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Grazia|Issue 641Editor21 August 2017 A dollar. It’s a tiny sum. But in the case of Taylor Swift’s court case against the man she says groped her during a fan meet and greet, it represents so much. Should the eight-strong jury find in her favour (he’s suing her for $3 million for defamation and loss of earnings after being sacked following the incident; she’s countersuing for assault – and that dollar), that paltry penalty will become a powerful symbol. Taylor says her court case sets ‘an example to other women who may resist publicly reliving similar outrageous and humiliating acts’. And, regardless of the verdict, it has started a conversation that genuinely matters to all of us. She could, of course, have countersued for much more – and given it away to…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641CHART OF LUST1. UPCHRISSY TEIGENIn this outfit. We quite like Legend’s monocroon (monochrome-maroon) effort too, just… you know. Not as much.2. NEW INNEYMAR ON A YACHTIf you can’t put on an offensively conspicuous display of decadence after signing an £198 million transfer deal to Paris Saint-Germain, when can you do it?3. UPELIZ ABETH HURLEYIn full makke-up, a terry tow welling bath rob be + tiara. Beccause she is Elizabeth Hurley, and who else is going to d do it? Reallyy?4. NEW INTOM HOLLANDYoung actor chap of cuteness. Last week, confirmed internet speculation that he does indeed keep a frog in his mouth, at all times, which is why his face photographs like this.5. UPVANESSA PARADISIn utterly gratuitous recognition of how damned fit she looked last week, at a Swiss film festival, avec…1 min
Grazia|Issue 6411 RIHANNA : ‘Young girls need to know they can eat what they want’IN-BETWEEN ATTENDING A fashion awards show in a see-through dress, giving topless lap dances and posting pictures of herself with a joint, it’s safe to say Rihanna really doesn’t care what you think of her.So, when Chris Spagnuolo, a (now ex) blogger for satirical men’s website Barstool Sports, asked, ‘Is Rihanna going to make being fat the hot new trend?’ in a post online last month (he claimed she looked like she was ‘in a sumo suit’ and it was ‘time to worry if you’re not a chubby chaser’), she replied in characteristically unapologetic form.On Instagram, she posted a riff on the Marilyn Monroe quote – ‘If you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best’ – with a before and…4 min
Grazia|Issue 641CHART OF LUST1. UP CHRISSY TEIGEN In this outfit. We quite like Legend’s monocroon (monochrome-maroon) effort too, just… you know. Not as much. 2. NEW IN NEYMAR ON A YACHT If you can’t put on an offensively conspicuous display of decadence after signing an £198 million transfer deal to Paris Saint-Germain, when can you do it? 3. UP ELIZ ABETH HURLEY In full makke-up, a terry tow welling bath rob be + tiara. Beccause she is Elizabeth Hurley, and who else is going to d do it? Reallyy? 4. NEW IN TOM HOLLAND Young actor chap of cuteness. Last week, confirmed internet speculation that he does indeed keep a frog in his mouth, at all times, which is why his face photographs like this. 5. UP VANESSA PARADIS In utterly gratuitous recognition…1 min
Grazia|Issue 6415 What’s wrong with a knock-off?WE’VE ALL BEEN THERE. You see a designer piece you love – with a price tag you hate. Then you happen to spy a very convincing high-street impression (we’re being diplomatic here).You snap it up. You wear it. You get complimented on how ‘it looks just like Céline/Prada/Saint Laurent/ whoever’. You probably think there’s nothing wrong with that. But there is – plenty. We get it, convincing imitations are tempting, but so are lots of things that aren’t good for you.The ethics of knock-off culture are at the forefront of fashion’s mind at the moment. In a week where luxury goods group Kering dropped a lawsuit against Chinese e-commerce platform Alibaba after the latter agreed to cooperate with the fight against counterfeiting, Gucci filed a lawsuit against Forever 21 for…2 min
Grazia|Issue 6417 Are you an ‘ex pest’?SOCIAL MEDIA and the single woman is a fricking minefield. But there is one particular pattern of behaviour that irks me – the Insta lurker. I have been ranting about these ex pests who appear out of nowhere to like your Instagram posts, and now it seems even A-list ladies are not immune. Last week both Amber Heard (below) and Rihanna had Instagram posts ‘complimented’ by exes Elon Musk and Chris Brown respectively, causing remarkable consternation among their fans.And trust me, something that seems as inconsequential as a simple press of a heart button on your ex’s iPhone really can pull at your heartstrings IRL. Take, for example, the guy I was seeing on and off last summer.‘He hasn’t responded to my text, but keeps liking my posts, what does…2 min
Grazia|Issue 641THE BRIEF SHEETSTA T TAA1 in 10 The number of Brits who go to work with a hangover at least twice a week.NOT THE FIRST LADYFrench President Emmanuel Macron is to abandon plans to create an official role of First Lady for his wife Brigitte, following a petition against a proposed change to her status.RAPE JURIES TO SCRUTINISE MEN’S SEXUAL PASTSIn a bid to increase chances of conviction, jurors in rape trials will be told more about the previous sexual behaviour of male defendants. Around 23,000 rape cases are reported to the police in Britain each year but less than 3,000 end with a conviction.STREET VIOLENCE CAN JOG ONA male jogger was arrested after footage emerged of him pushing a woman into the path of an oncoming bus in London. Luckily she…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641ARE WE FACING THE INCONCEIVABLE TRUTH?A BABY-MAKING ARMY OF WOMEN whose purpose is to fulfil the wishes of a middle-class elite could never move beyond the realms of a novel, right? Yet recent headlines have made The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood’s vision of fertility as a rare commodity, to be controlled by the powerful – seem more prescient than ever.Chemists refusing to drop the price of emergency contraception, lest women use them irresponsibly. The NHS imposing a postcode lottery on IVF for the infertile. A sperm supply warped and drastically diminished by modern living. All of it hints at a future of fertility that looks every bit as dystopian as science fiction.Of course, women have long been used to our fertility being the subject of national debate – ever since it stopped being the…4 min
Grazia|Issue 641YOU THE FASHION JURYKARLIE K LOSSLAURA SAYS: Warm weather leather can be tricky (read: sticky) but Karlie shows you how to do it: opt for a breezy cut, bold shade and pair with a simple tee. I’d wear the slit even higher if I had her legs and I’m not even sorry for that.★★★★✩HANNAH SAYS: Really like the idea that Karlie – the woman with probably the longest legs on the planet – has picked a skirt so high-waisted that it makes them look even longer. YES to the side slit, you tease.★★★★✩YOU SAY: There’s a thigh-high split then there’s this skirt! Absolutely love a bit of coloured leather paired with a simple tee.★★★★★@MARIELOUISEOREILLYOLIVIA PALERMOLAURA SAYS: Carrying off head-to-toe white in NYC sans stains says one thing: ‘I have a driver.’ Sweet, a…3 min
