Style Magazine

Letitia Vitale prefers to be recognised for what she builds. There is little interest in bravado, square metres or valuations. Instead, she measures a development by how it makes people feel: how they move through it, where they drink their morning coffee and whether they want to stay a little longer. “It’s never been about building apartments,” she says.

There’s a reason “downtime” has become the deciding factor in most people’s skin decisions. We want the glow, the smoothness, the reset, but few of us can (or are willing) to disappear from our responsibilities for two weeks to get it. What if we told you there’s a treatment on the market that can deliver that glow without an excessive recovery time? That treatment is LaseMD, and for Dr. Mitch Robinson, it’s one that has fast become a go-to in his clinic (and for good reason).

Out by the bay, a passionate pair of pastry chefs,Valentin Proux and Lucas Raffin, are taking years of French training and quietly cooking up some of Brisbane’s best pastries, taking pride in the craft’s time-honoured traditions while adding the element of surprise. Needless to say, when Valentin and Lucas fire up the ovens at Manly Boathouse Patisserie each morning, it’s well before dawn, and well before the first coffee run.

What does it take to curate one of the country’s largest citywide festivals? Taking experience as former Head of Contemporary Performance at the Sydney Opera House, Brisbane Festival’s new Artistic Director, Ebony Bott, has built a decades-long career curating based on the question: what will make all audiences want to view?

Tasmania had been on my list for years, and during my birthday week, Mum and I finally made it there. Our first stop was Launceston, where we checked into Stillwater Seven, a boutique hotel set above Stillwater Restaurant in a historic flour mill on the edge of kanamaluka/Tamar River. There are only seven rooms, spread throughout a building with 180 years of history behind it.

Since 2017, Arms Of Eve has been adorning the OOTDs of women and girls everywhere with their staple jewellery pieces, and is now letting Brisbane locals shop their accessories and resortwear in the flesh with two new Queensland boutiques opening in the coming months.

Shapewear has traditionally been worn out of sight, but the category is changing. The latest pieces are designed to create a smooth, supportive foundation while looking polished enough to become part of the outfit itself. Launched on 1 September, the new Nancy Ganz shapewear collection introduces a more fashion-led perspective to the Australian label’s signature fit, function and support.

Last night, Style Editor + Creative Director Kiri Johnston attended the unveiling of A-ESQUE‘s The Bag in Braid at The Second, an immersive Surry Hills apartment layered with contemporary art and collectible design. The presentation took place within HŌLUS-BŌLUS, an apartment exhibition curated by Emma Elizabeth and Cassandra Bird as part of the Sydney Contemporary VIP Offsite Program.

The world of Catholic Guilt has seen Melbourne creative Ella Jackson move to LA and dress celebrities like Julia Fox, Blackpink’s Lisa, and even have one of her garments worn at the 2026 Met Gala, but fashion was never supposed to be the full story. It was a “perfect storm” of life circumstances that saw Jackson, at the time a music engineer and singer-songwriter, conjure up a fashion brand called Catholic Guilt.

Is it just me, or does Father’s Day always roll around when we least expect it? If you, too, have managed to continue the tradition of leaving your Father’s Day gift until the eleventh hour, rest assured, you’re among peers. That’s why we have curated a top-notch, last-minute gift guide for every kind of dad, and best part is, you can pick it all up in the city.