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Marie Claire Australia

EDITOR’S LETTER

A day forever • marie claire celebrated International Women’s Day with a dynamic gathering powered by clever, creative and agenda-setting women from all walks of life.

CURATED BY • We’ve selected the best pieces, places and events to light up your day

Look at her go • Chanel has launched its new 25 Bag with a campaign film full of big “on-the-go” energy, starring singer Dua Lipa.

Fashion’s new status symbol? Food • Fashion and beauty’s new appetite for collaborating with food brands collides with a worrying return to ’90s-era thinness and the mass uptake of new weightloss drugs. Divya Venkataraman breaks down the contradiction.

WORTH IT • Modern utilitarian styles stamped with a refreshingly femme energy will leave you ready for anything.

WELL RED • As the weather cools, scarlet hues will be heating things up in the style stakes.

POWER OF PASTELS • Pretty pastel shades of lemon, strawberry and baby blue are having a fashion moment, helping us escape the global chaos and bringing all the dreamy feels.

PLAYING WITH PLAID • The marie claire fashion team shares its advice for styling checks for work or play.

Accessory of the Moment TRINKETS • Now’s the time to pull out those treasured pieces, charms and brooches – vintage or new – and layer them to your heart’s content.

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FEATURES • With the red carpet rolling out for Australian Fashion Week, we take the pulse of the industry – from the classic to the crazy. Plus this month: the war in Gaza through the eyes of journalist Plestia Alaqad; a life-affirming escape from a New Zealand cult; and is it possible to anti-age our ovaries (and moderate menopause)?

FASHION PLAYBOOK • In celebration of Australian Fashion Week this May, we look at the state of the industry here and abroad, from the sensible and sublime to the weird and wacky.

THE EYES OF GAZA • Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad gained millions of fans online for her unflinching live reporting from Gaza’s war zone. Now, she’s publishing her diaries to show how beauty can prevail alongside devastation

DEAR DIARY • Edited extracts from Plestia Alaqad’s daily diary from October 2023.

THE LONG WAY HOME • Ahead of the release of the miniseries The Narrow Road to the Deep North, actor Olivia DeJonge opens up about reconnecting with her roots.

ART ADVISER. FRIEND. THIEF. • Lisa Schiff became America’s top art consultant, with a network of close-knit clients. Then she stole millions from them. As she awaited sentencing, she revealed all to Sarah Maslin Nir and Zachary Small.

The MOTHER WOUND • Melissa James grew up in the harsh light of intergenerational trauma, believing that she was worthless because her mother told her so. It took a devastating diagnosis for her to become strong enough to know her mother was wrong

LEAVING Gloriavale • When she was 18, Theophila Pratt was banished from the cult she had been trying to escape her whole life. It meant leaving behind everything she knew and learning how to survive – and thrive – on her own in Auckland. Now, she’s written a book in the hope of helping others leave

PAGING DR CHAT(GP)T • Between medical gaslighting and rising costs, more women are turning to generative AI to cure what ails them. Are we headed for a healthcare revolution or down a dangerous rabbit hole?

DRESS FOR DISSENT • For the silenced and the unheard,...