Table of contents for Issue 716 in Grazia

us, our new inclination toward high-horse self-righteousness is my least fave. Spare me your high-minded insistence we must Leave, ‘lest we undermine the democracy upon which our entire country is built!’ Spare me your pious, patronising insistence Remain is the one truly evolved way, and those who voted against it ‘are merely hurting themselves!’ Spare me any rhetoric involving ‘young people’, ‘cliff-edges’, ‘Leave means Leave’ and/or ‘Project Fear’. And spare me your ‘People’s Vote’ chat – campaign for a second referendum by all means, but drop this tagline designed to make it sound more salt-of-the-earth meaningful and revolutionary than the original. I voted Remain, and I’d do it again; but I will not be self-righteous about it. I can’t. I voted Remain not because I foresaw the sh** show currently…

The Government has announced it’s working on new laws that will force digital companies to take down harmful content more quickly and face legislation if they don’t do more to protect users from content promoting suicide and self-harm. This came in the same week as research from The Prince’s Trust revealed 16- to 25-year-olds have become more anxious, with 18% now disagreeing with the statement ‘life is really worth living’. A decade ago, just 9% disagreed with that statement. Meanwhile, 57% believe that social media creates an ‘overwhelming pressure’ to succeed, with almost half saying that comparing their lives to their friends’ makes them feel ‘inadequate’. These results were made public shortly after it was revealed that youth suicide rates have almost doubled in eight years. The causes of anxiety,…

OLD IS THE NEW NEW. Or at least it is on Planet Kardashian right now, where Kim, Kendall and the rest of the koterie are repping vintage clothing with their usual enthusiasm. Consider the evidence: Kourtney was spotted last week in a mesh Jean Paul Gaultier top, printed with the Venus de Milo. It wasn’t the debut for the top, which had previously been worn by Kendall last summer, and was originally seen on the catwalk in the ’90s. Kim’s also been on a vintage Gaultier trip: she wore a sheer cropped top and skirt for a recent TV appearance, and in an act of apparent fashion diplomacy (it was said to be intended as a peace offering to the French designer, whose iconic fragrance bottle Kim’s KKW bottle, ahem,…

Deborah Davis, Oscar-nominated writer of The Favourite ■ Seize rejection as an opportunity. Rejection forced me to explore other options.When I began writing creatively, I tried my hand at poetry. I never succeeded in getting one poem published so I moved on. But I believe that the constraints of writing a poem – every word matters – helped me to become a scriptwriter. ■ Follow the path wherever it takes you. I could never have predicted where The Favourite would lead when I wrote the first draft 20 years ago. ■ Be strategic, not emotional. Scriptwriting is a business and you must learn to play the game.Acquire an easy, friendly persona who can brush off rejection with humour. No one likes to be made to feel guilty or…

Grazia is co-hosting an event on Friday 8 March to mark International Women’s Day. ‘BAFTA Masterclass: From Script to Screen, in association with Grazia’ will comprise a panel of female BAFTA members and industry experts who will discuss how they started in the business, plus offer tips on how to get your first screenplay off the ground. The event will be held at 7pm at 195 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LN.To apply for complimentary tickets, visit graziadaily.co.uk/bafta-screenwriting.…

WHEN AN ACTOR friend asked KiKi Layne to read lines with him for an upcoming audition, she never expected she’d be the one who would end up being cast in the film. Then, she read the part of the film’s female lead. ‘I literally said, “It’s me,”’ says KiKi now. The character’s name was Tish, and the film was If Beale Street Could Talk – the follow-up to Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, which won Best Film at the Oscars in 2017 after that mix-up with La La Land. After finding someone to represent her so that she could send off her own audition tape, KiKi beat 300 others to get the part. ‘I don’t know what it was about her,’ she laughs. ‘It was a very spiritual thing. I felt something…

