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PEOPLE & PROPERTY OF MELBOURNE

DECEMBER 7-13, 2022

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MAKING McQUEEN BEHIND THE NGV’S NEW EXHIBITION

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There’s nothing like a big, flashy soiree to kick off the holiday season.

And the NGV knows just how to throw one. To celebrate the opening of the gallery’s new exhibition – Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse – the well-to-do, including our cover star Victoria Lee, are coming to Melbourne. In our last cover story of the year, Jane Rocca talks to Lee and the team behind the McQueen exhibition about the late fashion designer’s creative genius. It has been a pleasure to bring you the best of Melbourne this year – I wish you all a wonderful Christmas, and we’ll catch you in 2023! ●

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t’s that time of year when – after the festive rush – life slows down enough that you can catch up on your to-be-read pile.

The most gripping stories this year happen to be those too tall to be anything but true. No matter who you love, chances are your fave has a memoir out this year.

Bottom of the pile (for reasons of weight alone) is Bono’s remarkable Surrender, in which the U2 singer uses 40 of his songs to tease apart his incredible life and career, from the death of his mother when he was 18 to the frontman himself (nearly) dying on a hospital table.

Along the way he meets popes, presidents and pop stars and, thanks to his bracing, open-hearted style, we get to stand in the room beside him.

Prefer your stars on the big screen? Paul Newman’s posthumous The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man is frank to the point of agony, as the actor pulls himself apart with unforgiving (but famously blue) eyes.

The Alan Rickman Diaries (also posthumous) are unguarded scribbles, packed with celebrity cameos and deliciously wicked in their gossipy asides.

Richard E. Grant’s A Pocketful of Happiness is just as unfiltered and stuffed with celebs, but

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behind the gossip is the moving story of the actor’s last months with his wife, which reads as a work-inprogress on dealing with an unimaginable loss.

Budding tennis stars will find Ash Barty’s My Dream Time an inspiring read, as the Wimbledon champ discusses the bumpy road from picking up a racquet aged five to quitting at her peak.

There’s also inspiration in Grace Tame’s The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner, which tackles her grooming and sexual abuse as a 15-year-old, but ultimately seeks to give hope to survivors.

Edited by Julia Gillard, Not Now, Not Ever has a similar focus on a road map forwards, with a host of notables discussing how the former prime minister’s famous misogyny speech continues to energise women across the globe.

If you want a different sort of road map, try Raynor Winn’s Landlines – in which the author of The Salt Path and her terminally ill husband set out on a new journey to walk one of the wildest paths in

Britain. It’s far more heartwarming than it might sound, with Winn lyrically evoking the liberating force of reconnecting with nature.

If you need a break from reality, Perth author (and emergency physician) Michelle Johnston’s new novel, Tiny Uncertain Miracles, is a wonderful, compelling tale of faith, loss and alchemy – and finding hope in the least likely of places.

Ian McEwan’s sprawling Lessons doesn’t exactly sidestep world events but rather shows us their impact on ordinary folk, following the life of one man across eight decades of turmoil and reminding us that it’s the small things that matter most.

Finally, it wouldn’t be summer without a gruesome death or three. Jane Harper’s Exiles is another great and twisty rural murder mystery, the third in the former journo’s bestselling series that began with The Dry. Murder is closer to home in Sally Hepworth’s page-turner The Soulmate, as a Portsea couple become duelling narrators in the wake of a death by their clifftop house.

But when it comes to a good mystery, there’s no going past Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club series. The latest volume, The Bullet That Missed, is complex, comic, rich and fun. ●

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COVER STORY The genius of

McQueen comes to the NGV.

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Fashion forward

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rom Savile Row tailor to international runway trailblazer, fashion designer Alexander McQueen pushed creative boundaries, taking inspiration from history, film, nature and his Scottish heritage.

This weekend, a major fashion exhibition, McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse, opens at NGV International to celebrate his fashion domination – from the early ’90s until his death in 2010.

More than 60 garments and accessories travel from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), while a further 50 pieces are taken from the NGV archive – many donated in the past six years by Australian fashion lover and philanthropist Krystyna Campbell-Pretty.

To mark the grand occasion, the NGV Gala (Melbourne’s answer to the MET Gala), in conjunction with David Jones, returns in all its stylish glory after a two-year pandemic hiatus, with McQueen creations likely to feature prominently on the red carpet.

