS:
patching or streaking) there are
MITT UP
ways to curtail the issue. It starts
with a tan remover. “Use it on
an easy application.
areas where you’ve made a
It can be used with all
mistake,” says Cooper. Also
formulations and gives
enlist a removing product as
prep. “It helps detoxify the skin
a flawless application
every time.” – Jayne
for a clean canvas, giving your
tan longevity,” she adds.
Cooper, St. Tropez


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REBECCA JUDD
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IF I FEEL I NEED
MORE COVERAGE,
I’ll apply a hydrating
moisturiser then concealer
under my eyes before blending
it out over my face with my fingers.

FOR MY SKINCARE I put serums on
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50+ on my lips. My mum gave me my
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of 33, and I [was] like, “Mum!”

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MY B EAUTY RULE S so on the odd occasion when I look
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As we head into the
new decade, we’re
resolving to shake it up
– to travel, experiment
with style and to eat
delicious, healthy food
(such as these fresh
dishes from nutritionist
Jessica Sepel).





































































PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEREMY SIMONS. steamed broccoli, chicken breast, brown rice
H E A LT H Y C H I C K E N
T E R IYA K I B OW L
Fill your bowl with rocket and/or spinach,


and avocado. Serve with teriyaki dressing
(turn to page 156 for recipe), sea salt and
freshly ground black pepper.






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As life catapults us in new directions,
the home is providing quiet refuge:
think slow design, subtle technology and
colours and textures to let you take pause

LIFESTYLE














t’s the ultimate contradiction but oh so
telling that the biggest trend heading
into the next decade is a shift away from
the flock. Good design takes time. The
Ienvironmental, ethical and financial
fallout of consuming fast fashion has taught
us this much. When it comes to home – the
average house now costing roughly seven
times the average income – it’s essential that
it is in touch with our values. There’s less of a
desire to adopt the latest and, instead, more
of a need to respond to our relationships
and roles, the changing nature of work,
our impact on the planet and the impact
on us living right here, right now.
Fresh from Milan Design Fair (Salone del
Mobile), Dulux colour and communications
manager Andrea Lucena-Orr and trend
forecaster Bree Leech predict the rise of
recycled materials, nature-inspired palettes
and furniture that blends old and new. It’s
about stepping away from all the background
noise in our lives to have more authentic,
grounded experiences. Their Dulux Colour
Forecast for the new year is gentle and calm.
“Colours for 2020 are more restrained than
in previous years,” says Lucena-Orr. “Brights
are pulled back and influenced by nature.
They appear in smaller doses – think feature
walls and details – and are often used tonally
as a backdrop for hero furniture pieces.”
Their 2020 palettes are ready to
work with, though Lucena-Orr says
never be afraid of going off trend. “Trends
can be a useful road map when choosing
colours, but it’s those little touches of the
unexpected that give your home personality.”







































Bulkhead in Dulux
Pancake Mix; wall in
Dulux Grey Reflection.
OPPOSITE PAGE
Wall in Dulux
Powdered Gum.

H E A LTH Y H O M E

Seeking balance and wellbeing is a hallmark
of our times and it’s steadily reshaping our
habitats. “A healthy home is a reflection of a
healthy mind. The choices we make ... how we D I G ITA L D E T OX
furnish, style and manage our homes directly We love technology; we loathe
influence the quality of time we spend there,” it; we have to live with it daily.
says interior designer Emily Moss of Hassell. “It is impossible to escape
The practice of good health is as personal as technology – it is so integral to
whether you’re into Pilates or kimchi, but core how we function at work and
principles of sustainable design are a good home,” says Moss. “Technology
place to start. Interior designer Angela Harry is not going anywhere but if it’s
lists an abundance of light, bright spaces, a less imposing physically, then
connection to the outdoors, natural materials perhaps it will be less impactful
and healthy forms of heating and cooling to our day-to-day life. In our
as opposed to air-conditioning. commercial projects, we utilise
invisible screens – essentially
screens that are a clear glass-like
sheet when not in use.”
Harry has found her clients
craving quality time together.
And they are willing to ditch
whiz-bang home automation
to accommodate it. “There’s
a transition back to good
old-fashioned values, creating
a healthy, happy home that
reconnects people,” she says.
“Perhaps it’s wanting to offer the
best parts of our childhood back
to our children.” What’s going to
be practical for your household?









