Table of contents for Issue 678 in Grazia

1 CHECK YOU OUT SAY HELLO TO your summer work look. Just add slip-ons and an XL tote. Top, £55, and skirt, £79, both Arket (arket.com) 2 SWIM WIN ASCENO NEEDS TO be on your swim radar – grown-up candy stripes with your floppy hat and sunnies equals instant beach chic. £240, Asceno (beachflamingo.com) 3 JUMPIN FOR THE ULTIMATE weekend update, try this cropped jumpsuit with your sandals and basket bag. £295, Mih Jeans (mih-jeans.com) 4 ONE HIT A SINGLE STATEMENT multi-stone earring by Mulberry adds a little somethin’ somethin’ to any outfit. £175, Mulberry (mulberry.com) 5 DOUBLE WHAMMY LIPS IN NEED of TLC? Apply Max Factor Colour Elixir Cushion in Slendor Chic, £8.99, to keep hydrated and add a pop of rosy pink. PHOTOS: GIANANDREA TRAINA. CHARLOTTE TILBURY: CHARLOTTETILBURY.COM.…

9 MAY 1 0 D A Y S T O G O Exercise is a focus, with daily yoga or Pilates for the couple. Meghan also starts each day with a dog walk. 12 MAY O N E W E E K T O G O The bride’s parents arrive from the States to meet the Queen and Prince Charles. 16 MAY T H R E E D A Y S T O G O Facial for the bride with skin expert Nichola Joss, who has now cleared her diary and isn’t taking any bookings until after the 19 May. 17 MAY T W O D A Y S T O G O Meghan and Harry will be packing their going-away bags for their African honeymoon. 18 MAY O N…

PHOTOS: GOFFPHOTOS.COM EARLIER THIS YEAR, Gigi Hadid pledged that she would ‘continue to support’ Zayn Malik – who has been open about his personal struggles – even after they revealed that their two-year relationship had come to an end. ‘As for the future, whatever’s meant to be will be,’ she said in a statement. It seemed that Gigi was either hinting they had unfinished business, or that this was no easy relationship to walk away from. And last week, as the couple confirmed that they are indeed back together, after being pictured kissing passionately near Gigi’s New York apartment, insiders tell Grazia that the 23-year-old model is still feeling ‘incredibly torn’ about her decision to reignite a romance with the singer. ‘Gigi is coming back into this relationship with her…

PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES HIS CAREER HAS been defined by controversy – from his long feud with Taylor Swift to his ‘love’ of Trump – but last week Kanye West faced a growing backlash after he claimed that slavery was a ‘choice’. ‘When you hear about slavery for 400 years... for 400 years? That sounds like a choice,’ he told TMZ, adding, ‘You was there for 400 years and it’s all of y’all? It’s like we’re mentally imprisoned.’ Will.i.am and director Spike Lee were among the A-listers to publicly disavow the rapper, who has since been unfollowed on social media by Ariana Grande, Drake, Katy Perry, Zayn Malik and Nicki Minaj. Now, speaking exclusively to Grazia , Kanye’s childhood friend and Jesus Walks co-writer, Rhymefest, has expressed fears for Kanye’s wellbeing.…

THE PROMPTER Saying sorry when you’re not sorry, but as a way to signal to the other person that they should be sorry. Often found on busy streets, public transport and around doors. Sometimes followed by swearing when it’s not reciprocated accordingly. THE CONVERSATION STARTER When trying to attract a stranger’s attention. As in, ‘Sorry, where did you get that perfect length/pattern/boob-fitting dress?’ THE POLITICIAN Apologising when you absolutely don’t want to, or believe you should, but know it’s the only thing that will help. See: caught-out MPs, Hollywood pervs – and all of us the night after a drunken row we can’t quite remember. THE S.I.B The ‘Sorry…If…But’ triptych. As in, ‘SORRY IF I offended you, BUT actually…’ Not at all sorry, just an opening to speak again. Fans…

