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Steve Salter wears: wool coat, £1,390, 

MAISON MARGIELA at HARVEY NICHOLS. 

Cotton top, £205, CALVIN KLEIN 

205W39NYC. Linen trousers, £450; and 

linen shirt, £375, both LOEWE X PAULA’S 

IBIZA. Susie Lau wears: cotton, linen and 

sequin dress, £1,450, LOEWE X PAULA’S 

IBIZA. Tights, Susie’s own. Leather and 

cotton shoes, £395, MOTHER OF PEARL. 

Nico wears: cotton jacket, £22, 

PEACHEYBOO. Cotton babygrow, £35; 

and polyester hat, £82 (part of set), both 

NOÉ & ZOË BERLIN. Tights, Nico’s own 

ON THE 

NEWSSTAND COVER 

Dua Lipa wears: dress and 

hat, both Chanel. 

ON THE 

SUBSCRIBERS’ COVER 

Dua Lipa wears: dress, Simone 

Rocha. Bra and briefs, 

both Dolce & Gabanna. Socks, 

Sockshop. Shoes, John Lobb. 

HAIR: Anna Cofone at The Wall 

Group using Oribe. MAKE-UP: 

Francesca Brazzo using Chanel 

Éclat Transparence de Chanel 

and Hydra Beauty Micro Liquid 

Essence. NAILS: Adam Slee at 

Streeters using Rimmel London. 

TAILOR: Michael Hunt. 

ON THE 

SPECIAL COVER 

Eliza Cummings wears: dress 

and shorts, both Saint Laurent. 

Earrings, Lustre of London; 

and necklace, Anton Huenis, 

both at Alexandra May. 

HAIR: Ben Skervin at The Wall 

Group using Bumble and bumble. 

MAKE-UP: Andrew Gallimore 

at CLM Hair & Make-up using 

NARS Cosmetics. 

Nails: Chisato Yamamoto at 

David Artists using Chanel Le 

Vernis in Blanc White and La 

Crème Main. SET DESIGN: Trish 

Stephenson at CLM 

EDITOR’S LETTER 

In the month of the royal 

wedding, editor-in-chief 

Anne-Marie Curtis reflects 

on a modern kind of love 

10 THINGS 

New cultural highlights to 

put on your radar this month 

HOROSCOPE 

Another month, another 

fashion cosmos – here’s 

how to style out June 

LOVE LETTER 

Andreas Kronthaler writes 

to his wife and muse 

Vivienne Westwood 

THE NEW UNISEX 

Gender shouldn’t define 

how you dress – ELLE looks 

at the labels going co-ed 

FASHION NEWS 

Dresses go non-dressy, 

hair slides are embellished 

and anoraks are back 

ZOOM: DOUBLE UP 

Pair up with a friend 

to work these colourful, 

co-ordinating looks 

MARKETPLACE 

Tulle, florals or texture? 

Here’s how to style them 

VENUS RISING 

Champion, activist 

and trailblazer – Venus 

Williams on what’s next 

MY WORLD: 

PETALON FLOWERS 

ELLE meets the couple 

behind the Insta-perfect 

floral service and explores 

their east London home. 

ELLE BOOK CLUB 

Our top picks to read this 

month, plus Alice Black, 

director of the Design 

Museum, reveals what’s 

on her bookshelf 

E L L E J U N E

THE ELLE WAY TO 

DO WEDDINGS 

Your day, your rules. 

From the engagement right 

through to the ceremony, 

ELLE reveals the modern 

way to tie the knot 

ON… THE REAL 

POWER OF #METOO 

Journalist Richard 

Godwin explores how 

men can help advance 

the #MeToo movement 

PRIM NOT PROPER 

Pretty doesn’t have to mean 

cute – here’s how to add a 

nonchalant edge to your look 

THIS IS US 

What is love in 2018? We 

meet ten couples redefining 

relationships to find out 

NEW LIFE RULES 

Record-breaking singer 

Dua Lipa talks love, life 

and friendship 

ROYAL REBEL 

Sheer, short and statementworthy 

– this is ELLE’s take 

on regal dressing 

SUMMER LOVIN’ 

Monochrome looks for 

when the weather heats up: 

summer style made simple 

LOVE LIPS 

Glossy, matte, sheer or 

stained: up your lipstick 

game with these bold hues 

MOODBOARD 

Our hero beauty products 

for the summer season 

SOPHIE SAYS 

Beauty director Sophie 

Beresiner on doing your 

own wedding make-up 

I AM MADEMOISELLE 

Our columnist discovers 

a new way to power up 

for her wedding day 

BEAUTY SHELFIE 

There’s a Parisian vibe this 

month: bring the romance 

with perfect pink products 

Joseph Larkowsky (left) 

wears: cotton-mix coat, 

£1,18O, PRADA. Cotton shirt, 

£345, OAMC at SELFRIDGES. 

Satin bow, stylist’s own. 

Trousers, Joseph’s own. 

Leather shoes, £63O, PRADA. 

Alexander Fury wears: 

cotton-mix coat, £1,95O; 

and cotton shirt, £1,16O 

both PRADA. Satin bow, as 

before. Trousers, Alex’s own. 

Leather shoes, as before 

LOVE ISLAND 

How sunny, fashionable 

Mykonos became the 

destination of choice for 

same-sex newlyweds 

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@lynettesaid 

@richardjgodwin 

Journalist Richard 

Godwin compares 

falling in love to ‘an 

exquisite sickness’. He 

says that, for him, modern 

love is ‘the same as both 

ancient love and future 

love, but never more 

urgent than it is now’. 

Splitting his time between 

London and Los Angeles, 

Richard writes for The 

Guardian, The Times 

and Mr Porter, but has 

also somehow found the 

time to pen The Spirits, 

a cocktail guide for 

budding mixologists. 

While Richard says 

he loves both his wife 

Johanna and their son 

Teddy equally, Johanna 

will always hold a 

special place in his heart 

for being his first love: 

‘Teddy simply appeared 

one day; Johanna was 

an active choice.’ 

Richard writes about the 

true power of #MeToo 

on page 91. 

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@s_mclpne 

A new addition to the 

ELLE team, fashion 

features editor Sara 

McAlpine says the loves 

of her life are the friends 

she met while studying 

Fashion History and 

Theory at Central Saint 

Martins. They never had 

any money, but would 

splurge on the important 

things in life, such as 

Margiela duvet coats: 

‘You can justify spending 

big on designer fashion 

when it’s multi-functional.’ 

Joining us from her role 

as senior editor at System 

Magazine, Sara is fiercely 

private about her dating 

life, but admits her first 

love was Britney Spears 

– ‘and that’s the most 

you’ll get out of me’. 

For Sara, modern love 

‘isn’t romantic in the 

conventional sense; 

it’s an uninhibited 

enthusiasm for anyone 

and anything’. She 

explores the home of 

the duo behind Petalon 

Flowers on page 78. 

RuPaul’s Drag Race and 

her friends are the two 

things that New Yorkbased 

Londoner Lynette 

currently holds closest to 

her heart. Having held 

deputy editor positions 

at both i-D and Teen 

Vogue, Lynette was 

named one of Forbes’ 

30 under 30 in media 

in 2017. For Lynette, 

the realm of present-day 

love and romance is 

pretty complicated: 

‘You have to deal with 

a lot more outside 

influence in relationships 

than you did before, and 

the world moves so fast 

– everything runs at a 

mile a minute. Modern 

love is finding someone 

to stand still with.’ And 

what are the three words 

that best describe her 

first love? ‘Naive, pure 

and ill-fated!’ Read 

Lynette’s interview with 

superstar athlete Venus 

Williams on page 74. 

@amaquashie 

The most romantic thing 

London-based manicurist 

Ama has ever done is 

organise a surprise trip 

to Amsterdam for her 

partner’s birthday: 

‘Everyone from the cab 

driver to the check-in staff 

knew not to say where 

we were going. Then, 

in departures, five of his 

best friends were ready 

to jump on the plane 

with us.’ Ama started her 

career in publishing, but 

her first love was always 

nails, working as a 

manicurist on the side 

before going full-time. 

She’s since collaborated 

with David Sims and 

Acne Studios, plus 

industry favourites Kaia 

Gerber, Adwoa Aboah 

and Cara Delevingne. 

While her friends may say 

she has a tough exterior, 

they all know she’s ‘a 

softie, really’. See her 

work on page 138. 

@rebekahcampbell 

‘Loud laugh, long legs 

and sexy hair’ is how 

American photographer 

Rebekah Campbell’s 

friends would describe 

her. Since first getting 

hold of her dad’s old 

Nikon camera aged 

16 and venturing into 

the forest with her friends 

to take pictures, Rebekah 

has been capturing 

portraits for the likes 

of Gucci, Marc Jacobs 

and Dazed. What’s the 

guilty-pleasure love song 

that always makes her 

swoon? Fly Me To The 

Moon by Frank Sinatra. 

‘Sing that with me at 

karaoke and you’ll be 

on a trip.’ On page 

94, Rebekah focuses 

her lens on the couples 

redefining what love 

looks like in 2018. 

Words: Olive Pometsey 

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Photograph: Kai Z Feng 

With wedding 

season now in 

full swing and 

our collective 

fascination with 

a certain royal 

couple reaching 

its peak 

(congrats, Meghan and Harry!), it’s 

fair to say there’s a general mood of 

love and romance in the air. In that 

spirit, we’ve dedicated this issue to 

the idea of modern love and what it 

looks like in 2018, from dating to taking 

that big leap into together-forever. 

No one illustrates this better than 

the ten dynamic British couples — a 

mix of old and young, hetero and fluid, 

married and unmarried, child-rearing 

and baby-free — photographed 

by Rebekah Campbell for our Love 

Portfolio, This Is Us, on page 94. 

Weddings can be the most wonderful 

affairs: some of my happiest 

memories are from the nuptials of my 

loved ones and, of course, my own. 

But they can also be emotional whirlwinds. 

I’ve attended a wedding fresh 

off the back of a horrible break-up, 

where I’ve had to bite my lip through 

the entire ceremony in order to stop 

myself from bawling. At another, 

which I went to as a happily married 

woman, I witnessed a group of guests 

turn on a glamorous single woman 

and friend of mine for apparently 

dressing too sexily. Note: unless the 

guest turns up in a clown suit or completely 

nude, dress-code shaming of 

this sort is definitely not OK. 

Navigating wedding season is 

not always easy, and we all have our 

own stories that attest to this fact. So in 

this month’s Conversation (page 84), 

we’ve created a complete guide on 

how to do the season the 

ELLE way, enlisting words 

of advice from a range 

of prominent experts and 

voices. So whether you’re 

preparing to tie the knot, 

be a bridesmaid or a guest, 

we’ve covered the full spectrum, 

including author Esther 

Perel’s realist’s guide to 

getting married, fashion legend 

Iris Apfel’s touching tips 

for making a relationship 

last, novelist Susie Boyt’s 

helpful insights on announcing 

an engagement, and 

a photography how-to from 

the couple behind Solange 

Knowles’ now-iconic bridal 

photos, Rog and Bee Walker. 

Their useful words will 

help you get through wedding 

season with your sense 

of fun and humour intact. 

After all, love – in its many 

guises – is something to be 

celebrated, not tolerated. 

Speaking of modern love, our cover 

star and the newly crowned queen of 

pop Dua Lipa, photographed by Liz Collins 

(page 106), talks Hannah Nathanson 

through today’s relationship rules 

‘All you 

need is 

LOVE...’ 

and how she is coping with new-found 

fame (8.9m followers and counting). 

Lipa has developed a knack for wearing 

her heart on her sleeve through her 

deeply personal lyrics. ‘I think it’s important 

to go with your gut. Life is too 

short not to say “I love you”,’ she says. 

With that in mind, our 

shopping pages take you 

through the freshest summer 

As Lipa’s chart toppers prove, 

trends, from raffia 

dating can be just as big a minefield 

as weddings. This is especially so in 

the age of #MeToo. So we enlisted 

Richard Godwin to write about the 

crucial role men can play in the movement, 

because this historical moment 

impacts all of us. As Godwin puts it 

on page 91, ‘I believe this shift in consciousness 

will benefit humanity.’ 

Speaking of the sexes, ELLE’s new 

fashion features editor Sara McAlpine 

explores fashion’s shift towards 

mixing and merging men’s and womenswear 

on page 46. What could be 

more modern, after all, than buying 

a jacket simply because you love it, 

rather than because it’s in the men’s 

or women’s department? 

and fringe to (my personal 

favourite) tough tulle. And 

our fashion section will 

guide you through the season’s 

best luxury offerings, 

starting with Phoebe Arnold’s 

brilliant homage to 

Princess Margaret (page 

116), lensed by Phil Poynter, 

and our ultimate swimwear 

edit (page 128), shot 

by Gilles Bensimon and 

styled by Felicity Kay. 

And if, like me, you’ve 

always found a red lip 

challenging, ELLE’s beauty 

director Sophie Beresiner 

introduces shades for everyone, 

whatever your skin 

tone, in our shoot on page 137. 

In short, this issue is a celebration 

of love — of those around you and, most 

importantly, yourself. Because, as The 

Beatles so famously declared, ‘All you 

need is love’. 

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If you’re not already 

feeling loved up, you 

will be by the end 

of this issue – just in 

time to book tickets 

for the Barbican’s 

Modern Couples 

exhibition, which 

explores the meaning 

of relationships in our 

ever-evolving society. 

Featuring iconic duos, 

from Pablo Picasso 

and his muse Dora 

Maar to Virginia 

Woolf and her lover 

Vita Sackville-West, 

expect to walk away 

feeling a little 

bit gooey inside. 

10 Oct 2018 – 

27 Jan 2019, 

barbican.org.uk 

The next time 

a rooftop bar 

beckons, make 

sure you order 

a negroni – its 

Meghan Markle’s 

drink of choice. 

With botanical 

flavours of gin, 

Campari and 

ingredient of the 

moment vermouth, 

this is one royal 

endorsement that 

we’re definitely 

behind. 

From boxing to 

dancing in a neon-lit 

room, nutritional 

cooking classes and 

pop-up Pilates, new 

app Rig rounds up the 

best boutique fitness 

classes and exclusive 

events in London, 

letting you book up 

and pay as you go. 

Like Tinder for fitness, 

but with more ab 

work and fewer bad 

dates. rig-fitness.com 

Take your taste 

buds to Italy without 

even stepping on a 

plane, thanks to Soho 

staple Lina Stores. 

The London-based 

Italian delicatessen 

is opening its first 

restaurant, just 

around the corner 

on Greek Street. 

With dishes such 

as tortellini in brodo 

and spaghetti 

chitarra with baby 

clams on the menu, 

this is the new place 

to go for authentic 

Italian cuisine in 

the capital. Buon 

appetitio! Opening 

later this month, 

linastores.co.uk 

Artwork by 

FEMOJIS 

Getting ready to 

go out just got easier 

with Blow Ltd, the 

service that brings the 

salon to your home. 

On hand to ensure 

you’re perfectly 

turned out from head 

to toe, Blow’s stylists 

do your hair, make-up 

and nails right from 

your living room, 

leaving you more 

time to enjoy 

your night out. 

blowltd.com 

This month’s dose of 

empowerment comes 

from Kimothy Joy’s 

That’s What She 

Said, an illustrated 

book full of wisdom 

from history’s most 

powerful women 

(think Maya Angelou 

and Michelle 

Obama). Keep this 

on your desk/coffee 

table/book shelf for 

flashes of inspiration. 

HarperCollins, 

£16.99, out 17 May 

Our obsession with 

craft continues, and 

this month sees the 

finalists for the 2018 

LOEWE Craft Prize 

on show at London’s 

Design Museum. 

The 30 shortlisted 

artists’ creations 

include futuristic 

sculptures crafted 

from ceramics, 

textiles, paper and 

metal – catch them 

before the exhibition 

closes on 17 June. 

designmuseum.org 

Get ready to see 

House of Hackney’s 

classic botanical 

and animal prints on 

a range of swoonworthy 

dresses, skirts 

and voluminous 

blouses made in 

sustainable fabrics. 

The collection is a 

collab exclusive 

to & Other Stories 

in celebration of 

the store’s fifth 

anniversary. Get 

it before it’s gone! 

Out 24 May, 

stories.com 

THINGS 

Sneaking its way onto 

every globetrotter’s 

radar, Albania is the 

surprise new go-to 

summer destination. 

