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18 Beauty a new take on
classic looks
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round-up of what to do,
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42 Angelina Jolie on
motherhood, acting and Brad
54 Otherhood no baby? No
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wardrobe with easy updates
98 Perfume special 25
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staples
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jackets to drawstring bags
37 Workshop update your bag
with trinkets
38 SA Stylesetters stylish
fashionistas on our radar we love the way they wear it!

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109 Chatroom beauty talking
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117 Fit notes Lynette Botha's
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express

Women who inspire me with their modern

yet classic (and daring) take on fashion:
Yasmin Sewell:
for her take on
billowing shapes,
oor-sweeping
skirts, mannish
blazers and
dressed-up
denim staples
Soa Coppola:
for her effortless
chic in understa d
white shirts and he
simplest of dresses

Phoebe Philo:
for affording
women relevant
clothes and
wardrobe
heroes that
hone our
individual style

n her review of the Spring/Summer 2014 trends, ELLE

Collections editor Rebecca Lowthorpe remarked that
the standout shows were the ones that radiated female
empowerment and where designers were presenting clothes
that allow us to be the best versions of ourselves. The challenge:
to rip the rule book and make a bold statement about who
you are, or who you want to be This somehow reminded
me of Elsa Schiaparelli, the outspoken and very innovative
Italian designer who was also known for breaking the rules.
In her autobiography, Shocking
Life, she concludes with her 12
Commandments for Women,
ELLE INBOX
a list of guidelines she gleaned
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from her career. Two of these
mandates have always interested
ELLE asked: What does
me and indirectly prompted me
Womens Day mean to you?
to have a more liberated fashion
@anishasingh007
viewpoint. They are: Since most
'Remembering just how
women do not know themselves,
far women have come and
they should try to do so and
how we are all bonded by
Ninety percent are afraid of
sisterhood and courage. Girl
being conspicuous, and of what
power truly rocks!
people will say. So they buy a
grey suit. They should dare to
be different. Both are strong and provocative sentiments that
challenge us to not succumb to fashion as the dictating force
but rather to embrace our personal appearance and confidence
in our relationship with clothes. Feeling good about who we
are and how we want the world to see us is the essence of an
empowered expression and certainly a rule I wish to live by.
ishing you a beautiful Womens Day, celebrating your
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Filtering the new

seasons looks, I opt for
the free-moving style
of sporty shapes by
teaming a luxe quilted
Adidas jacket with a
vintage pleated skirt

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My life right now is

A magical balancing act.

Who are your style icons?
Noriko Shinohara, Bjrk,
Charles and Ray Eames
What is your favourite item
in your wardrobe?

A linen one-piece overall from

Topshop. I practically live in
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My life right now is

in boxes
Who are your style icons?

Gwyneth Paltrow and Victoria

Beckham.

I'm mad about denim.

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Tom Ford Black Orchid

If you werent a designer,
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photographs.
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If you werent a
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The next place youd like to

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A circus ringmaster. In a circus

without animals, of course.

Your words to live by

The Drakensberg
The next place youd like to
travel to is

Japan
Your words to live by:

'What you think you become.

What you feel you attract.
What you imagine you create.'
Buddha

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children three adopted

and three biological
Maddox, Zaharah, Shiloh,
Pax and twins Vivienne
and Knox are all part of the
Brangelina clan.

12

inches long is
the length of
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on Angelinas
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inked in 2004
in Bangkok
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INBOX
YOUR TWEETS ON
THE JULY ISSUE...

#AskELLE
Whos in the hot seat this
month? ELLE beauty intern
Lauren de Beer answers
your tweets.

@NicoleAdolph: I seriously cherish my

@ELLEmagazineSA every time it comes out
so thankful for an honest fashion mag that
hasnt turned into a gossip rag.

@CarmenMcMahon: What
an amazing collection of articles
in the #JulyIssue. I feel like
Ive just had a conversation with
intelligent girl friends.

@mavundla123: Whats in your beauty bag?

Korres lip balm, YSL Hypnose mascara, and blotting
paper to make sure my skin stays oil-free all day.

@RebelMabel: I am in love with

this months fashion editorials
The fresh produce shoot was just
perfect.

@thaabyds: What are the pros and cons of working

in the beauty industry?
ELLEs beauty editor Sarah Hoberman has been the
biggest pro she inspires me to do my best and has
taught me all that I know about beauty. Deadlines can
make the job stressful, but then again, what job isnt?

Tweet us your comments on our August

issue @ELLEMagazineSA #ELLEInbox

With each issue were giving away a

perfume to our favourite tweet or Instagram.
bs next month? Euphoria eau de
30ml, 50ml and 100ml.

@Tania18415118: Do you test all products you

write about or do you rely on others feedback?
I try as many products as I can but its always a team
effort. We love input from our readers and whenever
theres a giveaway opportunity we ask for a tried
& tested review.

TRENDING
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#ELLEInbox
Its our Iconic issue so we asked:
What does Womens Day mean to you?

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@NaideneC: acknowledging womens

contributions globally and celebrating the progress
made with equity. Appreciating women #ELLEInbox
@Beydaisy: it means freedom, being appreciated,
a personal salute from the country, a reminder from
all women on how great we can be.
@rehanaseedat: a day of recognition of women
and solidarity with each other and support. A
celebration of our successes.
@KKKKathleen: a day to walk proud with dignity,
to embrace the fact that I am ALL woman with the
ability to achieve anything!

#WHATSONMYDESK

Under the spotlight this month?

ELLE junior fashion editor Nicole Newman

This beautiful,
beaded red
protea adds
colour to my
days at my
desk.

My life depends
on my notebook
and diary! Both
are leather
bound and
made in Italy by
Legami. h
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Lean In Women,
Work and the Will
to Lead by Sheryl
Sandberg is my
bible and life
mantra.h
Tarryn Oppel, ELLEs
senior fashion editor, always
inspires me, as does New
York City where I want to
live one day. h

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OUR EDIT OF THIS SEASONS HOTTEST FASHION AND BEAUTY TRENDS

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August being our iconic issue has naturally taken us back to the basics.
Its a perfect opportunity to remember the icons of fashion not only
the people who made our fashion favourites famous, but also a tribute
to those pieces today. With the season very slowly reaching its bow out,
try sticking to what you could see yourself wearing with confidence
moving forward and to not turn your back on the classics in the process
(if anything, invest in some its never too late). The great thing about
fashion today is that there is no right or wrong, but instead, thoughtful
and considered ways of dressing; besides when you keep things simple,
theres plenty room for the basics and newcomers to work together, no
matter what the weather.

Style Solutions

Need a little encouragement when you spot a season change

in the shops? Look no further as we give you some pledges to
take on for a squeaky-clean headstart into spring

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top sweater picks
straight off the Spring
2014 runway

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sweater
A blast from the past
or did it ever leave?

The sweater was a collegiate

contender back in the 90s and
thanks to the girls of Clueless, they
have us feeling nostalgic

RAG & BONE

Take the plunge

with a deep-cut
V-neck sportsinspired option

1 Cher and Dionne discussing their bad

grades (not fashion wise of course)
buttoned-up, layered and colour-co-ordinated A+!

CHANEL

All the colours of

the rainbow will do
brave it and wear
more than one at a
time perhaps?

2 Cher and Dionne feeling chuffed with

their Tai makeover of course theyve
given her preppy pointers, as if!

Choose the brightest,

wear it with white
and wrap it around
your waist
CHANEL

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not so Clueless

S W E AT E R S O N T H E S T R E E T
From New York to Paris and everywhere in between
this preppy piece is fast becoming everyones pal

3 Tai and Cher cheering Travis on at

the skateboarding champs a sweater
will always be acceptable no matter the
occasion, right? Right!

ELLE loves
TOP PICK

Cableknit sweater
R649.95,
Mango

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classic hits
The micro-mini shift
Then: Twiggy

Now: Victoria
Beckham

The LBD
Then: Audrey
Hepburn

Now: Zoe Saldana

The Herms Birkin bag

Then: Jane Birkin

Now: Kourtney
Kardashian

The white shirt

Then: Princess Diana

Now: Alexa Chung

The boxy jacket

Then: Gabrielle
Coco Chanel

Now: Diane Kruger

The trousers

Then: Katharine
Hepburn

Now: Cate Blanchett

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COMPILED BY: TARRYN OPPEL, NICOLE NEWMAN

mad about monogram

When George Vuitton created the iconic initial monogram for his
father Louis all those years ago he surely couldnt have anticipated
the updates to follow from shine to textures and even embossed,
it always grabs our attention one LV at a time
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Iconic beauty

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T H E M O D E R N TA K E

ROCHAS

AZROUL

Season after season, the fashion and beauty world reinvent themselves
to present us with new trends that are often revisited and updated classics
a delicious cycle we never tire of. Get inspired by SS14s interpretations
of our favourite iconic looks

1. Clicks Essentials Black

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ALTUZARRA
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The classic French twist exudes

elegance, and carries iconic value
like no other. Hair on the catwalks
however spoke a very different
language: we love the casually
dishevelled hair twists seen at Tom
Ford, Rochas and Giambattista Valli.
The key to the updated twist? A centre
part and the artful but seemingly
incidental way of twisting and pinning
the hair at the nape of the neck.

