Table of contents for Issue 671 in Grazia

1 DENIM UPDATE WE ARE so into this duster coat, a great new addition to your spring jacket collection. £65, Monki (monki.com) 2 CURVE APPEAL UPDATE YOUR HOLIDAY wardrobe with these two-tone hoops. £45, Bimba Y Lola (bimbaylola.com) 3 LIP LOVE A NOURISHING MASK that brings dry lips back to their former glory while you sleep. YSL Beauté Volupté Night Rehab Lip Mask, £26. 4 SOCK IT TO ’EM YES, THE SOCK shoe trend is still going strong. We love the slick trainer versions – cool and comfortable. £149, Kurt Geiger London (kurtgeiger.com) 5 SKIN WIN WE’RE CALLING IT: Sarah Chapman’s Icon Night Cream, £98, is a cult classic in the making. Expect ‘great skin’ compliments. 6 BAG IT DEBUT ON HOLIDAY, then wear with soft tailoring in the city…

PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES, ED MILES It’s where one woman tells another woman she’s not doing feminism right. Let’s call it ‘femni-splaining’; a feminist-on-feminist evolution of the practice of ‘man-splaining’. It’s equally patronising, just with added irony. Examples of femni-splaining include the time the magnificent Nimco Ali – FGM activist and WEP candidate – was told she couldn’t be a feminist if she wasn’t also a Labour supporter; that slow Tuesday in February when high-profile femni-splainers screamed ‘internalised misogyny’ at actor Jennifer Lawrence after she posed in a sexy Versace dress on a London rooftop; and the recent denouncement of Tate director Maria Balshaw. Balshaw’s crime was responding to a newspaper interview question about whether she’d suffered impropriety at the hands of gallery donor Anthony d’Offay (facing allegations of sexual harassment…

PHOTO: JASON LLOYD-EVANS WHAT’S IN THE bottom of your bag? If the answer is screwed-up receipts, unwrapped mints, half-used lip balms and various other unexplained flotsam and jetsam – it’s time for a clear-out. Spring’s biggest bag trend calls for complete transparency. Literally. This season discretion is out, as the nothing-to-hide bag makes its claim to be spring’s most necessary accessory. From Chanel’s see-through plastic totes to Insta-fave Cult Gaia’s wooden slatted styles, it’s all about bags that bare all. The bad news: your trusty tote can no longer double as a portable rubbish bin. The good news: nothing-to-hide finishes give otherwise classic shapes an unexpected edge, with an intriguing peep into the life of the wearer. The string bag also continues its ascent from grocery carryall to high-fash status…

IN TODAY’S PANTHEON of fashion stars, few, if any, make reference to the late, great Hubert de Givenchy. But all that is about to change. When Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy died last week, aged 91, the aristocratic French fashion designer was remembered in an outpouring of iconic images on Instagram. Jackie Kennedy in a pale skirt suit. Wallis Simpson looking imperiously chic in white satin. Grace Kelly, flawless in green. And Audrey Hepburn in everything, since Givenchy was responsible for creating her on- and off-screen wardrobes, most notably that iconic little black dress in Breakfast At Tiffany’s. As Hepburn once said, ‘Givenchy’s clothes are the only ones in which I feel myself. He is more than a designer, he is a creator of personality.’ Givenchy was one…

PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES, MARCO VITTUR. CLINIQUE: CLINIQUE.CO.UK. DR COLBERT: HARRODS WELLNESS CLINIC (HARRODS.COM). JOSH WOOD: JOSHWOODCOLOUR.COM. NIVEA: BOOTS.COM.REDKEN SALONS: REDKEN.CO.UK. SKIN LAUNDRY CLINICS: SKINLAUNDRY.COM ‘IS THERE ANYONE in the world, now, who wants to spend three hours in the salon waiting for their colour to develop or, actually, wait for anything ?’ asks Josh Wood, creative director at Redken. Luckily the beauty industry’s instantaneous offering is abundant – enter these tried-and-tested quick fixes… 30 SECONDS: Josh Wood Lighter Blonde Root Marker [3 & 5], £8 Roots rearing their ugly head? All it takes is a scribble and swipe from one of Josh Wood’s marker crayons, which come in dark brown, dark blonde and lighter blonde, and contain waxy pigment, to cover them up at rapid speed. You’re welcome. 1 MINUTE:…

CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL of the S/S ’18 collection at Lulu Guinness with an exclusive 25% off ! Feel the love for playful, colour-pop accessories that clash vibrant peony with red and feature Lulu’s signature graphic icons. This season, when you’re not colour clashing, you need to be earning your stripes – see the Lavinia clutch for details. Need something roomier? Invest in the Valentina handbag with cute peekaboo pout. And wear your heart on your shoes with the Paloma mules and Anabel courts. To claim your discount, simply take this page into participating stores or visit luluguinness.com and enter code FEELTHELOVE at the checkout. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: DISCOUNT IS VALID FROM TUESDAY 20 MARCH 2018 UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY 27 MARCH 2018. VALID AT LULUGUINNESS.COM (UK WEBSITE ONLY) AND IN LULU…

PHOTO: MATTHIAS HEIDERICH Lou Ruvo Center, Las Vegas At the junction of I-15 and I-95 in downtown Vegas is this extraordinary building, its swooping stainless steel curves making it an architectural show-stopper since it was built eight years ago. Designed by Frank Gehry, it’s not an art gallery or concert hall but a centre that carries out research into degenerative brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease. ‘The mantra is Keep Memory Alive,’ explained Gehry. ‘I’m trying to make a building that people will want to visit, remember, talk about and enjoy.’…

ALL MOTHERED UP AT THE SPACE RETREAT The pop-up urban oasis for busy women will hold a unique escape for mothers in London (24 March) and Bristol (31 March), where they can enjoy massages, manicures and panel talks – with on-site childcare to make it a stress-and guilt-free experience. thespaceretreat.com BRIXTON DISCO FESTIVAL A multi-venue day-and-night celebration of 40 years of disco, including incredible live acts and DJs at Electric Brixton and rooftop party hotspot POW, a Windrush Square roller disco, a documentary screening at the Ritzy cinema, a record fair and more. Get your flares on. 28 April, brixtondiscofestival.com BACKYARD CINEMA: MISSION TO MARS Your local cinema and a bag of popcorn just won’t cut it any more. London’s Backyard Cinema is showing a series of sci-fi films… while…

A Very Fatal Murder Whether you’re over the proliferation of true crime pods or can’t get enough, The Onion’s parody pod of the genre is worth a listen. Mocking our insatiable desire for unsolved and particularly macabre crimes, this six-part spoof takes on the death of popular high-schooler Hayley Price. The Way Of All Flesh Written by Naomi Alderman, author of The Power, this pod delves deeper into her best-selling storytelling game, Zombies, Run! It’s barely a few months since the shambling dead began to rise. Now nine people are trapped in an English country house by the zombie horde outside. They’re strangers to each other. And yet, before their first night in the house is done, one of them will be dead. PHOTOS: WIREIMAGE Happy Place Fearne Cotton’s new…

REMEMBERING TO LOOK UP AT THE STARS Stephen Hawking, the brightest star of science, who died last week aged 76, was many things. He was a genius who advanced physics, whose contribution to humanity will be celebrated for light years to come. He was also a man in a wheelchair with motor neurone disease... who straight-up refused to be defined by that. He challenged misconceptions around disability with his infamous sense of humour. ‘Life would be tragic,’ he once said, ‘if it weren’t funny.’ As we celebrate diversity in all its guises, we remember him as a man who evoked respect, hope and wonder with wit and intelligence. He helped shift negative stereotypes around disability and proved everyone can reach for the stars.…

PHOTOS: BACKGRID, VANTAGE N PHOTOS: BACKGRID, VANTAGE NEWS HOLLYWOOD-WATCHERS did a double take last week when Emma Watson went public with Glee alumnus Chord Overstreet. Following whispers that the pair were an item (and denials from her publicist), Emma confirmed the rumours when she was pictured beaming up at the actor as they held hands during a romantic stroll in LA. Could this really be the same woman who memorably claimed ‘I don’t date famous people’, and has been at such pains to protect her previous relationships that she’s rarely been pictured with a boyfriend, much less engaging in a PDA? Well, kind of. According to insiders, Emma has decided to ‘break her own romance rules’ since falling head over heels for Chord. One source with knowledge of the situation…

YOU’D THINK THE UK release of your first feature film would be one of the most terrifying moments of your life, but Lorna Tucker has already had a rough ride over her new documentary, Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist . It was the eve of the global premiere at Sundance Film Festival when all hell broke loose. ‘Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist has been made and produced by a third party and, as it stands, isn’t endorsed by Vivienne Westwood,’ said a statement released by the design house. ‘Lorna Tucker asked to film Vivienne’s activism… but there’s not even five minutes of activism in the film… It’s a shame because the film is mediocre, and Vivienne and Andreas [her husband] are not. Lorna worked on the documentary with Vivienne, who she counted…