“THERE’S A
TRANSITION BACK
TO GOOD OLD
FASHIONED VALUES”

– Angela Harry







TH I S WO R K I N G LI FE

Working from home, freelancing and micro-
jobbing are creating a major cultural shift in
the way we’re defining and designing home.
And the government estimates nearly 1 million
Australians run a business from home, while
the latest ATO figures show 45 per cent of
small-business operators are women. But how do
you preserve your sanctuary while still working
in the best parts of your home? Work nooks are
the way forward, especially as Cloud and
cordless technology untether computers.
“With apartment living on the rise, and space
within the home at a premium, we see a Bedroom wall in
move away from the home office and instead Dulux Subtle Violet.
the inclusion of mini-workspaces within joinery ABOVE Living space
by Angela Harry
[that are] finished and lit well,” says Moss. and Simone Haag.

LIFESTYLE












“LIFE’S TOO K IT C H E N A S
SHORT TO TH E E PI C E N TR E
BE DOING A backdrop to life, today’s kitchen
LAUNDRY. IT HAS has never had to look so good or
TO BE AS work so hard. As we rethink gender
EFFICIENT AS division of labour and as foodie
POSSIBLE” culture sweeps the nation, cooking is
more collaborative than ever. “These
– Mark Elmore
days, more than one cook might be
working simultaneously, or the
kitchen will double as a space for
entertaining guests,” says Elmore. He
suggests distributing the appliances
in zones to suit activities. “Areas for
preparation, washing, storage and
baking fall in cooking zones, [while]
entertaining might have its own area.”



M A K I N G

LI G HT WO R K

We’ve come a long way since
“wash day”, and doing the laundry
is now everyone’s job – whenever
it needs doing. To make it as
routine as putting on the kettle,
the laundry has been rescued from
its back corner and inserted into
the heart of the home – thanks
to quiet, efficient technology.
“Life’s too short to be doing
laundry, so you want washing
and drying clothes to be as efficient
as possible,” says Fisher & Paykel’s
GM of design, Mark Elmore.
Smart machinery will also make it
easier to love your laundry – and
break up with your drycleaner.
Fisher & Paykel’s latest machines
include specialist wash cycles for
handwashing and special-care
PHOTOGRAPHY BY LISA COHEN; MARK ROPER. STYLED BY BREE LEECH. TEXT BY ROSEANNE PEACH.
fabrics such as linen and wool. Kitchen by
What’s more, their next-gen dryers Angela Harry
automatically sense moisture levels. and Simone Haag.








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NOTE
For two or more serves,
use a larger frypan and
add one egg per person.



















NOURISH






































Clinical nutritionist Jessica Sepel is all about healing our relationships with food.

Her new book tunes out the noise of fad diets and mixed messages to promote a good,
honest and balanced approach to eating – because self-love begins in the stomach

LIFESTYLE























NOTE
Cacao butter
buttons can be
M U S H RO O M S found in health
A N D G R E E N S stores and online.
W I T H E G G


S E RV E S 1
1 tbsp coconut oil
150g button mushrooms,
cleaned and halved
1 zucchini, sliced into rounds
good pinch of dried, mixed
herbs
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 cup kale leaves or kalette, torn
1 cup baby spinach leaves,
firmly packed
1 large egg
1 slice of sourdough, toasted


1 Heat oil in a medium
non-stick frypan over a high
heat. Add mushrooms and
zucchini and cook, stirring
occasionally for 3 minutes
or until the vegetables
are starting to soften and
turn golden. 2 Reduce heat
to medium–low and add
dried, mixed herbs, garlic,
kale, spinach and 2
tablespoons of water. Cook
and stir for 1–2 minutes or
until mixture is fragrant
and the greens have wilted. C H O C- C H U N K B L O N D I E S W I T H
Using the back of a spoon, C O C O N U T C O O K I E D O U G H C RU M B LE
make an indent in the centre
of the mixture and crack the M A K E S 16 –2 0 B LO N D I E S 2 Make the cookie dough by
egg into it. 3 Partially cover 100g cacao butter buttons, melted processing dates, cashew butter,
with a lid and cook, untouched, and cooled (see note) tahini and coconut oil in a food
for 3–4 minutes, or until the 200g almond meal processor until the mixture forms a
white of the egg has set and 1 tbsp maca powder ball. Add flaked coconut and pulse
the yolk is still runny. Season 1 tsp baking powder a few times until just combined.
well with salt and pepper. 1 tsp vanilla bean powder 3 Place cacao butter buttons, almond
Take the pan straight to the 1 tsp coconut sugar meal, powders, sugar and eggs in a
table and serve alongside 2 large eggs, whisked large bowl and mix well, then fold
toasted sourdough. 100g raw chocolate, roughly chopped through chocolate. Spread mixture
evenly over the base of the prepared
CO O K I E D O UG H CRUM B LE tin. Drop macadamia-sized pieces
5 dates, pitted and roughly chopped of cookie dough over the surface,
2 tbsps cashew butter lightly pressing them into the batter.
1 tbsp tahini 4 Bake for 30 minutes or until firm
1 tbsp coconut oil around the edges, golden and just
25g flaked coconut set in the centre. Cool completely
in the tin, then cut into squares.
1 Preheat oven to 160°C. Line a 20cm Serve right away or refrigerate in
square cake tin with baking paper. an airtight container for up to 1 week.