Essence Lipstick in
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UNABASHEDLY ROUGE
The power of a fabulous red lip
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Altuzarra, Tom Pecheuxs description
was The red lip gets an edgy feel
against a white eye making it more
cool. The strength of a matte red lies in
its intensity and opacity contrasted with
the rest of the face. A wash of white or
nude over the whole eye, and dramatic
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in new, fresh aesthetics. At Azroul and Vera
Wang, the bandeau moved away from the
tennis court into a streamlined finish evocative
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Its time to move from the feminine flick to a more free-hand approach.
This season the liner is all about individuality with strong graphic elements
from Derek Lams cube liner positioned on the outer corner of the
upper lash, to the bold and unapologetic weighted wedge seen at Haider
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This tailored jacket

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To celebrate Womens
Month, we asked some of
SAs creatives to let us in on
whats hot on their cultural
must-see, must-do lists
Lets get inspired!

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Amanda du-Pont

ART BY GERAL MACHONA

ACTRESS & MODEL

Whats playing on your iPod on repeat? I

love hip-hop so currently Im listening to Kid Ink
featuring Tyga and Chris Brown on Main Chick
and Wiz Khalifas We Dem Boys.
What movie cant you wait to see? Step Up
All In and my new film Between Friends (opening
August 8). Seeing myself on the big screen for the
first time I cant wait!
What art exhibition are you going to?
Gerald Machonas People From Far Away at
the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg. His
subject matter is so relevant.
Wheres your favourite new spot for
lunch/dinner/breakfast/
brunch? Mezepoli in Melrose
Arch for dinner, JB's Corner
in Sandton City for lunch,
Tashas Morningside,
Rosebank, Melrose Arch
for brunch, and any Vida e
Caff for morning coffee.
Whats your
current mustread? Hard Choices
by Hillary Clinton.
I'm keen to gain insight
into her views about
Americas role in the
world, considering
she was secretary
of state.

Follow Holly
on Twitter
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Holly Meadows
ELLE ONLINE EDITOR

What movie cant you wait to see?

The Giver. Earlier this year Cape Town read
like a whos who of Hollywood. Everyone
from Katie Holmes to Meryl Streep was
in town, all in the name of The Giver.
The ELLE Belles even spied Alexander
Skarsgrd at the Mount Nelson hotel
and mauled him for a selfie. Dystopian
sci-fi movies usually arent my bag, but
I cant resist watching this flick, if only
to spot the South African locations and
little black book of A-listers who were
literally on our doorstep.
What art exhibition are you going
to? The Open Design Cape Town
festival is on from 13-23 August. This
years theme is 'Design Is For Change'
20 years after democracy the idea is to explore and demonstrate
how design can advocate transformation, and enable perpetual
improvement and growth in our country.
Wheres your favourite new spot for lunch/dinner/
breakfast/brunch, etc.? I love good food, a log fire and oaky
red wine in winter. Delheim Estate in Stellenbosch is putting on
jazz and cheese fondue days, every Sunday until the
end of August. The underground tasting cellar makes
for a hearty gathering with warm Glhwein, pipinghot swiss raclettes and toe-tapping tunes to melt the
winter blues away. At R185 a person its a steal.
What's your current must-read? #GirlBoss by
Sophia Amoruso has got me hooked. Its being touted
as the new Lean In but its author is a 30-year-old who
founded the multi-million dollar fashion retailer Nasty
Gal. If ever you needed work inspiration this is it.

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Lynette Botha

TV PRODUCER & PRESENTER AND

REVLON AMBASSADOR
Whats playing on your iPod on repeat?
Lorde and Beyonc.
What movie cant you wait to see? Think
Like A Man Too.
What art exhibition are you going to? 21
Icons in Maboneng.
Wheres your favourite new spot for
lunch/dinner/breakfast/brunch,
etc.? Neighbourgoods in
Braamfontein, Joburg.
What's your current
must-read? Good Morning,
Mr Mandela by
Zelda la
Grange.

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Whats playing on your iPod
on repeat? Childish Gambino
What movie cant you wait
to see? I Origin
What art exhibition are you
going to? Indigenous Calculus
a two-man exhibition by Samson
Mnisi and Zolile Phetsane at
Lizamore and Associates in
Rosebank, Joburg.
Wheres your favourite

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new spot for lunch/dinner/

breakfast/brunch, etc.?
Paputzis in Linden, Joburg. Its
an awesome escape from city life
that makes you feel like youre in
the Midlands.
What are your current
must-reads? Babylon's Ark by
Lawrence Anthony, American Gods
by Neil Gaiman, and The Picture
of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

G
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Bonang Matheba

Whats playing on your iPod on repeat? Im

all for happy, upbeat, sing-a-long songs (although I
cant hold a tune), so Pharrells Happy is still at the
top of my playlist. Also, On Top Of The World by
Imagine Dragons and The Vamps Can We Dance.
Theres also always a bit of Bob Dylan, Corinne
Bailey Rae and Dave Matthews Band on the list.
What movie cant you wait to see? Anything
I havent seen a movie (at the cinema) in years!
High on my list are The Giver, Love, Rosie and Dumb
and Dumber 2 (for the 18-year-old in me!).
Wheres your favourite new spot for lunch/
dinner/breakfast/brunch, etc.? Im looking
forward to trying out Frankys Diner in Sea Point
a kitsch-meets-cool retro burger joint with red
and white vinyl booths, double-thick milkshakes, a
jukebox, as well as touchscreen TVs at every booth
and tablets for children to play on in the 'childfriendly-zone'.
What are your current must-reads? Ive still
not read Gone Girl, which I hope to before the
end of the year. Im also looking forward
to Zelda la Granges Good Morning, Mr
Mandela and any new foodie books
that come my way.

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ELLE ASSISTANT EDITOR

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instagram.com/
ilovemelmo

Melody
Molale

Follow Jamal
on Twitter
@JamalAUN

Whats playing on your iPod on

repeat? I love hip hop so Loyal by Chris Brown
and Pills 'n Potions by Nicki Minaj are on full blast
all day everyday!
What movie cant you wait to see? Maleficent
anything with Angelina Jolie is a must-see.
What art exhibition are you going to? I'm
not really a big art exhibition goer but I've recently
been to Circa Gallery in Rosebank.
Wheres your favourite new spot for lunch/
dinner/breakfast/brunch, etc.? Espresso in
Parkhurst. It's so far from where I live but the food
is so delicious I don't mind the drive.
What's your current must-read? Zelda la
Grange's Good Morning, Mr Mandela. I've read
and heard so much about this book; it will be
interesting to finally read it myself.

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& CORRESPONDENT

Jamal Nxedlana

Whats playing on your iPod on

repeat? Dean Blunt, Island of Stone.
What movie cant you wait to
see? Future Sounds of Mzansi (by Spoek
Mathambo and Lebogang Rasethaba).
What's your current must-read?
Johannesburg The Elusive Metropolis,
edited by Sarah Nuttall and
Achille Mbembe.
Wheres your
favourite
new spot for
lunch/dinner/
breakfast/
brunch, etc.? The
Patisserie in Illovo.
What art
exhibition are you
going to? iJusi 1994
2014 Towards a
New African Visual
language.

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ACTRESS &
RADIO PRESENTER
@PearlThusi

Whats playing on
your iPod on repeat? The
Commodores Old Fashioned Love.
What movie cant you wait to see? I
prefer to go to the theatre to watch plays.
What art exhibition are you going to? When I get the
chance to go to an exhibition, I will let you know LOL.
Wheres your favourite new spot for lunch/dinner/
breakfast/brunch, etc.? Licorish Bistro, Nicolway;
Thomas Maxwell, Parkmore.
What's your current must-read? 491 Days: Prisoner
number 1323/69 by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

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Tidi Benbenisti

ELLE MANAGING EDITOR

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husband and I bought five

paintings!
Wheres your favourite
new spot for lunch/
dinner/breakfast/
brunch, etc.? My
favourite lunch spot is Fruit
and Roots in Bryanston,
brunch at the Saxon Hotel,
and dinner at Signature
Restaurant.
What's your current
must-read? The Secret Life
of Money by Tad Crawford,
but I prefer audio books as
I have less time to read.

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DESIGNER

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THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

IS
Whats playing on your
iPad on repeat? Im hooked on sun*set
by Harael Salkow, the creative genius
behind SA record label, Soul Candi. Its
my weekly dose of world-class, deep house
music. soundcloud.com/soulcandi
What movie cant you wait to see?
Think Like a Man Too. If the first movie is
anything to go by, I know this one will keep me
entertained. I guess its human nature for us to be
intrigued by the battle of the sexes and who can
outwit the other
What art exhibition are you going to? 21
Icons Portrait of a Nation in Maboneng. It's a
must-see and concludes on August 17.
Wheres your favourite new spot for lunch/
dinner/breakfast/brunch, etc.? Tashas in
Morningside. I love everything on the menu.
What's your current mustread? The Bad Girl by Peruvian
author Mario Vargas Llosa. Its
a story of obsessive love; where
a good boy falls for a bad girl
(as teenagers in Lima, Peru); he
does everything to make her
happy and she exploits him and
his good nature, and drops him
when she feels he cant give her
what she needs. But the love
story continues over the years
and in different locations around
the world. I love Vargas
Llosas writing and first
discovered his work after
he won the Nobel Prize
for Literature in 2010. Im
secretly hoping someone in
Hollywood will turn it into
a film with Angelina Jolie as
femme fatale Lily

Whats playing on your

iPod on repeat? Laura
Mvula... Her music is
incredibly soothing.
What movie
cant you wait
to see? The
Invisible Woman
I've pretty
much watched
everything else.
What art exhibition
are you going to? I
went to an exhibition by
renowned painter Reiner
Kohl in Cullinan. My

Whats playing on your iPod on repeat?

Bossanova
What movie cant you wait to see?
Wes Andersons The Grand Budapest Hotel.
What art exhibition are you going to?
Frances Goodmans Nail Her.
Wheres your favourite new spot for
lunch/dinner/breakfast/brunch, etc.?
The Leopard in Melville.
What's your current must-read? Vanity Fair.