Grazia|Issue 641STAYING IN-IN! THE RISE OF THE ADULT SLEEPOVERIT’S SATURDAY MORNING and I wake up in an unfamiliar bed. The person still slumbering by my side isn’t a man; I’m not about to endure small-talk after a one-night stand. She’s a female friend and, along with six other pyjama-clad pals, we had a sleepover last night.I know. The word sleepover conjures up images of your teenage years, when you’d gather a group of friends and stay up all night, high on fizzy drinks and sugary sweets, gossiping about boys. Or the scene in Grease where the Pink Ladies, their hair up in curlers, lampoon Sandy for her prissiness by singing Look At Me, I’m Sandra Dee . They sound like something most adult women have consigned to a sweet but distant memory.But they’re no longer solely the preserve…5 min
Grazia|Issue 6419 WHY THE NEW IT BUY AIN’T A BAGPh hotos: Jason Jean/blaublut-edition.com. Balenciaga: net-a-porter.com. Céline: shadestation.co.uk. Chanel: cha an nel.com. Miu Miu: matchesfashion.com. Moschino: selfridges.com. Off-White: brownsfashion.com. Versace: s sttylebop.com. Vetements: mytheresa.com NOT SO LONG AGO, an It buy meant only one thing: a bag. It could be mini or mighty, pared-back or bedecked in hardware – so long as it came with a prohibitive price tag and daunting wait list, the bag was deemed the one accessory that could elevate your look into a ‘thing’. All other accessories were just postscript. Until now. According to new data gathered and analysed by website Business of Fashion and search platform Lyst, only one bag (Chloé’s seen-on-everyone Nile) made the 10 top-selling pieces of S/S ’17. The rest of the chart was dominated by slides, sneakers and that Gucci belt…2 min
Grazia|Issue 641WORK FLAIRCOOL CLASSICSFix up, look sharp. Clean lines, muted shades and key pieces are on point 9-to-5.GRA APHIC PRINTSMake a power play – go bold in n block colours and statement accessories.HERITAGE CHECKSAmp up p trad checks by mixing g them up and adding pops of colour.AUTUMNAL COLOURSBurnt orange, mustard and maroon nod to the ’70s trend – what Monday blues?Photos: Jason Lloyd-Evans, Catwalking.com…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641POLLY VERNONPhotos: Instagram/@kendalljenner, Martin Rusch/Trunk Archive, Getty Images A week k a aggo, a survey so spurious I refuse to nam ame thhe company that commissioned itt , , becau becausee that would play straight into their their Searc S ch Engine Optimisation-y click-bait--crazed hands, concluded that nearly 80% % of women think sportswear is ‘sexist’. 76% of the 1,700 women questionedd reported feeling the lycra sold to theem for the purposes of working out was ‘seexist at times’; ‘cut too low’; ‘exposing’. 18% of them also said they’d felt ‘objecttified when wearing sportswear’: street-haraassed by passing men. I stand before you, not as one of the 76% who think sportswear is ‘sexist at times’ (whhatever ‘at times’ means), or even the 24 2 % who don’t… But rather as someone…2 min
Grazia|Issue 641UNLOCK THE HAPPINESS FORMULATHERE ARE INSTAGRAM FEEDS that preach it, schools that teach it, studies that research it and beauty treatments that promise it… but how easy is it to find happiness? A study conducted by Mintel reveals close to 100% of us say mental health is now as important as physical health. And it’s this newfound holistic attitude that’s driving a boom in wellness brands across the globe. At the Global Wellness Summit in Palm Beach, Florida, mindfulness therapies were cited as the top trend expected to grow exponentially over the next decade, with predictions that meditation bars like LA’s Unplug could soon be as common a destination for mood-lifting as a trip to the gym. In a bid to crack the calming code, we tried, cried and ate our way through…8 min
Grazia|Issue 641RUBY ROSE: MADONNA IS MY INSPIRATIONIN A HOTEL ROOM IN WESTHollywood, 31-year-old actress and model Ruby Rose is showing off products from a collection she’s been working on with Urban Decay since meeting the founder of the brand three years ago. ‘This has been the most top-secret collaboration they’ve done,’ she laughs. ‘It’s a big deal.’ Ruby is Urban Decay’s first ever face – founding partner Wende Zomnir held off until she found the right candidate. And you can immediately see why Ruby fits the bill. Her meld of edgy street style combined with her rebel streak is the perfect counterpoint to her striking natural beauty.Born in Melbourne to a single mum, Ruby began life as an MTV presenter in Australia and soon started modelling for Maybelline. In 2008 she embarked on an acting career…6 min
Grazia|Issue 641WELL NOTESArms are the new bottom – at least where toning is concerned (see P-Mid’s wedding look for proof). What’s more, improving muscle definition isn’t only about looking ace in a sleeveless dress – as Michelle Morey, group fitness manager at London’s Equinox gym says, ‘The unexpected benefit of training your arms is a significant improvement in your postural alignment, as you strengthen the muscles that pull back your shoulder blades.’ Good news for desk dwellers. Follow the London club’s lead at home – try a 15-minute arm session with dumb-bells and a resistance band (I guarantee you’ll know about it the next day). Loop the resistance band around your wrists and pull taut, then pick up a dumb-bell in each hand. Holding arms out straight, twist hands slowly clockwise, then…2 min
Grazia|Issue 641SCREEN TIMEIt’s 1973 1973 a at t Goldie G ’s comedy club, Sunset St Strrip i , Los Angeles. A bunch of stand d--up u comedians are trying ttheirr pit p hiesst lines (of all kinds) against t e ea ach other to make it to the main n stage. ‘He asked if he could use my dictaphone,’ says one, from the cellar stage. ‘I told him to use his finger, like everybody else.’ Boom, tish. Among them is Clay Apuzzo (Sebastian Stan) – a handsome young Bostonian Italian who’s already made it on to the Johnny Carson show – and his on/off girlfriend, Cassie Feder (Ari Graynor). One of them will come to a sticky end, casting a long shadow over dramatic proceedings, and giving the title of the attractive…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641PARTY PEOPLEPhotos: Libby d de Leon, Stefanie Keenan, Dave Benett FESTIVAL FIZZ WH HAT Veuve Clicquot champagne b bar WHERE Wilderness Festival W WHO Lady Violet Manners, Benediict Cumberbatch, Gizzi Erskine Ah A , Wilderness: a magical weekend of music, excellent food (Yotam Ottolenghi prepared p a banquet), debates and, um, David Cameron hugging a Corbyn supporter. For refuge, we headed to the Veuve Clicquot bar to sip champers with Beenedict Cumberbatch, Arizona Muse and Harry Style’s ex, the food blogger Tess Ward W . After a performance from Kimatica, we headed back into the Wilderness. ALL WHITE NOW W H AT Hanes x Karla WHERE LA W H O Karlie Kloss, Justin Bieber ,, Elisabeth Moss Over in LA, Karlie Kloss arrived att Maxfield, a luxury boutique, to celebrate the…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641WORK FLAIRCOOL CLASSICS Fix up, look sharp. Clean lines, muted shades and key pieces are on point 9-to-5. GRA APHIC PRINTS Make a power play – go bold in n block colours and statement accessories. Photos: Jason Lloyd-Evans, Catwalking.com HERITAGE CHECKS Amp up p trad checks by mixing g them up and adding pops of colour. AUTUMNAL COLOURS Burnt orange, mustard and maroon nod to the ’70s trend – what Monday blues?