Innholdsfortegnelse for February 7, 2024 i Stylist

“I don’t really get stressed, to be honest.” I have uttered these words more times than I can remember. I rarely get stressed about work (give me an insane deadline and I’ll give you my best work). Or overly worked up about parenting my four children (diffusing a tantrum – adult or child – is my speciality). And should you give me a project – say, moving house four times in 18 months with said four children – I’ll put my head down. But over the last year, I’ve started to question whether my stress-free persona is actually one big, fat lie. Because while I’m still outwardly juggling like a Cirque du Soleil cast member with a smile on my face, my body is telling – and sometimes shouting -…

politics Women and work will be a key battleground this year With a UK general election looming, 2024 looks set to be a year for political change. For some time, it’s felt like we’ve faced one crisis after another, and between the pay rise gap and a lack of flexible working arrangements, the workplace is yet another area where equality is slipping backwards. Contrary to what we see on the news, there are politicians who are focused on bettering the lives of women. Here are three MPs who have our careers at the forefront of their policies. Rushanara Ali The Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow co-founded the One Million Mentors and Uprising charities, which coach young women through the job search process. One of the UK’s first…

the high liFE Stylist’s Susan Riley takes some me-time at an Italian wellness retreat nestled in the clouds Mountains are my happy place. As are sleek, modernist spas. As is anywhere I can practice daily yoga and eat incredible food. Name me somewhere I can do all of these things at the same time and I am very smug indeed. This particular smug somewhere is called My Arbor in northern Italy – 1,000 metres up in the mountains of South Tyrol, about an hour’s transfer from Innsbruck airport. Just a 10-minute walk from the hotel and you can be on the piste and carving down the nearby slopes. No cable car, no ski bus, no elbows-out crowded slopes and over 300 days of sunshine a year: what’s not to love?…

romcoms The second golden age of the romantic comedy is upon us. From a One Day reboot to #BookTok bestsellers, we investigate what makes a perfect love story in 2024 words: AMY BEECHAMillustration: eleanor shakespeare If we asked you to picture a scene from a film that hit you right in the heart, chances are you’d pluck it straight from the romcom canon. Maybe it’s Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks locking eyes atop the Empire State Building in Nora Ephron’s masterwork Sleepless In Seattle. Or Andie MacDowell declaring her love for Hugh Grant in the pouring rain in Four Weddings And A Funeral. Maybe it’s Julia Roberts rescuing Richard Gere “right back” on the fire escape in Pretty Woman that plays in your mind on repeat. With good reason, the…

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television Joanne Froggatt, star of ITV’s Breathtaking, tells Stylist’s Helen Bownass about her powerful new series The sort of crying I did while watching Breathtaking was a guttural weep. This wasn’t a cute tear wiped away or a cleansing sob, but the sort of full gut-punch of sorrow and anger that is very rare to have while watching TV. But please don’t let that put you off watching it. The ITV drama starring Joanne Froggatt as Dr Abbey Henderson is a powerful and unflinching three-part series, based on consultant Rachel Clarke’s 2021 memoir of the same name, about working on the frontline of an urban hospital during the Covid crisis. Written by Clarke (still working in the NHS) alongside Jed Mercurio and Prasanna Puwanarajah (both former junior doctors), the…

books Can’t get enough of journalism that really gets you? Good news – Stylist has poured its soul-searching ethos into a brand new book, How To Be Curious: Ideas To Make You Think Differently There is one question we ask ourselves constantly here at Stylist: ‘who are you?’ You, as in the person reading this right now. What makes you tick? How can we be a better friend to you, a cheerleader? A brand that makes your world bigger and better? We’ve spent 14 years thinking, researching and writing about you. Your wellbeing, your work, your relationships, your life. And in 2024, we’ve decided to distil that knowledge into a book – How To Be Curious – that will help you dig into your own psyche with the curiosity…