Australian model Victoria Lee returns to Melbourne for the event, wearing Alexander McQueen, of course.

“I love the fantasy he created through his collections; that’s what really got me,” Lee says. “You never knew what to expect from McQueen – he took inspiration from culture, history and his Savile Row background. He was an iconic and talented artist and it was reflected in every piece.”

NGV curator Katie Somerville remembers the gallery’s first acquisition from the designer 25 years ago.

“We would purchase directly from the McQueen studio back in the day,” Somerville says.

“It is exciting for us as an institution to know we were one of the first to see this was an important move to make.”

The NGV has acquired many McQueen couture garments over the

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decades – the first taken from The Hunger and Highland Rape collections.

Somerville has worked closely with LACMA to plot McQueen’s sartorial runway collections in chronological order for the new exhibit, hoping to showcase his talent to a new audience.

“There is a whole generation that didn’t live through this era of McQueen,” she says.

“We hope people will glean just how creative he was as a human and how remarkable it is to bear witness into what fed his creativity and what inspired that mind and those hands.

“The materials he used, the way he tailored was signature McQueen handwriting. He created the bumsters early on in his career, and spoke about how tailoring came from a place of slow fashion.

He left school young and went straight into an apprenticeship. He had a vision and an ability we don’t see often.”

His Scottish ancestry and the history of Scotland is honoured in a 2006 collection titled The Widows of Culloden. He paid tribute to women widowed in the 1746 battle that saw British government forces kill more than 1000 Scotsmen in less than an hour.

We see tartan and highland dresses that evoke more than is immediately obvious – Sarah Jessica Parker wore one of these dresses to the opening of Anglomania at the MET at the time.

“We have 10 works from this collection and they tell a deep and rich story,” Somerville says. “This was the second time McQueen focused on his Scottish heritage – his first was 1995’s autumnwinter Highland Rape.”

LA-based costume designer Michael Schmidt (who has made pieces for Cher, Madonna and Beyonce) was commissioned to create headpieces for the exhibition, paying homage to McQueen.

“I am very cognisant of the fact it is not a Michael Schmidt show, that these pieces exist to exalt McQueen’s work,” says Schmidt, who also incorporates 3D printing, a technique McQueen introduced with his Alien shoe.

“I took my inspiration from him and approached my work in a humorous or unusual way. They are time-intensive headpieces, individual sculptural works of art. I had always been aware of McQueen’s work, and was a huge fan because he took a similar approach to how I work.

“His work was about the craftsmanship in couture. He subverted those techniques – an approach that not many designers do. In doing so, he created his own language and I responded to that as an artist.”

Headpieces by Paris-based Australian sculptor Sarah Hermarnee are also displayed in the NGV exhibition. She first collaborated with McQueen in 1997 for the It’s a Jungle Out There collection.

British fashion photographer Robert Fairer unearths an epic back catalogue of behind-thescenes runway and backstage shots for the exhibition. He attended 31 of the 36 McQueen shows, at a time when photographers weren’t usually allowed backstage. He was also in the thick of the ’90s rebellion that came with McQueen joining the luxury fashion list.

“Backstage wasn’t a genre it has become now,” Fairer says. “I was mostly just shooting runways back then. It was London – a time when creatives found cheap venues and were able to do whatever they needed to do in it.

“The spaces McQueen found were rough, practical, dirty. He used a recycling plant for his shows because he knew he could do whatever he wanted in there.

“McQueen happened to be one of 80 designers I would cover in a season from New York to London and Paris. But he was the most thrilling, intimidating, unexpected and hard work,” Fairer adds.

Somerville says Mind, Mythos, Muse is less biographical and more a celebration of McQueen’s collections and what inspired him each season.

“We want to show what an incredible storyteller he was,” she says. “His garments had incredible impact and innovation in the runway space, and really shows just how creative he was.” ●

“I love the fantasy he created through his collections; that’s what really got me. You never knew what to expect ...”

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CRICKET Aaron Finch says this summer is all about BBL … and his bub.

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etiring from one-day international cricket a few months ago might have put an end to Aaron Finch’s hopes of playing at the World Cup in India at the end of 2023, but the Melbourne Renegades batter returns to the pitch for the Big Bash League this summer.