PHOTOS: CATWALKING.COM, JASON LLOYD-EVANS, MARCO VITTUR, INSTAGRAM/ ALEXACHUNG. BALENCIAGA: MATCHESFASHION.COM. EVO: LOOKFANTASTIC.COM. GUCCI: GUCCI.COM. HAIR BY SAM MCKNIGHT: LIBERTYLONDON.COM. SIMONE ROCHA: MATCHESFASHION.COM. SYD HAYES: SYDHAYESHAIR.COM WE NOTICED THEM double-parked in Alexa’s hair on the front row at fashion week, then all over the catwalks (Chanel, Max Mara, Simone Rocha), as well as the red carpet. The hair accessory – that schoolgirl badge of honour – is back. And we are so desperate to get our hands on the luxe versions that we’re throwing all rational sense out the window and spending as much as we would on a Ganni dress. Why? ‘For so long the trend has just been for “nothing” hair,’ says Syd Hayes, celebrity hairstylist and creator of the eponymous Syd Pin. ‘This is a reaction to that.’…

PHOTOS: PHILIPPE HALSMAN/MAGNUM PHOTOS, GETTY IMAGES, REX FEATURES, CATWALKING.COM. CATWALK IMAGES, FROM TOP: RICHARD QUINN, PETER PILOTTO, SIMONE ROCHA. BAGS, FROM TOP: £175, LULUGUINESS.COM; £1,330, BALENCIAGA(NET-APORTERCOM); £1,960, THOM BROWNE (MATCHESFASHION.COM); £39.99, ZARA.COM. VEST, URBANOUTFITTERS.COM Know what works for you – see Alicia Vikander’s Louis Vuitton love-in on the red carpet. Say it with flowers. Salute the (official) start of spring in mega blooms. Admire Georgia O’Keefe’s style (and work, at America’s Cool Modernism at Oxford’s Ashmolean from Friday). Be the right amount of weird. Odd-shaped bags rule right now. Dare to do a string vest. Seriously, they’re back. We promise. Consider a beret for best (so much cooler than a fascinator).…

PHOTO: BENJAMIN KAUFMAN/TRUNK TESTED BY ROSE BEER BEAUTY JOURNALIST THE SPIEL: A gruelling technique called microsclerotherapy is widely thought to be the best treatment for reducing the appearance of minute spider and thread veins (faulty veins that no longer work properly) found on the legs. It involves injecting a liquid – sclerosant – into veins to destroy them over time. ‘The liquid acts as a hardening agent, which irritates the lining of the veins, killing the cells in the vein wall,’ explains Professor Mark Whiteley, a vein and blood specialist. ‘Once the wall is dead, it takes 14 days for the vein to close, then a further six to 12 weeks for the immune system to remove it permanently.’ Because these veins are no longer working, it’s OK to completely…

PHOTOS: ED MILES Q ‘On the outside, my life looks pretty perfect – I have a good job, a husband and two children. However, I am increasingly unhappy: I snap at my husband and kids over little things and become easily angry and defensive at work. I don’t know why, but I feel a grim sense that everything is pointless. How can I snap out of it?’ ELEANOR SAYS: I’m sorry you feel like this. It’s good you have this level of self-awareness – admitting to being angry and defensive, even just to ourselves, isn’t easy. I wonder if you really do have no idea about why your mood has shifted. Do you have friends you can talk openly with about how you feel? If so, what comes up? If…

I COULD FEEL the pedals spinning under my feet. Screaming over my shoulder, I yelled for help as tears began to fall down my cheeks. But then my six-year-old self felt my mum’s hand on my shoulder – steadying me, coaxing me into trying once more. Just like that I was off again, wobbling down the path on my new bike, no stabilisers. Years later, I was on my gap year before starting university – enjoying a different type of freedom – and it was my mum doing the cycling, having joined a local club. But there was no guiding hand behind her, and one day she was hit by a car and killed instantly. I was 19. This time, there was no one to tell me it was going…

GO BIG The extra-large table gives design impact, while the Under The Bell pendant light (by Muuto) also adds texture. ‘The scale feels right in our open-plan space – we refer to it as our “cone of silence”,’ says Ali. The colour palette was inspired by Ali’s large canvas. BRIGHT SPARK A shot of super-bright colour is a guaranteed way of giving a room personality and the deep pink sofa certainly does that in Ali’s living-room space – the pink works nicely with the pale duck-egg blue of the rug (try modern-rugs.co.uk for similar). The floor is concrete, but this look would work well with grey parquet such as the frosted oak solid wood flooring from directflooring.co.uk. The fireplace has been built into the wall for a sleek, modern look,…

