Sometime during the pandemic years, the two razor-fine lines running horizontally across my forehead have gone from emotion-activated — popping up only when I raised my eyebrows — to just sitting there, all the time. I first noticed when I started zooming into my face in summer-vacation selfies where my […]
It’s been 73 years since the first Oscar for Best Costume Design was awarded. Back then, the category was divided into two awards — for black-and-white and colour films — with Roger K. Furse winning the former for Hamlet and Dorothy Jenkins and Barbara Karinska taking home the gold statue […]
Right now, the beauty world is obsessed with simple, honest skincare — and it seems there’s always one brand in particular on pretty much every beauty enthusiast’s lips. Enter: CeraVe. The cult favourite Hydrating Cleanser often takes pride of place in Instagram #shelfies, while the SA Smoothing Cleanser and Moisturising […]
Disrupted sleep, anxiety, tearfulness, irritability, breast tenderness, food cravings, fatigue, bloating, headaches, brain fog, clumsiness: these are just a handful of the 150 identified symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). No one experiences all these symptoms to the letter; everyone has their own constellation. For some, one or two symptoms may […]
The first time I really questioned the concept of romance was when I was working in domestic homicide (when someone murders their partner or ex). We live in a country where two women a week are murdered by a partner or ex-partner. That fatal form of violence is often the […]
Documenting the bodies of 46 different women, Lotte van Raalte’s debut photography book BODY stands as a testament to the diversity of the female form. Observing women aged 13 to 94, the images highlight the individuality of naked bodies through a series of intimate shots. Lotte, 30, who has worked […]
Endless photographers and artists have spent their lifetimes documenting their lovers as both public and personal venture. Time and again, the roles of lover and muse have folded into one and the same in front of the camera lens. The American photographer Sally Mann, for instance – who famously said […]
If you organise your autumn to-do list in terms of your level of excitement, it’s high time to begin checking things off. Start with the appointments that feel like self-care, whether that’s booking in for the laser hair removal consult you’ve been saving for all summer, a simple brow cleanup […]
For lots of us, our homes have never been as important as they have been over the last year and a half, and with cosy autumn nights approaching, our enthusiasm shows no sign of dying down. Happily, Swedish home furnishing heroes IKEA are celebrating the best of life indoors with […]
After two lonely, locked-down seasons, during which fashion insiders had to make do with viewing short films and online lookbooks from their couches, Fashion Month makes its return, with back-to-back shows, enviably ebullient street style, and trends galore. But while much about the biannual event is the same as it […]