Finch has been with the club since its inception in 2011. He was captain for nine consecutive BBL matches and only has 13 games to play before he makes 100 with the club.

“It’s nice to [have been] at Melbourne Renegades since they started,” Finch says. “It’s something I am definitely proud of.

“I don’t really look at milestone records but to be with a team as long as that is a big deal. We have had some good highs and difficult, challenging years, too, but to play under the roof at Marvel Stadium week in and week out over the summer is really special to me.”

Growing up on a 1.2-hectare property in Colac with two older brothers meant Finch spent a lot of time outdoors playing sport.

But it was time spent with his grandfather Bob that inspired him to play cricket.

“My love of cricket was through my grandfather and I have great memories of playing cricket with him in the backyard,” Finch says.

Finch with wife Amy Griffiths and baby Esther.

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“We had plenty of space on the property to roll up a pitch, and the hay shed was an automatic wicketkeeper. Growing up with two brothers meant I was always competitive against them when we played, too.”

Finch says getting his first Victorian rookie contract at the age of 18 changed his life, but also came with plenty of mental challenges.

“You go from being one of the better players in the competition to playing professional cricket and finding yourself starting all over again,” he reflects.

“You have a lot of self-doubt as a young cricketer, and do wonder if you’re good enough to play.

“It took a couple of years until I got an opportunity, but I look back and am grateful I got to do this as a career.”

The 36-year-old admits that his early retirement from international cricket was spurred by ongoing injuries – which, in turn, made training more difficult.

“You can’t train at the same intensity as you did when you didn’t have a few niggles,” Finch says.

But the career change means a move back to his regional home with more time to spend with his wife, Amy, and their 14-month-old daughter.

“But it’s allowed me to get some perspective on what life is for me now,” he says.

“My wife has been so supportive of my career over the past nine years and she has sacrificed a lot for me to live my dream. It’s now my chance to pay some of that back.

“What people don’t realise is the world is a lot less glamorous when you travel for international cricket – it’s hotel rooms, airports and buses day after day and being on the road for a few months.

“It was time to focus on T20 and be a present dad while I can.” ●

RONE

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e’re taking a break over January, but Melbourne events certainly are not. We’ve rounded up some of the best things to see and do as the new year kicks off. ●

TIME • RONE It’s not every day you get access to the Flinders Street Station’s third floor, but the doors are open thanks to one of Melbourne’s most celebrated artists, Rone.

He transforms this iconic building into something nostalgic with a midcentury ode to the city, from Flinders Lane’s rag trade to the ’60s wave of clerical halls, with migrant stories woven throughout.

“My grandmother worked in Flinders Lane, so one of the rooms here is a tribute to those who worked there in the rag trade,” Rone says.

The installation features Rone’s large-scale murals, which seem to watch over you as you enter each room, each ignited by a symphonic soundtrack created

by Nick Batterham.

Project collaborator and interior stylist Carly Spooner decks the halls

event with plenty of French favourites selling food, from restaurant L’Gitan and Frederic Bistro to Milk The Cow hampers. ● sofrenchysochic.com

with splendid vintage finds, while carefully placed nods to Rone’s previous work such as Empire are woven in.

“For me, this project is a response to the architecture of Melbourne – there’s an element of fiction in there too, but it’s all about recreating Melbourne and what it might have been like,” Rone says. ● rone.art

So Frenchy So Chic The summer festival So Frenchy So Chic has long celebrated the best of French and Australian culture, and on January 15 the festival returns to Werribee Park with a fully French music line-up. The acts include Suzane – who won the French equivalent of a Grammy Award in 2020 – and Kalika, whose voice has been described as an iron fist in a velvet glove. It’s a family-friendly

Sunset Cinema Mount Martha is once again set to host Sunset Cinema,where you can catch feel-good classics such as Elf Elf, Love Actually, Home Alone and Dirty Dancing – and the soon-to-bereleased Boxing Day flick I Wanna Dance With Somebody. It runs from December 21 to January 20. ● sunsetcinema.com.au

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Lunar New Year Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with the annual street parades and dragon dances that weave from Chinatown through to Queensbridge Square in Melbourne’s CBD. Held over the weekend of January 21 and 22, it’s where food stalls, fireworks and music give us plenty of reasons to be cheerful. ● whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au

Australian Open The Australian Open 2023 will be at Rod Laver Arena from January 16 to 29, bringing the world’s top tennis stars to the courts. Offcourt, prepare to be dazzled by the country’s culinary best from Supernormal, Nomad and Stokehouse. Shane Delia’s Maha, Rockpool Bar & Grill and Penfolds Restaurant are back for stylish dining soirees. More than 90,000 fans are set to come through the gates, so don’t leave booking to the last minute. ● ausopen.com

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WINE

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atherine Brown is leading the charge as a fourth-generation winemaker at Brown Brothers, and bringing back an ’80s red in the name of nostalgia.

