Table of contents for Issue 585 in Grazia

It’s hard to keep up. Every minute of every day seems to bring more news, from all spheres. First Chilcot, then Theresa May vs Andrea Leadsom. We’re going to have our second female Prime Minister in history, whoever wins (read Ayesha Hazarika’s brilliant piece on page 32). And away from the political world, it’s still pretty incredible that the fashion powerhouse Christian Dior has appointed Maria Grazia Chiuri its first ever female creative director (see page 28). But what we’ve all enjoyed most is that these women haven’t been talked about because of their gender, but their abilities and achievements. As we head towards what’s starting to resemble actual summer, we grilled the beauty A-list on what to pack for holiday on page 82, and assembled the hottest new clothes…

FOLLOWING THEIR RECENT break-up, Calvin Harris claimed to have nothing but ‘a huge amount of love and respect’ for Taylor Swift. But that was before she moved on with Tom Hiddleston, just two weeks later. Now, furious Calvin is said to have told friends that he ‘wishes he’d never met’ the singer. Last week, his new single Ole was widely speculated to have been inspired by her new relationship – with the lyric, ‘Low-key you won’t tell none of your friends about me,’ thought to allude to Tom’s famous Thor character, Loki. It’s apparently a song told from Tom’s point of view before Calvin and Taylor split. Could a revenge romance of Calvin’s own prove the answer? Enter Taylor’s friend Kendall Jenner, who he has privately described as his ‘ideal…

Photos: AKM-GSI-Xposure, Instagram/@britmaack ‘I LOVE TS. SERIOUSLY?’ ‘It's cute. Put it on.’ Just picture it: Taylor Swift, America's sweetheart, holding out the romance-announcing vest to Tom Hiddleston, her body language coy, her eyes clear: put on the f** king shirt right f** king now. It was just the most recent stop on the Hiddleswift romance world tour, the two of them on a mission to hold hands on every beach in the Western hemisphere. We’re used to seeing her in heartbreak mode, but it's interesting to watch her smack in the middle of ‘relationship testing’ ground. Every kissed hand in an Italian bistro, every beach selfie, every (we hope temporary) blurry heart tattoo – a classic Boyfriend Test. I can relate. I’ve been known to organise karaoke during the early…

Photos: Rex Features, Alamy, Splash News. True Rocks ‘rock n roll' bottle pendant, £195 at truerocks.com I joined the Labour Party at the weekend. Gloria De Piero – the bloody magnificent MP for Ashfield, who walked from Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet in the wake of the sacking of Hilary Benn – told me I should, and she was right. There’s no point bitching and moaning about the demise of the left, about how you always voted Labour but now feel alienated by the party, and despairing of it, and i s like your whole political identity is in question et ceteraaaah, et ceteraaaah… if you’re not going to get off your arse, and try and make it better. £3.92 a month isn’t much for a shot at voting in a…

OUR PANEL CHARLIE GOWANS-EGLINTON Grazia’s fashion news and features editor has an eye for the eclectic and a pathological fear of men in flip-flops. @charliegowans JIM SHELLEY Grazia's resident bloke writes about television, film and man united. What he dosen't know about chiffon is not worth knowing -literally. @jimshelly17 OLIVIA PALERMO CHARLIE SAYS: Talk about dressing to a theme. Uncharacteristically for OP, it’s an outfit whose whole is lesser than the sum of its parts, which might be quite jolly individually. Worn all together, they make me blink a lot. JIM SAYS: Birds, pineapples, withered cacti... a jacket that cries madness. Remarkably, matching black and white stripes with white and black stripes is not the worst thing about it. YOU SAY: Olivia gives us a lesson in how to print…

IT STARTED WITH NINA. We were seven years old, already exiled to the social fringes: her for being too loud and too wild, me for being so shy I’d willed myself invisible. So when our families bumped into each other in Disney World, hundreds of miles from home, it seemed our friendship had been ordained, if not by the fates, then at least by Mickey Mouse. By the time we got home, we were inseparable. I worshipped her, for exactly the same reasons our classmates and teachers didn’t. She never stopped talking and always said what she thought. Nothing scared her. Meanwhile, everything scared me. I was afraid of getting an answer wrong, of getting in trouble, of embarrassing myself, of ever letting anyone know how I felt. With her…

IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BEHIND SCHEDULE, but it looks like the British summer is finally heating up – and so are our wardrobes. Whether or not you’re jetting off to foreign climes, this season’s key prints are of a distinctly exotic nature. Moroccan tile prints and distinctive repeated motifs elevate simple shapes – think lightweight tailored trousers and lace-up dresses. For understated style that’s spot-on come weekend or work day, pair bold printed trews with a white cotton blouse. Balance out brights with wear-everywhere tan wedge sandals that nod to the 1970s trend – and give just enough added height for maxidress mastery. If busy prints and clashing colours aren’t your bag, look for embroidered trims on jewel-hued shift dresses and simple tops – an easy way to upgrade…

hotos: Jason Lloyd-Evans, Marco Vittur. Jurlique: jurlique.co.uk. Sally Hansen: superdrug.com. Soigné: soignenails.com. Sparkly Nails: sparkly-nails.co.uk Where we spotted it Perfectly painted across model fingertips at Tanya Taylor. Why we loved it This simple-but-graphic iteration of the negative space manicure is an off-duty option that can elevate any look. Ways to wear it The creator of this nail, Madeline Poole, gave each model a unique colour combo, so select yours and make striping tape your NBF – this way you’ll never paint outside the lines.…

Photos: Jason Lloyd-Evans, Indigital, MarcoViittur Thought the pony was the preserve of down days and gym sessions? Think again. This summer, our favourite low-maintenance up-do got a serious upgrade. From helix-style twists at JW Anderson to substantial braids at Proenza Schouler, purposeful plaits at Céline and precisely formed ropes at Public School, the fash-pack swooned hard at this lot. Adding quick and easy polish to any look and devastatingly simple to achieve, the only edict is to plait or twist your pony before sealing it firmly at the bottom.…

THE DRINK OF THE SUMMER has to be new Starbucks Teavana Iced Tea, which comes in a range of flavours to suit every taste bud. For health-and-beauty-conscious types, Iced Tea Lemonade is the ideal choice. Made from premium black tea with the youngest, freshest leaves, it is lightly sweetened and mixed with refreshing lemonade and ice, for a cool, unique taste. Just as the new season encourages you to shake up your look with different make-up shades and hairstyles, so it calls for a new drink to perk up your day. So grab a Teavana Iced Tea Lemonade from Starbucks to complement your summer look! For the full range, go to starbucks.co.uk…

Photo: Zoltan Tombor/Mondadori Photo CANCER 22 Jun – 23 Jul People arguing about money, a deal that’s gone wrong or some kind of deficit in their lives will be extremely vocal, if not belligerent. So be glad that the rational planet Venus is moving into fiery Leo and enabling you to calm things down and restore peace. Do keep an eye out for one particular individual who is feeling especially aggrieved. If necessary you must make it clear that unnecessary upset simply won’t be tolerated. LEO 24 Jul – 23 Aug Complex matters have been difficult to share with others recently. So take advantage of the way in which someone you trust is suddenly available to talk to you in privacy. You don’t always realise how…

1 UNDER-THE-RADAR LABEL Floral dress, £140, Vali Boutique (valiboutique.com). Uber-luxe resortwear alert! Ideal for any Elle Macpherson-ites among you… Wear with a swimsuit for a glamorous poolside look. 2 JUST ARRIVED Earrings, £355, Jennifer Meyer for Net-A-Porter (net-a-porter.com). Jewellery maestro Jennifer Behr never fails to impress, and her latest capsule collection for Net-A-Porter is nothing short of fabulous. Everything is 18ct gold and some pieces have diamonds. Très chic. 3 PRE-FALL PICK Top, £463, and skirt, £831, Edun (matchesfashion.com). According to Edun, the look of the mo is tribal warrior meets city slicker. We love the sheer overlay of the animal-print skirt. Partial to punk? This is how to do summer leather. 4 OLIDAY HOLDALL Bag, £19.99, New Look (newlook.com). This bargain tote has frequent-fash-flyer written all over it. Room…

