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NEW IN
It’s time to hit the slopes: skiwear
has never looked so chic
80
THE EDIT
When it comes to statement
jewellery, more is always more
87
THE PIECE
Move with fashion’s upper crust
and carry Fendi’s Baguette bag
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DRESS CODE
Let one standout piece and
versatile basics see you through
90
THE CRUISE REPORT
We spotlight this season’s
not-to-be missed resortwear
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OMG SO CRINGE
EVERY MONTH Ever feel like life has
become one big ick? ELLE’s
45 Hannah Nathanson considers
EDITOR’S LETTER why, in the midst of political
Kenya Hunt considers the era and social turmoil, we now live
of multi-dimensional women in an age of embarrassment
49
THE MOMENT
118
THE POWER OF REST
Pandora Sykes on why she is From an Olympic swimmer
opting out of the Y2K revival to a magazine founder, four
women consider how stepping
53 back from our day-to-day
AGENDA obligations is a revolutionary act
Our top picks – from bold boots
to an inspiring exhibition 124
ON THE COVER THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
EMILY RATAJKOWSKI 178
BACK PAGE
Since when did we become so
afraid to take ownership of our
TOP, SKIRT, BELT, AND TRAINERS,
ALL LOUIS VUITTON. Pat Cleveland reflects on her sexual happiness? Danielle Pender
BRACELET, CARTIER. extraordinary life in fashion investigates why our erotic
PHOTOGRAPHS: PETROS. desire has the ability to empower
STYLING: AURELIA DONALDSON. FIRST LOOK
PHOTOGRAPH: LULU McARDLE
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contents
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IN + OUT
160
THE INTERIOR LIFE OF…
Buchanan Studio, who have
perfected pragmatism in their
inventive Harlesden home
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Editor-in-Chief, ELLE and ELLE.com/uk
KENYA HUNT
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
JESSICA ANDREWS, AJA BARBER, IXTA BELFRAGE, CAMILLE CHARRIÈRE,
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her as ‘Emrata’ – the often-fetishised
model I had seen in the tabloids and on
the runway. But during our chat, I dis-
covered a multidimensional woman in
control of her power to speak about
issues that matter, lacing her addictive
TikToks with sharp social commentary.
She seamlessly straddles two worlds:
walking JW Anderson and Versace
runways one moment, then establishing
herself as an opinionator to be reckoned
with the next. Because why not?
When I saw her after the cover shoot
for this issue, which is accompanied by
a fascinating conversation with Taddeo
on p102, Emily had made headlines for
a TikTok clip announcing she’s entering
her ‘Bitch Era’ and plans to embrace her
anger, an emotion I think we have all felt
in one way or another this year.
To say that ‘era’ has been the word
of the era would be an understatement.
It has taken over the cultural conversation
– Liz Truss’s Flop Era, Gen Z’s Villain
Era, or what ELLE’s Hannah Nathanson
calls our Cringe Era (p114), that collec-
tive sense of embarrassment we all feel
SHE’S GOT IT ALL
EMILY RATAJKOWSKI,
in these often surreal times.
OUR COVER STAR, IS But there’s also power in stepping
FORGING HER OWN
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back and taking stock of what brings us
WRITING, MODELLING release, relief and joy. To help you do
AND PODCASTING
that, we’ve commissioned some of our
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women who defy expectations of what and how each of these can positively
they should be. This is what struck me impact our lives in general.
DERXW(PLO\5DWDMNRZVNLZKR,ÀUVWPHW On our fashion pages, we look at
last year when we were promoting our the art of mastering festive dressing,
books, shortly after the release of her 2020s style (Dress Code, p88, and Doing
essays collection, My Body. We bonded the Most, p132), and in the spirit of the
over our shared taste in reading, season, we’ve made a gift guide full
comparing thoughts on everything from of things to spark joy. Perfect for your
Alice Walker’s prescient commentary to Me Era.
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juggle, writer’s block, sexism and the
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Feelings on loop. Her debut novel shopping expert at ELLE. This
Rosewater, out in spring, is set season, she compiled the ELLE
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although the writer and curator buying presents is that everyday
has recently moved to the Kent luxury is the best gift. Get
coast. She writes about settling something someone wouldn’t
into a new community, slowing buy themselves,’ she says.
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agenda
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read:
Looking to Sea
Oh, we do like to be beside the
seaside… This new book by the
art critic Lily Le Brun considers
10 pivotal maritime artworks, from
Vanessa Bell’s Studland Beach to
Martin Parr’s photogaphs of
British beach resorts in the 1980s.
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AGR
moment it deserves. With a signature style that ranges from
acid-bright dresses to rainbow brushed-mohair jumpers, the
label has already won a celebrity fanbase that includes IAMDDB,
Pa Salieuand even Rihanna.
For Croydon-born Robinson, the plan was never to start
From working with Nike a brand. ‘A few of my friends asked me to make some clothes
for them to wear to Notting Hill Carnival,’ she explains. ‘Before
to being worn by Rihanna, I knew it, I was designing for 15 people and Nike had asked to
be involved.’
meet the designer putting When some photos of the group partying in their new knits
and box-fresh trainers hit the internet, things blew up. ‘[Retail
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knits on the map and essentially put me on the map,’ says Robinson.
‘It all happened completely organically.’
Robinson had already made a name for herself on the
WORDS BY CLEMENTINA JACKSON London nightlife scene after graduating from Chelsea College
of Art. In her early twenties, she made clothes from her bedroom
in Dalston in between shifts as a door girl at trailblazing night-
club Visions. ‘It was such an inspiring place,’ she says. ‘Skepta,
BBK and A$AP Rocky used to come in, and then at 4am I’d go
home and knit until the morning.’
She began freelancing for brands such as A-Cold-Wall*
and – her personal favourite – Missoni. ‘I was the person to go
to for one-off knitwear,’ she says.
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33 stockists, an acclaimed SS23 collection and a ‘crazy
colourful’ vision that goes far beyond fashion. ‘We have a huge
warehouse in Deptford now, and we’re trying to make the most
of all the space by opening it up to the community,’ she says.
Most recently, that included a series of workshops for school-
kids with Nike, to keep them busy during the summer holidays
by inspiring them into creative industries. ‘AGR might be
a luxury brand,’ says Robinson, ‘but we won’t forget where we’ve
come from.’
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GEORGIA KEMBALL
After training in medieval wax-
casting techniques, this self-taught
jeweller and GUT magazine
co-founder started making pieces
inspired by her interest in mythology
and mysticism, and now counts
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In conversation:
Kosar Ali
After a breakout role
in the award-winning
British film ‘Rocks’,
the actor is back on
the small screen in
a prelude to the classic
‘Dangerous Liaisons’
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WITH A
TWIST
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LUXURIOUS WAY TO ENTERTAIN COCKTAIL DRESSING
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON? Top, around £175, and
MARTINIS ARE BACK, SAYS jeans, around £249,
ELLE’S ALICE WIGNALL both MILKWHITE.
