Table of contents for issue 540 in Grazia

It's like the high street read our minds – just as summer comes to an end (sob!) and we're in desperate need of a life and style pick-me-up (that we can afford because, let's face it, we kind of blew the budget on the holiday), the new collections drop this week. Our edit of the best new pieces is on page 22 – and what's so brilliant is that there really is something for everyone, from the amazing and inspirational ASOS Curve to & Other Stories and its brilliant transgender campaign. Also, and you have to trust us, it's time to embrace the DOT (that's Dress Over Trousers) on page 32. This is my absolute favourite '90s throwback so far (ever?), and yes, I did do it the first time…

SUMMER MAY BE WANING , but there’s a silver lining to that cloud – Big Drop Week, aka the time in the high-street fashion calendar when the best buys of the new season start to drop in-store. Happily, this year’s event coincides with the beauty industry’s Big Drop, which makes for a shopping double whammy (see page 84 for the best beauty buys). So what should you snap up for autumn/winter? Play with textures – leather, suede and lurex are key – be brave with bold accessories, channel the looks of Lara, Kate or Cara, or just go forth and shop. We’ve narrowed a tight edit down to the 24 best of the best from the high street, with a few special collections to take note of now. Fashion duo…

Photos: Capital Pictures, Eroteme, Splash News,Wireimage, Xposure KRIS JENNER: SHE’S NOTHING if not resourceful. Having made short work of spinning her daughter Kim Kardashian’s sex tape into a global media empire, it appears that the world’s foremost ‘momager’ is no longer satisfied only overseeing the careers of her modest brood of six. According to well-placed insiders, Kris has now set her sights on ‘honorary Kardashian’ Cara Delevingne – or, as Kris has somewhat predictably christened her, Kara. The news comes off the back of Cara’s recent clash with the presenters of US breakfast TV show Good Day Sacramento, during an interview to promote her film Paper Towns. ‘Her sarcastic answers caused some to speculate that she may have burned bridges in Hollywood,’ a source told Grazia. ‘It was by no…

‘THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT TELLING A STORY,’ my dad said to me once, ‘is to always start with the characters. If you don’t know who they are, you don’t care what happens to them.’ It was the year 2000. I was 15, all Buffalo trainers and blue hair extensions, and I had just decided that I was going to write a book. My brother was 11, quiet and creative; my mum, nurturing, bossy and vainly trying to instill some house rules. And then there was my dad: actor, writer and eccentric. He wrote children’s books about kings fighting evil cheeses and made paper aeroplanes out of his tax returns. When he suddenly fell ill that winter, it took us all by surprise, especially him. It started with a…

MY PHONE RANG. It was her – the acquaintance who was making my life a misery. ‘Pick up and tell her the truth,’ my best friend Farly said. ‘This can’t go on, it’s ridiculous.’ The truth was this: we were not friends. We’d met through work a few years before and got on-ish. We swapped numbers and half-heartedly wrote ‘drinks soon? xx’ every few months under each other’s Instagram posts. But then suddenly she’d put on a work event she needed filling out with people, or she’d get wind of a party I was having and then – well then she’d decide we were best friends. I answered the call. ‘Hi you!’ she squawked. ‘So. Three more days! What’s the plan?’ ‘Hello!’ I said. ‘There is no plan.’ ‘Why not?…

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HOT FEET Here at GraziaHQ, we are extremely happy that the humble (and ever-cosy) sweatshirt has become a fashion staple over the past few seasons. Picking up on the trend, New Balance has releasedThe Sweatshirt Pack – a collection of their bestselling kicks dressed in marled jersey with deliciously soft fleece detailing.The 574 Sweatshirt Pack, £70 a pair, newbalance.co.uk. Photos: folio-id.com, BUTTER WON’T KILL YOU, BUT MARGARINE MIGHT A new study from McMaster University in Canada has discovered that, in less than a decade, trans-fats (found in processed foods like margarine) raise the risk of death by 34%; whereas saturated fat (found in butter, meat and cream) isn’t as bad for us as originally thought.Another survey found no link at all between saturated fat and an increased risk of heart…

