Table of contents for Issue 690 in Grazia

1 ALL SQUARE UPDATE YOUR SKIRT style with an easy breezy midi. £295, Paper London (net-a-porter.com) 2 FRAME IT MICRO SHADES ARE here to stay. Ditto white frames. These cat’s eyes nail two trends in one. £75, Le Specs (net-a-porter.com) 3 COLOURFUL COMBO TAKE INSPO FROM summer buttercups and cornflowers. Shirt, £55, trousers, £59, all at Arket (arket.com) 4 GREEN AND PLEASANT MINIMAL AND MODERN, wear these sandals with cropped jeans or a summer dress. £228, ATP Atelier (modaoperandi.com) 5 BRUSH UP THE SUPER SOFT bristles of Elixi’s F06 Grande Fan Brush, £10, make highlighter application seamlessly smooth. Glow on. 6 DREAM TEAM A MATCH MADE in make-up heaven, the Proenza Schouler x Lancôme collection is all things bright and beautiful. Invest in the Chroma Eye Palette, £50, for 10…

PHOTOS: ED MILES, GOFF, SHUTTERSTOCK Serially ‘breadcrumbed’? Three of them ducked out on a dinner last week! Three! Fortunately, Person Four turned up. We slagged off the breadcrumbers; then Person Four asked for advice. Person Four is happily married, in her thirties, into her flat, into her job. Everything would be good – except that, all around her, friends are having babies. Person Four does not want babies. She’s struggling because: why does she not want this thing that everyone around her wants (more than they’ve ever wanted anything)? This thing which is leeching mates from her, picking them off like a social sniper, leaving her excluded and subject to pitying speculation. ‘I know they think there’s something wrong with me, my relationship, my values. I know they think I’ll…

PHOTOS: SPLASH NEWS, GETTY IMAGES, KARLIE KLOSS/INSTAGRAM, JOSHUA KUSHNER/INSTAGRAM, INSTAR IMAGES WHEN IVANKA TRUMP launched her label in 2007, it was a hit. It wasn’t the most exciting fashion offering, but its message of female empowerment and affordable, work-appropriate shoes, bags and clothing satisfied a gap in the market for career-focused young women. Today, its image could not be more different. Last week, after two years of boycotts and anti-Trump campaigns, Ivanka announced that she would be closing the business to focus on her role as White House senior advisor to her father. The President’s divisive policies – including a ban on travellers from five Muslim-majority countries – have had a devastating effect on Ivanka’s sales. One by one, stockists dropped her products. The remaining retailers can’t get rid of…

PHOTOS: EIVIND HANSEN, STOCKSY.COM I KNOW THIS should be a positive and exciting time in my life. My new novel, Clean, is an Amazon best seller and I’m about to embark on a promotional world tour. And while I recognise this may sound like a ‘my diamond shoes are too tight’ scenario, I mostly feel one thing: crippling anxiety. I know what happens when anxiety starts seeping, like damp, through the walls of every room of my mental interior. The public panic attacks. The sense of the walls closing in on public transport. The voices in my head telling me I’m trapped. So I’ve responded in the best way I can for myself and begun taking antidepressants again. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has called antidepressants ‘unsophisticated medication’ and pledged to…

AS MADONNA PREPARES TO CELEBRATE HER 60TH BIRTHDAY, POLLY VERNON PENS A LOVE LETTER TO THE QUEEN OF POP… ‘HAPPY BLOODY BIRTHDAY MADONNA! 60 years old, which is… Well. Extraordinary. To say, ‘You don’t look it’ would be to understate the situation considerably, never mind: fall back on a drab old cliché. Drab old clichés are no way to talk about you. A disrupter of clichés. A woman who has devoted her professional life to challenging everything from the Catholic church to homophobia to pervading ideas about whether one can wear a second-hand wedding dress over leggings for a day trip in a Venetian gondola. ‘Don’t look 60…’? You make us wonder what 60 is supposed to look like at all. I haven’t got you anything, which is rude, given…