Photos: SGP/vantagenews.com, i-images, OIC, Splash News, Instagram/@marksandspencer, Instagram/@victoriabeckham SHE’S BEEN OUR STYLE crush for almost a decade and, thanks to her collections with brands like AG Jeans, J. Crew and M&S, we’ve all managed to steal a piece of Alexa Chung’s look. But, despite the success of her collaborations, Alexa has so far held off launching a label in her own right. Until now. Grazia can reveal the wheels are finally in motion for Alexa to start her own fashion line after testing the waters with previous projects. The official announcement will be made this week and her debut collection will go on sale next year. Though Alexa has long hinted that she would like to run her own brand, sources say her recent success with M&S (her Archive Collection…

the look captured by photographer Jonathan Paciullo at NYFW S/S ’16 Photos: Frenchy Style/Blaublut-Edition.com, Manrepeller/Instagram CAN’T DECIDE WHAT TO WEAR in the morning? We’ve got a canny new solution – and you don’t even need to take off your dressing gown. As slips and camis dominate the catwalks, street-stylers are taking the underwear-as-outerwear trend one step further, turning to their PJ drawers for a lightweight summer cover-up. Leave the white towelling for the bathroom, mind you – this latest incarnation is slinky squared, from bold stripes (see Leandra Medine above in a multicoloured robe from American loungewear label Sleepy Jones) to chinoiserie florals. So, how do you wear them – outside of the house, that is? Balance out bedroom vibes by keeping it simple and not too dressed up –…

PARIS COUTURE is like no other fashion week: there is no good or bad, almost everything you see is amazing, the crème de la crème (whether it tempts you or not is another matter). It is tiny, with just 27 designers listed on the official Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, showing over a five-day period every July and January. There is no mass culling of trends – last week’s clouds of tulle, feathers, capes and exaggerated shoulders were everywhere – but, no, the high street isn’t waiting, scissors at the ready, to knock any of it off: mass manufacturing couldn’t possibly reimagine such awe-inspiring craftsmanship. Couture is an island for the super-rich: the most elite, velvet-roped, insider-insider of fashion parades showing made-to-measure clothes for the privileged few – make…

Words: Hannah Flint Photos: Fameflynet.uk.com, Splash News SHE’S ACCUSED HIM OF BEING ‘paranoid’, ‘scary’ and ‘physically dangerous’. Now, Amber Heard can add ‘petty’ to the list of adjectives used to describe Johnny Depp. Last week, the actor changed a tattoo on his knuckles from ‘Slim’ (his nickname for Amber) to ‘Scum’. He has form modifying his ink; having previously changed his tribute to Winona Ryder from ‘Winona Forever’ to ‘Wino Forever’ following their split. It comes following weeks of acrimony after Amber filed for divorce earlier this year. Just four days later, she claimed she had been subjected to ‘excessive emotional, verbal and physical abuse’ throughout their relationship. In the weeks since, photos of a bruised Amber surfaced, along with conflicting reports over the veracity of Amber’s claims that she…

TRUE ROCKS GOLD COLA BOTTLE NECKLACE High-end kitsch. My fave kind. ELETHEA My current skin obsession, made by actual biochemists. LAURIE LEE LEATHER Custom-painted bikers YES PLEASE. ABB Anything But Brexit. Fashionable diktat on dinner-party chat. SHOULDER STRAPS ManRepeller says the tube top is back. Consider this your four-minute warning. INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE WICKER BASKET BAGS Saw one for over £2k! Not sure that’s the point. UNDERBOOB Everyone’s flashing ‘high thigh’: when the leg hole on a body is above the top of a jean, as to show thigh.…

INSIDE NEW YORK FASHION CIRCLES he is known by one name only. ‘Colby’ is the go-to guy for models, celebrities and editors, and getting an appointment at his atelier in Williamsburg – the epicentre of hipster Brooklyn – took weeks of emails to set up. But J Colby Smith isn’t a hot new designer, celebrity hairdresser or even a plastic surgeon. He does wield a needle though, and his clients swear by its anti-ageing benefits. J Colby Smith is a piercer. And not just any piercer. Emma Watson, Scarlett Johansson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Zoë Kravitz, as well as models Candice Swanepoel and Erin Wasson, have all graced his sleek black leather piercing table before me. Putting holes in some of the most beautiful faces in the world doesn’t faze him. ‘The…