…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641HOT DESKHair Bjørn Krischker at Frank Agency using Bumble and bumble Make-up Kentaro Kondo at Eighteen Management using NARS Casting and bookings Holly Scott Lidgett Fashion assistant Jessica Skeete-Cross, Olivia Graham Photographer’s assistants Nick Rees, Sam Robbins Model Marie at IMG…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641BEAUTYPhotos: Jason Lloyd-Evans, Marco Vittur. Buxom: debenhams.com. Chanel: chanel.com. Dior: dior.com…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641UNLOCK THE HAPPINESS FORMULAPHOTOGRAPHS DAVID OLDHAM THERE ARE INSTAGRAM FEEDS that preach it, schools that teach it, studies that research it and beauty treatments that promise it… but how easy is it to find happiness? A study conducted by Mintel reveals close to 100% of us say mental health is now as important as physical health. And it’s this newfound holistic attitude that’s driving a boom in wellness brands across the globe. At the Global Wellness Summit in Palm Beach, Florida, mindfulness therapies were cited as the top trend expected to grow exponentially over the next decade, with predictions that meditation bars like LA’s Unplug could soon be as common a destination for mood-lifting as a trip to the gym. In a bid to crack the calming code, we tried, cried and ate…8 min
Grazia|Issue 641STOCK UP ON RUBY’S FAVOURITE BEAUTY BUYSI'm obsessed with Escentric Molecules Molecule 01 (1), £65.50. I can't smell it on myself, but it highlights your natural scent. The Urban Decay Jean-Michel Basquiat Eyeshadow Palette in Tenant (2), £35, is bright and fun and you can do all sorts of things with it. I love working that Lower East Side grungy black look and then adding a pop of colour. I have a million different cleansers and face washes, but I started using Eminence Organic Calm Skin Chamomile Cleanser (3), £32, recently. It's super-organic. I bathe in coconut oil: I moisturise with it, I wash my face with it, I eat it… When it comes to slathering coconut oil on your face, I'm like,, ‘YES! Give it to me! [Try Biona Organic’s Raw Virgin Coconut Oil, £4.69…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641SCREEN TIMEIt’s 1973 1973 a at t Goldie G ’s comedy club, Sunset St Strrip i , Los Angeles. A bunch of stand d--up u comedians are trying ttheirr pit p hiesst lines (of all kinds) against t e ea ach other to make it to the main n stage. ‘He asked if he could use my dictaphone,’ says one, from the cellar stage. ‘I told him to use his finger, like everybody else.’ Boom, tish. Among them is Clay Apuzzo (Sebastian Stan) – a handsome young Bostonian Italian who’s already made it on to the Johnny Carson show – and his on/off girlfriend, Cassie Feder (Ari Graynor). One of them will come to a sticky end, casting a long shadow over dramatic proceedings, and giving the title of the attractive…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641Get your fix of watercooler films, festivals and food…1 AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER The sequel to former vice president Al Gore’s s Oscar-winning An Inconvvenient Truth. A decade on n, Gore explores how far we’ve come in our fight againstt climate change. Out Fridayy 2 SPOTLIGHT AT SEVEN DIALS Free open-air festival on Saturday, including performances from Aladdin andThe Lion King, store discounts and alfresco dining.sevendials.co.uk 3 THINK PINK! Ignore the weather – it’s still rosé season. Head to Chelsea’s The Bluebird for Think Pink afternoon tea and £1 will be donated to charity Pink Ribbon. danddlondon.com 4 FILM4 SUMMER SCREEN AT SOMERSET HOUSE SH’s outdoor cinema is back – there will be a line-up of DJs to enjoy beforehand as you tuck into food from a range of stalls. Until 23 August, somersethouse.org.uk…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641ME, MY SELFIE AND IPhotos: Getty Images, Rex Features ‘WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I HAD 10 TOO MANY TEETH. IT WAS LIKE ANOTHER MOUTH WAITING IN THE WINGS’ Who is your hero? Joan Rivers [top left]. She was my friend, my mentor and my accomplice. I’m very grateful that I got to know her. What are you most proud of? Having a career that’s lasted almost 35 years is pretty cool. I’m so lucky to have been able to do what I always wanted to do. What’s your biggest regret? Not having children. I have a lot of adopted children and friends who have become children. That’s really beautiful, but I’ve always wanted kids. What do your friends tease you about? I used to do a lot of drugs and had this…2 min
Grazia|Issue 641Editor21 August 2017A dollar. It’s a tiny sum. But in the case of Taylor Swift’s court case against the man she says groped her during a fan meet and greet, it represents so much. Should the eight-strong jury find in her favour (he’s suing her for $3 million for defamation and loss of earnings after being sacked following the incident; she’s countersuing for assault – and that dollar), that paltry penalty will become a powerful symbol.Taylor says her court case sets ‘an example to other women who may resist publicly reliving similar outrageous and humiliating acts’. And, regardless of the verdict, it has started a conversation that genuinely matters to all of us.She could, of course, have countersued for much more – and given it away to charity. But, I…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641‘Taylor is sending a message that groping is not OK’AS TAYLOR SWIFT ARRIVED in Denver last week for her first public appearance in months, a crowd of fans inevitably started queuing in the early hours to catch a glimpse of their idol. But this was no normal meet-and-greet. The singer, 27, made her way past them to Denver’s US District Courthouse to testify against David Mueller – the radio DJ she claims groped her in 2013. According to Taylor, Mueller, 55, reached under her dress and ‘grabbed on to [her] ass cheek’ as they posed for a photo with his then girlfriend Shannon Melcher at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, where she was performing. After she informed her security team, they asked him to leave and then reported the incident to his boss at KYGO radio station: a…4 min
Grazia|Issue 6416 Amy dates HOLLYWOOD’S TRAINWRECKHE’S ALREADY BEEN THE subject of aTaylor Swift break-up song (see Dear John) and he recently earned the reputation of Katy Perry’s number one sexual partner. Now could John Mayer be about to assume a new role: the butt of one of Amy Schumer’s jokes?According to insiders, 36-year-old Amy has starting seeing the singer following her split from furniture designer Ben Hanisch, who she began seeing in 2015, in May.Last month, Amy and John were seen discreetly attending a comedy club, Comedy Cellar, together in New York, with one guest later writing on Twitter, ‘So I just realised the man Amy Schumer was sitting next to at the comedy show I was at last night was John Mayer.’‘Amy and John have surprised everyone with how close they have become recently,’…2 min
