Indice dei contenuti per Issue 723 in Grazia

1 ART OF GLASS HANDCRAFTED IN glass, these mismatched earrings are instant outfit-elevators. £225, Leigh Miller (net-a-porter.com) 2 OFF THE CUFF WITH A NOD to the utility trend – thanks to those pockets – this shirt is classic and current. £35, Per Una (marksandspencer.com) 3 TONE UP EAT VEGAN? Now you can wear it, too. These trousers are vegan leather. Blazer, £458, top, £150, trousers, £334, sandals, £282, all Nanushka (nanushka.com) 4 TOUGH LOVE THESE STUDDED gladiator sandals are the perfect mix of tough and pretty. Our summer sole mates. £100, Geox (geox.com) 5 EAU YES IF SWEET PEAR, soft rose and creamy sandalwood sounds like your thing, get spritzing Issey Miyake L’Eeau D’Issey Pure, £56 for 50ml, A-SAP. 6 DOUBLE WHAMMY SKIP THE SHAMPOO and use TRESemmé Shineplex Cleansing…

A COUPLE OF weeks ago, Julia Roberts suddenly realised Pretty Woman (the film that made her a star, released in 1990; teen me went twice in one weekend) probably wouldn’t be made nowadays, what with it romanticising the existence of the sex worker and not exactly confronting head-on any of the power issues implicit in a prostitute being ‘saved’ by a millionaire. Or, as she put it: ‘things you could poke a hole in’. (Such a wasted opportunity! She should have said: ‘Big mistake! Huge!’) Roberts’ observation attracted much comment, though not as much as JK Rowling when she confirmed, a week later, that Harry Potter’s Dumbledore definitely was gay, a suggestion she first made back in 2007 in an interview, though she forgot to mention it in the books.…

IT’S TIME TO get specific about spring. We’ve all felt it (the sun on our face) and gasped (at the clear blue skies) and eagerly flung open our wardrobes to dig out those lighter layers and dive into splashes of colour and long-forgotten prints. But wait! What’s this? Why can’t we remember how to put it all together? What once felt right (just a year ago) suddenly feels all wrong: those linen cropped trousers with that billowing-sleeved blouse? Nah. That pleated skirt with a logo sweatshirt and kitten heels? Nope. How about that floral maxidress with trainers? No again. Welcome to the Spring Re-education Programme. It’s been a whole 12 months since you transferred from bitter winter chill to mild spring wardrobe – the trickiest of seasonal switches. (Shifting from…

IT’S LONG BEEN SUSPECTED that Nicole Kidman’s relationship with her children, Connor and Bella Cruise, has become increasingly strained following her divorce from Tom Cruise. Last week, those rumours were further fuelled when it was claimed that the A-list actor has banned Nicole from Connor’s wedding to his Italian fiancée, Silvia. At the heart of the conflict is Tom, Connor and Bella’s dedication to Scientology. After the Big Little Lies actor divorced Tom in 2001 and denounced the religion, Bella, now 26, and Connor, 24 (their adopted children) chose to live with Tom. ‘As a devout and obedient member of the church it makes contact between them extremely difficult,’ a source told Grazia last week. ‘Bella and Connor are very much Team Tom at this point, by virtue of their…

Every week, a woman reflects on motherhood – whether she has children or not IT WAS MY last day before maternity leave last August, and as I set my out-of-office, I was full of excitement. I got home half an hour before my husband, Michael, and arranged the baby gifts we’d been given for him to see on the kitchen table. I couldn’t wait for him to walk through the door. But when he did, what could have been such an exciting day turned into the most tragic one. A few hours earlier, Michael had been diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer. There in our hallway, at eight and a half months pregnant, I tried to process the news that our lives were never going to be what we’d imagined.…

PHOTOS: SHUTTERSTOCK, GETTY IMAGES, SPRING, GURNOS, 2017 ©CLÉMENTINE SCHNEIDERMANN AND CHARLOTTE JAMES. ‘IT’S CALLEDFFASIWN’ AT THE MARTIN PARR FOUNDATION, BRISTOL, UNTIL 25 MAY Kick-start your spring wardrobe with a dress from Les Rêveries. (Race you to Liberty’s pop-up.) Make fantasy, reality. Tomo Koizumi’s confections are now available to order at Selfridges. Beat big event panic. & Other Stories’ wedding capsule is a dress code (and wallet) saviour. Be enchanted by Charlotte James and Clémentine Schneidermann’s photo series taken in the Welsh valleys. Take your tech into fashion territory. Know this name: Naomi Scott. The Aladdin star is set to make big waves on the red carpet. ‘Pimp Your Phone’…