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B A K E D Coconut oil cooking spray
P U M PK I N P I E 250g cooled, pureed, steamed
D O U G H N U T S pumpkin (see note)
2 large eggs, whisked
M A K E S 10 ⅓ cup rice malt syrup
2 tbsps cold-pressed extra
virgin olive oil
1 tsp vanilla bean powder
225g almond meal
1 tbsp chia seeds
1 tsp baking powder

S PI C E D SUG A R
120g coconut sugar
2 tsps ground cinnamon
1 tsp mixed spice

1 Preheat oven to 180°C
(160°C fan-forced). Prepare
two 6-hole, ⅓-cup capacity
doughnut trays by spraying 10
holes liberally with the cooking
oil spray. 2 Combine all of the
spiced sugar ingredients in
a large heatproof bowl then
set aside. 3 Whisk the wet
doughnut ingredients together,
add dry ingredients, then
stir until well combined and
smooth. 4 Using a teaspoon,
carefully spoon ¼-cup measures
of batter into the prepared
doughnut holes. 5 Bake for
18–20 minutes, swapping the
trays halfway through cooking.
The doughnuts are cooked
when they are golden and firm
to the touch. Remove trays
from oven and allow to stand
for 5 minutes (don’t leave
doughnuts in the trays any
longer than this or they’ll be
hard to remove). 6 Using a
small, soft spatula, carefully
release each doughnut from
its hole, then turn trays over
to gently tap them out onto a
NOTE wire rack. These doughnuts

Roughly chop the are very soft, so it’s important
flesh of a Kent to allow them to rest in the
pumpkin, then steam doughnut tray for a few minutes
for 10–15 minutes
or until tender. To before removing them, or they’ll
finish, blitz in a food fall apart. 7 Roll each doughnut
processor until in spiced sugar while warm to
smooth.
coat well on all sides, then
eat right away. These are
best eaten on the day. Re-roll PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEREMY SIMONS.
them in spiced sugar if they are
left for a while before serving.








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W E E K N I G H T
W E LL N E S S B OW L S


JA PA N E S E SA L M O N A N D
C AU LI FLOW E R R I C E B OW L

Fill your bowl with 2–3 cups kale,
sautéed in extra virgin olive oil, 1 cup
cauliflower rice sautéed in extra
virgin olive oil and curry spice,
150–200g salmon fillet, marinated
in teriyaki dressing (see recipe
below), ½ cup baked sweet potato,
and sea salt and ground black pepper.
Drizzle over lemon juice and extra
virgin olive oil to serve.


T E R IYA K I D R E S S I N G
¼ cup tamari
2 tsps sesame oil
2 tsps stevia powder
or raw honey
1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
1 tbsp Dijon mustard


1 Place all teriyaki
ingredients in a
small bowl and
whisk until
well combined.






















E GG A N D G R E E N S B OW L
Fill your bowl with 2–3 cups of
baby kale, 1 cup cauliflower rice
sautéed in extra virgin olive oil
and garlic, 1 cup steamed cauliflower,
2 boiled eggs, ½ cup baked pumpkin,
¼ avocado, and sea salt and
ground black pepper.



















Recipes extracted
from The 12 Step
Mind-Body-Food
Reset by Jessica
Sepel (Macmillan
Australia, $34,99).
Out now.

