Glamsquad Magazine September 2022
Abah Folawiyo: Nigeria's Global Fashion Export
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5 Home-Made<br />
Remedies<br />
for Dark<br />
Spots<br />
AFWL <strong>2022</strong>:<br />
Meet the<br />
Designers<br />
& Exhibitors<br />
3 Ways To<br />
Rock The<br />
Ankara<br />
Look<br />
Exclusive<br />
Abah<br />
Folawiyo:<br />
A STEP BY STEP<br />
GUIDE ON HOW<br />
TO DO<br />
MAKEUP<br />
LIKE A PRO<br />
AFRICAN<br />
Prints<br />
Fashion on<br />
the Streets<br />
of Lagos<br />
Top 10<br />
Global<br />
Online<br />
Fashion<br />
Influencers<br />
10<br />
Natural Ways<br />
for Every<br />
Woman to<br />
Take Care of<br />
Her Skin<br />
Nigeria’s Global Fashion<br />
Export @ 80<br />
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Natural<br />
Ways for<br />
Every<br />
Woman<br />
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Care of<br />
Her Skin<br />
Hajia Abah<br />
Folawiyo:<br />
Nigeria’s Global Fashion<br />
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H<br />
ello there,<br />
Yours truly is in a special<br />
mood today. I feel so fulfilled,<br />
and my heart is in a joyous<br />
celebration as <strong>Glamsquad</strong> joins<br />
family, friends, and associates to<br />
celebrate Sisi Abah at 80.<br />
Twenty years ago, during her 60th<br />
birthday celebration, a biography<br />
written by the Editor-in-Chief of<br />
<strong>Glamsquad</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>, Remi<br />
Diagbare, was published in her<br />
honour. So, you can see that to us, Sisi<br />
Abah is family.<br />
We have put together this edition<br />
in her honour as it is our nature to<br />
celebrate greatness, class, and<br />
success.<br />
To support the edition, we showcase<br />
our pick of features that, in one way or<br />
another, exemplify some of the finest<br />
fashion, lifestyle, and entertainment<br />
stories this country has to offer. One<br />
of these – fashion, is what Sisi Abah<br />
herself is most known for.<br />
Of course, fashion isn’t all about the<br />
big design houses, and no one should<br />
ignore the importance of the smaller<br />
but well-targeted enterprises that will<br />
need to flourish in a multicultural world.<br />
It is revelations like these that make<br />
appreciating pioneers like Sisi Abah<br />
even more worthy. Without her, Ankara<br />
prints would perhaps not have the<br />
international acceptance it has today.<br />
In two features, we tried what we<br />
could to introduce Sisi Abah to<br />
those who may not know her<br />
significance. We also refreshed<br />
the memories of those who<br />
were privileged to witness her<br />
fashion revolution firsthand.<br />
We also included features<br />
from Serena Williams – who is<br />
marking her exit from the tennis<br />
world in grand fashion!<br />
Pat McGrath also caught the<br />
attention of our editors with her<br />
new skincare product launched<br />
in collaboration with Naomi<br />
Campbell. Not forgetting the<br />
new jewelry collection by Tiffany<br />
and Co.<br />
This is another interesting<br />
edition from the stables of<br />
<strong>Glamsquad</strong> magazine, which<br />
we know you would love and<br />
enjoy!<br />
Yours Truly,<br />
Ameena Daayo<br />
A .<br />
Ameena Dayo<br />
Editor, G.S<br />
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FASHION ESCAPE<br />
3<br />
Ways To Rock<br />
The Ankara<br />
Look<br />
By Kabirat Opoola<br />
The Ankara fabric is popular,<br />
especially in the African fashion<br />
world. Over the years fashion<br />
designers have come up with new<br />
ways to incorporate the Ankara<br />
fabric into a modernized outfit.<br />
Gone are the days the Ankara<br />
fabric is seen as a traditional<br />
outfit alone. With the help of the<br />
numerous glam styles available,<br />
the fabric can be incorporated<br />
into a corporate, casual, and glam<br />
evening outfit.<br />
The Ankara fabric is being worn for<br />
different occasions and paired with<br />
accessories to give it a new lease<br />
of life.<br />
Here are 3 ways to rock the Ankara<br />
fabric<br />
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work<br />
One of the latest fashion trends<br />
is styling the Ankara fabric as a<br />
corporate or business casual<br />
outfit and rocking it to work in<br />
a chic way. The Ankara fabric<br />
has been modernized into<br />
different smart and classy<br />
outfits suitable to be worn as<br />
corporate outfits. To rock the<br />
Ankara fabric for work you can<br />
decide to style the fabric;<br />
Ankara Suit<br />
The Ankara suit is one of the<br />
ways the Ankara fabric can be<br />
worn as a corporate or work<br />
outfit. The suit can take the form<br />
of a skirt and blazer or a trouser<br />
and blazer depending on your<br />
choice. Pair the Ankara suit with<br />
a nice pair of heels to add some<br />
spice to your appearance.<br />
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Ankara Jumpsuit<br />
To wear the Ankara fabric as a work<br />
outfit, style the fabric into a palazzo<br />
jumpsuit. The Ankara palazzo jumpsuit<br />
is decent and classy to wear and also<br />
gives an elegant appearance.<br />
Ankara short<br />
gown<br />
Another way you can rock<br />
the Ankara fabric as a work<br />
outfit is to style it into a short<br />
gown. The Ankara short<br />
gown for work can be in the<br />
form of a pencil gown or a<br />
flared gown. Both styles are<br />
interesting to be worn as<br />
a work outfit. For work, the<br />
Ankara short gown is best<br />
paired with heels. However,<br />
Sneakers and flat shoes can<br />
be worn alongside the short<br />
gown.<br />
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Glam<br />
evening out<br />
For a glam evening outing, the Ankara<br />
fabric can be incorporated to give a<br />
stylish and classy appearance. To rock<br />
the Ankara fabric for a glam evening out,<br />
you can decide to style the fabric into;<br />
Ankara ball gown<br />
One of the ways the Ankara fabric<br />
can be worn for an evening outing is<br />
to incorporate the fabric into a ball<br />
gown. The Ankara ball gown can be<br />
either a short or long length. The right<br />
combination of accessories will also give<br />
the outfit a pronounced appearance.<br />
Ankara<br />
three-quarter gown<br />
Another way to wear the Ankara<br />
fabric for a glam evening outing<br />
is to style it as a three-quarter<br />
gown. The Ankara three-quarter<br />
gown can however be styled<br />
as a bodycon gown or a maxi<br />
gown. The shoulder design of the<br />
gown is one of the aspects to<br />
pay attention to give the gown a<br />
refined appearance.<br />
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Ankara long<br />
gown<br />
Incorporating your Ankara<br />
fabric into a long gown is<br />
one of the ways you can<br />
rock the fabric for a glam<br />
evening outing.<br />
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Chic<br />
casual outfit<br />
Fashionistas these days are getting very<br />
creative with their Ankara prints. The<br />
Ankara fabric can be worn to achieve a<br />
chic casual look when it is styled as;<br />
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Ankara mini dress<br />
Another way to rock the<br />
Ankara fabric for a Chic<br />
casual look is to style it into<br />
a mini dress. The sleeve<br />
design of the dress helps<br />
to give it a pronounced<br />
appearance. For a casual<br />
outfit, pair the Ankara mini<br />
dress with sneakers, heels, or<br />
sandals.<br />
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Ankara<br />
two-piece outfit<br />
The Ankara two-piece outfit<br />
is one of the stylish ways in<br />
which the fabric can be worn<br />
to achieve a chic and casual<br />
appearance. The Ankara twopiece<br />
outfit involves two pieces<br />
of matching partterns worn<br />
together to achieve a complete<br />
outfit. The Ankara two-piece can<br />
be in the form of a skirt and crop<br />
top or a trouser and crop top.<br />
The accessories you use also<br />
helps to complement the outfit<br />
Ankara top<br />
The Ankara top is a<br />
multipurpose outfit that can<br />
be paired with many other<br />
outfits and styled in different<br />
ways. Among the popular<br />
Ankara top designs include<br />
the Ankara crop top, Ankara<br />
wrap top, and Ankara peplum<br />
top. For a chic casual<br />
appearance, pair the Ankara<br />
top with a nice pair of jeans or<br />
pant trousers.<br />
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AFWL<br />
<strong>2022</strong>:<br />
Meet the<br />
Designers &<br />
Exhibitors<br />
Words by - Kabirat Opoola<br />
Africa Fashion Week London is finally back after two<br />
years of absence due to the COVID lockdown. The<br />
fashion week is delighted to welcome national<br />
and overseas designers back to London to showcase<br />
their creative designs. The event is set to hold on the<br />
Friday 7th and Saturday 8th of October <strong>2022</strong> at the<br />
Freemason’s Hall, 60 Great Queen Street London WC2B<br />
5AZ. The African fashion week London is set to shape up<br />
the historic outings of some outstanding designers will<br />
feature new practices, recycling and sustainability ethics<br />
as well as a return to heritage fabrics and textiles.<br />
For the African Fashion Week London <strong>2022</strong>, get to know<br />
some of the designers and exhibitors showcasing their<br />
creatives:<br />
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Aquarius B<br />
Aquarius B is a fashion<br />
brand inspired by vibrant<br />
African textile patterns<br />
and prints. The fashion brand<br />
produces outfits made from<br />
high-quality exclusive products<br />
that are ethically sourced<br />
and produced in Ghana and<br />
London. One of the unique<br />
features of the fashion brand<br />
is that all their products are<br />
100% handcrafted with<br />
pride by individual Artisans.<br />
The fashion house also<br />
uses a portion of its sales in<br />
sponsoring one child in Ghana<br />
and aims to sponsor more as<br />
the brand grows.<br />
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Ade Bakare<br />
One of Nigeria’s most celebrated<br />
designers Ade Bakare will be showcasing<br />
his latest collection at the African Fashion<br />
Week London <strong>2022</strong>. His collection which is titled<br />
Ayinla is said to be inspired by Adire cloth and<br />
the Ayinla film. The Adire fabric is a unique fabric<br />
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popular in Africa. The fabric which means<br />
tie and dye in the Yoruba language uses<br />
indigo dye to give a rich navy blue look. Ade<br />
Bakare Couture started making use of adire<br />
in 2006 and is now a mainstay of annual<br />
collections.<br />
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Hertunba<br />
Hertunba is a fashion and lifestyle brand<br />
geared towards delivering classy,<br />
sophisticated, and elegant ready-towear<br />
outfits for ambitious women. The fashion<br />
brand is founded by Nigerian Lagos-based<br />
female fashion designer Florentina Agu and is<br />
famous for creating clothes from Unique fabrics.<br />
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Hertunba produces custom and regular<br />
sizes to ensure that every piece fits its owner<br />
perfectly. Believing that to protect a girl’s<br />
child, her mother must be empowered with<br />
education, the fashion brand donates 10% of<br />
all their net profits to the project that provides<br />
education for less privileged Nigerian women.<br />
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Toomey<br />
& Koko<br />
Toomey & Koko is a London-based fashion<br />
brand that embraces a difference by<br />
making use of distinctive prints which are<br />
bold, colorful, and full of life. The fashion brand<br />
focuses on designing clothes that make an<br />
impact while being easy to wear. Their designs<br />
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are highlighted in vivid Adire fabrics and<br />
the fashion brand focuses on incorporating<br />
traditional techniques into truly modern<br />
designs.<br />
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Knits &<br />
Bobs.KLR<br />
An advocate of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle will<br />
be showcasing their collection at the African<br />
fashion week London. The founder of the fashion<br />
brand Kireen creates limited unique and genderless<br />
pieces using natural and recycled fibers. After being<br />
