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Freja Beha Erichsen didn’t dress up much in 2020. Like the rest of us, the Danish model spent a large chunk of the year confined to her couch in trackpants. But she never skimped on accessories, always decked out in layers of mixed-metal rings and br

AUSTRALIA SPECIAL Singer Jessica Mauboy can still remember the anticipation and emotion in the air on the day of marie claire’s February 2020 cover shoot. “Sharing the conversation on Indigenous rights with these two smart, fun and gorgeous women was

Resort and beachwear brand Boteh, named after the Persian word for paisley, unveils a colourful and covetable new collection for high summer. Hand-loomed in a Marrakech atelier, Lucy Folk’s new line of unisex fashion hints at bowling and boxing attir

As a teenager in the latenineties, no-one spoke to me about masturbation. Sex education at school was putting a condom on a banana. I lost my virginity to a guy called Fernando. I met him in Brazil on holiday with my dad and brother when I was 14. Fe

“This Moooi rug captured our attention when my husband [Guy Sebastian] and I were selecting pieces for our home. When I first saw it, I said, ‘This is a piece of art!’ We liked the idea of putting it on the wall instead of the floor – it’s too beauti

Ivanka Trump was my best friend growing up. We first met when I joined her seventhgrade class at Chapin, an all-girls school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side that had a reputation for attracting a blue blood, feminine, but ambitious cohort of young gir

“We met while he was renovating a house for me and my ex-husband. My ex-husband wasn’t interested in helping. He kept saying: ‘Go with Howard to pick out the windows.’ And: ‘Go with Howard to pick out the doors.’ Well, Howard and I were getting along

Maria Grazia Chiuri may be small, but her presence is large. She arrives at our shoot with her platinum blonde hair slicked back in a low ponytail and her face bare. She wears blue jeans, a white shirt, sandals and a statement skull ring – nonchalant

The year was 2016. Some smartypants had just coined the word Brexit, everyone was buzzing about Stranger Things and America was about to vote in a reality-TV star as president. It was also the year my life changed forever. Not in a hyperbolic way – i

The low point was the night that the needle wouldn’t go into my stomach. It was a Sunday and I’d been injecting myself with hormones for a week. There was a theatre to the procedure that I’d almost come to enjoy. It stung, but not for long, and the s

Before her Instagram account was wiped, Rebecca Pfeiffer had 125,000 followers. Like most influencers, her grid was an aspirational window into her world as a successful American lifestyle blogger. Then, there it was, nestled earlier in her feed: a s

The Aussie thespian imagining bold new futures It felt like the worst kind of break-up. Catherine Văn-Davies was playing a lead in the Sydney Theatre Company production of No Pay? No Way! when, seemingly overnight, COVID-19 ended it all, with no good

Emma fucked up my whole plan,” Bruna Papandrea laughs. It’s not the typical way you’d expect to hear a film producer talk about their colleague, but then again Papandrea and Emma Cooper aren’t you’re typical co-workers. Together with Naomi Watts, the

BY ASHLEY AUDRAIN (PENGUIN, $32.99) Blythe wanted to believe that she’d be the perfect mother she never had – but almost immediately after the birth of her daughter, Violet, something feels wrong. This gripping suspense thriller contends with the exp

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After hospitality’s hardest year, a group of women from rural NSW are banding together to save the industry – and each other. This month we travel to the Southern Highlands to meet the members of The What If Society, who are inspiring, educating and

It started with a conversation about compost. Last year, chefs and close friends Eilish Maloney and Kathryn Macfie – who met in 2011 working at Onesta Cucina restaurant in Bowral – were lamenting the amount of food waste produced by commercial kitche

Now, I bet you thought I would ask you to quit coffee, didn’t you? On the contrary, coffee can be very beneficial for your health and brain. Coffee contains polyphenols (antioxidants) and can help preserve brain power, enhance brain and physical perf

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Come on a sartorial summer holiday, from Lara Worthington’s cover shoot in the Californian wilderness to an intrepid local adventure accompanied by bright and beautiful fashion. Plus, our editors reveal the pieces they’re buying and loving now ■