Photos: ITV Pictures, Netflix, BBC Pictures WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER In the not-too-distant future, Netflix’s golden run of must-see commissions will surely come to an end. But that day is nowhere to be seen on the super-brilliant evidence of Wet Hot American Summer. WHAS was a 2001 film about the last days of a summer camp. Ridiculed at the time, it’s since become a cult classic, partly because its cast went on to climb such stellar career highs.They all return for this riotous, irreverent and politically incorrect prequel. Paul Rudd is Danny Zuko-esque counsellor Andy; Elizabeth Banks a ‘post-makeover Sandy’ named Lindsay. Amy Poehler and Bradley Cooper (hold fire, it gets even better) are the am-dram coaches working on the camp musical. Mad Men’s Jon Hamm and John Slattery perform…

££ KAYHAM 3,TURKISH MED Spend a lazy week on the Kayham 3, with its wooden interiors, en-suite cabins, day beds and wi-fi – 'cos you'll be Instagramming like crazy. All meals are fully catered, using the day's fresh catch and local veg.You'll spend your hours floating past hidden coves and forest-clad mountains, jumping on and off at any snorkelling opportunity.At dusk, dinner is served under the stars. From £1,210pp, including flights and seven nights' full board. exclusiveescapes.co.uk £££ DUNIA BARU, INDONESIAN ARCHIPELAGO Do Indonesia in style on a seven-cabin private charter yacht. Crafted by the local community, Dunia Baru has all the amenities of a super-yacht, including a fleet of jet-skis, water-skis, banana boats and paddleboards. In the summer, Dunia Baru is based in Komodo National Park, so your trip…

1 H&M Steer your wardrobe into the new season with darker gothicesque dresses. One of the biggest trends from the catwalk, they’ll be unavoidable come winter. £69.99, hm.com. 2 MIU MIU Animal prints are magnified and come in a host of wacky colours for autumn. This fun, jumbo-leopard carry-all is a roaring success. £660, miumiu.com. 3 MONKI We’ve found the perfect vintage-look top – with a price tag to match. This striped, ribbed turtle neck is a small but effective investment for a season steeped in retro. £15, monki.com. 4 OFFICE Switch up your boho wardrobe by teaming white lace and broderie anglaise with these black flats. It’s the trans-seasonal colour combo to work right now. £50, office.co.uk. 5 LE VIAN Looking for an eternity band? Call off the search!…

1 NEW IN This crew Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Princess Beatrice and her boyfriend Dave Clark, who are a) friends (who knew?), and b) taking an Uber. (NB: Uber selfies – a Thing?) 2 UP Carol Kirkwood CoL’s number one fave weather woman, newly announced as a contestant on Strictly. We predict breakout-star-of-the-series status. 3 NEW IN Eva Carneiro Medic, caught up in a row with José Mourinho, and latest focus for all that is dubious/sexist/culturally stagnant in football. We Love JM, but are Team Eva on this count. 4 UP Ivan Massow Entrepreneur and gay rights activist who flirted with standing for London Mayor; last week became a father. Was present at the birth, said all the blood was fine because, ‘I’m quite outdoorsy. ’ 5 NEW IN Zayn…

Photos: PA Images Users must take the small pink pill every day, whether or not they intend to have sex. This isn’t the case with Viagra It doesn’t mix well with alcohol and other drugs, including oral contraceptives Side effects include low blood pressure, fainting and drowsiness The drug will be available in the US from October and will cost $30 to $75 for a month’s supply It’s made $1 billion for the husband-and-wife team who developed it After a ‘female Viagra’ was approved last week, writer Daisy Buchanan asks: how will this benefit our sex lives? In the US last week, the Food and Drug Administration made a decision that could radically alter the course of our sex lives. The female libido drug flibanserin has been approved for use.…

A FEW SEASONS AGO the Dress-Over-Trousers thing started as a catwalk trend you could, and probably did, ignore. It was tricky. It was very ’90s. And it felt like you’d need to rejig an entire wardrobe to find the right combinations. But suddenly something’s changed and the DOT doesn’t seem so challenging after all. Maybe it’s down to the fact that JW Anderson’s metallic foil midi-over-flares at Loewe has been one of the most photographed looks of autumn 2015 so far (and it’s only just begun), or that a legion of street-style leaders are skipping ahead into the new season thanks to their new-found layering prowess. Or maybe it’s because high-street go-tos like & Other Stories or zara are showing almost all of their fresh stock in varying dress-over-trouser formats…

