EARTH MOTHER

SHE’S AN ACCLAIMED ACTOR, ENTREPRENEUR AND NOW AUTHOR, BUT TERESA PALMER IS AS GROUNDED AS THEY COME

- MEG MASON

Top, $16,350, GIVENCHY, givenchy.com; ring, $1,700, GUCCI, gucci.com/au

Jumper, $2,480, skirt, $3,830, both DRIES VAN NOTEN, driesvannoten.com; socks, stylist’s own; ring (right hand), $2,600, ring (left hand), $1,700, both GUCCI, gucci.com/au

Instagram is a curated version of a celebrity’s life. The highlight reel. That is what everyone says; life can’t possibly look like that. And it’s true. Except, Teresa Palmer’s life looks exactly like that. In practical terms, she says, “That means carving out time to connect and show up for each other.”

To the ELLE set, Palmer brings with her the happy chaos of children and travel, work and domesticity she shares with her one million followers. Although she arrived in Australia at midnight the night before with her husband, film director Mark Webber, three of the four children they raise together and none of their luggage, which was lost in transit, she shows up on time with no entourage – just six-year-old Bodhi in tow. She is bright-eyed and clear-skinned, her blonde hair unkempt but somehow perfect. Both of them are wearing thongs. Webber arrives later with Forest, three, and baby Poet, who needs to be fed between shots. The day is long and hot, but Palmer stays to chat for a while afterwards, even though the family are getting back on a plane that night to fly home to their farm in Adelaide.