Heels, £375, RUSSELL &
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£79, THOMAS SABO
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NEW IN
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ADVENTURES
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GLACIAL WEATHER, UP THE ANTE AND EXPERIMENT WITH MONOGRAMMED
CATSUITS, STYLISH PADDED TROUSERS AND HEAD-TURNING EYEWEAR
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Puffer coat, £4,200,
jumpsuit, £3,200,
balaclava, £520, scarf,
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ski goggles, £870, all
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COOL OUTERWEAR AND LOFTY HEELS FOR THE APRÈS-SKI SOIRÉE
ELLE STYLE + SHOP
Coat, £2,540, crossbody
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own. OPPOSITE Jacket,
£1,570, top, price on
request, skirt, £295,
slingbacks, £720, and
gloves, price on request,
all MAX MARA. White
bodysuit, £285,
MISCREANTS
GO BIG
SKI GOGGLES HAVE UNDERGONE A RENAISSANCE, AND THEY’RE MORE
OUTSIZED THAN EVER. THE OTHER THING YOU’LL WANT TO WEAR LARGE?
THE COAT, OF COURSE. PLUSH QUILTING KEEPS THINGS COSY
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Jumpsuit, price on request,
jersey, £3,945, heels,
£1,290, white backpack,
£4,200, metallic handbag,
£4,030, earrings, £730, and
scarf (around skis), £235,
all CHANEL. Bikini, stylist’s
own. OPPOSITE Coat,
£7,800, and bag, £3,800,
both PRADA. Leg warmers,
about £265, RASHHIIID. Ski
goggles, from £140, CHIMI
ALL-IN-ONE
DROP THE UTILITARIAN JUMPSUITS IN
FAVOUR OF A DIALLED-UP ALTERNATIVE
FOR THE PARTY SEASON. FINISH WITH
A SMATTERING OF SHINY ACCENTS
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LUXE LAYERS
GOLD OR SILVER, MONOCHROME OR MULTICOLOUR – WHO SAYS
YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE? TAKE METALLIC HUES AND FURRY
TEXTURES FOR A SPIN THIS SEASON
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MORE IS MORE
GIVE THE CLASSIC PRINT-AND-COLOUR
CLASH A 2020S SPIN BY MIXING NEUTRAL
PATTERNS WITH THE BOLDEST BRIGHTS
Jacket, £1,350, T-shirt, £480,
skirt, £1,430, bag (worn
around waist), £2,750, and
mules, £850, all CELINE BY
HEDI SLIMANE. Leg warmers,
about £265, RASHHIIID. Ski
goggles, from £140, CHIMI.
OPPOSITE Unitard (worn
under), £700, swimsuit,
£1,160, handbag, £1,790, and
ski goggles, £900, all LOUIS
VUITTON. Hat, about £200,
RASHHIIID. MAKE-UP: Sogol
Razi, using Charlotte
Tilbury. HAIR: Johanna Cree
Brown at Gary Represents,
using Schwarzkopf
Professional Session Label.
NAILS: Maddy Ayers. MODEL:
Karolina at Kult. STYLIST’S
ASSISTANT: Gal Klein
DEFYING GRAVITY
LEG WARMERS HAVE RETURNED WITH A VENGEANCE. EMBRACE THE
REEMERGENCE OF THE TOASTY, FUZZY ACCESSORY AND PAIR THEM WITH
A NOUGHTIES-ESQUE TRACKSUIT JACKET AND ANIMAL PRINT
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THE EDIT
RAY OF LIGHT
MAKE A SINGLE-COLOUR STORY YOUR JEWELLERY STYLING TRICK BY PILING ON
SHIMMERING WHITE STONES. MAXIMALISTS, IT’S YOUR TIME TO SHINE
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All jewellery throughout, price
on request, except where stated.
THIS PAGE Gold, platinum and
diamond earrings, matching ear
cuffs, platinum and diamond
necklace, and gold, platinum and
diamond ring, all TIFFANY & CO.
Swarovski crystal mesh top,
£13,050, LUDOVIC DE SAINT
SERNIN. OPPOSITE Rings (right
hand): white gold, pearl and
diamond, TASAKI, white gold and
diamond, DE BEERS, white gold
and diamond, £14,750, CHANEL
FINE JEWELLERY. Rings (left hand):
white gold and diamond, DE
BEERS, white gold and diamond,
£11,000, CHANEL FINE JEWELLERY,
platinum and diamond, TASAKI.
White gold, diamond and pearl
bangle, TASAKI. Dress, £875,
ANNIE’S IBIZA
A VINTAGE STATEMENT
WHY CHOOSE WHEN YOU CAN HAVE BOTH? SUPER-SIZED EARRINGS COUPLED
WITH A LOOK-AT-ME NECKLACE WILL ALWAYS BE THE GOOD KIND OF DRAMA
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84
IN THE DETAIL
WHITE DIAMOND LOOK INFINITELY COOLER
THE MIDI RING’S POPULARITY SHOWS NO SIGNS
OF SLOWING DOWN, MAKING A CLASSIC
PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT: LUKE REGAN. HAIR: LAURAINE BAILEY AT EVOLVED ARTISTS, USING GHD & ORIBE. MAKE-UP: ARIEL YEH AT SAINT LUKE,
USING VALENTINO. BEAUTY. NAILS: CHERRIE SNOW. MODEL: OLIVIA BELGRAVE-RUSE AT MILK MANAGEMENT. FASHION ASSISTANT: GAL KLEIN
THIS PAGE White gold and
diamond earrings, and white
gold and diamond necklaces,
all CARTIER. Dress, £2,575, AREA
at ANNIE’S IBIZA. OPPOSITE
White gold and diamond
earrings, £1,860, and white gold
and diamond rings (from left),
£2,740 and £4,080, all GUCCI
FINE JEWELLERY. Metal earring
and lip piercing, both £785, and
top, £3,800, all GUCCI
SO EXTRA
END THE VERY SERIOUS YEAR ON A LIGHT AND
PLAYFUL ESCAPIST NOTE WITH ATTENTION-GRABBING
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Sweater, price on
request, skirt, £3,050,
gloves, £470, silver
baguette bag, £3,200,
black beaded bag,
£4,200, all FENDI
THE PIECE
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1 2
DRESS CODE
HIGH LOW,
READY TO GO
DON’T STRESS YOUR PARTY PREP – CHOOSE A
VERSATILE LOOK THAT WILL SUIT ALL OCCASIONS
1
1
2
2
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1 2
THE
REPORT
AFTER TWO YEARS OF
DIGITAL SHOWS AND
INTIMATE GATHERINGS,
THE CRUISE SEASON HAS
RETURNED IN ALL ITS
GLORY, WITH DESIGNERS
SHOWCASING THE FULL
SCOPE OF THEIR VISION
IN SOME OF THE MOST
EPIC SURROUNDINGS ON
THE PLANET. PASSPORTS
AT THE READY…
EDITED BY AVRIL MAIR
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CRUISE REPORT
DIOR
THE PASSION OF FLAMENCO AND THE DRAMA OF TRADITIONAL SPANISH DRESS INSPIRED MARIA GRAZIA
CHIURI’S SPRAWLING CRUISE COLLECTION FOR DIOR – 110 LOOKS IN BLACK, WHITE AND CRIMSON,
DISPLAYED AGAINST THE EXTRAORDINARY BACKDROP OF SEVILLE’S PLAZA DE ESPAÑA . INSPIRED BY
CARMEN AMAYA, THE FIRST FEMALE DANCER TO WEAR MEN’S CLOTHES BACK IN THE 1950S, CHIURI
SKILLFULLY BLENDED THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE WITH MATADOR AND EQUESTRIAN LOOKS: CHIC
AND RESTRAINED IN MONOCHROME, BEFORE GIVING WAY TO FLOOR-SWEEPING SKIRTS
ELLE 91
THE RUNWAY HAD A RACY FEEL AT VIRGINIE VIARD’S CHANEL CRUISE SHOW, SHOWN IN THE GILDED
SETTING OF MONTE CARLO. THE COLLECTION TOOK THE SPEED AND GLAMOUR OF THE FAMOUS MONACO
GRAND PRIX AS ITS INSPIRATION: FORMULA 1-STYLE JUMPSUITS IN TWEED, CHEQUERED FINISH-LINE-FLAG
PRINT DRESSES, BASEBALL CAPS, AND NO 5 LOGO RACING-HELMET BAGS… IT WAS FASHION IN THE FAST LANE
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NO BRAND IS BETTER AT THE WITTY ACCESSORY THAN CHANEL: A MINAUDIÈRE FASHIONED AS A SLOT MACHINE, ANYONE?