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HOLIDAYS









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amily holidays are all about ratios: time with the
brood, couple time and time apart. Something like
50:30:20 is a good place to start. When the kids are
little, it’s about making memories before they get too SRI PANWA , THAIL AND
F cool for the parentals. As they get older, it’s more Family holiday heaven can be found at this super
about keeping them occupied through long school holidays and luxe hotel between beach and jungle in Phuket.
perhaps connecting on a higher level. Every break also needs Sure, it might take most people two planes to get
at least a few moments where you can forget you’re a parent. there, but the one-two punch of kids’ club plus day
The perfect spot has to be easy to get to (or worth the slog) spa will usher you into holiday mode on arrival.
with multi-generational, multi-room accommodation, and Steal away as a couple at Baba Nest, a
a cool-but-kid-friendly vibe. Adventure, good food and rooftop bar surrounded by an infinity-edge pool
photo opportunities await. And, with a little tag-teaming, seating just 30 people (book ahead – there’s a
so does your summer reading list.
waiting list) or at Japanese fine-dining restaurant
Baba Iki. The Poolclub, Baba Soul Food and
Baba Chino (Chinese), on the other hand,
are multi-generational crowd-pleasers.
On the accommodation front, Habita is
the newest and most design-forward branch
of the resort. It boasts 20 luxury pool suites and
10 penthouses, as well as a deluxe club lounge
and an Olympic-size forest waterfall pool.
Elsewhere, the options range from one-bedroom
villas to five-bedroom residences.
Kids will love the games room and kids’ club

Sri Panwa’s activities, which include batik art classes. Parents
waterfall pool. can even get an in-house certified swim instructor
OPPOSITE PAGE to take the little ones for a splash while they zone
The resort’s pool
at dusk; and out in a day bed. Heaven. Visit sripanwa.com
Baba Poolclub.

























RIGHT Sails at Port
Macquarie is the
perfect place for
families, with its
outdoor heated
pool and spa.
BELOW The hotel
has manicured SAILS, PORT M ACQUARIE
lawns, waterfront This once-sleepy coastal town has had a specialty coffee
views and
a surrounding hit, followed by a food and wine booster. However, the
town with a hip, scenery is as stunning as ever. Think rainforest meets white
holiday vibe. sandy beaches, with farms and wineries all around, drawing
a wave of entrepreneurs to establish their dream projects.
The place to stay in town is Sails, a four-and-a-half-star
waterfront hotel operated by Rydges. In house, there’s
kayaking, tennis and a pool, while The Boathouse Bar &
Restaurant has your family meals covered. Farther afield, you
can take the kids strawberry picking at Ricardoes Tomatoes,
then to Bago Vineyards for cheese platters and wine tasting
for adults, Russian chocolates and a hedge maze. For
wildlife, swing by the Koala Hospital and Billabong Zoo.
GUTTER CREDIT and Salty Crew Kiosk. Then book the babysitter for dinner
For elevated family food, check out Bandwagon cafe
at Whalebone Wharf, so you can enjoy executive chef
Peter Ridland’s fare uninterrupted. Visit rydges.com.au




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PINE TREES LODGE,
LORD HOWE ISL AND

The migration to Lord Howe starts with a list
of summer non-negotiables: good weather; nice
beaches; delicious food; no technology. Prising
my tablet from my three-year-old (bad, I know),
Recently refurbished
rooms and cottages the search for childhood treasure leads us to a little
at Pinetrees Lodge crescent-shaped island off the New South Wales coast.
are screen-free.
ABOVE Lord Howe At Lord Howe Island, there’s no phone reception,
(and the Admiralty a speed limit of 25km per hour, and no-one locks their
Islands) offers doors. There are very few cars, and tourist numbers
visitors a haven
of tranquillity. are capped at 400 (plus 350 smiley locals). At Pinetrees
Lodge there’s also no wi-fi or television. Families
haul up in multi-bedroom cottages, kitted out
in subtropical beach accents, with no choice
but to interact with each other and nature.
About 11km by 3km, the island is big enough
and small enough for families to go free range. There’s
hiking, snorkelling (on the world’s most southerly coral
reef), fishing and surfing to try, and sensational meals to
bring everyone back together. Visit pinetrees.com.au














































Lord Howe Island sits among
the world’s most southerly
coral reef. ABOVE RIGHT
Pinetrees Lodge uses fresh,
local seafood to create
memorable meals for diners.

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FOR TRIBES WITH LITTLE KIDS, IT’S
ALL ABOUT ESCAPING PARENTAL DUTIES
WHILE REMAINING UNDER THE SAME
LOFTY ROOF AS YOUR CHILDREN














































CLOCKWISE FROM TOP
Mandala The Home.
boasts a cutting-edge
design and world-class art;
the infinity pool overlooks
the garden; and the villa has
housekeepers, chefs and
nannies at the ready.


























