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TRUMP ’S BANNED WORDS PAINT A SCARY
PICTURE OF WHERE THINGS ARE HEADING

In a desperate attempt to purge diversity, equity and

inclusion (DEI) practices, the Trump administration
is banning hundreds of words from federal government
documents. Government agencies have reportedly
flagged those to be avoided in published materials and
internal communications, in an effort to comply with
Trump’s executive ‘anti-woke’ order. Among them are
‘women’, ‘LGBTQ’, ‘racial diversity’, ‘gender-based
violence’ and ‘transgender’. It sounds like something out
of The Handmaid’s Tale, but this is the terrifying reality
of Trump’s administration and feels particularly worrying
for women and minority groups. Words matter, and the
world needs to stay alert so we don’t risk the MAGA
worldview becoming the norm.

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Don’t use faux concern as
cover for your thin-shaming
I H AV E A N issue with the phrase ‘We need literal diminishment of womanhood, and
to talk about…’ in the context of social 3) a finale decrying the back-peddling on
media posts or a headline in conventional everything Lizzo achieved (only, not Lizzo,
media. It’s the woke equivalent of ‘I’m not because wasn’t she cancelled?).
being racist, but…’, a statement invariably Because that’s OK! That’s righteous and
followed by something racist. In the same urgent and needs to be talked about! Right?
way, ‘We need to talk about…’ is invariably Nah.
followed by something we Do Not Need To I speak as someone a noted feminist once
Talk About At All – but the person claiming told to put her ‘ugly, skinny, scrawny body
we do is trying to disguise a bit of clickbait away’ when I say: this grade of commentary
as a pseudo I-can-no-longer-turn-a-blind- is no more acceptable than OG fat shaming.
eye-to-this-travesty call to action. It is both No less gross than a red circle round a pop
po-faced and dishonest. star’s muffin top, or outrage over how
There’s been a lot of ‘We need to talk female movie star X is too chunky for male
about’ recently, with reference to the romantic lead Y (no one could believe he
celebrity bodies populating the red carpets would fall for that heifer!).
of awards season. I shan’t ID the celebs It’s the same thing, actually. It’s as
other than to say they are all women. The shaming. As wounding: to every woman
urge to talk about them has been triggered who reads it and to the woman it’s about,
by a perception of how much thinner they because – how do you think that fake-
appear, year on year, whether this is because concerned chatter makes her feel? Good?
they’re using/misusing weight loss jabs, and Supported? Free – to evolve, grow, grow
How Bad This Is For Them And The World up, age? To change physically, if she chooses
Especially Vulnerable Young Women It’s (or because she thinks she has to but, as it
Like Body Positivity Never Happened. turned out, she didn’t, and because no one
None of these commentaries is complete commented on the change, or even noticed,
without 1) a creepily lingering assessment she changes back, and no one says anything
of the bodies involved: the frailty of arms about that, either)? Well: quite.
exposed by couture dresses, a gauntness to That chat is, above all, a new triumph for
the cheeks even the most accomplished that old preoccupation with how women
make-up artiste cannot disguise, 2) a look over what we do. A reinforcing of: it’s
feministy-sounding bemoaning of this just that, in the end. It’s always that.

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Belted trousers,
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The bowling bag

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Kate’s path to Queen

The Princess of
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preparing to rule,
reports royal
correspondent
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A VISION IN red, the Princess of Wales she must pull off a delicate balancing act
stepped out for her first formal royal engage- between maintaining traditions and moving
ment of this year at the Commonwealth Day with the times – something successive gen-
service at Westminster Abbey. Not only was erations of royals have agonised about since
her customary diplomatic dressing in full the end of the age of deference.
force (to echo the famous red dragon of the While the late Queen earned the public’s
Welsh flag ), she also chose to wear the respect through her devotion to duty over 70
Garrad pearl choker, which was given to the years on the throne, Kate knows that she may
late Queen Elizabeth as a wedding present. need to prove her worth in more tangible
Kate had not been able to attend the ways. Her biographer, Robert Jobson, said,
annual service last year due to her cancer ‘William and Catherine know they have to
diagnosis and chemotherapy treatment. be different and be seen to change. Ostenta-
Thus, it was a triumphant return to form – as tious outfits and outdated ceremonies will
was her visit to the Irish Guards’ Wellington not wash in the 21st century. Their sense of
barracks for their St Patrick’s Day Parade on normality is relevant and important. I think
17 March. Although Kate has made it very Kate gets it right – she gives the impression of
clear that her return to work is gradual, and being one of us and has a quiet confidence.’
that she will balance that with the school run Once William and Kate do step up as
and family life, it’s interesting to see what her King and Queen, what does that mean for
priorities are. For in reality, her time as the supporting royals? Certainly, Sophie and
Queen is nearing and thus events focusing on Edward will continue to play an important
the Commonwealth and supporting her role – they get on well with the Waleses and
husband and father-in-law are high on her live near to Adelaide Cottage in Bagshot
priority list. Park. Although Zara and Mike Tindall,
Plans for the next coronation, and indeed Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and Peter
the next Operation London Bridge (the Phillips are all non-working royals with their
name of the funeral plan upon the death of a own jobs, it’s likely that they will be called on
monarch), are already well underway and to play more of a public role.
thought-through. This is standard practice An interesting development about the
for both Government and Palace machinery. Commonwealth Day service was that, for
Certainly, the hope William and Kate had the first time this year, Kensington Palace
that their children would be grown up before released Kate’s outfit details (her hat was by
their parents ascended to the ‘top job’ looks Gina Foster). It comes following a backlash
increasingly unlikely. So how is Kate prepar- after The Sunday Times reported that the
ing? ‘The Princess of Wales understands that Palace was not ‘routinely’ releasing ‘fashion
the only credo of the royal family is duty, details’ any more as the princess wanted the
duty, duty’, a royal aide told me. ‘She models focus to be more on what she did than what
herself on the late Queen and hopes to hon- she wore. With the ‘Kate effect’ worth
our her legacy in everything she does.’ around £1bn to the economy, needless to say
That means supporting her husband, con- many retailers were unhappy. A spokesperson
tinuing her charity work through her early for Kensington Palace later denied there had
years initiative and being a relatable figure- been any change in approach, although no
head. Ultimately, as those close to her say, she previous official visits Kate has made this year
wants to support ‘amazing people doing have merited the release of outfit details.
extraordinary things’. So, perhaps she has listened and for the
Kate arrives for the
There is no definitive Queen training, but more important engagements, such as a state
Commonwealth
Kate looks to Queen Camilla, Sophie, the visit, outfit details will be shared. A reactive
PHOTO: GETTY

Day Service at
Westminster Duchess of Edinburgh, and Princess Anne as and sensitive response; it goes to prove that
Abbey, 10 March royal women on whom she can call on for Kate is preparing to step up into the most
their experience and opinions. She knows important job of her life.

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‘It’s always about a real woman’

With Sarah Burton’s HOW TO HIT THE mark when presenting a

debut collection at a luxury fashion house?
rued the loss of yet another female in a top-
tier creative position – a rarity within the
debut collection for Go back to the beginning. For Sarah Burton’s fashion industry – before Givenchy an-
Givenchy, Paris Fashion inaugural runway show for French fashion nounced she would be returning to the helm
house Givenchy, it was old sketches and of the Parisian fashion brand.
Week finally made way papers from Hubert de Givenchy’s first col- Burton’s debut collection – arguably the
lection in 1952 that formed the basis for her hottest ticket at Paris Fashion Week and the
for easy elegance, says new vision. Her MO? Easy elegance. 51-year-old’s first shot at a new fashion
Jane McFarland The British designer needs little intro- house on her own terms, with her own
duction – a well-seasoned pro, she spent vision – was one due to garner eyeballs. On
the best part of three decades working at a sunny Sunday morning, the salons of
Alexander McQueen, first as an intern, be- 3 Avenue Georges V were buzzing with an-
fore becoming creative director after Lee’s ticipation. Crowds lined the streets outside,
death in 2010. During her tenure, she de- as a well-heeled audience, including Vanessa

2. signed one of the most famous wedding

gowns in the world, then going on to be-
come a faithful dressmaker to the Princess of
Wales. When she left in 2023, the industry
K ir by a n d Gwen d o l in e Chri sti e ,
arrived to show their support. In lieu of tra-
ditional runway benches, guests sat on
stacks of large brown paper envelopes
 G R A Z I A 10 H OT STO R I E S

– nodding to what tailors would have his- jacquard, while the colour palette was the aesthetic even more realistic, from regu-
torically used to store patterns. Otherwise, mostly monochrome, bar the occasional lar body types such as the likes of Devyn
there were little bells and whistles – no viral shot of lemon yellow. Noticing that many Garcia to 50-something Eva Herzigova.
front row, no gargantuan show tent packed of Givenchy’s ’52 designs had interesting Givenchy is loaded with heritage, but
with influencers. So far, so Burton. Re- details at the back, occasionally Burton beyond Audrey Hepburn’s iconic little
nowned for her pattern-making prowess and reversed a jacket or coat dress so that the black dress in Breakfast At Tiffany’s, or the
precision, the Cheshire-born mother-of- lapels created a deep V cut low between Duchess of Sussex’s wedding dress in 2018,
three did what she does best: tailoring, and shoulder blades. Trousers, too, came with when was the last time you heard about the
particularly Givenchy’s iconic hourglass deep incisions along the back seams. brand or considered buying it? Now, as well
silhouette formed the bedrock of this col- Eveningwear, which felt both modern and as clothing designed to take you places,
lection. Black suiting came with sharp but feminine, came in the form of puffball tulle there’s covetable accessories to consider,
softly rounded shoulders, sculpted waists minidresses and short-in-front, long-in- from the bulbous gemstone earrings to
and hems with curved ‘twisting’ arm seams. back gowns – a white lace corseted style supple leather bows worn atop mohair over-
Dresses with clean lines and graphic shapes with a black grosgrain belt was a variation coats. The Mary-Jane flat shoe, embossed
were a refreshing step change from the over- of a gown teased by Elle Fanning at the with the new-look Givenchy 1952 logo, is a
sized silhouettes of late. Hems were slashed Oscars. While the collection felt suitably surefire everyday fit, while the patent block-
and slightly frayed in places. Fabrics includ- wearable (yet simultaneously appetite- heel ankle boots are designed for women on
ed mohair, a black crêpe and a herringbone whetting) the diverse model line-up made the go. Coming to a wardrobe near you...

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The other trends to know

ALL ABOARD THE

LV E X P R E S S
Louis Vuitton checked its
passengers into the former
HQ of an old French railway
company; what better way
to remind the audience of
its origins as a jet-set
CHANEL

purveyor of trunks? The

time-travelling collection
ran the gamut from the
’80s to the 2000s, with the
brand’s new l’Express
handbag making its debut.

LADIES’ CLUB
Part Hitchcock woman,
part Hyacinth Bucket, the
new season’s crop of
CHANEL

ladylike wardrobe staples

confer a prim status on to
their wearer. At Miu Miu it
was cloche hats, skirt
CLUTCHING
WORDS: HENRIK LISCHKE. PHOTOS: GETTY

suits and furs, while at

MY PEARLS Acne Studios and Andreas
MIU MIU
LOUIS VUIT TON

According to the design Kronthaler for Vivienne

team at Chanel, pearls Westwood, furry dresses
(and bows) go gargantuan. and coats made a stealth
On bags, necklaces, as nod towards a logo-free,
LOUIS VUIT TON

the heel of a boot, the grown-up style.

message was clear:
HERMÈS

size matters.