With untouched 

beaches, Roman ruins 

and new boutique 

music festival Kala 

launching next month, 

visit this well-kept 

secret now, before 

everyone else 

catches on. 20–27 

June, kala.al 

Festival season 

is here, and with 

Glastonbury absent 

from the 2018 line-up, 

it’s time to expand 

your hedonistic 

horizons. The new 

All Points East will 

see the likes of The xx 

and Björk take over 

London’s Victoria 

Park across two 

weekends. Glitter at 

the ready. 25–27 

May and 1–3 June, 

allpointseastfestival.com 

HIS MONTH, WE’RE GETTING INTO 

MEGHAN MARKLE’S FAVOURITE TIPPLE – AND MUCH MORE BESIDES 

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22 DECEMBER – 19 JANUARY 

As we enter Gemini season in late May, 

you’ll find yourself favoured with another 

celestial gift. Your ruling planet Mercury 

returnstoyoursignon29May,licensingyou 

with new energy and unbounded potential. 

Whileyouwaitforyourspirittobefortified, 

don’t underestimate the power of wearing 

block colour. Look to Carven for a lesson 

inhowtopackapunchinboldredstripes. 

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relationships and honest connections. If 

youstrugglewithopencommunication,nowis 

the time to examine that. Help things along 

by wearing conversation-starting pieces, such 

as J.W.Anderson’s striped sequin shirts. 

Asafellowpracticalearthsign,Taurus’snew 

moonwillspilloverintoyourprofessionallife, 

and15Mayisanexcellenttimetofocuson 

starting a project or organising your finances. 

Theseareareaswhereyoushine,Capricorn, 

sodon’tbeafraidtooptforboldyetrefined 

golden looks. Plus, baroque was all over the 

runways–andyoucangetitonthehighstreet, 

thanks to Kurt Geiger’s brocade mules. 

21 JUNE – 22 JULY 

2O JANUARY – 18 FEBRUARY 

Youprobablyfeelmostathomeinmonochrome, 

but this month, pops of colour and 

jewel tones are calling your name. On 

19 May, Venus enters Cancer, offering the 

perfect space for look-at-me fashion. Take 

thisopportunitytoplaywithaccessories– 

try Mango’s selection of statement earrings 

(an ELLE favourite), and the planets will 

demand you get the attention you deserve. 

Your creativity will soar to new heights 

this month. Mars enters Aquarius on 

16 May, and the planet of action will 

ask us to express our energies in unique 

and original ways. This is the perfect 

opportunity for you to execute your most 

unconventional ideas – Prada’s colourful 

pop-art prints are great for providing 

the burst of energy you need to get going. 

23 JULY – 22 AUGUST 

19 FEBRUARY – 2O MARCH 

The planets are playing around in water 

and earth signs this month, which means 

you may feel slightly neglected. As a ferocious 

fire sign, you feel threatened by 

apathy. You might be tempted to reclaim 

thespotlight,buttakethismonthtolaylow 

and cultivate your own sense of self. Think 

sumptuous and slouchy – like the muted 

sophistication of Fendi’s velvet sweatshirts. 

23 AUGUST – 22 SEPTEMBER 

AsMercuryentersyourfellowearthsign 

Taurus on 13 May, you’ll start to feel 

conversations shift towards a stubborn, 

bluntenergy.Luckily,thiscomeseasilytoa 

Virgo:youpreferopenchannelsofcommunication 

and avoid confrontation with your 

upfront attitude. In this vein, don fearless 

styleslikethestuddedjacketsatVersaceor 

vegan-friendly leather shirts by Nanushka. 

WE’REPREPARINGYOUFOR 

THEMONTHAHEAD, 

ALIGNINGYOURSTARS 

WITHTHEFASHIONCOSMOS. 

(BECAUSE,LET’SFACEIT, 

MERCURY’SNOTALWAYS 

INRETROGRADE.) 

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SARAMcALPINE 

22 NOVEMBER – 21 DECEMBER 

As Uranus, the planet of originality and 

radicalism, enters new earth-sign territory 

this month, we are encouraged to create 

and preserve our personal mantras. Due 

to your hypersensitive intuition, you are 

suited to master this challenge. While you 

may not consider yourself a leader, try 

setting an example with an eye-catching 

pink suit, in the manner of Rejina Pyo. 

21 MARCH – 19 APRIL 

Uranus ends its eight-year rendezvous with 

Aries this month, entering Taurus on 15 May 

and heralding a new era of change. You 

may feel unmoored by this at first, but a bout 

of innovation will follow – use your Herculean 

leadership skills to ease this transition. 

Seek otherworldly style inspiration – we’re 

talking bright, head-to-toe metallics, such as 

Gucci’s standout spring/summer jumpsuits. 

23 SEPTEMBER – 22 OCTOBER 

On 29 May, you may find yourself inundated 

with confidence as Mercury fraternises with 

fellow air sign Gemini, lending itself well to 

your self-presentation – your outgoing nature 

cravesthiskindoffreedom.Mayisyourtime 

toembracefunpatternsandfringe.Tryboth 

withatapestrybag,likethoseseenatLoewe, 

ortheswingingfringeondressesatCéline. 

Thismonthbringspotentialforaprogressive, 

spiritual experience, which is exactly 

where you thrive. On 29 May, the full 

moon in Sagittarius will create the ideal 

breeding ground for transcendent, bigpicture 

reckonings, allowing you to revel in 

your characteristic curiosity. It’s time to push 

those style boundaries with shorter hemlines – 

takeyourinspirationfromSimoneRochaand 

layerskirtsoverankle-grazingculottes. 

2O APRIL – 2O MAY 

This month may feel slightly chaotic. You’re 

typicallysteadyandreliable,butwithMercury 

and Uranus entering Taurus and a new moon 

allinthesameweek,yourpsychewillbeheld 

tofireastheuniverseasksyoutoreassessyour 

stubbornness. Don’t be afraid to embrace the 

riotous nature of fashion rule-breakers Vetements 

(there’smorethanonewaytobuttonacoat). 

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HIS AS HERS 

Shredded denim and 

muscle tees are very 

Fifties rebel – add 

statement accessories 

like Zoë (above) to 

make it work for 2018. 

Leather 

keyring, £75, 

J.W.ANDERSON 

A.P.C. 

ELLE’S DONNA WALLACE 

PACO RABANNE 

LOUIS VUITTON 

LOUIS VUITTON 

PACO RABANNE 

WALES BONNER 

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HERS AS HIS 

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ANNIE HALL, 1977 

Cotton blouse, 

£410, 

KHAITE at 

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Silk scarf, 

£180, 

ETRO at 

MATCHES 

FASHION 

Acetate sunglasses, 

£300, GUCCI at 


KATHARINE HEPBURN 

Known for dying his hair 

bubblegum pink and 

rocking delicate jewellery, 

the musician (above) 

has even donned a skirt 

on occasion.

E W E 

Photographs: Getty Images, Imaxtree, Rex Features 

LOEWE 

SAINT SERNIN 

LUDOVIC DE 

THE LABEL 

The LVMH Prize nominee 

is leading the charge 

when it comes to glamour. 

Whatever your gender, 

he’s one to watch. 

BALENCIAGA 

Velvet bag, 

£198, STAUD 

at MATCHES 

FASHION 

‘Ugh. What are they doing here?’ was the 

reaction of a menswear buyer after seeing a 

string of women walk the shows during men’s 

SARA 

fashion week. That was three years ago. And 

back then, it was a surprise. The idea of mixing 

men’s and womenswear on the runway was seen as a bold 

statement, and still felt relatively new – or at least unfamiliar. 

But fashion moves fast. And, lo and behold, ‘co-ed’ is now as 

commonplace as borrowing your little brother’s jacket or your 

girlfriend’s jeans. And we’re seeing authoritative fashion bodies 

recognise the designers behind non-binary collections. 

The CFDA, the organiser of New York Fashion Week, added 

‘unisex/non-binary’ as a new category in February this year. And 

half the designers recognised on this year’s LVMH Prize shortlist 

produce gender-neutral collections; Ludovic de Saint Sernin and 

Charles Jeffrey, among others. ‘The nominations echo the recent 

evolutions in fashion,’ said Delphine Arnault, founder of the Prize. 

And Arnault is right. While the merging of men’s and women’s 

fashion on the catwalk is nothing new (Prada started doing it back 

in 2010, and Jean Paul Gaultier and Alexander McQueen were 

mixing it up long before that), more brands are following suit – 

J.W.Anderson, A.P.C., Balenciaga and Tom Ford all went co-ed for 

BALENCIAGA 

the first time in 2018. What’s different is the way they’re blending 

traditionally ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ tropes (think historically 

gendered frills and broad-shouldered suiting). We’re seeing less 

of a dual offer, with separate looks for guys and girls, and more of 

a one-size, one-shape, one-style approach for everyone. Look at 

next season’s Balenciaga, which offers the same clingy, crushedvelvet 

bodysuits and saddlebag-hip coats for both men and women. 

Fashion might slowly be doing away with its traditional binary 

model, and a younger generation of designers is driving that. For 

instance, Alexandre Mattiussi, the designer behind Ami (formerly 

a menswear brand), recently started styling his bold tailoring and 

bright knits on women, reflecting the reality of how we dress now. 

‘Ami was always designed for men first,’ Mattiussi told ELLE. ‘But 

then women in the office and friends started picking up pieces, 

and girls became an official part of the Ami story.’ 

The same thing happened for de Saint Sernin, who also 

launched his label as a menswear brand but now shows his 

collections on women. ‘I don’t think of gender when designing 

clothes, but I wanted to focus on menswear,’ he says. ‘The fact that 

women stylists and editors came to my presentation thinking, 

“I could pull that off” was really encouraging.’ You can see 

telltale signs of his time working with Olivier Rousteing at Balmain 

– the silver lamé, paillettes and lacquered trench coats. And 

you can understand why the 

baroque ornamentation of his 

work appeals across genders. 

At Matches Fashion, buying 

director Natalie Kingham says 

THE 

NEW 

UNISEX 

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MC ALPINE 

men and women now shop 

across both categories. ‘We 

often look at menswear collections 

and know our female 

customers will respond well to 

them.’ She adds that newer 

labels are also less likely to be 

gender-specific, as ‘there’s less 

pressure to conform, and a 

revived interest in being free in 

your clothing choices, whether 

it’s about comfort or creativity’. 

It’s why you’ll see the work of 

designers who typically create 

clothing for men available in the women’s section of the website, 

from Charles Jeffrey to Martine Rose and Edward Crutchley. 

It’s easy to think that attitudes towards gender are changing 

when you’re speaking to people in fashion, where anything goes 

in order to get the right look. However, it does seem that change 

is afoot in general, with more visible brands and celebrities 

advocating non-gender-specific style. H&M featured a dress in 

the unisex denim collection it launched last year, while Jaden 

Smith (who has 8.2 million followers on Instagram) wore a skirt in 

the SS17 campaign for Louis Vuitton. 

There’s certainly a generational shift. A study conducted by 

The Fawcett Society found that 65 per cent of over 65s think that 

gender is binary, compared to just 44 per cent of 18–24 year 

olds. So we’re likely to see fewer men and women styled as complimentary 

counterparts as a new generation of design talent 

comes through, and less gender-specific styling (a moratorium on 

the term ‘gender-bending’, at least). Just think of all the options. 

E L L E J U N E

Diamanté and faux 

pearl hairclips, 

£8 for pack of four, 

ACCESSORIZE 

Faux pearl 

hairclip, £5, 

ACCESSORIZE 

SIMONE ROCHA 

Acetate and 

diamanté hairclips, 

£40 each, 

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t when you thought 

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hairclip mania, coming 

soon to an Instagram 

feed near you. Join the 

party via Simone Rocha, 

Ashley Williams and Kanel 

Denmark. Getting married 

this year? Then wear your 

heart on your head. 

Polyester dress, 

£1,450, COLVILLE at 


ONE TO WATCH 

Meet this season’s most 

covetable new brand: 

Colville, started by (from 

left) former Vogue fashion 

director Lucinda Chambers 

and Marni’s previous 

design directors Kristin 

Forss and Molly Molloy. 

The brand’s first collection 

features sharp tailoring 

and graphic prints (far left), 

and drops exclusively at 

Matches Fashion 

on 16 May. 

We’re all familiar with the 

street-style circus, with 

paparazzi swarming the 

streets for a shot of the best 

looks during Fashion Week. 

But this was the season 

designers turned that on its 

head, with Kanye West 

mimicking pap shots for a 

Yeezy campaign featuring 

celebrities-turned-Kim- 

Kardashian doppelgängers. 

Balenciaga did the same, with 

models playing the reluctant 

stars of their own shots, 

shielding themselves with XL 

handbags and sparking a host 

of memes in the process. In that 

spirit, fashion has gifted us a 

season of accessories for the 

camera shy, complete with 

jumbo totes and torso-sized 

crossbodies to hide behind. 

And if you’re really selfieaverse, 

there are also 

balaclavas from Gucci, Preen 

and Matty Bovan to dodge 

the camera with. Cheers to 

‘don’t-look-at-me’ street style. 

THE TRANSPARENT 

Polyester jacket, 

£1,105, MARC JACOBS 

THE GRAPHIC 

Cotton gilet, £1,760, 

VALENTINO 

THE METALLIC 

Polyester jacket, £92, 

DKNY SPORT 

THE CLASSIC 

Nylon jacket, £1,150, 

TOD’S 

THE GLOSSY 

Plastic jacket, £751, 

FENTY PUMA by RIHANNA

Grosgrain and 

crystal brooch, 

£405, GUCCI 

at LIBERTY 

LONDON 

Acetate 

sunglasses, 

£345, GUCCI 

at MATCHES 

FASHION 

ANOK YAI 

THE FACE 

VERSACE 

RICHARD 

QUINN 

THE PURCHASE 

‘Tis the season for post-work 

drinks, spring barbecues 

and weddings. Thankfully, 

there has never been more 

choice when it comes 

to easy, fuss-free dresses 

that still make a sartorial 

statement. Here are the best 

new brands to turn to… 

ATTICO, MILAN 

USP: bias-cut silks 

and embroidered 

bed-jackets make 

for a classic-but-cool 

wardrobe. Street-style 

pros Giorgia Tordini 

and Gilda Ambrosio 

have nailed cameraready 

looks. From £600 

ATTICO 

BALENCIAGA 

MICROTREND 

Trailing silk dresses and 

XL cuffs take baroque 

prints (left) from the neck 

to the body this summer. 

GANNI, COPENHAGEN 

USP: printed blouses and 

shirt dresses (big and bold 

or ditsy florals) that can be 

dressed up or just as easily 

dressed down. Wear them 

solo or styled over jeans. 

Straw and 

leather bag, 

£358, 

KATE SPADE 

RIXO, LONDON 

USP: former ASOS 

buyers Henrietta Rix 

and Orlagh McCloskey 

have cornered the 

market in pretty printed 

pieces. This ‘Cindy’ 

dress is suitable for 

almost any occasion. 

Silk dress, 

£430, 

GANNI 

Leather 

shoes, £980, 

FENDI 

STYLE IT OUT 

Got 14 weddings to go to 

this year? No problem. Call 

on these outfit-enhancing 

accessories (above) to 

transform that dress you’ve 

already worn three times 

(no one will be any the wiser). 

Crepe dress, £265, 

RIXO LONDON 

Meet Anok Yai (above), 

fashion’s new favourite 

face and the first black 

woman to open a Prada 

show in 20 years. 

SOMETHING PEOPLE 

DON’T KNOW ABOUT 

ME IS… ‘My dad used to 

read the dictionary to me 

every day. I competed in the 

National Spelling Bee.’ 

MY MOST DEFINING 

TRAIT IS… ‘My resilience. 

I’m not saying I never need 

help, but I know I can make 

it through anything.’ 

TO LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE... 

‘Let go of your fears and 

be persistent.’ 

WHAT I’M LISTENING 

TO NOW… ‘NAO, 

DVSN, 

Moxie Raia and Leon 

Bridges. They drop bop 

after bop after bop.’ 

REJINA PYO, 

LONDON 

USP: the designer’s 

‘Greta’ dress, with 

its puffed sleeves and 

trailing cuffs, might 

just be the ultimate 

cool-girl style. Or try 

the ‘Ella’ dress for 

Rejina’s modern 

take on romance. 

