[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Friendship is trending — female besties have graced the covers of several notable magazines lately from Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss hugging on the cover of American Vogue, to Cara, Suki and Georgia posing together for the Brit edition. The latest dynamic duo to join forces for a Vogue cover is model turned actress Abbey Lee Kershaw and her former roommate and Mad Max Fury Road co-star Riley Keough. The photogenic pair met on set and quickly grew close with Kershaw serving as Keough’s bridesmaid. The power of female friendship may be a timely talking point, but for Vogue Australia’s editor in chief, Edwina McCann Abbey and Riley’s allure extends beyond the fact that they’re buddies.
Abbey Lee has several covers from VA, what makes her one of the magazine's favorite girls?
Abbey Lee is a true chameleon and Vogue Australia has enjoyed a long creative relationship with her. We could think of no one better than Abbey and her best friend Riley Keough for this cover celebrating the much anticipated Mad Max: Fury Road. The girls met while filming the epic and became fast friends- culminating in Abbey serving as Riley’s bridesmaid in her wedding to Australian stuntman Ben Smith-Peterson whom she wed just a week before our cover shoot in February.
Abbey sells well for VOGUE and is very popular with our readers who have followed her career closely. The epic marks Abbey’s first major film role and we couldn’t be happier to celebrate this milestone with her.
Why did you choose to focus on a pair of female friends instead of shooting the girls solo?
We have been planning this issue for the past year- Abbey and Riley were the girls on our minds for the cover from the very start. They have a very special relationship (forged on the Mad Max set) and that came through in the images, shot by Nathaniel Goldberg in New York in February.
Vogue Australia May 2015 review:208 pages
Two for the RoadOne is making her own mark beyond her Hollywood royalty status, the other is one of Australia’s most successful and intriguing expats. Actresses, best friends, they share their story with Zara Wong.
M. Abbey Lee Kershaw/Next & Riley Keough/DNA Models
Ph. Nathaniel Goldberg
F'Ed. Tom Van Dorpe
Hair. Tomo Jidai
Make-up. Sally Branka
Manicure. Yuko Tsuchihashi
Set design. Eli Metcalf
Production. Brachfeld New York
4 pages
BoyhoodAbbey Lee in a story of time well travelled, Grapes of Wrath dustbowl evocative, in a mix of Giorgio Armani spring/summer ’15 and archival looks, celebrating 40 years of his mannish influence on modern womenswear.
M. Abbey Lee Kershaw/NEXT
Ph. Will Davidson
F’Ed. Christine Centenera
Hair. Maranda
Make-up. Ozzy Salvatierra
Manicure. Ashlie Johnson
Production. Peter McClafferty
14 pages
Doing it ToughRiley Keough is kick-***, runaway, drop-dead extraordinary, here in bad-girl leather with its new-season soft twist.
M. Riley Keough/DNA Models
Ph. Nathaniel Goldberg
F'Ed. Tom Van Dorpe
Hair. Tomo Jidai
Make-up. Sally Branka
Manicure. Yuko Tsuchihashi
Set design. Eli Metcalf
Production. Brachfeld New York
8 pages
So, they have an editorial and also a solo photoshoot, the one with Riley is called Doing it Tough and this is the first photo of it
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