taught by her grandmother how to knit, she dabbled<br />
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into the knitting world at an early age and<br />
fell in love with it all over again as a grownup.<br />
Kireen is an advocate of the slow fashion<br />
movement and the fashion brand aims<br />
to create affordable handmade fashion<br />
accessories using sustainable materials.<br />
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Prints<br />
Fashion<br />
in the<br />
Streets<br />
of Lagos<br />
– Ankara Fabrics and Style<br />
Words by - Praise David<br />
Gone – long gone are the<br />
days when designers<br />
and fashionistas<br />
frowned at the mention<br />
of Ankara! Thanks to legends<br />
and pioneers like Sisi Abah, the<br />
perception and acceptance of<br />
Ankara fabrics changed globally.<br />
Despite the efforts of Mama<br />
Abah and many other Ankara<br />
fashion enthusiasts like her, there<br />
were times when critics argued<br />
that Ankara would not be able to<br />
compete on the global stage.<br />
The reason for their assertion<br />
was that corporate and street<br />
fashion – which was becoming<br />
the new face of fashion, would<br />
knock out Ankara styles. They<br />
had a point, though, because<br />
before now, Ankara styles were<br />
synonymous with only ceremonial<br />
and traditional occasions. But<br />
they were not right for long!<br />
Have you heard of Ankara<br />
street style? The term can be a bit<br />
funny, but the truth is over 80% of<br />
the styles seen around are Ankara<br />
street styles.<br />
We know that everything that<br />
has ‘street’ on it comes from the<br />
street. So basically, there are<br />
different styles that we can get<br />
from the street, ranging from<br />
hipster to bohemian, that can<br />
go with jackets or even flared<br />
trousers.<br />
Ankara has not disappointed<br />
in its street-wise designs that are<br />
found around the world. We don’t<br />
dress to experiment in public.<br />
Instead, we wear what we believe<br />
is good for us. And when it comes<br />
to Ankara street design, we have<br />
some of the finest you can ever<br />
see here.<br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
Hajia Abah<br />
Folawiyo:<br />
Woman. Fashion Icon.<br />
Trailblazer. Legend. Sisi Abah<br />
By Ameena Daayo<br />
My mother’s love for African prints was<br />
my first introduction to Abah Folawiyo.<br />
Indeed, it would be somewhat impossible<br />
to separate the success of the Ankara<br />
fabric from the sacrifices and hard work of Madam<br />
Abah.<br />
Who would have thought that many decades<br />
down the line, I would be blessed with the<br />
prestigious opportunity to edit an edition of my<br />
favourite magazine in honour of Madam Abah –<br />
a fashion icon who was greatly loved by my late<br />
grandmother and mother?<br />
I cannot be grateful enough to my editor-inchief<br />
and the team at <strong>Glamsquad</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
for decorating me with smiles and pride as we<br />
celebrate our own Sisi Abah.<br />
July 22, <strong>2022</strong>, would remain in the annals of<br />
history, and all those who were opportune to be<br />
present at the Ikoyi, Lagos residence of Hajia Abah<br />
Folawiyo would live to tell the tale. It was the 80th<br />
birthday celebration of Sisi Abah – as she is fondly<br />
called, and everyone who is someone in the<br />
Nigerian upper echelon was present to celebrate<br />
with the mother of modern African fashion!<br />
The crème de la crème of society was on<br />
hand to celebrate with Hajia Abah Folawiyo as she<br />
celebrated her 80th in grand style. She is the widow<br />
of Chief Abdulwahab Iyanda Yinka Folawiyo, the<br />
great industrialist and Baba Adinni of Nigeria, and<br />
mother of Segun Awolowo – the former executive<br />
director of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council.<br />
Segun is the grandson of former Nigerian nationalist,<br />
socialist, and statesman Chief Obafemi Awolowo.<br />
Although her name is Hajia Abah Folawiyo, if you<br />
want to strike a chord in a group and hear all the<br />
‘oh’ and ‘ah,’ it is best to refer to her as Sisi Abah.<br />
Funny right? But that is what she is fondly called.<br />
Replying to a question by City People some years<br />
ago, she explained how she got the nickname Sisi<br />
Abah.<br />
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“<br />
“My name is Abah because I was born on Thursday.<br />
Those who are born on Thursdays in Ghana are<br />
called Abah. In Ghana, they name their children by<br />
the days they are born. I was born on Thursday so I<br />
was given the name Abah.<br />
“It is those in Lagos who chose to call me Sisi Abah,<br />
because of my fashion style and the delicate way I<br />
carry myself.”<br />
Her Background<br />
Sisi Abah is a Nigerian, but<br />
she has strong Ghanaian roots.<br />
She was born in 1942 into the<br />
prestigious and noble Kuku<br />
family in Ijebu Ode. Her mother<br />
is a Ghanaian, and she was<br />
brought up and educated in<br />
both Ghana and Nigeria. She<br />
is very close to her maternal<br />
family in Ghana because she<br />
grew up with them.<br />
Her family in Ghana hails<br />
from a renowned lineage<br />
of remarkable dressmakers.<br />
So, despite her relocation to<br />
Nigeria, her love for fashion<br />
remained. Her education in a<br />
Convent School in Cape Coast,<br />
Ghana, shaped her life which<br />
she considers a conservative<br />
one, despite her flamboyance,<br />
popularity and celebrity status.<br />
Early Steps to Stardom<br />
Sisi Abah is reputed for her<br />
expertise in fashion design and<br />
sewing. She was the winner<br />
of the first Daily Times Fashion<br />
Designer Awards. She also won<br />
the first Fashion Design Award<br />
in Ghana organized by the<br />
defunct Ghana Airways at the<br />
launch of its first aircraft. Her<br />
first trip abroad was to Beirut,<br />
being the prize she won as the<br />
winner of the Ghana Airways<br />
competition.<br />
A very talented woman,<br />
Sisi Abah, for very many years,<br />
had her own fashion house<br />
situated in Surulere, Lagos,<br />
which was known as Labanella.<br />
She started the fashion house<br />
with her friend Ornella, and this<br />
led to the name of the fashion<br />
house.<br />
The fashion house was a<br />
pioneer in its field and a very<br />
successful brand. It became<br />
even more successful when<br />
then General Olusegun<br />
Obasanjo, as Head of State,<br />
banned the importation of<br />
foreign clothes and materials.<br />
Her business blossomed<br />
and boomed as she took<br />
advantage of the ban.<br />
Although she has since retired,<br />
she still designs and sews for a<br />
select few.<br />
Sisi Abah has gained<br />
recognition from Nigerian<br />
Fashion Designers. For a long<br />
time, she was the National<br />
President of the Fashion<br />
Designers Association of Nigeria<br />
(FADAN) and is now a life patron<br />
of the Association.<br />
Who is Sisi Abah?<br />
The remarkable life of the<br />
super socialite has always<br />
been a subject of perpetual<br />
fascination after establishing<br />
herself in Nigeria as a fashion<br />
icon to cheer. She is one<br />
of the iconic names that<br />
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headlined the Nigerian fashion<br />
industry back in the ‘70s and<br />
‘80s, spearheading a fashion<br />
revolution that embraced the<br />
beauty of our local Ankara fabric<br />
that has, today, become a<br />
favourite of all.<br />
As a result of her peerless<br />
charm and remarkable<br />
presence, Folawiyo leaves a<br />
deep impression on everyone<br />
she meets. Despite approaching<br />
the eighth floor in the stage of<br />
life, the grand dame is showing<br />
no sign of slowing down.<br />
A sneak peek into the life<br />
of Sisi Abah…<br />
The best way to fully know a<br />
person is through what they say.<br />
No one knows Sisi Abah more<br />
than Sisi Abah herself!<br />
What has life taught you<br />
as a person?<br />
To be happy within myself,<br />
be calm and do whatever I can<br />
do. Life is beautiful; it depends<br />
on how you treat it. I think I have<br />
treated it very well.<br />
<strong>Glamsquad</strong><br />
Exclusive:<br />
You are a style icon.<br />
Labanella, your fashion<br />
label, is a pioneer in<br />
African prints. What’s<br />
your take on fashion?<br />
Fashion is booming more than<br />
in our own time. Then, people<br />
didn’t appreciate made in<br />
Nigeria and that’s why I started<br />
making clothes in prints. I never<br />
stopped and all the designers in<br />
Nigeria are all using prints.<br />
Those days, they all used<br />
imported fabrics until Obasanjo<br />
banned imported clothes and<br />
that’s when prints started thriving.<br />
I started it, and I never stopped.<br />
I’m so happy; during my time it’s<br />
just sober prints I did but now they<br />
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have gone so wild. Nigerians and<br />
Ghanaians are doing so well and<br />
I appreciate their creativity.<br />
What would you want<br />
to be remembered for?<br />
I want to be remembered as<br />
the glamorous Sisi Abah. I love<br />
dressing up, I love making my<br />
clothes and I wear them. I want<br />
to be remembered as the hardworking<br />
Sisi Abah and fashionista<br />
Sisi Abah because that is one<br />
thing I will never stop being. I<br />
want to be remembered as a<br />
happy Sisi Abah. I’m happy with<br />
everybody. I’m happy with every<br />
pretty lady around.<br />
I’m close to most of the<br />
designers, and they all love me.<br />
They always come to me, and<br />
they make clothes for me. They<br />
come to me and ask, “Sisi Abah,<br />
can we dress you up?” and I say<br />
yes. When people admire me at<br />
events, I tell them the name of<br />
the designer that made the outfit.<br />
I do credit all the designers that<br />
styled me.<br />
They appreciate me, and<br />
I really appreciate them too.<br />
Budding designers are working<br />
hard, and the sky is their limit<br />
because I worked hard too, and<br />
I’m still working now. I still have<br />
a few customers I make clothes<br />
for. They won’t let me go. I still<br />
make dresses for them but not as<br />
many as I used to when I had my<br />
factory.<br />
How do you relax?<br />
I relax by watching Nigerian<br />
movies both English and Yoruba. I<br />
love watching Ghanaian movies<br />
too. My granddad is from Ghana.<br />
They send their movies to me,<br />
and I buy them in the market too.<br />
When I don’t go out, I relax on<br />
my couch, and watch movies till<br />
I sleep. Occasionally, I go out to<br />
parties with my friends. You know<br />
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I have a lot of friends, but I don’t<br />
just go to any party. I attend my<br />
close friends’ parties.<br />
You are a real traveler.<br />
Where is your favorite<br />
holiday spot?<br />
When you say I like traveling<br />
around, I don’t. I don’t travel<br />
around often. I used to travel<br />
when my husband was around<br />
because he used to go<br />
everywhere. We went on cruises.<br />
We visited South of France,<br />
America, and Dubai; everywhere<br />
because my husband liked<br />
traveling and I went with him<br />
wherever he went.<br />
These days, I do travel<br />
occasionally maybe once a<br />
year. I visit my relatives in Ghana<br />
and Cotonou but I haven’t been<br />
to America in three years now.<br />
I traveled to London last year.<br />
I travel when it’s necessary. I<br />
have seen it all, my dear. There’s<br />
nowhere I haven’t been abroad.<br />
Nowhere. When I was younger,<br />
I loved traveling, and maybe<br />
because I’m getting old that<br />
passion is waning but I have seen<br />
it all, thank God.<br />
What’s your dress<br />
sense?<br />
I love trouser suits and long<br />
dresses. I’m a Muslim, so I don’t<br />
show off my body. I wear elegant<br />
things that will complement my<br />
religion. I was covering my hair<br />
before I became a Muslim and I<br />
think it’s elegant and nice.<br />
I don’t expose my hair. For<br />
many years, I didn’t wear long<br />
hair; I just wear my Afro hair.<br />
Thereafter, I started tying turban;<br />
I have been tying turban now<br />
for how long? I’m happy people<br />
love using turban today to<br />
complement their dressing. I<br />
thank God for all that.<br />
Are you a shoes freak?<br />
I’m not too forcy about shoes.<br />
