Table of contents for Issue 702 in Grazia

1 DREAM DUO CONTRASTING buttons and topstitch details make this Canadian tux top of our wish list. Luxury denim collection, from £770, Giorgio Armani (armani.com) 2 COOL JEWELS LA BRAND LEIGH Miller’s statement earrings and reworked hair clips are the easiest autumn update. Gumdrop earrings, £350, Leigh Miller (net-a-porter.com) 3 BAGS OF STYLE WEAR THIS CATWALK-worthy satin handbag with a blazer, jeans and a party sandal. £49.99, Mango ( shop.mango.com ) 4 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER NOT ONLY DOES, Cartier Carat EDP, £112 for 100ml, look ridiculously beautiful, it also smells like a freshly cut bouquet of flowers. D.i.v.i.n.e. 5 RAZZLE DAZZLE SAY HELLO TO your party+1 for the festive season. Wear the ‘Moss’ Swarovski-embroidered blouse with smart trousers and heels. £195, Rixo (rixo.co.uk) 6 DAILY DOSE DULL, SLEEPY…

PHOTOS: ED MILES, SHUTTERSTOCK beginning of the Christmas wino period – I find myself overwhelmed by a violent desire not to drink. Glass of free champagne on arrival at an event? Oh God, must I? Casual midweek pop-to-the-pub? You can’t make me! Takeaway + a bottle of Crémant round a mate’s? WHAT FRESH HELL…? Invites roll in for nights out, boozy lunches, The Last Wedding of 2018; all I can think is: wine hurts, people! Where once I saw it as a fresh bottle of chill, a gateway to silly joy, a disinhibitor of flirtation, now, suddenly, I see only next-day grogginess coated in shame, garnished with a strong desire to eat carbs. Sobriety is coming for me. It’s coming hard. Not for the first time, actually. I’ve dipped in…

LATELY, I’VE FELT ‘good enough’ only for as long as I can keep 10 different plates spinning: my career, Instagram stories, figuring out the best time to start a family, navigating a mortgage, buying more scatter cushions, yoga. I’ve been taught to hustle. To be a #girlboss with a multi-hyphen career who sees headlines about a 21-year-old being the highest self-made billionaire and wonders why she, herself, is so damned lazy. I must not have worked hard enough, I think, otherwise I’d have been on the cover of Forbes , too. At 32, I sometimes despair I’ve already missed my best years. I feel too old to decide to dance, or retrain in astrophysics, or be on a 30-under-30 list. Model Leomie Anderson, 25, calls it FOMOMG – Fear Of…

PHOTOS: CATWALKING.COM WE’RE ALL FAMILIAR with the more typical military garments – from field and flight jackets to khakis and camouflage – to have hit the runway. But the balaclava? Well, that one’s new. Gucci’s Alessandro Michele dressed up his balaclavas with blingy crystals, GG monograms and knitted deer illustrations. Preen by Thornton Bregazzi made theirs a balaclava from Brideshead Revisited, replete with eiderdown florals, lace trimmings and crafted in gauzy chiffons. Richard Malone’s looked like a sophisticated rain hood worn by grandmothers during a downpour, while at Calvin Klein, Raf Simons said his stripy-knit headwear was representative of protection. Perhaps from the President. Fashion loves a good gimmicky accessory. Look only to the pavements on the streets around you to see how the ugly ‘Dad’ sneaker trend has experienced…

I DON’T WANT anyone searching my internet browsing history. I harbour a deep, dark secret and I’m worried about it coming to light. For several years now, I’ve developed an addiction to a certain website. I’ll visit it at the same times each year, and my usage gets particularly heavy around Christmas. I’ll get a short-lived buzz every time I go online and afterwards, I’ll worry if I’ve done the wrong thing. No, it’s not porn. It’s a gifting website for children (wickeduncle.co.uk), with fun, offbeat toys, categorised by age. This website not only sends you birthday reminders, but also wraps and writes cards for the child in question, dispatching your present in a timely fashion. And the reason I have such an obsession with it is because I’m a…