NEXT MONTH BARBIE, that tiny icon of youthful, fresh-faced femininity, will turn 60. And, like most women of her age, she’s been though some ups and downs. In spite of the 200-plus careers she’s had – and running for President on four separate occasions – in her mid-fifties the perennially popular 11.5 inch plastic doll experienced something of a slump, finding herself out of step with modern tastes and values, Millennial mothers less inclined to endorse her notoriously unattainable body shape when buying toys for their offspring. Sales were steadily falling, dropping 20% between 2012 and 2014, the year that Barbie was unceremoniously elbowed off the top spot of girls’ toys (by Elsa from Frozen ) for the first time in a decade. But in a move that would make…

Snakeskin THIS POWER NEUTRAL will ensure your bag is super-versatile for maximum wear. Natural textures RAFFIA, SEAGRASS AND BEADING bring an all-natural beauty – and just get better with age. Belt bags THE HUMBLE BUMBAG has had an upwardly-mobile reinvention – now it’s super-stylish as well as practical. Top-handle STRUCTURED and in a sophisticated colour palette, the top-handle bag is a classic that can be dressed up or down. Colour block GRAPHIC BLOCKS of colour create an eye-catching statement to elevate the simplest of outfits. Canvas CASUAL AND NEUTRAL, these bags are perfect for weekend getaways. Pastels SHERBERT SHADES from pistachio to blush will make you feel spring-ready. Cross-body HANDS-FREE SADDLE and mini-bags are the ultimate day-to-night plus-ones.…

The holy grail of concealers, Charlotte Tilbury Magic Away Liquid Concealer [1], £24, hides any blemishes. Prep skin with Charlotte Tilbury Goddess Cleansing Ritual duo [2+3], £32.50. The citrus oil-cleanser brightens, while the charcoal cleanser purifies. Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Brows, £18.50, coats, shades and grooms every single hair for fuller-looking brows. Benefit Brow Contour Pro [5], £29, comprises an edge definer, arch highlighter and two shades to fill in. Inspired by Audrey, Charlotte Tilbury Luxury Eye Shadow Palette in The Sophisticate [4], £39, features cream, taupe and chocolate shades. Go bold and channel Audrey’s ’50’s look with a swipe of Chanel’s new Rouge Allure Velvet Lip Colour in Impérial, £31… …Or take inspiration from Breakfast At Tiffany’s and work a nude lip. Avon Perfect Nudes Lipstick in Au Naturale [7],…

PUT 22 FEBRUARY in your diary now. This is the date that the ground-breaking movie On The Basis Of Sex , based on the extraordinary life and achievements of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, explodes onto the big screen. In the wake of #MeToo and Time’s Up, this truly inspirational biograpy has more resonance than ever. Academy Award nominee Felicity Jones plays Ruth as a young mum and law student, whose husband, also training to be a lawyer, falls ill with cancer. Battling to care for him and their baby daughter, while attending his classes as well as her own to get them both through law school, she graduates top of her class only to find no law firm wants to hire a woman. This glaring injustice inspires Ruth…

THE SECRET TO a really great outfit? Great underwear. Get the foundations of your look right and you’ll feel elegant, confident and ready to take on whatever the day throws at you. And if you’re in need of an underwear upgrade, head to Asda, where the new George lingerie collections have got you covered. George’s new season offerings comprise three different ranges. First up, there’s the Basics collection of everyday essentials, such as ultra-comfortable T-shirt bras, supportive sports bras and super-soft multiway and plunge styles. Next there’s the Pretty collection, which includes romantic lace sets in a variety of chic shades, from soft neutral tones to vibrant brights. Then there’s the Entice range. With intricate design details this sexier, premium offering is perfect for all those extra-special occasions when you…

THERE AREN’T MANY TV shows I’d advise watching with a cold flannel and stiff drink. But then there aren’t many tales like the double abduction of Jan Broberg in Abducted In Plain Sight. What initially looks like another of the endless succession of Netflix true crime documentaries soon turns out to be a jaw-dropping exercise in next level macabre. As soon as Mary Ann Broberg asserts that her neighbourhood of Pocatello, Idaho was the kind of place you left your doors open at all times, you know a monster lurks. It is the first of her succession of breathtaking naiveties. When the family meet Bob Bertchold at church, he quickly inveigles himself into their lives, to no apparent protest, despite warning flares igniting at every turn. He re-engineers the Broberg…