Photos: Splash News, Xposure Photos WHEN KYLIE JENNER slipped into the very same fuchsia pink Body Glove bathing suit that her ‘momager' Kris Jenner wore back in 1989, the most – let's say confrontational – swimwear trend of this summer was confirmed. Get your local beauty salon on speed dial: the ultra high-cut swimsuit is back with a hip-flashing vengeance. Kylie may have caused global eye-pops last week, but she wasn't the first to put this brazen one-piece back into service. On the beaches of Barbados, model Jourdan Dunn took a daring dip in a Dimepiece LA swimsuit, followed by Rihanna, Beyoncé andVictoria's Secret girls galore. And we're not just talking about high-cut swimsuits, but high-leg bikinis, too. Some eager sun worshippers have even started hoiking up the side-ties on…

OURPA NEL LILY RUSSO Grazia’s fashion editor spends her days compiling our Fashion Charts and poring over pictures of the best dressed. Nothing gets . past this dedicated shopper JOHN CRACE The Guar dian’s Parliamentary sketchwriter , his party trick is whilttling Alexa’s It book down to 600 words. Life changing. RIHANNA LILY SAYS: ‘The queen of party looks, Rihanna is forever my inspo for my bad-girl alter ego. Here, on a night out with Lewis Hamilton, it looks like she’s taking style tips from her new pal, accessorising her all-white look with a metallic racing cap.’ JOHN SAYS: ‘No one can argue that Ri-Ri doesn’t have the kit to rip up Formula One. She could change a tyre in under three seconds and put the fear of God into…

Photos: Rex Features, Alamy,Twitter COULD YOU BE A VICTIM of coupleism? All right, so it’s not a word. But, last week, Yvette Cooper made us wonder if it’s a thing nonetheless. During a no-holds-barred row over which of the Labour leadership contenders is now best placed to stop the surprise front-runner Jeremy Corbyn the Andy Burnham camp accused Yvette of playing by the ‘Ed Balls handbook’ (a reference to her husband and his take-no-prisonners style). sexism’ for dragging her husband into things. But is that really what it’s about? Cooper has rightly highlighted a some flagrantly sexist overtones in a contese set to deliver Labour's ninth male leader since Margaret Thatcher led the Tories from has mommy wars over the fact that she has kids and her rival Liz Kendall…

Photos: Christian Vierig/ASP, Arabella Shelbourne/Born BOMBER JACKETS Your wardrobe wing man Bomber jackets parachute into new territory this season. The trusty co-pilot to aviators, James Dean and, er, East 17 was brought back at New York Fashion Week by 3.1 Phillip Lim and redefined as the new evening jacket. To get the look, simply sling a luxe one (like Sandro’s in burgundy velvet, below right) over your shoulders for night-time attire with an edge. Or, opt for a sporty style like Kenzo’s printed version (below left) to inject life into normcore. Finally, tackle the trans-seasonal period with Sacai Luck’s dress hybrid (below), and layer a utilitarian shirt and zip-through A-line skirt underneath for chillier days. Inject some print into normcore Use the bomber as a trans-seasonal trick Deploy as the…

1 BUILD A SPATHROOM The Body Shop's new Spa of theWorld collection distills the best rituals, wisdom and ingredients from their travels into a chic and very premium 13-part range.The Polynesian Monoï Radiance Oil, £16, is inspired by women of the Pacific Islands who have used monoï – a sacred and heavenly scented blend of coconut oil and tiare flowers – for 2,000 years to give a glow to skin and hair. Clarisonic: clarisonic.co.uk. Estée Lauder: esteelauder.co.uk. Givenchy: harrods.com. Miu Miu: harrods.com.The Body Shop: bodyshop.co.uk. 2 THE SCEN CHIC IT HURTS We caught wind that Miu Miu was to launch its first fragrance 118 months ago and have been pondering the results ever since. It doesn't disappoint. Celebrating the brand's passion for the non-conformist, Miu Miu Eau De Parfum, £66,…

*T&C apply: Harrods .com Win! Spend £250 in Fashion Lab with a Harrods Rewards card in September for a chance to win exclusive goodies from leading labels!* THE EXCITEMENT OFTHE NEW FASHION SEASON is tangible – new looks, autumn fabrics and colours, and must-have accessories! And to get you in the mood, Harrods Fashion Lab is the place to be this September, as the store hosts four weekends of special style events. Fashion and beauty experts will be on hand to give you insider tips on how to look of-the-moment for autumn/winter ’15, and there will be a wide selection of treats and goodies from leading labels. Here’s just a taster... EVERYWEEKEND Elie Tahari stylists will guide you through the season’s looks. Try on your favourite look from the new…