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NOUGHTIES MAGIC
Nothing whets the appetite of
the fashion pack more than a
casual spot of fashion history
making its way down the
runway. See: Maria Grazia
Chiuri’s reissue of John
Galliano’s iconic J’adore Dior
T-shirt, and Chemena Kamali’s
revival of Chloé’s original It
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thumping club toilet, while at
Rabanne and Isabel Marant,
sequins on steroids were
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collection centred on
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3.
Misogynistic online content Louise, her sister
Hannah and
mum Carol were

can turn men into killers brutally killed

WORDS CÉCILE SIMMONS this idiot who did this disgusting act also lis- following the so-called ‘manosphere’. While
tened to music. Do you blame the people who I thought I was hardened to it, when it hit
‘ I H O P E W O M E N around the world will he was listening to the songs of ?’ But in my close to home, I was shocked and confront-
take Louise’s bravery as a shining beacon for new book, Ctrl, Hate, Delete, I explore how ed with many questions, including: what
their lives.’ These are the words of John male supremacy has moved from the fringes can we do if the men around us drink the
Hunt, whose daughters Louise and Hannah of the internet into the mainstream, partly misogynistic Kool-Aid? It’s a question more
and wife Carol were killed by misogynist through misogynistic ‘influencers’ – or rather and more of us are faced with.
Kyle Clifford last July. He had also raped his extremists. While Tate is one of the most A recent poll found that a fifth of British
former-partner Louise before killing her. extreme examples, hundreds more like him men aged 16 to 29 have a ‘favourable’ opin-
This month Clifford was jailed with a are normalising violence, coercion and abuse. ion of Tate, while a 2023 report by gender
whole-life order, but the court hearings Technology also fuels growing online and equality organisation Equimundo showed
revealed a sinister layer. offline violence in other ways: nudifying apps 40% of men polled in the US said they ‘trust
The day before the murders, Clifford that men use to produce non-consensual one or more men’s rights, anti-feminist or
searched for and watched videos of Andrew pornographic deepfakes, chat rooms where pro-violence voices from the manosphere’.
Tate, the male supremacist influencer they discuss raping unconscious women, last While there are no easy answers, I have
charged with rape and human trafficking year’s revelation that Gisèle Pelicot’s hus- found confronting my friend’s rhetoric and
[Tate has denied the allegations]. But I band used an unmoderated website to invite setting boundaries helpful. Reassessing rela-
believe it’s very clear Clifford’s searches for dozens of men to rape her for years in their tionships may be needed, but it is not always
Tate’s content reveal something campaign- home. All are reminders that men are using an option. The onus should not be on us as
ers and experts have been warning about for digital technologies, including AI, to abuse women to protect ourselves from misogy-
years: that online misogyny and male suprem- women. nistic radicalisation. Our governments need
acist radicalisation fuel real-world violence As male supremacy has gone mainstream, to invest in prevention and hold tech com-
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against women, and will continue to do so if more men have become exposed to their panies to account. And men need to step up
we don’t address the problem. Prosecutors influencers. Two years ago, I found out that and call out manosphere rhetoric for what it
said Clifford’s actions were fuelled by the a male friend had gone down the rabbit hole is: harmful and dangerous.
‘violent misogyny promoted’ by Tate. and become a men’s rights activist. I work for ‘Ctrl, Hate, Delete: The New Anti-Feminist
Tate has responded, saying, ‘Anyone with a research organisation that studies extremist Backlash And How We Fight It’ (Bristol
a brain knows it’s completely unfair. I’m sure movements and have spent many years University Press) is out now

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 5.

determination,’ he says. ‘She was told she

would never have children, but she proved
The PM hosted
them wrong. I remember her being really
an International
Women’s Day
unwell when I was growing up, but she was
reception at always so thoughtful and cheerful despite
No.10 everything she was going through.’
Has his wife, Victoria Starmer, ever
felt pressure to be a first in some way, as a
modern political spouse? ‘To me, Vic will
always be a first – the first person I seek ad-
Keir Starmer: ‘Vic is vice from, the first person I turn to and the
first person to keep me grounded! I’m in-
the first person I seek credibly proud to be her husband,’ he says.
He’s also proud that his Government has
advice from’ the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer
in Rachel Reeves. After 800 years of men in
the job, the significance of this is not to be
sniffed at. Many groundbreaking women
A T A N E V E N T at No.10 Downing Street there’s no clear pathway for a second and have spoken of the extra layer of scrutiny
this month, pioneering women from third to follow in their footsteps. What’s they face for being the first in a male field.
a range of sectors came together – from Starmer doing to make sure other women But Reeves says that’s for others to analyse
scientist Dame Sarah Gilbert to Match Of can thrive in their careers, too? ‘We’re mak- and ‘what I want is for people to judge me
The Day host Jacqui Oatley – each ‘firsts’ in ing sure workers have protected maternity for the job that I’m doing’. She’s ‘not trying
their fields. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and paternity leave, we’re clamping down to speak for women, but I am absolutely try-
who hosted the event for International on harassment in the workplace, we’re ban- ing to make sure that the voices of women
Women’s Day, told Grazia he wants to ning fire-and-rehire and exploitative zero- are heard in policy making and are contrib-
recognise those who are ‘smashing through hours contracts, we’re making sure people uting directly’, she tells Grazia at the event.
glass ceilings and creating a brighter future get statutory sick pay and we’re committed In her office at 11 Downing Street, she
for women across the country. I have a to closing the gender pay gap,’ he says. proudly points out how, for probably the
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teenage daughter and, when she sees what The next first he hopes to see is the UK first time in any Government office, all the
WORDS: ANNA SILVERMAN PHOTO:

women are achieving across every area of winning its bid to host the 2035 Women’s art here and upstairs in her stateroom and
society, I hope she also sees that she can World Cup for the first time. ‘I’ll do every- the dining room is either of a woman or by
achieve anything she wants. That’s the thing I can do to make that happen,’ he says. a female artist. ‘I think representation is
power of those firsts – it invites a whole The glass ceiling-smashing woman who has really important, so giving platforms to great
new generation to dream about what inspired him the most is his late mother, British artists is something I was pleased to
might be possible for them, too.’ for her resilience. ‘She worked for the NHS be able to do,’ she says. The urinal has stayed
But the odd woman breaking through until she became too sick with a rare disease put, though. ‘That’s in the Treasury – I get to
isn’t enough if systemic barriers mean called Stills. She had huge courage and see that every day. Apparently it’s listed.’

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 G R A Z I A 10 H OT STO R I E S
Left: Meghan
and her
homemade bath
salts; TikTok’s
beef tallow face
cream revolution

pantry staples into their beauty routines.

And then there’s beef tallow. In clip after
clip, women smear the balm (made by melting
beef fat, straining it to remove impurities and
whipping it with essential oils) on to their
cheeks, lauding its benefits. Benefits like vita-
mins A, D, E and K, and fatty acids that make
it a rich moisturiser. Never mind that there’s a
whiff of roast dinner. As one fan told The New
York Times, ‘Smelling a little beefy might just
be the cost of having a glowing face.’
Certainly, seed oils and beef tallow have
featured in skincare products for years. But
seeing such widespread adoption of the
homemade approach in 2025 points to
broader social trends. It’s partly the Nara
Smith effect: the Mormon influencer known
for her from-scratch breakfast cereals shared
DIY beauty hits a clip of husband Lucky whipping up a batch
of beef-tallow face cream.

the mainstream Watch enough videos about coconut oil

and beef tallow, and you’ll notice something
else: influencers in ‘Make America Healthy
Again’ (MAHA) hats talking about the
From homemade bath salts to importance of eliminating industrial chemi-
cals from your routines. The tradwife/home-
beef tallow face cream, the steader/wellness-girly to pro-Trump content
‘tradwife’ beauty boom is here pipeline is real. MAHA, an offshoot of the
MAGA movement, is anti-fluoride, anti-big-
WO R D S E M I LY C R O N I N pharma, vaccine-sceptical, pro-raw milk and
pro-Trump. Making swaps from convention-
al products to ‘natural’ ones plays into
MAHA followers’ suspicion of institutions
B A T H S A L T S H A V E never made it on to and anything made in a lab. Considered in
the list of things I’ve felt inspired to make that context, beef tallow looks less like a
from scratch. Yet when Meghan, Duchess of wonder product, more like a gateway to a
Sussex, has guests coming to stay, she does science-sceptical worldview.
exactly that. In With Love, Meghan (now Politics aside, is it effective? Beef tallow,
confirmed for a second season), we see her for example, is comedogenic, meaning it’s
whip up a batch of bath salts – Epsom likely to block pores. ‘A lot of our clients
salt, plus arnica oil, lavender oil and pink prefer ingredients to be vegan and suitable for
Himalayan sea salt to be precise – for a visit- congested, blemish-prone skin, which beef
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ing friend. tallow wouldn’t be,’ says Eilidh Smith, found-

If you’re bemused by all the faff, buckle up. er of London-based skincare clinic Skinwork.
A growing segment of skincare fans is swap- ‘We like to see proven and tested ingredients,
ping shop-bought products for ‘natural’ formulations and technology, no fads or
alternatives. Think cocoa powder dry sham- unproven trends. Of course there are lots of
poo, coconut oil make-up remover, and ingredients that originate from nature, which
apricot kernel oil conditioner. The latest
It-ingredients in beauty owe less to the lab
than to the kitchen. On TikTok, devotees
testify to the life-changing effects of adding 6. are then developed, tested and formulated to
be more efficacious for the skin and safe.’ The
best skincare science can offer, or repurposed
beef drippings? I’ll stick with the former.

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 Kymothée turn up the heat
Hollywood’s It
couple aren’t afraid IS THERE ANYTHING hotter than watch-
of public PDAs as ing two people whack a tennis ball back and
forth, grunts and all, while you enjoy drinks
they get serious courtside? Not according to It couple Kylie
Jenner and Timothée Chalamet, who
couldn’t keep their hands off each other at
the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells in
California earlier this month.
Yes, the honeymoon stage is still very
much on – their latest date even causing
debate online over how much PDA is too

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7. much (naturally, there was a very British ver-
sus American divide there). But, behind the
scenes, things are getting serious: the pair are
reportedly shopping for European properties
 G R A Z I A 10 H OT STO R I E S

It was a love
match at the
Indian Wells
tennis for
Kylie and
Timothée

together, with a luxury real estate consultant which some interpreted as a dig at Kylie – couldn’t have been prouder to have been by
telling newspapers they’ve been tasked with the 27-year-old was named the world’s his side during awards season.’
finding residences priced between $2m – youngest self-made billionaire by Forbes in Marriage would see Timothée take on a
$8m around Paris and Milan. 2019. However, the two were spotted chat- step-parent role to Stormi, seven, and Aire,
As the son of French-American editor ting away at the Oscars and fans noted a three, with the source noting that he’s ‘very
Marc Chalamet, Timothée, 29, has family in sweet moment when Kylie swapped seats respectful’ of Kylie’s kids and doesn’t want to
France, including his older sister Pauline, an with Timothée’s mother, Nicole Fender, overstep any boundaries. ‘He sees plenty of
actor and producer, who stars in HBO’s when the winner for Best Actor was about them, they think he’s great,’ the source says.
The Sex Lives Of College Girls. He spent to be announced so she could share the For now, they’re enjoying some downtime
summers in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a moment with her son if he were to win. after a busy awards season, with holidays
small village near Lyon, when he was grow- ‘Kylie and Timmy are mapping out their planned to Turks and Caicos, Bali and
ing up. Kylie regularly visits Europe for future as a couple,’ a source close to the pair Europe over the next few months. After that
work, most recently walking the runway for told Grazia. ‘They’ve been dating for a it’s back to work, with excitement building
Jean Paul Gaultier’s spring 2025 couture couple of years now. They went out of their around new releases at Kylie Cosmetics,
show by Ludovic de Saint Sernin in Paris. way to keep things discreet at the begin- including the fragrance Cosmic 2.0, the
Cosying up to each other’s families seems ning, partly out of respect to Travis [Scott, second edition of her best-selling perfume.
to be the next step in their two-year rela- the father of Kylie’s children] but also Timothée, meanwhile, will start the
WORDS: GEORGIA ASPINALL. PHOTOS: GETTY

tionship. Timothée was spotted hanging out because they wanted to minimise all the promotional circuit for upcoming sports
with Kris Jenner’s long-term partner, Corey public scrutiny and pressure. Over time, comedy Marty Supreme, in cinemas this
Gamble, at an LA Lakers game in February though, it became very apparent to their December, which he also co-produced. In it,
and spent time with Kim Kardashian and friends that this is a serious relationship.’ Gwyneth Paltrow plays an on-screen love
Kendall Jenner at the Vanity Fair Oscars Now, there are even rumours of wedding interest, her first film role in six years. Hav-
after-party. bells. ‘The word in his friendship group is ing missed out on an Oscar this year, Marty
Kylie, for her part, has reportedly grown that he’s giving very serious thought to Supreme could be his chance to take home
closer to Timothée’s sister Pauline, despite proposing and that’s likely to happen sooner the statuette in 2026. If Kymothée go the
alleged tension after the latter posted on rather than later. Kylie’s thrilled – she distance, it may well land on the mantel-
Instagram that ‘billionaires should not exist’, 100% sees Timmy as husband material and piece of a Parisian mansion next year.
 C A N YO U F E E L T H AT ? You know, that
merest hint of sun on your face that makes
everything – the grey, the cold, the damp –
feel like a distant memory? I thought so,
which means you’ll soon need a substitute
for that puffer that is thoroughly out of puff.
The good news is that it’s easy to make the
switch this spring because one jacket is a
front-runner for best in show: the blouson.
Boxy, collared and single-breasted, it bor-
rows the best elements of its cousins – the
stretchy hem of a bomber, the neat lapels of
a chore – but also brings polish, a sense of
no-frills style that feels refreshing.
Simone Ashley has already stepped out in
a blouson, wearing a half-zipped khaki ver-
sion to sit front row at Prada. Layered over a
shirt and paired with a thigh-high miniskirt
and buckled loafers, it might be the perfect
spring outfit (and tantalisingly suggestive of
a temperature where it’s not essential to wear
tights). Kate Moss also packed a blouson for
Stella McCartney, an oversized style that’s
crafted from the designer’s cruelty-free alter-
native leather.
On the high street, Uniqlo has married its
technical prowess and spring’s trending jacket
in its Windproof Blouson. Available in