I wear simple shoes. Once I see<br />
a pair that complements my<br />
dressing, that’s fine by me. Not<br />
that I will look for purple shoes<br />
because I’m wearing purple<br />
dress, or green shoes because<br />
I’m wearing a green dress.<br />
When I have black shoes,<br />
which matches anything, I wear<br />
them. I can use a bag for two<br />
weeks before changing it. I don’t<br />
care.<br />
We love and wish Sisi<br />
Abah many more years<br />
filled with celebrations<br />
and testimonies, amen.<br />
Credits: City People, The Elites, Sun<br />
News, This Day, Dele Momodu<br />
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Joan<br />
Collins<br />
Remains Strong, Healthy,<br />
Fashionable, and Stylish at 89<br />
By Chioma Esiu<br />
Dame Joan Henrietta<br />
Collins DBE, fondly known<br />
as Joan Collins, is an<br />
English actress, author, and<br />
columnist. She is the recipient of<br />
several accolades, including a<br />
Golden Globe Award, a People’s<br />
Choice Award, two Soap Opera<br />
Digest Awards, and a Primetime<br />
Emmy Award nomination. In<br />
1983, she was awarded a star<br />
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<br />
Born on 23 May 1933 in<br />
Paddington, London, United<br />
Kingdom, Joan continues to exude<br />
beauty and style, even as she is set<br />
to celebrate her 90th birthday in a<br />
few months.<br />
When speaking recently about<br />
her age, the mother of three was<br />
quoted as saying, ‘people have<br />
been calling me an older woman<br />
since I was 38!’ She reveals she still<br />
feels forty as age is ‘not important,<br />
and it’s about ‘how you look, feel<br />
and behave.’<br />
In a new interview to accompany<br />
her gorgeous Saga <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
cover shoot, Joan Collins has<br />
revealed she still thinks of herself<br />
as a 40-year-old. However, she<br />
said age is irrelevant since her<br />
focus lies with how she ‘looks,<br />
feels, and behaves and believes<br />
asking a woman her age to be<br />
‘tremendously rude.’<br />
She told the publication: ‘My<br />
mother’s generation never did it.<br />
But you know, people have been<br />
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calling me an older woman since I was 38.<br />
“I think it’s utterly ridiculous that powerful,<br />
resilient women are portrayed as dangerous,<br />
whereas in my experience it’s the predatory<br />
men who are the real threat.”<br />
Joan will celebrate her 20th wedding<br />
anniversary with her husband Percy Gibson,<br />
57, later this year and gushed about how<br />
‘lucky’ she is to have the producer in her life.<br />
She said: ‘He takes care of everything.<br />
He takes care of my children and all our<br />
finances. He’s the love of my life. It’s a great<br />
marriage, a great relationship.<br />
“Of course, we have our little spats like other<br />
couples might do, but we’ve both got our<br />
safe spaces. He has his office at home, I<br />
have my walk-in closet. We’re really lucky. I<br />
realise most people can’t have separate<br />
bathrooms.”<br />
The American Horror Story star is set to take on<br />
the role of Wallis Simpson for an upcoming<br />
project, In Bed with the Duchess, which may<br />
become a film or TV series.<br />
She said: “I play the Duchess of Windsor from<br />
the time that the Duke died right up until her<br />
death. It’s a fabulous story.”<br />
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All You Need to Know About<br />
Camilla,<br />
Queen Consort of<br />
the United Kingdom<br />
By Amenna Daayo<br />
As the wife of King Charles<br />
III, Camilla Rosemary<br />
Shand is now Queen<br />
consort of the United Kingdom<br />
and 14 other Commonwealth<br />
realms as the wife of King<br />
Charles III. Camilla was<br />
raised in East Sussex and<br />
South Kensington in England<br />
and educated in England,<br />
Switzerland, and France.<br />
She was born on 17 July 1947<br />
at the King’s College Hospital,<br />
London, United Kingdom, and<br />
aged 75 years. But who really is<br />
Camilla, and what does it mean<br />
to be a Queen consort? You<br />
will find out this and more in this<br />
article.<br />
Following the death of Queen<br />
Elizabeth II at the age of 96, her<br />
son Prince Charles took over the<br />
throne and was ordained, King<br />
Charles III. This means that his<br />
wife Camilla will be crowned<br />
Queen Consort.<br />
This also means that the King’s<br />
wife of seventeen years,<br />
Camilla (previously known as<br />
the Duchess of Cornwall), will<br />
now become Queen Consort.<br />
Before she died, Queen<br />
Elizabeth II announced in<br />
February <strong>2022</strong> that it was her<br />
“sincere wish” that Camilla<br />
would receive the title of<br />
Queen Consort when Charles<br />
became King – and that the<br />
public would support that<br />
decision.<br />
In a public statement, Her<br />
Majesty said, “When, in the<br />
fullness of time, my son Charles<br />
becomes King, I know you will<br />
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give him and his wife Camilla<br />
the same support that you have<br />
given me. It is my sincere wish<br />
that, when that time comes,<br />
Camilla will be known as Queen<br />
Consort as she continues her<br />
own loyal service.”<br />
But what does Queen Consort<br />
actually mean? And what will<br />
Camilla’s duties be in her new<br />
role?<br />
In the nonstop media coverage<br />
since Queen Elizabeth II died last<br />
week, Camilla has been almost<br />
constantly in the public eye.<br />
She seems to have little interest<br />
in being the center of attention<br />
herself, preferring to stand just to<br />
the side.<br />
Camilla and Charles have lived<br />
in the intertwined world of the<br />
British upper crust for their entire<br />
lives. They met at a polo match<br />
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in 1970 and began dating.<br />
When Charles left to serve in the<br />
Navy in 1972 without asking for<br />
any commitment from Camilla,<br />
she didn’t wait.<br />
The next year, she married<br />
Andrew Parker Bowles, an<br />
aristocrat seven years her<br />
senior, who had been a page<br />
at Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953<br />
coronation and played polo with<br />
Charles when they were young.<br />
What is Queen Consort?<br />
The title essentially means<br />
the wife of a reigning King.<br />
The spouse of a King doesn’t<br />
become Queen, as the title of<br />
Queen is only used for a reigning<br />
female monarch. Instead, the<br />
wife of a monarch is given the<br />
official title of Queen Consort.<br />
Similarly, the husband of a<br />
reigning Queen does not<br />
become King. They are offered<br />
the title of Prince Consort.<br />
However, Queen Elizabeth II’s<br />
husband, the Duke of Edinburgh,<br />
rejected that moniker.<br />
When Charles and Camilla<br />
married in 2005, it was stated<br />
that Camilla would take the<br />
title of Princess Consort when<br />
the time came, thought to be<br />
due to the public holding a<br />
somewhat negative perception<br />
of her (due to her alleged affair<br />
with King Charles during his<br />
marriage to Princess Diana).<br />
However, that changed when<br />
Queen Elizabeth II gave her<br />
blessing for Camilla to become<br />
Queen Consort earlier this year.<br />
The former Duchess of Cornwall<br />
will be crowned Queen Consort<br />
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at the coronation of King Charles<br />
III. A date has not been set for<br />
the coronation yet, but it is likely<br />
to happen in 2023.<br />
She will be known as ‘Queen<br />
Camilla’ and referred to as ‘Her<br />
Majesty’.<br />
What are the duties of a<br />
Queen Consort?<br />
While the reigning King or Queen<br />
has official responsibilities<br />
relating to the government, the<br />
Queen Consort does not.<br />
As Queen Consort, Camilla’s<br />
role will be to support Charles<br />
as King, including appearing<br />
at public engagements and<br />
attending charity events.<br />
As the wife of a monarch,<br />
Camilla will also become a<br />
Counsellor of State. These are<br />
senior members of the Royal<br />
Family who can carry out duties<br />
on behalf of the King if he is<br />
unwell or overseas.<br />
What did King Charles say<br />
about Camilla in his speech?<br />
In his first address to the nation<br />
as King, the new monarch said<br />
that during this “time of change,”<br />
he would “count on the loving<br />
help” of his “darling wife.”<br />
He explained that she would<br />
become his Queen Consort<br />
“In recognition of her own<br />
loyal public service” since they<br />
married 17 years ago.<br />
He added: “I know she will bring<br />
to the demands of her new role<br />
the steadfast devotion to duty<br />
on which I have come to rely so<br />
much.”<br />
Sources: Washington Post,<br />
Cosmopolitan, Wikipedia<br />
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Imaan<br />
Hammam<br />
By Chioma Esui<br />
Imaan Hammam is a Dutch<br />
model of Moroccan and<br />
Egyptian heritage. As of<br />
2020, she has appeared on<br />
the cover of Vogue 18 times,<br />
four times on the American<br />
edition of Vogue.<br />
She currently ranks on<br />
models.com’s “Industry Icons”<br />
and was ranked on its “Top<br />
Sexiest Models” lists.<br />
Hammam has since<br />
featured in campaigns for<br />
Céline, Coach and Maison<br />
Margiela , as well as high street<br />
retailers H&M and Topshop.<br />
She has also appeared in eight<br />
iterations of Vogue, with her<br />
first appearance in American<br />
Vogue being noted by Anna<br />
Wintour in her editor’s letter.<br />
Born: 5 October 1996<br />
(age 25 years), Amsterdam,<br />
Netherlands<br />
Height: 1.79 m<br />
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Paris Fashion<br />
Week 2023<br />
Preview<br />
By Ameena Daayo<br />
The Paris Fashion Week<br />
2023 dates has been<br />
announced!<br />
The Fédération de Haute<br />
Couture has published<br />
the dates of fashion shows in the<br />
French capital for next year. In<br />
total, in 2023, six fashion weeks<br />
will be held in Paris with a total<br />
duration of about 38 days. Such<br />
a huge number of events are<br />
not arranged anywhere else in<br />
the world, but this is not surprising,<br />
because Paris is a recognized<br />
fashion capital.<br />
So, we are waiting for two weeks<br />
of men’s shows: January 17 - 22<br />
and June 20 - 25.<br />
Two weeks of women’s ready-towear<br />
fashion shows featuring the<br />
biggest brands Chanel, Christian<br />
Dior and Louis Vuitton: February<br />
27-March 7 and <strong>September</strong><br />
25-October 3.<br />
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And two weeks of haute<br />
couture, during which<br />
brands will present the most<br />
incredible and creative<br />
examples of their fashion<br />
creation: January 23-26 and<br />
July 3-6.<br />
Applications from brands<br />
for participation in events<br />
are still being accepted,<br />
applicants are carefully<br />
reviewed and evaluated by<br />
fashion editors, experts and<br />
representatives of famous<br />
fashion houses.<br />
Yours truly will be in<br />
Paris from <strong>September</strong><br />
25-October 3, reporting<br />
live – isn’t that wonderful?<br />
Below, we leave you with<br />
some breathtaking images<br />
from previous Paris Fashion<br />
Shows for your pleasure.<br />
Enjoy!<br />
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Tiffany & Co.<br />
Unveils Its First<br />
All-Gender Jewelry<br />
Collection, Tiffany Lock<br />
Praise David<br />
No rules. All welcome.” That’s<br />
the spirit behind the newest<br />
Tiffany & Co. Lock collection,<br />
debuted four all-gender bracelets.<br />
Tiffany Lock arrives as an audacious<br />
symbol of togetherness and<br />
inclusivity. The brand’s first genderneutral<br />
jewelry collection embodies<br />
the personal bonds that bring us<br />
together and make us who we are.<br />
The collection draws from the<br />
archives to re-envision the symbolic<br />
idea of the padlock. Distinctive and<br />
modern, the sleek bangles feature<br />
an innovative swiveling mechanism<br />
that echoes the functionality of a<br />
padlock and took over one year to<br />
develop.<br />
“Tiffany Lock is an elegant<br />
interpretation of an archival<br />
functional design,” said Alexandre<br />
Arnault, Executive Vice President,<br />
Product and Communication,<br />