PHOTOS: GETTYIMAGES, SHUTTERSTOCK, SPLASH NEWS. SPICE UP,UNTIL 20 AUG, LONDON’S BUSINESS DESIGNCENTRE; 24 AUG-4 SEP AT MANCHESTER CENTRAL Embrace a classic combo. The going out top and jeans are your summer Friday night fail-safe. Keep your cool in the heat. A fan is August’s most necessary accessory. Hit refresh on summer suiting. All white, relaxed cuts are the way to go. Don’t be shy – the miniskirt is back. Wear now, and next season. Sparkle! Shine! Shimmer! Metallics make an unexpected choice for day. Spice up your style. A new exhibition stars the Spice Girls’ most fabulous costumes.…

PHOTO: IAN HARRISON/THE TIMES. ARKET: ARKET.COM; PETIT BATEAU: PETIT-BATEAU.CO.UK; SMALLABLE: SMALLABLE.COM; TU AT SAINSBURY’S:TUCLOTHING.SAINSBURY.CO.UK BEFORE I RETURNED to my job as fashion editor of The Times at the end of maternity leave last month, I was plagued by a recurring anxiety dream. Was it to do with leaving my baby for the first time? Nope. What woke me with a start at 4am was a nightmare about turning up at the office wearing the same leggings and slightly splodgy T-shirt I’d worn for the best part of a year. I’d been four very different jeans sizes in 18 months. I had a bump for the first nine and then needed constant access to my boobs for the last. I hadn’t got dressed on my own terms for what felt like…

FINAL TOUCH Add interest to any outfit with these coral-shaped earrings with contrasting stone detail. Perfect for your hols. Earrings, £7.99, Pull & Bear SHADY LADY Nothing says summer glamour and sophistication like a pair of black cat’s eye shades. Sunglasses, £12.99, Stradivarius BE A SPORT The sports luxe trend is going nowhere – and this pair of smart trackpants are ideal for work and play. Trousers, £20, Monki PERFECT PRINT This shirtdress with a tie neckline was created by textile designer Laura Slater for the department store. Dress, £89, Kin by John Lewis X Laura Slater BOARDROOM TO BEACH This is the bag of summer 2018! The roomy jute tote with black lining and striking handles will be as useful on the beach as on your daily commute. Bag,…

The Psychology Of Time Travel Kate Mascarenhas (£16.99, LITTLE BROWN) Barbara is a scientist whose breakdown jeopardised the launch of her time machine in 1967. In 2017, her granddaughter, Ruby, is taught to never ask questions about it. Meanwhile, Odette, a stranger to both, finds her life entwined with theirs when a mysterious note lands on Barbara’s doorstep. The Time Traveler’s Wife Audrey Niffenegger (£8.79, SIMON & SCHUSTER) Henry DeTamble suffers a rare genetic disorder that causes him to involuntarily time-travel. He meets Clare, who, at 20, has known him her entire life. His timeline crosses with hers unpredictably, but they still always find a way to wait for each other. Woman On The Edge Of Time Marge Piercy (£8.99, VINTAGE) A poor Mexican-American woman, Connie, is wrongly placed in…

WAX LYRICAL on winter wear NO, IT’S NOT too early to be thinking about coats (trust us). A collab for the A/W ’18 wish list is Barbour’s new capsule with British designer Margaret Howell, which includes modern takes on the signature wax jacket. So good you’ll be longing for rainy days. From £299, barbour.com MICHELLE’S marriage bliss MICHELLE WILLIAMS secretly married her musician boyfriend Phil Elverum in a private ceremony earlier this month, she revealed in a candid interview last week. ‘I never gave up on love,’ she told Vanity Fair. ‘The way he loves me is the way I want to live my life… I want to be free inside of the moment.’ Despite being notoriously private about the death of ex, Heath Ledger a decade ago, she said…

The Supreme Court last week refused Tini Owens a divorce from her husband of 40 years for unreasonable behaviour, admitting this situation was ‘very troubling’. In England and Wales, a divorce can only be granted if a couple live apart for two years and both agree. In the Owens’ case, her husband does not agree, so the wait is five years. Only proving adultery, unreasonable behaviour or desertion can speed things up. No wonder Tini was ‘devastated’. ‘No fault’ divorces (legal in the US, Australia and Scotland) have been under consideration for 20 years, yet still the issue is kicked around without urgency. Something needs to change. Soon.…