Words: Hannah Flint Photos: Getty TENNIS TALK WHAT Evian Live Young suite WHERE All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club WHO Sam Smith, Erin O’Connor We headed to Wimbledon to join Amber and Yasmin Le Bon courtside as Federer played on Centre Court.Tinie Tempah challenged us to table tennis, while Laura Whitmore explained the rules of tennis to Sam Smith LADIES NIGHT WHAT WTA Pre-Wimbledon party presented by Dubai Duty Free WHERE The Roof Gardens, ON Kensington WHO Judy Murray, Serena Williams The biggest names in female tennis put their rivalries aside (well, almost) at the WTA pre-party. Serena made a quick exit but she was up late the night before singing Taylor Swift at karaoke. Photos: courtesy of Miu Miu, Getty Images and Anthony Harvey CURTAIN CALL WHAT Summer…

Photos: catwalking.com, Jason Lloyd-Evans METALLICS Get your shine on, sharpish Heavy metals are always big news for the festive season, but for summer? When it comes to all things shimmery, the rules have changed. It’s time to go strong with metallics (accessories like a silver envelope clutch are no longer going to cut it). Pair tailored trousers and midiskirts in tin foil-inspired finishes with more neutral pieces – think florals and denim. Now you can sport sparkle off the dance floor without resembling a disco ball.…

1. EGGSELLENT Eggs for breakfast? Sure. Eggs in our skincare? We were sceptical. Until we discovered Too Cool For School’s Egg Mousse Body Oil, £19, that is. Bursting with nutrients fresh from the yolk, it leaves limbs feeling silky-smooth and generally superior. selfridges.com 2. BIG. BRONZED. BRILLIANCE There’s something fabulous about a super-sized bronzer – even more so when it’s finely milled and oh-so sweetly scented. L’Oréal Paris Glam Bronze La Terra, £12.99, takes us from lacklustre to luminous in a single swoosh. boots.com 3. LIP HIT Mulberry mouths were big news on this summer’s catwalks. Get yours courtesy of Christian Louboutin’s Loubilaque in Akenana, £60. Sure, it’s not cheap, but its pretty hue, high-shine, non-sticky finish and statement packaging are surely dressing table-worthy. selfridges.com 4. TRY A TREND Tap…

ELIZABETH LISMORE Grazia’s freelance sub-editor I love a good whodunnit, especially one set in the atmospheric murk of Dickensian London. Anna Mazzola’s characters grip you from page one as she sets the scene for a grisly murder (based on a real case from 1836) and the ensuing plot encompasses a love triangle and every strata of Victorian society. The fate of Sarah Gale and her little boy George kept me hooked. EMILY PHILLIPS Grazia’s features and special projects editor I studied Victorian history keenly at university, and loved being thrown into the sights and smells of London 1837. Convict Sarah Gale – a seamstress and mother before the calamitous death of a young bride – is beguiling in her inability to reveal her secret, but lawyer Edmund won’t let the…

There have been a lot of dramas about missing children (The Disappearance, The Missing) but none featuring Winona Ryder in full lunatic mode tearing her white trash hairdo out over her vanished son. Stranger Things, the handiwork of wunderkind twin writer/directors Ross and Matt Duffer, has it all. We are in the small-town Americana of Hawkins Indiana, 1983. The local cop, Hopper (David Harbour: Ryder’s brilliant foil), notes that the worst thing that’s happened to the town before the vanishing of Will Byers was an owl landing in Eleanor Gillespie’s hair. Will’s disappearance represents a chilling interruption of suburban repetition. It’s smartly observed, blackly comic and with a deft feel for supernatural symbolism. Winona’s first properTV role is commercial catnip and, yep, she’s still got it. But Stranger Things is…