Tiffany & Co. “Defined by modern,<br />
clean lines and a breakthrough<br />
clasp mechanism, Tiffany Lock<br />
represents an exciting new pillar<br />
to our diamond and gold jewelry<br />
offering. We are thrilled to unveil our<br />
latest icon.”<br />
Founded in 1837, Tiffany & Co.<br />
produced functional padlocks until<br />
the 1950s, when it adopted an<br />
aesthetic purpose as everything<br />
from key rings to necklaces featured<br />
design elements evoking padlocks.<br />
The padlock motif’s evolution over<br />
the last 20 years is especially seen<br />
in collections like Return to Tiffany®<br />
and Tiffany HardWear.<br />
Are you as “locked in” on this new<br />
collection as we are? Here’s how<br />
to open and close a Tiffany Lock<br />
bracelet in three simple steps:<br />
Step 1: Locate the notch indicated<br />
by a small indent on one side of the<br />
bracelet.<br />
Step 2: Gently pull outward from<br />
either side of the notch and<br />
bracelet will swivel open.<br />
Step 3: Place the bracelet on your<br />
wrist. Using your wrist for tension,<br />
carefully pull from the notch again,<br />
swivel the two ends together and<br />
release to close the bracelet.<br />
The four 18k Tiffany Lock bracelets<br />
range in price from $6,800 to<br />
$32,000 and can be found in<br />
different combinations of white<br />
gold, yellow gold, rose gold, and<br />
pavé diamonds.<br />
Too expensive or not? What are<br />
your thoughts?<br />
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FEATURE<br />
The Future Of<br />
Sustainable Fas<br />
By Chioma Esiu<br />
& Sophie Benson<br />
What would a sustainable fashion<br />
future actually look like?<br />
A pandemic, wildfires, floods, droughts,<br />
the prospect of unlivable conditions within<br />
the next 50 years, and a climate change<br />
report which signalled “code red for<br />
humanity” mean Glasgow’s COP26 is a<br />
crucial moment in humanity’s future. But<br />
fashion, which if it were a nation state would<br />
rank at the 7th largest economy in the<br />
world, has been glaringly absent from the<br />
conversation.<br />
To redress the balance,<br />
signatories from the fashion<br />
industry including Fashion<br />
Revolution, Centre for Sustainable<br />
Fashion, New Standard<br />
Institute, and Labour Behind<br />
the Label have united in a call<br />
to action, asking the world’s<br />
leaders to commit to five key<br />
recommendations.<br />
The prompts? “Collective<br />
action to achieve net zero<br />
emissions by no later than<br />
2050; resourcefulness in waste<br />
elimination; increase responsibility<br />
by businesses towards their global<br />
supply chains; support skills<br />
development in education to<br />
encourage children to learn<br />
the necessary skills to make,<br />
repair and reuse their clothes;<br />
and frame any solutions to the<br />
climate emergency around<br />
business models which shift<br />
the focus from profit and loss,<br />
to a just transition towards the<br />
well-being economy”.<br />
We’ve had a significant<br />
taste of what lies ahead<br />
if governments fail to act,<br />
but what might the fashion<br />
industry of the future look like<br />
if the call to action inspired<br />
leaders to actually lead?<br />
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hion<br />
making environmental targets for<br />
retailers with a turnover of £36m<br />
and above in line with WRAP’s<br />
Textiles 2030 initiative.<br />
As the government prepared<br />
to host COP26, all carbon targets<br />
and initiatives, including the<br />
UN’s Fashion Industry Charter for<br />
Climate Change remain voluntary<br />
and brands continue to make<br />
impressive-sounding sustainability<br />
declarations that don’t begin to<br />
make a dent in the climate crisis.<br />
However when the Green Claims<br />
Code comes into force in <strong>2022</strong>,<br />
brands find it increasingly difficult<br />
to make unfounded, sweeping<br />
environmental claims. With the<br />
Climate Clock striking seven years<br />
until the window for action to limit<br />
warming to 1.5 degrees closes,<br />
and consumer scrutiny at an alltime<br />
high, brands begin to sign up<br />
to standards and initiatives to win<br />
back trust, including the Science<br />
Based Targets Initiative net-zero<br />
corporate standard. All targets<br />
must be aligned with the goal of<br />
this 1.5 degrees – there’s no more<br />
tolerance for anything less.<br />
“As the government prepared<br />
to host COP26, all carbon targets<br />
and initiatives, including the<br />
UN’s Fashion Industry Charter for<br />
Climate Change remain voluntary<br />
and brands continue to make<br />
impressive-sounding sustainability<br />
declarations that don’t begin to<br />
make a dent in the climate crisis”<br />
The joint effect of the Green<br />
Claims Code and the need to<br />
make science-based targets<br />
mean offsetting, often in the form<br />
of planting trees, no longer cuts<br />
it. But voluntary action allows fast<br />
fashion overproducers to drag<br />
their heels so governments, finally,<br />
step in. A coalition of the biggest<br />
fashion consuming nations lay<br />
down a plan: coal-fired heat<br />
and power generation must be<br />
phased out within three years, and<br />
virgin polyester must go within ten.<br />
Tax reforms reward companies<br />
who design products with lower<br />
environmental impacts and<br />
penalise those who don’t, and<br />
incentives are offered for brands<br />
investing in regenerative farming<br />
to restore biodiversity and reduce<br />
land pressure.<br />
By 2040, the UK has an<br />
appointed Fashion Minister. A<br />
switch to renewables is mandated<br />
and carbon reports across the<br />
entire supply chain must be made<br />
public. The message is clear:<br />
brands no longer make their own<br />
rules.<br />
DECARBONISING THE<br />
INDUSTRY<br />
By 2016, the<br />
apparel and footwear<br />
industries accounted for<br />
approximately 8 per cent<br />
of global greenhouse<br />
gas (GHG emissions). In<br />
2019, the UK government<br />
passed a law to bring all<br />
GHG emissions to net zero<br />
by 2050. But the same<br />
month, it rejected every<br />
recommendation made<br />
in the Environmental Audit<br />
Committee’s Fixing Fashion<br />
report which included<br />
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In 2017, less than 1 per cent of<br />
material used to produce clothing<br />
was recycled into new clothing.<br />
Meanwhile brands were destroying<br />
unsold stock and sending billions<br />
of pounds worth of returns to<br />
landfill, while consumers continued<br />
to throw clothes in the bin.<br />
Designers attempted to fix the<br />
problem. 2019 saw the launch of<br />
fully circular shoe brand Thousand<br />
Fell who joined the likes of Nudie<br />
Jeans, Helen Kirkum, and Duran<br />
Lantink in embracing the circular<br />
economy, but the linear ‘takemake-waste’<br />
system continued to<br />
drive fashion. By 2020, the industry<br />
was producing over 100 billion<br />
garments per year, and countries<br />
in the Global South, like Ghana,<br />
were flooded with cast-offs from<br />
the Global North, the quality so low<br />
that 40 per cent of it went straight<br />
to landfill. The same year, France<br />
introduced an anti-waste law<br />
which prevented the destruction<br />
of unsold items, and in 2021 the<br />
Repairability Index was introduced,<br />
meaning manufacturers had to<br />
rate their electrical products out<br />
of ten on how easy they were to<br />
repair.<br />
A shift towards Extended<br />
Producer Responsibility and an<br />
EU directive for members to set<br />
up separate textile collections<br />
by 2025 floods the secondhand<br />
textile market as existing<br />
infrastructure isn’t prepared for<br />
the volume of clothes consumers<br />
throw away to make room for new.<br />
A series of import bans echo the<br />
plastic import bans from the likes<br />
of Turkey and China earlier in the<br />
decade, and manufacturers find<br />
themselves lumbered with the<br />
waste they created.<br />
“By 2020, the fashion industry<br />
was producing over 100 billion<br />
garments per year, and countries<br />
in the Global South, like Ghana,<br />
were flooded with cast-offs from<br />
the Global North, the quality so low<br />
that 40 per cent of it went straight<br />
to landfill”<br />
Revisiting recommendations<br />
made to the previous<br />
administration, a new government<br />
takes action: a sliding scale levy<br />
on each garment made, ranging<br />
from 2p per garment to 8p for<br />
higher volumes, used to fund<br />
recycling innovation and circular<br />
design education. It quickly adds<br />
up for the brands producing<br />
millions of garments and the effect<br />
takes hold: selling lots of clothes<br />
at low prices makes way for selling<br />
less at a higher price tag.<br />
After extended campaigning<br />
from the Right to Repair<br />
movement, 2035 sees the<br />
introduction of fashion guarantees,<br />
with brands obliged to offer free<br />
repairs for up to three years after<br />
purchase. Unravelling seams,<br />
broken zips, missing buttons, and<br />
frays can all be repaired ondemand.<br />
Keen to avoid the levy<br />
for producing new garments and<br />
monetise their new consumer<br />
repairs infrastructure, brands<br />
began to utilise the service<br />
model, as developed by Professor<br />
Rebecca Earley. Designed for<br />
disassembly, garments are bought<br />
on contract, much like phones.<br />
When they’re worn out or out of<br />
style, consumers can return them<br />
to be overprinted, restructured,<br />
and, eventually when reworks are<br />
no longer possible, turned into<br />
smaller pieces such as bags and<br />
accessories.<br />
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY<br />
A lethal factory collapse in<br />
2013, and a complete absolution<br />
of liability to pay garment worker<br />
wages during COVID-19 illustrated<br />
how the fashion industry had<br />
shirked responsibility for those within<br />
its supply chain.<br />
Signed in May 2013 and<br />
renewed in 2018, The Accord<br />
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Bangladesh helped to identify 87,000 safety<br />
issues and eliminate over 90 per cent of them.<br />
At risk of disappearing when it came up for<br />
renewal in 2021, after extended campaigning<br />
a new International Accord was created, with<br />
the rules stating it must expand into at least one<br />
country outside Bangladesh within 26 months.<br />
The same year, the EU announced mandatory<br />
legislation on due diligence to ensure “respect<br />
for human rights and the environment<br />
throughout the entire supply chain”.<br />
“A lethal factory collapse in 2013, and a<br />
complete absolution of liability to pay garment<br />
worker wages during COVID-19illustrated how<br />
the fashion industry had shirked responsibility for<br />
those within its supply chain. Signed in May 2013<br />
and renewed in 2018, The Accord on Fire and<br />
Building Safety in Bangladesh helped to identify<br />
87,000 safety issues and eliminate over 90 per<br />
cent of them”<br />
By 2023, the due diligence legislation is<br />
being adopted by member states. Brands must<br />
identify suppliers, even those outside of Europe,<br />
and take responsibility for any harm caused to<br />
workers – or the environment – and make sure<br />
that any victims have access to legal remedies<br />
like compensation. In 2025, California’s Garment<br />
Worker Protection Act, which ensures hourly<br />
wages rather than payment by the garment, is<br />
expanded to New York.<br />
After a fed-up buyer shares a recording of a<br />
colleague talking down a supplier from £3.70<br />
to £3.19 per unit just before Christmas 2029,<br />
#StoptheSqueeze protesters gather outside<br />
the headquarters of fast fashion giants on New<br />
Year’s Day, demanding they stop driving down<br />
prices and squeezing garment worker wages.<br />
Campaigners call on the government to ring<br />
fence labour costs in production orders to<br />
ensure workers receive a living wage, and a<br />
new administration adopts the policy: garment<br />
worker pay must be accounted for in order<br />
prices. Ruthless haggling is out.<br />
By 2037, the Accord is implemented in<br />
Vietnam, Pakistan, India, Cambodia, and<br />
Sri Lanka. Once brands could cut ties with<br />
problematic supplier factories, tweet an apology<br />
and move on, but now they are on the hook,<br />