M ANDAL A THE HOME,
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ZACH SANDERS/@STUCKONAROCKPHOTO.
CANGGU, BALI
Surf mums and the gypset liken Canggu to the ultimate
escape from reality, especially when sprawled out
in the luxury of this five-bedroom villa. Families with
older kids can surf at nearby Berawa Beach before
slinking off to quiet sanctuaries throughout the
property. For tribes with little kids, it’s all about
escaping parental duties while remaining under
the same lofty roof as your children. There are
nannies on hand and pool barriers, and organic baby
food can be arranged. Come nap time, you can
soak up the quiet while enjoying a massage, yoga
or simply relaxing by the pool as in-house bartenders
mix up refreshments. Visit mandala.house




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Off the beaten












TRACK










marie claire editor Nicky Briger and her family board The Ghan, Australia’s

iconic locomotive, to find themselves on a spellbinding railway adventure
like no other, with an elusive teenage tick of approval





















































































The Ghan en route
to Alice Springs.

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eing trapped on a train for The next morning, we lumbered
days with two teenagers and into Alice Springs and embarked on
no wi-fi – I repeat, no wi-fi our first expedition: a three-hour,
– wasn’t my idea of a holiday. four-kilometre walk through Simpsons
BBut once you relax into the Gap. (For a fee, you can instead soak
meditative rhythm of Australia’s most up the sights on a camel or via
iconic locomotive, there’s no better helicopter.) At the Gap, a gorge in
way to disconnect from the world the West MacDonnell Ranges, you’ll
and reconnect with your children. spy goannas, rock wallabies and
The Ghan – the kilometre-long train towering Insta-worthy red cliffs.
that steadily snakes from Adelaide to Day three presented another
Darwin – is a luxe, all-inclusive journey off-board delight: a cruise down
offering up impeccable service (you’re Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge. Here,
allocated your own butler), cosy freshwater crocs lounged on nearby
accommodation, superb food and rocks and, to my daughter’s despair,
thoughtful additions (for coffee snobs swam up to our boat. The prehistoric,
like me that means Nespresso). pristine wilderness of Katherine is
There are dozens of Ghan adventures powerful beyond words. Swimming is
to choose from, but we were invited mostly forbidden, but there are a couple
to experience The Ghan’s “official” of “safe” waterholes to escape the heat.
birthday voyage, which departed Back on board, nights were spent
on August 4, exactly 90 years to chatting to fellow travellers over bottles
the day since the maiden journey. After of Bollie as guitarists beckoned guests
settling into our cabin, we visited the to their feet. Even my teens danced to
pop-up “Bollinger and Brims” carriage, John Denver with a couple of spritely
where French bubbles flowed while octogenarians. See what magic happens
we bought obligatory Akubras. when there’s no wi-fi? As The Ghan’s
As The Ghan rumbled past outer brochure correctly states, it’s about the
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDREW GREGORY. we came to a grinding halt at Pimba monosyllabic son. As we alighted at inside the Platinum Class cabin; Nicky and
Adelaide’s pastoral plains and entered
journey, not the destination. But the real
thumbs up came from my usually
the rusty-red terrain of northern SA,

for a desert concert featuring artists
Darwin he whispered to me, “Mum,
that was actually pretty good.”
from every 80s Aussie rock playlist,
including Goanna and Joe Camilleri,
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Bottles of
Bollinger; the Queen Adelaide restaurant;
Prices range from $1919 (Gold
plus Christine Anu. The two-hour gig
cruising Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge;
was only bettered by the fireworks
Single cabin) to $4079 (Platinum Class
finale, which lit up the outback sky.
cabin pp). Visit journeybeyond.com
her family in requisite Akubras.

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SA F E
T R AV E L S

A cross-body bag
is a holiday essential.
This one from Orles,
The Poppy Basket bag,

$279, is best on tour.
Visit orlesthelabel.com













































G I R L S ’ T R I P
Fashion illustrator Kerrie Hess has teamed up with The Langham, HT
Melbourne, to create a haven of ladylike perfection. Sleeping four G
across two large bedrooms, The Residence by Kerrie Hess is the I
go-to for glam getaways. Packages start at $1800 a night, including L
Veuve Clicquot and chocolates. Visit langhamhotels.com F
N
I
RIDING
THE NEX T WAVE