PHOTOS: SHUTTERSTOCK, EROTEME, INSTAGRAM/MARC JACOBS IS THERE ANY woman more synonymous with hard partying than Kate Moss? This is, after all, the girl so notorious for loving a drink that in Absolutely Fabulous the movie, she was immortalised coming out of the River Thames – having fallen in – looking utterly sensational, clutching an empty champagne flute and a fag and asking ‘Where’s the party?’ And yet this picture couldn’t be further from the truth today because we can now report that Kate has been completely sober for six months. According to multiple sources close to the 44-year-old supermodel, Kate has had a radical life overhaul for many reasons, but in large part the move is down to her relationship with boyfriend, Count Nikolai von Bismarck. Nikolai and Kate have…

PHOTOS: SPLASH, GETTY THEIR ACRIMONIOUS split was made final in January last year, after Amber Heard first filed for divorce from Johnny Depp in May 2016, following 15 months of marriage and allegations of domestic abuse. Yet, almost 20 months after a judge ordered Johnny, 55, to pay Amber, 32, a $7 million settlement, insiders inform Grazia that the fallout between the pair remains toxic. Last week, eyewitnesses told how the couple had to be kept apart as they almost came face to face at Comic-Con. The two actors were due within an hour of each other outside the San Diego Convention Center in California to promote their respective films – Amber’s Aquaman and Johnny’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald . Coming so close to meeting was said to…

SHOPPING: FENELLAWEBB. PHOTOS: XPOSURE, INSTAR,SPLASH, FLYNET, WENN, BACKGRID IF PICTURES OF Jennifer Aniston, 49, relaxing poolside in Portofino last week gave you a sense of déjà vu, you’re not the only one. The swimwear she wore – a simple string bikini – has been a mainstay of her holidays for the past decade. Sure, she’s mixed up the colours over the years (this time it was blue), but the style has essentially stayed the same. Of course, Jen has always been a notably ‘safe’ dresser – denim and tees for day, lots of black for night – so her commitment to a single swimwear style isn’t that surprising. But it is savvy. Propelled by social media, we live in the era of status swimwear; of £500 swimming costumes and waiting-list…

SHOPPING: SOPHIE HENDERSONPHOTOS: BACKGRID, GETTY IMAGES FINALLY, an answer to the ‘Can I wear jewellery on holiday?’ dilemma. Absolutely, at least according to Beyoncé, who was spotted in Nice in gargantuan diamond hoop earrings by Messika. Queen Bey’s high-low mix (she wore the mega-watt accessories with denim shorts and a Jay Z tour tee) is testament to hoop earrings’ all-encompassing popularity: they can be worn with anything and by anyone – from Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Rihanna (left) to Love Island contestants. No wonder jewellery designer Jennifer Fisher, whose own collection includes over 15 types of hoop, thinks of them as the jeans of the jewellery world. ‘Just like denim, the style can evolve and change based on who is wearing it and how they are styling it. It’s a basic…

CAST YOUR MIND back to the summer of 2004. Usher’s Yeah! was on the radio, David Beckham was captain of the England football team, Sienna Miller was in love with Jude Law – and we were all in love with her style. A West London spin on hippyish garb, her ‘boho luxe’ attire semaphored barefoot glamour, launching a million coin belts and tiered skirts on to the high street. Now a 36-year old mother based in New York, Sienna is still our ultimate summer style muse thanks to her pitch-perfect balance of a fashion-forward outlook and an unwavering commitment to ease. Flat shoes, breezy fabrics and loose silhouettes are the foundation of her summer 2018 look, allowing her to have fun with unusual colours, unexpected accessories and romantic details. Fuss…

CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC THE NEW AMERICANA IS PART GRUNGE, PART PROTECTION GIVENCHY 2018 POWER DRESSING MEANS A GOOD SUIT AND A CHUNKY FAUX FUR CHRISTIAN DIOR EASY SHAPES IN PATCHWORKED . DENIM ARE GO! LOUIS VUITTON A BIT OF SPORTY MEETS A LOT OF COOL IN THE SEASON’S STATEMENT SWEAT DOLCE & GABBANA SPORT-MEETS-SLINK IS HOW TO WEAR LUXURY NOW TOD’S POLISHED LEATHER IS THE ULTIMATE COAT INVESTMENT CHANEL LAYERING IS BIG NEWS, SO WATCH AND LEARN! GIORGIO ARMANI HOW TO WEAR A SPARKLY COCKTAIL JACKET WITH NONCHALANCE EMPORIO ARMANI THE JUMPSUIT IS STILL KEY. UPDATE WITH BOLD BOOTS GUCCI SKIRT SUITS ARE BACK, REPACKAGED BY GUCCI MAISON MARGIELA NYLON MEETS TWEED – CLASHING FABRICS ARE A WIN-WIN FENDI MEET THE PERFECT JACKET SILHOUETTE MICHAEL KORS YOU WILL WANT A…