legally, for safety inspections, training, and<br />
corrective action in all their major manufacturing<br />
hubs.<br />
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Pat McGrath<br />
& Naomi<br />
Campbell<br />
Partner on New Skin-<br />
Care Product<br />
By Elizabeth Denton & Sasha B<br />
You already know iconic<br />
makeup artist Dame Pat<br />
McGrath created one of<br />
the best makeup brands<br />
around with Pat McGrath Labs.<br />
Every launch goes viral as fans<br />
freak out over the ultra-pigmented<br />
eyeshadow palettes (with those<br />
duo-chromes!), lipsticks, glosses<br />
and more.<br />
Recently, it’s been announced that<br />
Pat McGrath Labs is entering an<br />
all-new category: skincare! And<br />
supermodel Naomi Campbell is<br />
the global face. It’s a big day in<br />
beauty.<br />
Pat McGrath Labs Skincare is<br />
kicking off with one product: Divine<br />
Skin: Rose 001 The Essence. “This<br />
is my transformative formula<br />
for hydrated, revitalised and<br />
luminous skin,”<br />
McGrath said in a statement.<br />
The makeup artist is known for<br />
giving models the ultimate glow<br />
backstage and now she’s helping<br />
us all achieve it at home.<br />
“For the first-ever foray into skincare<br />
by Pat McGrath Labs, I wanted<br />
to create something for all skin<br />
types that’s the effortless first step<br />
to awakening our complexion’s<br />
natural moisture memory,<br />
revealing the skin we are born with,<br />
reawakened,” she continued.<br />
The lightweight, milky emulsion<br />
contains botanically-derived oils,<br />
enriched with lipids and vitamin E,<br />
as well as floral antioxidants and a<br />
potent rose blend.<br />
The brand is calling it the solution<br />
to tired, dehydrated skin to hydrate<br />
and plump all skin types. It’s also<br />
non-comedogenic (meaning<br />
it won’t clog pores) and free of<br />
silicone, paraben, sulfate, gluten,<br />
mineral oil, petrolatum and<br />
phthalates.<br />
“Beautiful, glowing skin has<br />
always been part of my work,<br />
ever since I started doing<br />
thousands of shows, shoots, red<br />
carpets and music videos and<br />
more back in the ’90s,” McGrath<br />
continued. “After many years of<br />
experimentation, I’m thrilled to<br />
introduce the perfect formula.”<br />
Campbell is not only the global<br />
face of the brand but she’s also<br />
McGrath’s close friend and was<br />
with her throughout the process.<br />
“I’ve been privy to Pat’s top<br />
secret Divine Skin Rose 001<br />
The Essence throughout its<br />
development,” Campbell<br />
said in a statement.<br />
“My skin has to look healthy<br />
every day, it’s my job. That’s<br />
why I’ve incorporated it<br />
into my daily skincare<br />
routine. I wouldn’t<br />
use anything else.<br />
The glow, the<br />
luminosity, the<br />
hydration, it’s<br />
unparalleled,”<br />
she added.<br />
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FEATURE<br />
Top 10 Global<br />
Online Fashion<br />
Influencers<br />
By Praise David<br />
Fashion influencers have become a vital aspect<br />
of the social media marketing channel.<br />
Almost everyone has established a presence<br />
in the virtual lives of users. Customers flock to<br />
social media and fashion influencers, whether it’s<br />
learning about a new product or a new fashion<br />
brand.<br />
They play the main role in promoting the brand.<br />
There are many popular Instagram Top fashion<br />
influencers. Some of the top Fashion Instagram<br />
Influencers of <strong>2022</strong> are:<br />
Emma Hill<br />
Type of Fashion Content:<br />
High street fashion<br />
Emma Hill is a go-to designer from the United<br />
Kingdom who has worked extensively with<br />
Marc Jacobs, Gap, and, most recently,<br />
Mulberry. She maintains a blog where she<br />
discusses clothing trends and processes. She<br />
earns around $20.76 thousand per year.<br />
Camila Coelhos<br />
Type of Fashion Content:<br />
Street style<br />
Camila Coelho is a Brazilian fashion designer<br />
and influencer located in Los Angeles. She has<br />
collaborated with some of the most prestigious<br />
fashion businesses, including Dior, tory Burch,<br />
and others. She is one of the unique fashion<br />
influencers to follow on Instagram. Her net worth<br />
is around $5 million to USD 8 million.<br />
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Mariano Di Vaio<br />
Type of Fashion Content: Current fashion<br />
trends<br />
Mariano Di Vaio is an Italian blogger, fashion designer, and actor<br />
from Italy. He has served as a marketing director for Hugo Boss,<br />
Dolce & Gabbana, and Calvin Klein. My Dream Job is his first<br />
book to be published. MDV Jewels, a line of jewels, MDV Shoes,<br />
and MDV Eyewear, a line of eyewear, were all founded by him. His<br />
net worth is around USD 4 Million.<br />
Chrissy Rutherford<br />
Type of Fashion Content:<br />
Street style and luxury fashion<br />
Chrissy Rutherford is a fashion and social media<br />
professional with over 12 years of industry<br />
experience. She works as a digital developer and<br />
has collaborated with Tiffany & Co., Jimmy Choo,<br />
Saks Fifth Avenue, Farfetch, UGG, Depop, Rothes,<br />
and Lincoln Motors. Her net worth is USD 17 million.<br />
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Lauren Conrad<br />
Type of Fashion Content:<br />
Ethically sourced products and looks<br />
Lauren Conrad fashion designer, style influencer, and<br />
author. In 2009, she collaborated with kohls to produce her<br />
own Lauren Conrad brand. She has been working with the<br />
brand since then. Lauren is the owner and operator of the<br />
paper crown. She is also a co-founder of the little market,<br />
an online fair trade retailer. Her net worth is roughly USD 40<br />
Million.<br />
Aimee Song<br />
Type of Fashion Content:<br />
Street style<br />
Aimee Song is a fashion blogger and designer from<br />
the United States. Her blog receives over 2 million<br />
page visits each month. While studying Interior<br />
Architecture in San Francisco in 2008, she began<br />
blogging. Song of Style is her jewelry line, while Two<br />
Songs is her clothing range. She has worked with<br />
Laura Mercier. She is a fashion ambassador for<br />
Chloé, Giorgio Armani Beauty, Dior, and Revolve.<br />
She has worked with companies such as True<br />
Religion, Biossance, and Levi’s. Her net worth is<br />
around USD 25.3 million.<br />
Amy Bell<br />
Type of Fashion Content:<br />
Street style and travel<br />
Amy well is a professional Scottish blogger<br />
and popular model who is well known for her<br />
profound clothing style. Amy Bell is also a<br />
member of the blogger list. Her net worth is<br />
around USD 1M to 5Millions.<br />
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Cole Sprouse<br />
Type of fashion content:<br />
Formal suits to street styles.<br />
Cole is a well-known photographer, actor, and<br />
Instagram fashion influencer and lifestyle influencer.<br />
He is well-known for his prior performances in<br />
Riverdale and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody on<br />
the Disney Channel. Cole has made news in the<br />
fashion industry and was awarded an “Emerging<br />
Style Icon” in 2018. His net worth is around USD 9<br />
Million. He has 31.4 million followers on Instagram.<br />
Negin Mirsalehi<br />
Type of Fashion Content:<br />
Street style<br />
She is a fashion influencer from the dutch.<br />
She also has a large number of youtube<br />
subscribers. She is also the originator and<br />
designer of gisou honey-infused hair oil. She<br />
was also named one of Forbes 30 under 30.<br />
Her net worth is about 26.59 million USD.<br />
Chiara Ferragni<br />
Type of Fashion Content:<br />
Generic styles and jewels<br />
Chiara Ferragni is an Italian blogger,<br />
businesswoman, fashion designer, and model<br />
who has worked with fashion and cosmetics<br />
businesses on the blonde salad. ferragni was<br />
placed #1 on the Forbes list of “top fashion<br />
influencers” in <strong>September</strong> 2017. Her net worth is<br />
around USD 9 million.<br />
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Serena<br />
Williams Says<br />
Farewell to<br />
Tennis On Her<br />
Own Terms<br />
- And In Her Own Words<br />
By Serena Williams<br />
As Told To Rob Haskell<br />
This morning, my daughter,<br />
Olympia, who turns five<br />
this month, and I were<br />
on our way to get her a<br />
new passport before a trip to<br />
Europe. We’re in my car, and<br />
she’s holding my phone, using<br />
an interactive educational app<br />
she likes. This robot voice asks<br />
her a question: What do you<br />
want to be when you grow up?<br />
She doesn’t know I’m listening,<br />
but I can hear the answer she<br />
whispers into the phone. She<br />
says, “I want to be a big sister.”<br />
Olympia says this a lot, even<br />
when she knows I’m listening.<br />
Sometimes before bed, she<br />
prays to Jehovah to bring her a<br />
baby sister. (She doesn’t want<br />
anything to do with a boy!) I’m<br />
the youngest of five sisters myself,<br />
and my sisters are my heroes, so<br />
this has felt like a moment I need to<br />
listen very carefully to.<br />
Believe me, I never wanted to<br />
have to choose between tennis<br />
and a family. I don’t think it’s fair. If<br />
I were a guy, I wouldn’t be writing<br />
this because I’d be out there<br />
playing and winning while my wife<br />
was doing the physical labor of<br />
expanding our family. Maybe I’d be<br />
more of a Tom Brady if I had that<br />
opportunity. Don’t get me wrong: I<br />
love being a woman, and I loved<br />
every second of being pregnant<br />
with Olympia. I was one of those<br />
annoying women who adored<br />
being pregnant and was working<br />
until the day I had to report to the<br />
hospital—although things got super<br />
complicated on the other side.<br />
And I almost did do the impossible:<br />
A lot of people don’t realize that I<br />
was two months pregnant when I<br />
won the Australian Open in 2017.<br />
But I’m turning 41 this month, and<br />
something’s got to give.<br />
I’ve been reluctant to admit that<br />
I have to move on from playing<br />
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tennis. It’s like a taboo topic. It<br />
comes up, and I start to cry. I think<br />
the only person I’ve really gone<br />
there with is my therapist<br />
I have never liked the word<br />
retirement. It doesn’t feel like a<br />
modern word to me. I’ve been<br />
thinking of this as a transition, but<br />
I want to be sensitive about how<br />
I use that word, which means<br />
something very specific and<br />
important to a community of<br />
people. Maybe the best word to<br />
describe what I’m up to is evolution.<br />
I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving<br />
away from tennis, toward other<br />
things that are important to me.<br />
A few years ago I quietly started<br />
Serena Ventures, a venture capital<br />
firm. Soon after that, I started a<br />
family. I want to grow that family.<br />
But I’ve been reluctant to admit<br />
to myself or anyone else that I<br />
have to move on from playing<br />
tennis. Alexis, my husband, and I<br />
have hardly talked about it; it’s like<br />
a taboo topic. I can’t even have<br />
this conversation with my mom<br />
and dad. It’s like it’s not real until<br />
you say it out loud. It comes up,<br />
I get an uncomfortable lump in<br />
my throat, and I start to cry. The<br />
only person I’ve really gone there<br />
with is my therapist! One thing I’m<br />
not going to do is sugarcoat this.<br />
I know that a lot of people are<br />
excited about and look forward to<br />
retiring, and I really wish I felt that<br />
way. Ashleigh Barty was number<br />
one in the world when she left the<br />
sport this March, and I believe<br />
she really felt ready to move on.<br />
Caroline Wozniacki, who is one<br />
of my best friends, felt a sense of<br />
relief when she retired in 2020.<br />
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Williams Clothing Apparel Furniture<br />
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LIVING LEGENDS<br />
Praise to these people, but I’m<br />
going to be honest. There is no<br />
happiness in this topic for me. I<br />
know it’s not the usual thing to say,<br />
but I feel a great deal of pain.<br />
It’s the hardest thing that I could<br />
ever imagine. I hate it. I hate that<br />
I have to be at this crossroads.<br />
I keep saying to myself, I wish it<br />