Grazia|Issue 6418 BETA IS BETTER!WHAT GIVES YOU THE SUNDAY NIGHT FEAR? The knowledge that you left that difficult task unfinished on Friday? Or maybe it’s a more vague, broader sense of unease that, despite never actually doing anything wrong, you’re just not the right person for your job. The wrong personality type. I’ve been ruminating on this, on and off, since I first started working as an editor and writer over a decade ago. Because if you imagine what an archetypal editor is like in the classic, alpha Anna Wintour mould, I am definitely not it.As a self-confessed beta woman – I’m laid-back, pragmatic and a good listener, and rarely lose my temper – I spent my twenties convinced that I didn’t possess the ruthless focus, drive and hard edge to be the boss.…3 min
Grazia|Issue 6414 CELEBRITIES GO WITH THE FLOWPhotos: Rex Features “WORKPLACES NEED TO BE MORE RESPECTFUL ABOUT PERIODS AND THE IMPACT THEY CAN HAVE” A FEW YEARS AGO,, WHEN I WAS health editor at Gr azia and working in its predominately female office, during my period I would sneak a tampon up my sleeve and surreptitiously head off to the toilets. It seems ridiculous when I think of it, but how many of you do the same? Probably quite a few, given a recent YouGov poll for ActionAid found that one in five women under 40 are embarrassed to talk about their period with friends, and 50% are ashamed of mentioning it to their female boss (75% if they have a male boss). But it seems things are changing. There’s a new period emoji on the way…3 min
Grazia|Issue 6415 What’s wrong with a knock-off?Photo: Rex Features WE’VE ALL BEEN THERE. You see a designer piece you love – with a price tag you hate. Then you happen to spy a very convincing high-street impression (we’re being diplomatic here).You snap it up. You wear it. You get complimented on how ‘it looks just like Céline/Prada/Saint Laurent/ whoever’. You probably think there’s nothing wrong with that. But there is – plenty. We get it, convincing imitations are tempting, but so are lots of things that aren’t good for you. The ethics of knock-off culture are at the forefront of fashion’s mind at the moment. In a week where luxury goods group Kering dropped a lawsuit against Chinese e-commerce platform Alibaba after the latter agreed to cooperate with the fight against counterfeiting, Gucci filed a lawsuit…2 min
Grazia|Issue 6416 Amy dates HOLLYWOOD’S TRAINWRECKPhotos: Splash News, INF Photo, Instagram//@amyschumer, Rex Features HE’S ALREADY BEEN THE subject of aTaylor Swift break-up song (see Dear John) and he recently earned the reputation of Katy Perry’s number one sexual partner. Now could John Mayer be about to assume a new role: the butt of one of Amy Schumer’s jokes? According to insiders, 36-year-old Amy has starting seeing the singer following her split from furniture designer Ben Hanisch, who she began seeing in 2015, in May. Last month, Amy and John were seen discreetly attending a comedy club, Comedy Cellar, together in New York, with one guest later writing on Twitter, ‘So I just realised the man Amy Schumer was sitting next to at the comedy show I was at last night was John Mayer.’ ‘Amy and…2 min
Grazia|Issue 641LADIES, YOU ARE NEVER too MUCHYOU KNOW THE TYPE: the woman who’s ‘too much’. She’s talking too much at the party, eating too much of the good food, wearing clothes that aren’t ‘appropriate’, asserting herself in the meeting. She’s the one who gets gossiped about, who ruffles feathers, who makes people uncomfortable. It’s not that she’s doing something wrong or immoral, though, so much as she’s committing the most grave womanly sin: she flaunts, ignores or disregards the boundaries of ‘proper’ womanhood.There have been ‘unruly women’ for as long as there have been rules for what constitutes acceptable ‘feminine’ behaviour; women who, in some way, step outside these boundaries, who end up being labelled too fat, too loud, too slu*tty, too whatever characteristic women are supposed to keep under control.Recently, unruly female celebrities have come…5 min
Grazia|Issue 641PARTY PEOPLEFESTIVAL FIZZWH HAT Veuve Clicquot champagne b barWHERE Wilderness FestivalW WHO Lady Violet Manners, Benediict Cumberbatch, Gizzi ErskineAh A , Wilderness: a magical weekend of music, excellent food (Yotam Ottolenghi prepared p a banquet), debates and, um, David Cameron hugging a Corbyn supporter. For refuge, we headed to the Veuve Clicquot bar to sip champers with Beenedict Cumberbatch, Arizona Muse and Harry Style’s ex, the food blogger Tess Ward W . After a performance from Kimatica, we headed back into the Wilderness.ALL WHITE NOWW H AT Hanes x KarlaWHERE LAW H O Karlie Kloss, Justin Bieber ,, Elisabeth MossOver in LA, Karlie Kloss arrived att Maxfield, a luxury boutique, to celebrate the launch of Karla Welch’s new collection of white T-shirts with Hanes. Justin Bieber also popped in: the range…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641THE BRIEF SHEETSTA T T AA 1 in 10 The number of Brits who go to work with a hangover at least twice a week.* NOT THE FIRST LADY French President Emmanuel Macron is to abandon plans to create an official role of First Lady for his wife Brigitte, following a petition against a proposed change to her status. RAPE JURIES TO SCRUTINISE MEN’S SEXUAL PASTS In a bid to increase chances of conviction, jurors in rape trials will be told more about the previous sexual behaviour of male defendants. Around 23,000 rape cases are reported to the police in Britain each year but less than 3,000 end with a conviction. STREET VIOLENCE CAN JOG ON A male jogger was arrested after footage emerged of him pushing a woman into the path…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641BEAUTY CHARTS1. SKIN SAFEEarning a spot in my skincare routine is NIOD Survival 30, £25, an impressive protection system that shields us from environmental and lifestyle assaults including stress, pollution, infrared and blue light. It also boasts UVB and UVA protection of SPF30. niod.com2. BEACH BOUNDI am a huge fan of Maison Margiela Replica Beach Walk EDP, which bottles the smell of sun-kissed, salty skin on Corsica’s Calvi Beach in 1979. Now in Body Lotion form, £40, I am slathering it both on myself and anyone nearby. barrods.com3. HOT LIPSNARS Powermatte Lip Pigment in Just Push Play, £23, is one of the best matte, long-wear lip shades I’ve had the pleasure to try. Seriously pigmented and in a deliciously rich oxblood red, swipe it on and turn up the tunes. narscosmetics.co.uk4.…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641ARE WE FACING THE INCONCEIVABLE TRUTH?A BABY-MAKING ARMY OF WOMEN whose purpose is to fulfil the wishes of a middle-class elite could never move beyond the realms of a novel, right? Yet recent headlines have made The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood’s vision of fertility as a rare commodity, to be controlled by the powerful – seem more prescient than ever. Chemists refusing to drop the price of emergency contraception, lest women use them irresponsibly. The NHS imposing a postcode lottery on IVF for the infertile. A sperm supply warped and drastically diminished by modern living. All of it hints at a future of fertility that looks every bit as dystopian as science fiction. Of course, women have long been used to our fertility being the subject of national debate – ever since it stopped…4 min