PHOTOGRAPHS: COURTESY OF CHANEL, GETTY IMAGES
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GUCCI REVEALED
A CORNUCOPIA OF
UNEXPECTED ACCESSORIES,
FROM SPIKY BONDAGE
COLLARS TO SILVER FACE
JEWELLERY, CRIMSON-TINTED
SUNGLASSES AND AN
ARRAY OF CROWNS
AND CORONETS
ELLE 94
CRUISE REPORT
GUCCI
A CASTLE WITH AN OCCULT PAST, HIDDEN IN A
FOREST. A CATWALK ILLUMINATED BY A FULL
BLOOD-RED MOON. ALESSANDRO MICHELE
BROUGHT GUCCI’S CRUISE SHOW TO
PUGLIA’S CASTEL DEL MONTE, AN
OCTAGONAL FORTRESS ONCE HOME TO
ASTRONOMERS AND MAGICIANS, WHERE HE
CAST A SPELL OF HIS OWN. THIS COLLECTION
– TITLED ‘COSMOGONIE’, AFTER A THEORY OF
THE ORIGINS OF THE UNIVERSE – WAS FULL
OF MAGICAL THINKING, TAKING IDEAS FROM
CENTURIES AGO AND TRANSFORMING THEM
INTO A MULTI-LAYERED COLLECTION THAT WAS
A MASTERCLASS IN THE DARK ARTS
PHOTOGRAPHS: COURTESY OF GUCCI
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CRUISE REPORT
LOUIS VUITTON
TAKE AN ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE – THE BRUTALIST LOUIS KAHN-DESIGNED SALK INSTITUTE IN LA JOLLA – THEN
HOST A SHOW THERE JUST AS THE CALIFORNIAN SUN SINKS BENEATH THE RUNWAY’S END. NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE’S
LOUIS VUITTON CRUISE PRESENTATION WAS THE SEASON’S MOST PHOTOGENIC, WITHOUT A DOUBT. BUT IT DIDN’T
OVERWHELM HIS EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION, WHICH SAW MODELS DRAPED IN GLOSSY FABRICS THAT GLITTERED LIKE
MOLTEN GOLD IN THE WANING LIGHT. SHINING BRIGHTEST OF ALL WAS THE MODEL AND ACTIVIST LAUREN WASSER,
A DOUBLE AMPUTEE WHOSE SILVER SHORTS SUIT REVEALED HER GOLDEN PROSTHETIC LEGS
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BE YOUR OWN KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR. IT’S HARD TO FIND COHERENT TRENDS IN CRUISE COLLECTIONS,
BUT THIS IS ONE: METALLIC STILL RULES THE RUNWAYS FOR THE NEXT SEASON
PHOTOGRAPHS: COURTESY OF LOUIS VUITTON, GETTY IMAGES
ELLE 97
WHEN THE DRESS BRINGS THE DRAMA, ACCESSORIES TAKE A CHIC BUT MUTED BACKSEAT:
A FELT HAT, A LEATHER GLOVE AND A WRAP BELT STILL MAKE IT COUNT
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CRUISE REPORT
MAX MARA
PHOTOGRAPHS: COURTESY OF MAX MARA
THE SENSUAL SPIRIT OF FADO – THE HAUNTING, WISTFUL FOLK MUSIC THAT SOUNDTRACKS
THE CITY OF LISBON – INSPIRED IAN GRIFFITHS’ CRUISE SHOW FOR MAX MARA. HELD IN THE
VERDANT GARDENS OF THE CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION, THE SHOW WAS AS ELEGANT,
EMOTIONAL AND PASSIONATE AS THE SINGER CARMINHO, WHO WALKED THE RUNWAY IN
A SECOND-SKIN WIGGLE DRESS. AN EMBELLISHED BODYSUIT UNDER A SWEEPING CAPE
WAS A HIGHLIGHT – ALONG WITH THE ARRAY OF JEWEL-TONED TAFFETA GOWNS THAT
PROVIDED A FINALE AS COLOURFUL AS THE PARAKEETS SWEEPING OVER THE CROWD
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DEFINE WHAT YOU WANT; DEMAND WHAT YOU NEED. WE EXPLORE
HOW WE GET MORE OF WHAT SUSTAINS US, FROM THE WOMEN
POWERING A NEW SEXUAL REVOLUTION TO THE SECRET OF
PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS, AND WHY WE’RE LEANING INTO REST
IN A RADICAL WAY. EMILY RATAJKOWSKI NEEDS NO CONVINCING:
SHE TELLS LISA TADDEO HOW SHE IS STANDING UP FOR WHAT SHE
MOST DESIRES – AND HAS NEVER FELT MORE FULFILLED.
