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“Is she a writer too, ma?” “No, honey. She’s a lady who has lived life instead of writing about it.” – Sonia Sanchez The big moments are often the hardest to write about. It is one minute to midnight, the night before we send this to print, and I’ve managed barely a sentence. This however, being our 100th issue, is supposed to conjure much to say. A celebration of our independence and self-determination over all this time, the pages are packed with the kind of forward energy that speaks to limitless human potential. In many ways though, this issue looks back at all the others and as much as we tried to be future focused, it was impossible not to delve into the archive while creating it. The past has a noble way of informing…

Anna Harrison Contributing Editor, Use Your Words What are you currently aspiring to? I truly believe that the highest purpose of linguistic expression and the sharing of stories is the potential for cultivating deeper human connection – building bridges with sentences. So as someone in the business of words, that’s what I aspire to do. If you had endless opportunity, what would you create? Aside from a constant stream of elaborate dinner parties, I’d focus on creating more poetry/art and having in-depth conversations with interesting people. Honestly that’s what I’d spend my life doing if the bills were miraculously paid for me. Do you see boundaries as an inevitable form of creation? I wouldn’t say I see boundaries as a form of creation, but for me at least, they’re probably necessary for creation to…

I am my best self when … Chaos surrounds me. Home feels like … The sun to a lizard on a rock. I start my day by … Making the bed, and then making the coffees. My star sign is … Cancer. It suits me because … Whenever someone finds out I’m a Cancer they look at me and say, “oh wow, yeah, you totally are.” I look after myself by … Getting out in nature, eating well and going to therapy. First impressions are … Not always correct, but they shouldn’t be discounted either. I’m inspired by … Most people. Everyone is just trucking along. It’s impressive. The music that fortifies me is … The entire Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg. My fondest childhood memory is … Chewing…

Rei Kawakubo never intended to start a revolution. Rather, when she entered the industry as a self-taught designer, her intention was to show what she viewed as strong and beautiful. “I work in three shades of black,” she famously said. Along with; “For something to be beautiful it doesn’t have to pretty.” What Kawakubo had to offer was distinctly different from the norm, a vision unmatched elsewhere at the time steeped in asymmetry and experimentation that has seen her the undisputed boss of high concept for over half a decade. When one is in Paris, of all the sites to take in, the most revered of all is witnessing the tiny, black vision of Kawakubo passing though Place Vendome on the way to her beloved Comme des Garçons flagship, which in…

Jourdan, Charlee, Cara, Miranda, Karlie. The ones that caught our eye from the beginning. Their faces now live in our homes, on our shelves and in the palm of our hands. Having graced our pages and grabbed our attention, their shoots are a moment in time, captured by some and remembered by many. And oh, how much they’ve grown – how much we’ve all grown. Coney Island moments with Cara, the Australian outback with Gemma, an East London carpark with Lara Stone. Generations and sometimes decades between us, these memories have become time capsules of the moments we created together.…

Emma Boyd @Priscillas, Anna Siddiqui @Chic Management, Emily Hughes @Kult Australia, Dakota Moore-Lizotte @Priscillas, Valentina Ruby @Chic Management, Basjia Almaan @Bella Management, Rob Tennent @Priscillas, Anja Brown @Priscillas. Myka @Priscillas, Lisa Fatnowna @IMG, Riahn Griffiths @Priscillas, Tissa @Kult Australia, Hanan Ibrahim @IMG, Holly Brown @Chic Management, Elliot Cowen @Priscillas, Tatyana @The Scouted, Bambi @IMG, Claire Stratton @IMG, Seshni @Kult Australia, Mimi @Chic Management, Franny Richardson @Priscillas. Ace Diniz @Kult Australia, Charisse @Chic Management, Madison Weik @Merci Management, Sara Koegel @Kult Australia, Jess PW @Vivien’s, Lucy Markovic @Kult Australia, Destiny Joseph @Priscillas, Genevieve Welsh @Chic Management, Tom Hearn @Priscillas, Aleyna Fitzgerald @Priscillas. Daia @Stone Street Agency, Archer Rose @Kult Australia, Grace Cameron @Priscillas, Evie Ashby @The Scouted, Nitesh Pillai @IMG, Odell Mun@Priscillas, Lochie Mitchell@Priscillas, AneFa’aui@IMG, Mia Kidis@Stone Street Agency, Tilly Main@Priscillas.…