The Taming Of The Queen by Philippa Gregory (£20, Simon & Schuster) Gregory is back with another gripping drama (where does she find time?).This historical tale focuses on Kateryn Parr, soon to be HenryVIII's sixth (and final) wife. But with a new husband old enough to be her father, and with relationship feelings for someone else, their isn't off to the smoothest start… Art In The Blood by Bonnie MacBird (£12.99, Collins Crime Club) A new adventure for a little-known detective called Sherlock Holmes, as Bonnie MacBird picks up where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle left off. This time, he and Watson head to Paris to find a missing man and a stolen statue. Now all we have to do is imagine Benedict Cumberbatch is reading it to us… Noonday by…

TUESDAY • Educating Cardiff, 9pm, Channel 4 Brilliant documentary series looking at lives on both sides of the teacher/pupil divide. After Essex and Yorkshire, we now head to Wales. WEDNESDAY • A Brief History Of Graffiti, 9pm, BBC Four Part of the channel's Pop Art week. Begins in Burgundy, but by the time you've got to NY subway trains in the '80s, we're on failsafe turf. THURSDAY • Who Do You Think You Are? 9pm, BBC One Theatrical luvvie and officially adorable old dear Sir Derek Jacobi gets the family-tree treatment. FRIDAY • Narcos, streaming on Netflix Released today is the tale of Pablo Escobar and the Medellin drug cartel. And now Netflix is taking on Scarface, too… SATURDAY • TheYoung Montalbano, 9pm, BBC Four Sicilian detective shenanigans with the…

THE RIGHT CHOICE Teen dream team WHAT Teen Choice Awards 2015 WHERE Galen Centre, Los Angeles WHO Little Mix, Rita Ora, Britney Spears, Ellen DeGeneres, Cat Deeley, Chris Hemsworth Newly-single Perrie Edwards showed her ex zayn Malik just what he was missing when she performed with Little Mix. While the girls scooped a gong for Choice Music Breakout artist, it was zayn’s former band One Direction who stormed the show, receiving eight awards. While Britney Spears was awarded the Style Icon gong, Ellen DeGeneres and the cast of Furious 7 were also among those honoured with a coveted surfboard. WE DRANK Champagne, WE ATE Too many canapés! GAME FACES Make-up magic WHAT NYX Face Awards WHERE The Ham Yard Hotel, London WHO Sarah Jane Crawford, Jodie Harsh, Lilah Parsons, Roxie…

BOYS DO CRY When I read the story about men and miscarriage (‘Men suffer miscarriages too,’ 17 August), I cried. I had a miscarriage at seven weeks recently, and not that I hadn’t thought about how my husband felt, but it completely opened my eyes to how he had also suffered. Although it was a very sad article, it was a relief to read it, and it gave me a way in to ask how my husband was coping and show him that men do suffer too and it was OK to feel however he was feeling. Thank you for showing that a miscarriage is nothing to be ashamed of and not about anything that you do wrong. Sadly, it’s just nature’s way of doing what it does. Anon…

Madonna shows no sign of slowing down as she nears her 60th year. When she threw a party in the Hamptons for her 57th, it reportedly got so out of control it was shut down by police! Neighbours called 911 at 2.30am after their houses shook to the music. WELL,RAFFERTY certainly got his parents’ good genes. Jude Law and Sadie Frost’s 18-year-old son appears in jewellery brand Effra London’s new lookbook, accompanied by a video where he says, ‘I’m Raff Law. I’m currently writing some songs with my band, The Dirty Harrys, and gigging around London. I wear the gold signet ring.’ Well quite. effralondon.com PREPPY STYLE is having a moment and Polo Ralph Lauren’s all-American varsity jacket is just the ticket. Snag one in Harrods during September and they’ll…

BANKSY UNVEILED ‘DISMALAND’ Artist and provocateur Banksy last week opened Dismaland, a pop-up art exhibition, to the public. Located in Weston-super-Mare, it's described as ‘an alternative to the soulless sugar-coated banality of the average family day out' and will remain open for six weeks only. WOMEN IN SAUDI ARABIA WERE GRANTED THE RIGHT TO VOTE For the first time, women in Saudi Arabia were last week able to register to vote – and stand as a candidate – in their national elections. Women’s rights in the country are severely limited and the long overdue move was hailed as progressive, but just a ‘tiny fraction’ of the changes needed for equality to be reached. A RETURN FLIGHT WAS BOOKED FOR THE CONCHORDS Six years after they left our screens, New Zealand’s…

