LIKE A BOSS

Global influencer Nicole Warne talks about balancing work and motherhood in a New York chapter for Garypeppergirl.

- Stacey Rodrigues

Three years, a baby, and a pandemic have gone past since we last caught up with fashion darling Nicole Warne. And the global influencer’s life (and social media feeds) couldn’t look more different these days, now that she’s officially moved to the Big her photographer/artist husband, Luke Shadbolt, and their daughter, Sakura Peach.

When we last spoke to Warne, she had just gotten married and was trying to establish roots in New York City. However, like everyone else, she too had her life plans derailed by Covid-19 and spent most of the last few years at home in Australia playing Happy Families. “It’s been quite strange because, like many people, our life was just put on hold,” she recalls. “I went back to Australia to give birth, and obviously, we did not anticipate the pandemic, so we were stuck there for two-and-a-half years. We recently moved back to New York, and it feels like nothing has changed—yet everything has changed,” she reflects.

Living in New York is a dream come true for the 32-year-old Australian. “Moving here fulfilled a part of my soul that I didn’t realise I wanted to explore. New York just made sense because of the extensive industry opportunities, and it feels like the centre point to me. I’m so much closer to Europe now, and it has opened me up to travelling around and experiencing new things professionally, and as a woman,” says Warne.