Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 812 i Grazia

there’s something deliciously satisfying about September – a feeling that autumn heralds a fresh start, of sorts. This year, as we edge tentatively into a bit of normality, the promise feels even more precious. And yet, if you’re anything like me, after 18 months of disruption you might be struggling to get your head around what to shop, see, read and watch. So our autumn hot list (page 44) is here to help, rounding up the best new appointment TV, including the much-hyped return of Sex Education. On page 38, our cover star Aimee Lou Wood shares some secrets from the new series. Meanwhile, if you’re excited about the return of boots, coats and knitwear, see page 60 for our breakdown of the key trends ahead. And bone up on…

“Everyone must fight the rollback of women’s rights It was a dark day for progress when Texas turned back the clocks and banned abortions from as early as six weeks, with no exceptions, even for rape or incest. The landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling – enshrining a woman’s right to choose a termination – was reversed overnight when the (mostly male) US Supreme Court failed to block the brutal new law. It sounds like dystopian fiction, but is all the more horrifying for being real. From Texas to Poland to Northern Ireland (where abortion is now legal, but access is still an issue), this is an insidious erosion of women’s rights. We need everyone – not just women – to stand up for our reproductive freedom.”…

BIG KNIT ENERGY This limited-edition sweater is knitted directly at the Marc Cain headquarters in Germany, and brings a much-needed pop of hot pink to autumn wardrobes. £319, Marc Cain IT’S ALL HUNKY DORY British knitwear brand Hades is celebrating its fifth birthday by releasing the Hunky Dory collection, in honour of the legendary David Bowie. I’ll wear this sweater tank over cotton shirts or bare arms – a chic update to the band tee. From £225, hades-shop.co.uk BRIGHTEN UP My face is feeling a little dull after quite the pub-filled August. Prai’s Ageless Triple Action Radiance Tonic is super-gentle and ideal for delicate skin. £20, Marks & Spencer SAVE OUR SOLVES A summer of slides and sandals has left me with feet that need to be cradled. Ugg’s Fluff…

FOR MOST OF US, it felt like the Hot Girl Summer/Summer of Love we were all promised never quite materialised. But, as ever, the A-listers are living in a different world entirely – and that world is full of sexual tension and hot new relationships. In fact, 2021 has proven that after a few years’ hiatus, the concept of the power couple (which seemed to fall out of fashion when we waved goodbye to Brangelina in 2016) is most certainly back, and the stakes have never been higher for those A-listers to prove their worth. But which power pairing will take the crown? Let’s meet the contenders… ZANNING A new and unfeasibly hot pairing has emerged in the form of Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum. The couple were snapped on…

IF YOU’RE ONE of the most famous women in the world, you likely have all of the most expensive resources for wellness, beauty and fitness at your fingertips (so, we won’t beat ourselves up if we don’t look as good in our forties and fifties). While that’s certainly true of Jennifer Aniston, who has been linked to almost every wellness fad going – from infrared saunas to gold sculpting bars – there is also one simple and accessible practice which, friends say, has transformed her life. The Morning Show star is now said to have incorporated all-female meditation circles into her everyday wellness routine, using them to ‘set intentions’ for upcoming life-changing events, and to ‘increase healing’ around her during times of negativity. Some of us may be dismissive of…

BORROW YOUR MATE’S HOODIE YOUR OWN IS NEVER QUITE AS GOOD AS ONE YOU BORROW. JUST THE RIGHT SLOUCH-TO-COSINESS RATIO AND PERFECTLY OVERSIZED. 2001 SPACE ODYSSEY PART ASTRONAUT, PART ’90S CLUB KIDS, METALLICS GET A SPACE-AGE UPDATE FOR THE SEASON IN THE SHAPE OF SILVER PADDED JACKETS AND HOLOGRAPHIC LEGGINGS. LITTLE VS LARGE BAGS IT’S ALL OR NOTHING HERE. SUPER-DUPER SIZE TOTES FOR DAY AND TEENY TINY BARELY-FIT-YOUR-PHONE-IN BAGS FOR WHEN YOU’RE OUT-OUT. QUEEN OF HEARTS PART HELENA BONHAM CARTER AS THE QUEEN OF HEARTS IN ‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND’, PART NOUGHTIES KEY CHAINS AND LOGO TANK TOPS. REGAL RURAL TO NAIL THIS TREND JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE WEARING A SILK SCARF AT, LITERALLY, ALL TIMES AND IDEALLY WITH LARGE SUNGLASSES. SHERBET BAGS SWEET SHERBET SHADES ARE YOUR WINTER ACCESSORY…