8.
shades of khaki, black, white and pink, and
with a price tag of £49.90, it plays up the
jacket’s practical side while still managing to
look elegant with work-appropriate trousers.
Sandro’s version has a cropped silhouette
and pearls decorating either shoulder, while,
Simone Ashley
at Milan
Your new COS’s, in a wearable shade of khaki, has the
addition of a silk tie at the neck.
You might still need to layer your blouson
Fashion Week

spring hero: with a sweater – this is the UK – but you can

officially put your puffer on ice. And thank
goodness for that.
the blouson
jacket
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£129, £49.90, Uniqlo

Massimo Dutti £109.99,
£180, COS
£439, Sandro Mango

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9. 5.

The battle to Clockwise from bottom left:

Sydney Sweeney, Millie Bobby
Brown; Sabrina Carpenter; the

play Britney real Britney; SelenaGomez;

Addison Rae; Natalie
Portman; Ariana Grande

is on… this,’ he said. ‘I’ve seen all the fan castings Sydney Sweeney’s name bubbled up online,
and I always take those into consideration with fans noting her physical likeness to the
because maybe there’s a good idea out singer. Sweeney has not commented, but
2 1 & (  $  7 ( / / ǫ7$ / (  S I G N
of a flagging there,’ Chu added. ‘But we’ll have to see she has the bookies’ backing (there’s already
career, a lead role in a biopic has become a what the approach of the movie is before odds on who will land the role, Sweeney’s
Hollywood status symbol, with the lives of we know who’s right for it.’ being 5/4) and Billboard cast her in its
legendary musicians being mined for fea- Given Chu and Platt’s involvement, ‘dream’ line-up.
ture-length films. In the pipeline there’s there is speculation that Oscar-nominated Selena Gomez could also be in with a
Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen Wicked star Ariana Grande could be a con- shot, with reports suggesting her relation-
in Deliver Me From Nowhere, Paul Mescal tender. A former child star herself, with ship with Spears might work in her favour.
as Paul McCartney in Sam Mendes’s Beatles proven acting and singing credentials, According to Life & Style, Gomez is top of
biopic, Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson, Grande does a mean Spears impression, Spears’ personal list of who she’d want to
Selena Gomez as Linda Ronstadt and something she showed off during her play her, with Natalie Portman coming in a
Shailene Woodley as Janis Joplin. opening monologue on Saturday Night close second.
After an intense bidding war for the film Live last October. TikTok star turned singer Addison Rae
rights to Spears’ best-selling memoir, Millie Bobby Brown threw her hat in the would be a wild card, but a popular fan
WORDS: NIKKI PEACH. PHOTOS: IMAGO, GETTY

The Woman In Me, Universal Studios ring during a recent interview. ‘Everybody’s choice online. Rae is from Spears’ home-
landed the project, reportedly beating talking about Britney,’ she said when asked town of Louisiana, and recent red-carpet
Bridgerton producer Shonda Rhimes, Brad who she would love to play in a biopic. appearances suggest she’s emulating Spears
Pitt’s studio Plan B and Margot Robbie’s ‘She’s one of my biggest inspirations,’ add- in a not-so-subtle bid for the part. That
LuckyChap Entertainment. ing, ‘any conversation with Britney I would said, when asked about the role she had a
With Wicked director and self-pro- take.’ Actor Emma Roberts echoed Brown’s very gracious response: ‘I honestly don’t
claimed Spears fan Jon M Chu at the helm sentiment, calling Spears ‘an icon’. ‘I love think anyone deserves to play Britney. No-
(along with Wicked producer Marc Platt), her, I love her book and it would be a dream body will be able to replicate what she did
he’s assured fans that he will do her story [to play her],’ she told NBC News. for music… I think she’ll have the best
justice. ‘[Spears] will be very involved in When the biopic was announced, opinion on who she thinks that should be.’
10 H OT STO R I E S G R A Z I A

o i s ca ncel led
a l : t he avocad
It ’s offici

10. In 2017, Australian real estate mogul Tim

Gurner claimed avocado on toast was the
carbon footprint per kilogram of fruit. They
might look pretty on our Instagram feeds,
Millennials’ favourite toast- reason why young people can’t afford house but they are lethal for the planet.
topper is a disaster for the deposits. His comments enraged Millennials Of course, we should cut down on any-
forced to contend with skyrocketing prop- thing that is not environmentally friendly.
planet, says Nikki Peach erty prices and wage stagnation. But coffee and chocolate, among other
Then came the health and safety warn- treats, also leave a significant footprint.
ings: a notoriously slippery fruit, The Royal Could there be an element of Millennial-
Society for the Prevention of Accidents says shaming in this focus on avocados?
WE’VE GOT SOME bad news: after years of consumers often wound themselves when All this bad press has already given rise to
malignment, the death knell has rung for the cutting avocados – even severing nerves avo-toast alternatives, with recipes encour-
avocado, with TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh and tendons – dubbing the phenomenon aging us to use blended peas or edamame
urging ‘supposedly environmentally friendly ‘avocado hand’. Meanwhile, US avo-fans beans to garnish our sourdough instead.
consumers’ to stop eating them altogether. are bracing themselves for a spike in costs Unsurprisingly, ‘peas on toast’ is yet to gal-
‘Most of those sold in the UK are grown following Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs vanise the middle classes in quite the same
where the rainforest has been felled at an on goods from Mexico, one of the world’s way. Titchmarsh’s suggestion is to treat avo-
alarming rate to accommodate them’ and leading avocado producers. cados more like foie gras and less like a bowl
are then shipped ‘often more than 5,000 Environmentally, Titchmarch is right. In of cereal. ‘If we regarded them as a luxury,
miles across the ocean’. A sobering slap in 2023, the UK consumed 121,000 tonnes of there wouldn’t be the demand for this defor-
the face to a generation already being forced avocados, making it Europe’s second largest estation on a grand scale and the reduction
to endure the resurgence of low-rise jeans. consumer after France. Most avocado plan- of valuable rainforests.’ Catching up with
PHOTO: STOCKSY

What will we eat for breakfast now? ‘There’s tations rely heavily on fertiliser and fossil friends over a bowl of Weetabix might not
a lot to be said for Cornflakes, Weetabix and fuels, contributing to rising greenhouse gas be a very compelling solution (sorry Alan),
Shreddies,’ says Titchmarsh. emissions. They have smaller yields than a but maybe he has a point.
This isn’t the first PR crisis for the avocado. lot of other crops and so have a higher

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‘I CREATED A BARBIE DOLL

C H A R A C T E R - I T WA S A M A S K ’
Dismissed in the noughties as the ‘airhead heiress’, Paris
Hilton has had the last laugh, becoming a phenomenally
successful businesswoman and pop star
Dress, Lapointe; necklace, Paumé Los Angeles

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She fostered Zuzu the dog, posting a video The ‘toxic air’, as she calls it, ‘is the one
reuniting the animal with his family later in thing that has made me consider’ leaving
January. She went to Pasadena to work with LA, Hilton explains. ‘But I don’t think I
the Humane Society. ‘So many animals could. All my family and work is here. I love
were coming in all burned,’ she says. She it here so much, and I can’t see myself living
helped put people up in hotels, visiting anywhere else.’
them and ‘bringing surprises’, she says. Hilton’s serious attitude in these terrible
‘And I’ve been trying to do whatever I circumstances feels like a far cry from the
can to raise funds.’ As of late January, her Paris Hilton we used to know. Now 43,
efforts had raised over a million dollars for when she first caught the attention of the
LA fire emergency relief efforts. (It’s par- media 25 years ago, she was depicted as an
ticularly important to Hilton that people unrelenting party girl with little substance,
know which charities they can trust.) out every night since the age of 13. She was
All the work, both on the ground and on something of a media punch bag, and it
Instagram, has helped Hilton shift focus would be hard to find an article or news
away from her own sadness about the recent piece from those days that didn’t make fun
he first few months turn of events in her city and, of course, at of her, or demean her as a spoilt heiress. In a
of 2025 have been a sobering time for Paris her own home. ‘I don’t know if it’ll ever be lot of ways, she played along, she says.
Hilton. Her Malibu house was destroyed in the same again,’ she says of her home city. ‘I had created this kind of Barbie doll,
the California wildfires in January. ‘We didn’t ‘It’s like something out of a scary movie.’ “perfect life” character, to be like a mask,’
even know until we saw it on the live news,’ On a more micro level, the Malibu house she says. ‘I didn’t want to talk about certain
says Hilton. Her husband, entrepreneur was a place where ‘we were going to build things. That way I wouldn’t have to let
Carter Reum, noticed their blue door among all these memories together’, she says. Every anyone in.’
the rubble. ‘It was completely shocking.’ once in a while, she’ll recall something else Hilton insists she was always herself with
Hilton posted a short video on TikTok of destroyed and lost to the ashes. ‘My note- her close friends and family. But ‘with the
the remains of the home, with the Malibu books where I wrote my songs. My art room public, I had this character’, a sometimes
sun setting in the background. ‘What breaks with the art that Phoenix [her two-year-old ignorant airhead. It was a persona cemented
my heart even more is knowing that this isn’t son] made. Every day, I’m looking at old by five seasons of the reality show A Simple
just my story,’ she wrote. ‘So many people videos and photos, remembering things we Life, in which she starred opposite her good
have lost everything. And yet, in this pain, I lost that I didn’t even think about before.’ friend Nicole Richie.
know I’m incredibly lucky. My loved ones, Phoenix and London, his one-year-old Hilton explains now that it was fun to
my babies, my pets are safe.’ sister, ‘have been so confused’, she adds. play that character, the Paris Hilton with
Her ‘immediate instinct’, she says, was to ‘Uprooting them from their home is hard ‘the higher voice’ who overused expressions
harness her celebrity and social media reach to for them. Just the act of rushing out of the like ‘That’s hot’ and ‘Loves it.’
help the community. She contacted Rebecca house. We had to evacuate twice.’ The kids, ‘I was playing with my playful side,’ she
Grone, head of impact at her company, like their parents, need to get used to a new explains now. ‘I don’t know if it was easier
11:11 Media. ‘She helps me with all the normal. ‘Usually, every day we get a walk in [to be that Paris], but I guess it made it easier.’
advocacy work and philanthropic efforts,’ the park and Phoenix keeps asking, “Why In effect, it also helped put up a Marilyn
says Hilton. Hilton and her media company, can’t we go outside?”’ Hilton tells me, when Monroe-like wall where she was as much a
which she founded in 2021, started lending we speak in late January, but she is con- creation of the media as of herself. Inter-
a hand to animal shelters as well as charities cerned about the poor air quality from the views could remain surface. So could inter-
like Baby2Baby, which provides necessities burning of asbestos and chemicals. ‘We actions out and about. ‘People wouldn’t
for families in poverty, and FireAid. have lots of air purifiers and masks for when even think to ask any traumatising ques-
‘I said, “Let’s just see what we can do to we go out and we take precautions to keep tions,’ she says. ‘It was this whole protection
support,”’ Hilton says. ‘That’s been the silver them safe,’ she says. But they’re worried over the pain.’
lining, seeing people coming together.’ about the potential long-term effects. Choosing to be her more authentic self