IF CRISP COTTONS and fluttering silks belong to summer, then winter is all about unabashedly exuberant fabrics. And none is as dramatic or decadent as velvet. This season, Boden is giving the luxe fabric a new lease of life: think printed suiting and maxidresses in jewel tones with asymmetric hems, that exude an easy glamour. The rich burgundy Adora jumpsuit is a showstopper, paired with bejewelled velvet slippers for an all-out Christmas party look. Velvet demands maximum exposure – and also makes an immediate style statement. A pair of golden ochre wide-leg trousers would look as good with trainers and a crisp white shirt as they would dressed up with hi-shine, metallic Chelsea boots and swathes of ruffled silk. And consider a velvet blazer your hardest working piece this festive…

PHOTOS: EMITOMS/INSTAGRAM VIEW POINT Spirit Island, Jasper National Park Overlooked by jagged mountain peaks, and with its cool turquoise water fed by surrounding glaciers, Maligne Lake in the Canadian Rockies is a magical place. Within the lake is Spirit Island, a grove of trees and pristine nature that is connected to the mainland by a shallow isthmus, becoming an isle in summer when the glaciers melt and lake is filled. Only accessible by boat, it’s a four-hour paddle from the nearest dock close to the town of Jasper, or you can take a cruise.…

PHOTOS: CATWALKING.COM,GETTY IMAGES EVER NOTICE YOURSELF getting old? I received confirmation that my party days had finally gone to bed for good earlier this year when I chose to splurge not on a pair of dancing shoes or a look-at-me dress, but a blanket. It was further confirmed when I found myself secretly wishing away the long summer so that I could finally snuggle under it. Who am I? Blankets semaphore domesticity, comfort and early nights. They are the Horlicks of homeware. But this season they have acquired the unlikely mantle of an It accessory. I should interject here by ’fessing up that my purchase was £750 from one of the final Céline collections. The humble blanket has gone haute. For A/W’18 Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Derek Lam all put blankets…

We’d be lying if we said this was easy reading but this year’s Man Booker Prize winner – Milkman (£8.99, Faber & Faber) by Anna Burns – lends itself nicely to the clocks changing and us having extra evening time to read. It’s timely, too: set in Northern Ireland, featuring a young, unnamed woman sexually harassed by an older, more powerful man. At the other end of the spectrum, The Wildflowers (£7.99, Headline) by Harriet Evans, feels like it should be a summer read but actually has all the ingredients for an evening of shunned box sets, your favourite cardigan and compulsive reading. If you love Rosamunde Pilcher, this is for you: expect secrets, Dorset beach houses and stormy romance. Anthony Quinn’s Our Friends In Berlin (£14.99, Jonathan Cape) is…

Me Before You Jojo Moyes (£7.99, PENGUIN) Me Before You tackles euthanasia through a prism of young love, female ambition and the English class system. When Lou discovers her handsome new employee Will, who is quadriplegic following a road accident, is planning to end his life, she makes it her mission to persuade him not to. A love story with the pace of a thriller. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng (£14.99, ABACUS) Set in a ‘perfect’ town, Little Fires Everywhere opens with a house burning down and a family in tatters, before spooling back to see how the home’s inhabitants ended up in this nightmare. Ng has an uncanny knack of sneaking big issues into what you thought was just a thriller. The Husband’s Secret Liane Moriarty (£8.99, PENGUIN) The…

RIRI MAKES a stand RIHANNA HAS REPORTEDLY declined to perform at Pepsi’s Super Bowl in support of Colin Kaepernick – the quarterback who knelt during the national anthem at the NFL games. ‘She doesn’t agree with their stance,’ says a source. Kaepernick claims the NFL haven’t hired him because of his political motivations. POP UP to Bicester THE UK’S PREMIERE destination for discount designer goods is set to open a pop-up shop in partnership with the British Fashion Council. Featuring some of the most exciting established and emerging labels, from Palmer//Harding to Perfect Moment and Roksanda, the 11-day shop will stock an edited selection of old-season wares. From 1 November at Bicester Village SLEEPING beauty GET INTO SLUMBER mode this season with Marc Cain’s new sleepwear range. An ode to…