I DON’T OWN any scales. I never have. Growing up, there used to be a set in our bathroom and, as a teenager, I was slightly obsessed with them, monitoring my weight from one day to the next. I’ve never bought any since. I don’t want my 12-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son to obsess about their weight, neither do I have any interest in finding out my own. Scales, I find, are like social media – you can’t help looking but they nearly always make you feel crap. In pregnancy, when the midwife asked me to ‘hop on the scales’, I would look away and ask her not to tell me the number. I didn’t want anyone to judge my body based on an arbitrary figure. In my opinion, scales…

MALTAGLIATI WITH SMOKED SALMON, CRÈME FRAÎCHE AND DILL Serves 4 INGREDIENTS 325g dried maltagliati (broken bits of lasagne work fine too) 150g crème fraîche 200g smoked salmon, roughly chopped 2 tbsp each of chopped dill and chives Salt and pepper To serve: 50g salmon roe 2 lemons, 1 zested, 1 cut into wedges METHOD 1 Bring a saucepan of water to the boil, add salt and cook the pasta for 8-9 minutes, or until al dente. 2 Drain the pasta, then stir and warm through the crème fraîche, smoked salmon and herbs. 3 Divide among four bowls, top with the salmon roe and lemon zest and serve with lemon wedges. ORECCHIETTE WITH CIME DI RAPA AND CHILLI Serves 2 250g cime di rapa (turnip greens or broccoli rabe) 160g orecchiette…

Daisy Jones & The Six Taylor Jenkins Reid (£12.99, HUTCHINSON) Told as an oral history of a fictional iconic band from the ’70s, this is the story of how LA groupie Daisy Jones discovered her voice, her sexuality and then the hot glow of global fame. From the knowing tone of the ‘biographer’ to the lyrics of the band’s best-selling album, this feels so real you’re tempted to hit YouTube for live footage. It’s as if a woman wrestled the narrative from Almost Famous, drenched it in sunshine, sex and tequila, then left it for us to read on a rainy Sunday.…

BOOKS: ALEXANDRA HEMINSLEY. PODCASTS: HARRIET KEAN. PHOTOS: GETTY Trees A Crowd Host David Oakes talks to artists, such as Polly Morgan (above), scientists and enthusiasts about their shared love of the environment. Conversations With Pussy Grace Hazel asks important questions – why on earth would you steam your pussy? – and discusses magic, sensuality and femininity. The Beautiful Brain An exploration of chronic traumatic encephalopathy – a degenerative brain disease resulting from head injury. Begins on 19 April with FA cup winner Jeff Astle’s story. DOWNLOAD THE GRAZIA LIFE ADVICE PODCAST FOR BRILLIANT ADVICE FROM WOMEN WORTH LISTENING TO…

PARENTAL GUIDANCE ‘I never wanted kids, so why was I heartbroken to learn I couldn’t conceive?’, (1 Apr) struck a chord with me. I didn’t want children in my twenties, but in my late thirties was told I couldn’t have them, and suddenly, like a bolt of lightning, I doubted myself. However, I’m relieved to say this didn’t last long. I realised I was only thinking I wanted kids because the choice had been taken away from me. I really didn’t want the responsibility for another person’s life, so I’m quite happy. I’m glad your writer now feels the same way. Stacie SAD TIMES FOR SNEAKERS What?! @GraziaUK says trainers are over (Brace yourself - for life post-trainers, 1 Apr). I can’t even… Polly Neate THE TRUE COST OF COCAINE…

Reports emerged last week that the male Pill is one step closer to becoming a reality. Scientists at the University of Washington have run a successful trial of drugs that appeared to suppress the production of sperm with minimal side effects. While there are a few obvious concerns (what if men forget to take it?)… this is largely cause for celebration. We’ve had decades of shouldering the responsibility. Now, if we don’t fancy hormones pumping through our veins, potentially suppressing our sex drives and giving us mood swings, hopefully men will have the option to step up. Bring on the ultimate new age of chivalry.…

UNTIL NOW, THE Anmer Estate in Norfolk has been the perfect sanctuary for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. They made Anmer Hall their full-time family home in 2014 (three years after receiving it as a wedding gift from the Queen) and have enjoyed an idyllic and relatively private life with children George, five, Charlotte, three, and 11-month-old Louis. Indeed, William and Kate were reported to have taken quickly to Norfolk life on the Sandringham Estate, where William spent many happy years as a child, befriending the local aristocracy, who have become known as the ‘Turnip Toffs’. While they returned to Kensington Palace in 2017 to focus on more royal engagements, William has recently said that he still thinks of Anmer Hall as home. However, now a shadow has been…