PHOTO: GALLERY STOCK  LATE LAST MONTH, the London women-only members’ club The Allbright hosted a screening of the first episode of season two of The Handmaid’s Tale . It was a hot ticket: Margaret Atwood’s seminal feminist story – television’s current sensation – plus cocktails, in the plush surroundings of the club that bills itself an ‘oasis for working women to connect, create and collaborate’. But, while I also love nothing more than discussing and dissecting the powerful, spookily prescient Channel 4 drama with fellow fans – I have a ‘Handmaids’ WhatsApp group set up specifically for the purpose – doesn’t the very idea of such an evening, featuring enforced gender segregation, rather play into the divisions that have become so dangerous in Gilead, Atwood’s dystopian world? “SHOULDN’T WE ESTABLISH…

TONE ON TONE Tackle texture with head-to-toe khaki separates. CITY SHORTS Emphasise the waist: tailored shorts are safe for work. TAKE THE A-LINE Freshen up your workwear repertoire by mixing modest skirts with sheer shirting. LUXE LINENS Swap out your winter tailoring for natural linen tones – city dressing kept cool. COOL CO-ORDS Dress up your pyjama suit with statement mules to avoid the ‘just rolled out of bed’ look. BUTTON UP Rethink your classics – white shirting gets an upgrade with oversized buttons. CASUAL CARGOS Keep your look crisp by wearing shirting with off-duty cool cargo trousers. SLIP AWAY Elevate your slip dress by wearing under a sleek white blazer. TURN IT UP Switch up your denim with these linen-cotton mix XL turn-ups. PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT Chris Greenaway FASHION ASSISTANT…

1. BE AN EARLY BIRD We’re all guilty of trying to bend time once in a while but navigating maze-like spa corridors in a frenzied rush is utterly self-defeating. 2. QUIET ZONE Yes, your mani looks magnificent, and no, we can’t believe what happened to so-and-so – but honestly, we’d all really rather you gave your tongue some downtime. 3. TO WAX OR NOT TO WAX? You know how Netflix crime shows have desensitised you to gore? Think of your therapist as a box-set junkie and your legs/underarms/bikini line a mere mini-series. By which we mean, she is essentially unshockable. Your comfort is key – go as natural as you like and pay it no thought. 4. DRESS CODE It might sound baffling to us barely-ever-bare Brits, but in some…

LEGGINGS, £130, ERNESTLEOTY.COM; TOP, £60, THISISADAY.COM. PYJAMA SHIRT, £180, AND BOTTOMS, £210, BOTH DEVERAUX (TENDERISTHENIGHT.CO.UK) THERE’S A MOMENT when I’m stretched out in a plank, balancing my trembling carcass on a moving, weighted platform that is poised to spring back in my face if I don’t hold it steady, when I wonder if I’m going to die. My spindly arms won’t hold out much longer and I will snap in half, disappearing beneath the springs on this torture machine. My daughter will be motherless, but at least the pain would end. Why am I risking life and limb? In the name of hard, er, ‘core’ journalism: specifically the challenge of working out like 2018’s ultimate bride-to-be Meghan Markle. Because while our home-grown K Middy favours the posh-girl pursuits of hockey,…

PHOTOGRAPHS: HAARALA HAMILTON SUMAC Sumac has become a larder staple, thanks to the popularity of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cooking. Made from dried berries, it’s a vibrant, deep red spice with a sharp and tangy lemon flavour that adds depth as well as colour. I love to use it in salads and salad dressings, as well as with fish, lamb and chicken. It comes as a coarse powder – soaked and then drained to increase the flavour or sprinkled into a dish. Either way, use it sparingly, though, as you would lemon zest or juice – just a little packs a punch! Find it in most supermarkets or ocado.com. FIND ANNA AT ANNABARNETTCOOKS.COM AND INSTAGRAM @ANNABARNETTCOOKS TANGY SALAD CLASSIC FATTOUSH SALAD Feeds: 4 Preparation: 15 minutes Cooking time: 5 minutes…

A Shout In The Ruins Kevin Powers (£16.99, SCEPTRE) Former US soldier Powers’ first novel, The Yellow Birds , attracted the attention of almost every awards ceremony going on its release – and his new book returns to the subject of war. This time, it’s not modern warfare but the American Civil War that sets the stage for this story, which unfolds over a century, through interdependent timelines. Submerged in slavery – those who profited from it, and others whose lives were changed forever because of it – the book tells a 100-year-old history that is achingly relevant to conversations of racism and prejudice today.…