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‘ I WA S U N D E R E S T I M AT E D F O R S O L O N G ’

Jacket, earring and necklace, all Dior

 has its own complications. ‘It’s maybe harder Paris, published in 2023. She remembers
now to do interviews. I’m naturally a very recording the audiobook with four strangers
shy person,’ she says. But it has enabled her ‘who I’d never met in my life’ in the room
to find her real voice. She can speak her and ‘they were in shock’ at the book’s con-
truth and the world still watches. ‘I get tent. ‘They were expecting some happy book
stronger and stronger every day,’ she says. about some heiress.’
The turning point came during the film- She spent lots of time in Washington
ing of her 2020 documentary, This Is Paris. speaking candidly to congressional commit-
The intention was to show a different side tees about the ‘troubled teen’ industry and its
of Hilton, to try to reclaim the person she’d abuses of power. Both the House and Senate
lost to those hundreds of posts on TMZ passed the Stop Institutional Child Abuse
and, well, Perez Hilton. ‘I had been misun- Act in December 2024, with President Biden
derstood and underestimated for so long,’ signing the bill into law on Christmas Eve.
she says, especially by a media that focused ‘In DC, they’d never seen something pass
on her night-time escapades, her teenage so fast. I’m just really proud that I kept
transgressions and that leaked sex tape. She going back and telling my story. No one has
wanted to show that she had worked to be done anything to protect these kids,’ she
the person she was, and she’d created an says. ‘It’s not over yet. I’m going to continue
internationally recognised brand with ten- this fight because there’s so much more to
tacles in all sorts of genres. do. I hope that’s why people call me iconic.’
‘Enough was enough,’ Hilton says. While While she sheds the skins of that Barbie
filming during a trip to South Korea, ‘I was character – though Barbie is kind of a hero
emotionally exhausted,’ she says. She started these days, thanks to Margot Robbie – what
opening up to director Alexandra Dean else should we know about the real Paris?
about a severe nightmare she was having, She’s a ‘huge tomboy’, she says. ‘I love doing
about being kidnapped in the middle of the things with no make-up and being natural
night. That led to the pair discussing her and myself.’
experiences as a teenager. At 16, she’d been The real Hilton, she continues, is a ‘huge
tanking in school and her parents were wor- undercover nerd. I love anything to do with
ried. They decided to send her to a private technology, gadgets and sci-fi.’ When prod-
youth facility in Utah, which started with ded, she says that Alien is one of her favourite
her being taken from her home in her sleep. movies. She’s been enjoying Paradise lately
By Hilton’s account, the place was its own and she misses Westworld.
daily nightmare. She was thrown in solitary She’s also an audiobook fiend. She likes to
confinement, force-fed medication and listen to memoirs, like Pamela Anderson’s,
sexually and physically abused. which she found she could relate to ‘so
‘I just couldn’t keep silent any more,’ she much’, as well as inspirational books, busi-
says. ‘And it started me on this journey of ness books, books about troubled teens and
self-discovery and healing and catharsis. It books about ADHD. ‘I love ADHD books,’
made me feel very strong that I had sur- she says, rattling off titles such as ADHD
vived something so horrific.’ For Smart Ass Women, ADHD 2.0 and
She went into more detail in a memoir, ADHD Is Awesome.
When she opens a book, it’s usually
nightly and to her kids. ‘I read a lot of bed-
time stories,’ she says. They all love Clifford
The Big Red Dog, especially an interactive
edition with fake fur.
Of course, life has changed a lot now that
she’s a mum-of-two. She spends downtime
making collages and painting with Phoenix
and London. ‘I have an art room,’ she says.
‘We make little statues out of Play-Doh. We
love being creative together.’
From top: Paris with Nicole Every week, their friends and cousins
Richie in A Simple Life; the pair come over for music class. ‘They love singing
together again for an event last
year; Paris with her family. Right:
and dancing,’ Hilton says. ‘And they love
campaigning for The Stop Stars Are Blind. They like it more than Baby
Institutional Child Abuse Shark.’ She’s referring to the 2006 hit from
Act in December her first studio album, Paris, that remains,
well, a surprisingly iconic classic. (It popped

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singling out her negative feelings about

Cocomelon, the successful animated YouTube
channel, which is not allowed. ‘We do have
movie nights,’ she says. ‘Last weekend we
watched the original Little Mermaid. The
look in their eyes was so cute. We watched it
twice. It’s now their favourite movie.’
Would she want them to experience any-
thing close to the level of fame and attention
she has? ‘I wouldn’t,’ Hilton says. ‘I’m not
going to tell them not to do something, but
I’m hoping they don’t want to be so much in
this because it’s a lot. It’s a difficult thing to
go through, but I can make it through any-
thing. I hope that they’ll take after me [in
business],’ and, she hopes, stay as much as
they can behind the scenes.
To that end, Hilton says she’s starting their
business education early. She takes most of
her meetings at home with London and
Phoenix regularly in earshot. ‘I’d love for my
kids to create their own brands,’ she says.
Hilton is already at work on a children’s
brand they can possibly take over, one that
includes books and cartoons that, she says,
‘are good for children’s brains’.
It’s just another thing to add to her ever-
growing list of hyphenates and conquests.
Dress, Monse; She’s already at work on a third album. It
necklace and
helps to have a recording studio at home, she
bracelet, both
Paumé Los Angeles
says, so producers can come to her. This
April, she’ll also release her 30th fragrance,
which means, she explains, there’s a different
smell for every day of the month. ‘It’s an art.
I’m the best at doing them,’ she says of her
coterie of scents. ‘They’re all like my babies.’
This new one is called Iconic. Hilton says it’s
in homage to her grandfather Aaron, who
back into the cultural consciousness with a content company and has produced innu- told her, “I’m so proud of you. You’ve accom-
particularly romantic scene in a drugstore in merable hours of social media content, plished more than any woman I’ve ever met.
Emerald Fennell’s 2020 film Promising when it comes to her kids, screens, she says, You’re iconic.”
Young Woman.) Phoenix, she adds, often are off-limits. ‘I’m very strict about that. In May, she’ll release a skincare line called
asks his teacher at school to play his mom’s I’m doing so much research on kids and Parivie. ‘I have to do it myself. It has real
song Chasin’, a collaboration with Meghan screens and how horrible it is.’ They don’t results and real science,’ she explains. ‘I’m
Trainor from Hilton’s more recent album, watch cartoons, she adds, specifically obsessed with skincare and I figured every-
last year’s Infinite Icon. ‘They all dance to it.’ one is always asking my beauty secrets.’
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In the blink of an eye, Phoenix and London Hilton credits her ADHD as a kind of
will be able to start raising some hell like superpower. She believes it helps her handle
their mum did when she was younger. ‘I get
scared thinking about them as teenagers and
‘IT MADE ME FEEL so many different types of projects, to move
with ease from one to the next. ‘I’ve done
how fast the world is moving,’ Hilton says.
‘It also makes me nervous to think about
them sneaking out. I know how dangerous
STRONG THAT music, building products, singing, acting,
writing and doing art and everything I love,’
she explains. ‘It is a lot to balance being a
the world can be. I’m thinking I’ll make a
house so much fun that they won’t even ever I HAD SURVIVED mom and a businesswoman and now being
a pop star.’
want to go out.’ She also hopes they won’t Sure. But is there anything even left to do?
sneak out because she’s going to raise them
‘to be good human beings and love sports
SOMETHING ‘I haven’t gone to space yet,’ Hilton says.
‘I’m kind of scared to go, though. I don’t
and music and to be super-busy in school’.
Even though she’s a woman with a media SO HORRIFIC’ want the rocket to get stuck and I don’t want
to be bored… I think I’ll stay on Earth.’
F E AT U R E G R A Z I A

‘PEOPLE STILL
THINK A MOTHER
SHOULD
DO IT ALL’
Author and activist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shares
how her mother’s death has impacted her parenting
WO R D S M A R I SA B AT E

it’s been 13 years since Chimamanda I resented that. And then there were times very strongly when friends say things that I
Ngozi Adichie’s impassioned We Should All when I felt she did not know me sufficiently, consider a way of teaching girls shame. I don’t
Be Feminists TED Talk, which was sampled and I also resented that.’ Now the shoe is on want anyone talking about chubbiness as
by Beyoncé, printed on a Dior T-shirt and the other foot. ‘I can read the most subtle something terrible. We’re starting too early
started a global conversation. And it’s changes in my daughter’s expression. But to make girls overly self-conscious about
12 years since the author last published a then sometimes I look at her and there’s still their bodies, teaching girls to find flaws in
work of fiction, the million copy-selling a mystery to her.’ themselves. I see all these 14 and 15-year-old
Americanah. In the intervening years, she’s Becoming a mother to a daughter helped girls already riddled with [shame] when
undergone several seismic life events: the Adichie understand her mother better, par- they’re perfect. I want to protect my daugh-
birth of her daughter (now nine), the death ticularly around the ‘overprotectiveness’ ter as much as I can from that rubbish.’
of her father in 2020, the arrival of her twin she’d once resented. ‘I’m trying very hard not As we speak across the Atlantic, it’s impos-
sons in 2024, but none more arresting than to live my daughter’s life. We are born with sible to talk about motherhood and women’s
the death of her mother, the year after she our own personalities. I don’t want mine to bodies without mentioning the ongoing
lost her dad. ‘I made peace with losing my overshadow hers.’ Adichie tells me a story. attacks on abortion access in the US. What’s
father, but I haven’t been able to make peace She was nine, the same age as her daughter is it like to watch in real time? ‘Surreal. I can-
with losing my mother,’ she says from her now, and she refused to eat her ‘swallow’ – a not imagine a man being told that this one
home in Baltimore. Four years on, she’s still type of starchy African food. On this occa- thing that is yours, your body, is something
full of ‘disbelief ’ and ‘rage’. What does she sion, her mother gave her permission to not you cannot decide what you want to do with.
miss most about her mother? A deep sigh is eat the swallow. She vowed she’d be the same We are saying that women are not fully equal
followed by a long silence. ‘I just miss know- if she ever had a daughter. ‘Now, it’s become human beings, because the one thing that is
ing that she’s there.’ metaphorical.’ There are still parental bound- hers she cannot control.’
Her new novel, Dream Count, is dedicated aries – ‘I’m an African mother, so I am going Becoming a mother in the US was an eye-
to her ‘beautiful, beloved’ mother Grace, and to tell her what I think is right and wrong,’ opener. ‘I found it surprising that progressive
mother-daughter relationships feature she laughs – but she wants her daughter to people seem to think that a mother should
throughout. After finishing the 416 pages, have that same feeling of choice. do it all. In my culture, you’re not meant to
she was surprised to see her mother in the Adichie’s world-renowned and Beyoncé- do anything for weeks.’ Adichie and her hus-
characters, just as she was surprised by her endorsed feminism is easy to spot. Through- band are currently ‘recycling cousins’ to help
grief. ‘I’d had a very good relationship with out Dream Count she exposes the reality of with the twins. ‘I wish the Western world
my mother but, when she died, I found myself women’s bodies and how they are ‘shrouded was structured in a way that saw motherhood
full of almost savage self-recrimination, in shame’, something that’s missing from lit- as something worth supporting in very prac-
because I felt that there were many times erature, she says. ‘Women are suffering’ and tical terms’.
when I could have been gentler with her, I we see that in stories of genital mutilation, There’s been much talk of Adichie’s return
could have shown more grace, and I didn’t.’ fibroids and premenstrual dysphoric disor- to fiction and, in many ways, this is a novel
The heart of Dream Count, the intercon- der. It is yet another thread that connects about wistful dreams. But there’s a painful
nected story of four women, is distilled in its Adichie to her mother, but here in a positive reality in her words, perhaps because of the
opening sentence: ‘I have always longed to be way. She remembers her mother hugging her pain of her recent reality. ‘Literature is
known, truly known, by another human when she started her periods, telling her she the only thing we have left to tell us the
PHOTO: JUANKR

being’. Isn’t this the ultimate conundrum was a woman. It’s thanks to her mother that truth about anything, really – and women,
with our mothers? ‘There were times when I she has no shame about her own body. in particular.’
felt that my mother knew me too well, and She is determined to pass this on. ‘I react ‘Dream Count’ (Fourth Estate) is out now
 I WA N T TO
PROTECT MY
DAUGHTER AS
MUCH AS
I CAN