Linen dress, £725, 

REJINA PYO 

Words: Sara McAlpine, Bibby Sowray and Harriet Stewart. Photographs: 3 Objectives, Imaxtree, 

Jason Lloyd-Evans, Lucky If Sharp, Pixelate. Anok Yai is represented by Next Model Management 

E L L E J U N E

Tulle shoes, 

£755, CHRISTIAN 

LOUBOUTIN at 

NET-A-PORTER 

Metal and 

pearl 

earrings, 

£1,31O, 

GUCCI 

Organza shirt, £495, 

SHRIMPS 

Leather and suede shoes, 

£195, RUSSELL & BROMLEY 

Silk scarf, 

£16O, 

VALENTINO 

GARAVANI 

Leather belt, 

£193, FRAME 

Polyester 

earrings, 

£6.99, H&M 

MARKET 

Mesh 

T-shirt,£225, 

COACH 1941 

Tulle skirt, 

£995, 

MONCLER 

GAMME 

ROUGE 

Cotton-mix socks, 

£3.99, SOCKSHOP 

Polyester 

hairclip, £7.99, 

ZARA 

Mesh and satin boots, £1,295, 

JIMMY CHOO X OFF-WHITE 

Leather bag, £49O, 

SONIA RYKIEL 

Satin shoes, £395, 

TABITHA SIMMONS 

Metal 

sunglasses, 

£6, RIVER 

ISLAND 

Leather 

top, £163, 

NANUSHKA 

Leather and 

crystal shoes, 

£87O, 

ROGER VIVIER 

Polyamide 

socks, price on 

application, 

MARC CAIN 

Polyester-mix 

headbands, 

£18 each, 

RIVER ISLAND 

Silk earrings, 

£27O, 

RANJANA 

KHAN 

Tulle shirt, £25O, 

HOUSE OF HOLLAND 

at MATCHES FASHION 

Faux leather 

beret, £22, 

RIVER ISLAND 

Gold-plated 

earrings, 

£195, CAROUSEL 

Cotton top, £7O, 

GANT. Gold-plated 

necklace, £155, 

ROSANTICA 

at NET-A-PORTER 

Lace-mix dress, £1,99O; 

polyamide top, 

£15O; and polyamide shorts, 

£23O, all BURBERRY 

Styling: Clemmie Brown 

Tulle skirt, 

£52O, MOLLY 

GODDARD 

Corduroy 

trainers, £235, 

GANNI 

Cotton-mix socks, 

£3.99, SOCKSHOP 

AS SHOWN AT DIOR AND SIMONE ROCHA , 

SHEER DOESN’T HAVE TO MEAN SUGARY SWEET – 

USE ACCESSORIES TO ADD EDGE 

E L L E J U N E

Crystal and 

perspex 

earrings, £475, 

SIMONE ROCHA 

Leather 

boots, £14O, 

DR.MARTENS 

Silk-twill 

headbands, 

£22O 

each, 

VALENTINO at 

NET-A-PORTER 

Polyester 

bumbag, 

£7O, 

GANNI 

Velvet 

jacket, 

£2,88O, 

GUCCI 

PVC sandals, £895, 

SIMONE ROCHA 

Polyester 

top, £42, 

TOPSHOP 

Plastic 

bag, £125, 

BIMBA Y 

LOLA 

Leather 

coat, 

£3,99O, 

MARNI 

Silk, pearl and crystal 

earrings, £31O, 

RANJANA KHAN 

Cotton and PU 

shoes, £46, 

TOPSHOP 

Viscose 

shirt, £16O, 

BIMBA Y 

LOLA 

Leather bag, 

£2,7OO, 

LOUIS 

VUITTON 

Ceramic-mix 

earrings,£185, 

VENESSA ARIZAGA 

at BROWNS 

FASHION 

Polyester 

shoes, 

£791, 

MARC 

JACOBS 

Plastic 

watch, 

£38, 

SWATCH 

Polyester trousers, 

£529, MARC JACOBS 

Silk-twill scarf, £12O, 

GUCCI at NET-A-PORTER 

Silk jacket, 

£75O, 

RICHARD 

QUINN 

Silk-twill scarf, £155, DOLCE & 

GABBANA at NET-A-PORTER 

Styling: Jessica Skeete-Cross 

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MARK 

Leather shoes, £32, 

V BY VERY 

Crochet-knit top, 

£242, DVF at 


Wooden bag, 

£5O, 

V BY VERY 

Acrylic 

beaded top, 

£46, 

TOPSHOP 

Metal and 

Swarovski 

crystal 

earrings, 

£87O, 

GIORGIO 

ARMANI 

Cotton crochet 

bag, £36O, 

ULLA JOHNSON 

at NET-A-PORTER 

PU shoes, 

£58, URBAN 

OUTFITTERS 

Bead top, £4,795, 

MARC JACOBS 

Raffia-mix 

earrings, £13, 

RIVER ISLAND 

Cotton bag, £22, 

WAREHOUSE 

Plastic bag, 

£2O5, 

BIMBA 

Y LOLA 

Polyvinyl-mix 

bag, £165, 

CLAUDIE 

PIERLOT 

Leather and nylon-mix 

boots, £1,15O, DIOR 

Leather and bead bag, 

£28O, MAJE 

Macramé wool 

top, price on 

application, 

SAINT LAURENT 

Leather skirt, 

£1,565, 

LONGCHAMP 

Leather shoes, £525, 

STUART WEITZMAN 

Plastic earrings, £12.99, 

MANGO 

Raffia-mix bag, £28, 

RIVER ISLAND 

Cotton belt, 

£1OO, CLAUDIE 

PIERLOT 

Poly-mix 

bag, £25, 

NEXT 

Polyester top, 

£79.99, 

H&M CONSCIOUS 

Cotton 

bracelets, 

£185 for 

two, DIOR 

Photographs: Kate Anglestein. Styling: Roberta Hollis 

INTHESPIRITOFTHESAINT LAURENT AND 

MARC JACOBS WOMAN,MAKETACTILEPIECESTHE 

FOUNDATION OF YOUR BEACH-TO-BAR LOOK

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Photographs by 

Styling by 

DONNA 

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JENS 

LANGKJAER 

TWICE THE FASHION, TWICE THE FUN. 

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E L L E J U N E

THIS PAGE Heidi (left) wears: 

silk and lace dress, £5,750; 

and leather boots, £1,500, both 

GIVENCHY. Steel watch, £5,040, 

OMEGA. Gold ring, £7,700, 

CHANEL FINE JEWELLERY. Noah 

(right) wears: silk and lace dress, 

£5,275; leather boots, £1,500; 

and leather bag, £1,290, all 

GIVENCHY. Steel watch, £2,080, 

OMEGA. Gold and diamond ring, 

£3,500, CHANEL FINE JEWELLERY. 

PREVIOUS PAGE Noah (top) wears: 

cotton-mix jumper, £250, ZADIG & 

VOLTAIRE. Wool and satin trousers, 

£650, PETER PILOTTO. Gold and 

diamond ring, £2,600, CHANEL 

FINE JEWELLERY. Heidi (bottom) 

wears: cotton-mix cardigan, £330; 

cotton-mix sweatshirt, £130, both 

ZADIG & VOLTAIRE. Wool and satin 

trousers, as before. Nylon-mix socks, 

£7.99, SOCKSHOP. Denim and 

shearling shoes, £460, TOD’S. 

Gold and diamond necklace, 

£3,500, CHANEL FINE JEWELLERY 

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Heidi (right) wears: 

silk dress, £1,245, 

SIES MARJAN. Leather 

and canvas bag, £1,360, 

LOUIS VUITTON. Yellowgold 

necklace, £2,100, 

CHANEL FINE JEWELLERY. 

Noah (far right) wears: 

silk-organza jacket, 

£1,015; jersey top (just 

seen), £260; and leather 

bag, £650, all MAX MARA. 

White-gold ring, £3,500, 

CHANEL FINE JEWELLERY 

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Noah (front) wears: satin 

dress, £785, SPORTMAX. 

Steel watch, £2,080, 

OMEGA. Leather bag, 

£4,050, BOTTEGA VENETA. 

Heidi (behind) wears: 

satin top, £425; and 

satin skirt, £450, both 

SPORTMAX. Steel 

watch, £5,040, OMEGA. 

Leather bag, £4,050, 

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E L L E J U N E

Heidi (left) wears: 

denim tunic, £600, 

MARQUES’ALMEIDA. 

Denim jeans, £159, 

AG JEANS. Leather bag, 

£1,715, ROBERTO CAVALLI. 

Noah (right) wears: 

denim dress, £395, 


Leather bag, £1,715, 

ROBERTO CAVALLI 

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Hair: Jason Crozier at Stella Creative Artists using Sachajuan and Milk + Blush Hair Extensions. Make-up: Nancy Sumner at Eighteen 

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Models: Noah and Heidi Cals at Storm Model Management. Photographer’s assistant: Matthew John Lloyd 

E L L E J U N E

Viscose dress, 

£185, MAJE. Crystal 

hairclips, from 

£110; and crystal 

earrings, £150, all 

ASHLEY WILLIAMS 

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E L L E J U N E

Cotton coat, £455; and 

cotton shirt, £199, both 

CLAUDIE PIERLOT. Cotton 

T-shirt, £125, REJINA 

PYO. Polyester-mix skirt, 

£29.99, ZARA. Suede 

shoes, £395, NEOUS. 

Leather bag, £495, 

ASPINAL OF LONDON. 

Plastic sunglasses, 

£17.99, MANGO 

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FELICITY KAY 

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E L L E J U N E

Acrylic-mix jacket, 

£59.99; and 

acrylic-mix skirt, 

£35.99, both MANGO. 

Cotton cardigan, £100, 

GANT. Crystal hairclip, 

£110; and crystal 

earrings, £150, both 


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Hair: Terri Capon at Stella Creative Artists using Oribe. Make-up by Celia Evans using Chanel Eclat et 

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Cotton polo shirt, £70, 

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WITH SEVEN GRANDSLAMTITLESUNDER HER BELT, VENUS WILLIAMS HAS CONQUERED 

A LIFE-ALTERING DISEASE AND THE CHALLENGE OF STARTING TWO BUSINESSES TO 

HAVE ONE OF HER MOST SUCCESSFUL YEARS IN TENNIS. BUT DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK 

– SHE’S JUST GETTING STARTED, SAYS LYNETTE NYLANDER

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Some of the most memorable 

moments in tennis 

history have come courtesy 

of two sisters: Venus 

and Serena Williams. The 

prodigies from Florida, 

by way of Compton, captured 

the world’s attention 

as young tweens (they 

both turned pro aged 

14), and went on to blaze 

through Wimbledon Centre 

Court, earn top billing 

at the US Open and win 44 Grand Slam championships combined. 

The elder of the Williams sisters by little over a year, Venus 

changed the landscape of tennis forever. Her physical prowess, 

supreme confidence on court and majestic take on the game made 

the seemingly impossible, possible. And as the first black woman 

to become the top-ranked singles player in the world, she broke 

boundaries, grabbed headlines, banked millions and made history. 

But in 2018, Venus’s legacy is only just getting started. She’s 

as busy as ever when we talk. By 4pm, she’s already completed 

a full day at the office, running her two successful businesses 

(EleVen by Venus Williams, which specialises in athleisure apparel, 

and V Starr Interiors, an interior-design company). Now, she’s 

looking forward to an evening of doing absolutely nothing. 

‘I just want to stay still. It’s gonna be great,’ she laughs over 

the phone – we’re speaking during a rare pocket of downtime 

as Venus makes her way back to her West Palm Beach home. In 

a hushed tone, she explains her fatigue comes from a full-on 

training programme, which has been designed to help build on 

her extraordinary return to the tennis world stage last year: ‘I will work out 

in the morning, the evening, whenever. I have to be flexible.’ 

In 2017, 17 years after her first Grand Slam win, Venus ended the 

year by reaching two finals and a semi-final, including an appearance in 

the last round of Wimbledon, which she last won some nine years ago. 

Her resurgence at 37, an age where most players have retired, only highlights 

her remarkable athleticism and focus. ‘I would just like to win tournaments 

and majors. I set the goals in practice and have to execute them.’ 

Geared up, she has her eyes firmly set on Wimbledon come July. 

’I’ve had a lot of amazing times at Wimbledon, both in singles and doubles 

and also at the Olympics [in 2012]. I love London in general and 

have the best memories of being in the city – sneaking off and exploring, 

going to Selfridges. I would just make sure I was in my hotel room 

before it was dark!’ The fervour ever present in her voice, Venus explains: 

‘I first went to Wimbledon wanting to win so badly, so when it happened, 

it was a feeling that was mine and nobody else’s. I just want memories 

like that to continue for as long as possible.’ 

The term ‘overachiever’ doesn’t come close to describing Venus. In 

the midst of her tennis career, where most young champions would be 

enjoying their new-found wealth and global fame, she found time to complete 

degrees in her other passions 

– fashion design from the 

Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale 

and business administration 

from Indiana University East. 

She’s now also studying for 

a third in interior architecture. 

Along with her sister Serena, 

36, Venus owns a minority stake 

in the Miami Dolphins NFL team 

(they are the first black American 

women to do so), as well 

as running the Yetunde Price 

Resource Center (named after 

their late sister, who was tragically 

killed in a drive-by shooting 

in Compton in 2003). How 

does she manage it all? ‘Well, 

really it’s all about love,’ she 

explains. ‘You’ve got to love 

what you do. I made the decision a long time ago that 

I wouldn’t do anything that I didn’t love, and I always had a 

choice. That’s why I feel grateful – I get to choose my life.’ 

Venus’s well-documented story is one of modern 

sports folklore. Her father Richard, who had no experience 

in the professional tennis world, saw Romanian 

tennis player Virginia Ruzici win $40,000 in a tournament 

in 1980 and promptly drew up a 78-page plan to turn 

young Venus and Serena into the game’s next superstars. 

A glittering career of triumphs later, she recently reached 

her 1,000th professional game. ‘Honestly, if I knew that 

would happen all those years ago, I would think it was 

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crazy! When I’m out there, all I think 

about is, “Why am I not better? Why 

didn’t I shoot better?” But suddenly, 

these milestones just creep up on you. 

I’m just excited that my [1,000th game] 

was a win. I would like to think that the 

next 1,000 on a professional tour will 

be when I retire,’ she laughs. 

Venus is a fighter in the game because 

she’s had to be in life. She’s 

battled with Sjögren’s syndrome, an autoimmune 

disease that severely attacks 

the muscles, and she’s fought racism on 

and off court. When she first emerged 

onto the scene, unmistakably and unapologetically 

black in a sport dominated 

by white males, Venus and her sister 

were subjected to criticism of everything 

from their bodies to their outspoken 

nature on court. Venus often wore a 

crown of braids adorned with a rainbow 

of beads, masterminded by her mother 

Oracene, who saw the ornamentation 

as a chance for her daughters to express 

their heritage. ‘Our mom has been 

reallycommittedtomakingsurethatallmy 

sisters have a strong mentality to thrive in 

this world,’ sister Serena explains when 

I speak with her about Venus. 

In 1999, an umpire docked points 

from Venus’s Australian Open match 

against Martina Hingis when the impact 

of her powerful serve caused her beads 

to come loose and fall on the court. 

The umpire’s reason? ‘A disturbance.’ 

A controversy now known as ‘beadgate’ ensued. It troubles Venus 

that, more than 20 years later, young black women athletes still face 

similar challenges. For example, black American gymnast Gabby 

Douglas was criticised throughout the 2012 London Olympics for not 

wearing her hair ‘neatly’ enough, while internet trolls picked apart 

her teammate Simone Biles. ‘Venus is someone who has overcome 

so many obstacles – from tennis to her health – and she runs two 

businesses. She faces obstacles every day. I think that everything 

she’s gone through, from age 18 to now, has shaped her to become 

the amazing woman she is,’ Serena says. 

Serena also points out that, a whole decade before the current 

global uprising for women’s rights, Venus was campaigning for equal 

pay in the game. ‘She’s always wanted to be a strong woman and set 

an example. With her campaigning [for equal pay], she laid out an 

example for her country to stand up and show that you can do more 

than just be a tennis player.’ Until 2007, female Wimbledon champions 

‘I have a lot of memories of Venus, 

mostly of me doing whatever she did. 

She always set an example for me. 

I remember playing with Venus in the 

yard when we were kids. It was back 

when we were in elementary school, 

and some of the other kids were picking 

on me. I was a grade younger than her 

and was about to defend myself, but 

I hadn’t even opened my mouth and she 

was somehow there – it was so weird. 

I wanted to do it on my own, but I never 

really had to because she was always 

around. That’s how it’s been my whole 

life: Venus has been there, protecting 

me. She’s very calm and I want that 

from her sometimes; my life has never 

been as calm. She’s a thinker, she really 

analyses things, and she’s extremely 

rational – always coming up with the 

best-possible solution. I’ve actually 

become more like that because of her. 

I think Venus’s best qualities are just how 

incredibly strong and powerful she is 

– she is a true overachiever. She’s one 

of the best tennis players in the world and 

still always has that desire to continue to 

better herself; it’s insane. Venus is truly one 

of the best human beings on this planet.’ 

won a smaller cash prize than their male 

champion peers; Venus was instrumental 

in getting that changed. Venus reflects: 

‘For me, the conversation [around equality] 

was never there. There are always 

challenges that you have to overcome on 

a daily basis. Unfortunately, people have 

the tendency to want to dominate one 

another, but fortunately, there are people 

who want to build other women up. It’s 

up to those people who want to build to 

hopefully eliminate all that negativity.’ 