PHOTOS: ALPHA WE’RE CALLING it The One Where Ross Stole Some Beer. Last week, David Schwimmer – famous for playing Ross in Friends – had the perfect response to the accusation that he resembled an alleged thief. After the suspect was caught clutching a crate of beer on CCTV, police in Blackpool posted an image of the man online. Thousands of Facebook users pointed out he bore an uncanny resemblance to David’s character, Ross Geller. Cue the Friends references online, with one social media user quipping: ‘Shouldn’t he be at work… or is he on a break?’, while another wrote: ‘PIVOT’. Even Dumfries Police got involved, warning civilians to ‘keep away… he is known to have studied karate and we believe he has mastered the art of Unagi, the state…

No one likes a potty mouth, but news last week that a council has banned musicians from swearing on stage at a festival felt pearl-clutchingly heavy-handed. Campaigners living near North London’s Finsbury Park – where Wireless is held each summer – heard they’d won their fight to ban swearing in performances, as well as ‘vulgar’ or ‘obscene’ lyrics and skimpy clothing. But everyone knows hip-hop, rap and rock are partial to a bit of profanity, so this will inevitably mean artists having to alter their songs. It’s a slippery slope if we let censorship creep into music. Have we really become so prudish that even festivals have to be PC? That’s not very rock ’n’ roll.…

PHOTOS: SPLASH, GETTY WHEN RYAN PHILLIPE’S former girlfriend Elsie Hewitt, 21, accused him of domestic abuse in September last year, sources told Grazia that his ex-wife, Reese Witherspoon, was afraid she would become embroiled in the case. And last week, the Hollywood actress’s fears were realised. According to reports, Ryan, 44, was ordered to hand over his calls and texts between himself and Reese. He was also fined $1,580 for failing to provide them sooner, and was given 20 days to hand over the intimate messages. Elsie – a former Playboy Playmate – is claiming that Ryan, who has denied all allegations, ‘hit’, ‘punched’ and ‘threw’ her down a flight of stairs. The model is suing Ryan for $1 million for the alleged attack, which she claims took place last…

IT’S ONE OF my earliest memories: one girl holding my wrist while another unbuckled my beloved Flik Flak watch –a present from my father – throwing it into the loo and flushing it with a laugh. I was six. Josephine* (as this junior ringleader was called) was my first encounter with a mean girl: popular, sporty, and didn’t like me, so made sure everyone knew it. I was a sickly child with a limp due to a club foot, and when I’d moved to the school in year one, our well-meaning teacher would make the rest of the class walk behind me to assembly, so I wouldn’t come last. But the unsympathetic audience to my shuffle-step was terrible. As well as the limp, I also had a stomach criss-crossed with…

LANDMARK,, ALLSTAR PICTURE LIBRARY GIVENCHY: GIVENCHY..COM,KITRI: KITRISTUDIO.COM Follow @jeffreygoldblum. Satin Calvin, multi-patterned Prada… the actor’s superb shirts have made him a new sartorial pin-up. Be smart and snap up Kitri’s new party wear collection before everyone else gets there. Mix it up. Sportmax’s A/W ’18 collection is a masterclass in cool and clever layering. (Side note: excellent sunglasses.) Keep it simple. See Adwoa Aboah in all black Louis Vuitton menswear. Watch The Birds. And Rosemary’s Baby. And Suspiria. Horror movie heroines offer style inspo beyond Halloween. Meet your new chic sneak – Givenchy’s Jaw low-top is your next trophy trainer.…

CHIRINGUITO Kick back with tapas and a mezcal cocktail, looking out at the sunset over… no, not Spain, but Bethnal Green. Chiringuito is London’s new rooftop bar and restaurant (with a stylish, winter-proof interior), which recreates the laid-back bar vibe of Barcelona. chiringuito.co.uk SCREEN SCENE Fancy an afternoon of Chinese drama or Argentinian sci-fi? The Edinburgh Short Film Festival will be screening 29 award-winning films at The Filmhouse and Summerhall this week. There’s also a visual effects workshop and time-lapse film masterclass. edinburghshortfilmfestival.com FOUNDATION FM Foundation FM – a female-led radio station – goes live on 5 November. Founded by Becky Richardson, Frankie Wells and Ami Beckett, Foundation will provide a platform for female DJs, producers and artists. Expect to hear from up-and-coming talent Kesang, Lotte Andersen and Becky Tong…