AS SHE SAT IN the audience for Mel B’s recording of Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, and looked on as her band mate dropped a Spice Girls bombshell, Mel C’s shocked face was the first signal that the group had been lurched back into yet another crisis. The moment came when Piers asked Mel B about her relationship with bandmate Geri Horner, née Halliwell, which had long been rumoured to have become sexual during their ’90s heyday. ‘You were coming here to be brutally honest – did or didn’t you sleep with Geri Halliwell?’ he asked. Mel, 43, did make an attempt to dodge the question by coyly saying, ‘Yeah. We all slept in a bed together, but not like that, all of us.’ Yet, when Piers asked her a second…

WE KNOW SHE’S one of world’s most successful singers. But last week – as Adele casually hung out with Jennifer Lawrence in a gay bar in New York – it emerged that the British-born star is also the most in demand A-lister friend, with a circle including everyone from Drake to Emma Stone and Amy Schumer. Here’s why... She throws the best parties Her Titanic -themed and celeb-filled 30th birthday party was allegedly Adele’s most iconic party. ‘Adele loves to make the people around her feel special,’ a source tells Grazia . ‘She’ll find any excuse to dress up and is always thinking up fun ideas to celebrate a member of her team’s birthday.’ She loves to marry her best friends Adele secretly got ordained so she could be a…

THEY’VE BEEN DESCRIBED as the ‘power brokers’ of the red carpet, capable of making or breaking careers with the right (or wrong) gown. As A-list stylist Micaela Erlanger once put it, ‘The power of styling can literally shape an actress’s public persona and affect the trajectory of her career.’ Whether we like it or not, stars are judged just as much for their choice of couture as their choice of film role – and it’s stylists who are behind that decision. Take Lady Gaga. While she was lauded for her acting debut in A Star Is Born , it was her red-carpet looks that secured her place in Hollywood’s elite as she went from meat-dress-wearing-eccentric-pop-star to Audrey-Hepburn-esqueaward-winning-thespian. From custom Celine and Valentino to her Oscars finale in bespoke Alexander McQueen…

COUNTRY RETREAT Long walks followed by even longer pub lunches require a simple formula of light knits + oversize shirts x relaxed denim. Throw in a dress in case of an unexpected heatwave. CITY MINI-BREAK Pack jeans and trainers for daytime sightseeing and a talking-point top, power-print dress and statement earrings for dinner dates. Stylish sunnies are non-negotiable. MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE Adrenalin junkies will love snow-wear’s new obsession with fluoro brights. A bold knit will be your new best friend for après-ski. SUNSHINE ESCAPE Your beach bolthole requires an easy capsule wardrobe of lightweight dresses and co-ords for day, while smart shorts and a blazer are perfect for evenings out. Don’t forget your bikini!…

Healthier nails Kure Bazaar’s impeccably chic nail varnishes are 90% natural, made with potatoes, corn, wheat, cotton, bamboo and vitamin E. Beautiful and caring. £15, contentbeauty wellbeing.com Stylish sports sunglasses PE Nation’s new range in collaboration with Pared eyewear is so good you won’t just want to wear them to work out in. £135, pe-nation.com The CBD oil Heard about the benefits of CBD oil but don’t know what to take? Look no further than Kloris, an organic formula backed by Cambridge scientists. From £45.99, kloriscbd.com…

DARA O’BRIAIN: VOICE OF REASON TV host and stand-up genius Dara tackles life in the public eye, fake news and even manages to make Brexit funny. If you don’t want to be included in his ad libs, don’t sit in the front row. Until 26 April; ticketmaster.co.uk THE GREAT BRITISH GIN FESTIVAL The UK’s largest gin festival is taking over Bristol on 12 April. There will be presentations from industry experts, a plethora of gins to sample, cocktail making and live music. What more could you ask for? See eventbrite.com for all dates and destinations SOROLLA: SPANISH MASTER OF LIGHT An opportunity to see the largest collection of the lesser known Spanish impressionist outside his homeland. Enjoy his vivid seascapes, garden scenes, portraits and landscapes from throughout his career showing different…

How To Be Famous Caitlin Moran (£8.99, EBURY) Moran’s second novel sees the return of Johanna Morrigan, and this time she’s left home for 1990s Camden. Like a randy highwayman, Moran’s alter ego makes the most of Britpop, boys and a cracking pseudonym. It’s so much fun it’s like giddy time-travelling 25 years across London. Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys Viv Albertine (£8.99, FABER) Sincerity, punk and exquisite writing might seem an unlikely combo, but this memoir from the Slits’ guitarist has all three. It perfectly captures the headiness of an iconic music era, as well as the intense vulnerability of being a successful woman in a world of male rock stars. Uncommon People David Hepworth (£9.99, BLACK SWAN) If anyone knows rock stars, it’s Hepworth,…