FASHION + READS
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WITH HER BESTSELLING
BOOK, SHE HAS TAKEN
THE LEAP FROM FETISHISED
SUPERMODEL TO ONE
OF THE INTERNET’S
MOST FASCINATING
WOMEN, WITH 30 MILLION
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COUNTING. ACCLAIMED
AUTHOR LISA TADDEO JOINS
EMILY IN CONVERSATION
TO DISCUSS NEW
BEGINNINGS,
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EVA WISEMAN
A TIME FOR TENDERNESS
SOMETIMES AN IDEA BURROWS ITS WAY of irritation, instead I now seek it out.
into the culture and takes up home there, I want that kindness, I want that gentle
building a little nest in our consciousness attention, the comfort of others, I need
with continued repetition. One such con- it. Just a crumb. Occasionally, a loaf.
cept was the pursuit of ‘happiness’. Later, And I’m not the only one: all across
there was ‘kindness’, and today ‘tender- WKH ZRUOG SHRSOH ÀQG WKHPVHOYHV
ness’. I tend to come to these things similarly cracked, whether with grief, or
brittle with cynicism. I’ve argued in the anxiety about the planet, or with the
past, for example, against the ‘happiness struggle to keep their families fed, or
industry’, which through expensive loneliness. No longer do we have the
interventions, like courses and coaches, privilege of remaining brittle – we are
sold the idea that you constantly needed now ready for the touch of a hand on our
to consume its products in order to DUPZHZDQWRQO\ÀOPVDERXWWUXHORYH
achieve joy, thereby displacing your at- only strangers who help with our bags,
tention from the root of your unhappiness. or bills, only the most perfect fruit.
But recently life events – I talk about Even those of us who aren’t cracked
family shock and tragedy in as neutral and struggling are yearning for tender-
and passive a voice as possible, so as not ness, exhausted after years of irony, of
to give it the drama it yearns for – have daily grinding attempts at staying cool.
cracked something open in me. The psychic distance that coolness re-
Where once I might have approached quires feels painful now, another job
the promotion of tenderness – a word to on top of the three full-time careers in
be found today in descriptions of art, emotion we juggle daily. We crave the sim-
ÀOPVDQGIDVKLRQ²ZLWKDVLJKLQJVRUW ple pleasures – like eye contact, and
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pasta cooked for us, or an impromptu
conversation with our neighbour.
But just because we want tenderness
doesn’t mean it comes easily. We’ve been
conditioned to protect ourselves, to hide LIV LITTLE
our vulnerabilities and approach strangers EMBRACING SOFTNESS BY THE SEA
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we crave, we have to re-educate ourselves
LQKRZWRH[SUHVVORYHSDLQDQGRXU THE DAY I PICKED UP THE KEYS TO MY FIRST most special bonds I’ve been forming is
desire for closeness. This process can home was emotional. I remember run- with an older, queer Black woman who
take minutes or years; these lessons in ning down to the beach, smiling and then moved to Kent almost two decades ago.
becoming a person who is both soft sobbing. Happy tears. Even on a choppy Everything about her is gorgeous and she
enough to hear somebody else, but afternoon, the decision to move to the has taken the time to share her skills
strong enough to get up in the morning Kent coast felt right. It had all happened VKH·VDQDYLGDJULFXOWXUDOLVWDQGH[SH-
and deal noisily with another day. so fast. Months before, I had burnt out riences of being Black and queer from
Here is where tenderness differs for the second time that year and reached decades before we were alive, and on top
from the earlier trend of ‘kindness’, a point where I felt so low that I had of that, when our friends have visited,
which, predictably, niggled me. started to convince myself that the only she’s welcomed them into the fold.
#BeKind, the hashtag went on T-shirts ZD\WRÀQGSHDFHZDVWRVWRSH[LVWLQJ Making time for others is one of the
and cupcakes, a sort of mummish scream I was a shell of my ordinarily energetic, most loving things we can do, and when
DFURVVWKHLQWHUQHWÁDWWHQHGLQPHDQ- optimistic self, and the sea brought with you live in a place where things move
ing and purpose, and often wielded as it the possibility of slowing down – a new a little slower, it feels like there is more
a weapon. And yes, whatever, kind- beginning, a metaphorical cleanse. I left space for genuine moments of connec-
ness is good. But it’s not that simple. the city in search of a calmer pace and tion rather than quick hellos in between
#BeEmpathic might have been better, the soothing properties of the open work commitments. Invitations for a dip
but that’s a far harder ask, because it water, and have been welcomed with ÀUVWWKLQJLQWKHPRUQLQJVORHEHUU\
relies on putting yourself in a stranger’s such love, softness and care. picking or cycling along the coast are not
shoes, rather than just smiling silently. I didn’t ever think that I, a south a rare occurrence. As a creative, it has
Kindness means different things to London-obsessed city girl (it’s even the been refreshing to enter an environment
different people, so to press our own location of my debut novel), could live where works-in-progress are encouraged,
idea of kindness on strangers is bound anywhere else, but now I can’t imagine rather than needing every piece of work
to invite disappointment. going back. The most beautiful thing I’ve to be polished.
Tenderness, however, is a chewier discovered about living in a seaside town Mutual support seems to be the un-
concept, one that encompasses pain and is the warmth of the community. Before spoken rule that governs how people
empathy, and maybe a little shame, too. deciding to move, my partner and I re- interact with each other here – perhaps
I respect that, and I welcome it: this wet searched whether we, two queer Black something to do with the fact that many
softness we’ve tried so long to bury. people, could call this environment home. of the people that have chosen to live
While my life continues to offer land- Thanet is, after all, the spiritual home of here tend to be on their own healing
mines hidden under the carpet, new Nigel Farage, and I had dedicated the journey, be that work-related stress, or
JULHIVH[SORGLQJGDLO\,DPKDSS\WRVHH SUHYLRXVÀYH\HDUVRIP\FDUHHUWRFXOWL- the loss of loved ones leading them to
the world showing its bruises, reaching vating creative work spaces in which reconsider the lives they want, or just
out to one other in the hope of being I, and other marginalised groups, wouldn’t WKRVHFUDYLQJSUR[LPLW\WRWKHVHD7KH
understood. Trying a little tenderness. feel ‘other’. Still, although the comm- JHQWOHQHVV ,·YH H[SHULHQFHG WKURXJK
unity of people who look like me may be living here hasn’t all been to do with
relatively small, its heart is strong, and the location for me, though. Much of the
the members are dynamic. healing work I’ve been doing is embrac-
TENDERNESS There’s a collective here called
People Dem that holds space for Black
ing the fact that I’m allowed to feel
gentleness. When you’ve constantly been
INVOLVES and Brown people in this little seaside
town. They deliberately engage with
acting against what your body and mind
want and need, a lot of rewiring needs
PAIN AND people of all ages and from all walks of
life. The people I’ve met through this
to occur. Moving here has, in many ways,
saved my life. I feel fortunate to live in
EMPATHY, support network (they organise meet-
ups, community learning and events)
a place where my community is bursting
with creative energy and equal quantities
AND MAYBE continue to inspire me through their
eclectic interests and warmth. The beau-
of gentleness. There’s so much pain,
suffering and loss that we are not in con-
A LITTLE ty of small-town living is that I’ve forged
friendships with people I may not have
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chapter by the sea is about embracing
SHAME, TOO otherwise crossed paths with. One of the the magic in softness.