We invite you to a special event to launch this exciting new book ‘Food is at the centre of everything we do in Spain. As we eat breakfast, we think about what we will have for lunch, and during lunch we discuss what we will serve for dinner’ Miriam González Durántez It’s an honour to welcome Grazia Collective ambassador Miriam to Waterstones Piccadilly for the launch of her book Made In Spain: Recipes And Stories From My Country And Beyond. An immigrant to the UK and from a family of food-lovers, Miriam was determined to share her love of her native cuisine with her sons and maintain her connections with Spain, so she started a cookery blog called mumandsons. It is from this that the recipes included in Made In…

1. NEW IN THE SUPER-HOT GRANDAD Twitter went into overdrive to uncover his identity last week. He is, it transpires, Irvine Randle, a 54-year-old teacher from Houston, Texas, and his is one fit GILF. 2. NON-MOVER JAMES NORTON Odds on him being the newest new James Bond were slashed last week. Having stalked him and his cheekbones round Pret A Manger once, we can get behind this. 3. UP DAME JUDI DENCH ‘DJD’, as we tend to think of her. Anyways, she just got her first tattoo at 81, and it reads Carpe Diem. So there. 4. NEW IN FRAME DENIM LOOKBOOK GIRLS Models Steffy Argelich and Julia Hafstrom, looking exactly like we only just realised we dream of looking. (This lookbook = the Pirelli calendar of the fashion crowd.)…

Photos: PA, Facebook “IT’S OK TO BE SCARED, IT’S NORMAL. I MEAN, YOU’RE ABOUT TO DIE. YOU CAN’T THINK ABOUT IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO DO IT. IT’S TIME, BABE” ‘YOU’RE FINALLY GOING TO BE happy in heaven. No more pain. It’s OK to be scared and it’s normal. I mean, you’re about to die.’ ‘You can’t think about it. You just have to do it.’ ‘So I guess you aren’t gonna do it then, all that for nothing.’ ‘You’re just making it harder on yourself by pushing it off, you just have to do it.’ ‘So are you sure you don’t wanna [kill yourself] tonight?’ ‘It’s time, babe.’ These messages make for chilling reading. Days after Michelle Carter, a 19-year-old student from Massachusetts, sent them to her boyfriend Conrad…

IN A FEW MONTHS, Britain will have its first female Prime Minister for 25 years. Add this to a (possible) victory for Hillary Clinton in November, and international politics could be about to see a May/Leadsom – Merkel – Clinton axis of power, with Christine Lagarde at the International Monetary Fund. In the post-Brexit chaos, it was Nicola Sturgeon who provided determined leadership and hot-footed it to Brussels to try to keep Scotland in the EU. Meanwhile, as confidence in the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn collapses, all eyes are on Angela Eagle to challenge him. And it’s not just politics. Christian Dior just announced its first ever woman as artistic director for its womenswear collection – Maria Grazia Chiuri. So, does this mean we have finally arrived in a feminist…

* AT GRAZIA TOWERS TRUE LOVE WITH TRUDEAU Canadian Prime Minister and all-round awesome dude Justin Trudeau marched in Toronto’s Gay Pride Parade last Sunday. He walked alongside Syrian refugee Bassel Mcleash, who later said he’d thanked the PM for bringing in tens of thousands of refugees, and added: ‘He told me that Canadians were the ones who asked him to take in refugees. I wanted to cry. I was barely able to contain myself.’ Same. POLICE KILLINGS SPARK PROTESTS The deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile in Louisiana and Minnesota last week, have sparked fresh #blacklivesmatter protests. Philando’s girlfriend livestreamed the aftermath of his death. PISTORIUS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN JAIL It’s been three years since Reeva Steenkamp was shot four times through a locked toilet door.…

Photos: PA Photos, Allstar/BBC Pictures, LMK Media I FIRST MET CAROLINE at Granada Studios in Manchester (I’d just joined the cast). I told Caroline I was on my way to see my mum in Colwyn Bay for her 50th – nearly 20 years ago now. She wrapped up a tin of beans in the office kitchen with a bit of newspaper and said, ‘Aww – give that to your mum and say happy birthday from me.’ I did; my mum was ecstatic. Caroline was the Queen of Comedy – a national legend from The Fast Show and Mrs Merton, and a favourite in our family. She was very beautiful and intimidatingly feminine; I admired how she always wore prohibitively high wedges and had perfect hair and make-up. She seemed like…

