Sommaire pour Issue 641 de Grazia

21 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…

Photos: 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…

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…

YOU 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 slutty, too whatever characteristic women are supposed to keep under control. Recently, unruly female celebrities…

Hair 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…

I'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 VELVET CRUSH Shoes, £49.99, Mango (mango.com). Kitten heels are your shortcut to ladylike elegance. Mango’s version comes in so-now velvet. We’ll take a pair in every colour, please. 2 BIKER G GANG Jacket, £ 795 7 , Raey (matchesfashion.com). No, it’s not too soon to invest in i a jacket. Yes, we need Raey’s perfect leaather biker. A wear-foorever piece. 3 SPORTY TOUCH Dress, £1224.95, Scotch & Soda (scotch-soda.com). Retro track top + pretty florals = one seriously i l cool dress. 4 CIRCLE CHANDELIERS Earrings, £20, Topshop (topshop.com). Don’t be afraid to dazzle for day. We’ll be wearing these outfit elevators with, well, everythingg! 5 FRILL SEEKERS Top, £459 , , and trousers, £ 289 2 , Maggie Marilyn (boutique1 .com). A name forr your fashion radar: Maggie…

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…

Photos: 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…

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,…

Photos: Getty Images IF 2016 WAS the year of Brexit and Donald Trump becoming POTUS, 2017 may go down as the year that true love died a cruel death. The reason? Chris Pratt and Anna Faris’s shock announcement last week that they are divorcing after eight years of marriage. ‘Anna and I are sad to announce we are legally separating,’ Chris wrote in a Facebook post. ‘We tried hard for a long time, and we’re really disappointed… We still have love for each other, will always cherish our time together and continue to have the deepest respect for one another.’ Cue widespread despair on social media, with one fan claiming, ‘I don’t know what love is anymore’, while another said, ‘This better be Fake News. I cannot handle this’. But…

BELLA 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.…

KARLIE 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…

Photos: 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…

Photos: Jason Lloyd-Evans, Marco Vittur. Buxom: debenhams.com. Chanel: chanel.com. Dior: dior.com…

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Arms 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…

It’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…

Photos: 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…

Photo: 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…

1. 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…

HOW DOES A BRAND YOU’VE never heard of pitch up next to the giants of the British high street, with a 2,300 sq ft flagship store on a plum spot of Oxford Street and Kate Moss as the poster girl? Seems pretty audacious for a newcomer. Except this new kid on the block, Reserved, isn’t new at all – you just don’t know about it. Yet. Founded in 1999, Reserved is already the Topshop/Zara/H&M/insert-name-of-your-favourite-high-street-store in its home country, Poland. Part of the LPP conglomerate, one of the fastest growing fashion chains in Europe, it has over 450 stores in 18 countries. Now, it’s coming to London. Co-founder and CEO Marek Piechocki heralds it as an important move. ‘London is a fashion capital and having a presence in this prestigious location…

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…

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…

STA 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…

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…

P 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…

COOL 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. 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…

IN 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…

MANGO 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…

RAY 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 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…

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…

Photos: 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…