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MORWENNA FERRIER
REDISCOVERING REST FOR
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ALICE DEARING
KNOWING WHEN TO STOP I’M NOT AN ESPECIALLY WOO-WOO
person. But I recently read something
about ‘body memory’: the idea that trau-
IT’S NOT NORMAL TO TAKE A BREAK FROM putting on hold because of swimming. ma imprints on your body, not just your
swimming when you compete at Olympic I immediately went to get long, thick mind. There’s a need to work backwards,
OHYHO$WSHDNWUDLQLQJ,ZRXOGVZLP braids, which meant I wasn’t tempted to to move from the outside in, through the
DERXWNPDZHHNDQGGRÀYHJ\PVHV- get back in the pool because it was too medium of rest.
sions. It’s obviously a lot to ask of your much effort to swim with them. My stand- For years, the island of Lanzarote – at
body, and your mind, but it’s what you’ve ards also slipped in terms of punctuality least in the British imagination – has
got to do if you want to be selected for but, I’m not going to lie, it’s been refresh- been associated with beach holidays and
the 10km events I compete in. If you take ing to see a non-athlete’s perspective. We WHUULÀFZLQGV)OXQJRXWLQWRWKH$WODQ-
time out of the water, it normally means are super-harsh on ourselves, always striv- tic Ocean many miles from the coast
you’re either quitting or you’re injured – ing for perfection. It’s been good for me RIQRUWKZHVW$IULFDLWKHOGDFOXVWHURI
and neither of those are good things. to step out of that world and realise life is developments that catered to people who
Early in 2022, I failed to qualify for a lot bigger than your sport. There has needed something easy to escape to for
the Commonwealth Games and I was been a lot of things to involve myself in a week or two.
devastated. In the weeks afterwards, that can hopefully help me create a better But Lanzarote is a verdant volcanic
I wasn’t enjoying training – it felt like environment outside of sport. island, shaped by regulations that ensure
I was hitting a wall. Then, after one par- When I wrote about being Team GB’s its buildings are, for the most part, low-
ticularly tough session, I just felt broken. only Black swimmer in 2019, then became rise and white-washed. It is a place at
I got out of the pool and started crying WKHÀUVW%ODFNIHPDOHVZLPPHUWRUHSUH- one with its surroundings. So, a number
into my towel. It was like, after 16 years, sent Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics of years ago, when I went there with my
VZLPPLQJ KDG ÀQDOO\ GHIHDWHG PH and secured a Nike deal, I didn’t expect boyfriend following an agonising and
I didn’t even have enough energy to to receive so much attention. I’ve always drawn-out abortion process, I found
speak to my coach. There aren’t many seen it as an uplifting pressure, but it a place of healing, somewhere I could
times in my career when I’ve felt like probably has weighed on me more than reconnect with the land, and my body.
that. The only other time was when I’ve appreciated. This time off has allowed We camped and walked. I ate dinner
I got out of the water at the Tokyo Olym- me to explore that part of my identity. barefoot, wrapped in nothing but a green
pics and was so mad at myself about I’ve got more involved with the Black Kantha robe that, years later, when I had
my performance. But this wasn’t anger, 6ZLPPLQJ$VVRFLDWLRQDQGORRNLQJWR a baby, I would wear to breastfeed. But
I just didn’t know what to think. I kept discover it more for myself rather than just on that trip, I wore it because my body
asking myself, Do I stop here, go home and being labelled as ‘that swimmer’. had failed me and I needed the wild and
end my career? I have had moments where I’ve ques- otherworldly uplands to act as a correc-
It took me a few days and some dif- tioned whether l will get back in the pool, tive. Having had something removed
ÀFXOWFRQYHUVDWLRQVWRPDNHWKHGHFLVLRQ but they’re never strong enough to over- from me, I wanted to get something back.
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of having those dialogues. Rightfully so: ify for Paris 2024. I did go open-water showered outside, with a view of the
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there are consequences to taking a rest, swimming with a friend during my break. ocean partially hidden by dragon trees
such as funding being cut, which I will ,WZDVDFWXDOO\WKHÀUVWWLPH,·GVZDP and bougainvillea. Spending the days
have to deal with going into the next recreationally like that. Rather than half-naked, in gentle protest at the san-
VHDVRQ,W·VQRWRQO\DWKOHWHVWKDWÀQGLW thinking I’ve got to hit this time, I simply itary pads clogging up my wash bag,
hard to know when to take a break, any- enjoyed the sensation of swimming. while eating plates of salty potatoes,
one can struggle to understand when It’s not long until I’ll be back in the SLQHDSSOH DQG EODFNHQHG ÀVK ZDV D
they need to pause and hit reset in their pool. I don’t know what my future in EDOP$QGWKHZLQG6RVKDUSDQGXQ-
careers. But it’s important not to ignore swimming looks like; I’m going to put ÁDJJLQJ , RFFDVLRQDOO\ VWUXJJOHG WR
the warning signs – mine came from my all of my energy into it. I believe my body breathe on the beach as it whipped off
body: being constantly ill and never prop- will get in the shape it needs to be in, the sea. Yet, unable to do anything about
erly giving myself a chance to recover. I only need to make sure my mind trusts the pain, the bleeding, the sadness,
Yes, it’s OK to push yourself, but you also that I’ve put in the effort – that I deserve I eventually attempted doing nothing.
need to trust your intuition. It’s much this, that I can do it. But even if it doesn’t Then, one morning, a week in, the
harder to come back from burnout than happen for me – if I fail in what I try to bleeding stopped. I had been swimming
from a break. achieve – I know that in taking a break off the island of Graciosa, mostly nude,
I ended up taking four months off this I’ve done the right thing, and I can’t save a pair of blue bottoms to catch any
summer, doing all the things that I’d been regret that. blood, but when I got out, there was
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sea against my skin and I began to feel let, which I took out of politeness. I took a pill for my second abortion
– after months of disconnection and pain The second time was trickier. I was but that simple action – swallowing
– like I might be myself again. Like it ROGHUDQGRQPDQ\OHYHOVP\SDUWQHU something with water – belied the com-
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(reducing the visibility of some accounts),
tech giants such as Meta and TikTok
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‘OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
ideas about sex. Erica Storm has always
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showed that 47% of us hope that an founder of Culture Shift Agency, which established creatives as they grow their
improved focus on employee wellbeing works primarily with women of colour to careers. ‘But ask them to name a price
will be a legacy of the Covid era. help them navigate their career journeys. for a job they’ve been asked to do and
One way to achieve that might be ‘But this idea of wholeness can absolutely, they just go to bits. We all have those
a reset of the expectations we put on positively impact organisations. If we give little blocks, and it’s to do with how we
ourselves. ‘There has been that assump- folks the resources so they can connect were raised and all sorts of things that
tion that you somehow have to be a with their values – the things that are feed into our beliefs about the world. But
corporate warrior, and show up and be really important to them, how they want they compound over time. So something
“professional”,’ says Phil Bolton, a career to lead, and what they’re leading in ser- that’s quite small when you’re 20, by
coach and co-founder of Elevayte, which vice of – it deeply impacts their work.’ the time you’re 40, it could turn into
works with leaders and teams in growing There’s every reason why your job a real hindrance.’