Grazia|Issue 641YOU THE FASHION JURYKARLIE K LOSS LAURA SAYS: Warm weather leather can be tricky (read: sticky) but Karlie shows you how to do it: opt for a breezy cut, bold shade and pair with a simple tee. I’d wear the slit even higher if I had her legs and I’m not even sorry for that. ★★★★✩ HANNAH SAYS: Really like the idea that Karlie – the woman with probably the longest legs on the planet – has picked a skirt so high-waisted that it makes them look even longer. YES to the side slit, you tease. ★★★★✩ YOU SAY: There’s a thigh-high split then there’s this skirt! Absolutely love a bit of coloured leather paired with a simple tee. ★★★★★ @MARIELOUISEOREILLY OLIVIA PALERMO LAURA SAYS: Carrying off head-to-toe white in NYC sans stains…3 min
Grazia|Issue 641STAYING IN-IN! THE RISE OF THE ADULT SLEEPOVERP H OTO G R A P H S JONNY COCHRANE + MORGANE LAY IT’S SATURDAY MORNING and I wake up in an unfamiliar bed. The person still slumbering by my side isn’t a man; I’m not about to endure small-talk after a one-night stand. She’s a female friend and, along with six other pyjama-clad pals, we had a sleepover last night. I know. The word sleepover conjures up images of your teenage years, when you’d gather a group of friends and stay up all night, high on fizzy drinks and sugary sweets, gossiping about boys. Or the scene in Grease where the Pink Ladies, their hair up in curlers, lampoon Sandy for her prissiness by singing Look At Me, I’m Sandra Dee . They sound like something most adult…5 min
Grazia|Issue 641LADIES, YOU ARE NEVER too MUCHYOU KNOW THE TYPE: the woman who’s ‘too much’. She’s talking too much at the party, eating too much of the good food, wearing clothes that aren’t ‘appropriate’, asserting herself in the meeting. She’s the one who gets gossiped about, who ruffles feathers, who makes people uncomfortable. It’s not that she’s doing something wrong or immoral, though, so much as she’s committing the most grave womanly sin: she flaunts, ignores or disregards the boundaries of ‘proper’ womanhood. There have been ‘unruly women’ for as long as there have been rules for what constitutes acceptable ‘feminine’ behaviour; women who, in some way, step outside these boundaries, who end up being labelled too fat, too loud, too slu*tty, too whatever characteristic women are supposed to keep under control. Recently, unruly female celebrities…5 min
Grazia|Issue 641CULTUREJOE STONEGrazia’s news and entertainment director★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★ ★✩A collection of seven stories, centring on a community of immigrants from China and Taiwan in New York,, Sour Heart’s stories intricately overlap and end up exploring much wider themes, from sexuality to family. A more challenging summer read than your average, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.RHIANNON EVANSGrazia’s commissioning and special projects editor★ ★★ ★ ★★ ★ ★✩✩The strength and skill of Jenny Zhang’s characterisation and storytelling made Sour Heart a tricky read for me. The short story format meant I was suddenly ripped out of a world, at a point when I wanted more. Format aside, I found Zhang’s writing honest and shocking in a good way, and can appreciate the skill of writing g so so many…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641FRIENDS IN HOT PLACESRETURN TO OZ Sara Lawrence has a blast in SydneyI met Liv Nervo in a Notting Hill pub in London 10 years ago and was transfixed by the wings on her Jeremy Scott trainers. They were the coolest shoes I’d ever seen – I needed this girl in my life! She introduced me to her twin sister Mim and a month later we shared a villa in Ibiza, where our holiday compatibility cemented our love.The girls are songwriters and superstar DJs and we met just before When Love Takes Over, their smash hit with David Guetta and Kelly Rowland, came out, earning them a Grammy and a crazy successful career playing gigs worldwide.I met Annabelle Tann through them and the chemistry was instant. She makes me cry laughing plus provides…9 min
Grazia|Issue 641AND FINALLY...Child star, singer, the most followed person on Instagram (124 million devotees) and now... Woody Allen muse. Last week, it emerged that Selena Gomez is to star alongside Elle Fanning in the director’s next, as yet untitled, film, which will be released by Amazon Studios. Timothée Chalamet, who starred in Interstellar, has also been signed up.DESPITE A SUMMER OF being linked with various pop stars (hello, Katy Perry and Dua Lipa), Chris Martin is reportedly back with Peaky Blinders’ Annabelle Wallis. She was seen at a Coldplay gig in Montreal last week, and a source revealed, ‘They’ve decided to give it another shot.’BADASS BOOTS MIGHT BE big news for A/W ’17, but Dr Martens has been owning that look since 1960. Now the footwear favourite has joined forces with Lazy…2 min
Grazia|Issue 641ME, MY SELFIE AND I‘WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I HAD 10 TOO MANY TEETH. IT WAS LIKE ANOTHER MOUTH WAITING IN THE WINGS’Who is your hero?Joan Rivers [top left]. She was my friend, my mentor and my accomplice. I’m very grateful that I got to know her.What are you most proud of?Having a career that’s lasted almost 35 years is pretty cool. I’m so lucky to have been able to do what I always wanted to do.What’s your biggest regret?Not having children. I have a lot of adopted children and friends who have become children. That’s really beautiful, but I’ve always wanted kids.What do your friends tease you about?I used to do a lot of drugs and had this bag with a skeleton on it. It had a secret compartment where I would…2 min
Grazia|Issue 641BEAUTY BOOK CLUBPhotos: Marco Vittur Available at lancome.co.uk…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641WELL NOTESArms are the new bottom – at least where toning is concerned (see P-Mid’s wedding look for proof). What’s more, improving muscle definition isn’t only about looking ace in a sleeveless dress – as Michelle Morey, group fitness manager at London’s Equinox gym says, ‘The unexpected benefit of training your arms is a significant improvement in your postural alignment, as you strengthen the muscles that pull back your shoulder blades.’ Good news for desk dwellers. Follow the London club’s lead at home – try a 15-minute arm session with dumb-bells and a resistance band (I guarantee you’ll know about it the next day). Loop the resistance band around your wrists and pull taut, then pick up a dumb-bell in each hand. Holding arms out straight, twist hands slowly clockwise, then…2 min