KEEP THAT APPOINTMENT I was captivated by ‘I missed my smear tests. Now I’m infertile’ (28 Jan). At 32, I fell pregnant with my daughter. After three months of bleeding and quite gloomy forecasts for my unborn baby’s health, we were finally told she was in fact totally fine – but that I may have cancer. It’s all a blur now, but it was so hard not knowing what would happen and undergoing so many appointments. Thankfully, soon after she was born I got the all-clear. Although I was terrified throughout, I clung on to the knowledge I was up to date with my smears and told myself it had to be OK. Smears are definitely no trip to the spa, and for me had always been uncomfortable and dreaded,…

Awards season is now in full swing, and the good news is that more women have been nominated at this year’s Academy Awards than in 2018. The bad? They were still absent from five whole categories, including Best Director, while only one woman was nominated for Best Original Screenplay. Which is why, this week, Grazia is launching our first-ever screenwriting competition to give more women in film a voice. After all, now is the perfect time to celebrate the power of female-led stories: this year’s biggest films, The Favourite and Roma , are competing for 10 Oscars each – and both place women front and centre. More of that, please.…

A LAWYER’S OFFICE in Los Angeles was the venue for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s first public sighting since announcing their sudden split in September 2016. The meeting last month – the final stages of their divorce to discuss financial affairs – followed more than two years of public acrimony, a difficult custody battle over their six children, a child abuse investigation (swiftly dropped) and news that Brad was seeing Charlize Theron. You’d be forgiven, therefore, for thinking that it would be yet another testing moment in a break-up that has routinely been dubbed the most acrimonious in Hollywood history (the couple were once only able to communicate through others following Angelina’s shock decision to file for divorce). But, to the surprise of many, the three-hour meeting, in which they…

PHOTOS: JASON LLOYD EVANS TEMPERATURES may have dipped below double digits recently, but that hasn’t stopped a surge of interest in one of summer’s slinkiest silhouettes: the slip. According to fashion search platform Lyst, searches have soared by 41% in the last six weeks. But hang on a sec. Surely the slip, that barely there wisp of a dress (a literal slip of a thing) championed by Kate and Naomi in the ’90s, is made for warmer climes and bedrooms? Not necessarily. Layer it right and you have one of the hardest workers in your wardrobe. To give it a winter 2019 stamp, take one of Raey’s or Joseph’s muted silk slip dresses, layer it over a mesh top – like those by Molly Goddard – or under an XXXL…

ORIGINAL Provocative, weird (in a good way) and totally different to anything else out there. Working with Nicola Formichetti, this era can best be summed up in two words: meat dress. ART POP Repeat after us: Lady Gaga is not a pop star, she’s an art project. Her commitment to the sartorial cause was second to none. NORM CORE For her next act, Joanne-era Gaga did something nobody saw coming, foregoing theatrics for full ‘normal’ (including, gasp, distressed denim). Lesson: expect the unexpected. HOLLYWOOD Gowns! Diamonds! Action! As a leading lady she’s embraced classic Hollywood glamour, but with a hint of directional drama. Gaga’s still Gaga, after all.…

DREW BARRYMORE in a rumpled shirt with her G-string peeking out of her trousers (2000); Julia Roberts at the Golden Globes in a man’s suit and tie (1990); Jane Birkin in a loosely tucked pyjama top (1992). Not outfits you’d be likely to see at an awards ceremony or premiere today – because in the last 20 years, red-carpet dressing has evolved beyond all recognition. We live at a time in which all-powerful stylists present celebrities with gowns carefully selected to project the right message: this actor is intellectual, this actor is adorable, this actor is a bombshell. But back then, if you were invited to a red-carpet event, you went shopping – or just pulled something out of your wardrobe. You didn’t rehearse photos in different lights to make…

