CATEGORIES

WOMEN of the YEAR

marie claire's annual Women of the Year Awards, presented by Swarovski, celebrate the amazing women who have inspired, agitated, championed for change, blazed trails and made our hearts soar. Their tireless work, outrageous talents and passionate convictions have left an indelible mark.

JEWEL PURPOSE

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

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

SHANNEN DOHERTY

The rebellious actor died in July after a nine-year battle with cancer. Zara Wong looks back at the legacy of a woman who always lived on her own terms

IN THE WILDS OF ALASKA

Nature served up a spectacular array of delights, while cruising the majestic waters of the far north.

Back to EARTH

In its earliest days, the farm bred draught horses for export. Now Tasmania's 1840 cottage Leighton House has been restored as a glorious getaway

ODE to LIGHT

Created by master perfumer Francis Kurkdjian in 2011, Elie Saab's Le Parfum has since gained a cult following and become an industry icon. Here, Sally Hunwick uncovers the origins of the stunning chypre floral scent

JEN ATKIN

The Ouai beauty guru is regularly called on by the Kardashians and a host of other A-listers. Here, she talks about hair, her beauty cupboard and how she keeps up her energy levels

A NEW DIRECTION

When she was 16, Jordan Lambropoulos told her surgeon she'd rather die than wake up with a colostomy bag. Today - 10 years, countless operations and 14,000 Instagram followers later - she's proof that a colostomy bag is not the end. In fact, it can be the beginning of a whole new life

LADY LUCK

Rosalía takes her accessories as seriously as she takes her art. The Spanish musician spent three years working on her much-lauded album Motomami, finessing the details and perfecting the finishing touches. And when it comes to her outfits, she's no less specific

Wait... superhero movies are cool now?

Who had Emma Corrin and Juno Temple as supervillians on their 2024 bingo card?

CURTAIN CALLING

Brisbane-born star Vidya Makan steps into the shoes of America's founding mother in the long-awaited return of Hamilton

LEIGH-ANNE

The English singer on colourism, freedom and reuniting Little Mix

"choke me daddy"

Once reserved for a very small subset of the BDSM community, sexual strangulation has become so mainstream among young adults that many now consider it vanilla. Alexandra English reports on the troubling trend

The JENNIFER EFFECT

Human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson and author Kathy Lette know each other's deepest secrets. We ask them to share some here

The TRUE COST of CARING

The Royal Commission revealed a sobering 3 million informal carers powering an undervalued and underpaid silent workforce. Here, award-winning poet and advocate Sarah Holland-Batt, whose father was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease when she was a teenager, shares the reality of Australia's care crisis

RUN for YOUR LIFE

For Grace Tame, running and healing are intertwined, and \"peace rests somewhere on the road between inertia and obsession\". Here, she leads us through the beauty and suffering of her worlds

FAME & FORTUNES

From Tik Tok tarot readings to ChatGPT predictions, the future is trending. Amy Molloy asks, why are psychics so hot right now?

PAIN and PREJUDICE

Women are more likely to suffer chronic pain out less likely to seek medical help. When they do, they are often dismissed. Now, a number of organisations are working to close the gender pain gap.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT...Public Criticism

Best-selling author Roxane Gay shares her tales of public vilification, which come with being a prolific thought-disrupter

LAURA JONES

It was despair, hope and love for the environment that brought together this artist, the writer Tim Winton, and Australia's most prestigious art prize

THE HAPPINESS RESET

We're obsessed with being happy but the struggle is real. To turn our frowns upside down, we have to forget everything we know about happiness

The business of BARBER

Celeste Barber knows how to make Aussie women her business. With a hit television series and her Backup Dancer tour in full swing, the entertainer is accepting a new challenge: launching a beauty brand. Here she talks to her co-founder Claire Greaves about raising boys, ageism and defining success

BEAUT TALK MADELYN CLINERS

The Netflix starlet and Revlon ambassador talks makeup must-haves, a skincare-first approach to beauty and filming season four of her hit TV series Outer Banks

FEELING BLUE

Adorn eyes with the season's trending colour. From delicate accents to bold silhouettes, here's how to best sport the piercing blue look

SPOTLIGHT ON GARDEN OF YOUTH

Can you really address the signs of ageing? Jurlique creates a potent new skincare range derived from plants that sets out to do just that

MAN OF THE MONTH LUCIEN LAVISCOUNT

The British actor chats to Harriet Sim about Emily in Paris, working with his idols and unexpected style icons

ELLY WARREN "SOMEONE'S GETTING AWAY with MURDER"

Nearly eight years after the body of 20-year-old Melburnian Elly Warren was discovered face down near a beach in Mozambique, her devastated family are still fighting for answers and to keep the unsolved murder case open.

THE MOD COUPLE

Colin from Accounts star Harriet Dyer talks about her marriage to Patrick Brammall, impostor syndrome and navigating mum guilt

SPOTLIGHT ON The CHARMED LIFE

The launch of Pandora's latest collection heralds a new era for the jewellery house