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IT’S TIME
TO EMBRACE
‘OFF-PISTE’
LIVES
Career, house, marriage, kids… we’re conditioned to
think our lives must tick off particular milestones.
But often there’s fulfilment in the road less travelled
WO R D S H AT T I E C R I S E L L

carrie bradshaw hit the months, during the pandemic, when the pos-
nail on the head in a 2003 sibility of it not happening started to feel
episode of Sex And The City more certain. For years as a young woman,
when she recounted the many you can see in the distance a fork in the road,
times she had celebrated the beyond which lie two completely different
life choices of a particular lives – then suddenly, the fork is behind you
friend – via an engagement party, a wedding and there’s no going back. The road you will
and three baby showers. ‘If you’re single, after not travel would have taken you through
graduation there isn’t one occasion where exhaustion, 3am cuddles, school plays and
people celebrate you,’ she said, exasperated. late-night drives to collect teenagers from
‘Hallmark doesn’t make a “Congratulations, parties. The other will take you... well, where
you didn’t marry the wrong guy” card.’ will it take you?
Two decades on, some milestones still For me, the future looked so blank that I
seem to count more than others. The accepted briefly experienced a kind of vertigo. What
wisdom is that life should follow this route: would replace the family life around which
get a career, buy a home, get married, have other people had arranged themselves? I
children. If we don’t achieve all of those wondered if I would struggle to fill the hours
things in our twenties and thirties – whether and decades without that structure and
by choice or accident – it can be very unnerv- responsibility. Would I feel worthless in
ing. I know this, because I’ve watched almost middle age, with no children depending on
everyone I know get married and have me? Would my life be trivial compared to
babies, while I have not. those of my friends, and would I be racked
I’m now 41. I’ve never yearned to be a with regret?
mum, but I still remember the strange So much of this is an illusion, because of
 ILLUSTR ATION
JANELLE BARONE
F E AT U R E G R A Z I A

‘I NEVER
THOUGHT I
WOULD TAKE
THE LEAP TO
L E AV E T H E C I T Y ’

CAMILLA COLLINS, 37
When I was 29, I realised that my life
course, nobody knows what the future holds was not on a traditional trajectory.
or what they will regret, and I now see as My relationship ended, the dating
many midlife crises among my parent scene was harder than I thought and
friends as among the rest of us. However re- I was working for myself, not in a
warding marriage or kids might be, they traditional 9-5. While friends were
don’t make life easier or less fraught with all settling down, I knew I needed a
pain or uncertainty. change of scene. I had a lovely house
In her excellent memoir, Dinner For One, and I lived in a great area in London,
but it was full of families.
American writer Sutanya Dacres recounts
During Covid, I started spending
how she fell in love with a Frenchman, more time in the countryside, taking
moved to Paris to marry him, then divorced advantage of the empty lockdown
at 33. ‘I thought I ticked all the boxes, but it roads to drive out of London and
was a really unhappy marriage,’ she says now. walk my dogs. I grew up in London
‘Hitting those milestones doesn’t necessarily and the countryside had never
bring happiness.’ appealed to me, but I found myself
At 39, she’s unsure of what the future falling in love with nature, more
holds. ‘What’s helped a lot in decreasing my always been important to me: writing, learn- space and the slower pace of life. The
anxiety is realising just how many opportuni- ing and spending time with the people I love. turning point came two years ago
ties I have, to live for myself and not be When I do have moments of sadness, when I booked an Airbnb in the
Cotswolds and didn’t want to come
responsible for anyone yet,’ she says. ‘Not nothing lifts and inspires me like the friend-
home. When I got back to London,
having the boxes checked has left a lot of ship of other women who’ve gone off-piste. I felt like I didn’t belong there any
room in my life for different kinds of magic.’ My wise friend Anna, 42, reminds me that more. I immediately started looking
For my friend Lucy, it was increasingly we make our own milestones. ‘My life isn’t for houses and, three months later,
apparent in her thirties that being single exactly how I thought it would be – I’m liv- I had packed up my London life and
suited her better than dating. She worried ing in a city that I don’t think I’ll stay in and swapped it for a beautiful Grade-II
that she would come to regret this but, I’ve returned to being a student – but I have listed property in a small village
instead, at the age of 47 she is more content more freedom to make decisions,’ she says. called Box (just outside of Bath).
than ever. ‘I remind myself that I was mak- ‘My next milestones will be finishing my The move has caused me to drift from
ing decisions the whole time and those MBA and deciding where to live next.’ some of my friends, but this has been
decisions have led me here,’ she says. ‘I just Throw yourself wholeheartedly into what- more of a natural process as we’ve
fallen out of alignment and I no
didn’t realise I was making them.’ ever is meaningful to you and you might also
longer feel the need to pretend we’re
Looking back, my situation is also the be surprised by how others celebrate it. I still similar. There’s something so
result of me never having prioritised parent- published my first book recently and was freeing about letting go of other
hood. Since the pandemic wobble subsided, overwhelmed by support. ‘This book is your people’s expectations and my own of
I have grown confident and excited about baby,’ said my mother, buying multiple copies myself – I never thought I’d leave the
the path I find myself on. My middle age as gifts. ‘It’s my grandchild and I want to city but I’m so happy where I am now
will likely contain many of the elements of show everybody.’ and love the idea that nothing is as
everybody else’s, including caring for older Hattie Crisell is the author of ‘In Writing: fixed as I thought it had to be.
family members, but if I’m not parenting, I Conversations On Inspiration, Perspiration
can devote more to the things that have And Creative Desperation’
 ‘THERE’S JOY AND
FREEDOM IN NOT
H AV I N G K I D S – B U T ‘ I B U I LT M Y
ALSO SADNESS’ DREAM CAREER
IN MY FIFTIES’
CHARLOTTE HOLMES, 36
I never really wanted children. Growing up, KAY THOMAS, 58
I don’t ever recall having that maternal pull When I used to think about turning
people describe. When I got married at 31, my 60, I imagined I’d be kicking back with
now ex-husband and I both knew we didn’t want a retirement plan. But I’m actually just
children – however, it was often the first question entering the next phase of my life. I’ve
people would ask us. I donated my eggs twice retrained to be a counsellor and I’m
and still the questions came: ‘Do you still not starting from scratch in a new industry
want kids?’ after life didn’t pan out the way I
’I’M A YOUNG There’s been a lot of movement and change expected it to.
WIDOW in the past five years of my life, the age where I got married later than my friends,
society assumes women should be preparing for at 36, and I had my son at 37, then
FIGURING OUT motherhood. Instead, in my ‘having kids’ decade twins at 40. Working as a writer, I
WHO I AM I moved to India and became a yoga teacher in an found it difficult to juggle my career
Ashram in the Himalayas – something I’ve loved with three young children, so I took a
AGAIN’ and would never have done if I’d gone down the break. At the time, lots of publications
traditional route of having a family. But as much were closing and people were being
ISABELLA DAY, 51 as there’s joy, freedom and acceptance in my made redundant. When I came back,
When I met Ford, the love of my life, decision, there’s also grief. Every time a friend everything was digital and the salaries
I never dreamed I’d be widowed 10 messages me to say they’re pregnant, I get a wave had fallen. I was getting older and I
years later. We were both goldsmiths of sadness that I’m never going to mother my own didn’t feel like it was the right space for
and I came across him on YouTube child – even though I know it’s the right decision me any more.
when I was 40. He was British but for me. I know my grandmother might have been So, aged 53, I decided to start over
living in South Africa and I admired sad for me. All I know is that my life without and retrain as a counsellor. I’m 58 now,
his techniques, so I wrote to him. children makes me happy and fulfilled. Being a and when I meet friends for coffee,
When he returned to the UK, I mother is an amazing thing, but so is stepping they’re working three days a week,
studied with him and we fell in love. into the role of an aunt and godmother. looking at their pensions, or taking on
We both had children from previous casual jobs with less stress. I’m at the
relationships, so we decided to focus other end of the spectrum in a totally
on our careers. I used to be a new industry. Sometimes I’m working
cinematographer, so I made films for six days a week just to build my
his YouTube channel and combined business and fit everything in. When
that with my goldsmithing business. I was younger,
He was recognised in his field and in I spent so much time panicking
demand. But Ford had an immune about life milestones. I remember
disease and used a wheelchair. turning 30, still being single and living
When he died in 2023, I was at home with my parents. Now, I’m
completely lost. We were such a close two years away from 60 and, while
ADDITIONAL REPORTING: ALICE HALL. PHOTO: LUKE AYLING PHOTOGRAPHY, REBECCA

couple – in business and in our life others are winding down, I’m doing
LEWIS POSHYARNS PHOTOGRAPHY. KAY THOMAS: KAYTHOMASCOUNSELLING.COM

goals – that I didn’t have a plan for the exact opposite. And I’ve realised,
myself. I had to start the process of none of it matters; we can make up the
finding out who I was again, and order ourselves. I’m enjoying learning
what I wanted – and I’m still figuring new things every day and there’s no
it out. I grieved the family milestones way I’m ready to stop any time soon.
we would have celebrated together: I love that life doesn’t have to follow
my son passed his GCSEs and went a predictable pattern.
on to do A-levels; Ford’s youngest
son went back to college. In those
final months of his life, instead of
worrying about the things people
thought we should be doing – saving
for a pension, buying a house – we
focused on the time we had, such
as sitting and watching the birds
together. We called these moments
‘tiny delights’ – and I will always be
grateful for them. His passing has
emphasised for me how society’s
expectations don’t matter.

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P O W E R

P L A Y E R

At 25, actor Joey King is the toast of Hollywood, with her

own production company and a five-film deal with Netflix.
Her inspiration? The women who blazed a trail before her
WORDS FEDERICA VOLPE