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of buying Twitter
followers, and
explains why this
practice should

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id you know, that for as little as $5, you can buy
yourself 250 new Twitter followers, with a 30-day
money-back promise, and 24-hour delivery? And
for $13, you can get 1 000 followers, and if youre
looking for even more, 10 000 followers will cost you
$95. Buying Twitter followers is easy, payment transactions are
safe, and you can even have your pick from the tens of websites
that offer this service.
Know of anyone guilty of buying followers? I know a few
people with a questionable following. One Cape establishment
comes to mind owing to its huge amount of followers and boring
and inuence x thousand people in the market, which is untrue.
tweets that I dont think could warrant so many followers. I even
Brands will be burnt working with these individuals and distrust
know a great couple on Twitter whose following literally trebled
digital as a whole.
overnight. Since theyre the nicest and most-above board people
From a moral point of view, its cheating, and even theft. Youre
we know, and in the business of social media, we all believed
stealing from those who work hard at getting followers organically,
that they were victim to someone elses buying. Model Kendall
and cheating brands into thinking youre more popular and
Jenner was outed for buying followers, and it was reported that
inuential than you really are. I know people who have lost out
she bought more than half of her almost eight million followers
on paid-for campaigns to obvious follower buyers, and I know
to appear more popular. And if a Kardashians star needs to do it
others who have been paid less for their sponsored tweets than
for more street cred and business, then imagine the temptation
those who have a larger and more questionable following. But
for us normal folk.
how do we tell whats real and whats fake? Much like being able
Its relatively easy and all you need is a credit card. And if youre
to spot a fake Louis Vuitton handbag, sometimes its obvious, like
short on budget and dont want to buy followers in cash, you can
if you notice a brand or person has increased their following by
use an auto follow and unfollow app, which follows accounts
a few thousand overnight. Or if a person who has barely tweeted
youre not following in bulk, and if they dont follow back within
or engaged suddenly has a myriad followers. Sometimes, you
a certain amount of time, youll automatically unfollow them.
can spot a buyer by looking at the number of people they
And chances are, brands, advertisers and people might never
follow if they are following 24 000, and have a following of
know that your followers arent following you for your charm and
25 000, chances are theyve gone the mass follow route.
insight, but rather theyve been paid to be there, or tempted with
There are also websites such as http://fakers.statuspeople.com/
a follow, and in many cases theyre bots (fake accounts).
that can often tell how many of your followers are fake. However,
But while these methods are accessible and not uncommon, is
the problem with these resources is that mass follower types
it right for ordinary folk, startups, celebs and businesses to look
could have a large following of real accounts in an irrelevantpopular, marketable and inuential by buying their numbers?
to-SA-market such as Indonesia or India. I recommend using
Mike Sharman of Retroviral Digital Communications says that if
Webuential (@webuenti_al) as it uses an algorithm of reach,
youve bought followers or use mass follow/unfollow tools to grow
resonance and relevance of an inuencer to connect
an audience illegitimately then you are committing
brands with the most relevant brand champions for
fraud. He says you are also acting against the terms
their campaigns.
and conditions of Twitter.
Under its rules and guidelines, Twitter states
Unfortunately though, many brands and agencies
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never find out if an influencer has bought their
suspension or closure. But why do we care, or
followers. Most brands and agencies are obsessed
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why should we mind if someone has bought their
with numbers because we require some form of
Twitter following
followers? Well, it matters because brands and
metric to validate reach in an environment that
advertisers are paying people to tweet, and the higher
works on different principles from the traditional
their following, the more theyre likely to pay. For example, for
gures associated with TV or radio for example, says Sharman.
every 100 followers, you are paid a certain amount for a tweet, so
At Retroviral, we are more concerned with engagement, and
the more followers you have, the more youll get paid.
resonance and relevance of specic thought leaders, but we are
In addition to this, people with higher Twitter followers are
constantly vocal about educating our clients that follower size does
often seen as inuencers, and might get work and advertising
not matter.
based on these numbers (real or fake). As Sharman puts it: Brands
It might take a while before less is more across the board, but
and agencies treat you as special if you fall into the bracket of
even so, its still better practice to grow your numbers organically.
inuencer for their relevant product or service.
Youll probably be saving face and inuence in the long run, and
He explains: People who have bought followers are selling the
it might be just a matter of time before the Twitter frauds fall off
perception to a brand that they have the ability to engage with
their perch.

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From a moral point

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and even theft. Youre
stealing from those
who work hard

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Transitional items help your

wardrobe to go the extra mile,
so if you cant wait to wear
them, dont! There are no rules.

OPPOSITES
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Monochrome heels,
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monochrome
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take cues from
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Tasselled
boots,
R1 099, Zara

THE MIDLENGTH
SKIRT
Wear it with a modern
ankle boot and a matchymatchy print now and
update it with an easy-doesit, head-to-toe look in black
(with flats) later.

Checked shirt,
R495.95, Mango

Faux leather vest, R599,

Witchery

Checked
scarf, R269,
Topshop

Sunglasses,
R3 550, Tom
Ford at SDM
Eyewear
Pleated skirt, R980,
Adriaan Kuiters +
Jody Paulsen

Denim jacket,
R2 350,
G-Star
Raw

Peak cap,
R220, The Lot

Flat sandals,
R799, Aldo

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Trench coat,
R1 049.95,
Mango

SOMETHING
L E AT H E R
Whether you keep it feminine
with pony-hair and sheer now,
or sports-inspired with hightops and a backpack later,
leather is for life!

Gloves,
R599,
Accessorize

Backpack,
R579,
Topshop

Printed blouse,
R2 990, IKKS

Pencil skirt, R599, Zara

Ankle boots,
R2 995, Cosmo
Paris at San
Marina
Cropped top, R549,
Forever New

Sneakers,
R2 099,
Diesel
Biker jacket,
R999.95, Adidas
at Stuttafords

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Zip clutch
R1 299,
Mimco

Watch, R3 995,
Titan at Luxco

THE SLOUCHY
TROUSER
Keep your separates loose
and oversized and youll
always have room to move
by taking androgynous
inspiration now, and resort
inspiration later.
Coat, R1 999
Zara

Printed shopper,
R999,
Nine West

Oversized shirt, R620,

Hannah at Take Care

Cable knit sweater,

R699, Habits
Striped trousers, R999,
Witchery

Brogues,
R1 299,
Mimco
Heeled
sandals,
R429, Zoom
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Beanie, R349,
Accessorize

Sweater,
R3 999, Kenzo at Studio 8

T H E L I G H T W E I G H T C O AT
A neutral coat can go either way:
super casual with a slogan sweater
and sneakers now, or freshened up
with crisp white separates later.
Ripped jeans,
R1 200,
Guess

Cross-body
bag,
R2 329.95,
Boo Radley at
Stuttafords

Mannish shorts,R1 199,

Witchery

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Sneakers,
R1 095,
Lacoste

Coat, R2 499 Yaya at Pacific Collections

Shirt, R599,
Levis

Slip-on
sandals,
R79.99,
Mr Price

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INSPIRED
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DKNY

Holly Meadows, online editor: Distressed denim is on my radar wear it with attitude for a cool, care-less effect.

R1199.95, Billabong

R769, Topshop

R1 599, Yaya Denim

R999, Forever New

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Sarah Hoberman, beauty editor: I love the look of a cinched waist peeking from under a voluminous thick knitted cardigan.

R250, The Lot

R2 295, Hugo Boss

R359, Zara

R549, Mari and Me

R299, Zara

R649, Tommy Hilger

R5 990, Burberry

R299, Topshop

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Nicole Newman, junior fashion editor: Im all about the drawstring dufe bag its practical and festival-fashion friendly.

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R1 299, Erato.co.za

R1 490, Jinger Jack

R1 999, Guess

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Tarryn Oppel, senior fashion editor: Perfect for the masculine trend Ill be tucking mine into a pair of boyfriend jeans.

R1 899, Tommy Hilger

R439, Zara

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R460, Georgie B

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Ferragmo or Furla Jelly Bag is out of
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with a silk scarf, or go all out by mixing
prints and textures. A classic patent
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LOCAL
S T Y L E S E T T E R S
These style icons have
caught (and are holding)
our undivided attention on
the local fashion scene

SIKI MSUSENI

By pairing bold African prints with

timeless vintage pieces, Siki Msuseni has
set herself apart from the Cape Town
fashion crowd

oung, ambitious and

spirited, Siki Msuseni is not
a woman to be taken lightly.
She knows what she wants
and she is out to get it.
Known for her larger-than-life hair,
Msuseni is a familiar face around
Cape Town and the fashion scene,
but shes built up her reputation on
her own. At just 23, shes a freelance
stylist and blogger and loves working
for herself. I appreciate the flexibility
of time and not having to wake up on
a cold rainy day.
Prior to her fashion career,
Msuseni worked at a property
development company and her first
position was a researcher for a teen
show, Keeping it Real (clearly an early
starter in the professional world!).
Of all her previous positions its her
internship at Drum that shaped her
career. I learnt so much while I was
there and the skills I acquired have
equipped me till this day.
Msuseni is a lover of all things
vintage but admits that it is difficult
to maintain, and now finds herself

heading into the larger retailers and

rather adds her own twist to an outfit
with an unexpected accessory.
Although she loves working in the
heart of Cape Towns CBD, eating
sushi at Beluga and going to the
Loading Bay (her favourite local), she
misses the genuineness of the people
from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape
and finds that her home town has a
greater influence on her style than in
the past. I see my style gravitating
more to an African aesthetic. Im
beginning to appreciate African
fabrics although I can never leave
out my endless love for vintage items,
which was introduced to me by my
mother and older sister.
Where does she see herself one
day? As a trend forecaster or fashion
buyer for H&M or Zara and we
have no doubt thats exactly where
she will be.