1 NEW IN NABHAAN RIZWAN As Raza ‘Rizla’ Shar in BBC One’s impeccable Informer. This man is 100% sharply dressed, heavy-lidded, nervy-ballsie vulnerability, and that works for us. 2.UP RICHARD ASHCROFT Whom we’ve loved since Bittersweet Symphony. Last week proved a deliciously rogue guest on the BBC Breakfast sofa, while dressed in a purple satin suit. 3 NEW IN KERRY WASHINGTON In the short orange satin and the big gold hoops while giving a talk last week. She also took the time to match her lipstick to the reverse on her dress cuff, for bonus points. 4. UP WEEPING MEN A survey discovered 97% of women consider a man in tears to be strong, natural or healthy. We suspect they haven’t met the crying men we’ve met, but stats is…

SHE MIGHT BE one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars – and have just joined Instagram – but Nicole Kidman has long sought to keep her private life just that: private. She and husband, country music star Keith Urban, moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2007, where they still live with daughters Sunday Rose, 10, and Faith, seven, far removed from the LA scene. But last week, perhaps as she was 7,000 miles away from her family in Shanghai, as part of her ambassadorial role with Omega, Nicole was in a reflective mood. ‘The thing you really learn when you have children and a career – and particularly when you’re an older mother – is the preciousness of time; and therefore trying to balance everything and be willing to say no to…

MY MS CAME of age this year. Unbelievably, it’s now 21 years since I was diagnosed with the incurable condition, since the words, ‘I’m sorry, but you have MS,’ instantly transformed me from a carefree 25-year-old, worried about my career, boyfriends and travelling, into someone forced to confront my mortality and reassess my whole future. So I know how actor Selma Blair, who last week told the world that she’d been diagnosed with MS, must be feeling. The neurological condition causes the immune system to attack the protective coating of the nerves in the brain and spinal cord, resulting in mobility and vision problems. So Selma will be experiencing a contradictory mix of emotions: relief at finally knowing what’s wrong, shock and grief, and terror of an unknown and potentially…

LIANE MORIARTY is well aware that anyone she speaks to right now has a one-track mind. We all want to discuss Big Little Lies, the brilliant, game-changing TV adaptation of her best-selling novel of the same name, and probe for any clues about the story she’s written for next year’s second series. Sadly, though, she’s not spilling the beans. ‘I don’t actually know everything that happens,’ she insists. ‘I wrote the story but not the screenplay, so it could go off in different directions. I could have read the scripts but I chose not to. I’m just as excited to see it myself.’ She’s especially eager to see her favourite actress, Meryl Streep, as the character she created especially for her: Mary Louise, mother-in-law to Nicole Kidman’s Celeste. ‘When I…

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TOO TERRIFIED OF glitter to venture into winter’s hottest make-up trend? Don’t be: a slew of savvy new formulations mean that a sprinkling of shimmer has never been easier to achieve – or more flattering. Because this is no festival-goer fancy, but rather the most sophisticated take on metallic make-up to date, created by the legendary Nicolas Degennes, Givenchy Beauty’s global artistic director. So, dust off your brushes, swot up on your sparkle and jump right in. You might surprise yourself… Double trouble Once you’ve mastered the basics, it’s time to get experimental. Here, Nicolas dusted the pink and grey tones from the Givenchy La Palette Midnight Skies, £40, on top of different eyes for a playful take. Both work equally well solo, or paired with grey swept over lids…

PHOTOS: RED DP PHOTOGRAPHIC, GETTY IMAGES, FAR FETCH. BODY LANGUAGE: MYGYMWARDROBE.COM. DALTON WONG:TWENTYTWOTRAINING.COM. NO KA’OI: SHOPNOKAOI.COM. SWEATY BETTY: SWEATYBETTY.COM.THE NUE CO: NET-A-PORTER.COM DRESS LIKE A PRO The beauty of a resistance band workout is you can do it in your underwear. But if you feel like dressing for the occasion, these star-print leggings [1] and wave-print leggings [2], from Body Language, £95 each, fit the bill nicely. FEED YOUR MUSCLES When resistance training, eating enough protein is key to seeing results. If you’re not so keen on boiled eggs (who is?), power up your morning smoothie with a scoop of The Nue Co Plant Protein + Gut Food [3], £50. FEEL SUPPORTED Sweaty Betty Brahma Bamboo Padded Yoga Bra [4], £40, gives just the right level of support for a…