Venus is keen to clarify that she 

doesn’t identify with the word ‘feminist’. 

‘I don’t like labels – though I do think 

as women we have much more power 

and opportunities in our hands than ever 

before. We truly don’t know how powerful 

we are. There’s nothing like a powerful 

woman walking into a room; her presence 

is like nothing else. It’s inspiring. Using it 

in a positive way is important.’ 

However, Venus does embrace the 

traditional tropes of femininity. She has 

a deep appreciation for the worlds of 

beauty and fashion, and references the 

emerging style scenes of Brazil and Russia, 

where she often travels for work, 

as the main sources of her sartorial 

inspiration. ‘They are less influenced by 

trends there,’ she explains. And in her 

downtime, Venus loves to dance: ‘My 

ideal week would be going to a jazz or 

hip-hop class at least a couple of times. 

Oh, and karaoke – I love karaoke!’ 

Though she’s still fully committed to the tennis circuit, Venus has 

become more reflective about her life beyond the game. She admits 

to wanting to start a family of her own after recently becoming an 

aunt to Alexis Olympia, Serena’s daughter with new husband Alexis 

Ohanian. However, Venus keeps her rumoured romance with TV 

Guide heir Nicholas Hammond under wraps. ‘I have worked so 

hard all my life, so one of my personal goals after this chapter is to 

actually have a life. Because I work and travel so much, it’s become 

a goal to one day slow down,’ she says. 

Whatever that means for Venus, her story will no doubt keep 

momentum: a prodigy who carved a space for herself in a place where 

there wasn’t one, and left a ladder for the next generation to climb. 

‘There are so many emerging forces; there’s been so much growth 

for women in sports. It’s very exciting. You have to be able to stand 

up for what you believe in and I think I’ve done a good job. 

I guess I don’t have too many regrets.’ 

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‘Florence has a Grade 

8 in violin, so I love 

listening to her play. 

She’s phenomenal.’ 

My introduction to the Kennedys, 

the husband-and-wife duo 

behind Instagram-friendly floraldelivery 

service Petalon Flowers, 

is a teeny, sandalled foot in my 

face. ‘Sorry, she wants to say 

hello,’ laughs dad James, as he 

holds onto their one-year-old 

daughter Clover. Mum Florence 

scooches onto the seat, sandwiching 

the toddler between 

them. It’s a photogenic setup, 

with a matchy-matchy palette 

of warm sand and camel 

– including Huxley, the Great Dane making them a family of four. 

You’ll see a lot of Clover, bouncing on the back of ‘Hux’, 

in between shots of Florence’s mail-order bouquets on Petalon’s 

Instagram (@petalon_flowers). It’s a floral feed that mixes work 

and play – just like their home, where, alongside their florist business, 

they run The Old Dairy, an events space and photography 

studio in east London. ‘We have lived in fairly normal places in 

the past,’ Florence laughs, even though for now, home is a sparse 

220-square-metre gallery space filled with quirk and character. 

Despite the camera crews, James insists that ‘it absolutely 

feels like home’. And he’s right. Rose-gold accessories warm up 

the walls, while reclaimed furniture and DIY projects fill the rooms 

– a testament to the couple’s craft skills (James fixes up the bikes 

that Florence’s carefully arranged flowers are delivered on). ‘The 

building looked like shit when we first saw it,’ Florence admits, 

STARRING 

Petalon 

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but as they give me a tour, you’d never guess the windows were 

smashed in, the walls graffitied and the floors a Pollock pastiche 

of chewing gum. ‘We had to do everything,’ she says, including 

patching up a tin roof over the garden where Florence hosts 

Petalon workshops. As you’d expect, flowers and succulents are 

spread throughout the space. ‘James loves his indoor plants,’ Florence 

explains, and these rare blooms come from a supplier in Bath, 

kept alive with a strict watering schedule. ‘The secret is Google 

Calendar,’ says James. ‘It’s colour coded and everything.‘ 

The decor is mostly vintage, with the exception of a rose-goldtoned 

bed frame from MADE, and 

Clover’s IKEA cot. ‘They’re probably 

the only new pieces of furniture 

we have,’ says James. ‘This isn’t our 

forever home,’ adds Florence. 

‘We’re quietly aware that everything 

we buy for this place will come 

with us wherever we go next.’ So 

they invest in pieces they can easily 

move, such as the delicate floral 

paintings in the kitchen by artist Alicia 

Gale – and felt portraits of Huxley, 

who’s pictured above the dresser 

in Clover’s room. Florence laughs, 

pre-empting the assumption that 

she’s ‘that kind of dog woman’ with a 

framed 3D version of Huxley’s head: 

‘It was a present from James’s mum. 

It is amazing, though.’ 

‘All our flooring decisions have been based around Hux,’ she 

continues. ‘We have to have rugs, rather than carpets, or the place 

would look like Huxley,’ adds James. Wardrobe decisions, too – 

both admit the sandy palette of their outfits is because of him. 

You can really see their stamp on the place in the kitchen, 

where the raw plaster walls are lined with art and copper pots. 

‘We spend most of our time in the kitch-itting room,’ James laughs, 

‘So cooking has become a social thing.’ ‘I hate cooking,’ Florence 

admits. ‘I’m famously a pasta, ketchup and cheese woman. 

We live by Anna Jones’s cookbook.’ ‘We became vegetarian 

together, so it’s great for that.’ And for Clover, who’s trialling different 

textures with food from the same book – minus the salt. 

At the end of the day, the couple spill into the studio space, 

settling in front of a projector and fireplace to binge-watch Blue 

Planet. ‘If anyone asks, we’re watching cerebral Scandi-noir,’ they 

laugh. They’re also dancing to their own tune, literally, entertaining 

Clover with a cello James bought on eBay. Clover has a knack for 

music, just like mum and dad. You can tell by the way she rhythmically 

taps wooden toys on the table as we talk. ‘It keeps her entertained,’ 

James says. Until her partner-in-crime Huxley pads by again. 

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‘The tomato and 

coconut cassoulet 

from Anna Jones’s 

cookbook.’ 

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‘Gomorrah –it 

makes me feel like 

we’re involved in the 

Italian Mafia.’

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ACTS OF 

INFIDELITY 

by Lena Andersson 

This is an author who 

is great at capturing 

intelligent women 

who end up in terrible 

relationships. In 

Andersson’s second 

novel, playwright 

Esther Nilsson doesn’t 

want to be an 

actor’s mistress, yet 

somehow, over 

years of clandestine 

meetings in bars, 

she becomes exactly 

that. A thoughtful 

and sharp exploration 

of how our culture 

views infidelity. 

CHEMISTRY 

by Weike Wang 

This acclaimed novel 

focuses on a young 

woman’s toxic 

relationship with stress, 

and landed author 

Wang a place in the 

National Book 

Foundation’s ‘5 under 

35’ writers. With 

pressure mounting 

from PhD deadlines, 

a marriage proposal 

and pushy parents, the 

book’s unnamed 

narrator reaches such 

a stressful situation 

that she must leave 

everything behind. 

A beautiful, funny, 

eye-opening book. 

THE WATER CURE 

by Sophie Mackintosh 

A hypnotic read about 

three sisters (Grace, 

Lia and Sky) who have 

been kept apart from 

the rest of the world 

for their own safety. 

This extraordinary 

debut is a feminist, 

quasi-dystopian read 

– great for fans of 

Hot Milk, The Girls 

and The Vegetarian. 

WHITE HOUSES 

by Amy Bloom 

This historical novel 

tells the story of Lorena 

Hickok – the first 

female journalist to get 

a byline on the cover of 

The New York Times 

– and her friendship 

and alleged love 

affair with First Lady 

Eleanor Roosevelt. 

WHISTLE IN 

THE DARK 

by Emma Healey 

The awaited novel 

from the author of 

Elizabeth is Missing 

starts with the 

discovery of a girl who 

has disappeared for 

days – and won’t 

reveal what happened. 

And then the strange 

behaviour begins. 

It’s as gripping as 

its predecessor. 

FLORIDA 

by Lauren Groff 

The author of 

bestseller Fates and 

Furies (Obama is a 

fan) is back with her 

hotly anticipated first 

collection of stories. 

All set in her home 

state, expect storms, 

snakes and sinkholes, 

but also complex 

characters filled with 

emotional conflicts 

and questions. 

DARLING 

by Rachel Edwards 

It was only a matter 

of time until we got 

the first Brexit thriller, 

and it’s oh so good. 

Edwards was moved 

to write this book – 

about a white 

teenage girl who 

clashes with her black 

stepmother – after she 

experienced racial 

abuse following the 

divisive referendum. 

MOTHERHOOD 

by Sheila Heti 

By the cult writer of 

the meta-fiction hit 

How Should a Person 

Be and Women in 

Clothes, this reflection 

on motherhood, and 

all the doubts around 

it, will come at you 

with the warmth and 

raw honesty of a 

conversation with 

your best friend. 

‘MY DREAM BOOKSHELF WOULD BE A BURST OF CREATIVITY, COLOUR AND BEAUTY, TO LIFT MY 

SPIRITS EACH TIME I LOOK AT IT.’ ALICE BLACK, DIRECTOR AT THE DESIGN MUSEUM 

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LAURA 

JACKSON 

AMY TERRY & BASIL MAVROLEON’S WEDDING 

MARGOT ROBBIE 

& TOM ACKERLEY 

ELLE’S HARRIET STEWART & 

DARREN HASKELL THOMAS 

KANYE WEST & 

KIM KARDASHIAN 

WEST 

SOLANGE KNOWLES 

& ALAN FERGUSON 

EMILY RATAJKOWSKI 

& SEBASTIAN 

BEAR MCCLARD 

Edited by 

HANNE GABY ODIELE 

& JOHN SWIATEK 

HANNAH 

NATHANSON 

ELLEN PAGE & EMMA PORTNER

*Source: Bridebook.co.uk Marriage Report 2017 

NATALIE SYTNER & 

GEORGE YANDELL 

PART ONE: THE ENGAGEMENT 

SUSIE BOYT ON ANNOUNCING YOUR 

ENGAGEMENT TO THE WORLD, EVEN WHEN 

THE WORLD ISN’T AS HAPPY AS YOU ARE 

With any luck, when you announce that you are getting 

married, your nearest and dearest are delighted for you, and your 

friends grin and cluck and rally. Pals send snaps of the table 

decorations in My Best Friend’s Wedding, where garden roses 

are mixed with humble little Michaelmas daisies to great effect. 

You wonder whether those rumours of duels being fought by your 

gallant aunties, all desperate to lend you their diamond bracelets, 

are true. Your wedding is your moment, after all. 

and we certainly don’t sell tickets. With that in mind, is getting 

married the most tactless thing you can possibly do? If you are 

accustomed in life to having all the feelings, can you be happier 

on your wedding day than your most unhappy guest? 

When I got married, four of my friends had just split up with 

the men they’d hoped to marry, and three had recently lost 

loved ones. It seemed almost disgraceful to be merry. I felt I had 

let them down by being up, and my worries multiplied like 

rabbits. What if my life turned out to be happier than my 

mother’s? Was that a form of betrayal, too? 

Confused and headachey, I talked to the priest about it. 

He was 6ft 5in and so scholarly I think he would have preferred 

to converse with me in Ancient Greek. ‘A 

lot of my friends are going through a hard 

Or not. How do you happily get married when 

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your best friend has just had a searing break-up, or 

your brother’s been cruelly bereaved, or your father 

doesn’t generally like to take a day off work? How 

do you make the day enjoyable, or manageable, for The average number of 

those who are unhappy in their lives? How, on your 

years a couple is 

big day, do you attend to the side of yourself that has together before marrying* 

often felt miserable at the weddings of others, assuming 

you would live a solitary life writing novels in bedsits, drinking 

gin and suffering in style? Have you betrayed her somehow? 

In ordinary times, when things are going well for us, we tend 

to be a bit bashful and keep quiet about it. We employ selfdeprecating 

humour with a nervous smile, we don’t trumpet the fact, 

time at the moment,’ I said. ‘I feel a bit 

ashamed that things are going well for me. 

Most of my life I have been the one who’s 

struggling, so it seems almost unnatural. 

I don’t know who I am anymore.’ 

He suggested we have special prayers 

at the wedding for those who were 

bereaved, sad at heart or going through a 

difficult time in their lives. 

That felt better. I thanked 

him. After we said goodbye, 

I darted back to ask if we 

could somehow acknowledge 

those who were 

single and did not wish to 

be in the service. ‘It’s not 

Bridget Jones,’ he said.

THE 

ADVICE 

EMILY RATAJKOWSKI 

& SEBASTIAN 

BEAR MCCLARD 

KETEVAN GVARAMADZE 

& MICHAEL BEAUPLET 

by SARAH DITTY, HEAD OF POLICY AT FASHION REVOLUTION 

START with your jewellery box. My rings were made entirely of 

recycled gold and heirloom gemstones. Fine jewellers Yunus & Eliza 

melted down the gold and extracted the diamond from my great aunt’s 

ring to produce both my rings and my husband’s wedding band. 

LOOK FOR labels specialising in Fairtrade-certified gold and conflictfree 

gemstones, such as CRED Jewellery, 

Brilliant Earth and Ingle & Rhode. 

CHECK OUT the Responsible Jewellery Council 

– it’s an invaluable resource for exploring certified 

jewellers from all over the world. It ensures 

responsible business practices from mine to retail. 

PLANNING your wedding in a sustainable way 

saves money and allows you to be creative. My 

husband and I have rings steeped in my family 

history. So now, whenever I look at them, I think 

of all the strong women who came before me. 

THE CONVERSATION 

by LIV LITTLE AND SUHAIYLA SHAKUWRA 

THE GAL-DEM FOUNDER AND HER GIRLFRIEND 

DISCUSS WHAT MARRIAGE MEANS TO THEM 

SUHAIYLA: The business of marriage can suck the romance out of an 

otherwise passionate love affair. I say ‘business’ because, to me, that’s 

what marriage is. I believe in each to their own, but I have no desire to 

do it. It’s bizarre to force your partner to sign a contract in front of spectators 

who are only there for the free alcohol. And before you say that 

isn’t true, why does everybody complain when there isn’t a free bar? 

LIV: I think marriage in the old-school sense is a business. But that formulation 

of what a marriage ‘should’ be doesn’t a) fit in with my current 

situation, or b) reflect the marriages I was privy to growing up. My mum 

was married as part of a Buddhist ceremony where I walked her down 

FREDDIE & 

TOM HARREL 

SOLANGE KNOWLES & 

ALAN FERGUSON 

the aisle. To me, marriage is symbolic. It’s about 

two people making a commitment to each other. 

SUHAIYLA: I still don’t see why I need to sign a 

contract for my partner to value my commitment. 

It’s more important to demonstrate love through 

action. I’d be inclined to go for a celebration of 

love: no swearing on the Bible, stupid questions 

about who’s wearing the dress, or stressing 

about which family members are ready to accept 

that, yes, I’m still with a woman. 

LIV: A public celebration of love, a wedding, it all sounds pretty similar 

to me. I’m not unwaveringly attached to the notion of marriage, but 

there is something beautiful about having a day all about you and your 

partner. I think a wedding is what you make of it and, for me, it doesn’t 

come from a place of giving something up; it’s about partnership on an 

equal footing. We both know you are going to marry me anyway. 

PART TWO: THE RUN-UP 

KETEVAN GVARAMADZE & 

MICHAEL BEAUPLET 

by ROG AND BEE WALKER, WHO CAPTURED SOLANGE’S BIG DAY 

CRISSA MARIE 

PRIETO’S WEDDING 

We approach weddings in the same way we do editorials, which is 

why Solange Knowles and Alan Ferguson’s day worked so perfectly. 

We really get into the identity of the couple, their story and the art of 

the day. We’re also a husband-and-wife team, so we understand the 

bond. The main thing to remember when choosing wedding photographers 

is there’s got to be trust, which goes both ways. A lot of the time 

you have clients who don’t trust the photographer and try to micromanage, 

or you have photographers who don’t trust the client. With Solange, 

she’s obviously very artistic, so I wasn’t going to be like, ‘You 

don’t know what you’re talking about’, but at the same time she trusted 

us. She said, ‘This is my vision, feel free to tweak it however you feel.’ 

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TRAVIS GUMBS & CYNTHIA CERVANTES 

CLAUDIA CIFU 

& NICLAS 

KRISTIANSSON 

perfect partner and how they are going to develop themselves. 