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Nicknamed the Prince of

Prints, Chu Suwannaphas
standard bowl fringe haircut
and thick-rimmed, oversized
specs make him stand out in
the crowd. He studied fashion
design in France, and has
been living in South Africa
for 15 years, yet he still misses
Bangkok where he was born.
I miss the weekend markets,
the 24-hour sidewalk
restaurants and of course my
whole family.
He started his career as a
fashion designer, and even
though he aspires to create
the CHU fashion label, he
loves being in magazines and
working with his team.
His favourite movie is The
Wizard of Oz and he admits
that he will never tire of eating
Nandos.
Hes best known for wearing
head-to-toe prints, and has
even been seen wearing printed
socks and shoes, depending on
the occasion. His separates are
always simple and
classic and make for
C H U S U W A N N A P H A the perfect canvas
to showcase his
selection of colours
Creating unexpected
and patterns.
combinations, Chu
Having lived in
Suwannapha, fashion director
Three Anchor Bay
of You, Huisgenoot and Drum,
since he first arrived
knows the power of prints
in Cape Town it
doesnt sound like
he would ever live
anywhere else the sea view,
open space, ocean breeze and
convenience of the location
are all things he appreciates.
His major fashion influences?
History, different cultures and
the arts all make up Chus sense
of style.
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Jenna Bruwer has worked as the

junior fashion editor for mens
magazine GQ , and shes the
epitome of androgynous and
sophisticated dressing. Its hard to
believe Bruwer grew up in the small
town of Robertson and not on the set
of 1940s period classic or a Giorgio
Armani runway, which is more in
line with what her style reflects.
At 25, shes had a range of jobs,
including house manager for Goldie
Hawn, Kurt Russell and Kate
Hudson. She now works for the
family business although is never in
one place for too long! Having left
GQ last year, this change is still fresh

JENNA BRUWER
With a sleek, simple and
sophisticated sense of style, Jenna
Bruwer proves that you can never go
wrong with classic separates

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and she readily admits to missing

her creative colleagues and the office
banter. What she loves about her new
job? I love being a part of the family
business. I know that whatever effort
I put in will be for myself one day and
that the harder I work the better our
business will do.
At the end of a days work,
including wine deliveries, sales and
meetings with clients, she heads back
to her loft apartment in Woodstock
and enjoys the view of the city.
She often goes to Societi Bistro in
Gardens her home away from
home.
Another positive about her current
job is that it gives her the chance
to spend one week a month in
Robertson, where she lives
the farm life of beautiful
scenery, freedom and cats,
dogs and horses.
On any given day you will
find Bruwer in the classics a
shirt, dress, coat or pair of
trousers and she avoids items
like bomber jackets, crop tops
or anything with spaghetti
straps. I like women to look
like women nowadays I tend
to wear more jeans and trousers,
paired with mannish shirts that I buy
from the mens department!
A lover of all things iconic, shes not
afraid of an investment buy, as the
pieces she has amassed to date are
timeless. Despite the fact that dressing
for the office has shifted slightly, she
still wears her red lipstick and heels
(on her office days) and keeps a scarf
on hand to update and accessorise the
look of the day.

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Whether shes tackling films, family, or philanthropy, Angelina Jolie has
never been one for small measures. With the release of Disneys deliciously
evil Maleficent, the actress and director invites Saint Laurent creative
director Hedi Slimane to shoot her stripped-down, very real self at 39, still
impossibly beautiful and tells Maggie Bullock about doing only what
really matters, and why she and Brad are more interested in each other
than ever
Photographed by Hedi Slimane
Creative direction by Joe Zee
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kind of work that appeals to her dudeish daredevil

side (lets not forget that both she and Pitt are pilots,
and they both have airplanes). And its one detail in
a million crucial to accurately telling the true story
of Louis Zamperini, a 1930s delinquent turned
Olympic runner turned Army airman who survived
an airplane crash at sea, 47 days marooned in a
rubber raft, and more than two years of torment
in Japans notoriously brutal POW camps only to
return to America a national hero. His story is the
subject of Seabiscuit writer Laura Hillenbrands 2010
book, Unbroken; its also a project that has been in
turnaround for the 55-odd years since Zamperini
sold the film rights. Im happy that I can do
something that has nothing to do with my physical
presence or anything but my mind. Im very much
more comfortable like this, she says. These days she
is appropriately grateful for the opportunity to star
in movies but freely admits she enjoys that part of
her job only to a point.
It should come as no surprise that a woman who
created a family of six children across multiple
continents in six years, who involves herself in the
struggles of refugee communities worldwide, who
built her own definition of domesticity with the
most famous sex symbol in Hollywood, would, upon
discovering a new career passion, dive in at the deep
end. Her directorial debut, 2011s In the Land of Blood
and Honey, incited political controversy even before it
was released, by exposing the brutality of the early
90s civil war in the former Yugoslavia through
the fraught love story of a Bosnian woman and her
captor, a Serbian officer. The result was a film told
with deep humanity and an evident determination
to faithfully represent the truths of the era. It
was also gritty, muscular and uncompromising
instantly gaining Jolie entre to a rarefied club of
female directors. But Blood and Honey was an indie,
made for a relatively modest $10 million. Unbroken,
on the other hand, will be a Hollywood epic, with
all the advantages, expectations and logistics that
go along with that, set in a period that spans from
the 1920s through the war years and that includes
Hitlers 1936 Olympics. Brought in to revise the
script, veteran filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen
called the undertaking a motherfucker, joking that
they were glad to be able to write the thing and
not have to figure out how to make it. Add to that
the fact that Universal scheduled the films release
for Christmas Day 2014 and dropped a prominent
trailer for it during the opening ceremonies of the
Sochi Olympics, and you get a sense of the stakes.
Unbroken will be the test of Jolies career. A-list actress
turns serious director is unusual who, besides

here is a piece of behind-the-scenes

footage, probably locked deep in the
Disney vault, that the tabloids would
pay millions to get their hands on.
In it, a then four-year-old Vivienne
Marcheline Jolie-Pitt makes her
big-screen debut, as a somewhat
reluctant participant in Maleficent, the prequel to
Sleeping Beauty. Her first day, she doesnt want to put
the dress on. Then she wants to have food and she
wants to get the dress off. Then she doesnt want
to do her hair. Then she wants to go play in the
mud. Then she loses her other shoe, says the young
actress mother. All she had to do that day was chase
this little ball on the end of a stick, which would be
turned into a butterfly. But we realised on that day
that anything you tell her to do, she will not do. So
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt spent the day acting
like rodeo clowns. Ive got the stick, and hes on the
edge of the [fake] cliff so that when she jumps, she
jumps into his arms. Were making these faces and
singing these songs, anything we can do, she says,
shaking her head with bewildered affection familiar
to all parents. Disney did tell me those were some of
the funniest outtakes theyd ever seen.
Angelina Jolie tells this story in the commissary
on the Universal Studios lot in Los Angeles, a spot
that is remarkable only for being one of the few
places in the developed world where Angelina Jolie
can unselfconsciously eat lunch in plain view. As she
stirs honey into her mint tea and talks with openness
about her band of six children, clearly her favourite
subject, theres a moment to take in her face, which is
a process, in that it is somehow unlike all other faces.
Jolie simply has been given more than her fair
share: the cheekbones, the pillowy lips, the almond
eyes in a placid shade of blue that you cant quite
make out on film. Whats surprising about seeing all
that well-documented bounty from just a foot away is
the canvas on which its composed, which is so very
delicate. Jolie is almost wraithlike in her slenderness.
The action figure who kicks and claws and shoots
and punches her way through Salt and Mr. and Mrs.
Smith and all three Tomb Raiders clearly radiates from
the mind, not the limbs. Indeed, cloaked in her usual
utilitarian black pants and loose black shirt there
is something nearly uncorporal about this woman.
This probably has everything to do with the project
that she has reluctantly left upstairs for a few hours
editing her second directorial effort, the WWII epic
Unbroken, which will come out at the end of the year.
All morning Jolie has been studying the flight
patterns of Americas lumbering B-24 bomber versus
that of the smaller, zippier Japanese Zero. Its the
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will be evil. She was very pointed in her direction,
says producer Joe Roth. Heres the determination
you have to make as a producer: Is it going to make
a great movie, or is it going to get in the way? Shes
only interested in making a great movie. Shes a
perfectionist. She has no interest in people who are
not willing to go the distance to make things great,
and she requires people to have the same level of
commitment she has. So its a hard working process,
but it ends up being a great result.
Jolie, he says, is involved in every aspect, from the
way the costumes look to the way the marketing looks,
and she has a very clear idea about who she is as a
person, and also who she is as people perceive her.
Ive never worked with anybody, in all my years, who
has such a complete picture of what it is to be a movie
actor and a movie star.
Disneys original Maleficent, being a pre-CGI kind
of gal, concentrated her fear-striking powers in that
voice, the goosebump-inducing snarl that has haunted
childrens nightmares for generations. Learning to
really roar took training. Very rarely do women
play at their full voice, full power, full strength, she
says. I realised in my life there was never really an
opportunity to use my full voice. I dont use it in my
house, certainly, and I dont use it in my life. Finding
the locus of that sound, its almost like if someone
punched you in the stomach, she says. The first time
I really did it, it didnt feel like it was coming from me.
I recommend it to anyone, to just go to the ocean or
wherever and try it.
Then came the eerie amber contact lenses, the
sweeping robes, and the staff, says her co-star, Elle
Fanning, who, in a brilliant casting move, plays
Aurora, the light to Maleficents darkness. That
was really part of her character, so she just wanted
to walk around with it on set. She comes in with the
staff, and she commands the room. Its like, You are
Maleficent. But the real pices de rsistance were the
prosthetics: chiseled, finlike cheekbone extensions,
and just enough around the nose to harden even that
innocuous feature all of it done under Jolies explicit
instruction. (Roth says the only time he intervened
was when the cheekbones got too extreme: Whats
the point of having Angelina Jolie if she looks like
the Elephant Man?) The transformation is surreal
Maleficent is Jolie and yet not her at all, a larger-thanlife apparition that took even the actress by surprise.
You get into those horns and those heels, she
says, and youre a seven-and-a-half-foot-tall creature,
wondering why little kids dont want to talk to you.
For the cherubic infant playing Aurora as a baby, just
the sight of Jolies horned shape coming toward her
would bring on a meltdown.

