RESORT CITY is all about finding the median between holiday and resort-wear whilst living and working in a city that is by the beach. Such a city provides new meaning to workwear and everyday style.
This editorial is all about the Resort City style, featuring Australian luxury label Commas, and accessories from Italian label Tod’s.
Violet Grace Atkinson and I joined forces with our favourite skincare brand Liberty Belle Rx to create the La Vie Est Belle campaign.
Our Liberty Belle Rx campaign is dedicated to illuminating the individuality of each product in the Liberty Belle Rx line. From bobld flowers in blooming gardens to the endless blue in the sky above, these images symbolise the luxury and opulence of Liberty Belle Rx.
Violet and I wanted to create a cohesive story of the range through colour, form, and shape; artfully depicting the personality of each product without being literal.
Welcome to our modern renaissance.
One of my favourite projects of the year. Where The Wild Flowers Are is an editorial featuring Kim Jones’ Dior Men’s Resort 2021 collection. Photographed by Joel Tozer, shot in the Snowy Mountains, and directed by yours truly.
And Jordan, the king of all wild flowers, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all. There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen. “And now,” cried Jordan, “let the wild rumpus start!”
INTRODUCING PRADA RE-NYLON: the fashion house’s cutting-edge move to total sustainability in their iconic fabric.
I am proud to stand alongside Prada as they put the concept of Timeless to the test. #PradaReNylon; created through a recycling and purification process of plastic waste collected from oceans, fishing nets, and other textile waste — something that can truly last forever.
Shop sustainably in Prada Sydney, as of right now.
It’s a Bally story. Set inside spacious green fields that glow under a golden sun. Viscerally highlighting Bally AW20’s warm colours that decadently, yet also delicately, partner with rich textures.
A Bally Story is constantly moving – never staying put for too long. It finds and creates moments inside a journey, and it also lets them go. It sounds sharp and cold, yet it feels dense and generous, much like what lies inside the Bally AW20 collection.
Featuring Violet Grace Atkinson, Jordan Turner, and Charles Alexander.
When I say the word Black, I do so with full intention.
I let it bloom on my tongue.
I project its sound into the world, fueling it with all my knowledge of its history. Its struggle, texture, and heart. Most of all, with its power.
The word is not uncomfortable. What is uncomfortable is that making its sound shows where you stand.
And where do you stand?
Do you continue to feel uncomfortable in hopes that this too shall pass?
Or do you instead choose to use that discomfort as a drive to educate yourself – to change your discomfort to confidence?
To equip its sound with your learning. To link it with the injustice of its history. To propel its movement forward for its change.
We loaded our knowledge, learnings, and love into the barrels of our voices last week. We entwined the names, faces, injustices, history, and struggle into the words in our mouths. We aimed for the sky, and simultaneously shot “BLACK LIVES MATTER,” into the air.
We chose where we stand. And the world heard us.
Dior Summer 2020 is an ode to the history of the Maison, all the while being an interplay between past, present and future.
The value of the past, looking ahead from the present.
How Soon Is Now – not to be confused with The Smiths but also not to be exclusive from – follows the idea of this season’s collection reinterpreting Dior’s modern history, a new heritage.
Set against the exposed coastal rock of Sydney’s east, the location ties in the sculptural and architectural influences that were integral to Daniel Arsham’s collaboration.
Finding the shapes in the natural rock that paid homage to the incidental beauty of natural history, and the details in Dior’s Summer 2020.
“This collection explores anticipation and the elasticity of time, simultaneously looking back and forward,” described by representatives of Dior.
“History is not immutable: it is dynamic, changing and alive. This collection is a tribute to Dior, the one that’s familiar and the one still taking form.”
There is a wellness experience nestled in Hong Kong that feels like you’re in a dream. It’s called Asaya, and it’s inside my favourite hotel in the world – Rosewood Hong Kong.
As I write this, I still picture myself there. I can hear the delicate chime that signifies the beginning of treatments. It is a nice sound, one that wraps you in serenity.
Much like everything at Rosewood Hong Kong, Asaya is unique and tastefully opulent. It’s a place where the circumstances are perfect for rejuvenating and grounding the only place you have to live: your body.
It is designed to take you on a journey of wellness through nutrient-dense food, personalised treatments with hand-crafted oils, and a state-of-the-art bathhouse.
The Asaya Kitchen was where I began my journey. The menu is created around a pescatarian diet, with a local-where-possible supply chain. Seafood is bought from a local fishing family each and every morning.
Our food sits colourful on plates, and our drinks taste refreshing and fizzy. Both are filled with natural ingredients that astound with memorable flavours.
At Asaya Wellness, the second part of the Rosewood journey begins. You are taken through comfortable questions about your treatment, which your specialist uses to personalise the experience.
Within the massage treatment, your specialist will also help you create a personalised body oil from scratch. Of which it will also be used within your massage. This is a sincere highlight. It is very special and becomes something that you can also take home with you.
Inside Asaya’s walls, peace takes over. Vines cover simple but textured walls. Chairs are purposefully placed among poised greenery. It is tranquil and quiet. There is a perfect feeling of balance here.
The bathhouse, kept traditional with both a male and female area, is where the pre-treatment zen happens. You will find an infra-red sauna with marble seats to aid deep detoxing. There is a cold pod that will spray you with peppermint mist for cooling. And a hot bath that puts the final touch on a holy trinity of relaxing wellness.
I haven’t mentioned how between these moments there are still sprinkles of little things that make Asaya what it is. The tasty elixir you receive on arrival, the treatment rooms with never-ending tea, or the change rooms that have fridges filled with fresh lemongrass water or pandan infused water.
Rosewood has a touch for the exquisite, and Asaya is just that. A one-of-a-kind destination who’s guests won’t want to leave.
Next time you are in Hong Kong, remember Rosewood and remember Asaya.
You just may find you’ll be restored.
I recently had an incredible opportunity to experience the vast terrains of Nepal with Tourism Nepal, and Rehan Shrestha. I was taken on a 10-night adventure through Kathmandu, Chitwan, and Pokhara. The colours, culture, food, kindness and spirituality of Nepal is spellbinding.
I only hope you feel the same when you visit in 2020.
Always,
Jordan