You need to accept that things will never be perfect. 

THE BEST WEDDINGS I go to now are normally the second 

marriages – they’re often people who have gone through it. They’ve 

done the cycle, they know the story and there’s a level of maturity 

and thoughtfulness. They’re more in the reality of what it’s like to be 

married, not just focused on the beauty of the wedding. 

REMEMBER to keep your eye on the prize; don’t let yourself be 

annoyed by the flowers and the this and the that. Don’t overstretch 

yourself. It’s best just to keep things simple. 

Esther Perel is the host of the podcast Where Should We Begin? 

Her next project is a series of e-courses for couples and individuals 

looking to keep the spark alive in their relationships. Find out more at 

estherperel.com 

PART THREE: THE BIG DAY 

by MARISA POLANSKY and KRISTINE KELLER, FOUNDERS 

OF SPEECH-WRITING COMPANY SPEECH TANK 

HANNE GABY ODIELE & JOHN SWIATEK 

THE 

VOWS 

by ESTHER PEREL 

THE PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND NEW YORK TIMES 

BESTSELLING AUTHOR SHARES HER 

RELATIONSHIP WISDOM 

In their vows, people are promising each other a 

utopian world where they are going to be the best 

friend, the lover, the teacher, the therapist and the 

cheering squad all in one. But I’m noticing the disillusionment 

that can sometimes follow this kind of 

outlook. Here are my tips on keeping it real. 

A GOOD PLACE TO START when writing your vows 

is: ‘Here I am, humble and flawed, and here is my 

definition of self-esteem.’ Self-esteem is not about 

being perfect, it’s about being able to see yourself 

as a flawed individual. 

IF YOU WANT to get guests’ attention during the 

vows, say something like: ‘I know I’m gonna fuck up 

regularly, and on occasion I hope I will be able to 

admit it was my fault’. That’s a realistic approach. 

PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY looking for the perfect 

partner, but they don’t talk about the idea of being the 

Whether you’re a bride wanting to speak up on your big day (do it!), 

a maid of honour looking to out-toast a groomsman, or a mother of the 

bride looking for all the tears, here are five tips to take on board. 

CHOOSE A THEME: Think of your speech as a story, with a beginning, 

middle and end. More than the ‘what’, think about the ‘why’. 

Why is the couple good together? Why are you there on that day? 

That ‘why’ becomes your theme. Introduce it in the beginning, 

back it up in the middle, and refer to it again at the end. 

KEEP IT SHORT: Attention spans don’t last long, so keep your speech 

shorter than you think it should be and people might just remember it 

– or at least stop chowing down on their filet mignon while you speak. 

DON’T (OVER) DRINK: No one in the history of the world has said, 

‘Wow, I loved listening to that drunk person’s ramblings.’ If you’re trying 

to give a meaningful toast and people are prying the champagne 

from your hands, you’ve overdone it. Practise and practise some more, 

so when it’s your moment, you’ll have the courage to forego the liquid. 

KNOW YOURSELF: Are you laugh-out-loud funny or heartbreakingly 

sincere? Think about who you are and what you’re known for and play 

to your strengths. Now is not the time to 

try something new. 

THE PERFECT SPEECH FORMULA: 

Intro >>> make ‘em laugh >>> establish a 

theme >>> make it personal >>> bring it 

back >>> make ‘em cry >>> drop the mic. 

AMY TERRY & BASIL MAVROLEON 

E L L E J U N E

THE 

I’m sure that planning a wedding and experiencing the day is 

one of the most stressful and anxious moments of your life 

(disclaimer: I’m not married). But wedding-night sex doesn’t 

have to happen on the exact night, when you’ve spent the 

past 19 hours project-managing your family members. Maybe 

you pass out or you’re taking care of drunk friends, but the 

next morning, when there’s calm after the storm, you 

can have a moment to really be together. Do things 

that you think are beautiful and meaningful, and do 

something special – without thinking it’s cheesy because 

it’s ‘wedding sex’. It doesn’t have to be crazy, 

and you don’t have to discover your love for S&M for 

the first time. If I were getting married, I would get the 

most amazing Agent Provocateur lingerie set on the 

planet. And I would obviously want to have sex in a veil! 

THE 

AFTERPARTY 

by KARLEY SCIORTINO, AUTHOR OF SLUTEVER 

HOLIDAY 

by JOURNALIST PANDORA SYKES 

YOU MUST SPEND ALL THE MONEY YOU HAVE ON 

YOUR HONEYMOON BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NEVER 

GO ON HOLIDAY AGAIN. This is a ridiculous 

hangover myth from the Eighties, before multiple 

annual holidays in far-flung destinations became 

de rigueur. You do not need to plunder all your 

shekels into one holiday, because you will, I promise, 

go on another. Probably later that year. 

YOU WILL GET UPGRADED ON THE FLIGHT BECAUSE 

YOU ARE DIVINE NEWLYWEDS. No, you won’t. 

Because they don’t give a shit – they see your types 

all the time. You’re more likely to get eyeballed by 

the stewards for drinking too much on the plane. 

YOUR HONEYMOON WILL BE THE BEST HOLIDAY OF 

YOUR LIFE. This, I am afraid, is the biggest myth of all. 

It might well be the best holiday of your life, but equally, 

on your adventuremoon, it may rain (a lot). There 

may not be lychee martinis on tap (especially 

if you are staying in an eco lodge). There may not be 

air-conditioning (again, especially if you are staying in an eco lodge). 

You may have to eat your dinner by 6pm and choose it from one of only 

two menu options the day before (yes, especially if you are staying in an 

eco lodge). It may all start to feel like a test of endurance, rather than a 

seriously expensive holiday, and you may, just may, as you’re bitten for the 

100th time while sitting on a damp bed in a dimly lit room, wail to your 

paramour: ‘WE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE FUCKING MALDIVES.’ 

YOU WILL LOOK MORE GORGEOUS THAN YOU HAVE EVER LOOKED. In your 

head: mythical, Gisele-like honeymooning self. In the mirror: normal self with 

patchy tan. Despite the giant vacation trousseau, you only begin to look 

heavenly, bronzed and (finally) relaxed approximately five minutes before 

you leave for the airport to get your flight home. 

BUT NONE OF IT MATTERS, BECAUSE YOU ARE WITH THE PERSON YOU 

LOVE MOST IN THE WORLD. Well, that one’s true. Even when you’re sobbing 

over your lost luggage, 

you’re laughing through 

the tears with the person 

that you just pledged yourself 

to for, well (hopefully), 

forever. That will be the bit 

you’ll remember, wherever 

the hell you are. 

by INSTAGRAM’S 

FAVOURITE CELEBRITY 

FLORIST, MAURICE HARRIS 

OF BLOOM & PLUME 

DON’T GO TOO EXTREME 

Keep it classic with a modern 

twist. You still want to 

admire them in 20 years’ time. 

NO MORE MILLENNIAL PINK 

Shades of green are big this 

year. Think rich emeralds, 

strong purples and soft blues. 

ROSES ARE BACK 

Quicksand, Sahara, Secret 

Garden – they all look 

beautiful next to a big peony. 

IRIS & 

CARL APFEL 

by FASHION ICON IRIS APFEL 

I’ve never been able to decide whether I’m a 

romantic with no illusions or a cynic with dreams. But 

I guess I’m a romantic without illusions. I believe in 

love at first sight, but I also believe in love at any time. 

I got married to my husband Carl (above) in 1948, at 

the Waldorf Astoria, New York. I would’ve been 

much happier if we could have eloped and kept the 

money to furnish our home, but my grandparents 

wanted a big wedding, so we had to do it. This is 

what 68 years of marriage has taught me. 

BE PRACTICAL: BUY A WEDDING DRESS YOU CAN 

WEAR AGAIN. I had the first pink wedding. Most of 

my friends had the typical white dresses, which were 

beautiful, but they spent all that money, kept the dress 

in a box and never wore it again. I’m very practical, 

so I sketched the kind of dress I wanted (imported 

pink lace and strapless, with a cape) and knew I’d 

wear it again to black-tie parties. 

THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT TO A LONG 

MARRIAGE IS A SENSE OF HUMOUR. You can’t take 

yourself too seriously or be too rigid. You can’t 

have it your way all the time. Carl and I always 

looked at life the same way. We tried not to be stuffy, 

but instead go with the flow. 

THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO GIVE 

ONE ANOTHER ENOUGH SPACE. When you get 

married, people say you become one person, but in 

my opinion, you remain two different people and you 

should respect one another’s personality, wishes and 

tastes. Carl loved to go to football games and the 

best thing about getting married was not having to go with him. 

And I never said to him ‘don’t go’, but rather ‘go and enjoy 

yourself’. And there were things I liked to do that he didn’t. 

We played it that way, and once in a while I’d go with him and 

he’d go with me. It worked out very well. 

The autobiography ‘Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon’ is published by 

Harper Design, £25 

Karley Sciortino is the author of Slutever: Dispatches from a Sexually Autonomous Woman in a Post-Shame World (available to buy at select online retailers) and the 

host, creator and executive producer of the Viceland Series Slutever. Photographs: Victoria Adamson, Chard Photography, Lucy Birkhead, E!, Phil Porto, Philippe 

Kliot, Getty Images, Iris & Carl Apfel Collection, Dylan Don, Stocksy, Instagram/@hannegabysees, Instagram/@bloomandplume, Instagram/@iamlaurajackson 

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ON#MeToo 

IN THE YEAR OF TIME’S UP, IF THE GOOD MEN SAY NOTHING, OTHERS 

WILL END UP SPEAKING FOR YOU, SAYS RICHARD GODWIN 

Illustration: Jo Bell 

I’ve been thinking about power recently – it’s been difficult not to since 

#MeToo. The power to exploit, the power to command, the power to 

speak and be believed, the power to silence and be obeyed. 

The sort of power a fiftysomething cabinet minister has over a 

twentysomething female journalist. The sort of power a thirtysomething 

comedian who has actually written quite a good book on modern dating 

has over a young woman he takes back to his apartment. The sort 

of power at least one weaselly boss had over my wife when she was 

starting her career, eventually forcing her out of a job she was good 

at, while he continued to be terrible at his. One of the heartening things 

about these recriminations has been seeing her finally share these stories 

with other women, realise that, no, it wasn’t just her, and gaining a 

measure of power from doing so. The sort of agency that comes when 

women speak to one another, and then speak together. 

I’ve found all this uncontroversially excellent. There are not enough 

competent women in positions of power, and there are way too many 

incompetent men. So, I believe this shift in consciousness will benefit 

humanity. Meghan Markle put it quite nicely: ‘Women don’t need to 

find a voice, they have a voice, and they need to feel empowered to 

use it, and people need to be encouraged to listen.’ 

But there’s something else about power I’ve noticed. We’re 

comfortable pointing at those people and saying: ‘Them! They have 

the power!’ But we’re less comfortable admitting our own. I find the 

notion that I am part of some toxic rape fraternity because of a chance 

arrangement of my chromosomes horrifying. I don’t want to exist in the 

same category as trash like Harvey Weinstein or Donald Trump. Or 

even the more garden-variety creeps like Aziz Ansari or the dude in Cat 

Person, The New Yorker short story about modern dating that went viral 

last year. I’ve always found it impossible to understand how anyone 

could take pleasure from doing something to someone who didn’t want 

them to do that. Have I ever been guilty of this, even to a minor extent? 

(Every guy has asked himself this. Perhaps we haven’t asked it of each 

other enough.) Sex is, by its nature, fraught, uncontrollable, hard to 

pin down; it comes with lashings of what the French writer and feminist 

Simone de Beauvoir called bad faith – little lies we tell ourselves to 

mask the terrifying truth of our own and others’ intentions. 

The point about bad faith is it’s a denial of your power. Because 

here’s another thing about power: it comes with responsibility. If you 

have agency, then you can do something about it. The alternative – that 

these things are beyond our control – is much more terrifying. So these 

are some of the things I’ve been thinking about as I watch the #MeToo 

conversation unfold, composing and deleting tweets, because as a cis 

white hetero male thirtysomething with 280 characters, it’s not really 

my turn to speak. (‘Don’t bring us your #notallmen bullshit…’) But if you 

don’t speak, others will speak for you. Usually, on TV, it’s an indignant 

middle-aged man having a debate with an angry millennial woman. 

You don’t tend to hear from the fiftysomething women (unless they’re 

slagging off the twentysomething women, which tells its own story). And 

you don’t tend to hear from the twentysomething men. 

Amid all the bad-sex field reports and #menaretrash memes that 

have flown around feminist Twitter these past few months, I found a 

little light relief in a Buzzfeed listicle called ‘17 Text Messages That 

Will Make You Cringe So Hard You Won’t Be Able to Bear It’. All 

the examples involved a hapless young man asking out a sceptical 

woman and getting some variant of ‘can u not’ in reply. What struck 

me was not how entitled the men were, but the opposite. Most didn’t 

even try to hide their extreme nervousness: ‘*excessively starting to 

sweat* So do you want to maybe grab coffee tomorrow?’ tried one 

Casanova. ‘Umm… hi ii-i was wondering if maybe you’d accept my 

offer of a date? *nervously holds out flower for you*’ offered Romeo. 

Now, I am in the relatively privileged position of having been married 

for ten years. My wife and I courted in an era (the early Noughties) 

that had more in common with a Jane Austen novel than the world 

of Tinder, Pornhub and US-style dating culture, which Britain seems to 

have imported wholesale. But the fundamental dynamic is still broadly 

the same: it’s still the men who shuffle over and do the asking, risking 

ridicule. And it’s still the women who are saying um, no, mkay or *crying 

with laughter emoji* fuck off. There is talk of mandatory consent 

lessons for teenage boys. But still, how you get a woman to consent to 

even a cup of coffee is the least straightforward thing possible to a testosterone-addled 

young male. It might come naturally to a tiny minority. 

Most have to learn through a humiliating process of trial and error. 

Strangely, for all this talk of power, I only thought to look up the 

word as I was writing this. Google provides two definitions: ‘the ability 

or capacity to do something or act in a particular way’ and ‘the capacity 

or ability to direct or influence the behaviour of others or the course 

of events’. It’s a contrast most of us don’t think about much, but clearly 

it’s important. The first definition focuses on the power we have over 

ourselves; the second on the power we have over others. They’re not 

the same thing. Trump and Weinstein are powerful men in the second 

sense, in that their actions can affect millions of people. But to me, they 

are pathetically weak in the first sense – and that is when masculinity is 

at its most toxic. A man who has power over himself does not tend to 

send out dick pics or write ‘whore’ to a woman who he suspects is sleeping 

with another man (as happens in Cat Person). That’s the last snakelike 

revenge of the defeated ego, spitting back its own humiliation. 

So I think we can only have a proper conversation about power 

if we are all honest about the kind we have. Hasn’t the feminist buzzword 

of the past few years been ‘empowering’? The problem is not 

power itself. The problem is getting it and using it wisely. 

E L L E 

J U N E

MDR 

OE 

Photograph: Rebekah Campbell. Styling: Donna Wallace and Felicity Kay 

FIERCE, BLISS, STRONG, CARING, TRANSFORMATIVE, CALMING, HEALING, REGAL, HARD, 

MOTIVATING, SOFT, REFLECTIVE, UNCONVENTIONAL, OPEN, BRAVE AND MORE. 

THE DYNAMIC STORIES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, FROM DUA LIPA TO THE COUPLES 

CHANGING THE FACE AND MEANING OF COUPLEDOM, ARE LIVING PROOF

Styling by 

DONNA WALLACE 

& 

FELICITY KAY 

THIS PAGE Liv (left) wears: 

white cotton dress with 

cape, £2,025, NABIL NAYAL. 

Gold hoop earrings, Liv’s 

own. All other jewellery, 

from a selection, SUHAIYLA 

SHAKUWRA. Suhaiyla wears: 

black cotton dress, £715, 

NABIL NAYA. All other 

jewellery, as before. 

OPPOSITE PAGE Steve wears: 

wool coat, £1,390, MAISON 

MARGIELA at HARVEY 

NICHOLS. Cotton top, £205, 

CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC. 

Linen trousers, £450; and 

linen top, £375, both 

LOEWE X PAULA’S IBIZA. 

Susie wears: cotton, linen 

and sequin dress, £1,450, 

LOEWE X PAULA’S IBIZA. 

Tights, Susie’s own. Nico 

wears: cotton jacket, £22, 

PEACHEYBOO. Cotton 

babygrow, £35; and 

polyester hat, £82 (part of 

set), both NOÉ & ZOË BERLIN. 

Tights, Nico’s own 

‘When we met, I was in a place of stress and had migraines every day. Suhaiyla taught me to look after myself – now I feel in a much better place. 