businesses. ‘I think it’s probably one of should be an emotional business. Regard- Phil Bolton agrees: ‘We all bring dif-
the very biggest causes of misery and less of whether you have a career you feel ferent lenses to the world and different
heartache in the workplace. How can passionate about or not, most of us spend ways of interpreting what’s going on in
people be their best if they’re not able the majority of our waking lives at work. the workplace. We may be reactive to
to be themselves at work?’ It’s where we earn the money that certain things. I’ve come across clients
This isn’t about weeping in the com- supports us, where our intelligence, who have reacted to over-domineering
munal kitchen, but about giving the same productivity and creativity are assessed PDOHVHQLRUÀJXUHVEHFDXVHWKH\KDYH
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‘real’ lives it’s considered normal to work and challenge, success and failure. And ing up for themselves.’
through challenging moments, identify we do this alongside people who might So, understanding your own patterns
our negative patterns and, if necessary, be very different from us, who we of beliefs about the world, yourself and
seek professional support in the shape might not necessarily choose to spend the people around you can help you
of a therapist or counsellor to help us so much – or any – time with. It’s also QHJRWLDWHWULFN\PRPHQWVLQWKHRIÀFH
when we’re really stuck. Meanwhile, a mistake to think you can ‘switch off’ in a way that feels more comfortable –
conventional work culture seems to think your true self when you arrive at work. but it can also enhance your performance
that a Friday-night moan in the pub is It’s when she shows up uninvited that and that of your colleagues.
the only answer to the many problems problems can arise. ‘To be at your best in work and in
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But applying some deeper thinking could lions to protect the creative integrity of to understand yourself,’ says Bolton.
be transformative – for you and for your what they’ve just made,’ says Sheryl ¶7KHÀUVWHOHPHQWLVVHOIXQGHUVWDQGLQJ
career. ‘The world of work asks us to be Garratt, a coach who runs The Spend some time getting really clear on
cogs in a wheel,’ says Marla Teyolia, Creative Life and who works with your values – what’s most important to
you? How do you choose and prioritise?
Then understand your strengths. What
is it that sets you apart from other
people? What are those superpowers
that you can bring into the workplace?
Generally speaking, we’re at our happiest
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greatest strengths to create value for
other people.’
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around them but, ultimately, for whole
‘IF WE GIVE FOLKS THE organisations and the society they
operate in. Workplaces everywhere are
RESOURCES, SO THEY CAN seeking to ‘diversify’, but if that’s going
to mean anything beyond ticking a box,
CONNECT WITH THEIR VALUES people will have to have the freedom
and self-understanding to bring the full
AND THE THINGS THAT ARE range of their experiences and perspec-
tives to work with them so that their
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as a Mexican woman is a very different
perspective to one [a white woman] is
going to bring,’ says Teyolia. ‘And both
‘MOST PROFESSIONALLY
of those are valid. But what happens if
we feel we have to conform to a system
SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
and we’re not bringing the full rich-
ness of our identities? The organisation
BUILD A PRETTY SOLID
misses some really valuable resources
and insights. There are costs if we feel
SUPPORTING NETWORK
everybody has to be cookie-cutter.’
Of course, workplaces themselves
AROUND THEMSELVES’
must bear the responsibility for making
this process possible – Teyolia notes that
her white clients and clients of colour
both have similar ambitions, but the
women of colour she has worked with
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out and exhaustion from negotiating
workplaces that were toxic or hostile. But
understanding how your identity forms
part of your working self is a good place
for the individual to start.
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more people doing it? The answer is –
they are. ‘Most professionally successful
people build a pretty solid supporting environment does offer coaching,’ says and potential, because they are not even
network around themselves,’ says Bolton. Teyolia, ‘because a lot of times there are aware of the things they are doing
‘They build a team that meets their professional-development funds that can to limit themselves.’ Writing your
needs and helps them be their best self. be utilised, or there are programmes that award-winning novel is perfectly possi-
And they invest in that.’ He notes that, people aren’t aware of. I would start there ble, but not if you don’t make a plan of
when he worked in the US over a decade to see if it’s an option.’ If not, she recom- how you’ll actually go about it, which you
ago, it was a ‘badge of honour’ for senior mends daily contemplative practices in then commit to.
leaders to have an executive coach, the morning and evening. Check in with Find your own professional support.
because it showed that they were taking yourself and ask how things went and If there is someone ahead of you in your
their professional development seriously, what emotions showed up as you navi- career, ask if they will be your mentor:
and this mindset is becoming the norm gated your working day. their advice and experience could be
here in the UK, too. Take time to think about your values invaluable. Seek out impressive peers
Mentors and coaches provide – the things that really matter to you and create connections with them. ‘That
insights, experience and a structure for most in your working life. It could mean network is critical to development,’ says
exploring your work self, and changing ÀQDQFLDOVHFXULW\FDUHHUDGYDQFHPHQW Teyolia. ‘And that’s something that
the bits that are holding you back. ‘That’s ÁH[LELOLW\RUWKHIUHHGRPWRVSHQGWLPH HYHU\ERG\²VSHFLÀFDOO\HYHU\ZRPDQ
the real value of a good coach,’ says Gar- on things that are meaningful to you – really needs to develop if they do not
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they’re useful or whether you could tell them. ‘There are the values you think the beliefs that plague so many of us:
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situations. ‘It’s about thinking, “What ing you. A lot of my clients, for instance, and if you ask for help, it’s a sign of weak-
triggers me?” Garratt continues. ‘Get to are people who live really free lives. But ness,’ summarises Bolton. It’s not true,
the root of that, and then see if you can there’s this deep-seated fear in some of and the people making the most progress
try to change those triggers. Having them of ending up living in a ditch. already know it. ‘I work with senior
someone to discuss that with is great, So although their lives seem very free, executives,’ says Teyolia. ‘I work with
but also be willing to experiment. If this security is actually a really big value C suite, I work with VPs. And we have
isn’t working for you, and it’s making you for them.’ this very misplaced view that [those
unhappy, try it another way. Eventually Own your ambitions, however big people] have got it all together. And what
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your plans – or your budget – right now? people are their own worst enemy,’ says And I hope that gives you permission to
‘First, I would see whether your work Bolton. ‘They limit their possibilities say, I have to start doing it too.’