The award-winning winemaker runs the family business with her two sisters Emma and Caroline.

They are part of a new Foxtel documentary series, Next in Wine: Survival and Succession, which follows the siblings as they navigate a harvest season and bring back their famous drop – the Tarrango varietal.

It was Katherine’s great-grandfather who planted the first vines in Victoria’s high-altitude King Valley in 1885, and now she’s doing all she can to steer our palates to a past product that was ahead of its time.

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Tarrango is a hybrid grape, planted in 1965 in partnership with the CSIRO and Brown Brothers.

It’s a cross between white sultana grapes and the red Portuguese variety Touriga Nacional. The grape was mostly used to make rosé at Brown Brothers.

“I have been banging the drum for Tarrango forever with my family, and in my mind, it should never have died,” Katherine says.

“Tarrango was before its time, but it’s a natural progression after years of trends that covered chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and summers of rosé.

“It’s a lovely red that’s dry and served chilled. You can pair it with cuisines that stand up to spice and it makes the perfect accompaniment to the sharefood culture that’s booming.”

Making a documentary about what happens behind the scenes at Brown Brothers initially felt like a boring idea to Katherine.

“I quickly realised when the cameras started following me through harvest to see what I do, that none of it is staged, it’s a very candid depiction of what goes on, and I quickly loved sharing this side to my life and job,” she says.

“None of it is staged, it’s a very candid depiction of what goes on, and I quickly loved sharing this side to my life and job.”

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read over their notes and instantly fell in love with the idea of what I could do next.”

The documentary shows Katherine in her element. Her determination to get it right is reflected in her accolades – including winning a trophy for the 2017 Brown Brothers 1889 dry rosé in only her second vintage with the winemaking team.

“The documentary can’t hide the facts,” she says.

“You see me checking ferments and making sure that the grapes were of quality and there is no way you can re-stage that … once it’s picked, it’s done …

“This is the real deal and gives a lovely portrait into how a winemaker’s world works.” ●

“Seeing myself on camera really shows my passion for the job; my face says it all.”

Katherine found her passion for winemaking while on a trip to France in 2009 and again in 2013.

In 2015, she joined the family business full-time and says that, while the name Brown Brothers is a nod to its founding fathers, it’s women who get the job done at the winery.

“Across our winemaking and throughout the business, it’s very gender balanced,” she says.

“We have women on the board and in winemaking. Dad and his three brothers were successful in their generation because each one took a different direction to work in and it’s similar to me and my sisters. But it was my uncle John and Dad who were my mentors. I would pick their brains and

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ear the Yarra and the city, Kew’s elite Studley Park precinct offers privilege and tranquillity matched by proximity and connection.

Fellowship Kew, a three-level development of 20 residences, is designed for Studley Park’s leafy, heritage environs and is ideally located between river parkland and Kew’s high-end amenities.

Developer Zynergy Property briefed CHT Architects to create a place of opulence and timeless quality, and the building’s design was inspired by the idea of light filtered by tree canopies. “We wanted to capture that emotion ... within the building,” says architect Mark Spraggon.

Under construction by VCON, Fellowship Kew offers a choice of large two and three-bedroom layouts. Some include a spacious study.

The surrounding landscape is reflected in the interior finishes, which include natural stone and timber, glass bricks and bespoke lighting.

Jack Merlo has devised lush landscaping, with generous garden areas for ground-level apartments, two of which feature full-sized pools. ● LIZ McLACHLAN

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FEATURE HOUSE TOORAK \ 24 CLENDON ROAD 4

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Right in the heart of Toorak sits this fully renovated single-level house. It lies in an elite tree-lined street that has a quiet, inner-city allure and is a short distance from Hawksburn Village and Beatty Avenue boutiques and cafes.