IT BAGS make a statement CULT NEW YORK designer Shayne Oliver has reimagined Longchamp’s classic bags with an avant-garde, street-inflected spin. Expect slogan-emblazoned totes (‘Realness’, ‘Hiatus’) and bag handles sewn on to bomber jackets. Sounds weird, looks great. uk.longchamp.com OUT THE POUT! Super-shiny lips are go IF THE MOTHER of make-up Pat McGrath’s new LUST high-shine lip glosses are anything to go by, the ’90s favourite is back. From pearlescent gold ‘Dare to Bare’ to pink ‘Flesh Fantasy’, there are 14 to choose from and, thanks to new-gen oil-based formulas, they aren’t sticky. Yep, lust by name, lustworthy by nature. £20, patmcgrath.com SHOCK AND AWE the Alaïa effect DISCOVER WHY there was nobody else like Azzedine Alaïa at a new exhibition dedicated to his work. Co-created by the couturier before…

LESSONS FROM THE BOOK OF MAN Fantastic to read about a movement for men to reassess masculinity (How do you solve a problem like masculinity?, 30 April). My partner is a wonderfully kind, generous, empathetic human being, but he has suffered from low self-esteem throughout his life, largely linked to not being ‘manly’ enough. He beats himself up for not conforming to society’s image of a ‘lad’ or ‘alpha male’. He feels his sensitive nature is a sign of being ‘weak’. It’s awful that society paints people into gendered corners, whether male or female, and for his sake, and our baby son’s, I fully support this movement to free men from the shackles of patriarchy too. Keep up the good work. Clare…

In an interview last week, Jeff Bezos, the billionaire CEO of Amazon, said it’s the things we don’t do that we’ll regret when we’re 80. ‘Very rarely are you going to regret something that you did,’ he preached. This is all very well coming from someone who can afford to shoot into space in his spare time, but we’re sick of being told to cram our lives full of activities. We exhaust ourselves, double book, flake, and plan some more, for fear of regretting it later if we stop. How about we do as we feel and stop worrying about late-life FOMO – even if it just means chilling out with Netflix all weekend?…

NO MORE SHORT SUITS Meghan has become much more sophisticated, and she’s ditched that baby-doll look. She might be like Queen Letizia of Spain, who is so elegant and very high fashion. I think that’s where Meghan should head. As a mark of respect, for a public engagement she needs to dress up rather than dress down. ELEGANCE IS KEY Princess Diana wore lots of short dresses, and that was 20 years ago, so Meghan won’t necessarily have to lower her hemlines. But she needs to be elegant with it. She can wear ripped jeans at home – sometimes we see Kate in jeans as she’s out and about, but she wouldn’t dream of doing a royal engagement like that. People expect a polished look. THE MESSY BUNS SHOULD GO…

Closer, in that there are only two and a half weeks until 25 May, when Irish citizens will decide whether to repeal the Eighth Amendment, the constitutional modification that recognises the right to life of the unborn, effectively making abortion illegal for the women of Ireland. Closer, because recent polls suggest either side could win, by a hair. Over the last couple of years, I’ve written a lot about the campaign to give the women of Ireland abortion rights. I’ve written about the 12 women and girls who leave Ireland, every day, to end unwanted pregnancies in the UK. About the ones who can’t afford to travel, so procure mifepristone and misoprostol – medical abortions – illegally, online, taking them in secret, thereby opening themselves up to physical risk –…

SHOPPING: FENELLA WEBB. PHOTOS: SHUTTERSTOCK, FLYNET, BBC SARAH JESSICA PARKER (left) loves an excuse to dress up. Give her a red carpet and she’ll give you a veritable extravaganza of outré glamour. So, imagine our surprise when SJP turned up at the Tribeca Film Festival last week not in cascades of tulle or with plumes of feathers in her hair, but in a grey shirt and blue jeans, with a backpack slung over her shoulder. And not a fashion backpack either, but a proper, practical, mum-on-the-school-run backpack. It was a look that was surprising in its normality, and one which begs the question: is ordinary the new extraordinary? Instagram has made show-offs out of us all. In the clamour to be noticed, the trickledown effect of look-at-me clothes, hype pieces…

PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES, ZUMA PRESS/EYEVINE. MAIN IMAGE POSED BY MODEL MOMENTS BEFORE Alek Minassian drove into a crowd of people in Toronto last month – killing 10 and injuring 16 – he updated his Facebook account with a post that left the world grappling with a new term. In the cryptic message, he proudly declared that the ‘Incel Rebellion has already begun!’, while praising a poster boy for the ‘incel’ community – the woman-hating mass murderer Elliot Rodger, who killed six people and injured 14 others in Santa Barbara in 2014. With that, the term, which stands for ‘involuntary celibate’, burst into the spotlight, referring to a misogynistic movement of men deeply suspicious of women, whom they accuse of denying them their right to sex. Minassian’s attack shone light on…

SANDALS SPECIAL Book your pedi! It’s time for the big reveal… NATURALS Rope, hemp, shells and raffia – it’s time to go back to nature SCARF TIES Dive into Riviera-style glamour with pretty silk ankle straps CITY SANDALS Keep your cool with zero-hassle sandals in classic shades - simple BUCKLE UP Big and bold, it’s all in the extra-large detail RAINBOW Hello, happy feet! Multicoloured styles add zing to classic looks EVENING Fancy flats are a modern alternative to heels for after dark SLIDES From poolside to party, wear your slides - and labels - with pride…

PHOTO: CAPITAL PICTURES IN THE 20 YEARS since S ATC first aired, a lot has changed – #MeToo has exploded the landscape of sexual politics and most of us meet our dates on apps rather than in a bar clutching a Cosmopolitan. So, we wanted to gauge how Grazia readers feel about sex – how we get it and the quality when we do. Take part for the chance of winning £100 cash. The results of the survey will be anonymous and will appear in the magazine in the coming weeks. Go to graziadaily.co.uk/sexsurvey. HEAD TO GRAZIADAILY.CO.UK/SEXSURVEY TO HAVE YOUR SAY!…

Q ‘How do I cope with the reality that I may never have another baby? I have been trying for a second child for years, while some of my friends are already on their third. It seems so unfair that it’s easy for some women while others struggle. I know I am lucky to have a child, but it’s hard to remember that all of the time.’ ELEANOR SAYS: You must be dealing with some very difficult feelings. I suspect, because you want to expand your family, you and your partner feel disappointed and frustrated a lot of the time. Fertility is a mysterious biological dance and it can often feel unbelievably unfair. However, it’s not just your ‘fault’ as the woman in this scenario. Your body does not deserve…

PHOTOS: MATTHIAS HEIDERICH Town Lodge Motel, Las Vegas This striking mural on the left is just one of many on the streets of Downtown Las Vegas. By artist Zio Ziegler, it was created for the inaugural Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival five years ago. Each year, international artists add to the collection, treating buildings as canvases to create amazing street art. Find this one on the now closed Town Lodge Motel, near the corner of N 7th Street and Stewart Ave, where the front façade as well as the interior has been turned into a work of art. If you fancy the festival, it’s held in September ( lifeisbeautiful.com ).…

THE BIG PULL of the screen adaptation of Edward St Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose novels is Benedict Cumberbatch in the contentious title role. Melrose is an addict. Heroin mostly but, in the absence of a bag of brown and a rusty needle, Quaaludes, coke, speed bombs or martinis, slugged malevolently in fancy restaurants. Melrose acts like a spoilt rotter, cut from the most despicable echelons of the English upper classes. He switches between luxe art deco New York hotel suites and London dwellings wallpapered by William Morris, routinely treating women with contempt. With gung-ho Freudianism, his cruelty and nihilism is attributed, via flashback, to abuse by his freshly-dead father. There’s a lot to play with here. And wow, does Cumberbatch play it. His Melrose is set at a pitch of permanent…

Everyone Brave Is Forgiven Chris Cleave (£7.99, HODDER & STOUGHTON) Three lives are irreparably changed by the Second World War – and love. At the heart of the story is Mary North – who heads for London the day war is declared, sure she’ll make the perfect spy, but ends up becoming a teacher, trying to protect the children her country would rather forget. Suite Française Irène Némirovsky (£8.99, VINTAGE PUBLISHING) A year after she wrote this novel depicting two different tales – a group of Parisians fleeing the Nazi invasions and the inhabitants of a small rural community under occupation – Némirovsky died in Auschwitz. It took 65 years for her manuscript to be found and published to huge acclaim. Birdsong Sebastian Faulks (£8.99, VINTAGE PUBLISHING) Beautifully capturing the…