Grazia|Issue 641DROPPING THIS WEEKRAY OF HOPE Ray Donovan is now five seasons old. Liev Schreiber as the Hollywood fixer has consistently been the hottest and most messed-up character on the box in its lifespan as he accrues more and more personal problems of his own while sorting out more famous ones. In times of trouble, you pray for a surly heart-throb like him. Or maybe that’s just me. Begins Wednesday, 9pm, Sky Atlantic ANNIE’S STORY When Annie was a baby, she scored some terrible facial injuries. Now as a grown woman, she sets about investigating how they happened in the startling and harrowing Annie Out Of The Ashes. Was it an attempted murder, something to do with her gypsy upbringing or a more tangential and unnecessary mother’s shame at having a mixed-race baby?…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641NOW OVER TO YOU...LETTER OF THE WEEK EQUALITY FOR ALL Regarding Give your career flex appeal (14 August), flexible working is imperative for all as we move into an age where firms will need to motivate good people to stay. But when will we learn that equal opportunity for women will never be acceptable unless it also means the same for men? I worked flexibly for a global financial services firm for 29 years. I chose to continue after my children had grown, because I love life; all aspects of it, not just my working life. And I was allowed to continue to work flexibly because I was valued and contributed to the firm. I recently retired from a long career and a senior role that required me to run a team caring…3 min
Grazia|Issue 641‘Taylor is sending a message that groping is not OK’AS TAYLOR SWIFT ARRIVED in Denver last week for her first public appearance in months, a crowd of fans inevitably started queuing in the early hours to catch a glimpse of their idol.But this was no normal meet-and-greet. The singer, 27, made her way past them to Denver’s US District Courthouse to testify against David Mueller – the radio DJ she claims groped her in 2013.According to Taylor, Mueller, 55, reached under her dress and ‘grabbed on to [her] ass cheek’ as they posed for a photo with his then girlfriend Shannon Melcher at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, where she was performing.After she informed her security team, they asked him to leave and then reported the incident to his boss at KYGO radio station: a move he claims…4 min
Grazia|Issue 6413 ‘I just want to be called by my name’“I’M SICK OF FEELING JEALOUS OF THE FREEDOMS OTHER WOMEN HAVE.IF I HAD THOSE, I COULD BE SOMEONE”IN AFGHANISTAN , a woman’s name should not be revealed in public. Men refer to female members of their family as ‘wife of ’, ‘mother of ’ [male child only], or even ‘my goat’ or ‘my weak one’. But Sadia Tadjali is hopeful that a new movement will challenge this tradition. The #WhereIsMyName campaign – launched on social media by a group of female Afghan activists – wants to bring women’s given names to the lips of men and on to official documents, as well as into the public domain. They aim to inspire women to reclaim their identities.‘I’ve only ever been called the sister of my brothers, or daughter of my father,’…3 min
Grazia|Issue 6414 CELEBRITIES GO WITH THE FLOW“WORKPLACES NEED TO BE MORE RESPECTFUL ABOUT PERIODS AND THE IMPACT THEY CAN HAVE”A FEW YEARS AGO,, WHEN I WAS health editor at Gr azia and working in its predominately female office, during my period I would sneak a tampon up my sleeve and surreptitiously head off to the toilets. It seems ridiculous when I think of it, but how many of you do the same? Probably quite a few, given a recent YouGov poll for ActionAid found that one in five women under 40 are embarrassed to talk about their period with friends, and 50% are ashamed of mentioning it to their female boss (75% if they have a male boss).But it seems things are changing. There’s a new period emoji on the way from women’s rights group Plan…3 min
Grazia|Issue 6411 RIHANNA :‘Young girls need to know they can eat what they want’IN-BETWEEN ATTENDING A fashion awards show in a see-through dress, giving topless lap dances and posting pictures of herself with a joint, it’s safe to say Rihanna really doesn’t care what you think of her. So, when Chris Spagnuolo, a (now ex) blogger for satirical men’s website Barstool Sports, asked, ‘Is Rihanna going to make being fat the hot new trend?’ in a post online last month (he claimed she looked like she was ‘in a sumo suit’ and it was ‘time to worry if you’re not a chubby chaser’), she replied in characteristically unapologetic form. On Instagram, she posted a riff on the Marilyn Monroe quote – ‘If you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best’ – with a…4 min
Grazia|Issue 6419 WHY THE NEW IT BUY AIN’T A BAGNOT SO LONG AGO, an It buy meant only one thing: a bag. It could be mini or mighty, pared-back or bedecked in hardware – so long as it came with a prohibitive price tag and daunting wait list, the bag was deemed the one accessory that could elevate your look into a ‘thing’. All other accessories were just postscript.Until now. According to new data gathered and analysed by website Business of Fashion and search platform Lyst, only one bag (Chloé’s seen-on-everyone Nile) made the 10 top-selling pieces of S/S ’17. The rest of the chart was dominated by slides, sneakers and that Gucci belt you’ve likely seen everywhere.Afterthought accessories are enjoying their moment in the limelight, with socks, belts, scarves and even phone cases elevated to It status. ‘Vetements…2 min
Grazia|Issue 6413 ‘I just want to be called by my name’Photos: AFP/Getty, Rex Features “I’M SICK OF FEELING JEALOUS OF THE FREEDOMS OTHER WOMEN HAVE.IF I HAD THOSE, I COULD BE SOMEONE” IN AFGHANISTAN , a woman’s name should not be revealed in public. Men refer to female members of their family as ‘wife of ’, ‘mother of ’ [male child only], or even ‘my goat’ or ‘my weak one’. But Sadia Tadjali is hopeful that a new movement will challenge this tradition. The #WhereIsMyName campaign – launched on social media by a group of female Afghan activists – wants to bring women’s given names to the lips of men and on to official documents, as well as into the public domain. They aim to inspire women to reclaim their identities. ‘I’ve only ever been called the sister of my…3 min
Grazia|Issue 641POLLY VERNONA week k a aggo, a survey so spurious I refuse to nam ame thhe company that commissioned itt , , becau becausee that would play straight into their their Searc S ch Engine Optimisation-y click-bait--crazed hands, concluded that nearly 80% % of women think sportswear is ‘sexist’. 76% of the 1,700 women questionedd reported feeling the lycra sold to theem for the purposes of working out was ‘seexist at times’; ‘cut too low’; ‘exposing’. 18% of them also said they’d felt ‘objecttified when wearing sportswear’: street-haraassed by passing men.I stand before you, not as one of the 76% who think sportswear is ‘sexist at times’ (whhatever ‘at times’ means), or even the 24 2 % who don’t… But rather as someone who thinks how hot my ass looks in…2 min