Next to the undercover carport sits a manicured front garden decorated with a pond and backed by colourful leadlight windows that offer a charming welcome.

Inside, the period details in the lofty ceilings and European oak floorboards blend seamlessly with the contemporary stone and timber finishes. The wide entrance hall leads to a cosy study with built-in bookshelves that border an open fireplace, creating a perfect space for quiet reading or working from home.

Continue walking to reach the luxurious main bedroom that has a front garden view, walk-in wardrobe and stonefinished en suite.

The main living zone is perfect for both large groups and intimate entertaining. A formal living room attaches to a formal dining room, with double doors opening to the informal living and dining area.

The light-filled kitchen sits slightly to the side and is equipped with stone bench tops, Miele appliances and ample built-in storage. Its large window looks out onto the paved al fresco entertaining area, which backs onto an expansive heated pool with a water feature and space behind for storage.

The house stretches on, leading past a fully tiled central bathroom to a bay window (overlooking the pool) and three large bedrooms, all with built-in robes. The last bedroom

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driveway accesses a backyard garage that’s currently fitted as a tinkerer’s haven.

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itself has plenty of outdoor spaces too.

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greenery, with easy access to Highfield,

are perfect for soaking up the sun and

level flow, with three bedrooms and two

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extinction through no fault of her own but

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BRIGHTON 2/52 Black Street THE PINNACLE OF LUXURY IN BRIGHTON – ONLY ONE AVAILABLE Offering peace and beauty in the heart of Brighton, FiftyTwo Black is a collaboration of worldrenowned designers including Nicholas Day and Jack Merlo, with New York's Gregory Tuck and Meg Sharpe. With graciously house-like proportions, this unique collaboration has been designed with a private and elevated lifestyle in mind. RH branded furnished residences, the first in Australia. Only one available, enquire now to move in within 4 weeks.

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ALOR - Superb contemporary living in boutique block

These impeccably presented, beautifully crafted apartments, convey a sense of luxury that truly sets them apart. Finished to exacting standards & showcasing high end appointments throughout, these stylish contemporary residences tick all the boxes for a convenient low maintenance lifestyle & present an ideal opportunity for young professionals or downsizers wanting to enjoy a luxurious lifestyle without having to compromise.

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PRICE $2,500,000 - $2,750,000 AUCTION Saturday 10th December 12pm Built in 2002, this architecturally designed single level home provides easy living.

Charmingly placed behind neat picket fencing and manicured gardens, with an eye-catching stone feature wall, this lovely residence boasts beautiful sun-splashed interiors with plenty of room for comfortable indoor and outdoor living.

Inside, soaring high ceilings add a sense of more space to the wonderfully open plan living and dining domain that look out over an expansive decked alfresco. A large study area comprising built in cabinetry set separately making it ideal for those working from home.

A premium stone kitchen with walk-in pantry and adjoining meals caters to casual dining and culinary endeavors. Accommodation consists of three excellent-size bedrooms. The master suite is something to behold, with a large walk-through robe leading through to a dual vanity en-suite with deep-set bath.

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Martin House - Palatial residence in Botanic Gardens precinct 216 Domain Road, South Yarra Boldly renovated by award-winning Powell and Glenn architects, 'Martin House' originally designed by Toorak’s society architect, Marcus Martin, has six luxurious living spaces, five bedrooms with ensuites, study, state-of-the art kitchen, cinema and gym and Jack Merlo-designed gardens with swimming pool.

With a grand entrance lobby, bespoke cabinetry, Carrara marble and French oak finishes, the latest high tech security and technology, this palatial residence in the exclusive Botanic Gardens precinct is a short walk to shops, cafes, Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Girls’ and Boys’ Grammar and trams.

Expressions of Interest Closing Friday 9th December 2022 5pm View

By Private appointment Only - Thursdays and Saturdays Contact Sean Cussell 0425 787 979

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Edwardian Grace and exceptional poolside entertaining Expressions of Interest: Closing Monday 12th December at 2pm Inspect: As advertised or by appointment

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Fabulous spaces with a northern backdrop Kellie O'Neill Iain Carmichael Charles Boyd

Auction: Thursday 15th December at 5:30pm Inspect: As advertised or by appointment

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