Jessie Buckley Her next film, Wild Rose, received a standing ovation at Toronto Film Festival last year. And with good reason. Jessie, nominated for the EE BAFTA Rising Star award, plays a single mum/ex-inmate who dreams of becoming a country singer. Watch it and declare ‘a star is born’. Letitia Wright Another EE Rising Star nominee, Letitia was the breakout star of last year’s Black Panther. This year, she appears in Avengers: Endgame alongside Brie Larson, as well as Guava Island (Rihanna and Donald Glover’s under-wraps and much-hyped project). Thomasin McKenzie The 18-year-old star of Leave No Trace was lauded by critics for playing a teenage girl whose father has PTSD. This year, New Zealander Thomasin will be seen in The King with Timothée Chalamet. Naomi Scott Londoner Naomi is…

Forget breast versus bottle, if you have a child, another conundrum is heading your way – to Barbie or not to Barbie. As a kid, I loved her. I recently got my hands on 1980s Peaches and Cream Barbie and the joy she sparked was off the Kondo scale. But when I had my first daughter, I imagined we’d be a Barbie-free home. Too thin, too blonde, too busty, too obsessed with Ken and ball gowns. Instead, I opted for Lottie dolls. Lottie’s great. She has a girlish figure and cool hobbies like astronomy and fossil hunting. But then my mum, who works in a charity shop, brought back a stash of Barbie stuff – and let’s just say that Lottie and her telescope haven’t been very busy lately. Instead,…

Try the ‘Tilbury Tap’ and massage Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream [1], £49, into skin for a hydrated, glowing canvas. Ideal for fair skin tones, Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution in Red Carpet Red [2], £24, is a rich shade that really pops. Create the effect of a fuller Hollywood pout with Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat in Kiss ’N’ Tell [3], £16. A velvety matte liquid lipstick, Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Lips in Screen Siren [4], £24, flatters dark skin tones. Inspired by Japanese calligraphy, the fine-tip brush of Charlotte Tilbury The Feline Flick Liquid Eye Pen, £22, makes creating a cat-eye flick a doddle. Pair a crimson lip with lashings of mascara for ultimate impact. We love Milk Makeup Kush Mascara [5], £20.50. Delivering a Marilyn-esque punchy pigment, best-seller MAC Ruby Woo…

IF THE LAST five years could smell, then they’d be shrouded in the sweet stench of coconut oil. You would have to be hiding under a rock not to notice its use in EVERYTHING from skincare, to coffee to cooking. Yet am I the only person who is willing to say I literally can’t stand the stuff ? “I simply want to know which oil is best to cook with!” I don’t mind the odd coconut-scented sun lotion and the oil is good for rubbing into my cracked heels (for the beauty record, a dermatologist once told me it’s the worst thing you can put on acne-prone skin), but cook an egg in it? Forget it. If the health bloggers are to be listened to, then everything from bacon to…

PHOTO: INSTAGRAM/MOTHERPIXELS Emerald Lake Lodge, British Columbia, Canada Stay at this mountain retreat in Yoho National Park and you can soak up the breathtaking vistas of the Rocky Mountains from your cabin windows or from the bubbling outdoor hot tub. The only holiday accommodation on the lake, each of the 24 cabins has a wood-burning fire and no television, making it perfect for a sybaritic escape. When the snow falls, go cross-country skiing, while in summer, Emerald Lake turns a beautiful jade blue and you can take to the water in a canoe.…

PAN-FRIED COD WITH A WARM TARTARE SAUCE Serves 2 INGREDIENTS 40g butter Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 x 150g skinless cod fillets 50g fresh podded or frozen peas 200g cooked Maris Piper potatoes, diced Bunch of asparagus 100g samphire For the tartare sauce: 50ml hot fish stock 100ml double cream 1 tbsp fresh mayonnaise 1 little gem lettuce, shredded 4 baby gherkins, diced 1 tsp nonpareille capers A few dill fronds, chopped 50g white crab meat Juice of ½ lemon METHOD 1 Heat a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat until hot then add 15g of butter. Season the cod and as soon as the butter has melted, cook the fillets for 2-3 mins on each side, until the fish is opaque all the way through.…

HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY The statement ‘tell them yesterday’ (‘At 13, my parents told me I was a sperm donor baby’, 4 Feb) resonated with me. I told my son about our sperm donor from the very start. I made a scrapbook about the journey, how a very special person gave me some ‘fairy dust’ to help the egg grow inside me. As he is getting older we are explaining everything in more detail. We talk about his features, hair colour, eye colour and discuss what might come from me and what might come from his donor. We talk openly and positively. I urge anyone using donor sperm or egg donations to be honest with their child. It is not, after all, something to be ashamed of. My child…

PHOTOS: GETTY, FACEBOOK, LAURET NICOLAON/NATURIMAGES 1 NEW IN LIZZO Classically trained flautist, singer and rapper, teetering on the verge of setting the world on fire. Won’t play Flight Of The Bumblebee; says it’s ‘for basic bitches’. 2 UP NATASHA LYONNE Formerly of OITNB, now starring in Netflix’s Russian Doll, which is as weird as it is brilliant. We grow increasingly obsessed by this one’s look – wardrobe-wise and existentially. 3. NEW IN BIG SEXY Real name Buddy. A cat model who went missing from a NYC fire department calendar shoot last month. Fears grow for his safety. Find Big Sexy, New York! 4. NEW IN DONALD TUSK President of the European Council, featured here by popular demand. Reasons offered: ‘he’s a bit gangsta’, ‘he pronounces his name Tsk’; ‘he sometimes…

WHO KNEW that the Unicode Consortium – such a boringly named organisation that I initially pictured a round table of grey-suited men discussing encryption software – would turn out to be one of our greatest thought-leaders, paving the way for acceptance and tolerance across the entire globe? And who knew that it would be possible to do all this via the medium of… emojis? Let me elaborate. The Unicode Consortium is the non-profit corporation that creates new emojis every year, taking requests and reviewing what’s needed as it goes. Depending on your sophistication levels (I have a handful of emoji snobs among my friends), your first reaction might be that these tiny cartoons are a lowbrow waste of time, their greatest strength being that they allow us to text each…

INT. THE VOID – NIGHT A black nothi ngness. Then in the nothingness two figures. It’s unclear if they’ve just arrived or have always been there, and though difficult to see we’ll come to know them as KENNY and SAM. Kenny journeys forward first, with a light trepidation. KENNY Hi. SAM Hi. KENNY Who are you? SAM Do we do that here? KENNY You don’t have to give me your real name. But something to call you by would be nice. SAM Nice? KENNY Preferred. SAM By whom? KENNY I’m Ken. SAM Ken? KENNY There’s no need to question it, it’s just a name I’ll answer to. SAM Hi Ken. KENNY You can be Sam. SAM Sam...? A beat.…

1 PRETTY AND EERIE ARE AN INTOXICATING COMBINATION ...says designer Erdem Moralioglu of Peter Weir’s 1975 film Picnic At Hanging Rock ‘It’s a Victorian gothic classic, as pretty as it is eerie. I love the dark underbelly of this film. The starched white Victorian girls slowly coming undone… It’s like a beautiful and peculiar dream. It’s a film I go back to again and again.’ 2 FOR FULL-ON GLAMOUR, BOND GIRLS DO IT BEST ...says Nadja Swarovski, member of the Swarovski executive board, of Lee Tamahori’s 2002 film Die Another Day ‘I love this classic, stylish, lavishly made production. Swarovski supported the costumes and sets for the film. For instance, when Jinx (Halle Berry) and Bond are lying in bed, surrounded by diamonds, those are our crystals. Costume designer Lindy…

PHOTOS: BACKGRID, © PETER KNAPP 1973, © RICHARD HAUGHTON. CECILIE BAHNSENLAUNCHING 15 FEB, DOVER ST MARKET. RIXO: RIXO.CO.UK AND AT A POP-UP IN SELFRIDGES. KENZO TAKADA BY KAZUKOMASUI & CHIHIRO MASUI (£55, ACC ART BOOKS). WARDROBE.NYC: 150 WOOSTER ST. NEW YORK, NY 10012, 12 FEB - 24 MAR Channel your Copenhagen cool girl. Cecilie Bahnsen’s beaded Velcro sandals are a high/ low summer win. Wear with socks now. Snap up a scrunchie or statement bag. Rixo’s debut accessories are just as charming as their printed dresses. Commit. Wear one hue head to toe. Rihanna (in #OldCéline) leads the charge. Dream big. Rodarte’s poetic A/W ’19 show was a love letter to classic Hollywood musicals. Peep inside Kenzo Takada’s colourful world with a new tome exploring his life and work. Keep…