Grazia|Issue 641IS HANDMAID’S TALE FERTILITY THE SIGN THAT WE NEED TO TRY EARLIER?I’m 35 this year. According to all the fertility specialists – from acupuncturists to IVF consultants – I’ve seen in the last couple of months, I’m still on the young side of people they see walk into their clinics. But if most of the headlines are to be believed, my fertility is going to take a nosedive on my birthday in November.And, although I know those headlines are alarmist, they’re the reason I can’t help wondering what it would have been like if I’d have tried for a baby when I was in my twenties.Would I still have had the unexplained infertility that I’m suffering now? Should I, as someone who has shades of polycystic ovaries, have seen it as my duty to get cracking on trying to start a…2 min
Grazia|Issue 6417 Are you an ‘ex pest’?SOCIAL MEDIA and the single woman is a fricking minefield. But there is one particular pattern of behaviour that irks me – the Insta lurker. I have been ranting about these ex pests who appear out of nowhere to like your Instagram posts, and now it seems even A-list ladies are not immune. Last week both Amber Heard (below) and Rihanna had Instagram posts ‘complimented’ by exes Elon Musk and Chris Brown respectively, causing remarkable consternation among their fans. And trust me, something that seems as inconsequential as a simple press of a heart button on your ex’s iPhone really can pull at your heartstrings IRL. Take, for example, the guy I was seeing on and off last summer. ‘He hasn’t responded to my text, but keeps liking my posts,…2 min
Grazia|Issue 6418 BETA IS BETTER!Photos: Getty Images WHAT GIVES YOU THE SUNDAY NIGHT FEAR? The knowledge that you left that difficult task unfinished on Friday? Or maybe it’s a more vague, broader sense of unease that, despite never actually doing anything wrong, you’re just not the right person for your job. The wrong personality type. I’ve been ruminating on this, on and off, since I first started working as an editor and writer over a decade ago. Because if you imagine what an archetypal editor is like in the classic, alpha Anna Wintour mould, I am definitely not it. As a self-confessed beta woman – I’m laid-back, pragmatic and a good listener, and rarely lose my temper – I spent my twenties convinced that I didn’t possess the ruthless focus, drive and hard edge…3 min
Grazia|Issue 641HOT DESKHair Bjørn Krischker at Frank Agency using Bumble and bumble Make-up Kentaro Kondo at Eighteen Management using NARS Casting and bookings Holly Scott Lidgett Fashion assistant Jessica Skeete-Cross, Olivia Graham Photographer’s assistants Nick Rees, Sam Robbins Model Marie at IMG…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641UPS AND DOWNSBELLA FREUD X J BRAND Hells yeah, to that combination! DINNY HALL PINKY RINGS A A ggood pinky is hard to f find, and it’s my birthday soon. VIL LHELM PERFUMERIIE E I used to be a Dearr Polly, but now I’m m Dirty Velvet. SELFIES Instagram now dominated by ‘plandid’ – planned faux-candid shots, which rely on the camera’s timer button. SHO - C KETS Show pockets, esp on blazers… There’s a flap, but no actual pocket. So frustrating! ONESIES Surpassed by OC’s bomb ber dress, which I wantt very very much.…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641IS HANDMAID’S TALE FERTILITY THE SIGN THAT WE NEED TO TRY EARLIER?Photos: Gary Bryan/Getty, Peter Zelewski I’m 35 this year. According to all the fertility specialists – from acupuncturists to IVF consultants – I’ve seen in the last couple of months, I’m still on the young side of people they see walk into their clinics. But if most of the headlines are to be believed, my fertility is going to take a nosedive on my birthday in November. And, although I know those headlines are alarmist, they’re the reason I can’t help wondering what it would have been like if I’d have tried for a baby when I was in my twenties.Would I still have had the unexplained infertility that I’m suffering now? Should I, as someone who has shades of polycystic ovaries, have seen it as my duty to get…2 min
Grazia|Issue 641STOCK UP ON RUBY’S FAVOURITE BEAUTY BUYSI'm obsessed with Escentric Molecules Molecule 01 (1), £65.50. I can't smell it on myself, but it highlights your natural scent.The Urban Decay Jean-Michel Basquiat Eyeshadow Palette in Tenant (2), £35, is bright and fun and you can do all sorts of things with it. I love working that Lower East Side grungy black look and then adding a pop of colour.I have a million different cleansers and face washes, but I started using Eminence Organic Calm Skin Chamomile Cleanser (3), £32, recently. It's super-organic.I bathe in coconut oil: I moisturise with it, I wash my face with it, I eat it… When it comes to slathering coconut oil on your face, I'm like,, ‘YES! Give it to me! [Try Biona Organic’s Raw Virgin Coconut Oil, £4.69 (4)].I always play…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641WEEK IN WEEK OUT Food / Culture / TravelMANGO PANNA COTTAA refreshing dessert on a warm summer’s dayServes: 4 Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes Make in 4 ramekins3 gelatine leaves Flesh of 1 large mango (or 300g of mango pieces/tinned mango) 400ml double cream 90g caster sugar Juice of ½ small lemon Fresh raspberries, to serve1 Put the gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water and leave them to soften.2 Blitz the mango to a fine purée. With a spatula, push the purée through a colander, and put it to one side.3 In a saucepan, gently heat the cream and sugar. The moment it starts to boil, remove the pan from the heat and add the mango purée and lemon juice – and stir. Lift the gelatine leaves from the water, shake off the…3 min
Grazia|Issue 641DROPPING THIS WEEKRAY OF HOPERay Donovan is now five seasons old. Liev Schreiber as the Hollywood fixer has consistently been the hottest and most messed-up character on the box in its lifespan as he accrues more and more personal problems of his own while sorting out more famous ones. In times of trouble, you pray for a surly heart-throb like him. Or maybe that’s just me. Begins Wednesday, 9pm, Sky AtlanticANNIE’S STORYWhen Annie was a baby, she scored some terrible facial injuries. Now as a grown woman, she sets about investigating how they happened in the startling and harrowing Annie Out Of The Ashes. Was it an attempted murder, something to do with her gypsy upbringing or a more tangential and unnecessary mother’s shame at having a mixed-race baby? Documentary of the…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641Get your fix of watercooler films, festivals and food…1 AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWERThe sequel to former vice president Al Gore’s s Oscar-winning An Inconvvenient Truth. A decade on n, Gore explores how far we’ve come in our fight againstt climate change. Out Fridayy2 SPOTLIGHT AT SEVEN DIALSFree open-air festival on Saturday, including performances from Aladdin andThe Lion King, store discounts and alfresco dining.sevendials.co.uk3 THINK PINK!Ignore the weather – it’s still rosé season. Head to Chelsea’s The Bluebird for Think Pink afternoon tea and £1 will be donated to charity Pink Ribbon. danddlondon.com4 FILM4 SUMMER SCREEN AT SOMERSET HOUSESH’s outdoor cinema is back – there will be a line-up of DJs to enjoy beforehand as you tuck into food from a range of stalls. Until 23 August, somersethouse.org.uk…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641NOW OVER TO YOU...LETTER OF THE WEEKEQUALITY FOR ALLRegarding Give your career flex appeal (14 August), flexible working is imperative for all as we move into an age where firms will need to motivate good people to stay. But when will we learn that equal opportunity for women will never be acceptable unless it also means the same for men? I worked flexibly for a global financial services firm for 29 years. I chose to continue after my children had grown, because I love life; all aspects of it, not just my working life. And I was allowed to continue to work flexibly because I was valued and contributed to the firm. I recently retired from a long career and a senior role that required me to run a team caring for the…4 min