Jacket, £1,165, Max Mara

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it’s not easy starring in a biographical worthy addition to this impressive list as ‘she attendance at the Women in Film gala: Jane
series when the subject is still alive; harder embodies the strength, creativity and passion Fonda, Annette Bening, Kate Winslet, Kerry
still when they’re at the centre of one of the of a leader for her generation’. It was 2018 Washington, to name but a few.
most discussed true crime cases of the past teen romcom The Kissing Booth that first WIF has been fighting for gender equity
decade. But Joey King’s portrayal of Gypsy propelled King into the public eye; released since its foundation in 1973. While its
Rose Blanchard – the young woman severely on Netflix, it quickly became one of the efforts have made an impact – in 2024, 42%
abused for years by her mother and who most-watched movies on the streaming of the 100 top grossing films in the US had a
became involved in her death – won the service and two sequels, also starring King, female lead, up from 28% the previous year
actor critical acclaim, with her performance swiftly followed. – the stats also shows that ageism is still a
in 2019’s The Act garnering SAG, Emmy, King’s recent sci-fi drama Uglies – which big issue in Hollywood. The percentage of
Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award she both produced and starred in – also female characters in their forties was just
nominations. The series dramatised the story attracted serious buzz. Based on the novel by 16% (for male characters in the same age
of Blanchard and her mother Dee Dee who, Scott Westerfeld, Uglies is set in a dystopian range it was 31%).
for years, made her and everyone else believe reality with strict beauty standards, where ‘I think there’s a certain pressure put on
Gypsy was disabled and terminally ill with young people are forced to undergo extensive women, with things expected of them when
cancer, subjecting her to unnecessary surger- cosmetic surgery. The themes it raises are, of they reach a certain age. I feel that pressure
ies and medical interventions. Eventually, course, prescient amid worries about the and I’m only in my twenties. I’ll surely feel it
Blanchard, with the help of her boyfriend, aesthetic standards women are held to today more as I get older,’ King says. ‘A lot of
planned and took part in Dee Dee’s death. – something King is very aware of. ‘It’s inevi- women feel it, it’s unfair and crazy. I’m so
The unusual and tragic circumstances of the table nowadays to feel a certain pressure. glad many inspiring actresses and female
case gripped the media and became a social If you subscribe to social media, whether directors are making art that addresses
media obsession, with every detail dissected you are a celebrity or not, people will make this problem.’
online. Gypsy Rose was eventually convicted assumptions about your appearance, person- Throughout her career King has worked
of second-degree murder and spent eight ality and life,’ she says. ‘I think people are a with legends, including Nicole Kidman
years in prison. Throughout the years she little too comfortable voicing their opinions in the 2024 movie A Family Affair. ‘I’m so
gained a large follow on social media and nowadays. It seems more important to be inspired by Nicole,’ she says. ‘She’s funny, tal-
now has 10 million TikTok followers. humorous than kind.’ ented and caring. Working with her makes
King says that rather than discouraging King says being around trailblazing you realise how she rose to the position of
her, the public’s fascination with Blanchard women in the industry who’ve been through leadership that she so elegantly holds: by
motivated her to take on the role. ‘What it all before helps. Many of them are in being kind, compassionate and collaborative
attracted me to that project was the delicate with other people. She is also just such a
nature of telling someone’s story when badass who knows what she wants.’
they’re still alive, and when there’s so much King has tried to channel these traits in
information about them that everyone has her own work; her production company All
access to and can cross-reference your perfor- The King’s Horses, inked a five-movie deal
mance and accuracy. That made me very with Netflix in 2021, making her one of the
nervous but also excited,’ she says. ‘I was youngest creatives to strike a deal with a
lucky because I was given the freedom to find streaming service. Her approach to new pro-
my version of playing Gypsy. It was the most jects is based on gut reaction. ‘I love how
incredible experience to work on something spontaneous many of my decisions as an
everyone cared so deeply about.’ While she actor have been. At times, I’ve gotten very
analysed the media coverage of Gypsy Rose’s excited about a script and just jumped right
case, she never met her. ‘The extent of our in, even if I wouldn’t have necessarily
interaction was a couple of friendly and nice Joey accepting her Max Mara thought I’d want to do something like that.
words over Instagram DM.’ Face Of The Future Award Most importantly, I want characters to feel,
PHOTOS: PORTRAIT COURTESY OF MAX MARA; REUTERS

Before our interview, I meet King at the to have real-life stakes and personalities.’
Max Mara cocktail party at Los Angeles’ As for what’s next? There are still many
iconic Chateau Marmont, where she was women in Hollywood who King dreams of
being celebrated as the new Max Mara Face working with. ‘One day, I’d love to work
of the Future at the 51st Women In Film with Greta Gerwig and Angela Bassett,’ she
Awards. The award is given every year to an says. ‘I’m lucky to live in a time where there
actor in recognition of her talent. Elizabeth I LOV E H OW are more opportunities for women than ever,
Debicki, Katie Holmes, Zoe Saldana and S P O N TA N E O U S and I’m really thankful to all the women who
Emily Blunt have all been past recipients of MANY OF MY came before me in this industry, who laid
the award. Maria Giulia Prezioso Maramotti, down the groundwork and trail-blazed the
director of Max Mara who helps select the DECISIONS path for us to have more opportunities, more
Face of the Future winner, says King is a H AV E B E E N say and more creative power.’

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‘ NOT
LOVING
MY BODY
DOESN’T
MAKE ME
A BAD
FEMINIST’

When a doctor i was with my GP for my six-week post-

partum check after having my first baby Becky wants

body-shamed when it happened. I was glad to see a doctor

to show other
women what a
after weeks of mothering alone. I assumed
her postpartum, he’d check my C-section scar, find out if I
body really looks
like after babies
needed breastfeeding support and ask about
Becky Barnicoat my mental health. When I stepped on to the
struggled with weighing scales it seemed like a formality,
but as we sat down again afterwards, some-
instinct to defend myself, I felt a flush of
shame. ‘Most women like to get their bodies
her confidence thing shifted in the air. back as soon as they can,’ the doctor contin-
‘Are you aware you weigh 8kg more than ued. ‘Because the longer you leave it, the
before you were pregnant?’ the doctor asked, harder it is to shift.’
gravely. ‘I mean, I’ve just had a baby,’ I said. It’s funny how words can hit you with a
Surely it was normal to gain weight? My physical force. I was being body-shamed by
stomach was still swollen from pregnancy my GP just six weeks into motherhood. Six
and my breasts had doubled in size. Plus I’d weeks after my abdomen was sliced open and
had a Caesarean and I was only just starting my large son was wrenched out of it. Six
to walk again without pain. But despite my weeks of constant feeding, no sleep and
 BECKY DR AWS IT LIKE IT IS…

disorientating newness. I walked home from

the appointment in tears.
It felt as if the doctor had undone decades
of positive work improving my self-esteem.
I’d entered puberty when Kate Moss was at
her thinnest and worshipped. Back when
girls aspired to size zero, and smoking had
replaced eating. I remember being 13 and ter-
rified of my stomach and breasts. I endured
years of back pain from desperately holding
in my small belly so it didn’t hang over
my low-cut jeans. Then, it seemed, times
changed. We were encouraged to enjoy our
breasts, stomach and thighs, burritos, lasagne
and muffin-tops. It was such a relief. But self-
hatred, like a virus, hadn’t been entirely
cured. It lay dormant in my nervous system.
When I became pregnant at 35, following
three brutal years of fertility treatment, I was
excited for my body to change. I experienced
an illicit delight that my pot belly was finally
acceptable – no, celebrated. I joked about
the joy of not holding in my stomach, ignor-
ing the shadow that thought cast in my
mind. It took so little for everything to fall Time passed. I became pregnant again and
apart. A 60-something doctor with a bushy didn’t feast quite so joyfully on doughnuts.
white moustache stained yellow from tobacco But I also worked hard at dismissing the doc-
telling me to lose weight. tor’s comments and repeated mantras of self-
After the liberating joy of pregnancy, sud- acceptance. I drew cartoons of my postpar-
denly I was in a body that I had no language tum body and wrote a graphic memoir about
or visual reference for. Pregnancy was Demi having a baby. I wanted to show other women
Moore on the cover of Vanity Fair. Post- what a postpartum body really looks like.
partum was… what? My stomach had half- Kate Middleton standing outside the hospi-
deflated into a sort of fleshy water bed, tal just hours after giving birth wearing a
streaked with a shrivelled linea nigra and pretty dress with perfect hair and make-up
purple with bruising. My breasts were like was a fantasy laid on for the cameras. But it
something in the FHM calendar, but my sex also set an insane aesthetic standard that no
drive had vanished. My usual double chin one could achieve without immense suffer-
had expanded through water retention to ing. I emerged from my birth bruised and
involve my entire neck. bleeding, with a puffy, ashen face. I couldn’t
I had absolutely no concept of a normal walk, let alone wear heels. And the whole
postpartum body and, despite the best experience was made more disturbing
efforts of my internal feminist task force, I because I hadn’t known what to expect, or
started to dislike it. I began to compare what was normal. I love that more and more
myself to other mums: her tummy was flat women are now openly discussing the
again; I still looked five months pregnant. dramatic physical transformation they
She was back in jeans; I doubted I’d ever get underwent as new mothers. The leaky, fleshy
out of a sack dress. If I wore dungarees would spill of our bodies after pregnancy shouldn’t
somebody ask me how far along I was? If I be a shameful secret or a shocking surprise.
breastfed in public, would people stare at my I never ‘got my body back’. What a ridicu-
body in horror? These feelings were compli- lous concept. This body has carried and
cated and conflicting. I knew I should feel birthed two children, it’s getting older. The
proud of my body: it had made a whole new feminist in me wants to finish by telling you
human! And I was proud of it. I never judged that I’ve come to love it and embrace its soft-
other women or other mothers’ bodies and I I NEVER ‘GOT ness and looseness. And I almost have. I love
PHOTO: SALLY MITCHELL

knew objectively that most people weren’t M Y B O DY B AC K ’ . other people’s postpartum bodies. My gaze
judging mine. But that didn’t stop me sucking W H AT A towards others is fully liberated and accept-
in my stomach all night at a friend’s birthday ing. I’m still working on how I see myself.
party six months after giving birth, the famil- R I D I C U LO U S ‘Cry When The Baby Cries’ by Becky
iar stab of backache kicking in once more. CONCEPT Barnicoat (Jonathan Cape) is out now

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3. JEANS ARE FINE – AS

DOLCE & GABBANA

VER SACE
LO N G A S T H E Y ’ R E B L I N GY
Cocktail denim? Souped-up jeans? At
Dolce & Gabbana, whose collection was
inspired by the personal style of ‘cool girls’
from the streets of London, Milan and
Paris, baggy cargos and jeans embroidered
with clusters of stones looked like easy hits.
For Versace, crystal detailing was spotted
among the brand’s signature super-short
hemlines, Medusa silk prints and puff-ball
1. FUR, FUR AND YET miniskirts. ‘This is a collection of Versace
MORE FUR superheroes,’ is how Donatella put. ‘Our
house codes are recognised all over the
The single biggest trend of Milan Fashion world and make us so strong.’ Should you
Week – and fashion weeks generally – has wish to dabble in the dazzle before autumn,
been the return of fur (which is mostly, there are plenty of styles on the high street
but not all, shearling). Trend forecaster now, from silver stud-strewn seams and
Tagwalk reports a 996% increase in fur baggy hems dipped in diamanté to all-over
mentions during Milan alone. Among the rhinestones. COS’s wide-leg style, with a
fur-filled collections there were fur shrugs subtle scattering of crystals, will set you
and even fur flip-flops (Ferragamo), faux back £135, while AllSaints’ Blake studded
fur trapper hats (Etro) and a faux fur skirt wide-leg jeans are £199. How to style now?
(Ferrari). Plus, of course, big fur coats – at A simple white tee or sized-up white shirt
Prada, Fendi, Dolce & Gabbana, Etro and and leather jacket will work best. In short,
so on. keep it respectable up top, dirty down below.
Sarah Jessica
Parker at
2. SJP IS CARRIE, Fendi 4 . S O M E T I M E S , A L L YO U
CARRIE IS SJP N E E D I S A G R E AT C O AT
How to carve out space in today’s attention I’m not talking about the knee-length black
economy? Despite a notable lack of puffer you’ve repeatedly worn for the past
Hollywood elite due to a schedule clash 19,027,340 days. I’m talking about a grown-
with the Oscars (and a particularly up, made-an-effort nice coat – perhaps a
tumultuous political backdrop), Milan double-breasted grey herringbone overcoat,
Fashion Week still managed to deliver or an unlined camel cashmere that simply
a megawatt moment or two. At Fendi’s drapes from your shoulders? As per autumn/
celebratory 100th birthday catwalk winter, there was no shortage of solid
extravaganza, the legacy-honouring outerwear inspiration, which ran the gamut
blowout included not just supermodels from an oversized grey pinstripe Crombie
present and past (hello, ’60s icon Penelope at Sportmax to a draped cape at Alberta
Tree), but a front row appearance by none Ferretti. The right coat will get adequate
other than Sarah Jessica Parker. The Sex sartorial airtime year after year, so invest,
And The City star was dressed in a ribbed
knit dress and chocolate cashmere coat,
accessorised with a pink crossbody bag
embellished with candy-pop crystal shards.
Said bag, of course, could only be the
house’s infamous Baguette, which became
a pop cultural icon when Carrie quipped
to a mugger trying to snatch her purple
sequinned version, ‘It’s not a bag – it’s a
Baguette!’ She’s gone on to carry the iconic
shoulder bag multiple times since – both
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BOOM THE ROOM?
Snakeskin, animal print, acid
and invest wisely. And remember it’s never colours, lace, embellishment, fur
too early to start purchasing next winter’s (faux) were in abundance, both
attire – most personal shoppers have theirs on and off the runways. The
snapped up by July. bottom line? Quiet luxury is
dead. People want something a
5 . W H E N I N D O U B T, little more joy-inducing, a little
A D D A B E LT in-your-face and unapologetically
ostentatious. What does this
Who doesn’t love an easy styling hack mean for your closet? Polka dots,
to take everyday outfits from meh to… coloured fur, clashing accessories
mega? As ‘proper’ trousers become the
A L B E R TA F E R R E T T I