DESIGNER VERONICA LEONI, who heads up 2 Moncler 1952, is one of fashion’s best kept secrets. The new collection is packed full of pieces you’ll want to add to your forever wardrobe. Would you expect anything less from a woman who has worked for Phoebe Philo and Jil Sander? moncler.com THE QUEEN OF ’90S minimalism, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s pared-back polish still makes a compelling case for ‘less is more’ dressing. With a series on her and JFK Jr in the works, expect a new generation to fall in love with her style. YOUR NEW WARDROBE mantra? According to John Lewis & Partners: ‘two-mile wear’ – clothing that’s comfortable for staying in and sufficiently stylish for the outside world. That’s exactly what you can expect from its in-house label, Anyday, which is…

WHAT HAVE I HAD done to my face? Oh, I dunno: everything? Pretty much. Botox (in my forehead and crow’s feet) and filler (just below my temples, for a lifting effect, and in my lips) – yes – but also: Thermage (at 111 Skin on Harley Street), Ultherapy (at the Cosmetic Skin Clinic just around the corner) and Morpheus8 (at 23MD in Chelsea), which use ultrasound, radio frequency, microneedling, or some combination of the three, to lift and tighten the face. But also? Skin conditioning lasers (from the brilliant Debbie Thomas), mesotherapy (a cocktail of vitamins and collagen-titillating goodies, from Dr Frances Prenna Jones, FPJ, to those in the know), Profilho (a softer, more free-floating sort of filler that plumps the face very gently, from Dr Sarah Tonks, who has…

Have your say… Email us at feedback@graziamagazine.co.uk ■ Find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @GraziaUK LANGUAGE BARRIER Totally agree with Polly (Why Latin is probably not the way to level up education; 23 Aug). I’m an Essex comp girl and proud of it. When I worked in the City in the ’90s, priority was given to Oxbridge types and I never understood why. Comp kids are more streetwise and resilient and less intimidated by the opposite sex. I went on to be HR manager at a top investment bank with no degree, although I did have patter, charm and an assured handshake. Who needs Latin? Pah! Cheryl LATE BUT GREAT I loved Doree Shafrir’s article (Confessions of a late bloomer; 23 Aug). I did everything ‘late’ – first boyfriend…

I’M SITTING in the corridor of my local hospital’s imaging department, waiting for another test on the lump in my breast. The lump I’d thought was nothing – I’d had it for years, have had it checked before – then couldn’t find, anyway; ah, but, no, cos then I woke at 3am, had an anxious grope, realised it definitely was there, had possibly (probably? Definitely!) changed/grown/become itchy, and oh God, oh God, it was time to ring the doc, except it really wasn’t: it was 3am. Now? I’m an hour into tests, boob-flattening contraptions, ultrasound gloop. ‘Pretty sure it’s nothing sinister,’ says one consultant after another, after the GP who referred me, ‘but let’s just send you through for another round of tests, eh?’ It’s like a shit version of…

AS ONE OF the original cast of Love Island’s seventh series, Faye Winter was on our screens almost every night this summer. Bold and fiery, she quickly stood out for her one-liners, sample: ‘I’m about as edgy as a fucking circle.’ She had a whirlwind of a time in the villa, going through intense highs and extreme lows. Now released from quarantine following her return to the UK from Mallorca, the Devon-born lettings agent is living with the consequences – good and bad – of her roller-coaster time in the villa. Ofcom received almost 25,000 complaints – the most for any episode of Love Island – about her explosive response after she was shown a clip of her now-boyfriend, Teddy Soares, saying he was sexually attracted to Clarisse Juliettè. Yet…

SHOULD YOU BE wishing to do statement dressing this season, there is no shortage of options. You could be the woman in the superhero catsuit. You might want to dive head first into top-to-toe logos. Perhaps you’ll dare to bare (almost) all in one of the many sheer frocks that dominated the A/W ’21 catwalks. If you veer towards a quieter sartorial disposition, however, you needn’t be disheartened. This season is also making the case for understated heroes – the kind of building-block pieces that transcend trends. The kind of pieces that spell the arrival of a new season, but don’t require a style – or personality – overhaul on your part. Leading the charge is the Breton striped tee. You probably already have one (or 10) in your wardrobe.…

PHOTOS: INSTAGRAM.COM/WILDSISTERSBOOKCO FROM THE BLUE and yellow cover art currently dominating your Instagram feed to the uncorrected proofs selling on eBay for $200, this week’s release of Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You comes with all the hype of a Telfar Shopping Bag drop. Her third novel tells the story of Alice, a hip young novelist, and her best friend Eileen, who works at a literary magazine, and their love interests. The Times calls it ‘beautiful and serious’. Clearly, Rooney is in a class of her own as a novelist, her profile at an all-time high after the spectacular success of the BBC adaptation of her last novel, Normal People. Even before that, though, her impassioned, millennial audience put her at the centre of a burgeoning publishing phenomenon: the…