“Sustainability is something that’s close
to my heart and should be close to Airline: Emirates
everyone’s heart,” said surf champ Route: Milan to Dubai
Stephanie Gilmore when she attended Class: Business
the Audi e-tron first all-electric car reveal Turning left when boarding an Emirates
in San Francisco. It’s big news for the flight is always a high-flying moment. PHOTOGRAPHY BY HYWELL WATERS; COURTESY OF AUDI; COURTESY OF THE LANGHAM, MELBOURNE. TEXT BY ANNA MCCOOE.
planet and it’s one change Gilmore, a Even more so after a jam-packed
global ambassador for the range, will be fashion week. The business-class VIP
making to reduce her carbon footprint. treatment starts at check-in, when we’re
“These are the little steps I need to take.” whisked through queues to get straight
to the lounge where the Bollinger and
CAROLS BY fine chocolates await. In flight, seats
CANDLELIGHT run in a one-two-one configuration, so
Circa Home has the it feels like we’re in a world of our own,
especially when lying flat. The flight
Christmas spirit sorted. attendants are friendly and professional
Mini candle bonbon, $15.95, and always on hand with cocktails
circahome.com.au and fine food. The only downside?
Eight hours just isn’t long enough.
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Demi Moore stripped
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As the highest-paid actress in the world and one half DEMI
of Hollywood’s hottest power couple, she was the ’90s icon
who never failed to intrigue. Now, Demi Moore shares

her deepest secrets. By Michelle Davies






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t was 1977 and 15-year-old
Demi Moore was settling into
her family’s new apartment
in LA when her neighbour,
a young German actress
called Nastassja Kinski,
I  asked for her help practising
lines for an audition. Moore obliged
– and it quickly became apparent that
she’d found her calling. “She got so
excited talking about acting that I just
thought, ‘Well, that’s what she was
going to do,’” said Kinski.
Yet even she couldn’t have
predicted what a success her neighbour
would become. By 34, Moore was the
highest-paid actress in the world,
earning more than US $12 million
for one role and starring in a slew of
box-office hits including Ghost, Indecent
Proposal and A Few Good Men.
But behind the scenes there was
tragedy and turmoil, which Moore CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT
recounts in her newly released and Moore in 1985; filming
much-anticipated memoir, Inside Ghost with Patrick
Out (HarperCollins). Described as Swayze in 1990; Moore’s
naked, pregnant Vanity
“wrenchingly honest”, it details her Fair cover from August
addictions, divorces, and how she 1991 is still iconic today.
suffered impostor syndrome at the
height of her career. “No matter
what successes I had, I just never when she was cast as Michael Caine’s
felt good enough,” she has said. daughter in the rom-com Blame It
on Rio. Although it attracted risible
oore was born reviews, Caine was impressed with her.
Demetria Gene Guynes “She was [a] very skilled actress [and]
on November 11, 1962, I thought she would be a star one day,
in Roswell, New Mexico. and how right I was,” he said.
MHer father was airman Yet she almost never made it. By the
Charles Harmon, who divorced her time Moore was cast in St. Elmo’s Fire
mother, Virginia, after only two a year later, she was taking drugs and
months of marriage, and without I caused, something I felt obligated to drinking heavily. She even turned up
knowing she was pregnant with do because this man expected it from intoxicated for a costume fitting,
Moore. Virginia quickly remarried me – I had let him expect it from me.” forcing director Joel Schumacher
newspaper advertising salesman Dan Shortly after the alleged incident, to issue an ultimatum: sober up or
Guynes, but it wasn’t until Moore was Moore’s mum Virginia had the man be fired. To everyone’s surprise, Moore
13 that she discovered he wasn’t her help them move house. At one point gave up drugs and alcohol on the spot.
biological father, something she later the man turned to Moore and said, St. Elmo’s Fire made household
described as a “tremendous betrayal”. “How does it feel to be whored by names out of its young stars, such as
It was a difficult and unsettled your mother for $500?” Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez and Andrew
childhood: both parents were Asked by Diane Sawyer in a 2019 McCarthy, and they collectively became
alcoholics and they moved to a new TV interview if she believes her mother known as the “Brat Pack”. There was
town every six months. Moore was also “sold” her, Moore answered, “I think, much excitement in the press when
bullied because she had strabismus, a deep in my heart, no. I don’t think it it emerged that Moore and Estevez
condition that meant her eyes didn’t was a straightforward transaction. were dating. It was her second serious
align, and needed two operations to But she still did give him the access. relationship after a failed marriage
correct it. Her mum and stepdad And put me in harm’s way.” to musician Freddy Moore when she
divorced when she was 15. In 1980, Moore’s stepdad Guynes was 17. Estevez proposed and they
Around that time, a man in his committed suicide and her mother’s set a wedding date for December 6,
40s or 50s started showing up at drinking worsened to the point where 1986, but Moore called it off after the
Moore’s school. One day she came Moore felt she had no choice but to invitations were sent out. “Ending it
home to find him in her family’s leave home. After a glamour modelling was not saying, ‘You’re a real asshole,
apartment, where, as she wrote in her stint and acting in bit parts, she landed that’s why I’m leaving.’ It was,
memoir, he raped her. “For decades, I a recurring role in the TV drama ‘Wow, I really love you so much,
didn’t even think of it as rape,” Moore General Hospital in 1982. Two years but it’s not right, is it?’” she said.
recalled. “I thought of it as something later, Moore, then 22, got her big break She wasn’t single for long, though.

