October promises to be a monster month for Vogue Australia . The new October edition of the magazine hits newsstands on Monday, September 30. It arrives off the back of the hefty annual September edition which this year delivered subscribers another chunky book running to 232 pages.
(Including an impressive 50 pages of ads at the front of the book before the content starts.) But for October a star, as in movie star, has aligned. That star is Kate Winslet.
The British movie icon has a movie released late in the month, Lee , in which she portrays the journalist and Vogue photojournalist Lee Miller . Sensing an opportunity, the editors at Vogue Australia have secured a front cover plus interview and fashion shoot with the actress. In addition, Vogue Australia has also secured an audience with Winslet during an Australian visit to promote the movie just days before it hits cinema screens.
A poster for the movie on a London train station Winslet will speak at a Vogue Australia event with editorial director Edwina McCann on October 21. If all that’s not enough activity for the month, the annual Vogue Fashion’s Night Out will be held in Sydney on Thursday, October 17. The connection between Kate Winslet and Vogue Australia goes much deeper than a promo for a movie.
The co-writer of the screenplay for Lee is former Vogue Australia editor Marion Hume who is also a friend of Winslet’s. Seizing the opportunity, the Australian edition of the famous fashion brand secured Hume to int.