NEW TV COMING SOON... HELP The cream of Liverpool aligns to nail the human cost of Parliament’s manhandling of the Covid care home catastrophe. Old friends Jodie Comer as the carer, Stephen Graham as the cared-for. Truly, the mightiest, meatiest TV drama of dreams. Channel 4 SHOWTRIAL The bratty daughter of an irksome tycoon goes on trial after a fellow working-class student disappears. The media is on high alert as class dynamics, sexism and the law clash. From the producers of Line Of Duty. BBC One RIDLEY ROAD Sarah ‘Him And Her’ Solemani scripts this brilliant four-parter about a Jewish woman embedding herself into neo-Nazi London. 1960s kitchen sink meets The Black Klansman, anyone? Rita Tushingham adds the note-perfect period detail touches. BBC One AND RETURNING SHOWS… THE MORNING SHOW…

PHOTOS: INSTAGRAM THERE’S A NEW HONESTY in business. Patricia Bright – entrepreneur and one of the UK’s biggest social media success stories – has seen it herself, and she’s part of a wave of women who are now unapologetic about showing vulnerabilities at work. Accelerated by a pandemic that’s seen a flexible working revolution, toddlers popping up in work meetings and women running companies from the kitchen table, women in business feel more able to open up about the struggle to keep all the balls in the air. ‘The [working] women that I see are transparent about the fact they are trying to juggle many things all at one time,’ says Patricia, 34. ‘There are so many women who are mothers who will say that they have a nanny, or…

DIOR 1. MADE AND CRAFTED A ‘make do and mend’ mentality comes into play this season with crochet, patchwork and cut-and-stick styles aplenty. Lockdown turned us all into quite the DIY connoisseurs and, while our own projects may not have materialised in the way we had imagined, Loewe, Gabriela Hearst and Matty Bovan most certainly have you covered. 2. really large vs really little Behold the mega-tote. Demonstrated perfectly at Khaite, these are bags you can fit your whole life in. When it all gets too heavy, sling it over your shoulder Santa-sack style, as seen at Burberry. But if you don’t fancy a bag with its own postcode, head to the opposite end of the spectrum with an itty-bitty handbag. You’d be hard pushed to fit a lipstick in…

Trying on an outfit for a wedding a few weeks ago, I found myself rooting through my mum’s cupboard. I was looking for a jacket that would go over my dress – a long pink slip from Asceno – and toying with the idea of a beaded pashmina, when suddenly we had a brainwave. Tucked away in my mum’s second closet was a row of my grandmother’s embroidered blouses – the top half of a traditional Southeast Asian outfit she would frequently wear, called a nyonya kebaya – one of which was stitched with blossoms in a shade of pink that matched perfectly. My discovery was a timely one. This month is Second Hand September, Oxfam’s long-standing campaign encouraging people to abstain from new purchases for 30 days and buy…

DURING THE FIRST LOCKDOWN, Greek designer Dimita Petsa began hosting ‘Wetness Workshops’ designed ‘to provide a safe space for people to come together, feel more grounded and connected to themselves’, she says. ‘We exercise healing through water rituals, performance, movement practices and poetry reading.’ This sums up the multi-disciplinary, inclusive attitude of her brand, Di Petsa, which debuted at London Fashion Week for A/W ’20. ‘I want to create beautiful garments that make everyone feel empowered,’ she says. Her signature wet-look dresses, which are custom-made, individually draped and sewn by hand, celebrate the female body and have been worn by a pregnant Gigi Hadid and Kylie Jenner. ‘It’s a huge honour to know they connect not only with the garments, but the messaging behind them, around self-love, self-confidence and unashamed…

SWEET SCENTS can be too saccharine, with many feeling less like a perfume, more like a flavour. They underpinned adolescence and shouted very loudly about syrup and honey, but the minute you hit adulthood you shrivelled your nose up in disgust. Rejecting them forever isn’t necessary now, though, because there is a sweet spot, filled with sophisticated scents that are as comforting as they are nostalgic. As we re-enter society, the timing could hardly be better. ‘They feel familiar and reassuring, and that’s what you need in times of stress,’ says Stephen Watkins, research fellow at Givaudan’s Health & Wellbeing Centre of Excellence. The olfactory equivalent to banana bread, these perfume pick-me-ups tick all the boxes. 1. Gucci Flora Gorgeous Gardenia EDP, £105 for 100ml True to form, the latest…