Photos: Splash News, Getty Images THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT that the summer of 2015 marked the point Taylor Swift officially entered her imperial phase. Whether she’s selling out world tours, breaking records with her videos, or igniting wider debates about modern music consumption – it is increasingly difficult to escape the creeping sensation that this is Taylor’s world, and we just live in it. Last week, another turning point came when Taylor’s boyfriend of six months, Calvin Harris, leapt to her defence after former 1D star zayn Malik appeared to criticise her withdrawal from streaming services. Defending your girlfriend’s honour from a boy-bander gone rogue on Twitter, in full view of your combined 22 million followers? As demonstrations of commitment go, it certainly beats offering to share your Netflix…

Photos:Vantage News IT SEEMS THAT BARELY a week goes by without Lily Allen making a cryptic comment on social media about her personal life.The notoriously outspoken singer has regularly prompted speculation about the state of her four-year marriage – to builder and decorator Sam Cooper – via her musings on Instagram, plus the long periods of time they've spent apart. And last week, it was Snapchat that Lily used to post a number of items involving her friend, the singer Benjamin Garratt. First the 30-year-old shared a video of the pair walking up some stairs after a party at London club XOYO with the caption, ‘I love Dryars' – a reference to Benjamin's stage name, Fryars.The message was accompanied by an emoticon of a boy and girl under a love…

Photos: Getty Images, Rex Features LAST WEEK, I was delivering an evening lecture to a group of successful and dynamic women. The topic? Female ambition. In a nutshell, my theory is that women aren’t less ambitious than men – it’s just that there are a series of invisible barriers we have to navigate, that often mean we end up losing custody of our ambition, without us even realising it. Cue lots of nodding of heads and pertinent questions from the floor. I concluded that the lead on ensuring gender equality must come from the very top. And then it dawned on me. How many of these 100 women could name the UK’s Women’s Minister? I asked them and not a single hand went up. Not one. Do you know who…

Photos: Spread Pictures, Capital Pictures By all accounts, their two-year marriage has been turbulent. Now there is renewed speculation that Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez could be about to separate. A recent report claimed that a ‘divorce was imminent’, and Halle’s frequent public appearances without her wedding ring (most recently while filming an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live last week, when she instead wore stacking rings) have done little to quell these rumours. On 13 August she was also without it when she attended the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Grants Banquet (pictured left). Halle, 49 – who has a son, Maceo, 22 months, with Olivier – reportedly lost her wedding band and engagement ring while in Mexico in January 2014, and has apparently not sought replacements. Lending credence to reports…

IT’S AN UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION, isn’t it? The grey area around sex, where there is definitely consent, but it was given… reluctantly. Because how many of the people you’ve slept with did you really want to be with? I would guess it’s not anywhere near close to all of them. For me, out of the nine people there were at least four who I really didn’t want to sleep with. The first time it happened was when I was 18. I was sleeping at a male friend’s house after a party and felt him climb into bed next to me, just as I was about to doze off. His arm crept around my waist and he pressed himself against me. It was unexpected – there had been no flirting beforehand –…

Dagmar This is how I hope to transition seasonally. Chel-fies Trend for changing room selfies. We’ve all done it… Gucci horsebit hardware It’s back, and it’s bad (as in good-bad). Jessica de Lotz’s Petites Solid gold! I’d like the lot. ‘Nom’ Another unacceptable internet-y word. Don’t know how it translates into Danish, mind. Dyed underarm hair I don’t like it. Just plain wrong. The gifting suite rush Finding the celebrity free-for-all a little gauche, I must admit.…

We felt sorry for PM David Cameron, filmed by a fellow passenger scoffing Pringles on an EasyJet flight home from Portugal in a somewhat undignified manner. Plans were unveiled for ‘boot camps’ for jobless 18 to 21-year-olds, who will be required to do weeks of interview and job application prep – or risk losing benefits. John Prescott offered the worst defence ever against (historic) allegations of groping an ex-MP’s wife, insisting it couldn’t have happened as ‘she’s built like a barn door’.…