THE FLAKE DEBATE Really enjoyed ‘Stop pretending your flakiness is self-care’ (7 May), but I think there is a wider point here. People make too many plans, too far in advance. We fill our diaries as if it were an obligation, afraid to be alone with our thoughts. It becomes difficult to tell the difference between a friend who needs you and all the other assignations, and there is precious little time to respond to someone in a crisis when your week has been agreed upon months in advance. I think the movement to rejoice in cancelled plans is a reaction to this. If we left more space in the diary free, we would be able to just call someone up and ask if they fancied meeting, instead of turning…

PHOTO: GETTY IT’S BEEN RUMOURED for months and we almost had an 11am gin and tonic in bed to celebrate when the news was confirmed – Helena Bonham Carter will play Princess Margaret in the third series of Netflix hit The Crown. The notoriously decadent royal was the best thing about the show’s first two series. And, with Margaret’s personal life teetering more precariously than ever, we can’t wait to see what’s to come (yes, we could google it, but we try not to). The combination of a wickedly good character and Helena’s IRL quirky style (and life) has us desperate for 2019 to arrive, and bring with it series three. Helena will join new Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip – Olivia Coleman and Tobias Menzies – in the show’s…

1 UP CHAD BOSEMAN Reprising the role of Black Panther’s T ’Challa for Avengers: Infinity War. How do we lust thee ?/Let us count the ways/et cetera, et cetera. 2. NEW IN CARDI B + OFFSET + SASHA OBAMA Backstage at the Broccoli City Festival in Washington last week, looking all the different kinds of excellent at once. 3. NEW IN ROBOT FROM LOST IN SPACE It’s hard to do full justice to the nuanced complexities of our relationship with Robot. We will say only this: danger, Will Robinson. 4. UP THANDIE NEWTON Showcasing a strong look, and a stronger sense of purpose (possibly malign? WDK) in released stills from Solo, the forthcoming Star Wars film. 5. NEW IN ALEXANDRA HOLLYWOOD Formerly Mrs Paul ‘Cake Cake’ Hollywood. Super hot. Last…

THE FLOWERS HAVE been chosen, the menus decided, the entertainment booked and the order of the day locked down. But with just over a week to go, what are Prince Harry and Meghan Markle now doing until the big day? ‘There will be some tweaks late in the day,’ says royal expert and editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, Ingrid Seward, who is the author of My Husband And I. ‘Prince Harry and William are known to change their minds on things. But, at this point, it will all be very smoothly organised and there won’t be much left to do.’ That’s in stark contrast, she says, to the bride, who will have a ‘frenetic’ schedule this week as she does her final fittings. It’s also been reported that Meghan has lost…

KARL LAGERFELD, the indefatigable 84-year-old fashion superhero, must dream up six blockbuster shows for Chanel every year. For this, his 2019 Resort collection, he wanted to take us on-board a real-life cruise ship – most likely somewhere exotic – but they were all booked up for years, apparently. So instead, he brought a cruise ship to Paris. Or rather, had one built inside the Grand Palais. The giant 148-metre-long vessel took four weeks to make and 15 days to install. We sat in mock moonlight, admiring its enormous hull, which floated on a fake rippling sea. We looked up at its towering, smoking chimneys decked with fairy lights and bunting. We heard the ship creak, the waves splash and seagulls cry. There was Kristen Stewart in her black sequin tux…

PHOTOS: REUTERS, GETTY, SHUTTERSTOCK SOMEWHERE, crumpled up inside a dusty cupboard at Conservative Party HQ, is a memo. A memo that Sajid Javid hadn’t read. So when the new Home Secretary was asked to pose for a photo on his first day in the job, he immediately spread his legs wide and thrust his chest out towards the camera. Sajid caught sight of his reflection in the glass door and nodded approvingly. He had it. Oh yes. He had the power. What he failed to appreciate was, in that moment, he only possessed the power to make himself look like a total loser. The memo Sajid had missed was the one dated circa 2016 saying, ‘On no account allow yourself to be photographed as if you were auditioning to be…