STRIKE IT RICH This season the colour palette deepens to opulent, almost tactile shades that evoke a sense of total comfort and luxury. Think layers of rich blues and pinks, burnt orange, forest green and plum. GO GLOBAL We may not have been able to travel the world as usual, but the world has come to us through bold patterns, shapes and colours. OPT FOR ARTISANAL Add crafty-style pieces to your decor for a relaxed, handmade mood. Look out for organic shapes in muted shades. KEEP IT COSY Chairs have got seriously snug this season, with an emphasis on touch-me fabrics, such as bouclé and wool, combined with wonderfully curvy shapes. GO WILD! This autumn/winter’s animal print comes with claws! Make a statement with furniture or add an accessory for…

A SLOW FIRE IS the process by which acid, found in paper, slowly eats a book from within – over decades, the pages become brittle, they start to crumble away. Eventually, entire books can be destroyed. When author Paula Hawkins found out about the process, she realised the metaphor was perfect for the cast of characters she was at that time creating inside her third novel – a world where a group of Londoners are pulled together as their lives are pulled apart following the murder of one young man on a barge. ‘Each of them is carrying something inside – whether it be shame or guilt, a lust for vengeance, even love – which is slowly eating away at them from the inside,’ says Paula. ‘Each holds the seeds…

FABULOUS FORTIES I couldn’t agree more with Elizabeth Day, ‘Things got so much better in my forties. This is the time of my life’ (6 Sept). I’ve been inspired by her podcast and her celebration of things going wrong. Turning 40 can feel like a huge deal – well, it is. But I’ve found it to be my best decade yet. My career is in better shape, I know what I want from life and I’ve hit my peak confidence. Holidays, friendships, fitness are all much better. I feel more adventurous. I also look better. I tell myself, ‘It took me 40 years to look this good!’ Hope…

1. Up SANDRA OH The Chair (Netflix) is about as hilarious and concise an assessment of our current cancel cultural strife as you can get, and Sandra Oh is impeccable within it. 2. Up AQUAMAN Aka Khal Drogo of Game Of Thrones; aka Mr Lisa Bonet; actually: Jason Momoa. Currently Baba Voss in season two of Apple TV’s V good SEE. Big fans of his… work. Big, big fans. 3. Non-mover STANLEY ‘THE TOOCH’ TUCCI Actor, foodie, cocktail-making heart-throb (google his Negroni video for details). Our paths crossed recently, and let us say: we were not disappointed. Not at all. 4. Up HELEN MIRREN Have we ever been more in need of images of a resplendent dame on a Venetian canal in a bejewelled bodice, double-handing a clutch? We think…

WHETHER YOU’RE 14 OR 40, September always has a certain back-to-school feeling. Summer is officially over (sob), but there is at least one reason to be cheerful: it’s time to give your autumn wardrobe a spin. The problem with getting dressed right now is that you can quite often feel as though you’re caught in the grey area (quite literally) between hot and cold. That’s why, years since they graduated, the fashion set still tends to rely on the easy appeal of a uniform. Back then it might have meant blazers and ties, but now it means mixing denim with pearls (à la Rihanna) or zhushing up your trouser suit with a silk scarf flourish. So it’s time to pick your new season uniform. 1. SUIT + SILK SCARF Reinvigorate…

Laura Bates , founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, explains why she’s backing Grazia’s campaign to criminalise cyberflashing PHOTO: STOCKSY ASK THE AVERAGE man the last time he saw an unsolicited vulva and he’s likely to look at you as if you’ve gone mad. Ask a woman how many unwanted ‘dick pics’ she’s received and she’ll probably run out of fingers to count them on. The disparity is because forcing unsolicited pornographic images on people is a form of sexual abuse and, like all sexual abuse, it is gendered. Yet dick pics are still often seen as a bit of a giggle. Harmless fun. Nothing to make a fuss about. As a society, we struggle to take this issue seriously, to see it as a real violation. It is one…

Don’t Laugh, It’ll Only Encourage Her by Daisy May Cooper, out in October Find her hilarious chats with her publisher on her Stories. Wahala by Nikki May, out in January Billed as Sex And The City with a killer edge. Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, out in February A multi-generational debut generating hype. Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes, out in February The sequel to her classic, Rachel’s Holiday. The Candy House by Jennifer Egan, out in April The follow-up to her Pulitzer-winning A Visit From The Goon Squad. Meredith, Alone by Claire Alexander, out summer 2022 Meredith hasn’t left her house for 1,215 days...…