Jodie Foster, comes to mind? A-list actress turns bigbudget war-movie director? It has never been done.
Jolie hasnt acted in a film since 2010, when she
starred in The Tourist with Johnny Depp and the
ass-kicking spy blitz Salt. She knew that for a film to
pull her back in front of the camera it would have
to be something slightly extreme that would push
me to do something out of my comfort zone, she
says. And so completely bizarre that it wasnt just
returning to do regular scenes. Maleficent certainly
delivers. When I tell her she is deeply terrifying in
the film, she seems touched, as if Id paid her the
highest compliment. Aw, thank you, she replies
with genuine gratitude.
A quick refresher: In the 1959 Disney classic
Sleeping Beauty, the horned, black-cloaked, towering
Maleficent curses angelic Princess Aurora to
mortally prick her finger on
a spinning wheel a fate
:?M>K:EEMA>L> avoided by the intercession of
a good fairy who amends the
R>:KL%P>
spell: Aurora will sleep until
kissed by her true love. Most
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little girls adore (and identify
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with) the flaxen-haired
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Aurora; is it any surprise that
young Angelina preferred
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Maleficent? I think I loved
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to hate her. She just terrified
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drawn to her. She wasnt the
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estimated $200 million into
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market research and found
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that Maleficent actually beat
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and Captain Hook as the
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Magic Kingdoms best-loved
villain. (Of course, theres
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that small sticking point.
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that, Jolie says: How do
you make a [kids] movie
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about someone who curses
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a baby?) So she became
the movies star, not its
MH@>MA>K
director a job filled by
Robert Stromberg, an
Oscar-winning visual-effects genius (Avatar, Alice in
Wonderland) directing his first film though from the
get-go she had her own ideas about the picture. She
wanted to make sure Disney didnt go soft on it; that,
as long as we understand why Maleficent is evil, she
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Jolie adored her mother, who died at 56 in 2007 of
ovarian cancer; she has spoken of her admiringly as
a very soft woman, the kind who never raised her
voice at her children. But there were repercussions
from watching what could happen to a woman
like that, struggling to raise a family alone. I never
thought Id have children, I never thought Id be in
love, I never thought Id meet the right person, Jolie
says. Having come from a broken home you kind
of accept that certain things feel like a fairy tale, and
you just dont look for them. So when in her early
20s journalists would interview her, she says she
thought, I dont have anything to share, I dont have
anything to contribute, I dont know yet what that is.
You start asking those questions you want to know
that youre a person of substance.
Her path to self-discovery provided the viewing
public with some gems: There was the girlfriend, the
early marriage to Jonny Lee Miller, the other early
marriage to Billy Bob Thornton, the infamous vials
of blood, the frequent assertions (in interviews and
occasionally on red carpets) of sexual daring. After all
that, the revelation that Angelina Jolie was suddenly
jetting off on United Nations missions around the
world was perhaps the most puzzling of all.
The tumult was misinterpreted as [me] wanting to
be rebellious, Jolie says. And in fact it wasnt a need
to be destructive or rebellious its that need to find
a full voice, to push open the walls around you. You
want to be free. And as you start to feel that you are
being corralled into a certain life, you kind of push
against it. It may come out very strange; it may be
interpreted wrong, but youre trying to find out who
you are. What she hit upon was a deep and abiding
fear of a life half-lived, she says. I realised that very
young that a life where you dont live to your full
potential, or you dont experiment, or youre afraid,
or you hesitate, or there are things you know you
should do but you just dont get around to them, is
a life that Id be miserable living, and the only way
to feel that Im on the right path is just to be true to
myself, whatever that may be, and that tends to come
with stepping out of something thats maybe safe
or traditional.
On the basis that she doesnt want to use her
health issues to promote Maleficent, Jolie declines
to elaborate on the much-parsed subject of her
double mastectomy, a doubtlessly painful multiphase
procedure that she underwent last year after
discovering that she, like her mother, carries the
BRCA1 cancer gene mutation. Its hard to imagine
her being more candid about what she went through
than she was in her May 2013 New York Times
op-ed, My Medical Choice, which both cemented

This poor little kid that silhouette is going to

haunt her for life, Jolie says. Shell be afraid of
goats and not know why. Even Jolies own 10-yearold, Pax (more of a Dumbo man himself), would
not come near her until he and his siblings had
visited the hair and-make-up trailer, where they
could literally see my teeth come out, my eyes
come out, my prosthetics come off, and understand
what it was. Thus the casting of Vivienne (twin to
brother Knox) was something of a necessity. For
young Aurora, they needed a child who wouldnt be
fazed by the Mistress of All Evil hissing I dont like
children in her face. And my little Vivienne we
call her my shadow, because theres nothing I can
do to shake her. I can be tired, I can be grumpy,
I can be in a terrible mood, and she just doesnt
care. Its Mommy, Mommy, and shell cling to
me, Jolie says. We knew that she would still do that
thing, shed still smile at me and insist that I pick
her up. So we couldnt really cast
anybody else. Pax and nine-yearA:OBG@
old Zahara (or ZZ, as Jolie calls
<HF>?KHF:
her) also appear in the film, in
cameos in the christening/cussing
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scene. (I asked Shiloh about
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being Aurora, and she laughed in
my face, Jolie says, with evident
:<<>IMMA:M
pride. She said shed be a horned
<>KM:BGMABG@L creature.) But dont expect a
repeat engagement. Brad and
?>>EEBD>:
?:BKRM:E>%:G= I made the decision that we
wouldnt keep them from sets and
RHNCNLM=HGM the fun of making movies, but we
wouldnt [glorify it either] we
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a bad thing. But I would really
prefer they do something else,
she says. Anyway, after two days
of it, Brad and I were so stressed we never wanted
to do it again.
If Jolie takes a certain pride in seven-year-old
Shilohs burgeoning riot-grrrl attitude its probably
because, like her daughter, she grew up more
interested in daggers than dresses. Rubbing
shoulders with the rich kids at Beverly Hills
High School but coming home to a household
with a tight budget her mother, former actress
Marcheline Bertrand, gave up her career to raise
two kids without the support of their famous and
famously derelict father, Jon Voight Angelina
was hardly the prom-queen type. In high school,
all my friends were always boys. [I was] a lot like
Shi. I wasnt very social, I didnt go to the mall,
I didnt have sleepovers. I was very private.
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to me, she says. I needed him myself, hes gotten me

through some things recently, his fight and his fire
and his positive attitude, and his willingness to just
go face in to things and tackle them. While Jolie was
shooting Unbroken in Australia, Pitt was working on
his own WWII drama, Fury, in England. It was the
first time theyd broken their parenting pact while
one shoots a film, the other runs the family full-time
and she says they wont do it again.
Asked what has changed about her relationship
with Pitt now that theyre eight years in, she pauses.
Its funny, its one of those questions I havent asked
myself Im discovering that as I sit here, she says,
laughing. How do I feel? Brad would probably be
very curious to hear this. She pauses for a second.
Werefamily, she says.
For a woman who thought shed never have a
family of her own, then blew up with the kind
of fame that can become an isolation chamber,
thats saying a lot. You get together and youre two
individuals and you feel inspired by each other,
you challenge each other, you complement each
other, drive each other beautifully crazy. After all
these years, we have history and when you have
history with somebody, youre friends in such a very
real, deep way that theres such a comfort, and an
ease, and a deep love that comes from having been
through quite a lot together.
Which wends our way to the next question the
one thats been selling gossip rags for eight years.
You know whats funny? she says. We even forget
that were engaged. I dont even know how long
weve been engaged for
Two years, I interrupt, perhaps a little too
quickly wondering how anyone could forget
something like that while wearing such a blinding
reminder on her left ring finger every day. Thank
you. She laughs. Thats funny.
Of course shes not going to give us an answer.
But if it makes you feel better, the Jolie-Pitt children
are in the same boat as the rest of us. I tell you, the
kids are so excited about the wedding, she says.
We cant tell them when it is, and they dont know
when it is. They thought it was last year, and then
it wasnt. But they wont make them wait forever.
Its an unusual situation, where all eight of us are
kind of getting married, she says. I think the kids
may feel much more at peacemaybe it feels more
permanent. They understand what marriage is and
the concept of it. And they like the idea of Mommy
and Daddy getting married. Shiloh may not care
for princesses, but she is studying the art of being a
flower girl.