– preferably all at once. Even

cornerstone of our wardrobes – see front- Giorgio Armani, purveyor of
pleated chinos or high-waist wide-leg pants timeless elegance, dabbled with
– belts are elevated from essential kit to fringing and faux fur. If you’re
intentional statement maker. At Milan, asking yourself whether your look
some 40 belts featured in Max Mara’s is in bad taste, the answer is: it’s
44-look collection, where double-wound not bad enough. The point this
leather belts created a cinched silhouette, season is to make a point.
especially when worn with floor-length
cashmere coats and dense cord pants. Tod’s
added interest to its wardrobe classics with
FENDI

a contrast belt, nonchalantly knotted over

coats. Street stylers are wearing mock-croc
or studded styles by new brand Dehance,
or scouring their local vintage shop.
PR ADA

6. CO M M I T TO R E D
Last season’s hint of red is very much next
season’s hefty splash of the strong stuff.
Ferragamo’s red ensembles were
punctuated by matching handbags and
mules, while Alberta Ferretti, Prada and
more all put their own spin on the colour:
Ferretti via a cape-cardigan shawl, looked
divine when worn over ivory silk, and
Prada with its paperbag-waist midiskirt.
 JIL SANDER
stealth comeback. Pair them work for you, try a cropped
with some sheer tights now shape. Extra points if it’s
if you’re not quite ready distressed brown leather and
with your pedi. paired with cornflower blue.

9. S T R E E T Power pairing: plum

and black
STYLE HACKS Picking up where burgundy
TO TRY NOW left off, plum shades were
everywhere on the runway.
Toughen up florals Wear now with black and
A chunky, mannish shoe grey come next autumn.
will keep this season’s
ubiquitous granny flowers Stud appeal
on the right side of chic. Both on and off the runway,
studded shoes – from Derby-
Go cropped soled loafers to block-heel
Leather bombers are pumps – emerged as the
EMPORIO ARMANI

everywhere – if the footwear du jour. Upgrade

oversized ’80s look doesn’t your denim-and-tee look.

Florals + Black
chunky + plum
GUCCI

shoe
GUCCI
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Leather Studs
bomber
MOSCHINO

8. T R E N D S H O E - I N S
Loafers are everywhere
The classic flats aren’t exactly news –
everyone is wearing them right now
– so the message is: invest in a sleek
pair of penny loafers now, wear them
forever. While Prada’s iteration can go
on next season’s wish list, GH Bass is
the affordable option to shop right now.

The peep-toe is back

PHOTOS: GETTY

Spotted on the likes of Hailey Bieber

and Lily Rose Depp of late, the divisive,
1950s-era shoe has been staging a

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 1.
COLOUR THEORY

Spring’s hottest shade?

A yellow that’s somewhere
between butter and sherbet.

SPRING
Good enough to eat.

PICKS
YOU
NEED
NOW WHISTLES

Your definitive 2.
shopping list for ON-TREND
TOES
Choose a ballet pump
the season ahead with bite this season
– look for extra details
like a horse-bit,
scrunched leather £695, Gucci £420, Hereu £59, Charles & Keith
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or criss-cross ties.
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£175,
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£295, Ganni
3.
NEXT- GEN
£99, Dune London

TAILORING

Forgo lapels for a whip-

smart collarless jacket that £227, Flattered
leaves you free to wear
a power necklace.

£310,
Agolde

£169,
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5.
THE PERFECT
JEANS

Sometimes, less is
more. Case in point:
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denim that will only
get better with age.

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printed or popping
suede uppers show
no sign of falling
out of favour.

£750, Miu Miu

10.
NEWFANGLED
FLORAS

Thought ditsy
prints were dead?
They’ve been
reincarnated again!
£145, J Crew
£90, adidas

£89.99, £800, £395,

Mango Acne Studios Isabel Marant

£24.90,
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12.
B E LT U P

If you haven’t worn a

belt since the early
£74,
Skims ‘00s, fair enough.
£67, But don’t let your bag
Arket get left behind.

11.
JOG ON
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Grey sweat pants

have never looked so
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FA S H I O N G R A Z I A

GANT
THE RISE
OF THE
POSH GIRL
WARDROBE
Dig your Barbour out of the Range
Rover and dust off your loafers – the
’80s toff look has branched out from
SW3, says Laura Antonia Jordan

‘background means a lot to a Ranger.

They want to establish it – name, rank and
number – when they meet someone.’
‘Sloane Rangers love the past. You can’t
have background without lashings of The
Past. All the good things have been going
for ages.’
‘A Sloane Ranger’s heart is in the coun-
try… Rangers hate New Country People.’
Just a taster of What Really Matters,
according to 1982’s The Sloane Ranger
Handbook. Written by journalists Ann Barr
and Peter York, the wickedly funny text
 detailed the predilections and persuasions, But it is the Sloane’s fondness for, nay
signifiers and salutations of a small but belief in, ‘the Good Coat’ that is the shared
mighty cadre of plummy poshos – ‘Super- ground for most of Us and Them. A woman
Sloane’ Princess Di the most high-profile, who gets that? Alexa Chung, as exemplified
plus the other Carolines and Henrys who not just in her much-mimicked personal
occupied southwest London in the ’80s. style but in her latest Barbour collection.
Amid the social diktats dished out, the Staying true to the brand’s epic heritage she
handbook also outlined the sartorial rules of has reinterpreted showerproof car coats,
this particular type of toff. The weird thing? padded jackets and the quintessential
Much of it reads right for right now – and chucked-in-the-back-of-the-Range-Rover
resonates far beyond SW3. wax jacket in her own distinct language.
So, the details. Snaffled Gucci loafers and (See Erdem and Ganni’s takes on that classic
Hermès scarves (‘as good as wearing a for proof of its ongoing fashion legitimacy).
Stubbs round your chin’) are in. Sloane regi- OK, yah, but why now ? First up, let’s
mental colours are navy blue, Husky green note that we are almost far enough out of a
and burgundy. Cashmere should come from Tory Government to titter with the rich for
M&S or the Harrods sales. Navy pleated the moment. And let’s also consider that the
skirts, shirts, knickerbockers, green wellies, ’80s is permeating the zeitgeist once more,
Moon Boots for skiers (‘and what Sloanes for better ( Jilly Cooper) or worse (Donald
aren’t?’), and the Husky jacket (a ‘multipur- Trump). The codes of that maligned decade
pose Ranger robe’) are all vital ingredients. are writ large through the S/S ’25 collec-
Can you not see shimmers of this in some tions, everywhere from Saint Laurent to
of the pieces working overtime right now, Louis Vuitton, making the case for reconsid-
like the viral M&S suede loafers, best worn ering the rah.
without a sock or, if one must, then a jazzy There is also something honest about the
one? Or how about the jolly Fair Isles or transparency, the forthrightness of the
Argyles or tartans found at Hodakova, posho look. It does not hide its privilege. So
Sacai, Balenciaga and (well, duh!) Burberry? much discourse around quiet luxury in the
And what of the enduring IRL trend for past few years has missed this point that it is
wearing them slung over one’s shoulders? very, very difficult to pull off well. It takes a
All very Sloane. lot of work to look like you’ve not done any.
Speaking of knits, the Polo Ralph Lauren Plus, the upper-crust look of the Sloane
cable-knit V-neck is enjoying something of a stable is gorgeously trendless. The principles
moment right now. Sloane adjacent, it skews underlying the look? ‘Quality, Conserva-
more to the upper-crust Brit’s East Coast tism, Classicism’ the Handbook says, and
cousin: the prepster. Much of the Oxbridge/ that certainly chimes with a less-is-more,
Ivy League, Spencer/Kennedy style lan- wear-to-death approach to consumption.
guage is shared, but if it’s thoroughbred Not that we have to listen to everything they
Sloane you’re going for then you’d be better say. ‘Glossy magazines, from time to time,
off considering Polo’s nautical navy suit, make much of le Style Anglais or the Rich
houndstooth tweed blazer, ruffled pie-crust Girl Look, but to Caroline her sort of
blouse and suede jacket, as seen in its exclu- clothes are not a “look”.’ Apols Caz, but
sive Net-A-Porter collection. we’re borrowing it for now.
Toffs do not rely solely on specific takes on
classics. There is also a sprinkle of whimsy to
his (see jaunty coloured cords) and hers, as
any close scholar of Diana’s ’80s looks knows
(revived once more, Diana did the tie very
well). The Sloaney Pony does not ‘aim to
look sexy’ but she is swayed by visions of
the ‘Victorian heroine, the governess,
touches of lace, soft frills, high necks’. And
you even get a bit of that this season, just
take a peep at those Chloé bloomers or Saint Alexa’s wax
THE SLOANEY
Laurent’s ritzy high-necked blouses – ideal
for a swing upstairs at Langan’s. Ditto those
jacket for
Barbour.
PONY DOES
PHOTOS: GETTY

big power shoulders and poufy-skirted

dresses spied at Coperni, Stella McCartney
Above: the
Sloane look
NOT AIM TO
and Carolina Herrera.
reaches Milan
LOOK SEXY
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continuing its
support of the arts,
Van Cleef & Arpels
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for the third time,

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in a footwear collection
that speaks to the store’s
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well as Giorgio Armani’s
easy simplicity.
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Help! I want
to get into
vintage
shopping
but don’t know
where to start
Artist and author of popular
style Substack Jenny Sais Quoi,
Jenny Walton, on why old is often
better than new…

FOLLOW THE SIMPLE DOS AND

D O N ’ T S O F V I N TA G E S H O P P I N G
DO: Go in store, not just online, and make
time to go vintage shopping when
travelling. And be open-minded – vintage
shopping is a time for play.
D O N ’ T : Vintage shoes can be very hard to
wear just because the glue simply doesn’t
hold up (I learned the hard way).

P AY A T T E N T I O N T O D E T A I L
If a piece is truly vintage (20+ years) and it’s
still there in the shop, ie, it’s held up quite However, you need a mix. That’s why I love not appear too vintage, however, you
well, then it’s typically quite well made. The flea markets. They’re an impermanent store might want to pair a vintage item with
main thing is to look inside. Are the seams that won’t even exist tomorrow and you something modern.
unravelling? Is it missing buttons? All of never know which sellers will show up. I love
these things can be repaired, but they’re the markets just outside of the centre of D E C I D E W H E T H E R YO U ’ R E
important to note. Paris in Saint-Ouen. There is also a great S P O N TA N E O U S O R S T R AT E G I C
flea market along the Navigli in Milan I wish I could make the alerts stop. I set
D O YO U R H O M E W O R K W H E N YO U on the last Sunday of the month. them a few years ago and can’t seem to turn
ARRIVE IN A NEW CITY them off and now it’s like I’m married to a
I like to do a little research online and mark I N V E S T T I M E I N F I N D I N G A TA I L O R past fleeting thought. There are certain
places on Google Maps. I typically discern I went to school for fashion design, so I like seasons I always look for. Prada 2008 or
where the best areas are for vintage and start to pin everything myself at home and take it 2013, I like particularly. Miu Miu around
by wandering around those. Your best bet is to the tailor and tell them exactly what I 2014/15 was very good too. I guess I’m a
to ask chic local people, though. That’s how want. What you should do is find a local bit old school but I like to see which things
you get the really great recommendations. tailor who you trust, go there, try the things naturally creep back into my mind, instead
on and have them help you. The first time of being reminded by the computer.
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because vintage shouldn’t be perfect in my shouldn’t experiment, you should. But you
M I X U P YO U R S H O P P I N G M O D E S opinion. It’s nice when something has a should take a moment before purchasing
I love shopping online (I’m quite specific worn feel to it or an imperfection; it makes to think if you really want something, or if
and can stay in with my dogs on my lap). the clothing more like humans. In order to it just looked good on someone else.