When you have a partner, you have a reason to take time out from work. I’m fortunate that being a black, gay woman in London right 

now is chill. We’re able to surround ourselves with queer women of colour at club nights like BBZ. Many people don’t have that support network.’ 

So much has happened in a year; going through tough times together and being able to pull through it in the relationship. There’s been loss, 

moving and the quitting of jobs to pursue dreams. Together, we’re stronger.’

HS U 


REBEKAH 

CAMPBELL 

Interviews by 

OLIVE 

POMETSEY 

We first got together on a trip to Amsterdam with a bunch of our mates. We were staying in this awful hostel and took mushrooms. 

We ended up being not really able to do anything, so just spooned in our bunk bed.’ 

‘People always ask us why we’re not married. It’s on our bucket list, but we did things in a different order. This sounds bad, but 

I actually did not think Steve would be as amazing a dad as he is. We’re both sometimes impatient and 

self-obsessed, but when Nico came along, the patience he’s shown… He would do anything and everything for her.’

‘I’ve gone through phases of being confused about my gender, but the reason Eden and I got on so well was because we were 

both dressing in girls’ clothes and neither of us batted an eyelid. We were just ourselves around each other and 

realised that really early on. As we keep doing collections, I think you can see our relationship reflected in Art School and how our 

journey has been working together. You learn and grow with each other. It’s very personal.’ 

‘Tom has given me a lot of courage to do what I want. Two years ago, I would never have been able to be so effeminate. 

He’s also given me a lot of confidence in my weight, which has always been a big obstacle for me, particularly in past relationships. Now we live 

and work in the same place – our studio is part of our house – and it’s quite all-consuming, but I don’t 

think Art School would be as successful if we didn’t work like that. We like to feel completely immersed in it.’

Tom (left) wears: leather 

jacket, £1,250, COACH 

X KEITH HARING. Mesh and 

beaded top (just seen), 

£1,200, ART SCHOOL 

X DOMINIC MYATT at 

SHYNESS. Wool kilt, £440, 

LE KILT. Cotton socks, £8.99 

for three pairs, GLENMUIR at 

SOCKSHOP. Leather shoes, 

£530, MARNI. Eden (right) 

wears: cotton-mix dress, 

£979, ALBINO TEODORO 

at FENWICK. Nylon socks, 

£9, WOLFORD. Leather 

shoes, £425, JIMMY CHOO

Christian wears: linen-mix 

blazer, £1,165; and linen 

trousers, £475, both STELLA 

MCCARTNEY. Cotton shirt, £185, 

A CHILD OF THE JAGO. Tulip 

wears: cotton-blend dress, 

£1,525, ROBERTS | WOOD 

at DOVER STREET MARKET. 

Rings, Tulip’s own 

‘We were set up on a blind date by friends and went for a picnic on H s . s ar e o get ark and I realised we’d 

been talking for six hours nonstop. I took six months off work to help Tulip campaign because I wanted her to win. I was confident she was the right 

person for the job. I knew if I hadn’t taken time off and been part of it, I’d feel really gutted now, like I’d missed out on part of her life.’ 

We got married at the House of Commons. I wasn’t an MP at the time, but I wanted to get married there because my life is so political. 

Chris hadn’t told me until our 17th date that his parents met at the Young Conservatives, and a lot of their friends, who came to our 

wedding, met through the group, too. So you can imagine, with my friends from the Labour Party also included, there was a lot of politics talk. 

I’m Muslim and Chris is Christian, but we’ve just maintained our own culture and religion by taking an interest in each other’s. We’re teaching 

our daughter both and then she’ll choose when she’s older. She’ll do Muslim and Bengali cultural things with me, but she also knows what 

church is like. And she goes to a Jewish nursery, too, so she’s a citizen of the world – a real Londoner.’

Sam wears: nylon vest 

and jersey top, both price 

on request, A-COLD-WALL*. 

Jennifer wears: nylon 

dress, price on request, 

A-COLD-WALL*. Whitegold 

bracelet, £6,250. 

CARTIER. Earrings, 

Jennifer’s own. Genesis 

wears her own clothes 

‘We met at a Black Lives Matter march. Love at first sight is extreme, but it was high interest at first sight. I think 

our attire was a signal that we would get on. It was fierce. We have bonded over our interest in the fashion industry, 

rather than clothes, and that means being able to carve out a narrative for people of colour.’ 

‘Having a child really brings you together. We’re learning more about each other with her. Sam is really ambitious, strong-minded, very caring 

and loving, and that’s what makes him a good parent. It’s like we complete each other. What I lack, he fulfills. Together, we make the whole.’

John wears: wool-mix 

coat, £1,430, VETEMENTS 

at BROWNS. Cotton T-shirt, 

£110, LIAM HODGES. 

Trousers and jewellery, 

John’s own. Leonn wears: 

cotton playsuit, £2,100, 

DIOR. Crystal and metal 

hair slides, £110 for 

two, ASHLEY WILLIAMS. 

Jewellery, Leonn’s own. 

Leather-mix boots, 

£1,150, DIOR 

We met at a LAW issue launch at Moth Club. That was one of the best nights of my life. My favourite band, Real Lies, were playing 

an s cloud nine, so felt confident enough to ask Leonn if she wanted a drink. I grabbed her hand and took her to the bar. Sometimes I say sorry 

for leaning on her, but she keeps me propped up. You’ve got to be a strong woman to keep a 6ft 6in geezer upright in hard times.’ 

‘I think we have our own language at this point. He basically just takes the piss out of my Irish accent and I take the piss out of his English 

accent, and we have somehow formed a language between ourselves where we just laugh at each other.’

Joseph (left) wears: 

cotton-mix coat, £1,180, 

PRADA. Cotton shirt, £345, 

OAMC at SELFRIDGES. 

Satin bow, sylist’s own. 

Alex wears: cotton-mix 

coat, £1,950; and cotton 

shirt, £1,160 both PRADA. 

Satin bow, as before 

‘Growing up, I was obsessed with fashion and knew I wanted to work in it, so finding somebody who I not only love and respect, 

but also who I can have conversations with about the most ridiculous, niche things within the industry, just makes life all the richer.’ 

‘After our first date, I told my friends, “I’m done. I know who I’m going to spend the rest of my life with.” It was the same when my 

mum met my dad; she knew that was the guy she was going to marry. Joe made me realise I need to make more time for life, as opposed to just 

working. Last August, we went to Paris. I was very good friends with Azzedine Alaïa, so we spent an amazing weekend with him.’

Benjamin wears: leather 

jacket, £725, THE KOOPLES. 

Poplin shirt, £385, SARA 

BATTAGLIA at BOUTIQUE 1. 

Feather trim, stylist’s own. 

Mohair trousers, £260, 

BAND OF OUTSIDERS. Akane 

wears: cotton top, £325, 

REJINA PYO. Tulle skirt, 

£2,600; viscose briefs, 

£640; metal and crystal 

necklace, £270; and metal 

ring, £270, all DIOR 

‘Akane is the hardest worker. I find it difficult to keep up, but it’s amazing to aspire to. She’s also so caring, but because 

she’s shy, she won’t always show it. We just performed in Giselle together and our characters were in love, so playing those roles came naturally.’ 

‘We first bonded when we were both injured, and because of that, I felt like I’d lost part of myself. Being able to support each other 

through that difficult time was so encouraging for me to get through the recovery. Ben likes sharing things with people. He’s an open person, 

whereas I’m quite shy; it takes time for me to be myself. When I saw how easily he talked about his feelings, I wanted to be more like him.’

Fergus wears: bespoke suit, 

ANGELOS TALENTZAKIS AND 

PAUL KITSAROS. Cotton 

shirt and knitted tie, both 

Fergus’s own. Leather 

shoes, £765, CHRISTIAN 

LOUBOUTIN. Margot wears: 

polyester dress, £772, 

A.W.A.K.E. Ring, Margot’s 

own. Leather shoes, £675, 

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN 

‘I fell in love immediately with Margot. She knocked me into shape as a chef. We would have cross words in the kitchen, then kiss 

and make up. I still wake up and wonder what we’re having for lunch. It’s why it works: we have a similar enthusiasm for lunch.’ 

‘We met at a pop-up dining club Fergus was doing. It was the opening night and everyone was there. And what did I get 

on my plate? Pigeon and peas. I thought this guy was amazing and bonkers. I went upstairs to meet the chef, and there he was. The next meal 

he cooked me was cabbage and spaghetti with truffle oil at his house. I just thought, “Oh my God, this guy is so cool.” I’m still his number-one fan.’

Billie wears: cotton 

dress, £465, 


Ty wears: silk and 

viscose shirt, £945, 

GIVENCHY. Coat and 

earring, Ty’s own 

Photographs: Rebekah Campbell. Styling: Felicity Kay and Donna Wallace. Hair: Hiroshi Matsushita using Oribe Haircare. Make-up: 

Crystabel Riley using Pai Skincare and Inika Organic. Nails: Chisato Yamamoto at David Artists using NARS Cosmetics. Billie and 

Ty represented by Premier Model Management. Shot on location at the Master Shipwright’s House, Deptford. Handwriting: Jo Bell 

‘On our wedding day, we wanted to mix our cultures. We had a civil ceremony and then a blessing by Ty’s parents’ pastor. 

We mixed all the food – half Nigerian and half English – and came out wearing traditional Yoruba outfits 

for a dance. When I was walking down the aisle, Ty turned around and he was crying. I had never seen him cry before.’ 

‘It’s important that our baby [due in June] knows its Nigerian heritage, because I think as a lot of people get older, they feel lost. You need some 

lineage. I want to choose a name that our baby can look back on and ask, “Where am I from?” It’s what I felt I had to deal with.’


LIZ 

COLLINS 

Styling by 

ANNE-MARIE 

CURTIS 

E LIFE 

RULE 

Words by 

HANNAH 

NATHANSON

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FOR ALL THE 

SCREW-YOU 

LYRICS AND 

EMPOWERING 

BREAK-UP 

AN HEMSthat 

have helped propel Dua 

Lipa to a new level of pop stardom, the 22-year-old Kosovan-British 

singer admits that, when it comes down to it, she’s a hopeless 

romantic: ‘I’m such a firm believer in love. I blame my parents for that, 

because they have a really good relationship and I think they’ve set my 

standards high,’ she tells me over rocket-fuel green tea after her 

ELLE shoot in London. It’s Easter Monday and she can’t wait to get 

home to cook for herself – something she hasn’t been able to do for the 

past month while travelling around Australia, supporting Bruno Mars 

on tour (she’s then heading to Paris to hang out with Karl Lagerfeld 

and Simon Porte Jacquemus for a television appearance). But for the 

singer, who was spotted as a teenager covering pop stars’ hits on You- 

Tube and has now sold 16 million singles, there might also be a bigger 

cosmic reason at play for her unashamed romanticism: her name, Dua, 

which was given to her by her grandmother, 

means ‘love’ in Albanian. 

Since releasing her debut eponymous 

album in June 2017, Dua has become known 

as a warrior of love for a new generation of 

women. Her raw, honest lyrics hinge on female 

empowerment, relationships and heartbreak, 

and are backed by a unique strain of dark pop, 

which Dua describes as ‘dance crying’. ‘It’s all 

quite fun to dance to, but if you listen to just the 

lyrics, or strip it down and just do a piano 

version of it, it’s quite sad,’ she explains. Her 

voice is warm and husky, a personal trademark 

once singled out for being too low when she 

auditioned for the school choir. Now, though, 

her mature, soulful tone is the reason she’s become 

the most-streamed female artist in the UK. 

Like many pop icons before her, Dua focused 

on the drama and messiness of love right 

from the start, with singles Be The One and Hotter 

Than Hell, the latter of which was inspired by a break-up (‘I wrote it 

because my first-ever boyfriend made me feel like I constantly wasn’t 

good enough. I didn’t want him to know I was that sad, so I made it 

seem like he couldn’t get enough of me’). Then everything changed with 

her Number 1 hit New Rules. It’s an anthemic, three-step toolkit for getting 

over an ex (‘If you’re under him, you ain’t getting over him’), and its 

video, featuring a fiercely protective girl gang, has been streamed 

more than a billion times. The song even inspired a placard carried by 

gun-control activists during the March For Our Lives (‘1. Just pick up 

the phone… For your local congressman. 2. Don’t let them win…’). 

When I ask how it feels to see the reach of her song lyrics, she admits 

to feeling the power of change right now. ‘I so badly wanted to be a 

part of that march; everything that’s happening in the world feels so 

revolutionary and I think it’s important to be a part of history. It’s cool 

that, even though I wasn’t there, there was a tiny little mark.’ 

Dua’s made even bigger waves in the music industry. She recently 

became the first woman to be nominated for five Brit Awards in one 

year (she won two), and with New Rules she became the first female 

soloist to get a UK Number 1 since Adele’s Hello in 2015. But while 

her personal lyrics have helped Dua connect with fans and carve out a 

place for herself in the pop-icon pantheon, she sometimes feels conflicted 

about opening up too much: ‘I put a lot of my life out there 

through my music for everyone to know and see and feel. It makes it 

difficult to allow myself to have privacy, because being so open is 

what’s given me this amazing relationship with my fans.’ 

But she doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon. She gives me a hint of 

what her next album will have in store: ‘I wear my heart on my sleeve 

and I’m not afraid to do so. There’s strength in vulnerability and strength 

in sadness. I enjoy the empowerment and the performance when I’m 

singing stuff that’s about not backing down.’ So, who better to turn to 

for life and love advice than the queen of empowered pop? 

I’M A SERIAL MONOGAMIST, BUT FRIENDS SAY I SHOULD TRY 

BEINGSINGLEANDENJOYMYTWENTIES.AMIMISSINGOUT? 

SCARED OF SINGLEDOOM, 26 

There’s so much fun in being single. When I’m single, I end up having 

so much more time to do a lot of other stuff. When you’re in a relationship, 

the time you do have off, you tend to dedicate to that one person. 

While that can be fun, it’s also good to go out and do everything on 

your own terms. I am totally into monogamy, but I think it’s also important 

to experience life on your own, 

at least for a little bit. I think you 

learn so much about yourself when 

you’re completely alone and you 

have no one to go to for help for 

certain things. You learn to rely on 

yourself in a different way. 

WHENFEMINISTPOLITICSCOME 

UP AT HOME, OLDER MEMBERS 

OF MY FAMILY DISAGREE WITH 

ME, AND WE END UP FIGHTING. 

HOW CAN I MAKE THEM LISTEN 

TOMYPERSPECTIVE? 

GLORIASTEINEMWANNABE,27 

I think it’s a lot about collaboration, 

where you’re like, ‘I totally understand 

your point of view, but this is 

my opinion and I feel this way because 

of this, this and this.’ Getting 

heated about it can egg people on the wrong way. Sometimes, I back 

my argument up with facts I’ve read in books, or I give people feminist 

books I’ve really enjoyed. My three go-to reads are Bad Feminist by 

Roxane Gay (one of my all-time favourites); The Beauty Myth by Naomi 

Wolf (a classic feminist read – you could just show your family the last 

chapter and it would make sense); and Men Explain Things To Me by 

Rebecca Solnit (it’s pretty hard-hitting, but an important read).

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viscose briefs, £670, all DIOR. Gold, diamond 

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I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE A CAREER IN MUSIC, BUT 

IT’S SUCH A COMPETITIVE INDUSTRY, I CAN’T IMAGINE IT 

EVER HAPPENING. WHAT ADVICE HELPED YOU MOST? 

CHASING DREAMS, 23 

I never thought that I would be doing what I’m doing now. It’s always 

been a massive dream of mine to be a singer and write songs, but 

I never knew how I would actually get there. My dad would always 

say, ‘You need to work really, really hard to get a little bit of luck’. And 

although sometimes being in the right place at the right time does 

happen, it always tends to happen to the people who are already on 

their way. So don’t give up on your dream, always work towards it and 

figure out what the next step is. For me, being on the ground was really 

important: getting out there and trying to get as much work as possible, 

putting out covers and being proactive. 

You just have to keep working 

towards it and believe in your art. 

I WAS BIG INTO SHAVING MY 

LEGS AND WAXING MY BIKINI 

LINE WHEN I FIRST STARTED 

DATING MY BOYFRIEND, BUT 

NOW I CAN’T BE BOTHERED. I 

CAN TELL IT FRUSTRATES HIM. 

WHAT SHOULD I DO? 

STUBBLE TROUBLE, 31 

Your body hair should be your 

personal preference; it’s all about 

what you feel comfortable with. I 

guess there’s definitely compromise 

in a relationship – I’m sure there’s 

an ugly shirt you don’t really want 

him to wear. It’s about finding the 

middle ground with someone. I know 

a lot of women who have decided to grow their pubic hair because it 

makes them feel more womanly. Plus, upkeep is so boring. 