WITH HOLIDAYS on the horizon, long, lazy weekends ahead and summer nights of partying in the diary, it’s time to give your wardrobe a serious overhaul. Goodbye, subdued winter hues and woolly jumpers, our favourite season has finally arrived! To celebrate, Grazia readers can enjoy a purse-friendly 20% off the new spring/summer 2018 collection at French Connection, both in-store and online. This season, femininity is given a modern update with elegant wrap dresses, office-friendly shirtdresses and and on-trend finishing touches, such as ruffles and frills. And if you’re already planning a sunshine escape, French Connection has your suitcase sorted, with vacay-ready printed playsuits, classic shorts and a selection of sleek swimwear. In a colour palette of the season’s pastels with bursts of buttercup yellow, vibrant reds, inky blues and, of…

MEET THE MIND SPAS FIND INNER HARMONY AT THESE MEDITATIVE OUTPOSTS BEST FOR Off-grid mindfulness Coqui Coqui, Coba, Yucatán, Mexico Located on an archaeological site, this hotel and perfumery feels very Indiana Jones. Each Coqui Coqui resort has a signature scent and here it’s Menli (mint and lime). Aromatherapy oils in the spa are made here, and rooms are minimal in limestone. Service is endearingly slow – the focus is on making the most of sun-drenched days, and a resident cockerel ensures you wake early enough to do so. WE SAY: Rustic is the word – saltwater runs from the taps, Wi-Fi is hit and miss, and the restaurant closes at 8pm. TRY THIS: The three-hour Coqui Coqui ritual combines acupressure and reflexolog y to ease physical and emotional…

PHOTOS: GIANANDREA TRAINA, JASON LLOYD-EVANS. STIAN LOUBOUTIN: SELFRIDGES.COM. DIOR: DIOR. COM. GIVENCHY: HARRODS.COM. OPI: OPIUK.COM. NAILBERRY: NAILBERRY.CO.UK. SALLY HANSEN: SUPERDRUG..COM. SOIGNE: SOIGNENAILS.COM THERE’S NO DENYING the understated appeal of a nude nail, but if your summer self is calling out for something more fun, polka dots have you covered. Spotted (ahem) on runways from Rodarte to Carolina Herrera, these dotty digits feel more sophisticated than twee. ‘The key is to keep colour simple,’ explains Jenni Draper, UK nail expert at OPI. ‘If you overdo it with too many tones, it’s going to look girlish.’ Start with a neutral base then use a dotting tool to apply a contrasting pop. Consider following the natural curve of the cuticle, or try a single circle in the centre of the nail; pull everything…

THE BUNCHED-UP WHITE GOWN spattered in blood rested awkwardly against my sore breasts, while the consultant moved the wand over my now-empty womb. Tears slipped down my cheeks as quietly as my baby’s life had slipped away. The A&E nurse returned to remove the cannula in my arm. ‘Was it planned?’ she asked. I was numb and managed to whisper, ‘No.’ ‘Oh, well it’s OK then, isn’t it? You mustn’t be too sad?’ I looked at her in shock, and managed to stutter through the tears, ‘But it was my second.’ Unplanned pregnancies happen for a number of reasons, but both of mine were while I was on one particular pill, Yasmin. Despite taking it religiously, there were two times – eight years apart –when I was in the miniscule…

The Making Of A Massacre In March 2011, gunmen from one of the most violent drug-trafficking cartels in the world swept through a small Mexican border town, leaving behind hundreds of disappearances and deaths. This series follows ProPublica’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Ginger Thompson as she investigates. Ways To Change The World Each week, host Krishnan Guru-Murthy interviews top politicians, writers and academics to explore the big ideas about changing the ways we think, act and live. PHOTOS: SHUTTERSTOCK How It Is Produced by Reese Witherspoon (doesn’t she ever get tired?), this podcast encourages women to tell their stories in their own words. Hosted by Orange Is The New Black’s Diane Guerrero (below), she’ll speak to guests like Gabrielle Union and Lena Waithe about anger, grey areas and finding our voice.…