her standing as Hollywoods living embodiment of

conscience and ignited a public debate about cancer
screening and treatment.
It was a courageous act for any woman, and all
the more so for one whose living in part depends on
how the public perceives her sex appeal. In the midst
of this, Unbroken served as both a metaphor for and a
welcome diversion from the ordeal. I was very happy
I had a project I love to centre me and focus me, and
to get right back to work, she says.
Jolie has said that in 2009, after being in a
nightgown for months following the birth of her
twins, she signed on for Salt because she was looking
forward to the most physically challenging role of her
career. After turning herself over to the softer side of
womanhood, she wanted to fight, throw punches,
kick bad guys. To remind herself (and the rest of us)
of the flip side of her coin. Unbroken similarly feeds
those parts of Jolie. The role of Louis Zamperini is
a real mans man, she says, with obvious relish. Its
nice to have a character like that. Its good for all of
us, but its also good for boys. Jolie, as always, has
her children, particularly her three sons, in mind. I
think Unbroken will be the one that will teach them
something about life that I can try to tell them, but
better just to show them an example of someone who
I think is a great human being.
If she had any lingering doubts as to whether this
was the right story for her to tell, those were quelled
when she decided to try to find Zamperini, now 97,
and discovered that he lives three
minutes up the road from her home
in the Los Angeles hills close
enough for Angelina Jolie to drop
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in Cambodia when she
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was newly divorced, and about as
far from motherhood and settling
down as a woman could be. I was sitting there
with this group of children, on a UN mission, and
I was suddenly absolutely sure that my son was in
that country, she says, the sense of wonder at how
she found Maddox, now 12, still fresh. There are
certain things in your life where you feel youre on
the right path, and [if] youre open to it, there is
something that can guide you, she says. I was being
true to myself and I was doing something for others
I was in the right moment, I was on the right path.
Sometimes things can become very clear. Zamperini
lit something in her. There couldnt be a film that
means more to me, a subject matter that means more
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Opting out or merely doing your own thing?

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ts about more than simply

having missed out or opted out of
motherhood and its associated family
life. When bestselling author Melanie
Notkin coined the term Otherhood as
the title of her new book, she highlighted
the implicit social ultimatum that many
women face. Its about the assumption
that being single and/or childless (childfree perhaps the more appropriate term)
in your 30s or 40s implies negligence,
fertility, or the choice to put a career
over a potential family life. The spillover
effect in many social settings is an
exclusion that leaves these women out of
the fold of their peers who are mothers.
An exclusion that carries with it the
unshakeable shadow of inferiority.
When Notkin wrote Otherhood: Finding
a New Kind of Happiness, she set out to
legitimise these Others, saying: [the
book] denotes our tribe our fabulous,
extraordinary, never-settling-on-love
tribe. The tribe, she hopes, that will give
the women who have found themselves
falling short of the expectations of
society, the vocabulary to articulate
their experiences to those who do not
understand them.
Modern women live in a world that
generations before them would not
be able to relate to. Now they have
freedom and access to opportunities
that were simply not available to their
mothers and grandmothers. The scope
to climb corporate ladders or become
entrepreneurs. The decision to follow
their passions. However, with this
modern ourishing comes the ever-rising
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a trend that is not being met with the

acceptance and acknowledgement that
it deserves. Women are waiting longer
to have children and start families to
settle down than they did before, yet
the perception is still that a childless life
is the exception and not the norm.
These lives that women are building
are increasingly shifting away from the
traditional roles theyve been exposed to
for most of their lives. Cutting the apron
strings from lives that have the potential
to look like the examples they grew up to
know. Setting a new and different course
to sail and giving new meaning
to womanhood.
DeVries Global, an international
public relations micro-network, set out
to understand this new and growing
demographic in a study called Shades of
Otherhood that aimed to give a woman
without children a commercial prole,
and frame her in terms society could
potentially identify with. Taking on the
challenge to develop the prole of the
modern non-mom, they dened her as:
single and never married; living with a
partner or same-sex partner; married;
separated; divorced; or widowed with
no children.
The Otherhood is made up of a
diverse and complex cohort that has
nally found its time to shine, says
the studys designer and lead analyst,
Michael De Cicco, the senior director of
Research and Analytics at
DeVries Global.
The study refers to a 2010 US Census
Bureau Study that showed that 47%
of women of childbearing age in the
US are not mothers. In the 20-44 age
group, one in every three women is
regarded as an Other compared to her
peers who are mothers. These numbers
show a marked increase in the number

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We are grown women more than capable of taking

care of ourselves. We dont need a man, but that
doesnt mean we dont want to be with one we love

of women who end their childbearing

years without children, which now sits at
20%. But DeVries Global set out to give
these young women an identity outside
of their childbearing expectations, by
showing us the behaviour and beliefs
that inuence the Otherhood.
One of the essential dening
characteristics of this group of women
is their ability to tap into their maternal
says Notkin. But she believes its more
and nurturing sides by forming deep
complex than that. For many women,
and meaningful relationships with the
says Notkin, Otherhood is a result of
children in their lives. Whether its with
circumstance, for example, not nding
their nieces, nephews or godchildren,
the right partner. If this doesnt happen
these women are able to relate to, love
before or during the childbearing stage,
and care for these children in ways that
that window of opportunity to be mothers
have been neglected or overlooked in
closes. What sets Otherhooders apart,
the past. Gone are the clueless childless
says Notkin, is an uncompromising belief
stereotypes who are lled with anxiety at
in not settling. Its a trait often labelled as
the thought of being alone with children.
being too romantic by those who think
The implication was always that she
they are doing themselves an injustice by
was emotionally stunted and unable to
not bringing children into the world, or
engage with or relate to children because
waiting for the right person to do so with.
she didnt have her own.
We are not waiting for a man in
Women are single or childless for
tights to show up on his horse, says
a myriad of reasons; anything from
Notkin. We are grown women more
ill-timed romance to fertility difficulties
than capable of taking care of ourselves.
to the decision not to have children
We dont need a man, but that certainly
at all. The narratives of nding love,
doesnt mean we dont want to be with
marriage and starting a family are
one we love. We respect the value of love
being rewritten, with endings that
and we wont settle for a lesser love.
are tailor-made for each individuals
This refusal to settle, Notkin believes,
happiness. Women are no longer
has led to more and more women being
simply wives and mothers. Instead
relegated to a secondary status in the
they have capacity to do and have a
face of mothers, a notion that childless
huge drive to pursue these goals. As a
women have internalised. Childless
result, how they are perceived by their
women are spending a good part of their
peers should be revised and given new
lives looked at as second to mothers.
understanding, according to Notkin.
And when these women believe they
are other, they will always think of
The Otherhood is not a collective
themselves as second-to or lessof heartless money-hungry,
than mothers, says Notkin.
success-focused women who
For Notkin, this is the value
have sacriced love and
of the Otherhood movement.
children to climb the ruthless
Its up to my cohort to speak
corporate ladder. Childless
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women label themselves
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career women as if we made
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Otherhood and embracing the childless

life is the next era for feminism; seeking
equality for women who dont have
children.
Flex time for working moms means
ex time for working non-moms to take
care of the important things in their
lives, like ageing parents, says Notkin by
way of example.
While it is important to acknowledge
the mom-focused world we live in,
Otherhood feels like yet another word
weve manufactured into the feminist
lexicon; another box to tick and another
reach for the widest scope of equality by
emphasising inequalities that may not be
as drastic.
Notkins notion that childless and
child-free women are social pariahs
may not really be the case. The most
empowering thing to be taken from
understanding the movement is
recognising that motherhood does not
necessarily complete the implied empty
and purposeless lives of women. It is
an acknowledgement that life without
children is not an endless hedonistic and
narcissistic series of expensive travel,
groceries, beauty products and
unrivalled spontaneity; and that
becoming a mother doesnt mean you
lose the woman you were before your
womb gained occupants.
Otherhood then is not the new wave
of feminism, it is feminism. The freedom
to choose the lifestyle that makes you
happiest and being able to answer nosy
enquiries from outsiders with a simple
nope, not any children, but thanks for
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a womans
WORLD?
ELLEs Holly Meadows explores the increasing feminist
dialogue in Twitter and hashtag activism
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eminism is enjoying
a hard-won moment
of mainstream
popularity, says Lori
Adelman, executive
director at the
award-winning site
Feministing.com.
Adelman is right, and if youre
a Twitter user like me, youll
have seen the platform bubble to
the fore with the use of hashtag
activism.
According to recent statistics
released by Finances Online,
who compiled surveys from
Pew Research Center and Burst
Media, women not men are
driving and dominating social
media sites. Of the so-called Big
6 (the six biggest social media
sites in the world Facebook,
Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,
Instagram and LinkedIn), men
have more inuence on only one
of these platforms, LinkedIn.
This year has seen an explosive
interaction between female
activism and Twitter. From
#NoMakeupSele to #BanBossy,
#GirlBoss #YesAllWomen
and #FreeTheNipple, women
the world over have taken to
the little blue bird and all of
its 140 characters to provoke
conversation and address issues,
most notably about womens rights
and gender-based oppression.
As Adelman says, Twitter acts
as a microcosm (and a shbowl)
for how [feminist] issues play out
more broadly in the world
Twitter along with other online
spaces have helped elevate
the voices of marginalised
communities and offered new
venues for feminist action.
In hindsight it feels like an
upwelling of feminist collective,
its another example of
philosopher Marshall Mcluhans
Global Village 50 years on and

an extension of consciousness
that allows us to feel connected,
if only fractionally, to what you
feel on the other side of the world.
And while that sentiment might
be wrought with naivety and
schoolgirl pitfalls, it is important,
and it remains important.
Dating back to the Iranian
uprising and the Arab Spring,
Twitter and its ability to connect
diverse networks of voices, lately
through its simple hashtag system,
has given ordinary individuals the
ability to rally powerful political
action, spark protests, unveil
corruption and liberate opinion
that unify women. What has
changed with the advent of social
media is its more democratic
nature, its ability to bypass
traditional gatekeepers, and its
immediate pushback. Debate is
no longer insular and Twitter,
although in part exclusive, offers
those who are unable to travel or
do not have access to traditional
publishing tools, a platform share
ideas beyond their location.
However, with the relatively
recent adoption of the hashtag
comes criticism, which naysayers
claim are lazy and have
narcissistic undertones. The
argument is not new but a rehash
of the 90s debate on slacktivism
that jumping on the digital
bandwagon is a convenient way
to feel good about yourself, and