Fashion assistant Fanny Martini Make-up Céline Exbrayat Hair Stephanie Farouze Model Irina Shnitman…

CHANEL 1 THE VACATION VETERAN Model, mum and businesswoman Kourtney Kardashian is always holiday ready. ‘I exfoliate weekly with Shiva Rose Sea Siren Body Scrub, about £43.50, and work out five days out of seven. I drink an avocado, coconut milk and manuka honey shake every morning and take a spoonful of turmeric oil, too. I love looking bronzed so, a week before I go, I’ll do a Manuka Doctor ApiRefine Illusionist Rapid Lift Mask, £29.99 – its glowing effect really lasts. I use Smashbox Bronze Lights Bronzer in Warm Matte, £25, and always pack Manuka Doctor Brightening Facial Oil, £19.99 – they’re great overnight after a day in the sun. Khloé and Mum gave me a monogrammed Goyard trunk for my birthday – I can’t wait to use it!’…

*One portion of Warm Smoked Trout Salad, New Potatoes, Beets & Soft Boiled Egg contains: CALORIES 386 kcal, FAT 12.3g, SAT FAT 3.4g, PROTEIN 30.9g, CARBS 40.4g, SUGAR 10g, SALT 1.3g, FIBRE 5.8g INCLUDES 2 PORTIONS VEG & FRUIT WARM SMOKED TROUT SALAD Trout is a brilliant source of protein, which repairs and builds our muscles, and vitamin D, which helps our muscles function (full nutritional info far left)* Serves: 4 Prep and cooking time: 25 mins 800g new potatoes 4 large free-range eggs 200g fine green beans 1 bunch of asparagus (350g) 6 heaped tablespoons natural yogurt 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar 3 teaspoons grated horseradish 1 bunch of fresh chives (30g) 1 lemon 4 x 70g smoked trout fillets, from sustainable sources 100g raw mixed-colour baby beets 1…

SUNDAY SECRETS If the pace of The Secret Agent is a little wonky, the cast is amazing.Toby Jones plays a spy, tipping off Russians from his sex shop in Victorian London, charged with the mission of blowing up Greenwich Observatory. His wife is a beleaguered Vicky McClure. And his arms boffin is Ian Hart on scene-stealing form. Sunday, 9pm, BBC One ROBOTIC MOVES Conspiracy theorists’ fave Mr Robot returns. Season one chimed perfectly with its moment, aggravating fears around hacking, national security and US corporatisation. Season two falls into a different political climate, with Donald Trump overtaking digital warfare as the public’s enemy number one. Friday, Amazon Prime POOR RELATIONS Rounding out an utterly fantastic TV week is The Out-Laws, a Belgian thriller that snaps with some of the amazing…

DON’T GIVE UP ON LOVE Thank you for The truth about dating when you’re disabled (4 July). Kristen came across as a strong, interesting and independent woman and it was awful to hear about the abuse and discrimination she’d come up against on Tinder. I myself had to use a wheelchair for several years due to an illness, so I have some idea of the bizarre and often upsetting comments that people make, even when they are complete strangers. I think most normal, caring people have no idea that this even happens to disabled people because they wouldn’t make comments like that themselves. I wanted to say, hang in there Kristen and don’t give up. There are wonderful and decent men out there, but they can sometimes take a while…

SHARON ROONEY, 27 The My Mad Fat Diary actor takes an exclusive selfie – and reveals all Who is your best friend? Anna Devitt. We met in my first year of college. I can go to her with anything and she’ll always be honest. What is your biggest regret? That I didn’t spend more time with my gran Mary before she died. What is your biggest extravagance? ASOS! I wouldn’t like to guess how much I spend on it a month because it would make me feel sick. I check the ‘new in’ page most days; it’s an addiction. When was the last time you were embarrassed? I was filming Brief Encounters and Penelope Wilton [right] walked in on me shooting a scene where I was having sex on a…