WHEN IT SWOOPED on to Netflix last year, Santa Clarita Diet offered a weirdly affecting premise. Given the scope of her work, adding zombie housewife Sheila Hammond to Drew Barrymore’s CV feels just about right. Over four decades, Drew has carved out an idiosyncratic place for herself as one of thinking America’s most dependable screen faces. She’s worked every year since 1978. ET was her fourth movie, shot aged six, stealing each and every scene. As well as her definitive genre roles from romcom to horror through indie and blockbuster, she’s produced, exec’ed and directed whole reams of significant work. Donnie Darko wouldn’t have happened without Drew. Her work ethic is very much in the old Nike mould: she just does it. Sheila is the backbone of Santa Clarita. Her…

DONATELLA gives fur the brush-off DONATELLA VERSACE is the latest designer to turn her back on fur. ‘Fur? I’m out of that. I don’t want to kill animals to make fashion. It doesn’t feel right,’ the queen of full-throttle glamour told The Economist’s 1843 lifestyle magazine. Fabulous. MARKLE SPARKLES at Payneful performance MEGHAN MARKLE cemented her place as our favourite future royal when she burst into giggles after being subjected to a Liam Payne performance at Westminster Abbey (complete with first bumps for his band). When confronted with lyrics like ‘One Coke and Bacardi (sippin’ lightly)’, laughter truly is the best medicine. SCANDI STYLE FEST dial up your denim EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE Scandi label, Ganni, has joined forces with Swedish bed-linen brand Magniberg to create a capsule denim collection. Expect to…

GETTING THE BOYS ONSIDE Your Provocateur feature (12 Mar) raised concerns I share. The fight for equality is not just about women, it has to be about people. Husbands, fathers, brothers all need to be engaged early on if you truly want equality, as they have as big a role in challenging the patriarchal culture as women. The younger generation is more accepting that both genders can be educated, work, look after the home, take care of the family, but they face an older world that doesn’t necessarily buy into this approach. Women may have started this fight but they need some men on their side to win the war. Maggie…

1 UP MALCOLM DUCASSE Sidekick (whether she wants him or not) to Jessica Jones, recovering addict, the only good man-egg in a Netflix show otherwise filled with bad man-eggs. Also? Fit. As. 2 NON-MOVER LIVIA FIRTH Deserves just a little extra portion of the love and lust we already feel for her on an ongoing basis. She’s going through some shiz, while standing up for some shiz. 3. NON-MOVER SERENA Almost never not in CoL. Because, why leave her out? This time, it’s because she’s trademarked ‘Aneres’ for a putative make-up line. Oh, and by the way? It’s ‘Serena’, spelled backwards.WE KNOW. 4. NON-MOVER KERRY AND KURTAN MUCKLOWE Responsible for our breakout best moment in the BBC Three Perfect Day film. But also, if you aren’t watching This Country already,…

PHOTOS: REX FEATURES, INSTAGRAM.COM/@BEYONCE, BACKGRID, SPLASH NEWS “THEIR MARRIAGE IS VERY MUCH A WORK IN PROGRESS” THE COUPLE WHO slay together, stay together. At least, that seems to be Beyoncé’s thinking, after announcing her second joint tour with husband Jay Z. The pair will hit the road together in June as part of their On The Run II tour – four years after the original string of shows. Awkwardly, their latest album releases are 2016’s Lemonade and 2017’s 4:44 – both of which deal, in forensic detail, with Jay Z’s various infidelities. Considering the 2014 pre- Lemonade shows featured Beyoncé wearing a wedding veil while sobbing, ‘She ain’t even half of me, that bitch will never be’, this could be… interesting. According to one associate of the couple, the pair’s…

MAIN PHOTO: RICHARD STOW THE LIST OF Things We Trust That Can Be Hacked is growing by the day. But if you think your phone/laptop/bank account falling victim to a cyber attack is as invasive as it gets, think again. Fears over our se x-toy safety has prompted Labour MP Chi Onwurah to call for security requirements on smart devices. Connected sex toys are anything from Bluetooth vibrators to ‘smart’ butt plugs and can include cameras and long-distance controllers. And their connectivity leaves them prey to hackers. Last month, researchers discovered Vibratissimo’s Panty Buster could be broken into to ‘remotely pleasure’ people over the internet. In a separate incident, sex toy company Lovense admitted its vibrators have been accidentally backing up intimate sessions on users’ phones, blaming a ‘minor software…

I’M WILLING TO bet that every Millennial woman can still remember how they felt the first time they watched Girls. Its effect on our generation was instant. Almost overnight we had a voice, and Lena Dunham – naked, tattooed and imperfect – was it. There followed a Vogue cover, a $6m book deal and five more series of Girls. But it wasn’t long before the cracks began to show. Lena was branded with everything from nepotism to racism (writer Roxane Gay accused Girls of ‘stark whiteness,’ while others claimed it focused entirely on ‘privileged white-girl problems’). Then, Lena herself began to trip up. In 2016, she accused Spanish magazine Tentaciones of retouching her photo – only they hadn’t. And last year, after she wrote eloquently on #MeToo following the revelations…

LAYER YOUR STRIPES Sporty stripes are given fresh legs with the addition of classic pinstripes and tailoring. EXPLORE THE FRINGE The boomerang trend is back! This time, twirl your tassels with sports-luxe separates. COVER YOUR TRACKS Tailored go-faster-stripe pants and a hi-tech top are given a veneer of grown-up respectability with a classic trench. CHILL YOUR CHECKS Rein in heritage checks’ classic tendencies with laid-back sweat tops and trainers. TRIAL A TRAINER The souped-up trainer is set to run and run (sorry)… Wear with block brights to pack a punch. DIVE IN FEET FIRST Stomping boots were all over the catwalks. Max their effect by wearing with a dress and anorak BE AN URBAN COWBOY There is no escaping the cowboy boot. For an original spin, press pause on floaty…

AVA DUVERNAY IS HAVING a moment. An actual super-hot, super-defining cultural moment. But also a moment in the sense that my nana meant it. The director is sitting, eyes wet, in the white marble bar of a swanky London hotel. She’s just realised that this, right here, right now, is the end. The very end of the very long journey that has been the making of new Disney fantasy epic A Wrinkle In Time. Grazia is Ava’s final interview of the whole two-year process. The night before was the European premiere and her cast – including stars Storm Reid, Mindy Kaling, Reese Witherspoon and Oprah – have already left. She stayed on in London to speak to me and is reflecting on the still-raw goodbyes. ‘It was really emotional,’ she…

PHOTOS: RONAN MCKENZIE, PEPO FERNANDEZ POWERED BY THE fabulous reality TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race, drag feels more mainstream than ever. And as it gets bigger, it develops and diversifies. These days, a drag queen can be anyone who enjoys dressing up, experimenting with make-up and playfully celebrating their femininity. And a growing number are women. Georgie Bee was inspired to try it by a drag queen who challenged her preconceived ideas: ‘He made it very simple for me: if I wanted to play about with an exaggeration of gender, I could.’ She now does drag every weekend and in 2016 was the first cisgendered female performer to win the Miss Sink the Pink drag competition. She describes her look as ‘camp, sequinned and sexual’. Edith Pilaf says drag is…

NUT MILK Nut milks are now the go-to alternatives to dairy and lactose-free milk. However, as the consistency, quality and taste (often sweetness) vary between brands, I prefer to make my own. Simply soak about 150g of nuts – I like almonds – in water overnight. Next day, drain, discard the water and rinse the nuts before blending them with 500ml of water. Strain and the milk is ready; you can store it for three to four days in the fridge. Coconut, rice and oat milks would also work with these recipes. KAFFIR LIME POACHED CHICKEN WITH THAI BASIL PINEAPPLE SALAD Feeds: 4 Preparation: 15 minutes Cooking: 15 minutes INGREDIENTS 450ml almond milk 4 kaffir lime leaves, bruised 1 handful of Thai basil leaves, bruised Generous sprinkle of salt or…

The Long Forgotten David Whitehouse (£14.99, PIC ADOR) Once the thorns of The Long Forgotten get into you, the book stays with you all day until you can get back to it. The story opens as a black box flight recorder from a plane that’s been missing for 30 years is recovered. As it returns from the bottom of the sea, a young man named Dove is flooded by memories of a rare flower hunter in the 1980s, which might be the key to solving the mystery of his own identity and what happened to the passengers on that flight, dubbed The Long Forgotten. Strange and powerful, this is a complex story of love, loss and obsession. Out Thursday LITERARY TRIPS DOWN MEMORY LANE The Sense Of An Ending Julian…

THE POWER OF ONE I enjoyed your special issue to mark International Women’s Day. I am a staunch feminist, but not a ‘powerful’ woman. The tone of some of your articles suggests you only count as being ‘pro woman’ if you hold a powerful job or have changed the world in some way. I’ve been a flight attendant for 16 years and love my job, but feel that would be looked down on by your idea of feminism. Feminists come in many shapes and forms – you can still be included even if you haven’t changed the world. Helen CHILD-FREE AND HAPPY It was really refreshing to read a positive portrayal of childlessness in ‘Not having a baby was the making of me’ (19 Mar). As a childless woman who…