could be easy for me, but it’s not.<br />
I’m torn: I don’t want it to be over,<br />
but at the same time I’m ready<br />
for what’s next. I don’t know how<br />
I’m going to be able to look at<br />
this magazine when it comes out,<br />
knowing that this is it, the end of<br />
a story that started in Compton,<br />
California, with a little Black girl<br />
who just wanted to play tennis.<br />
This sport has given me so much.<br />
I love to win. I love the battle.<br />
I love to entertain. I’m not sure<br />
every player sees it that way, but<br />
I love the performance aspect of<br />
it—to be able to entertain people<br />
week after week. Some of the<br />
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happiest times in my life were<br />
spent waiting in that hallway<br />
in Melbourne, and walking out<br />
into Rod Laver Arena with my<br />
earphones in and trying to stay<br />
focused and drown out the<br />
noise but still feeling the energy<br />
of the crowd. Night matches in<br />
Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing<br />
Meadows. Hitting an ace on set<br />
point.<br />
My whole life, up to now, has<br />
been tennis. My dad says I first<br />
picked up a racket when I was<br />
three, but I think it was even<br />
earlier. There’s a picture of Venus<br />
pushing me in a stroller on a<br />
tennis court, and I couldn’t have<br />
been more than 18 months.<br />
Unlike Venus, who’s always been<br />
stoic and classy, I’ve never been<br />
one to contain my emotions. I<br />
remember learning to write my<br />
alphabet for kindergarten and<br />
not doing it perfectly and crying<br />
all night. I was so angry about it.<br />
I’d erase and rewrite that A over<br />
and over, and my mother let me<br />
stay up all night while my sisters<br />
were in bed. That’s always been<br />
me. I want to be great. I want to<br />
be perfect. I know perfect doesn’t<br />
exist, but whatever my perfect was,<br />
I never wanted to stop until I got it<br />
right.<br />
To me that’s kind of the essence<br />
of being Serena: expecting the<br />
best from myself and proving<br />
people wrong. There were so<br />
many matches I won because<br />
something made me angry or<br />
someone counted me out. That<br />
drove me. I’ve built a career on<br />
channeling anger and negativity<br />
and turning it into something good.<br />
My sister Venus once said that<br />
when someone out there says you<br />
can’t do something, it is because<br />
they can’t do it. But I did do it. And<br />
so can you.<br />
POWER PLAYER<br />
If you watched King Richard,<br />
then you know that when I was<br />
little, I was not very good at tennis.<br />
I was so sad when I didn’t get all<br />
the early opportunities that Venus<br />
got, but that helped me. It made<br />
me work harder, turning me into<br />
a savage fighter. I’d travel to<br />
tournaments with Venus as her<br />
hitting partner, and if there was an<br />
open slot, I’d play. I followed her<br />
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around the world and watched her.<br />
When she lost, I understood why,<br />
and I made sure I wouldn’t lose<br />
the same way. That’s how I started<br />
to move so fast up the rankings,<br />
because I learned the lessons<br />
from Venus’s losses instead of the<br />
hard way, from my own. It was as<br />
if I were playing her matches, too.<br />
I’m a good mimic. Growing up I<br />
tried to copy Pete Sampras. I loved<br />
Monica Seles, and then I studied<br />
Monica Seles. I watched, I listened,<br />
then I attacked. But if I hadn’t been<br />
in Venus’s shadow, I would never<br />
be who I am. When someone said<br />
I was just the little sister, that’s when<br />
I got really fired up.<br />
I started playing tennis with the<br />
goal of winning the U.S. Open. I<br />
didn’t think past that. And then I just<br />
kept winning. I remember when I<br />
passed Martina Hingis’s grand slam<br />
count. Then Seles’s. And then I tied<br />
Billie Jean King, who is such an<br />
inspiration for me because of how<br />
she has pioneered gender equality<br />
in all sports. Then it was climbing<br />
over the Chris Evert–Martina<br />
Navratilova mountain. There are<br />
people who say I’m not the GOAT<br />
because I didn’t pass Margaret<br />
Court’s record of 24 grand slam<br />
titles, which she achieved before<br />
the “open era” that began in 1968.<br />
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want that<br />
record. Obviously I do. But day to<br />
day, I’m really not thinking about<br />
her. If I’m in a grand slam final,<br />
then yes, I am thinking about that<br />
record. Maybe I thought about it<br />
too much, and that didn’t help.<br />
The way I see it, I should have had<br />
30-plus grand slams. I had my<br />
chances after coming back from<br />
giving birth. I went from a C-section<br />
to a second pulmonary embolism<br />
to a grand slam final. I played while<br />
breastfeeding. I played through<br />
postpartum depression. But I<br />
didn’t get there. Shoulda, woulda,<br />
coulda. I didn’t show up the way<br />
I should have or could have. But<br />
I showed up 23 times, and that’s<br />
fine. Actually it’s extraordinary. But<br />
these days, if I have to choose<br />
between building my tennis résumé<br />
and building my family, I choose<br />
the latter.<br />
QUEEN OF THE COURT<br />
Earlier in my career, I never<br />
thought about having kids. There<br />
were times when I’ve wondered if I<br />
should ever bring kids into this world,<br />
with all its problems. I was never<br />
that confident or comfortable<br />
around babies or children, and<br />
I figured that if I ever did have a<br />
baby, I would have people taking<br />
care of it 24/7. I’m not going<br />
to lie—I definitely have a lot of<br />
support. But I’m also an incredibly<br />
hands-on mother. My husband will<br />
tell you I am too hands-on. In five<br />
years, Olympia has only spent one<br />
24-hour period away from me. This<br />
past year, while I was recovering<br />
from a hamstring injury, I got to<br />
pick her up from school four or<br />
five days a week, and I always<br />
looked forward to seeing her<br />
face light up when she walked<br />
out of the building and saw me<br />
waiting there for her. The fact is<br />
that nothing is a sacrifice for me<br />
when it comes to Olympia. It all<br />
just makes sense. I want to teach<br />
her how to tie her shoes, how to<br />
read, where babies come from,<br />
and about God. Just like my<br />
mom taught me. As she grows,<br />
it’s something different every<br />
month. Lately she’s been into<br />
watching baking shows, which<br />
we do together. Now we bake<br />
with Play-Doh, which is so much<br />
fun. She loves this game called<br />
The Floor Is Lava, where you<br />
have to do whatever you can to<br />
avoid touching the ground. I love<br />
setting up my gym for the game,<br />
arranging my step-up boxes and<br />
weight machines like an obstacle<br />
course. Whatever she likes, I like.<br />
MOTHER LOVE<br />
“I’m an incredibly hands-on<br />
mother. Nothing is a sacrifice<br />
when it comes to Olympia. It<br />
all just makes sense.” Danielle<br />
Frankel gown.<br />
I think tennis, by comparison,<br />
has always felt like a sacrifice—<br />
though it’s one I enjoyed making.<br />
When you’re younger, you see<br />
kids having fun, and you want to<br />
do that stuff but you know you<br />
have to be on the court, hoping<br />
that one day it will all pay off. I<br />
got pushed hard by my parents.<br />
Nowadays so many parents<br />
say, “Let your kids do what they<br />
want!” Well, that’s not what got<br />
me where I am. I didn’t rebel<br />
as a kid. I worked hard, and I<br />
followed the rules. I do want to<br />
push Olympia—not in tennis, but<br />
in whatever captures her interest.<br />
But I don’t want to push too hard.<br />
I’m still trying to figure out that<br />
balance.<br />
Source: Vogue<br />
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Keeping Fit & Active:<br />
Top 5<br />
Exercises<br />
for Women<br />
By Dr Nkechi Juliet<br />
Stepping into a gym can be<br />
intimidating when you’re not<br />
sure where to start. It can<br />
seem even more daunting<br />
when you want to incorporate<br />
strength training and the weights<br />
sections of your gym are crowded<br />
with muscley guys who are grunting<br />
and throwing dumbbells on the<br />
ground.<br />
But building muscle has many<br />
healthy benefits, including helping<br />
you burn more fat and calories<br />
at rest, making you stronger for<br />
everyday activities, and possibly<br />
even preserving brain health.<br />
1<br />
Squat<br />
Another great compound movement<br />
for overall strength and boosting your<br />
metabolism is the squat. Though it’s<br />
usually deemed a “leg” exercise, the<br />
squatactually offers many benefits for<br />
your entire body, including your core!<br />
If you’re worried about stressing<br />
your back with the squat, there are<br />
variations that put less pressure on<br />
the spine like the front squat or goblet<br />
squat.<br />
To start, use a dumbbell to<br />
perform the goblet squat and<br />
work up to using a barbell.<br />
To make sure you’re limber<br />
enough to squat, check out,<br />
“How To Properly Warm Up For<br />
Squats: Increase Flexibility And<br />
Strength.”<br />
Deadlift<br />
The deadlift may be the<br />
single-best movement<br />
for increasing your overall<br />
strength. Think about it, what<br />
could be more functional<br />
than lifting a heavy weight<br />
off the ground?<br />
As a compound movement<br />
(a lift involving two or more<br />
joints) that works more than<br />
one major muscle group,<br />
Mufdi truly believes that the<br />
deadlift is the one exercise<br />
that should be a part of<br />
everyone’s workout routine.<br />
Not only will the deadlift<br />
work your hips, glutes, backs<br />
and legs, but it will also help<br />
boost your metabolism.<br />
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3<br />
Weighted Hip Thrusts<br />
Warning! You will get stares from people with this<br />
movement. However, once you get over the<br />
embarrassment and begin to see the difference this<br />
movement makes in your body, you will love it.<br />
By performing the weighted hip thrusts, your glutes<br />
will become stronger, and you will see major<br />
improvements in your other lifts. Hip thrusts target the<br />
glutes in a completely different way than a squat or<br />
deadlift. In those movements, the glutes are used<br />
to help the lift whereas in a hip thrust the glutes are<br />
isolated.<br />
The benefits of isolating the glutes are not only to<br />
strengthen them. Glute activation will help your other<br />
lifts and of course, round out that booty<br />
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Overhead<br />
Press<br />
Looking to build beautiful<br />
sculpted shoulders and arms<br />
while working the rest of your<br />
body as well? You’ve come to<br />
the right place!<br />
Standing while performing<br />
the overhead press assists in<br />
developing your core and<br />
stabilizer muscles in your trunk.<br />
Try this move with dumbbells<br />
first then graduate to the<br />
olympic bar. You’ll be sure to<br />
get noticed for being such a<br />
badass.<br />
4<br />
Kettlebell Swing<br />
Lastly, although the kettlebell swing exercise may<br />
seem out of place on this list, it is one of Mufdi’s<br />
favorite exercises to add to a workout as a<br />
“finisher.”<br />
Not only is the kettlebell swing a complete body<br />
workout, it doubles as cardio as well.<br />
For starters, swings help strengthen the deep abdominal<br />
muscle that traditional crunches simply can’t. KB swings also do<br />
a fantastic job of defining your backand shouldermuscles while<br />
providing your cardiovascular conditioning. This means you’re<br />
burning fat in the process.<br />
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Don’t believe me? Pick up a fairly heavy kettlebell and start swinging.<br />
You’ll find your heart rate and breathing start to speed up!<br />
Do swings in 20-30 second working intervals while resting for the<br />
same amount of time before repeating. Give these a shot and let us<br />
know what you think!<br />
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A STEP BY<br />
STEP GUIDE<br />
ON HOW TO<br />
DO MAKEUP<br />
LIKE A PRO<br />
By Sasha Bokamoso & Karan Dalvi<br />
Learning how to do makeup<br />
is an art that has been,<br />
for thousands of years, an<br />
essential component of the<br />