TU AT SAINSBURY’S I developed a serious Sainsbury’s habit on maternity leave. It was the only place I didn’t feel guilty about spending money, and I found an amazing floral puffer for £15. The kidswear is fun, but rummage beyond the pink and the slogans. ARKET It’s never too early to start dressing your baby as a Scandi architect, and Arket is perfect for cool, understated bits for them alongside your own. Freda had a very chic grey cardigan from here that she wore constantly. PETIT BATEAU I love the kids’ stuff here, because it’s sweet and classic but not Little Lord Fauntleroy. I defy you to leave without picking up ‘just one more’ Breton top for yourself. Great quality – buy a size up though, for both of you.…

Teacher’s Pet Need a dose of true crime now you’ve finished West Cork? Revisit the cold case of disappeared Sydney mother Lyn Dawson, 36 years on. Wrapped into the mystery is the affair of Lyn’s husband, a high-school sports teacher, with his teenage pupil – and the effects on Lyn’s two young daughters. Bird Two ‘chicks’ investigate inside our prison system, speaking to prisoners, staff and political lobbyists – showing up a side of UK life you don’t often get a chance to witness and highlighting important social and mental health issues. Mothers Of Invention Hosted by comedian Maeve Higgins and Ireland’s first female President, Mary Robinson, this podcast believes climate change is a man-made problem with a feminist solution. An entertaining look at a difficult subject to tackle.…

PRAISE FOR POLLY I have never written to, posted on their feed or contacted any publication, ever, but at 47, my contact virginity has been broken because I simply have to say how flippin’ brilliant Chart Of Lust and Polly’s column both are! They are comically, sarcastically, self-deprecatingly superb – and the reason I buy the magazine. Don’t ever remove these two features, they are simply the bedrock of Grazia. Thank you! Jo OUR KIND OF ATTITUDE Practising kindness is an indisputably positive thing (How kind became the new cool, 23 July). With so many people affected by stress, anxiety and addiction, there’s more acknowledgement that we’re all fighting (often invisible) battles, and kindness and compassion can make it that little bit more bearable #KindIsCool. Jacqueline…

1 NEW IN MEN IN HAWAIIAN SHIRTS How curious a mistress is lust? How shifting, how inconsistent! One day, we think we’d never fancy a man in a Hawaiian shirt; the next, we fancy no one else! We give you: The Rock! 2 NON-MOVER CHADWICK BOSEMAN In ecru Louis Vuitton, unfazed by Denzel Washington’s demands he pay back the money Washington donated toward his college scholarship, live on The Late Show. 3. UP NATALIE DORMER Last seen as Margaery Tyrell, a doomed, Diana-meets-Evitaish type in Game Of Thrones, now chillingly austere in BBC Two’s Picnic At Hanging Rock. 4. NEW IN LUCY SIEGLE Journalist, broadcaster, ecowarrior (in the good way), author of brand new book Turning The Tide On Plastic – and our mate. 5. NEW IN MEN IN SATIN…

PHOTOS: INSTAGRAM.COM/THESLUMFLOWER,VICKY GROUT, GETTY LAST WEEK, REPORTS that sales had dropped 40% year on year at Victoria’s Secret had analysts declaring it was ‘game over’ for the lingerie brand, famous for its cleavage-enhancing push-up bras. And, despite the recent controversy over Love Island’s body aesthetic, demand for breast-enlargement surgery has also fallen, with 8,251 operations carried out last year compared to 9,652 in 2015. So, has the hyper-sexualised look finally gone out of fashion? One woman who certainly hopes so is Chidera Eggerue, founder of online movement #SaggyBoobsMatter. When she was 18, she decided her breasts were ‘ugly and saggy’. She thought seriously about surgery – but had a transformative revelation instead. ‘It dawned on me, I just needed to accept myself as I am. These are my boobs and…