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follow through. More insidiously

are the critics who point ngers at
the rst-world creators of hashtags,
often labelled as privileged,
do-gooding outsiders with
imperialist, misguided agendas.
And this is perhaps what made
#Kony2012 and its NGO roots all
the more bleh.
And as were on the topic,
say what you will about
#BringBackOurGirls being
co-opted by the west to put
pressure (whether you believe it
meddling or not) on Goodluck
Jonathans political agenda to
do more against kidnapping
Boko Haram terrorists, or
#NoMakeupSelfes being adopted
by Cancer Research UK to raise
millions of pounds for a charitable
cause so desperately in need of
funding. These are only the latest
in a long-standing debate between
people who think that awareness
is its own kind of aid and protest,
and those, who for many different
reasons, do not. Ultimately it is up
to us to make our own personal
and educated decisions about how
we will use the hashtag and back
the cause.
However, this article serves
not to decide what is right or
wrong, but to highlight the
recent spate of hashtag activism
being adopted by women, for
women, to create real and
valuable international discourse
on sexism, misogyny and gender
issuers like never before.
Lets talk about
#YesAllWomen, perhaps
one of the most pervasively
encompassing hashtags of late.
Why? Because every single one
of us, especially in South Africa,
has felt the threat of violence from
men at some point.
Back in May this year,
22-year-old Californian Elliot
Rodger went on a vicious killing

spree in Isla Vista; murdering

six people, injuring 13 others
and immediately taking his
own cowardly life. This was a
man who hated women and left
behind a 140-page manifesto, plus
various retiribution videos that
revealed him to be an aggressive
misogynist inspired to murder
and create a war on women for
starving him of sex.
Rodger wrote:
You girls have never been
attracted to me. I dont know
why you girls arent attracted to
me, but I will punish you all for
it. Its an injustice I dont know
what you dont see in me. Im the
perfect guy and yet you throw
yourselves at these obnoxious
men instead of me, the supreme
gentleman.
Rodgers words, unforgiveable
actions and emphasis on male
sexual entitlement alarmed
women the world over and
spurned millions of tweets using
the hashtag #YesAllWomen to
recount powerful, frightening
and most importantly shared
experiences that highlight a
widespread patriarchal system
where violence is never far away.
As South African educational
psychologist and The Mail &
Guardian columnist Andrew
Verrijdt said:
The story of Elliot Rodger
is about a lot of things that are
wrong with society And society
is far too tolerant of cowards who
think that violence against women
is justied.
Yes, this is true and here is the
proof, over and over again:

@AspiringImages: When a woman

gets a position of power, many ask
Whod she sleep with to get that
job? #YesAllWomen.
@IAmSophiaNelson:
#YesAllWomen have a right to
their peace of mind & body. And
that includes the right to not be
stalked or killed by men who they
may reject.
@KendallMcK: When women
trust men, were naive idiots who
shouldve known better. When
women fear men, were hysterical,
paranoid feminazis.
@AngryBlackLady:
#YesAllWomen never leave
their drink unattended at a bar or
a party.
@Schemaly: #YesAllWomen
because its 2014 and men continue
to shoot girls and throw acid on
them because they dont want them
to go to school.
@JillianClare: #YesAllWomen
because we live in such a sad world
that a hashtag has to be created
for sexual harassment to be taken
seriously.
@SophiaBush: I shouldnt have to
hold my car keys in hand like a
weapon & check over my shoulder
every few seconds when I walk at
night #YesAllWomen.
@NikoWavy: #YesAllWomen
because we live in a society where
we teach women how to avoid rape,
but dont teach men self-control.
There is something about the fact
that Twitter only allows for short,
strong utterances that make it
all the more powerful a vehicle
for activism. And it has been
argued by The New York Times
and The Guardian, among others,
that we have entered the fourth
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wave of feminism The Digital

Wave. But dont think that this is
just a white, western domain. Yes,
many of the hashtags garnering
global mainstream attention have
originated in Eurocentric hubs,
but as Nigerian-Finnish expert on
gender issues in African society,
Minna Salami argues:
African women have used
technologies to tackle sexism and
repressive traditions; they have used
blogs and forums to document their
stories and to connect with each
other; and they have used
the tools of the internet and
WOMEN THE WORLD technology to campaign, raise
OVER HAVE TAKEN petitions, create apps and
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another to demand change.
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In an article Salami wrote
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African Feminists Are Using The
TO PROVOKE
CONVERSATION AND Internet To Change Womens Lives,
she cites Yasmina Ouegnin,
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a female MP in Cte
dIvoire who secured a seat
in parliament through her fervent
use of Twitter for mobilisation.
Another example she cites is that of
the Nigerian online feminist, Dupe
Killa, who is attributed with starting
the #ChildNotBride hashtag
awareness campaign in response to a
law that permitted a senator,
Ahmed Sani Yarima, to marry
a 13-year-old girl.
But, as Salami asserts, these stories
are by no means exhaustive and it
is up to us to raise awareness about
our own Afrocentric gender-based
struggles. Twitter, at times mundane,
cathartic and toxic, is a wonderful
tool among many to spark inclusive
discourses with the rest of the world
about feminist developments taking
place in Africa, with the reassurance
that our voices will be heard.
Says Salami: In an increasingly
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FUTILE FA N TASY

Why harmless chick lit might be ruining

your real-life relationship.
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m sick. My disease? A form of

pathological romanticism that
manifests itself in an insatiable
craving for continuous and chronic
adoration, the likes of which are
found only in Victorian novels
and Hollywood movies.
Predictably, I caught the romance bug
when I was a kid from repeated exposure
to love-centric movies and books, which
I was drawn to like a hungry dog to an
overturned trash can. I was a solitary,
daydreaming girl. My books, TV shows
and movies were silent companions
that stirred my imagination without
challenging my shaky self-assurance. Ive
read Wuthering Heights so many times that
it feels like a part of my consciousness.
Ive watched and re-watched classics
such as Gone with the Wind and Casablanca
and gravitated toward teen-love dreams
like Say Anything and Sixteen Candles. I
embraced those idealised representations
of love, which Id like to think played some
role in making me a loyal, loving partner
but more likely made me the needy
why-arent-you-acting-like-a-teenageJohn-Cusack nightmare I am today.
I spent my 20s permanently
disappointed by nice guys who just
wanted to have dinner rather than brood
darkly or proclaim their undying devotion
and I romanticised my fair share of
outrageous expectations surrounding love.
Now in my 30s and married, Im starting
to think that my attempts to fuse real life
and romantic fantasy make me as silly as
a teenage boy with a pornography habit
hoping to nd a ready-and-willing Jenna
Jameson hiding under the bed. Dream
on, kid.
Still, I torture my husband with my
constant craving for absurdly romantic
gestures that could only play out in lm
and ction. I want him to say I love you
constantly and with meaning. (Tears
would be a nice touch.) I want him to
miss me when Im in the next room. I
want him to sleep with one of my T-shirts
cradled in his arms when hes taking a
nap. If Im honest, I want him to act like a
stalker minus the insanity part.
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love and romance at least partly, says
Peter Pearson, a marriage therapist,
co-founder of The Couples Institute
in California and co-author of the
Marriage manual Tell Me No Lies.
Pop culture bombards us with
impossible-to-replicate messages, says
Pearson, citing a list of romcoms that
always begin with drama and end in
happily ever after. Wanting romance
like that is not in a vacuum, he says. But
culture is only one part of the equation.
Women may get zinged from biology
too, he says, mentioning evolutionary
theories that suggest that women become
aroused more slowly and therefore
require more wooing likely because it
was biologically advantageous for us to
be selective about mating.
Evolutionary psychologists debate
the merits of this idea some argue the
opposite, that promiscuity multiplied
chances of success and was therefore
a strong urge too but there is some
evidence to suggest that women prioritise
intimacy with their partners over almost
every other facet of life. One study by
happiness researchers that appeared
in the Journal of Economic Psychology
found that when asked to design their
perfect day, American women put sex,
cuddling and general intimacy at the
top of the list (just after a good nights
sleep). Working and commuting were
at the bottom of the list. Unfortunately,
the researchers didnt ask the same
question of men, so theres no way to
compare the sexes. But the study results
reveal just how little the reality of our
lives with work consuming most of our
day and time with loved ones getting
stuffed in wherever possible aligns
with our desires. Given this discrepancy,
its no wonder we seek quick and dirty
fulllment through fantasy.
And, boy, do we ever. In 2012,
romance novels rang up $1.4 billion in
sales in the United States. A whopping
91 percent of those book buyers were
women, more than half of whom were
married or lived with someone, which
suggests that every relationship requires
a little fantasy on the side. (Though Ive
never read a Harlequin, Ive watched