PHOTOS: JONATHAN LOVEKIN BRIDGET JONES’S PAN-FRIED SALMON WITH PINE NUT SALSA Serves: 4 Preparation time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes INGREDIENTS 100g currants 4 salmon fillets, skin on and pin-boned (500g) 100ml olive oil 4 celery sticks, cut into 1cm dice (180g), leaves removed but kept for garnish 30g pine nuts, roughly chopped 40g capers, plus 2 tbsp of their brine 40g large green olives, pitted and cut into 1cm dice (about 8) 1 good pinch of saffron threads (¼ tsp), mixed with 1 tbsp hot water 20g parsley, roughly chopped 1 lemon: finely grate the zest to get 1 tsp, then juice to get 1 tsp Salt and black pepper METHOD  1 Cover the currants with boiling water and set aside to soak for 20 minutes while you…

FORTHCOMING TREATS HOMECOMING The starriest of star names makes the now customary giant leap from the big to small screen. Or remakes it, if you count Julia Roberts’ (below) dazzling performance from a wheelchair in TV movie The Normal Heart. Mr Robot’s Sam Esmail takes the director’s chair for this psychological thriller, an adaptation of a massively successful podcast. A seasoned war vet Walter Cruz (Stephan James) is returning to civvy street. Roberts is his caseworker, shipped in from a mysterious government facility to guide his passage. It’ll be all anyone’s talking about in November. Seriously. 2 November, Amazon Prime THE FIRST Sean Penn gets hench. I mean, really hench. Like, muscle man hench, in a story of the first mission to man Mars, set in the near future. There’s…

A SPARK OF LIGHT Jodi Picoult (£16.99, HODDER & STOUGHTON) Picoult has long been writing novels laced with ethical dilemmas, submerging the reader in the experiences through the eyes of her characters. What’s changed is the reader: the febrile world of US politics has made us more engaged with gnarly issues. And just in time for Picoult’s latest, which is set in a women’s reproductive health centre where hostages are being held. With an intricate backward-weaving structure, a host of compelling voices and her captivating tone, this is a very special novel about a very difficult subject.…

BOOKS: ALEXANDRA HEMINSLEY. PODCASTS: HARRIET KEAN. PHOTOS: GETTY This Is Spoke Youth culture with a musical, literary and political focus. Hosts Chidera Eggerue and Suli Breaks talk to writers, poets and musicians. Heartbreak Podcast Stance is hosting an evening of ‘Heartbreak in London’ in collaboration with Second Home’s City Life Festival. Held in East London bookshop Libreria, it will feature poetry from Bridget Minamore and comedy from Yuriko Kotani. Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets Twelve captivating episodes explore true accounts of murder, scandal and sadism. The Buckingham Palace Freak Show is a highlight.…

LIFE LESSONS I just wanted to congratulate you on There are lessons we can all learn from ‘that’ Strictly scandal (22 Oct). It was a really balanced take on what happened, highlighting the subtlety of controlling behaviour and the importance of trusting your instinct. So often we look back at something that wasn’t right. This article will help them reframe the behaviour of a partner and maybe even walk away. Thank you for helping us get the message out there. Great job! Nicola Great article by @Farrah_Storr in @GraziaUK ‘bubble wrapping women isn’t helping it’s oppressing us.’ Too bloody right! @foxxynat WE ARE FAMILY Reading George Stark’s article Now Katie and Jamie are  talking marriage… (22 Oct) this week, I was frustrated to read: ‘This is…

SCOTLAND THE BRAVE The article ‘Being from the North still holds me back’ (29 October) really resonated. I’m from Glasgow, but have lived in London for seven years. As a chartered surveyor, I work in an environment almost entirely populated by people from London and the Home Counties. Over the years, I’ve experienced so much prejudice against my Scottish background. Comments about my ‘impossible to understand’ accent and Scotland being ‘down at heel’ are common. My husband (from New Zealand) even has to listen to it from work mates when he mentions he is visiting my family in Scotland! I hope some people read the feature and reflect on their behaviour. Becca…