Writer & Communications Consultant. Paris-based, working globally.

About

Hilary Bourke is an Australian writer and communications consultant working across fashion, lifestyle, and design. Her practice spans editorial, brand storytelling, and strategic communications. Her work has appeared in i-D, What-Else and Union Magazine, and she has held roles including Features Editor at LOVE WANT and Lead Copywriter at David Jones.

Today, she collaborates with international brands and studios to develop language that is both strategic and stylish, moving fluidly between editorial and commercial contexts.

Chanel, Gucci, LOVE WANT, i-D, Belle Anna, ESSĒN, Union Magazine, Henne, DIRT, and more.

Collaborators

Editorial

Union Magazine: Formafantasma on memory, meaning and making home

What-Else: From collecting coins to Comme des Garçons: How Octavius La Rosa became one of fashion’s most famous collectors

What-Else: Born to do it: Elliot Cowen on modelling, his mother and what the future holds

What-Else: Kim Russell of @thekimbino on the fashion industry, her following and finding motivation

LOVE WANT: Rebirth with Gemma Ward, Issue 22

LOVE WANT: Closer to me, Issue 21

LOVE WANT: We are family, Issue 16

LOVE WANT: What remains with Mariah Parker, Issue 15

LOVE WANT: Age appropriate, Issue 13

i-D: Anandia Putri makes modest wear about fashion, not politics

i-D: Tear_net and the value of the crying selfies

i-D: Par Femme might be the internet’s most fashionable sex shop

i-D: Post-punk, high art and social critique: the makings of Mike Kelley

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters across Australia, where much of my work takes place, and pay respect to Elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded.