Table of contents for Issue 649 in Grazia

THREE WEEKS AFTER FORBES PUBLISHED ITS top 10 list of Instagram influencers – placing Chiara Ferragni at number one – a week after Paris Fashion Week showcased the dominant style vibes of next season, and at the precise time the street style brigade keeps on posting images of itself artfully dolled up to the nines… I find myself forsaking every one of them. I’m sure they look très chic ’n’ cool ’n’ branché; but, right now, I’m taking my style prompts from one source only. You can keep your Jeanne Damases, your Alexa Chungs, your Man Repellers. I look only to Chabuddy G from series four of People Just Do Nothing (which I’ve just watched, on iPlayer). He is a man, sure. A fictional comedy creation, down on his luck,…

photos: rex f features, tammy smith ‘To be pro-gun is to be pro-life. It is protecting the ability to defend your own life,’ wrote 27-year-old American Antonia Okafor in a tweet this week. This was three days after the Las Vegas Strip became the scene of the US’s deadliest mass shooting in modern history. At least 58 innocent people were killed and another 527 were injured when Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music festival from the Mandalay Bay hotel. This was the 273rd mass shooting in the US this year* . And here in the States, where the right to bear arms is embedded deep in our culture and our constitution, the reaction of many was not – as Britons might expect – to call for tighter gun…

P PH HO OT TO OSS :: P PH HO OT TO OSSH HO OT T ,, R REEX X MADONNA, 59, IS SAID to have dropped £7 million this year on a house just outside Lisbon after her son, David Banda, 11, was enrolled in the Benfica football team’s youth academy. John Malkovich, 63, is part-owner of a fancy restaurant, Bica do Sapato, in the city. And Monica Bellucci, 53, owns an apartment in the same block as Christian Louboutin, 54, in the Castelo district of the Portuguese capital. If that wasn’t confirmation enough that Lisbon is 2017’s hottest city, now Michael Fassbender has revealed that he and girlfriend, Alicia Vikander, 29, are ditching London for the city described as a ‘postcard-perfect panorama of cobbled alleyways, ancient ruins and…

STRANGER THINGS were happening on the Louis Vuitton catwalk this week. Among the sequin shifts and brocade coats, creative director Nicolas Ghesquière included a Stranger Things tribute T-shirt in the S/S ’18 collection. Layered over a voluminous prairie blouse and worn with narrow trousers, it got the LV stamp of approval. Netflix and chic. So, is the sci-fi tee the new statement staple? It certainly piqued our interest (no mean feat after a month of catwalks). Though one obsessive of the show, who’s been wearing her own fan tee for months (you can get versions for less than £20 – Redbubble does a good one. No word yet on what Vuitton’s will retail for, but it will be more than £20), tells us, ‘Geek T-shirts are for geeks not the…

goodness, what an almighty storm erupted last week around the news that the third Sex And The City film will not be happening. First came Sarah Jessica Parker’s announcement that the project had been cancelled. ‘We had this beautiful, funny, heart-breaking, joyful, very relatable script and story,’ she announced on the red carpet at the New York City Ballet, ‘it’s just so disappointing that we don’t get to tell the story.’ Kristin Davis echoed her friend’s sadness with an Instagram post saying the news was ‘deeply frustrating’. Next came unsubstantiated reports that it was Kim Cattrall’s ‘diva demands’ over money and other projects that forced the studio to shut down the project just weeks ahead of filming. Like any publicist worth her salt, the woman who played PR supremo Samantha…

IT’S OFFICIAL: coat season is here. Whether you love or loathe winter, finding the right cover-up can make it a breeze style-wise. This autumn, the only coat you need is the statement shearling – and Very’s pink-and-black version is the dream. So how to wear it? The key is to keep the rest of your look understated. It’s a no-brainer thrown over jeans and white sweater for off-duty days, and also looks the part with black trousers and boots for the 9-5. But a coat like this really deserves to be taken out on the town – team with a tiered black dress and knee boots for a look that’s a bit ’70s, a bit glam-goth and totally cool. NEED SOME COLD COMFORT? Shop this cool coat – and plenty…

PHOTOS: JASON LLOYD EVANS, MARCO MICRO TREND: WIND-CHAPPED CHEEKS  are more transforming beautifiers than the flush achieved from a chilly autumnal walk. Confined to the office? Fake it with Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Sheer Colour Stick Blush in N21, £34, or NARS Blush in Blissful, £24, placing pigment low on the cheekbone to mimic the real deal. LOVE THIS, TRY THAT… Fans Fans of Kiehl’s sum sumptuous Crème de Co Corps body lotion will ffaall equally hard for its brand b new Crème de Corps Dry Body Oil, £15. Guaranteed! Slick a layer over post-shaved legs, and reap the rewards. SWOT UP… Apothecary brand Buly was born in Paris over 200 years ago, providing fragrances, natural oils, powders, clays and incenses. And now its ingredients have been transported into…

CHIC CHEEKS Backstage at Valentino, face painter Pat McGrath masterminded a modern take on the statement ‘draped’ blush that was so famous in the ’80s. Bright fuchsia was swirled along the tops of cheekbones, then up on to browbones and temples for a chic, almost ombré effect that looked very modern on pared-back skin. DRAW STRAWS We thought we’d seen every eyeliner hack going – until, at Lanvin, we spied drinking straws being painted with MAC Pro Longwear Fluidline in Blacktrack, £16.50, and pressed on to outer corners of eyes for a jagged, squiggly wing. CO-ORD COLOU UR R If you’re pondering a hair-colour change, take ke inspo from your A/W wardrobe. At Haider Ackermann, hairstylist t Duffy crowned models ls with pixie wigs in flame me red, platinum blonde…

Support is Sexy with Elayne Fluker Five-day-a-week podcast featuring diverse and inspiring women, talking about the ups and downs of their entrepreneurial lives and how they make it work. Presenter Elayne (right) believes having it all doesn’t mean doing it alone. One if you need an audio fist pump on your way to work. More Perfect Pod giants Radiolab’s first ever spin-off is a thrilling forensic look at America’s Supreme Court. How does an elite group of nine people shape everything from marriage to money? The series explores how some of the court’s key cases affect lives far away from the bench. PHOTOS:TANYA FLEMING PHOTOGRAPHY, GETTY Fresh Air Podcast of the NPR talk show, interviewing prominent figures from wide- ranging fields. Recent subjects include Hillary Clinton and Bruce Springsteen, but…

H HE ELLO KITTY ggggetts her own collab H HE ELLO KITTY is putting the cat in in cat ca walk. First the Japanese feline ppoopped up on the Comme des Gar Garçons S/S ’18 runway, and now she she’’s s the e star star of of her very own ASOS ccoolllabb.. Miaow Miaow . . From Fro £6, asos.com ALEXA CHUNG does not want to reminisce TURNS OUT the A-list version of running into your ex on a night out is being forced to dance to their music at a fashion party. See news from Paris Fashion Week last week, when Alexa Chung apparently got her friend to ask the DJ to stop playing Fluorescent Adolescent by Arctic Monkeys. She broke up with lead singer Alex Turner six years…

At a fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference Iain Duncan Smith called on single ladies to do the honourable thing and marry a dysfunctional man. Or he might as well have done when he said unmarried men become a ‘problem for society’ and, out of wedlock, are ‘released to do things they wouldn’t normally do.’ But why should a man rely on a woman’s mothering to rein him in and stop him behaving like a deplorable thug? We’d rather live in a world where everyone takes responsibility for their actions instead of relying on a partner to set them on the straight and narrow. That’s surely preferable to IDS’s vision of Gilead?…

SLEEPING BAGS – probably the least likely thing to win the FROW’s approval at Paris Fashion Week. But it happened. In a word: Céline. It’s no secret that the Parisian house’s creative director, Phoebe Philo, has a sixth sense for anticipating exactly what women want and, this season, that meant sleeping bags strewn on seats at the show. Céline’s sleeping bag moment was certainly comforting at the tail end of a long fashion month. It was also indicative of a wider fashion movement that’s gained momentum over the course of the S/S ’18 shows: High Camp, haute reinterpretations of proudly practical camping garb. Of course, in normal circumstances, it would be fair to say fashion folk aren’t the sort who would go camping out of choice or pleasure (and no,…

PHOTOS: AVALON, MARCO VITTUR JUST WHEN YOU’VE nailed the perfectly curated ear, lips are shaping up to become the new area of embellishment real estate. At Paris Fashion Week, Dries Van Noten took lip bling to a whole new level, with make-up artist Peter Philips gluing glimmering rhinestones in delicate lines down the centre of models’ mouths. Then, a couple of days later, the trend gained momentum when Kylie Jenner was spotted in a film for SHOWstudio (the fashion website founded by photographer Nick Knight) showcasing a series of metal embellishments atop her pillowy pout. Set to a soundtrack of boyfriend Travis Scott’s Goosebumps, the video has sparked frenzied rumours that Kylie – who has already built a multimillion-dollar empire around her bee-stung lips – might be about to expand…

P H OTO : PA IF HIPSTERS ARE the millennial mavens dictating the next big things, prepare yourself to up sticks from the city, take up sewing and book yourself a Mediterranean cruise. In short, to become your grandparents. This month saw the launch of the U by Uniworld cruise, a sort of Club 18-30 on the Seine, listing yoga and cocktail-making on its roster of fogey-free activities. Meanwhile, OAP aperitivo sherry has seen sales double in the last year among hipsters, who have been dubbed ‘fino fiends’. Farm shops are having a moment, too: ethically minded, almost half of us have shopped at one this year. And finally, needlework. With sites like Etsy seeing a spike in sales, Patchoo sells S einfeld cross-stitch patterns, while Grammyshop sells expletive-laden versions,…

Tried, tested and photographed at Smashbox Studios London. Make-up: Ariane Jaksch. * T&Cs and list of participating store here: graziadaily.co.uk/smashbox SOME PEOPLE just have that perfect glow, right? Well, you can too, as Smashbox Radiance Primer gives you an illuminating magic-hour glow. The insiders’ secret weapon for achieving radiant skin (even when you feel quite the opposite), this hydrating, HD primer blurs pores and fine lines, preps skin for make-up and instantly bestows an enviable sheen. After washing your face and applying your normal skincare, use your fingertips to sweep it on. Then continue with your make-up application. Or just add blush for low-key days. You can also apply it over your foundation, as a highlighter to make the most of your cheekbones, or over eyelids as a shimmery eyeshadow.…

PHOTOGRAPHS HAARALA HAMILTON SEITAN Eat at a vegetarian restaurant right now and seitan (pronounced say-tahn) will be on the menu. A plant-based protein from Japan, it’s taken over from tofu and tempeh as the must-eat meat alternative, thanks to its texture, which is more satisfying to eat and look at, as well as a neutral flavour that makes it easy to add herbs and spices to. Seitan’s popularity also taps into the trend for eating less meat – some experts predict 55% of us will have a plant-based diet by 2020. Seitan is made from gluten and also known as ‘wheat meat’. It’s rich in protein but also low in carbs and completely vegan too. Restaurants make their own, but you can find it at health food stores and Ocado.…

1. NON-MOV E R GOS LING Some may calll us us predictable. We We like to think of of it as ‘consistent nt’’ .. Anyway. The ne new w Bladerunner is s out, Gosling iss in it; and he iss also Gosling. 2. NEW IN DAME DEIRDRE HUTTON Civil Aviation Authority chair, came to our attention via the Monarch fiasco. Once arrested for protesting apartheid. Likes: gardening and chamb chamber er music music .. 3. NEW IN DRAKE’S DAD Got an enormous tattoo of his son’s face on his right arm. Which is roughly as cool as it is deeply odd. 4. NEW IN THE REPEAL THEME HEN DO When an Irish hen party couldn’t make Dublin’s epic abortion rights march last week, they wore Repeal tops with their tiaras.…

PHOTOS: REX FEATURES, CATWALKING.COM UNSHACKLED FEMININITY has always been an Alexander McQueen calling card, but at the label’s S/S ’18 show in Paris last week, creative director Sarah Burton turned it up a notch with a casting as inspiring as the collection. Alongside girl-of-the-moment Elfie Reigate (the first to sign to Kate Moss’s agency) were two refreshing new faces, Betsy Teske (left) and Eline Lykke (right). What made the casting particularly noteworthy was that the girls are both bigger than traditional sample sizes. Diversity might be a buzzword, but it was refreshing and pleasantly surprising to see it in action at one of the most important shows of Fashion Month. Even better, it didn’t feel like a gimmick, a compromise, or like Burton was trying to tick boxes – they…

photos: getty images ‘THIS IS JUST ME…’ says Annie Clark, better known as St Vincent, over breakfast in a small Thai cafe in West Hollywood. ‘I’ve never wondered who Tom Waits was singing about on Big Black Mariah. I’ve never wondered who Leonard Cohen was singing to in I’m Your Man. And if I knew, it wouldn’t help my enjoyment of the song.’ Ahead of the release of her fifth – and arguably best – album, Masseduction, Annie is launching her defence to anyone who might suggest that its confessional tracks are about her private life. Namely, an 18-month affair with Cara Delevingne and/or a shorter dalliance with Kristen Stewart following their break-up last year. ‘There are certainly codes and references, stuff that’s my own internal language,’ she continues. ‘But…

ROONEY MARA PHOTOS: SPLASH NEWS,ABACA, GETTY IMAGES, REX FEATURES, CATWALKING.COM. ‘STRANGER THINGS’ SEASON TWO IS OUT 27 OCTOBER SOME TRENDS TO digest from the spring/summer 2018 catwalks: ice-cream shades, swishy fringes and feathers, sequin suits, bustiers over dresses and shorts under them. Off the catwalk, however, the FROW were embracing a look that was a little quieter though equally impactful. The message? Wear any colour you want… as long as it’s black and white. Perhaps the idea of a monochrome palette strikes you as a little boring? Don’t be fooled. Instead, think of it as palate cleanser to the chaos of all those trends, a sartorial reset button, and surprisingly versatile. Wearing a black and white look is a graphic statement that can come in many different guises – sporty…