GAME OF SOULS - not genders GAME OF THRONES’ Sophie Turner opened up about her sexuality last week, stating that she ‘loves a soul, not a gender’. Sophie, 23, who has been engaged to Joe Jonas since October 2017, added that ‘everyone experiments. It’s part of growing up.’ CREATE YOUR signature shoe TO ENSURE you never turn up in the same shoes as anyone else, Fendi’s new made-to-order service allows you to create your own unique pair of Colibrì heels, by choosing from seven front toe variations, three types of ribbon and two heel heights in various finishings. From 5 April; fendi.com OUT OF AFRICA and into Bluebird THE SHOP AT Bluebird’s new pop-up, Between Us, is a celebration of African fashion. For six weeks only, the Covent Garden…

SHOPPING MADE STRESSFUL Thanks for bringing attention to the difficulties disabled people face when shopping – ‘I love fashion, so why won’t you let me shop?’ (1 April). I’ve been in a wheelchair just 18 months, and only when you experience it yourself do you realise the high street isn’t built for anyone who isn’t able-bodied. Having previously been someone who’d nip to the shops in my lunch break, I now feel limited to internet shopping, where I feel less self-conscious and don’t have to deal with all the obstacles. I’d love it if all the positive talk around disabilities actually turned into reality. It feels like the time is right for change and I’m grateful to Grazia for helping to move it in the right direction. Sophie…

Davina and Tom Barber The Barbers, who live at Pynkney Hall near King’s Lynn, accompanied Prince William on his yachting trip around the Aegean in 1999. The couple are very well-connected: Tom is an old Etonian, while Davina’s mother was Princess Diana’s cousin and her father is a close friend of Prince Charles. Monica Vinader and Nick Zoll Monica is one of Kate’s favourite jewellery designers – she often wears her pieces on royal occasions. Her favourites include the Riva diamond drop earrings and green onyx Siren earrings. Monica runs her company from her 12th-century Norfolk estate. William and Violet Vestey Violet is Tatler’s former social editor, while William is the son and heir of Lord Vesty, and will inherit Stowell Park – a 6,000-acre pile in the Cotswold Hills…

60.7 That’s how many miles Jimmy Choo shoes have walked on red carpets during major awards ceremonies. 965 If all the Jimmy Choo shoes worn on the red carpet at major awards ceremonies over the past 23 years were lined up heel to toe, they would extend 965 feet. 4 3 The percentage of Best Actress nominees who wore gold and went on to win. Accessorize analysed 40 years of Oscar dresses to discover that this is the luckiest colour. PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES. ADDITIONAL REPORTING: CHARLOTTE PAVITT $18 MILLION The cost of Cate Blanchett’s Armani Privé and Chopard Oscars look in 2014 (above) – reportedly the most expensive ever. The tiered gown, made from 25 metres of tulle and embellished with thousands of dégradé sequins, took 600 hours to make.…

WHEN PRINCESS EUGENIE walked down the aisle of St George’s Chapel in October last year, model Martha Hunt found the occasion especially moving. Not because she is a particular sap for weddings (although the York/Brooksbank nuptials were, admittedly, rather sweet) but because the bride’s bespoke Peter Pilotto gown deliberately showed off the scars on her back, the result of corrective surgery for scoliosis. Like Eugenie, 29-year-old Martha was born with scoliosis and has undergone surgery to address the condition. ‘I do feel empowered by my scars. I think they are a symbol of strength; all scars are beautiful and they tell a story, a very triumphant one, about oneself,’ she tells Grazia. Seeing someone else embracing theirs in such a high-profile arena was further affirmation. ‘It was very inspiring and…

DEBRA NEWELL (Connie Britton) is the kind of interior designer who turns up at luxe accessories showrooms snapping her fingers and saying, ‘Get me everything in yellow,’ to her beleaguered assistant. Her life is sandwiched between a tray of take-out coffees, yesterday’s WhatsApps and pelmet samples for a Midwestern boutique hotel chain. Her professional modus operandi is quick, sparky success. She’s LA’s Kelly Hoppen. Her love life, on the other hand… Dirty John, which first streamed in February, has turned into a genuine slow-burn psychological hit on account of being the Fatal Attraction for middle-aged Tinder swipers. When she goes on yet another internet date – with the titular John Meehan (Eric Bana), an anaesthesiologist with the looks of a Hugo Boss model and superficial charm of a mid-morning radio…