LIFE STORIES







FROM FAR LEFT
Demi Moore as
naval intelligence
officer Jordan
O’Neill in 1997
action flick
G.I. Jane;
Tallulah, Bruce
and Rumer Willis
with Ashton
Kutcher and
Moore in 2007.





Early in 1987 she met actor Bruce “YOU’RE EITHER SEXY bringing a third person into our bed,
Willis, then 31, at a film screening in OR YOU’RE A MOTHER. I didn’t say no. I wanted to show him
LA. Willis had a reputation for being I DIDN’T WANT TO how great and fun I could be.”
a womaniser who loved to drink, but HAVE TO CHOOSE, SO But behind her bright facade, Moore
meeting 24-year-old Moore quickly I CHALLENGED THAT” was fading. She suffered a miscarriage
put paid to both pastimes. “Most men, – Demi Moore and began drinking again, ending her
I found, played games, but he was nearly 20-year run of sobriety. Then, six
straight about who he was,” she said. years into the marriage, reports surfaced
In November that same year, the Moore became the highest-paid that Kutcher had slept with another
couple flew to Las Vegas to watch a actress in history when she received woman on their wedding anniversary.
boxing match and ended up marrying US $12.1 million to play a single-mum- In November 2011, Moore, 49,
in their suite at the Golden Nugget turned-stripper in the satirical thriller announced she was leaving Kutcher.
hotel. “The whole trip we joked about Striptease. Sadly, the film bombed and The divorce took its toll: in 2012 the
getting married,” she later recalled. her next major release, 1997’s G.I. Jane, actress collapsed at her home in LA
“Finally, he said, ‘Well, what do you performed just as poorly. and was taken to hospital, after
think?’ I panicked and just said, ‘OK’. A year later, Moore and Willis which it was claimed she had been
But first I went and fixed my hair.” separated, saying their marriage had taking nitrous oxide, otherwise
Their first daughter, Rumer, was suffered from too much time spent known as laughing gas. Her gaunt
born in August 1988, and Moore apart on film sets. The divorce was appearance generated accusations
returned to work a year later to play finalised in 2000, and she reportedly that she was anorexic. She eventually
Patrick Swayze’s grieving girlfriend received a payout of US $86.7 million. sought what her publicist described
in Ghost. Made on a shoestring budget In 2003, the then-40-year-old made a as “professional assistance” at a Utah
of US $22 million, it was released in stunning comeback in Charlie’s treatment centre to alleviate the
July 1990 and eventually became the Angels: Full Throttle. Although she’d stress she’d been under.
highest-grossing film of the year, worked hard on her body for Moore’s career took a back seat
earning more than US $505 million Striptease and G.I. Jane, images of her during this troubled period in
worldwide. Her next couple of films on set looking lean in a bikini sparked her private life, but in 2017 she
failed to be as successful, but Moore plastic surgery rumours. Moore later triumphantly returned to the small
was making ripples in other ways. In described the reports that she’d spent screen to guest star in Empire. Oscar
1991, she caused shock waves when she US $249,000 on a knee lift, breast nominee Taraji P Henson said she
appeared naked on the cover of Vanity augmentation and liposuction as loved working with her, describing the
Fair while seven months pregnant with “irritating” and “not true”. “The actress as “funny and down to earth”.
her second daughter, Scout. Public culmination for me was when there It was a glowing endorsement for Moore
opinion was split on the appropriateness were multiple reports I had my knees after years in the wilderness.
of the image, but Moore didn’t care. done,” she said. “I thought, Since then, she has
“While you’re pregnant, you’re made ‘Wow, should I have been voiced an animated series
to feel not beautiful or sexually viable,” worried about my knees?’” for children called Animals
she said. “You’re either sexy or you’re Firmly back in the and appeared in the
a mother. I didn’t want to have to spotlight, that same year comedy-horror Corporate
choose, so I challenged that.” Moore began dating Animals, which premiered
Moore was also savvy about 25-year-old actor Ashton at Sundance Film Festival
picking film roles that were cultural Kutcher. They shrugged off in January 2019. She will
conversation starters. In Indecent question marks over their next be seen in the TV
Proposal she played a wife who was 15-year age gap to marry in adaptation of Aldous
offered a million dollars to sleep with September 2005. “I could Huxley’s 1932 dystopian
a stranger, sparking debate about the just go back in time and novel, Brave New World.
moral ramifications. Disclosure saw her experience what it was like But Moore is pragmatic
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GETTY IMAGES. Tallulah, was born in 1994, she and been able to experience “FOR DECADES days, saying her outlook
about where her career
portray a boss sexually harassing her
to be young – with him –
much more so than I’d ever
ranks in importance these
older male employee (Michael Douglas).
By the time Moore’s third daughter,
I THOUGHT
when I was actually in my
changed after her health
OF [MY
20s,” Moore wrote of their
“took me down” in 2012.
Willis were living in the town of Hailey
RAPE] AS
“My relationships are more
in Idaho to escape media scrutiny. Yet
relationship, also revealing
SOMETHING
important,” she said. “And
that when Kutcher
their departure from LA in no way
I CAUSED”
“expressed his fantasy of
impacted their careers. In 1996,
what I do comes second.”
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LAST WORD











