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VIRTUAL WORLD • The cybersphere of Vogue never sleeps. Our digital hub means you can stay up to date and connected around the clock. Breakthroughs in style are made on the street, but new developments in fashion can also bubble up online. Find us on every platform, be it Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or Pinterest, or via a tweet. If it’s set to go viral, you will have read it in Vogue.

ALISON BELL ON CHRISTMAS CHAOS • Alison Bell thought all her Christmases had come at once when a luxury holiday home was booked for a recent festive season. Even though the escape ended up echoing the chaos depicted on her television show The Letdown, she still found the silver linings.

GOOD TIMES ROLL • The end of the year may look different spent at home, but the celebrations shall go on. Dressing up for occasions with our nearest and dearest means party looks get a grounded rework. An ease underpinning festive glamour not only makes sense for now, but also emanates a summer-ready effortlessness. Permission to let loose.

HIGH TIED • Get on the level with sandals that loop around the ankle for flattering effect. Buckles, loops or ties laced around salty skin are elevated, but give the grounded feeling we crave for summer.

Sweet escape • Following his discovery on Instagram, designer Tomo Koizumi is seizing the spotlight to do what has always come naturally: entertain. Now his eye-popping creations land on our shores as part of the National Gallery of Victoria’s Triennial.

CHRISTOPHER JOHN ROGERS • We ask fashion’s preeminent talents to mine their inspirations and curate their world through style. Here, Brooklyn-based designer Christopher John Rogers reflects on the seminal works that have shaped his positive design outlook.

Smoke signals • This transformative year saw fashion engage with hot-button issues to great effect – like New York-based label PH5, which, with Indigenous practitioners of cultural burning in Australia, took on climate change. By Alice Birrell.

VIRTUE SINGLING • With a more sustainable future in our sights, Vogue dedicates space to single out the latest in positive-impact, ethical and environmentally sound fashion, worthy of your investment.

TEA TOTAL • Where there’s tea, there’s hope, so said playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. But he may have added pure delight if he’d seen Louis Vuitton’s exquisite trunk, purpose built for afternoon tea of the highest order.

CURTIS SITTENFELD • Author of the runaway literary imagining of Hilary Clinton’s early political life, Rodham, and a recent collection of tales, American author Curtis Sittenfeld shares her personal favourite assemblies of short stories for summer.

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS • Gathering for end-of-year celebrations requires gifts that capture our renewed appreciation for our loved ones. Peruse Vogue’s pick of presents with panache.

Tempt fête • Hosting at home will be de rigueur this festive season, so brush up on your entertaining nous – from etched glassware to eggnog – to conjure a setting for making memories in.

STAGE SISTERS • Frozen redefined the princess genre for a new generation. We spoke with the theatre stars bringing the Broadway musical to life in Sydney this month.

Stay tuned • How did three young women from a tiny town in New Zealand become news powerbrokers for Gen Z? Alison Veness meets the anonymous trio behind Shit You Should Care About.

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