I’M DATING A LOT AT THE MOMENT AND I’VE STARTED TO 

IGNORE MESSAGES FROM GUYS I DON’T LIKE. I FEEL LIKE IT’S 

A BAD HABIT TO GET INTO – CAN I GET AWAY WITH IT? 

NO REPLY, 34 

I think you have to remember what it feels like when someone ghosts 

you. It’s something I try not to do. I prefer to be upfront and honest 

about situations. I know what it’s like to be ghosted, so I’ll probably tell 

someone, ‘You’re so lovely but I prefer you as a friend.’ Whether or 

not they want to carry on that friendship is totally up to them. Being 

honest, rather than leading someone on or ghosting them, is much 

easier. It’s so awkward when you bump into them and they say, ‘I’ve 

texted you so many times…’ and you’re like, ‘Yeah… my phone’s been 

broken for so long’. Honesty is the best policy for sure. 

I’VE GOT A FEW FRIENDS WHO RELY ON ME FOR EVERYTHING 

AND ARE CONSTANTLY ASKING ME FOR ADVICE. HOW DO 

YOU TELL A FRIEND THAT THEY’RE BEING OVERLY NEEDY 

WITHOUT HURTING THEIR FEELINGS? 

THE (TIRED) ROCK, 33 

Sometimes you just have to be a friend and allow them to let it all out. 

Again, I think it’s really important to be honest and be like, ‘Mate, 

you’ve spoken about this half a dozen times now and I’ve given you a 

solution every time.’ Eventually, they’ll have to admit you’re right and 

you can kind of make a joke out of it. I think it’s important just to let your 

friends rant, because that’s probably going to be you at some point, 

and you’ll need them there to listen. 

I’M CONSTANTLY PLAGUED BY THE FEELING OF NOT BEING 

GOOD ENOUGH, IN BOTH MY RELATIONSHIP AND AT WORK. 

I ALWAYS LOOK AT OTHER WOMEN AND THINK THEY’RE 

NAILING IT. DOES EVERYONE EXPERIENCE THESE THOUGHTS 

AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES, OR IS IT JUST ME? 

NEVER ENOUGH, 37 

It’s happened to me in both my first-ever relationship and my most 

recent relationship. I felt like I wasn’t enough, or I wasn’t good enough. 

When those relationships ended, I would say to myself, ‘Maybe it’s my 

fault.’ But then you play back certain things and moments from your 

time together and realise it wasn’t all in your head. Sometimes people 

can be emotionally manipulative without wanting to, and sometimes 

people in relationships can bring out the worst in each other. But it has 

been proven to me that not everyone makes 

you feel that way. The one thing I want you to 

get from this is: don’t blame yourself. I think 

that’s really important. 

I RECENTLY SLIPPED UP AND DRUNK-TEXTED 

MY EX-BOYFRIEND AND NOW WE’RE BACK 

IN TOUCH. CAN YOU EVER BE FRIENDS 

WITH AN EX OR IS IT A TOTAL NO-GO? 

STILL IN LOVE, 29 

It depends on the break-up and what happened 

in the relationship, but I think you can be friends 

with your ex. I’m really good friends with mine 

in fact, but we’re in a tricky situation because 

I think we still love each other. I think it’s tough 

because your first love will always be your first 

love, no matter the circumstances. I’ve spoken 

to multiple people about this, and even though 

they didn’t end up with their first love, they say 

they’ll always love that person. If you care 

about someone so much, keep them in your life, even if you know 

you’re not meant to be together in a romantic sense. 

I’VE FALLEN TOO HARD, TOO FAST FOR A GIRL I MET BEFORE 

CHRISTMAS. THIS IS MY FIRST RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER 

WOMAN AND WE’RE ALREADY TELLING EACH OTHER WE’RE IN 

LOVE. I’M WORRIED THINGS ARE MOVING SO QUICKLY AND 

THAT IT’S TOO SOON. HOW CAN I PUT THE BRAKES ON THINGS? 

MOVING TOO FAST, 26 

There is a danger in saying ‘I love you’ too soon, but sometimes you’ll 

meet someone who makes you feel a certain way, and it seems like the 

most natural thing to say. You shouldn’t be afraid of it. If it’s meant to 

be, there’s no such thing as ‘going too fast’. It will feel right. And if it 

doesn’t work out, that’s OK, too. As much as I tell myself not to rush into 

something, or be careful not to say ‘I love you’ too fast without knowing 

if there’s any substance in the relationship, it’s important to go with 

your gut. Life is too short not to say 

‘I LOVE 

YOU’.

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JONATHAN LYNNE. Black 

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Crown, stylist’s own. 

THIS PAGE Tulle dress, 

£6,180, MARNI. Suede 

shoes, £965, CHRISTIAN 

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application, CHOPARD. Tulle 

gloves, £150, ERMANNO 

SCERVINO. Velvet bag, 

£1,230, MING RAY. White 

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Wool-mix jacket, £2,250; 

and canvas skirt, £805, 

both GUCCI. Cotton blouse, 

£420, BEAUFILLE. Gold 

earrings, £2,600; and 

resin, glass and metal 

necklace, £1,660, both 

CHANEL. Feather brooch, 

£195, HILLIER BARTLEY. 

Gold ring, £76, ANTON 

HUENIS at ALEXANDRA 

MAY. Sterling-silver 

ring, £60, PANDORA. 

Phone case, stylist’s own 

PHIL POYNTER

PHIL POYNTER 

Wool coat, £1,630, 

MIU MIU. Cotton shirt, 

£1,075, BALENCIAGA. 

Satin gloves, £90, 

CORNELIA JAMES. Yellow 

gold, diamond and 

emerald earrings, price 

on application, BUCCELLATI. 

White gold and diamond 

ring, £9,900, CHANEL. 

Marcasite brooch, 

£185, LUKE STOCKLEY at 

ALEXANDRA MAY

Pink cotton-mix bodice, 

£735; blue and white 

cotton top (worn underneath), 

£415; and black wool-mix 

trousers, £695, all PRADA. 

Sterling-silver, marcasite 

and pearl necklace, 

£640, ALEXANDRA MAY. 

Sterling-silver watch, £249, 

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PHIL POYNTER 

THIS PAGE Wool and cotton 

jumper, £765; and metal 

and resin earrings, £380, 

both GUCCI. Silk blouse 

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Gold-plated crystal crown, 

£1,850, DOLCE & GABBANA 

OPPOSITE Cotton dress, 

£3,455, DOLCE & GABBANA. 

Silk sash, stylist’s own. 

Sterling-silver brooch, 

£260, ALEXANDRA MAY

Black tulle dress, £2,310, 

GIVENCHY. Metal and pearl 

headband, £85, MIU MIU. 

White rhodium-plated 

earrings, £45, SWAROVSKI. 

Black cotton brooch, £575, 

CHANEL. Black cotton gloves, 

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White silk crepe blouse with black scarf, £6,335, CHANEL. Black cotton trousers, £390, BURBERRY. Metal, resin 

and strass earrings, £885; and black and white PVC and grosgrain bag cover, £465, both CHANEL 

PHIL POYNTER

THIS PAGE Jersey and mesh 

top, £870; and silk shorts, 

£795, both VALENTINO. 

Hair tie, stylist’s own. Silver 

earrings, £35, MELISSA 

ODABASH at JOHN LEWIS. 

OPPOSITE Viscose swimsuit, 

£800, TOM FORD. Hair 

tie, as before. Acetate 

sunglasses, £18, WEEKDAY. 

Metal necklaces, £16 for 

three, URBAN OUTFITTERS

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£4,000; silk shorts, £550; 

and leather trainers, £780, 

all LOUIS VUITTON. Hair 

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stylist’s own. Cotton socks, 

£7.64, STANCE. Metal 

necklaces, £16 for three, 

URBAN OUTFITTERS. Nylon 

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bracelet, £109, CORNELIA 

WEBB. Plastic watch, £32, 

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T-shirt, £30, DKNY. Jacquard 

neoprene bikini bottoms, 

around £69, TRIANGL. 

Hair tie, as before. Acetate 

sunglasses, £18, WEEKDAY. 

Metal necklace, as before 

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THIS PAGE Viscose 

swimsuit, £750, BALMAIN. 

Cotton-mix top (worn 

underneath), £19, GUESS. 

Hair tie, stylist’s own. 

Silver earrings, £35, 

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at JOHN LEWIS. Metal 


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Leather shorts, £1,620, 

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VACCARELLO. Hair tie and 

rope (worn as belt), 

both stylist’s own. Silver 

earrings, £35, MELISSA 

ODABASH at JOHN LEWIS. 

Metal necklaces, as before. 

Rubber and polyester 

shoes, £35, TEVA. Crystal 

and metal brooch (attached 

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OPPOSITE Silk organza top, 

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Hair & Make-up using 

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EMBRACE THE SUN AND GO BACKLESS FOR A LOOK THAT WILL TAKE YOU BEYOND THE SHORES

auty 

Edited by 

SOPHIE 

BERESINER 

Photograph: Rebekah Campbell. Still-life photographs: Kate Anglestein. Model: Ruby Campbell at Premier Model Management 

H O I I U I U 

N U H UG 

SISLEY Hydrating 

lipstick in 

Tangerine, £38 

DOLCE & 

GABBANA 

Classic Cream 

lipstick in 

Cosmopolitan, 

£27 

YSL Rouge 

Pur Couture 

lipstick in Le 

Rouge, £28 

ILLAMASQUA 

Glamore 

lipstick in 

Buff, £20 

GIVENCHY 

Le Rouge 

Mat lipstick 

in Rouge 

Stiletto, £28 

CHARLOTTE 

TILBURY Hot 

Lips lipstick 

in Electric 

Poppy, £24 

REVLON 

Super Lustrous 

lipstick in 

Really Red, 

£7.99 

URBAN DECAY 

Cream Vice 

lipstick in 

Manic, £16.50 

YSL Rouge 

Pur Couture 

in Rouge 

Roxane, £28 

L’ORÉAL 

Color Riche 

Shine in 

Beauty Guru, 

£8.99

E 

SUPER-MATTE DOES NOT MEAN DRY AND UNCOMFORTABLE. Think of how inviting plush 

velvet is, or how much you want to touch a fresh orchid petal. Yeah, that. 

Layer liquid lipstick over pencil over balm for maximum staying power and punch. 

…IS ALL YOU NEED. BUT AN ENT RE 

RMY

BEAUTY 


REBEKAH CAMPBELL 

Beauty by 

SOPHIE BERESINER 

OF LIP COLOURS CAN’T HURT, EITHER

COLOURS 

COLLIDE 

BLENDING COLOURS 

on the back of your hand 

(rather than on someone else’s 

mouth) is an easy way to 

create your own bespoke lip 

colour. Our favourite trick 

to update a classic red? 

Add a touch of orange for 

a coral finish. Try it with your 

two favourite shades and 

see what happens. 

E L L E J U N E

THE LOUD MOUTH 

COLOUR, TEXTURE, STAYING POWER, REPEAT. Any colour you choose has a totally different effect 

on your face dependent on the texture. Matte can be super-playful in sugary, pale shades, 

or extra-sophisticated in deeper reds. Satin gives a fresher finish, while gloss is eternally youthful. 

YSL Volupté 

Liquid Balm 

in Watch Me 

Orange, £26 

YSL Rouge 

Volupté Shine 

in Corail A 

Porter, £28 

CHRISTIAN 

LOUBOUTIN 

Velvet Lip 

Colour in Miss 

Loubi, £70 

YSL Volupté 

Liquid Balm 

in Excite Me 

Pink, £26 

KAT VON D 

Studded 

Kiss in 

Backstage 

Bambi, £17 

YSL Rouge 

Volupté Shine 

in Beige 

Blouse, £28 

SHISEIDO 

Rouge Rouge in 

Fire Topaz, £24 

YSL Tatouage 

Couture Matte 

Stain in Rose 

Ink, £29 

LAURA GELLER 

Iconic Lipstick 

in Delancey 

Dahlia, £16 

YSL Tatouage 

Couture Mat te 

Stain in 

Corail Anti- 

Mainstream, 

£29 

YSL Vernis 

à Lèvres 

in Electric 

Burgundy, £28

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AT THE WALL GROUP 

USING OUAI HAIRCARE. 

MAKE-UP: FLORRIE WHITE 

AT BRYANT ARTISTS 

USING YSL BEAUTY. 

NAILS: AMA QUASHIE AT 

CLM HAIR AND MAKE-UP 

USING YSL BEAUTY. 

MODELS: RUBY CAMPBELL 

AT PREMIER MODEL 

MANAGEMENT AND MIA 

QUINN AT VIVA LONDON 

THE WET LOOK 

Words: Sophie Beresiner. Still-life photographs: Kate Anglestein. Handwriting: Jo Bell 

VINYL GLOSS is best 

worn bright for ultimate 

attraction in the literal 

sense. Up the excitement 

factor with a ‘lip top coat’. 

It elevates your base 

colour, both in intensity of 

gloss and amazingness of 

finish. This is YSL Beauty 

Val Neon in Video Red, 

£28, layered over a base 

of YSL Beauty Rouge Pur 

Couture in Le Rouge, £28. 

They give it a seriously 

3D, wet-look effect. Try to 

keep away from any 

approaching lips: it’s way 

too good to waste on 

romantic transference. 

E L L E J U N E

If you’re not spelling your 

intentions on your nails, do 

you even have any? Created 

for us by Marian, these 

(right) are simple, powerful 

(ahem) and BRILLIANT! 

@MARIANNEWMAN 

using CND Vinylux 

Imagine the carefree beauty 

of the Amalfi Coast in a scent. 

The light notes (green rose, 

ginger, bergamot) and iconic 

packaging of Valentino Donna 

Rosa Verde, £97 for 125ml 

EDT (above), offer a distinctly 

Italian spin on floral fragrance. 

ID 

Christian Louboutin Beauty’s 

pop-art pigments are like 

a night out for your nails. 

Try Loubiflash Nail Colour in 

Neoprene (above) or Crosta 

Meteor (near right), £23 each. 

R 

R 

MY EARLIEST FRAGRANCE 

MEMORIES… 

are of my grandmother, my 

mom and aunt. Smell is such 

a powerful sense, and they all 

had very specific fragrances. 

Spritz this and people will take 

notice. Prada La Femme L’Eau 

Eau de Parfum, £93.50 for 

100ml (right), is that rare mix 

of eccentric and sensual, thanks 

to notes of frangipangi flower, 

mandarin and tuberose. 

MY CURRENT GO-TO… 

perfume is Carolina Herrera 

Good Girl Eau de Parfum, 

£94.50 for 80ml (above right). 

It’s powerful and versatile, too; 

sweet but with undertones of 

coffee and cocoa that make 

it subtly sexy. 

IALWAYSLOOKFOR... 

fragrances that can go from 

day to night. We’re all so busy, 

and I know I don’t have time to 

go home and get changed. 

E L L E J U N E

Givenchy Hydra Sparkling 

Luminescence Moisturizing 

Bubbling Lotion, £33 (above), 

is loaded with the brand’s 

Sparkling Water Complex 

and multi-molecular hyaluronic 

acid to maximise hydration. 

p 

MAC DIRECTOR OF MAKE-UP 

ARTISTRY TERRY BARBER 

@TERRYBARBERONBEAUTY 

. 

To smell it is to love it: 

L’Occitane Almond Delightful 

Body Balm, £26 (above), is 

therapeutically self-indulgent. 

Pressing in with your palm, 

use slow and deep massage 

movements to soften the skin and 

chill you out after a long day. 

SK 

Clarins Water Lip Stain 

in Rose Water, Red Water 

and Orange Water, £19 each 

(left), apparently lasts for 

up to 300 kisses. Does it 

work? After a few cocktails, 

who knows – you might need it. 

BY SOPHIE BERESINER 

In my mind, when I post 

a *yes, I exercise* photo 

after a rigorous Reformer 

Pilates session, I am poised, 

glowing and enviably 

flushed. My selfie camera 

disagrees. I am redder than 

my lipstick, and I still don’t 

love it half an hour later 

when I get to work, ruddy 

at best. Luckily, I’ve found 

a loophole in the cycle 

and can now be found 

in the gym changing room, 

Revlon PhotoReady Colour 

Correct Pen for Redness, 

£8.99 (left), in hand to 

even out my flushed face. 

It’s the perfect quick-fix 

solution for problem areas, 

and very selfie-friendly. 

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Q. 

I’M GETTING MARRIED IN FRANCE THIS 

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A. 