THE WOMEN WHO MADE ME

MIRANDA




TAPSELL





Australia’s favourite pint-sized

star reveals the women she looks
up to (literally and figuratively)



BAR BA R A TA P S E LL

My mum Barbara is unapologetic. She
has the courage to stand up for herself
without fear of being disliked for not
being “friendly enough”. She’s staunch
because she’s had to be – as a dark-
skinned Aboriginal woman. Mum
knows who she is and what she
believes in. That’s been grounding
for me. It taught me who I was and
where I stood in my community you sit down with her, it feels like she’s
and has made me feel indestructible. lived a thousand lives before this one.
My family has always had trouble She’s a presence. You can’t help
saying, “I love you” or “I’m proud of wanting to hug her and never let her go.
you,” so it’s been really beautiful
watching my mum become more ALEX ANDRIA OCASIO - CORTEZ
vulnerable in recent years. I remember I’m a bit exhausted by the state of
when she came to the Cannes Film the world, but American politician
Festival for The Sapphires premiere in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gives
2012. My mum doesn’t cry unless it’s a me hope. She fights for things like
funeral, but she was beside herself with environmental justice and talks
tears watching the film. It was her way of about immigration and the effects
telling me she’s proud of me. Now she’ll of colonisation. She breaks these
say, “You were wonderful, my daughter.” ideas down to make them accessible
to everyone and opens the halls of
UR SUL A YOVI CH power to those of us outside.

I saw actress Ursula in the stage version Plus, she has nerves of steel. She
of The Sapphires when I was 17, and she stares down men twice her age who
was electric. When she started singing patronise her with comments like, “I
the first few notes of Aretha Franklin’s really admire your energy for someone
“Respect”, my heart burst. I had never who’s got such a lack of experience.”
seen such a powerful presence on She takes it on the chin. To see her back
stage – and she was little and brown herself even when her capability is
like me! It was the first time I’d seen an questioned because she’s a woman of
empowered Aboriginal woman in a play, colour is inspiring. I know what it feels
and it resonated so strongly within me. I like to be made to feel inferior, but
was screaming like a mad Beatles fan. looking at Alexandria reminds me that I
In my third and final year at the am smart enough, talented enough and
National Institute of Dramatic Art, capable enough – I don’t have to be a PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHNNY DIAZ NICOLAIDIS; GETTY IMAGES. EDITED BY ALLEY PASCOE.
Ursula recommended me for a role blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy. CLOCKWISE
in the show Yibiyung at the Belvoir St You’ve gotta love her ferocity. And FROM ABOVE
Theatre in Sydney because she was how she wears hoop earrings and listens Miranda with
her mum
heavily pregnant and couldn’t do it. to [singer] Lizzo. She’s a real person, not Barbara;
That was my big start. Knowing that someone pretending to be real. Hero. actress Ursula
she had recommended me was such Yovich; and
American
a vote of confidence and belief. Watch Miranda Tapsell in the marie claire politician
When it came to casting the role and Hyundai Venue self-made success Alexandria
of my mother in my film Top End video series, Behind Every Great Ocasio-Cortez.
Wedding, Ursula was a natural choice. Woman... Is Herself at hyundai
She’s so compelling to watch, and when behindeverygreatwoman.com.au.




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