HAYLEY HELENE Knit one Nothing says summer like white crochet. Pair with a tan suede jacket for transitional style. Pick and mix Layering isn’t just for winter. Play with different textures and lengths in white for sunshine-friendly coverage. Gold star Hayley’s chunky gold knuckle ring and cuffs give her carefree bohemian style a modern edge. BASIA A’HERN Switch your stripes Zebra print makes a change from our animal-go-to, leopard – without compromising on impact. Tan lines Understated tan sandals balance out a statement print, and go with everything else in your summer wardrobe. Bucket list The bucket bag is still going strong. Bold monochrome sets this Zimmermann version apart. Photos: Anthea Simms CHARLAYNE LYNCH Fringe benefits This Barbara Bonner tasselled bag delivers on -trend '70s fringing in spades... or is…

Photos: Amber Locke, #RawVegan Blonde.Content Beauty &Wellbeing : being content.com. Dahliana: a beautiful world.co.uk. Dr Alkaitis: kloodos.com. Hurraw: beingcontent.com. May Lindstrom: cultbeauty.co.uk. RMS Beauty: being content.com.The Body Deli: a beautiful world.co.uk You've heard of the raw food diet – eating only uncooked, unprocessed food to deliver the maximum nutritional benefits. But if the idea of surviving solely on crudités leaves you cold, get on board with raw skincare instead. Fresh from California, the movement follows similar principles, using minimal heat – usually below 37°C – during formulation, so vitamins and nutrients from fruit and veg are kept at their most potent. By feeding skin with u ncompromised ingredients, you get the same virtuous glow bestowed by a raw diet – but without the deprivation. ‘Raw skincare gives skin the enzymes,…

What I’m watching THE X FACTOR It’s all change this year, right? The show has undergone vital plastic surgery, presumably to make it appear younger.The role of Louis Walsh is now being played by Nick Grimshaw. Rita Ora is sitting in the Dannii Minogue/Mel B/ Nicole Scherzinger spot, reserved specifically for a woman who looks like she might be Simon Cowell's type. Caroline Flack and Olly Murs get a double upgrade from the spin-off show to step into Dermot's slightly-too-tight presenter's trousers. Perhaps most disarmingly of all, after 11 straight years, booming continuity voiceover Peter Dickson has quit. Dickson has been to X Factoras Marcus Bentley is to Big Brotherand Dave Lamb to Come DineWith Me – the sound of permanence in the fickle, fleeting world of reality TV. Only…

HOME CV WHO LIVES HERE? Designers Maria and Antti Hiltunen with their one. children, Alex, three, and Albert, WHERE IS IT? crountyide outside Tampere, in the south of Finland. A terraced house, it was in pretty good nick when they bought it. ‘We got rid of the more romantic elements and used coats of black paint instead,’ says Maria. Easy! SHOP THIS LOOK NOW: cloudberryliving.co.uk, ikea.co.uk, madeindesign.co.uk, heals.co.uk LOW’S THE WAY TO GO The black, white and grey palette gives the house a relaxing feel, and so does the low-slung furniture, like the bench (try the Bestå Burs bench at ikea.co.uk).The scheme is softened by texture: seen on kilim rugs (check out westelm.co.uk), plain, knitted pouffes (retrofurnish.com) and woven baskets (house-envy.co.uk).The workspace fits in so seamlessly that it's almost…

THEVINTAGEVIBES ON PLANET FASHION are strong right now – and no wonder. A pitch-perfect ’70s outfit (think a denim dress or suede mini, floppy hat and tribal jewellery) can work as well on the city streets as it does at a festival or on an exotic holiday. And don’t forget your tassels – whether on bag or shoe, they’re bang-on-trend. Very.co.uk has these trend-hitting essentials ticked with its latest summer pieces dropping online now. From the standout feather collar necklace that can elevate a classic white tee into luxe boho, to the tasselled ankle boot that adds a thrift-store touch to the prettiest of frocks, the collection features boho’s finest. But while your look may be rooted in everything retro, what’s far from old-fashioned is Very.co.uk’s next-day delivery service, which…

Thank you Grazia for speaking out about miscarriage and how important it is to share the experience rather than suffer in silence. In this day and age where very few things are private, it seems so strange that miscarriage still seems to be a taboo subject of conversation and somehow shameful although, obviously, the person going through it is not in any way to blame. Before I had a miscarriage myself, and having had one son fairly easily, I never understood the pain involved with losing a baby. After getting pregnant a second time, I was told that there was no heartbeat at my routine 12-week ultrasound scan – I was devastated and actually the pain of two further miscarriages, along with negative pregnancy tests afterwards, was almost worse. Even…