WITH MORE THAN 26 years in the business, Charlotte Tilbury’s talent for creating flawless make-up has made her one of the most revered make-up artist in the world. Known by her A-list clients as the ‘Queen of Glow’, what this woman can’t do with powders and pigments frankly isn’t worth bothering with. But it’s not only her magic touch that makes her a force to be reckoned with. She is a savvy entrepreneur who taps in to what women really want – which is why her make-up brand, launched in 2013, is a sell-out success. Here, she shares her beautiful world. IN THE BEGINNING ‘My love of beauty and ambition to become a make-up artist started when I was growing up surrounded by creatives in Ibiza – such a magical,…

Sophisticated, effortless and timeless, Audrey Hepburn is the beauty icon who still inspires the world’s brow game today. Charlotte shows you how to recreate her classic power brow and flawless base… THE CLASSIC HEPBURN STYLE ‘Audrey’s look is naturally flattering for everyone, with strong, groomed brows. She took several iconic beauty looks and added her own touches, which are still relevant today: the ’50s Funny Face era with full brows, a feline flick and pillar-box red lips, but also that ’60s iconic Breakfast At Tiffany’s look of soft, taupe smoky eye and feline flick with a nude lip.’ ENHANCE YOUR EYES ‘Audrey’s soft, neutral matte eyeshadow look is super-flattering, wearable and easy to create. Start by using a blender brush to apply a primer shade all over the lids. Next,…

Eyelash nirvana While I know Yoga Mascara Eyeko won’t improve your crow pose, it’s a damn good mascara that will stay put through the toughest Bikram sesh. £19; eyeko.co.uk Going spare Spare Snacks take all the unloved, wonky fruit and vegetables that might not make it to the supermarket and turn them into delicious air-dried crisps. £1.25; sparesnacks.com Refresh your life We all need Soapwalla The Spray, £16, in our lives. A blend of antibacterial essential oils, including eucalyptus and palmarosa, it will cleanse hands on the go, defunk gym kit and even deter insects. contentbeauty.com PHOTOS: ED MILES, STOCKSY. AMELIAFREER.COM. FOODFORFITNESS.CO.UK…

NOMINATED BY: DOLLY ALDERTON, AUTHOR OF EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE I Love Dick Chris Kraus I love how most of the sex is seen through Chris’s specific prism of fantasy. The radical thing about it is how uncensored her sexuality is. It’s not polite or tame, but unguarded, ravenous and obsessive. I hadn’t realised how little of raw female sexual expression we see in popular culture. I loved the prose, the exploration of infatuation and femininity – and I loved, loved, loved the descriptions of bonking! NOMINATED BY: CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, AUTHOR OF FORTHCOMING QUEENIE Blue Is The Warmest Color Julie March A French-adapted graphic novel about a young girl’s coming of lesbian age, this is as uniquely erotic as it is dark and melancholy. Given…

PUGH’S TWIST on ’80s classics HE WAS ONE of the architects of ’80s fashion and now Claude Montana is back. Farfetch has joined forced with vintage authority Byronesque, who enlisted Gareth Pugh to reimagine pieces from the Montana archive for a limited-edition capsule collection. From £850, farfetch.com HONEYMOON period already over? AFTER SIX MONTHS’ marriage, you’d expect Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber to be in a state of marital bliss. Not so. In an interview that went viral last week, Hailey revealed, ‘I’m not going to sit here and tell you it’s all a magical fantasy. You don’t wake up every day saying, “I’m absolutely so in love.”’ WHAT, THIS little old place? LAST WEEK, JENNIFER GARNER moved in to her new $14 million home in Los Angeles – a…