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has hidden the lid, there are remnants of eyebrows with cream or powder.’ Chanel
eyeliner shavings lurking in the corner and Beauty Angled Eyeliner Brush N°206 [4],
my poor brushes have taken the brunt of it. £26, is a personal favourite.
Of course I try to remember to clean my Want to save yourself the clean-up and
brushes regularly but, if I’m honest, it’s been swerve brushes altogether? Try these
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When you’re tight for space, built-in
storage is a godsend. This unit
contains shelves, a cupboard and
table that can be flipped closed.
‘The cupboard is for things you want
to keep hidden, such as electricals
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designer Sophie Rowell of Côte de
Folk, who designed this unit. ‘If you
don’t have a separate room for your
clothes, drill down into what you
need to optimise your life: hanging
space versus drawers and baskets.
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items that can be stored neatly,
otherwise it ends up looking a mess.’

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designers Pluck. ‘Don’t design a
kitchen for an unattainable you, the
one where you’ve cleared out all the
things you really rather like. List your
storage priorities, things that you like
about your current kitchen and those
you wish to improve. Successful
storage is also about where things are
located.’ A larder is a smart solution.
‘It is so practical, eliminating the
need to rifle through stuff,’ says
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there’s a shelf for dry goods, one for
jars, racks on the doors for spices. TO U C H WO O D
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all about a calming Mediterranean
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‘Another key element is the wooden
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staining it with a waterproof finish
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to be almost invisible, creating a
discreet yet functional space for
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feeling of space while providing extra DVSRVVLEOHoVD\V6RSKLH5RZHOO
storage. ‘Filling a wall behind the ‘Also make how you dry your
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also has generous storage space,’ says racks you hoist above your head,
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particular relationship with that book.”’

However, public demand and her own
interest led Sittenfeld to write the follow-
up as a short story. (An entire novel holds
greater risk of displeasing people, she says.)
‘The central question people ask is: Lee
was so insecure and neurotic when she
was at boarding school, was she that
way because that’s who she is as a person
forever, or was she that way because she
was a teenager? I have always said, “You
get to decide!” but I decided to tip the
scales and say she’s probably more angsty
and insecure than average but she does
grow up into a stable, productive adult.’
Elsewhere in the collection, there are
references to Mike Pence and a Jeff Bezos
figure, but it’s the meditations on getting
older that shine through: women looking
back on their life choices at the point
where the consequences have played out.
Take Follow Up. Ostensibly it’s about a
mammogram, but while waiting for her
appointment, Janie reminisces about the
week she slept with two different men,
‘i’m fascinated by the passage of time,’ one of whom became her husband. ‘In the
FEMALE says Curtis Sittenfeld, speaking of the theme moment, she thinks, “Do these men have
at the heart of Show Don’t Tell, her new an equal role in my life?”’ says Sittenfeld.
MIDLIFE short story collection. Over 12 stories, the ‘But there’s so much you don’t know in the
best-selling author of American Wife and moment that time later reveals to you.’
E X P E R T LY Prep explores situations both politically on
point and relatably banal, primarily from the
CAPTURED perspective of midlife female protagonists.
‘I feel the collection as a whole is engaging
Curtis Sittenfeld proves she’s with the current cultural and political
the voice of her generation moment and grappling with questions
G R A Z I A’ S B O O K C L U B
about friendship, marriage, human
with Show Don’t Tell connection and ageing – and how we talk
GIVES ITS VERDICT
about women and ageing,’ says Sittenfeld.
In The Patron Saints Of Middle Age, three ‘Exquisitely written and a joy to
friends reconnect after a funeral and read – Sittenfeld’s talent for
observing everyday interactions
contemplate their past and present
GRAZIA relationships; in White Women LOL, a is truly beautiful.’ Aisha
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white, middle class mother goes viral after

BOOK CLUB challenging a group of Black guests at her
friend’s birthday party, incorrectly believing
‘The way Sittenfeld can draw a full
character in just a few lines is
amazing.’ Kate
them to be gatecrashers; and Lost But Not
Forgotten is a sequel, revisiting Lee from
coming-of-age novel Prep at her 30-year ‘I'm not usually one for short stories
school reunion. The latter was something but the power of her writing drew
Sittenfeld approached carefully, due to the me in. I was completely absorbed
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fandom around her 2005 debut. ‘Years ago, I
relationships she depicted.’ Lauren
floated the idea with my editor of writing an
entire sequel and she said, “You might want
to leave it alone because people have a very

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GRAZIA’S LIFE SKILLS
WORK WISDOM

Try small,
consistent actions
to stay motivated
Elizabeth Uviebinené is author of
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of Storia

At an event, someone asked me,

‘How do you stay motivated
when the excitement of the “new
year, new me” energy fades?’ It
was one of those moments where
I could hear the collective
agreement in the room. Let’s be
honest, by spring, those goals
that felt so urgent in January
might be slipping away. But that
doesn’t mean progress has to stop.
Firstly, reconnect with your

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came from a place of intention. If ASK THE EXPERT
motivation is low, ask, ‘Why did
I want this in the first place?’ How to improve your confidence
Sometimes, all you need is a
reminder of the bigger picture. Lioness goalkeeper Mary Earps the last few years have just been
Secondly, journalling can help incredible. At first, it was definitely a
bring clarity. I do a lot of voice Confidence is important feeling of: what is this? You question
journalling on Storia, and there’s in any profession, but yourself sometimes, or you can be
something powerful about particularly when it tempted to, based on what other people
hearing yourself say what you’re comes to goalkeeping. It’s are saying. It’s important to surround
feeling. Checking in with a position of real pressure, yourself with the right people who will
yourself daily can slowly build and performing at the tell you the truth, because with success
that clarity and positivity. highest level under that pressure isn’t easy. come difficulties as well.
Finally, really break down your For me, confidence starts with My first tip for improving confidence
goal into its smallest steps. preparation. I’m a big believer that you is to do things with integrity. Be
Instead of focusing on the finish get your strength from training. It comes unapologetically yourself, make decisions
line, ask yourself, ‘What’s one from knowing that I’ve given my best, I for the right reasons and with the right
tiny action I can take today?’ If made the right decisions, I showed up intentions. Secondly, always train hard,
your goal is to find a new job, with the attitude to win. I did it in a way whatever that looks like in the industry
start by updating one section of that was unapologetically myself, and I you’re in. Apply yourself 110% to
your CV or reaching out to one didn’t shy away from tough moments. whatever you’re doing, and work in a way
person in your network. If you’re However, I think the world wants you that’s best for you.
writing a book, commit to 100 to have impostor syndrome, especially as Finally, show discipline. There will be
words a day instead of waiting for a female athlete. When I was fortunate times where you don’t want to do
the perfect moment to start. enough to experience some success, it was something. Having the discipline to do
Small, consistent actions build a very new feeling. My career for many things when you don’t want to do them,
momentum, and momentum is years involved a lot of hard work behind but you know you need to do them, is one
what keeps you going. closed doors and not a lot of trophies. But of the greatest forms of self-love.
GOING GREEN M O N E Y TA L K S the fact that understanding with your phone was, the
our finances is a vital part of emotions you feel when you
There’s hope The advice I women’s health, wellbeing and are driven to spend on stuff
in collective would tell my freedom, too. you don’t really want or need.
This is my last column for Ignore: guilt about buying
action younger self Grazia, so I thought I’d reflect takeaway coffees, how wealthy
on a few other things about everyone appears to be on
Ginnie Chadwyck-Healey money I wish I could tell my Instagram, emails alerting you
@ginniech00; vchstyle.com younger self. to sales that will be on again in
A weirdly high number of a few weeks’ time.
‘Community means power’. adults feel they are ‘rubbish Start saving right now, into
So said Jane Fonda at this with money’. Don’t let this an emergency fund and into a
year’s SAG Awards, where define you. Making the odd pension. The earlier you begin,
she received the Lifetime money mistake is no more a the more time and compound
Achievement Award. At 86, fixed part of your personality interest and tax relief will do
the actor turned activist lit up Laura Whateley is the author than not always enjoying its thing.
the room. As this Going of Money: A User’s Guide eating raw kale. Talk about money with
Green column closes, it brings Pay attention to: your credit those you love, work with etc.
a new chapter – hopefully When I started as a journalist, file, your pension, how to It helps with accountability,
one where the topic of climate personal finance articles were invest in the stock market, how confidence, knowledge, the
change and the ways to accept often written with retired men much debt is really costing ability to work collectively,
it, slow it and fight it – are who like playing golf in mind. you, what the actual price of and the realisation that no one
encouraged with the same Thankfully, we’ve woken up to that thing you just tapped for really has it sorted.
charisma that Fonda gave in
her acceptance speech. She
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dynamic and uplifting. And
she carried her audience.
It is a scary time. But there Neeltje van Horen is author of
is so much we know we can Ignite: Unlock Your Brain’s Full
do, as a collective, as a Potential And Change Your Life
community. We all have our

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own priorities. But green Minimise task switching.
policies, cleaner living, Before starting work, group
sustainability, climate similar tasks – replying to
innovation, whatever you emails, editing content, or
wish to refer to it as, should analysing data. Switching
not be the preserve of the few. between unrelated tasks drains
We should and can all play mental energy. Tackling similar
our part. As I went litter ones builds momentum and
picking the other day, I felt makes focus easier.

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that. Change comes in Block out distractions
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For the moment, take interruptions. Set a timer and
comfort from the notion that FRPPLW6LOHQFHQRWLƮFDWLRQV
this community is more close your email and put your
powerful than anyone would phone away. Start with 10-25
imagine. The naysayers will be minutes – long enough to make
left behind and the businesses progress, short enough to feel
not taking any action will lose doable. Like a muscle, your focus
out. There is action and of strengthens with practice.

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course there is always hope. Create a focus ritual
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[email protected] pull you into deep concentration.

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DA I S Y K NATCHB U LL

Each issue, we ask

people we admire
to reveal their lasts.
Here, designer Daisy
Knatchbull shares hers

The last great book I read… John Boyne’s

The Heart’s Invisible Furies. I devoured it
and now it’s in my top 10.

The last song I listened to… A Coldplay

set from Radio 1’s Live Lounge.
The last great piece of advice I was
The last film I loved… The Substance. It’s given… ‘Be yourself, everyone else is
intense and uncomfortable but in quite already taken’ from Oscar Wilde, but my
an interesting way. father always says it too.

The last item I added to my wardrobe… The last occasion I felt starstruck…
A beautiful double-face cashmere coat Meeting Kate Hudson at a party. I’ve
from my new collection. always loved her and she was so nice
in person.
The last beauty product I finished… My
go-to Sarah Chapman Skinesis Rapid The last time I worked out… I did
Radiance Cleanse. I’m addicted. strength training this morning. It’s key
Daisy loves
Irish author
to longevity, particularly for women.
The last podcast I listened to… Sarah John Boyne’s
Ann Macklin’s Live Well Be Well. She epic novel, The last person I followed on Instagram…
does bitesize versions too, which are her Sarah Cynthia Erivo after seeing Wicked. I’m
Chapman
perfect for busy people like me. cleanser and
quite spellbound by her.
Cynthia Erivo
The last meal I cooked… A Mindful The last holiday I went on… was to Peru.
Chef sticky pork and veg rice stir-fry. It’s a very beautiful place.

The last app I downloaded… I re- The last restaurant I ate in… Bar des Prés
downloaded Headspace. I’m forever in a in London. It’s Franco-Asian fusion,
battle to build mindfulness into my life. which is a combination I hadn’t had
before. I did the tasting menu.
The last photo I took… was a beautiful
AS TOLD TO NIKKII PEACH. PHOTO: IMAGO

picture of my sister on her wedding day. The last party I went to… the Netflix
BAFTAs after-party.
The last day off I had… I went to a
health clinic on Lake Lucerne called The last thing people would guess about
Chenot. I could not recommend it more. me… I’m a huge Arsenal fan and I played
in my prep school football team.
The last gift I gave… was a piece of knatchbull.com
Mejuri jewellery.

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