EMMA JANE UNSWORTH’S GROWN-UP GUIDE TO FRIENDSHIP MY FRIENDS AND I used to celebrate our similarities: the tastes we shared, the way we liked the same weird comedy shows on TV, the same dark, noisy nooks at festivals, the same dubiously named shots (Blood Clot or Brain Damage, anyone?). Now, we celebrate our differences. Yep – these days, it’s not so much the things that make us alike as the things that make us different that keep bringing us back together, time after time. Sometimes, I think friendship, boiled down to its purest elements, is just that: choosing each other, and each other’s company, over and over. As different as you may be. This became apparent to me on a recent weekend away with three friends, where it was more…

Marigolds JIL SANDER These canary yellow gloves are strictly not for scrubbing the tub. Roll up your sleeves and you’re ready to go. Just be sure to finish any texts beforehand. Gaiter boots Ten points for practicality, guys. Update your bog-standard knee-highs for Acne Studios and Sportmax’s gaiter style boots and be ready for any apocalyptic weather that’s thrown our way. Curtains LOEWE Take inspiration from upholstery and all the trimmings. Forget the matching dungarees from the days of The Sound Of Music and throw on a tassel or 10; this is the 2021 Loewe update. Comfort blankets GABRIELA HEARST After the past year, a nice reassuring squeeze in the shape of a comfort blanket is so very welcome. If you’re not ready for more knitting, wrap yourself up in…

CHARITY SHOPS CANCER RESEARCH UK 24 Marylebone High Street, London W1U 4PQ Marylebone’s Cancer Research UK is the charity’s first boutique-style store, with a high-end selection of fashion. TRAID 106-108 Kingsland High St, London E8 2NS With daily stock refreshes, Dalston’s Traid is your one-stop shop for pre-loved designer, vintage and high street, with proceeds going towards the charity’s global projects to support textile workers. OXFAM SUPERSTORE 6,500 Alec Issigonis Way, Oxford Business Park North, Oxford OX4 2JZ The Oxfam Superstore, which opened in 2019 to great fanfare, is an 18,500 sq ft space dedicated to second-hand clothes, accessories, homewares, furniture, books, records and toys. MARIE CURIE 71 London Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire SK9 7DY This Alderley Edge outpost has undergone something of a rebrand, becoming the charity’s first designer…

BRIGHT EYES It’s time to dip back into colour. ‘Choose a bold primary or an icy pastel,’ says make-up artist Andrew Gallimore. ‘Be playful with your application and don’t strive for perfection.’ Sold on this look? ‘Trace above the lash line, from the inner corners of eyes out towards the ends of your brows, to lift and lend structure.’ LOUD LIPS If a punchy eye feels too daunting, focus efforts on your lips with a rich and deeply saturated shade. The key, according to Andrew, is to go easy on skin. ‘Use foundation only where you need it – concentrate on your T-zone, where blemishes and imperfections most commonly occur, leaving the rest of skin lightly veiled to ensure lips take centre stage.’ LEFT: TOP (JUST SEEN), £155, JACQUEMUS AT…

FORGET THE WHITE LOTUS, what we’re all watching now are DIY reels and stories (if you haven’t caught it, do check out @theinteriorsedit’s wavy mirror how-to). Thanks to a pricey property market, which means do-er uppers are sometimes all that’s affordable and a pandemic-fuelled interiors obsession, renovation has definitely become a thing – the number of house reno influencers has soared, with Instagram filled with hands-on folk meticulously documenting the transformation of their rundown pads. But renovating a house that comes with hours of DIY is a massive task and, while ditching the day job to become a full-time reno influencer is a path taken by some, most juggle a full-time job with sanding and painting. It’s not easy – as these women have found... FLAT-OUT WORKING Midwife Olivia Likosso…

WALLPAPER THE CEILING Wallpaper is now making it on to the ceiling. ‘I think ceilings are the most overlooked surface in a room,’ says stylist Whinnie Williams, designer/presenter of BBC Three’s Flat Out Fabulous. ‘Giving them attention makes the room immediately feel considered, instantly drawing the ceiling down and wrapping the room around you. An abstract, geometric or something without a direction will make it feel like it’s not upside down. It’s a tricky job but totally worth it.’ Margate Marble, £115 per 10m roll, Poodle and Blonde RULE OF SIX Hexagonal tiles are taking over Instagram. ‘If you’re looking to create interest in a space, hexagon tiles will help to make it stand out,’ says Grazzie Wilson, creative lead at tiles company Ca’ Pietra. ‘If you tile the walls…