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Winter’s most exciting fragrance
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off-the-wall trends to avoid sit alongside your Anissa Kermiche
vase. Louis Vuitton tapped its
longtime collaborator, the
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rainbow-tinged, sculptural bottle
caps which were brought to life
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Simone Cenedese for its Les
Extraits Murano Art Edition
perfume line, £4,500. Paco
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KATY YOUNG:
MASSAGE
THERE IS A REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELAXING AND
unwinding, don’t you think? Give me a good box set and, within
10 minutes, I’m ‘relaxed’ – those deadlines, shopping lists and
family politics fading into the background. Trouble is, press the
‘off’ button and the stress all comes back into focus, the beta
waves in my brain vibrating to the same slightly anxious beat.
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but for true, remedial unwinding, there is massage. Perhaps it’s
the element of hand-holding that a good massage gives you, but
having someone tuck me in, press my shoulders into a bed and
instruct me to let go gives me licence to do just that.
Add to this the power of touch. ‘When massage is applied
to the body, nerve pathways send messages to the brain via
the spinal cord affecting the parasympathetic nervous system,’
explains my favourite massage therapist, Sarah Jane Watson.
‘Oxytocin is the main hormone and neurotransmitter connected
with touch, and research has found that it contributes to levels
of relaxation, trust and psychological stability.’ Triyoga’s massage
practitioner Siva Rajah adds: ‘An overworked nervous system
often stores uncomfortable memories in the body as a stiffness.
As our protective defence mechanisms drop, the breath and
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where it’s much needed.’ Ergo: let. It. Go.
Often, that experience can be accompanied by a mental
and emotional release, which is why you need a good massage
therapist who can hold you in that space without judgment
(but preferably with a box of tissues). Waterworks or not, massage
is the closest thing I get to meditation. Cosseted in that
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utter mental clarity, during great treatments I have made
decisions to change careers, end relationships and move houses.
For me, a clear mind is the biggest unwinding there is – beyond
any box-set plot.
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1 £70, SLIP 3 The Dream
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BATH LAYERING
RECENTLY, BATHS HAVE GOT A BAD RAP. THE SCAPEGOAT FOR
self-care cynics, bathing has become the butt of meme-based
ridicule. But (butt!) I stand by the opinion that there’s nothing 2
more soothing for the soul and sore limbs than sinking into
a long, hot soak.
The key is to level up your bath routine. For me, that means
‘bath layering’ by using a shelf-full of indulgent salts, soaks and
oils to create a spa-worthy situation in the comfort of my ground-
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it. Luckily, there’s a new wave of niche beauty brands that
appreciate the power of a soak as much as I do. Costa Brazil’s
3
salts, developed by the
former Calvin Klein creative
‘THERE’S director Francisco Costa, raise
fail-safe Epsom salts to lux- EMMA DABIRI:
NOTHING ury status. Scatter a generous
scoop under running water
SETTING UP
MORE to avoid reclining on a bed of SWEET DREAMS
SOOTHING uncomfortable rubble.
Add a dose of Susanne AS THE MOTHER OF TWO YOUNG SONS, NEITHER OF WHOM
FOR THE SOUL Kaufmann’s whimsically
named Mallow Blossom Bath
slept through the night until after their second birthdays, my
sleeping patterns had become totally shot. In a bid to carve out
THAN A BATH’ to protect your skin from some me-time in the evenings, I found myself going to bed far
environmental aggressors later than I should, and then, irrespective of when I had gone
while easing stress from your mind and body, and skip the to sleep, waking up at the crack of dawn, completely exhausted.
tiresome post-bath moisturising with a few drops of Verden’s I realised that I had to make more of an effort to prioritise
grapeseed-infused bath oil, which hydrates skin as you sit. rest. As someone who loves ritual, I found a routine to be help-
Next, close the door, light a candle, press play on an episode ful – taking the steps to impart a positive effect on both my
of The Idol and pretend your water bill doesn’t exist. sleep and my hair and skincare at bedtime felt reassuring.
As a Black woman with Afro-textured hair, worn naturally
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Bath Oil, £85, for more than a decade, I knew silk pillowcases were my friend,
VERDEN 2 Sal De 2 but didn’t always use them. Now, I make sure that I’m sleeping
Banho Bath RQVLONDVPXFKDVSRVVLEOH7KHEHQHÀWVIRUWH[WXUHGKDLUDUH
Salts, £115,
COSTA BRAZIL 1 huge, but they’re useful for all hair types. Silk creates less fric-
3 Mallow tion than cotton, resulting in fewer tangles, less breakage and
reduced frizz. Depending on my hairstyle, I also sometimes PREVIOUS SPREAD: MARTA BEVACQUA/TRUNK ARCHIVE. THIS PAGE: GETTY IMAGES
Blossom Bath,
£50, SUSANNE
KAUFMANN wrap my hair using Slip’s Silk Hair Wrap.
4 Muscle Switching to silk is also better for my skin, helping to avoid
Recovery Bath the ‘sleep creasing’ that can be produced from hours spent in bed.
Soak, £15,
AROMA ACTIVE 3 As it absorbs less moisture than cotton, silk allows skin to stay
more hydrated.
My new go-to is The Dream Mask from the Scandinavian
brand Mantle – the ultra-plumping CBD formula leaves my skin
feeling fantastically refreshed when I wake up. Finally, I might
take a few drops of nighttime Rescue Remedy or The Dream-
ers Elixir, which combines sweet and sedative valerian root and
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and motherwort. And that’s it – absolutely dreamy… Oíche mhaith
everybody (that’s Irish Gaelic for ‘goodnight’).
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SCENTS FOR SLEEP 1 Exfoliating
Enzyme Mask,
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trouble sleeping. I’ve been power-napping since 1992, falling 2 Midnight
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into a slumber wherever I can rest my head. I sleep on every Recovery
Omega-Rich
commute, I’ve caught two-minute snoozes in the bathroom at Cloud Cream,
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every night should come easily to me, but since WFB (working 3 Restorative
Cleansing Balm,
from bedroom) is my current reality, separating work and rest £70, DE MAMIEL
is trickier. I’m often awake past midnight, making mental check- 3
lists for tomorrow and waking up with less pep than usual.
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headspace in the bedroom. Nothing makes me feel more at
ease than the clean comforts of a plush hotel suite, but
burning Serge Lutens’ Linen
Cupboard incense comes
close. I’ll alternate that with
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BEFORE BED’ Just before bed, I’ll spritz
my pillows with This Works
I actually look forward to my evening skincare regimen. The
grounding repetitiveness of it, time away from my phone and
Sleep Plus Pillow Spray. The complete solitude (my husband, a splash-of-water-and-sleep
blend of chamomile, French lavender and vetiver is known for kind of guy, is already in bed) – what’s not to like?
its ‘sedative, anti-anxiety effect’, says Dr Anna Persaud, the I relish the 10 minutes or so that I take before bed to quite
brand’s CEO. ‘They also activate areas of the brain associated literally wash away the day and feed my skin a nightcap of
with emotions, pleasure and calmness, with the potential to elixirs. The routine starts with
bring the mind into a predisposition towards sleep.’ I’m also a a cleanse using something balmy
fan of bedtime fragrances. If a perfume can help energise our and delicious-smelling that melts
mood during the day, why shouldn’t it work for relaxation in the away make-up while releasing ‘I RELISH THE
evening? My bedside is stocked with Aerin Cedar Violet and
Byredo Blanche; both scents are smooth, skin-like and send me
a little aromatherapy as I drape
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straight to sleep. ally then cleanse a second time
to soften and smooth, but gently.