entire beauty process.<br />
The people of Ancient Egypt,<br />
Greece, Rome, Sumer, the<br />
Indus valley, and a host of other<br />
civilizations, both men and<br />
women, across the timeline of<br />
history, right through the Middle<br />
Ages to the present period,<br />
have been privy to this art of<br />
enhancing one’s appearance<br />
through the aesthetic<br />
application of cosmetics.<br />
In this century and the previous,<br />
however, the ideas of natural<br />
makeup and inner beauty, sans<br />
any makeup, were posited<br />
by the feminist movement in<br />
different parts of the world,<br />
terming the use of cosmetics as<br />
a form of enforced notions of<br />
femininity.<br />
With makeup, as with all other<br />
forms of art, there is no right<br />
order to go about it. Some<br />
prefer doing their eyes before<br />
the rest of their face, some<br />
other areas. However, one<br />
suggestion that most makeup<br />
experts would agree to, is to<br />
cover those regions first that<br />
are often the most difficult<br />
and tend to take up the most<br />
amount of time in the entire<br />
application process. Another<br />
rather efficacious tip would be<br />
learning how to do makeup<br />
so as to better achieve the<br />
desired look, and with minimal<br />
inconveniences.<br />
Read on as we bring to you<br />
a step by step guide, on how<br />
to do makeup in the quickest<br />
and most convenient manner<br />
possible and all you’ve to do, is<br />
to follow the steps given below.<br />
Step 1<br />
Moisturiser<br />
and Primer<br />
It is of the utmost importance<br />
that your face is moisturised<br />
and well hydrated before you<br />
apply any makeup onto it. A<br />
hydrating cream, in this regard,<br />
works excellently since it even<br />
helps all the following products<br />
blend into your skin better.<br />
Then apply a primer, as it<br />
not only helps your face stay<br />
hydrated, it also<br />
enables your<br />
makeup to stay on<br />
for much longer.<br />
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Step<br />
Apply<br />
Foundation<br />
2<br />
The foundation is one of the most essential<br />
elements of your makeup since when<br />
correctly applied, it can help provide<br />
your face and neck regions with an<br />
even-toned, natural appearance. Use a<br />
foundation brush, preferably white-tipped,<br />
to apply the foundation to your face.<br />
Foundation, fundamentally, is of three<br />
types viz. liquid, powder, and cream. For<br />
those who do not wish to use too much of<br />
it, it is recommended that you only apply<br />
foundation to regions you wish to even out<br />
and leave the rest of your face foundationfree.<br />
It is also important that you blend it<br />
well with the neck regions so that your face<br />
makeup doesn’t come across as out of<br />
place with your neck. A quick tip, you can<br />
always use the primer to break down the<br />
opaque foundation makeup so as to make<br />
it appear clearer and blend better.<br />
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Step<br />
3<br />
Concealing with<br />
a Concealer<br />
Just about everyone thinks they’ve<br />
got certain flaws with their face,<br />
especially with regards to dark circles.<br />
And while accepting one’s flaws<br />
is a great thing to do, concealing<br />
them doesn’t really make you overtly<br />
vain either. The second step of how<br />
to do makeup, is learning to apply<br />
The Time for Eye<br />
Makeup<br />
Some prefer to do the eye<br />
makeup before the blush,<br />
contour and highlight routine but<br />
it works just as well towards the<br />
end. Fill in your brows using an<br />
eye pencil before moving on to<br />
the eye shadow. Apply an eye<br />
shadow shade of your choice<br />
and then using a blending brush,<br />
preferably a nice fluffy one, dust<br />
a softer shade onto the crease<br />
and blend outwards. Give your<br />
concealer to the problem areas,<br />
especially in the form of a triangle<br />
below your eyes. This triangular<br />
application helps conceal your dark<br />
circles while making your skin appear<br />
more naturally even toned and<br />
drawing attention towards your eyes.<br />
Step<br />
5<br />
eye makeup the requisite finish<br />
with eyeliner or mascara, using<br />
a very fine tipped pencil for the<br />
waterline and a stiff, angled<br />
brush for the lids. The eyes are<br />
one place where you can<br />
really show off your creativity.<br />
So go ahead and put your<br />
creative cap on and don’t limit<br />
yourself while learning how to do<br />
makeup.<br />
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Blush, Contour &<br />
Highlight (BCH)<br />
Step 4<br />
Highlighting and contouring are quick, easy processes that<br />
help in taking your makeup game to an altogether new<br />
level. Apply the highlighter, cream or liquid based, to your<br />
cheekbones, brow bones, on the Cupid’s bow and your chin<br />
before you swipe the contour on your cheeks, forehead and<br />
along the sides of your nose. Take care to ensure<br />
that the contouring doesn’t get too muddy and<br />
use an angled brush to blend it all in perfectly.<br />
Apply the blush onto the apples<br />
of your cheeks, extending<br />
upwards to the temple<br />
region. Between the blush,<br />
contour and the highlighter,<br />
different makeup experts<br />
recommend different orders of<br />
application. While learning how<br />
to do makeup, use the order that<br />
you’re most comfortable with<br />
and one that is most apt for<br />
the occasion. Some prefer<br />
to apply the blush before the<br />
highlighter, especially if the<br />
blush is shimmery enough by<br />
itself. If you’re using a powder<br />
blush, do not ever apply it over<br />
a liquid foundation since doing<br />
so will cause streaks, making it<br />
extremely difficult to blend in.<br />
Luscious<br />
Lips at<br />
Last!<br />
The lips makeup, with the<br />
possible exception of the<br />
eyes, are perhaps the most<br />
noticed aspect of your<br />
makeup. For a quick fix, apply<br />
a red, rosy (or any colour of<br />
your choice) lipstick using a<br />
lip brush and you’re good<br />
to go. If you’ve got more<br />
time, covering the entirety of<br />
your lips with a lip liner and<br />
following up with a layer of<br />
Step 6<br />
liquid matte lipstick of the same<br />
colour works wonders for your lips.<br />
Finally, use a setting powder or spray<br />
to help keep your makeup in place<br />
for longer and you’re all set to paint<br />
the town red.<br />
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5 Home-Made<br />
Remedies for<br />
Dark Spots,<br />
According to a<br />
Dermatologist<br />
By Kristin Howard<br />
Reviewed By Rhea<br />
Souhleris Grous Esthetician<br />
Soothe Skin and<br />
Reduce Spots<br />
with Almond Oil<br />
Not everyone gets<br />
them, but for those<br />
that do, dark spots<br />
on the face, chest, hands<br />
or elsewhere on the body<br />
can be seriously frustrating<br />
to deal with as they don’t<br />
go away on their own and<br />
sometimes can’t be covered<br />
by the average concealer.<br />
So, what are these<br />
discolorations, and why do<br />
some people have them?<br />
According to our experts, for<br />
the most part, dark spots on<br />
the skin can be attributed<br />
to two causes: scarring<br />
and hyperpigmentation<br />
(technically, scarring<br />
is post-inflammatory<br />
hyperpigmentation).<br />
Skin-strengthening ingredient<br />
that’s used both in the kitchen<br />
and on the complexion is<br />
sweet almond oil, which<br />
Engelman likes to use to<br />
treat discolorations in the<br />
skin. However, the almond oil<br />
commonly used to cook isn’t<br />
quite the same as that used<br />
on the skin, which is often<br />
fortified with additional vitamins<br />
and minerals. “The presence<br />
of Vitamin E and niacin help<br />
with hyperpigmentation and<br />
improving skin tone,” she says.<br />
Because sweet almond oil<br />
is generally viewed as noncomedogenic<br />
(meaning it<br />
won’t clog your pores) you<br />
can add it to your nightly<br />
routine as a makeup remover<br />
or moisturizer meant to help<br />
protect the skin barrier.<br />
Brighten with<br />
Yogurt<br />
Another naturally skin-brightening item<br />
you may already have in your home is<br />
yogurt, which may work to fade dark spots<br />
by exfoliating the skin. Like the chemically<br />
exfoliating properties found in papaya,<br />
yogurt may break down dead skin cells<br />
thanks to lactic acid, which is found<br />
naturally in dairy products: “Using a yogurt<br />
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Exfoliate with Papaya<br />
What’s a surefire way to brighten the<br />
overall tone of your skin? Rinse away<br />
that top layer with a natural exfoliant,<br />
like papaya: “Papaya has fruit acids<br />
known as alpha-hydroxy acids, which is<br />
a chemical exfoliant,” says Engelman.<br />
“AHAs are used for dry skin and to<br />
anti-age, and works to improve skin<br />
by removing the top layers of the skin<br />
through weakening the lipids that bond<br />
them together, thus, removing dull and<br />
dead skin cells and revealing healthy<br />
skin cells.<br />
It is very effective in breaking down<br />
skin cells and also increasing collagen<br />
production because of the removal of<br />
dead particles. Papaya specifically will<br />
help brighten and give the skin a<br />
youthful radiance.” To treat your dark<br />
spots with papaya, simply mash ripe<br />
papaya in a bowl and apply as a<br />
mask to clean skin. When removing<br />
the mask, you can also use gentle,<br />
circular motions for a bit of added<br />
exfoliation to that dead top layer of<br />
skin cells.<br />
Reverse Photo Damage<br />
with Tomatoes<br />
Rather than slather this ingredient on<br />
your face, tomato works best when<br />
taken systemically. According<br />
to a 2011 study, participants<br />
who ingested between around<br />
55 milligrams of tomato<br />
paste with olive oil per day<br />
saw protection from acute<br />
and long-term photo damage<br />
brought on by UV rays4. Why is tomato<br />
paste so effective? Tomatoes are<br />
naturally rich in lycopene, which has<br />
multiple potential health benefits,<br />
including sun protection. Not a fan of<br />
tomatoes? Look to other similarly-hued<br />
fruits and veggies, like guava, pink<br />
grapefruit, watermelon, and red sweet<br />
peppers.<br />
with cow’s milk could be effective<br />
in calming the skin, since it has<br />
lactic acid. Lactic acid is an AHA,<br />
which improves discoloration and<br />
age spots,” Engelman says. “This<br />
acid is gentler on the skin than<br />
other chemical exfoliants. Since<br />
it is derived from dairy, it helps to<br />
correct pH imbalances. It works<br />
to improve tone, texture, and<br />
reduces redness.”<br />
Yogurt can be applied to clean<br />
skin alone or mixed with additional<br />
ingredients known to improve<br />
the skin’s health—like honey—<br />
which is antibacterial and great<br />
for acne-prone complexions3.<br />
Adding oatmeal to a yogurt mask<br />
will help slough and soothe dry<br />
skin, just be sure to rinse this mask<br />
away carefully, as not to tear or<br />
irritate the skin.<br />
For ages, people in India, parts<br />
of Central America, and other<br />
subtropical areas have looked<br />
to turmeric for its many healing<br />
properties, from reducing<br />
inflammation to aiding the digestive<br />
process. Turmeric’s benefits also<br />
extend to the area of skincare, and<br />
it’s been shown to inhibit the skin’s<br />
melanin production, which results in<br />
spots due to hyperpigmentation. To<br />
Use Turmeric to Even<br />
Skin Tone<br />
fade dark spots with turmeric, make<br />
a mask using one part turmeric to<br />
one part honey. If you wish, you<br />
can enhance the lightening<br />
process with a few drops of<br />
lemon juice, as long as your skin<br />
isn’t too sensitive, and the citrus<br />
won’t come into contact with open<br />
skin, like recently broken pimples.<br />
KEY INGREDIENTS: Turmeric powder<br />
is made from the root of Curcuma<br />
zedoaria, a form of ginger native<br />
to Southeast Asia. Its active<br />
ingredient, curcumin, is what gives<br />
it that yellow-orange tinge; it’s also<br />
what makes it such a potent antiinflammatory.<br />
Turmeric is also found<br />
to lighten hyperpigmentation.<br />
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Avoid being around<br />