Grazia|Issue 641HOROSCOPESLE O24 Jul – 23 AugFor some time you appear to have been skirting around a number of challenges that have seemed too complicated to confront. But the solar eclipse in your sign on 21 August will go a long way towards making you realise that now is the time to act. Ignore anyone encouraging you to delay things. You’re about to find that the benefits of becoming extremely proactive will be immediately obvious.VIRGO24 Aug – 23 SepAs they tap into the fact that you’re of a generous frame of mind, certain individuals might try to take advantage. You must have no compunction about telling them that you’ve no intention of bankrolling them indefinitely. Does it sound mean and miserly to behave in this way? No. It’s just sensible.LIBR A24…3 min
Grazia|Issue 641BEAUTY CHARTS1. SKIN SAFE Earning a spot in my skincare routine is NIOD Survival 30, £25, an impressive protection system that shields us from environmental and lifestyle assaults including stress, pollution, infrared and blue light. It also boasts UVB and UVA protection of SPF30. niod.com 2. BEACH BOUND I am a huge fan of Maison Margiela Replica Beach Walk EDP, which bottles the smell of sun-kissed, salty skin on Corsica’s Calvi Beach in 1979. Now in Body Lotion form, £40, I am slathering it both on myself and anyone nearby. barrods.com 3. HOT LIPS NARS Powermatte Lip Pigment in Just Push Play, £23, is one of the best matte, long-wear lip shades I’ve had the pleasure to try. Seriously pigmented and in a deliciously rich oxblood red, swipe it on and…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641RUBY ROSE: MADONNA IS MY INSPIRATIONIN A HOTEL ROOM IN WEST Hollywood, 31-year-old actress and model Ruby Rose is showing off products from a collection she’s been working on with Urban Decay since meeting the founder of the brand three years ago. ‘This has been the most top-secret collaboration they’ve done,’ she laughs. ‘It’s a big deal.’ Ruby is Urban Decay’s first ever face – founding partner Wende Zomnir held off until she found the right candidate. And you can immediately see why Ruby fits the bill. Her meld of edgy street style combined with her rebel streak is the perfect counterpoint to her striking natural beauty. Born in Melbourne to a single mum, Ruby began life as an MTV presenter in Australia and soon started modelling for Maybelline. In 2008 she embarked on an…6 min
Grazia|Issue 641WEEK IN WEEK OUT Food / Culture / TravelMANGO PANNA COTTA A refreshing dessert on a warm summer’s day Serves: 4 Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes Make in 4 ramekins 3 gelatine leaves Flesh of 1 large mango (or 300g of mango pieces/tinned mango) 400ml double cream 90g caster sugar Juice of ½ small lemon Fresh raspberries, to serve 1 Put the gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water and leave them to soften. 2 Blitz the mango to a fine purée. With a spatula, push the purée through a colander, and put it to one side. 3 In a saucepan, gently heat the cream and sugar. The moment it starts to boil, remove the pan from the heat and add the mango purée and lemon juice – and stir. Lift the gelatine leaves…3 min
Grazia|Issue 641CULTUREPhotos: Eyevine, James North, Thomas Alexander Photography, Peter Macdiarmid JOE STONE Grazia’s news and entertainment director ★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★ ★✩ A collection of seven stories, centring on a community of immigrants from China and Taiwan in New York,, Sour Heart’s stories intricately overlap and end up exploring much wider themes, from sexuality to family. A more challenging summer read than your average, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. RHIANNON EVANS Grazia’s commissioning and special projects editor ★ ★★ ★ ★★ ★ ★✩✩ The strength and skill of Jenny Zhang’s characterisation and storytelling made Sour Heart a tricky read for me. The short story format meant I was suddenly ripped out of a world, at a point when I wanted more. Format aside, I found Zhang’s writing honest and…1 min
Grazia|Issue 641FRIENDS IN HOT PLACESRETURN TO OZ Sara Lawrence has a blast in Sydney I met Liv Nervo in a Notting Hill pub in London 10 years ago and was transfixed by the wings on her Jeremy Scott trainers. They were the coolest shoes I’d ever seen – I needed this girl in my life! She introduced me to her twin sister Mim and a month later we shared a villa in Ibiza, where our holiday compatibility cemented our love. The girls are songwriters and superstar DJs and we met just before When Love Takes Over, their smash hit with David Guetta and Kelly Rowland, came out, earning them a Grammy and a crazy successful career playing gigs worldwide. I met Annabelle Tann through them and the chemistry was instant. She makes me cry…9 min
Grazia|Issue 641AND FINALLY...Child star, singer, the most followed person on Instagram (124 million devotees) and now... Woody Allen muse. Last week, it emerged that Selena Gomez is to star alongside Elle Fanning in the director’s next, as yet untitled, film, which will be released by Amazon Studios. Timothée Chalamet, who starred in Interstellar, has also been signed up. DESPITE A SUMMER OF being linked with various pop stars (hello, Katy Perry and Dua Lipa), Chris Martin is reportedly back with Peaky Blinders’ Annabelle Wallis. She was seen at a Coldplay gig in Montreal last week, and a source revealed, ‘They’ve decided to give it another shot.’ BADASS BOOTS MIGHT BE big news for A/W ’17, but Dr Martens has been owning that look since 1960. Now the footwear favourite has joined forces…2 min
Grazia|Issue 641HOROSCOPESPhoto: Mondadori Photo LE O 24 Jul – 23 Aug For some time you appear to have been skirting around a number of challenges that have seemed too complicated to confront. But the solar eclipse in your sign on 21 August will go a long way towards making you realise that now is the time to act. Ignore anyone encouraging you to delay things. You’re about to find that the benefits of becoming extremely proactive will be immediately obvious. VIRGO 24 Aug – 23 Sep As they tap into the fact that you’re of a generous frame of mind, certain individuals might try to take advantage. You must have no compunction about telling them that you’ve no intention of bankrolling them indefinitely. Does it sound mean and miserly to behave…3 min