MY SKIN
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£100, AERIN 2 Forest
Therapy candle, £48,
in 60 seconds to do both these
things brilliantly.
OF ELIXIRS’
AROMATHERAPY If I feel my skin needs it, I’ll
ASSOCIATES 3 The 1 pop on some acid or retinol. Otherwise, I’ll skip to massaging
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£66), SERGE LUTENS running it across my cheekbones, jawline and down my neck
4 Blanche EDP, – I like how meditative the rhythmic strokes feel.
£130, BYREDO 5 Sleep
Plus Pillow Spray, A cocooning cream with a familiar fragrance is the comfort-
£23, THIS WORKS ing last step. Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Omega Rich Cloud
4
Cream is the same skin-perfecting, sleep-inducing scented
5
formula of its original oil, wrapped up in the most amazing,
suede-soft texture. It’s a proper treat to apply and, like my
nightly mug of sleepy tea (chamomile and licorice), seems to
signal to my brain that it’s time to shut down.
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ICELAND’S RUGGED
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FARM LIFE
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bubbling hot springs (fun fact: Iceland is 98% geothermally REYKJAVIK IS BECOMING
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powered, making it one of the most sustainable countries in the
world). If you want to feel like your real life doesn’t exist for a
week or so, this is the place.
To avoid a serious shock to the system, we eased ourselves
into ‘outdoorsy’ mode via two nights in Reykjavik, the country’s
capital city, which in reality is the size of a small British town.
The new Edition hotel there makes the most luxurious base
for visiting travellers, with its signature Le Labo scent (created
especially for the hotel group) wafting through the lobby and
warm palettes of ash wood and copper detailing in the bedrooms.
The city is fast becoming a culinary hotspot, so the Edition
hiring the Michelin-starred chef Gunnar Karl Gíslason to lead
its restaurant, Tides, was a smart move, with local ingredients
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the road, though, the famous hot-dog stand Bæjarins Beztu
Pylsur offers – in my opinion – an equally delicious, albeit less
sophisticated, lunch option.)
One thing I probably should have paid attention to when So far, this might not sound like the otherworldly experience
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booking this trip is the country’s solar phenomena. Firstly, you’re I had been looking for. However, just a short drive out of the
H[WUHPHO\XQOLNHO\WRVHHWKHIDPRXVQRUWKHUQOLJKWVLQ-XO\ city, there are options for visitors short on time wanting to get
Why? Because you’re also not going to see any darkness (a key a taste of Iceland’s natural wonders, from whale watching to
component of aurora displays) then, as the sun doesn’t set at all. glacier hiking. One of the most popular destinations is the Blue
The sun dips to the horizon, but not below it, meaning there is Lagoon, a geothermal spa that glows a bright azure shade thanks
no night time. Anyone that has wandered back to their tent in to the mix of silica mud (mineral rich and amazing for skin
a festival campsite at 5am can attest to how discombobulating conditions like psoriasis) and algae.
it can be to head to bed in the broad daylight, so this took Usually a ‘popular destination’ worries me, as does a public-
a little adjusting to. As did the fact we’d left London’s hottest SRROW\SHVHWXS,LPDJLQHVHOÀHVWLFNVDQGWRGGOHUVKDYLQJ
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Edition’s subterranean spa, where I had a soothing yet recharg- recommend booking into the Retreat Spa for the day, which
ing massage that provided a reset for my body and mind, as well houses private changing rooms, a restaurant serving fancy
as a chance for a power nap, certainly helped. dishes like king crab and beef carpaccio (and the creamiest
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hummus I’ve ever tasted), and a whole chain of hot pools
sectioned off from the public area so you can wallow in peace.
On day three, with our circadian rhythms more settled, we
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Most visitors will choose to head to the centre of Iceland on
a 190-mile route called the Golden Circle, which leads you past
some of the most famous natural attractions. But we had a hot
date with a hotel in the far north, so joined Route 1 (a road
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which we planned to break up with hikes,
food and an overnight stay half way.
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a giant mound caused by an eruption around
3,400 years ago. It was a pleasant ease into
hiking – it’s a 45-minute loop up and around
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with the freshest air I’d tasted in years. The
Hraun-fossar waterfalls were next: a breath-
taking collection of creeks and powerful
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can visit, the Icelandic landscape offers endless opportunities soul for almost three hours. It was that feeling I realised I’d been
for wild wandering and vistas around every corner that make craving for months, if not the past two years – soul-healing
you want to pull over and drink them in. Possibly high on cold solitude. It felt like (despite the hefty hike) I was breathing
FRXQWU\DLUZHFRQÀGHQWO\VWRSSHGDWRQHRIWKHVHUDQGRPVSRWV properly, that the tell-tale tension in my jaw was melting away.
for a proper ‘off the beaten track’ hike, where we snacked on The next day, we were up with the birds to see… the birds.
lamb jerky and rye-bread sandwiches and passed not a single Drangey, a looming island forged from volcanic rock, is a choppy
and chilly 45-minute boat ride from Saudárkrókur, a harbour
town right at the north of Iceland – and is a paradise for twitch-
ers, one of whom I’d just so happened to marry. (Hey, if Francis
GO CHASING WATERFALLS
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Bourgeois can make trainspotting cool, let’s give bird-watching
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it’s all just geeks and anoraks, I’d like to see you take on the
dicey 180-metre climb up Drangey’s cliff face with nothing but
rope handles for reassurance. Having to scale a vertical eight-
metre ladder to reach the peak turned out to be much easier
than having to return down it backwards in the rain. Health
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out bird-watching can be quite badass, actually.
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I’d ever seen. Part of the Eleven Experience group, which runs
‘lodges’ around the world, Deplar is like a super luxury, com-
pletely customised, extremely exclusive Centre Parcs, where
activities and exploring the outdoors is top of the agenda.
Every guest gets matched with a guide, who will hold your
hand throughout your stay and take you on as many excursions
as you like. The choice of activities includes (deep breath):
hiking, mountain-biking, horse-riding, skiing and heli-skiing,
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to enjoy the sunsets or northern lights, if you’re visiting at the work then darting out into a frozen plunge pool, and repeat.
right time of year. With only 12 bedrooms, it’s quiet, cosy and In between, the therapist might whack your body all over with
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We spent hours each evening bobbing around in the heated world’s most boring activity. It could have been the setting,
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