cigarette smoke<br />
When tobacco is heated via<br />
cigarettes — or even, yes,<br />
vaping — it releases free radicals<br />
that damage the DNA of skin<br />
cells. This results in the breakdown<br />
of collagen and elastin.<br />
It also constricts blood vessels<br />
which deplete the skin of much<br />
needed oxygen, vitamins, and<br />
nutrients. When that puff of toxic<br />
smoke is exhaled it hits the skin<br />
on the face and can cause<br />
blackheads, particularly around<br />
the mouth and cheek areas.<br />
10<br />
Natural Ways for Eve<br />
Take Care of<br />
By Sasha Bokamoso &<br />
Lauren Park<br />
Within the beauty industry and<br />
on social media, there’s so much<br />
emphasis on purchasing products. In<br />
fact, so much so there’s a name for<br />
it — beauty hauls — which basically<br />
means showing off one’s shopping<br />
spree of recently purchased products.<br />
But products don’t solve all our skin<br />
woes. If you’re tapped out with a<br />
10-step skin care routine and still<br />
finding yourself at loss, here are other<br />
unbottled ways to take care of your<br />
skin.<br />
Drink water<br />
While drinking water doesn’t directly<br />
hydrate the skin it does help all of the<br />
body systems function better.<br />
It aids the liver in eliminating toxins from<br />
the body, reduces puffiness, helps with<br />
kidney function (which in turn helps dark<br />
circles appear lighter), and may even<br />
help skin conditions like psoriasis and<br />
eczema.<br />
How can you tell if you aren’t<br />
drinking enough water? Check<br />
your pee! If it’s a deep shade of<br />
amber it’s time to drink up. The<br />
color of lemonade is the goal.<br />
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Limit your time in<br />
the sun<br />
Yes, use sunscreen but for<br />
the non-product part of it: it’s<br />
time to play hide and seek.<br />
An estimated 90 percent<br />
of skin aging is caused by<br />
the sun, specifically for folks<br />
with lighter skin (!), and not to<br />
mention the even scarier risk<br />
of skin cancer. Considering<br />
that’s a pretty huge number,<br />
it’s best to limit your sun<br />
exposure or seek shade<br />
when hanging out.<br />
Don’t forget to protect your<br />
eyes where you can’t apply<br />
sunscreen too! Squinting<br />
doesn’t exactly protect your<br />
eyes and if you insist on<br />
doing the peering exercise,<br />
you may end up developing<br />
more lines and wrinkles<br />
around your eye and<br />
forehead area.<br />
Shower and wash your face with lukewarm<br />
water (not hot!)<br />
Sebum (oil) in our skin has a wax-like<br />
consistency and using hot water to<br />
wash our face or shower with essentially<br />
“melts” the oil stripping the skin of muchneeded<br />
moisture.<br />
Lukewarm is best because it allows our<br />
oils to warm up a bit allowing a proper<br />
cleanse without completely stripping it.<br />
Keep at massaging your skin for a full<br />
minute to make the most out of your<br />
cleanser!<br />
ry Woman to<br />
Her Skin<br />
Sleep on a silk or<br />
satin pillowcase<br />
While you can’t rub a wrinkle<br />
into your skin, you can cause<br />
them while sleeping! If you’re<br />
a side sleeper, you can be<br />
smooshing your face into<br />
your pillow, putting friction<br />
between the skin and fabric.<br />
This creates creases which<br />
can result in wrinkles since we<br />
sleep for a prolonged period<br />
of time.<br />
But if you sleep on a silk<br />
pillowcase, the fabric allows<br />
your skin to “slip,” minimizing<br />
the chance of creating<br />
wrinkles. It’s also great for<br />
preventing frizzy hair!<br />
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Find ways to<br />
manage stress<br />
When we’re stressed or<br />
anxious, our bodies release<br />
a hormone called cortisol.<br />
This hormone activates our<br />
flight or fight response (which<br />
is a good thing!) but constant<br />
stress keeps this response on<br />
fatigued overdrive (yep, a bad<br />
thing).<br />
Specifically to our skin,<br />
increased levels of cortisol<br />
can cause us to lose our<br />
glow by diminishing the skin’s<br />
ability to retain moisture<br />
and encouraging an<br />
overproduction of oils.<br />
Opting out of sugar<br />
Sometimes the skin takes a while to catch<br />
up to how we felt or what we ate last week.<br />
If your energy source is primarily added sugar<br />
and refined carbohydrates, you might start seeing<br />
the effects of that on your skin.<br />
After all, too much of one thing strains the body and<br />
skin. Too much exfoliating acids may strip your skin’s<br />
protective barrier, just like too much sugar may cause a<br />
surge in insulin (the hormone produced by the pancreas<br />
that regulates the amount of sugar in the blood), and<br />
inflammation.<br />
Wash your makeup<br />
brushes<br />
Besides old makeup, of course,<br />
bacteria, oil, dust, and sweat<br />
accumulate on our makeup brushes.<br />
If not cleaned regularly all that junk is<br />
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Don’t pick and don’t<br />
touch your face<br />
While it’s tempting to squeeze a pimple,<br />
you can create a lot more lasting damage<br />
to the skin than that instant gratification is<br />
worth. First, there’s a type of acne called<br />
acne mechanica, which is caused by<br />
friction from touching the face and pushing<br />
oil and bacteria back into the pore.<br />
Secondly, picking and squeezing can<br />
result in a scar or a brown spot called postinflammatory<br />
hyperpigmentation. You may<br />
prefer dealing with scarring over acne, but<br />
it’s not an either or scenario. You can live<br />
without both!<br />
Exercise<br />
essentially smeared around your face<br />
during each makeup application.<br />
This can cause inflammation,<br />
clogged pores, and acne.<br />
It’s best practice to clean your<br />
makeup brushes weekly!<br />
We all know that getting our sweat<br />
on is great for our entire body, but it<br />
also has some skin benefits as well.<br />
When we move, we circulate our<br />
blood which carries oxygen and<br />
nutrients to all of our cells. Not only<br />
does this provide an instant glow,<br />
but it also helps our skin to repair<br />
itself faster.<br />
Another perk to exercise is it helps<br />
to reduce stress and, in turn,<br />
reduce cortisol levels.<br />
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3 Veggie-<br />
Packed Grilling<br />
Recipes<br />
for Amazing Summer Cookouts<br />
By Chef Amaka Obiefuna<br />
With Lauren Summers<br />
Now that it’s outdoor dining season, you’re probably craving amazing (and<br />
affordable) grilled recipes that just so happen to incorporate a whole lot of veggies.<br />
Head to your local store, where produce is delivered fresh daily, to grab all the<br />
ingredients and fuel your next cookout with creative veggie burgers, show-stopping<br />
mixed grill platters, and family-friendly BBQ chicken salads.<br />
If that wasn’t incentive enough, each of these recipes takes 30 minutes or less to<br />
whip up.<br />
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BBQ Chicken Salad<br />
4<br />
serves<br />
Ingredients<br />
• 1 lb. Kirkwood Fresh<br />
Boneless, Skinless Chicken Thighs<br />
• Stonemill Sea Salt<br />
• Stonemill Peppercorn<br />
• Specially Selected Sicilian<br />
Extra Virgin Olive Oil<br />
• 6 green onions<br />
• 10 oz. cherub grape<br />
tomatoes, halved<br />
• Juice from 1 lime (about<br />
2 tablespoons)<br />
• 1/2 c. Burman’s Original<br />
Barbecue Sauce<br />
• 1 (6 oz.) bag Little Salad<br />
Bar Sweet Butter Lettuce<br />
• 1 head romaine lettuce,<br />
torn into bite-size pieces<br />
• Leaves from half a bunch<br />
of cilantro (1/2 cup loosely<br />
packed)<br />
• 4 oz. sliced, fresh<br />
Emporium Selection Fresh<br />
Mozzarella Ball, torn into bite-size<br />
pieces<br />
Directions<br />
Heat the grill to medium-high.<br />
Pat the chicken dry and season<br />
with 3/4 teaspoon salt, a few<br />
grinds black pepper, and a<br />
light coating of olive oil. Drizzle<br />
green onions with enough olive<br />
oil to coat, then season with salt<br />
and pepper. In a large bowl,<br />
combine the tomatoes, half<br />
the lime juice (1 tablespoon),<br />
and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Set the<br />
tomatoes aside and bring the<br />
chicken, green onions, and<br />
barbecue sauce to the grill.<br />
Clean and grease the grates,<br />
then add the chicken and green<br />
onions to the grill and cook until<br />
charred and cooked through,<br />
about 5 minutes per side (if using<br />
a gas grill, close lid between<br />
flips to maintain temperature).<br />
Transfer the green onions to a<br />
plate. Brush the chicken with half<br />
the barbecue sauce, then flip<br />
the chicken and cook until the<br />
sauce is charred in spots, 1 to<br />
2 minutes. Add the remaining<br />
barbecue sauce to the chicken,<br />
flip, and cook until charred in<br />
spots, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to<br />
a plate to rest.<br />
Add 2 tablespoons olive oil,<br />
the butter and romaine lettuces,<br />
cilantro, and mozzarella to<br />
the bowl of tomatoes. Season<br />
with salt and pepper and stir to<br />
combine. Taste and adjust olive<br />
oil, lime juice, salt, and pepper<br />
to your liking. Slice the green<br />
onions into bite-size pieces and<br />
the chicken against the grain.<br />
Transfer the salad to a serving<br />
platter, top with the chicken and<br />
green onions, and serve.<br />
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4serves<br />
Green Burger<br />
Ingredients<br />
• Simply Nature 100% Avocado Oil<br />
• 4 Specially Selected Sesame Seed<br />
Brioche Buns<br />
• 4 Earth Grown Kale Veggie Burger<br />
patties<br />
• 1/2 c. Park Street Deli Fresh Guacamole<br />
• 2 Park Street Deli Half Sour Whole<br />
Pickles, thinly sliced crosswise<br />
• 1/2 jalapeño, thinly sliced crosswise<br />
• 1/4 c. Clancy’s Corn chips<br />
Directions<br />
Heat the grill to medium. Clean the grates,<br />
grease with avocado oil, then add the buns<br />
cut sides down and grill until toasted, 1 to 2<br />
minutes. Transfer to plates. Place the patties<br />
on the grates and grill until cooked through, 5<br />
to 7 minutes per side (if using gas grill, close<br />
lid between flips to maintain temperature).<br />
Transfer to the bottom buns.<br />
Spread guacamole over patties, then top<br />
with pickle slices, jalapeño slices, and corn<br />
chips. Top with the bun, add a few more corn<br />
chips on the side, and enjoy.<br />
Per serving: 414 cal, 22 g fat (3 g sat), 8<br />
g protein, 822 mg sodium, 45 g carb, 8 g<br />
sugars (4 g added sugars), 9 g fiber<br />
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Sausage & Grilled<br />
Veggie Platter<br />
4-6<br />
serves<br />
Ingredients<br />
• 4 zucchini, halved lengthwise<br />
• 3 onions, halved and cut into 1/2-inchthick<br />
wedges<br />
• 1 lb. mini sweet peppers<br />
• 19 oz. Hot Italian Sausage Links<br />
• Specially Selected Sicilian Extra Virgin<br />
Olive Oil<br />
• Stonemill Sea Salt<br />
• 1 c. Tuscan Garden Mild Giardiniera,<br />
plus 3 tablespoons brine<br />
• 1/4 c. Southern Grove Roasted, Salted<br />
Pistachios, coarsely chopped<br />
Directions<br />
Prepare a grill for two-zone cooking over<br />
medium-high heat (for a charcoal grill, pour<br />
the coals onto one half of the grill; for a gas<br />
grill, heat all of the burners to high, then turn off<br />
one of the end burners before cooking).<br />
Meanwhile, on a sheet pan or large<br />
plate, toss the zucchini, onions, peppers,<br />
and sausage with olive oil and salt to coat.<br />
When you’re ready to grill, clean and grease<br />
the grates. Place the zucchini, onions, and<br />
peppers over the flame (direct heat) and<br />
place the sausage where there isn’t a flame<br />
beneath (indirect heat). Cover and cook,<br />
flipping occasionally, until the vegetables are<br />
charred and tender and the sausages are<br />
cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.<br />
Transfer the vegetables to a platter. Move<br />
the sausages over the flame and grill until<br />
browned and crisp, 2 to 4 minutes. Transfer<br />
the sausages to the platter, then sprinkle the<br />
giardiniera, giardiniera brine, and pistachios<br />
over top.<br />
Per serving: 480 cal, 35 g fat (10 g sat), 23<br />
g protein, 1525 mg sodium, 27 g carb, 14 g<br />
sugars (2 g added sugars), 4 g fiber<br />
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