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all the need-to-know news from executive fashion director kitty mcgee Spring’s standout trend is all about celebrating extraordinary everyday pieces, as Libby Page, market director at Net-a-Porter explains, “It’s about the essential items in our daily wardrobes but elevated to new heights of design and style.” So whether you’ll be wearing elegant tailoring or slick sports-infused basics, a practical handbag that works with all of these looks is an investment worth making. Mulberry’s minimal Clovelly bags are a great work-to-weekend option, while Michael Michael Kors’ new Colby shoulder bag comes in a whole spectrum of both playful and traditional shades, and Tory Burch’s Lee Radziwill Double Bag is a roomy yet elegant choice. Bag, £620, Tory Burch (toryburch.com) Bag, £345, Michael Michael Kors (michaelkors.com) Bag, £110, Guess (guess.eu) Bag, £1,295,…

STRESS IS A FEMINIST ISSUE New Stylist research reveals a silent epidemic: women are more stressed than ever, yet the world is shrugging its shoulders and offering us bubble baths and candles. It’s time we took the long-term impact of women’s stress seriously, writes Meena Alexander You’ve had the work day from hell. Meetings about meetings, enough deadlines to make your heart race and your chest tighten until it felt like you might drown at your desk. A friend asks if you want to go out, but you haven’t got the energy to do anything but doomscroll on the sofa (last night you woke up at 2.55am again panicking about the bills you haven’t paid, the birthday you forgot and that weirdly ominous thing your boss said yesterday that could…

fashion The perfect shoe to see you through spring and into summer in style. Flat, fabulous and goes with everything. Pliés optional Sometimes a trend is so perfect, it just keeps coming back. Take the ballet flat: it’s had three big resurgences in the last 20 years, although some would argue that it never really went out of style. Fashion search engine Tagwalk identified a 198% rise in ballet flats on the catwalk for s/s 2024, so it seems safe to declare it the shoe of the season. While trainers remain a cornerstone of modern dressing, there’s been a shift towards smarter flats, with loafers coming to the fore for a/w 2023 and now the ballerina flat offers something more delicate for spring. On the s/s 2024 catwalks we…

HONEST CAREER NOTES ON STRIVING, FAILING AND FINDING FULFILMENT Sarah, 47, is a chief scientist at personal nutrition app ZOE, and associate professor at King’s College London. She lives in south London with her husband and two children At school, science was my least favourite subject. I never had any burning ambition to become a scientist but I was always fascinated by the human body, so studied physiology at university. Now, more than 20 years later, I have a PhD and lead the world’s biggest nutrition study. At ZOE, we provide at-home tests that monitor things including your blood sugar and blood fat levels to see how different foods affect your body. Plus, we analyse your poo to help determine how healthy your gut is. I start the DAY…

lift your spirits ‘Mood enhancers’ have been noted as a major fragrance trend for 2024, and Chanel’s latest concoction ticks all the boxes. With notes of rich jasmine, zesty citron and ambery teak wood accord, each spritz emits a sparkling floral scent that is uplifting but still has an elegant intensity that lasts all day. Spray it onto your pulse points and enjoy an energising boost that’s as refreshing as your morning shower. Eau de parfum, £136 for 100ml, Chanel (chanel.com)…

stylist advertorial Celebrate the new year in style with the Latest In Beauty x Stylist beauty box collab, the aptly-titled and amazing value What’s Hot 2024 Edit Having dragged ourselves through blue Monday, dry January and various other new year traumas, it might be nice to actually have something to look forward to right now. Allow us to oblige. That’s right, the time has come for the next instalment in our series of Latest In Beauty x Stylist beauty box collabs, the appropriately named What’s Hot 2024 Edit. And as you’d expect, given our previous track record, this is quite the treasure trove, representing some of 2024’s most stellar brands. Featuring 20 products, 16 of them full size, this beauty box includes the Stylist-approved likes of Calvin Klein, L’Oréal Paris,…

Testing the tips, trends and latest launches in the world of wellbeing Stylist explores the latest shortcut to a healthier digestive system Imagine a world in which you no longer had to fork out on ferments or chomp your way through mounds of veg to maintain a healthy gut. Instead, you simply get hooked up to an IV drip in a nice, warm clinic while you get your monthly microbiome medicine. Sounds great, right? Well, that world does exist – plenty of clinics do offer gut-boosting vitamin and mineral drips that claim to bolster the microbiome, but their efficacy up for debate. As well as sleep, stress and exercise, diet is the single biggest factor when it comes to gut health, and specifically plants. That’s because there are nearly 100…