PHOTOS: DOMINIQUE MAITRE Givenchy afternoon tea Crickets, darts and ping-pong, playe yedd by Rooney Mara, Lily Collins and Cate Cate Blanchett at the British Embassy in n Paris? It could only be a fabulous celebration of Clare Waight Keller’’ss first collection for Givenchy following ing her show at Paris Fashion Week. Spanish director Pedro Almodóvarr danced to a surprise set by the Haim m sisters, in possibly our favourite fashion month moment yet.…

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Y YO OU’VE GOT TO HAND IT to Nic Ni olas Ghesquière, the artistic director at L Lou o is Vuitton, the final show that wrapped up up Paris and the month-long merry-go-round rou of spring/summer ’18 shows. B Beecause it was his collection that so neatly summe sum d up everything that’s relevant ab about o fashion now: that high-low mix of of glamour and street, the unapologetic flo flogging of the T-shirt and trainer that’s no now every global megabrand’s bread and butter bu , the essential need for reality (truly cconvincing on proposals for working women), aalong lo with a deep craving for glamour, romanc rom e and beauty. In other words, all the the gorgeous, dreamy stuff that serves as visua vis l escapism from the…

. photogrAphy: mArCo skye gyngell chef + writer by terry rose du baume in cherry bomb, £36 If I turned up to work with a full face of make-up on I’d look ridiculous – I’m usually in the kitchen for about 12 hours a day, six days a week, managing 59 people and, as you can imagine, answering 59 questions from each of them all day long. My hair is bunched up on top of my head, I wear ginormous pyjama-style checked trousers and a great big chef ’s jacket. Moving from burning ovens to icy cold fridges in a hectic kitchen definitely plays havoc with my skin, but it was somehow my lips that were feeling the brunt of it; they were constantly dry and sore. It was my…

Vernazza, Italy Sunset is the time to drink in this madefor-Instagram seaside village on the Italian Riviera – the hordes of day-trippers have departed, leaving the locals to enjoy their aperitivo in the main square, Piazza Marconi. Here, the open-air cafés with their stunning sea views are framed by the gelato-coloured houses which cling to the cliffs. If you have nerves of steel, you can reach Vernazza by driving along the narrow, vertiginous roads; otherwise take the train from Rome, Pisa or Genoa or a ferry from Genoa and Portofino. For this view, walk the path towards Monterosso and look back.…

Fresh Complaint Jeffrey Eugenides (£16.99, 4TH ESTATE) Fans of Eugenides (The Virgin Suicides, Middlesex) know he’s excellent at capturing lives in flux – and in this, his first collection of short stories, written between 1988 and 2017, he flexes that muscle further, with 10 vividly crafted tales of people in the midst of national and personal emergencies. While some characters from his previous novels reappear, he also opens quick windows on the lives of people like 40-year-old Thomasina, who makes the decision to artificially inseminate herself; Kendall, a failed poet who becomes an embezzler; and Mitchell, a love-lorn academic searching for enlightenment. MORE SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS YOU’LL LOVE… Madame Zero Sarah Hall (£12.99, FABER & FABER) This collection by Sarah Hall, an award-winning master of the short story (and Booker…

FORMER DYNASTY STAR Gordon Thomson – aka Adam Carrington – gave the super-soap’s millennial reboot an awkward pre-publicity rumble recently by describing it as ‘total shit, an abomination’. Given Dynasty’s reputation as the queen of executive trash, Thomson’s verdict felt more observation than insult. If the unfolding saga of the Carringtons and Colbys – an oil-rich, morality-poor Denver powerhouse variant of the Montagues and Capulets – bore one salient original distinction, quality control was never it. For the new incarnation, we are placed back into the fanciful hands of creators Richard and Esther Shapiro. The original characters have been transposed into the 21st century with a little tweaking to keep fans of the old show interested. The producers’ taste for pacey affluence has shown no signs of abating since Dynasty…

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PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES, REX FEATURES AT FIRST GLANCE, Theresa May’s decision to wear a Frida Kahlo bracelet at last week’s Conservative Party Conference was peculiar, to say the least. Kahlo was a communist, after all, who counted Leon Trotsky as part of her inner circle; it’s hard to imagine her dreams of a classless society warming the Tory heartland. But then again, tapping into the spirit of the the iconic Mexican artist is perhaps exactly what t the the beleaguered leader needed: Kahlo is a potent t feminist hero and an icon of strength, independence endence and triumph over adversity. Born in 1907, Kahlo was struck down by polio as a child and left permanently crippled by a tram accident aged 18. This, as well as her unfulfilled desire to…