As a matter of fact, I happen to be qualified to answer this, 

because I did my own wedding make-up – that’s quite a thing 

for a beauty editor with some of the world’s best make-up artists 

saved in my contacts list. But I did a few trials, and while my make-up 

was undoubtedly beautiful, I just didn’t feel like me. You want to feel the 

most like you on your wedding day of all days, surely? 

My main piece of advice is to think about the moment when you 

felt your most beautiful. Was it a night out? Was it a first date? Then 

remember what your make-up was doing and consider recreating that. 

For the record, mine was the first time I tried a particular red lipstick, and 

I was asked out twice in one night. Not a romantic tale linked to my 

soon-to-be husband, but a strong start nonetheless. Then consider 

that your wedding day will involve a shit-ton of kissing – your new 

husband, family, sometimes even strangers – so red lipstick, although 

damn sexy, is not the most viable option. Default to the second-best time 

you felt your most beautiful. If, like me, it was that time he took you for 

a curry in Whitechapel and you’d just discovered bronze smoky eyes 

with kohl in the waterline, and he couldn’t stop telling you how pretty 

you looked, then go for a bronze smoky eye with black kohl for the 

big day. Smoke? In summer? Yes! Do not be beholden to the season: 

it’s more important that you look and feel great. 

The best part of this plan, it’s born from a scenario in which you’ve 

already done your own make-up, and it went down a storm. So there: 

an instant confidence-booster. Don’t worry, you’ve got this. 

My most important wedding make-up tip is to go to a beauty 

counter to be definitively colour-matched with a long-wear foundation. 

You might think you already know your shade, but just double check 

for this occasion, OK? Then consider: France, summer, hot! So I would 

recommend Cover FX Power Play. It comes in 40 shades and is matte, 

water-resistant and sweat-proof (in other words, wedding-day proof). 

If you do buy a whole new make-up kit, you’ll feel lovely every time 

you put on ‘my MAC Please Me wedding lipstick’ (perfect choice) or 

‘CliniqueFit Mascara’ (waterproof version, I insist). You already know 

your other half is going to find you beautiful, you’ve already tried out 

this exact look, but this time it’ll be beautiful with wedding bells on. 

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E L L E J U N E

MADEM 

-OIS 

ELLE 

Our columnist is on a 

five-week mission for 

wedding-perfect arms 

I’M FROM A LONG LINE of bingo-winged 

women, so upper arm flab is in my genes (at 

least that’s what I tell myself). As such, I’ve 

avoided wearing off-the-shoulder sleeveless 

everything my entire life. But when we brought 

our wedding date forward to June, Bridezilla 

here suddenly fancied wearing an arm-revealing 

wedding dress. Who. Am. I? 

My mind may be in bed with a Krispy 

Kreme doughnut, but my body is in Notting 

Hill at Bodyism, brainchild of celebrity trainer 

James Duigan, where I’ll be five times a week 

for the next five weeks. It may sound exclusive, 

but Bodyism is a global fitness brand anyone 

can buy into. Even if you’re on a budget or 

not based in London, you can follow the programme 

through one of his books. That’s how I 

first discovered Duigan three years ago. As my 

second child turned two, I couldn’t shift the last 

16 pounds of baby weight. In a funk, I took to 

Google, where I discovered the Clean & Lean 

Diet book – I was back at my pre-baby weight 

in eight weeks. Best £13 I’ve ever spent. 

Illustration by 

JO 

RATCLIFFE 

So I know his eating plan actually works. 

But if I work out hard enough, will I have hot 

wedding arms in only five weeks? My schedule 

is jam-packed: Monday, Pilates; Tuesday, 

boxing; Wednesday, an hour with a personal 

trainer; Thursday, high-intensity movement 

in a Bodyism Blueprint class; Friday, fascial 

stretch therapy, during which I get to lie 

down for an hour and exercise my tongue – 

yackity yack yack yack. Apart from how surprisingly 

friendly and unpretentious the place 

is – and the fact there’s an air-conditioning unit 

pumping out pure oxygen, plus coconut oil in 

the coffee – what strikes me most is all the positive 

affirmations posted across the walls, tote 

bags and T-shirts. But why, I wonder? 

‘Love and gratitude’ may be their attitude, 

but I’m here to train, I think, as I push myself to 

the limit, thwacking the living daylights out of 

the instructor’s boxing pads at my first class. 

I’ve always loved aggressive exercise – marathon 

running, HIIT – so it’s new to discover 

that, aside from the boxing, exercise at Bodyism 

is a lot gentler on the body. Being kinder to 

my body feels like an alien concept; I’ll admit, 

I’m often guilty of pointing out my own flaws. 

‘I hate my effing arms!’ I screech at the mirror 

during Pilates, arms jiggling like a dart champion’s 

belly trying to escape a too-tight vest 

top. With a face etched in despair, I yank the 

reformer up and out. ‘OH MY GOODNESS, 

STOP!’ shouts Paola, an extremely fit-looking 

instructor who has the kind of taut, Oscarwinning 

arms I’ve always dreamed of. 

‘Your arms are listening! Tell them you 

love them.’ I gawp at her. Apparently, 

using expletives to describe one’s 

dy parts is illegal here. ‘Err, I love 

u, arms.’ One large glass of positive 

irmation Kool-Aid coming right up! 

After an hour on the reformer, 

next morning my arms feel tighter, 

re compact – as does my stomach. 

MG, this is how Madonna must 

have felt when she discovered Pilates! 

After three weeks, my hard work is beginning 

to pay off: I feel stronger, can 

hold a plank for ages and do a pretty 

decent set of push-ups. But surely there 

has to be a quick-fix solution? 

A while ago, I read about Cool 

Sculpt, the non-surgical fat-reduction 

procedure that freezes fat cells. No 

offence, Bodyism, but I book an appointment 

to see a practitioner. During a 

30-minute consultation, the nurse describes 

the ‘uncomfortable push and pull of the suction 

pads, which are placed on each arm as 

they freeze roughly 25 per cent of the fat cells 

in the area’. Apparently, ‘skin may lose elasticity 

with fat reduction’. Saggy arms, anyone? 

Sod that and sod spending thousands when 

the ‘before’ photos look almost the same as 

the ‘after’ shots! Our bodily hang-ups can 

leave us vulnerable to expensive treatments 

that over-promise on results – in my opinion, 

this is one of them. I slather my arms in 

Immunocologie’s musky-smelling Body Serum 

instead; it’s a dry oil that leaves my arms 

feeling silky and my mood lifted, all without 

having to re-mortgage the house. 

After five weeks at Bodyism, I am firmer, 

happier and way stronger – but no, I do 

not possess the arms of an Instagram yogi. 

According to Duigan, ‘The most powerful 

thing you can do for yourself is to love yourself,’ 

which may explain why I burst into tears 

mid-conversation with him one morning. Learning 

to love and accept my body, non-perfect 

arms ‘n’ all, is a journey. Five weeks is just the 

beginning, but at least I’m on my way. Peace. 

E L L E 

J U N E


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DAVIES 

Collages by 

GUS 

& STELLA 

SUN, SEA 

FOR A HONEYMOON? NEWLYWED LOTTE JEFFS EXPLORES MYKONOS 

E L L E J U N E

Modern meets traditional 

at this charming hotel on 

lovely Psarou beach, 

near Nammos party 

beach and restaurant. 

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THE PARTY AT JACKIE O’S BEACH 

Club sneaks up on you. One minute you’re 

sipping low-alcohol beer on a sun lounger in 

between refreshing dips in the cool Aegean Sea, 

pretending to read while checking out the Adonislike 

boys in Speedos. The next, you’re knee-deep 

in cocktails and dancing on a table as a drag 

queen swishes her sequinned cape in your face. 

The music starts building at 6pm, when the boys 

– and it is mostly boys at this iconic Mykonos gay 

beach – start towelling off and slipping into their 

vest tops for post-sunset high-jinks. We had the 

good sense to have a dinner of fresh fish and salad 

in Jackie O’s chic terraced restaurant as the 

party continued around us. Later, we were ready 

to rejoin the scene and be swept up in its frenetic 

energy, which surged towards the Old Town, 

where the after party at Jackie O’s 

late-night sister bar beats on till the 

early hours (jackieomykonos.com). 

The Greek island, one of the Cyclades 

to the east of Athens, is known 

for having a more laid-back, hedonistic 

vibe than Ibiza – so not the obvious 

Near Elias beach and 

with a chic spa, this choice for a honeymoon. There was 

is all you need for a 

no walking hand-in-hand on a deserted 

beach, but there was great food, 

grown-up getaway. 

Doubles from £139 

cool nightlife, luxury hotels, guaranteed 

sunshine and a colourful history of 

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welcoming LGBTQ people from 

around the world. Once Jackie Onassis 

and Elizabeth Taylor, the pied pipers of homosexual 

men in the Sixties and Seventies, added 

Mykonos to their summer circuits, the rainbow 

flag found its stake in the ground for good. 

I’m lucky enough to have never experienced 

homophobia – at home or abroad. I go through 

life with the expectation that I will be treated 

equally, and thankfully I have been. I would never 

let my sexuality stop me from travelling to a country 

I wanted to explore – it just so happens that 

Russia, the Middle East and West Africa aren’t 

high on my personal bucket list. But I have gay 

friends whose wanderlust has taken them to these 

places, and while they are careful not to kiss their 

partner in public, for example, they’ve felt welcomed 

by locals. I also have other gay friends 

who wouldn’t travel to destinations for political 

reasons. I respect everyone’s right to choose 

where they want to go and why. When it came 

to our honeymoon, however, we wanted to go 

somewhere our marriage wouldn’t just be accepted, 

but celebrated. And Mykonos was that place. 

There’s often a slight fear when checking in to 

a hotel with my wife that we will be given twin 

beds. So I always make a point of confirming this 

is not the case on arrival, to avoid the awkwardness 

of having to phone down to reception to ask 

E L L E J U N E

MYCONIAN 

KYMA 

AGIOS SOSTIS CHURCH 

to change rooms. When I was younger, 

I found this mortifyingly embarrassing. I’d 

gone through the ordeal of coming out to 

friends and family at 16, and these kinds of 

interactions meant having to come out all 

over again to someone I didn’t even know. As 

a confident, thirty-something woman, I now 

don’t give a flying fig what any receptionist 

thinks. In Jerusalem a few years ago, we were 

given a double room, but when we came 

back from dinner, a rickety camp bed had 

been erected in the corner of the room. 

I promptly demanded it was removed. 

We were welcomed as newlyweds 

everywhere we went in Mykonos. The 

Myconian Kyma is a Design 

Hotel, so it has that familiar 

minimalist feel, with well-placed 

coffee-table tomes and modern 

art in the lobby. We had a room 

with a small plunge pool, which 

was the perfect way to cool off 

after a hot night in the Old Town, 

just a short walk away. I’ve never 

seen such stunning sunsets, and 

we discovered the island’s most 

romantic spot to watch the sky 

turn golden at Baos (baos 

mykonos.com), a cocktail bar in 

Little Venice, the area of the Old Town where 

the pavement juts right up against the shore. 

We drank gin and tonics in glasses as big as 

goldfish bowls, then stumbled up the steps of 

a crumbling amphitheatre to find Thioni restaurant 

at the Semeli Hotel (semelihotel.gr), 

where you can dine on Saganaki shrimp and 

Aegean octopus and take in the view over 

the jumble of white rooftops. 

I loved the mix of traditional tavernas and 

high-end restaurants. We might eat lunch at 

Kiki’s Tavern, a seafood place with no electricity 

above Agios Sostis beach, and have 

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dinner at Nobu (noburestau 

rants.com), which is more 

Kardashian than Myconian, 

but fabulous nevertheless. 

Bill & Coo (bill-coo-hotel. 

com) is a boutique hotel just 

a stone’s throw from the Myconian 

Kyma. We didn’t stay 

there (its 22 suites get booked up way in advance), 

but had an incredible couples’ massage, 

and dinner in the restaurant, which 

serves inventive takes on traditional cuisine; 

think cod fricassée, sweetbread tempura and 

spherified olives – a Heston Blumenthal-like 

concoction that explodes with a rich, salty 

taste of the island. 

On the south coast, the Myconian Villa 

Collection is a chic resort where it’s easy to 

dip in and out of a social life. Our room had a 

quiet, sea-facing balcony, but we spent most 

of our time by the pool or at Elia Beach (a few 

MYKONOS BLU 

minutes’ shuttle ride away). As with most places 

in Mykonos, the decor is white and blue 

and lets the incredible surrounding landscape 

do the talking. This hotel is away from the busy 

Old Town and crazy party beaches such as 

Paradise and Super Paradise, so it’s a calm 

place to return to after a day of exploring. 

Mykonos Blu, about 30 minutes’ drive 

west, was our favourite. Spending a couple of 

nights in different hotels is a good way 

to explore all the island’s beaches, but if we 

go back, we’d probably spend all week 

there. It’s on Psarou, one of the nicest 

beaches, and is that perfect combination of 

cool and cosy. As a honeymoon treat we 

stayed in the Deep Blu Villa, where the 

master bedroom suite had a terrace with an 

outdoor Jacuzzi, and a bright living room with 

floor-to-ceiling windows opening out onto a 

private pool. After the frantic months of 

wedding planning and a week preparing the 

venue for the big day, we were ready for 

some quiet time, just the two of us. 

But we were still on such a high after the 

wedding, so it was fun staying so close to the 

action. Nammos (nammos.gr) is another legendary 

party beach and it’s a five-minute 

walk (or swim) from the Blu. We had an 

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MYCONIAN VILLA 

COLLECTION 

KIKI’S TAVERN 

excellent lunch here, sitting at a table on the 

sand, shaded by a bamboo canopy, eating 

platters of colourful salads, hummus and 

feta. I jumped into the sea before dessert. 

Like Jackie O’s, the party builds throughout 

the day. After lunch, people start dancing, 

drinking Veuve Clicquot from plastic flutes. 

Jackie O’s was my favourite beach party; 

probably because my wife Jenny and I were 

the stars of the show. The drag-queen performer 

found out we were just married and 

called us up on stage. We received a standing 

ovation from our fellow revellers and 

were congratulated all 

night. The great thing 

about being gay is that 

you can find a community 

most places you go – and 

where there’s a gay bar, 

cheesy music and fun 

times are guaranteed. 

The island’s most A-list 

beach party is Scorpios 

(scorpiosmykonos.com). 

It’s an amazing space – a 

kind of retro yet futuristic 

oasis, with fire pits and gorgeous 

alcoves to hide in. 

The beautiful staff swished around in toga-like 

robes wearing ear pieces, while a live band 

played Café del Mar-style jazz as the sun set. 

We didn’t waste a single sunset in 

Mykonos, but by far the most amazing experience 

was being taken on a private boat by 

Greece’s only female captain (syachting.com) 

– a 25-year-old who was friends with the harbour 

master, so could sail to the places other 

boats couldn’t reach. With the island’s famous 

windmills behind me, I jumped off the boat 

The Design Hotel is 

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and swam in the deliciously warm 

path of the sun as it dropped 

behind the horizon. Back on the 

boat, there was a bottle of sparkling 

wine waiting for us. 

It’s rather easy to get used to 

such luxuries. In fact being on honeymoon 

felt like being a celebrity, 

with special treatment waiting for 

us at every turn. By some twist of fate, we ended 

up spending two nights in Mykonos’s most 

expensive villa (and the Blue Villas collection’s 

premium property). Opulence was a 

place beyond all our wildest dreams, where 

Leonardo DiCaprio has ‘entertained’ friends 

in the past and Beyoncé, Jay Z and their family 

stayed when they were last in Greece. 

We were slotted in between the kind of 

guests who travel with a private chef – but as 

we didn’t, we had no food except some dry 

MYKONOS BLU 

white bread the cleaner shared with us and a 

bottle of wine. It was surreal. There were nine 

bedrooms, a giant infinity pool with a swim-up 

bar (out of service for us, sadly), and a maze 

of balconies and terraces with sea views. 

A music room was kitted out with instruments 

and, bizarrely, two massage beds and 

a Jacuzzi. There was a gym, too, plus a big 

kitchen and living room, an outside dining 

area and a hammock hanging over the pool. 

It’s a villa that has seen many a wild party, 

you can tell. And while we were lucky to see 

how a celebrity such as Beyoncé must 

holiday, with just the two of us clattering 

around, it was a rather strange 48 hours. 

But Mykonos is like that. You end up 

having all kinds of adventures. The island has 

an energy that sweeps you into its arms and 

takes you on a fabulous journey, and there 

was nowhere better to have spent our first 

two weeks as wife and wife. 

British Airways has return flights from London 

Heathrow to Mykonos from £200; ba.com 

Collages and photographs: Gus & Stella 

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