If you got in a car and drove four hours north of Los Angeles, as Lara Worthington and photographer Darren McDonald did a few months ago, you might find yourself standing at the foot of one of the world’s biggest trees. Giant sequoias are ancient and

PHOTOGRAPHY BY OLIVER BEGG. STYLED BY MONICA RUSSELL. HAIR BY KYYE/WORK. MAKEUP BY TENEILLE SORGIOVANNI/LION ARTIST MANAGEMENT. MODEL: SHENISE/KULT. WORDS BY KATHRYN MADDEN. ■

At the height of summer, with barely touched skin and lazily swiped-on mascara, the right lip gloss really comes into its own. One application can lift your complexion, add a hit of rosy-nude shimmer, and elevate your whole look with minimal effort.

Lids were blanketed in black at Chanel, where global creative makeup and colour designer Lucia Pica buffed shadow at the edges to soften the look and kept under-eyes super clean for a modern spin on classic smoke. Pair with pearl jewellery for the ul

Tickets at the ready, this seductive scent of pink peony, amber and freshly picked figs will have you hankering for the luxurious romance of Dubai. The sunbaked and beautiful Italian coast is high on our destination wish list. In the meantime, this h

With the warmer weather comes fun things, such as swimming and stretching out on a sun lounge (in the shade). It also calls for stripping back layers of clothing and exposing a lot more of ourselves. We’re not going to lie, this can cause us some ang

With any kind of self-improvement, it helps to know what you’re up against. So here’s a quick refresher: Your teeth are made up of an inner dentin layer and a hard outer enamel layer, which protects the teeth. When you put things in your mouth (all t

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Q: Should I be worried about my skin’s microbiome? A: If you’re heavyhanded with actives and chemical exfoliation (and your skin is sensitive or breakout-prone), your microbiome may be off-balance. To calm irritation, try supporting your skin’s natur

I am haunted by a memory that recently returned to me. It’s from almost 20 years ago, and something I had long-forgotten until this year. I am sitting at brunch in New York with my boyfriend and our good friend Mary. She’s clever and funny and Black,

I LIKE TO BE ALONE IN THE MORNING, and even if I’m working, I’ll take an hour to myself. I brush my teeth, then run to the kitchen to start brewing my coffee as I make my celery juice. I’ll meditate or I’ll do some Morning Pages. And then after an ho

As we ordain 2021 the year of self-kindness, our annual wellness special is going a little more softcore. In that spirit, we bring you chef Analiese Gregory (below right), who takes us into the wild on page 152. “I’m a chef because of my anxiety,” sa

It’s a situation as old as affordable air travel: You’re on the final leg home, elated and exhausted, feeling like you’re going to need a holiday to recover from your holiday. Adventures have been had. Fuzzy memories made. And if it all feels like a

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The gut has spent most of human evolution being majorly misunderstood. It’s not just down there lazily sampling our last meal as we once thought. It’s considered the body’s largest sensory organ, with an incredible number of nerves, as well as trilli

Ensuring you have a clean bill of health down there makes for healthier, happier years ahead. If you’re not across it, the Cervical Screening Test (CST) has replaced the pap smear. At your next appointment, your doctor will test you for the HPV infec

Hand’s up if the festive season was a rude shock. It’s been a long time since we’ve had to think about hanging out with others, but then restrictions eased and borders opened, and not only did we have to get dressed and smell nice, we also had to rem

Inside the atelier on rue Cambon in Paris, every seat was taken. It was February 5, 1954, and Coco Chanel was staging her comeback fashion show. All 200 guests turned up, on time, causing a seating scramble – there were critics crammed in corners and

I’d just got off the plane from New Zealand and was super jet-lagged when I met director and playwright Jess Swale in 2015. Walking into the first day of rehearsal for her play Nell Gwynn, I was so intimidated and nervous to meet her because she’s so

My daughter, Hannah, was a beautiful girl, and her three kids, Aaliyah (six), Laianah (four) and Trey (three), were the loves of her life. She tried to put on a positive front for them, but she was dealing with a hidden darkness. In the beginning, it