HEAD SHOT: ED MILES YOU KNOW THOSE friends who seemingly only exist as a couple? The kind who call a casual Tuesday night pizza a ‘double date’ and book tickets for Secret Cinema five months in advance. Well, the problem with ‘couple-friends’ is that they don’t really know what to do with you when you become single. When, at age 28, my relationship of five years ended, the only thing I wanted to do was party and meet new boys. I’d drag said couple-friends out and, while I chatted to someone I’d found at 2am, they would linger in the doorway bored, like they were standing outside a changing room waiting for me to try an outfit on. Our friendship just didn’t quite work outside of gastro pubs or marshalled…

PHOTOS: STOCKSY YOU’RE PROBABLY MOURNING the end of Love Island, and the end of the Love Island WhatsApp groups we created to discuss and dissect live episodes with each other. Some 56 hours of TV and furious thumb action later and the WhatsApp group may have finally disbanded, but new chat invites will no doubt take their place. WhatsApp has rapidly become our go-to method of communication: 1 billion group chats are currently floating around the Cloud and 65 billion messages are sent between 1.5 billion users every day. But some on the messaging platform can leave us pining after our Nokia 3310 days – where texts were waffle-free so we didn’t have to top up credit. Anna Silverman identifies what to look out for on the wild seas of…

CARAMEL CLOTHING MINIMAL Fuss-free fashion gets the royal seal of approval thanks to Prince George’s birthday attire (below left). Save frothy frills and sweet shades for an occasion. Easy-wear fabrics, comfy cuts and calming shades are perfect for playtime. ECCENTRIC Jolly prints, bright colours and fun fancy dress are an all-in-one look and great for the anything goes trend. The more is more mantra is perfect for channelling that experimental imagination. Finish with out-there accessories. PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES SPORTY Thanks to the summer of sport, there’s a host of activewear now on offer. Look out for slogans, a primary colour palette and comfort.…

1 THE FOOLPROOF FAKE TANNER St. Tropez Self Tan Bronzing Water Mousse, £31 (sttropeztan.co.uk) Hannah: ‘There’s nothing worse than fake tan gone wrong. I’ve suffered the muddy smudges and inner-finger orange. My success rates have soared since using this hydrating water-mousse, with a completely clear formula that means I can apply whatever time of day and wake up with an even, sunbaked glow.’ 2 THE SAVVIEST SUNCARE Vichy Idéal Soleil Enhanced Tan Solar Protective Water, SPF30, £19 (vichy.co.uk) Joely:‘SPF is an obvious necessity, but very rarely something you wax lyrical about to anyone in earshot. But this is that good. The lightest of light formulas, the watery consistency sinks instantly into skin, leaving behind a dewy, non-greasy glow that’s so natural you’ll forget you’re wearing it. I’m not going on…

The Light Between Us Katie Khan (£14.99, PENGUIN) Years after meeting at university, Thea and Isaac have drifted apart. Thea is convinced that time travel is possible, but after another failed attempt to prove her theories, she decides to reach out to her old friend for help. When Isaac’s phone wakes him in the middle of the night, he can’t ignore it. Determined to help Thea, he returns home and their reunion opens up a world of questions, second chances and opportunities that neither of them saw coming. Described as ‘a classic love story with a twist’, Katie Khan’s second book is sure to have you weeping.…

PREPARATIONS ARE underway in the Roy family penthouse for Logan’s (the evergreen Brian Cox) 80th birthday. The CEO is about to step down from the media and entertainment conglomerate he built with his bare hands – but who will he leave the business to? His physical faculties might not be quite what they once were – he urinates on the luxury carpet in the hall while sleepwalking in the opening scene – but his tongue is as sharp and blue as ever. Cox’s Logan is a tempest of a man, the star turn in new Sky Atlantic series Succession. He has the facility to reduce his adult offspring to near-tears, despite the fact they circumnavigate the hi-spec worlds of politics, narcotic dependancies and the family empire. He is a pitball…

I absolutely love the story about Love Island’s Samira (Samira on what really happens off-screen in the Love Island villa’, 30 July). Here’s a woman who, despite all the social media squabbles, which could strongly persuade her to accept that she was being treated unfairly and discriminated against (as a black female), simply pays no attention whatsoever to such prejudices. This holds a very powerful message that we could all learn from. Never allow other people’s generalised perception of your race, colour, gender or whatever status, to put you in a box nor affect how you feel about who you are. Margaret…