asymmetrical. That complaisance made

him downright irresistible.
My husband, however, doesnt read from
a script; he speaks his mind
on every subject, including
my eyebrows. Thats what
DOES YOUR LOVE
makes him so appealing and
LIFE NEED AN INJECTION
OF ROMANCE?
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complete adoration satised by ction.
Sixteen Candles too many times recently
Research by relationship expert
to set myself up as some kind of cultural
John Gottman suggests that lasting
elitist.)
relationships are based on loving acts
So while the sexes may not possess
like my husband carefully unloading the
identical reading lists or PVR schedules,
dishwasher not the kind of epic deeds
we all share a desire for a real-world
Ive been craving. In fact, Gottman even
connection we just express that
determined a golden ratio: ve positive
interest differently, says Ashley Howe,
acts for each negative one. When you
a Toronto-based couples and family
look at the happiest people, and when
therapist. Romance is really just a
they tell you why their relationship is so
synonym for intimacy and connection,
good, they arent talking about grand
says Howe, and it isnt sex-specic or
gestures, says Howe. Theyre talking
a simple consumer phenomenon. Its a
about really tiny details every day. Love
universal desire an instinct. To crave
is very subtle. Its a large accumulation
connection is human, period, she says.
of habitual things: bringing somebody
Its how we ask for intimacy that
coffee, clearing snow off their car for
gets us (read: me) into trouble with our
them That stuff counts.
signicant others. I solicit affection
This real-world nding stands in
and tender words, which appears to be
direct contrast to movies and books
a common request among women in
that hang their effect on high drama or
Howes couples therapy. By contrast, my
iconic moments. John Cusack and his
husband wants to be appreciated and
boom box may have propelled millions
have his good deeds noted. I often hear
of teenage girls fantasies (they did mine),
Why dont you ever talk about the good
but if longevity is the endgame, its time
things I do? from my husband, who
to turn away from Hollywood (which
seems baffled by my inability to see how
isnt exactly known for its successful longhe expresses his love by helping around
term relationships).
the house, coming home right after work
Its clear that I should start separating
and other more practical gestures.
fact from ction and selshness from selfAfter speaking to Howe, I realise that
knowledge because my very real husband
my husbands request is as emotionally
does a hundred tiny things every day. He
urgent to him as my oft-repeated desire
vacuums the stairs, he sorts the recycling
for more romance is to me. The fact
and he cleans the kitty litter all things
that I havent been listening suggests
I hate to do. At night, he gets me a glass
Ive spent too much time fantasising
of water (with ice!), and he always presses
about love and not enough being truly
pause on the TV if I need to take a
loving. In practice, it seems, my version
bathroom break. He endures my requests
of romance looks pretty selshness. Mr
for more affection and occasionally even
Darcy (as played by a poodle-haired
gives in to them.
Colin Firth in the adaptation of Pride
Thats love. I can nally see it. But
and Prejudice) didnt challenge me to
I must admit, I never thought Id be
grow up or stop thinking about myself
looking for evidence of abiding, real
so much, and he wouldnt dare tell me
romance in a clean litter box.
that, for example, my eyebrows were
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F get life coaches nd nancial advisers,

when it comes to majo d cisions

Amy Gray discovers more and more people

are turning to their strologers

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ot so long ago, horoscopes were just a

pick-up tool for men in half-unbuttoned
polyester shirts, but theres been a
movement in the stars. You no longer
have to be in a hotel bar for people
to genuinely care whether youre a Virgo or an
Aries. People are suddenly consulting astrologers for
everything from determining the best date to launch
a partnership, product or project, to dealing with
co-workers.
Astrologer Susan Miller frequently finds herself
consulting on colour choices for brands, including
Furla. She is the go-to stargazer of the fashion world
(thanks in part to the fact shes mother to Chrissie
Miller the designer behind cult New York brand
Sophomore) and regularly suggests specific dates for
people to start new business ventures on her website,
Astrology Zone, which is read by six million people
worldwide a month.
Its not just the fashion world thats turning to
astrology for guidance, either. Theres a long history
of people using it to boost their career or get an edge
on the market. Former United States president Ronald
Reagan often consulted the stars for political guidance.
and JP Morgan, the owner of the worlds first billiondollar company US Steel, once said millionaires dont
use astrology, billionaires do.
Were just interested in empowering people, says
Ophira Edut one half of the Edut twins, who write
ELLE Australias horoscope. Astrology is a universal
connector everyone relates to it. Edut says her clients
want to know how to boost their work performance
and that she has a diverse list of people consulting
with her. We have some highly powerful clients in
media, publishing, fashion, politics, plus a secretary
of state and even the daughter of an African president
I helped her when she was thinking about the
distribution of water and natural resources.
Hollywood-based actress Melanie Camp swears by
astrology in helping her career, which incorporates
radio and a stint on True Blood in the enviable role of
Bill and Erics chew toy, Dorothy. Camp credits her
understanding of general career issues, the best days
to work her mojo and how to get the best out of others
to Sydney-based astrologer Mystic Medusa. You
cant always control others timing but I get excited
when I get to work on a project with great stars the
astrological ones, I mean, not the Hollywood ones.
Before I talk to my lawyer or business manager
about a deal Ill consult with Mystic Medusa to get
an overview of the terrain we are dealing with and
it can be quite specific, she says. For instance, using
astrology you can pinpoint an optimal launch date
[for a project], in some cases, down to the hour of

the day. It feels pretty powerful working like that!

Sydney-based HR executive Dana Maguire uses
astrological advice when scheduling meetings and
handling staffing issues. Maguire says she also uses it
to: mainly identify when to, or not to, have difficult
conversations with people about their performance
and when not to schedule important meetings that
might be tricky.
Mystic Medusa, whos spent over a decade as a
web prophetess, estimates about a quarter of her
subscribers are corporate or business-genius types.
They read the horoscopes to get a blast of motivation,
or alerts on any crap going down, and organise
individual consults with issues of timing.
Astrologers believe that, just like people, projects
and businesses have birth dates that are subject to
predictable celestial influences. Edut says that its a
matter of matching the business to the planets and
houses, If you want to open a fashion store, then youd
want to launch it on a day when Venus the planet
of beauty and style is in. According to Medusa,
Google is a Virgo and Twitter is an Aries. But I'm
more about helping individuals find brilliant dates
for their enterprises and manage the current astroweirding.
Astro-weirding is one way to describe our continual
financial crises and upheaval. Camp insists astrology
has helped her navigate safely through this time. Its
become apparent that most of the professional advisers
wed ordinarily turn to have absolutely no idea whats
going on in the world. It was only through astrology
that I found predictions of the global meltdown and
strategies to cope with, and even benefit from it.
Though Maguire doesnt freely admit to her
colleagues that she takes astrological cues for corporate
concerns, she still retains an open mind: It might not
all be attributable to the astro, but I dont think you
can discount it totally! she says. Meanwhile, Camp lets
everyone know about her relationship with astrology.
Just today I was explaining to my insurance agent that
wed have to wait until Mercury went direct before I
signed any contracts with him. He was like, "Sorry, so
whos going to be your director?" she laughs.

Astrologers beli ve th t, just like people,

projects and usiness s have birth dates
that are su ject to pr dictable celestial
influen s

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FUTURE FORECASTS
acceptance of astrology in society. There was
Want to know whats coming up next?
definitely a time when astrology was considered leftHere are some other ways to find out
field frivolous even but these days Im surprised
by how many people use it in their day-to-day lives.
Generally, I find people have no problems holding off
contract signing until Mercury is out of retrograde.
So just what is the deal with a Mercury retrograde?
According to Edut, thats when you need to dodge
WHAT Magic 8 Ball
sudden call from ex-boyfriends and be extra careful
WHERE Anywhere novelty
items are sold, and every
when signing contracts or making big decisions
sleepover ever.
because life will be serving up a daily dose of crayDOES IT WORK? Ask
cray on your celestial crumpet. Ever have a week
again later.
when nobody understands you? Edut questions. Your
mobile phone erases its memory, people argue over
WHAT WGSN
WHERE You can nd out what youll
nonsense, traffic sucks, your computer crashes as
be wearing two seasons from now
youre typing that last sentence of your great novel,
by hitting the famous forecasters
plans change without warning and your friends
website, but itll cost you.
DOES IT WORK As the biggest
stand you up. Even if youre already a
trend forecaster in the world, WGSN
WHAT Palmistry
drama queen, this is just beyond.
has a pretty good handle on whats
WHERE While anyone can
Most of this June and October are
coming next.
pick up palm-reading tips from
knotted up in Mercurys malarkey and
a book, a real psychic reading
at a nearby fete or fair is way
Mystic Medusa warns against ignoring
more fun.
its power. I have bucked the Mercury
DOES IT WORK The chocolateretrograde clich in the past, having
crackle table next door might
reap bigger rewards.
deemed it too old-school to worry about,
and always regretted it.
WHAT Bibliomancy
After delving into astrology to help her
WHERE All you need for this is a
career, Sydney musician Bella Stohl* is cautious
sacred text of your choice. Ask yourself
a major question, then ick to a random
during this period, too. Recently a friend of mine
page, and there youll nd your answer.
was signing a major contract during a Mercury
DOES IT WORK Its all a matter of
retrograde, she recalls. I mentioned it was a bad time
faith and perspective, so probably not if
youre an atheist.
to sign things and, even though there was already a
team of advisers and an extremely expensive lawyer
However, after talking with various people many
involved, that friend went through the contract herself
of whom insisted on speaking off the record it seems
and found a deal-breaking point that nobody had
that the promise of an astrological road map is far too
even mentioned.
comforting to resist. Its that security that helps the
A chat with Dr Rachael Dunlop, vice president of
most, bringing an element of order into what is often
the NSW Australian Skeptics reveals that, while the
seen as a turbulent present and an uncontrollable
universe may be vast and connected, not everyone sees
future.
it the same way. Astrology was invented before people
Stohl firmly believes access to an astrologer is
understood space. Since then, science has moved
like a customised personal trainer for your own
on to understand the natural world and economic
authentic happy life. The musician credits astrological
behaviour, she says. Dunlop also thinks people should
counselling with greatly improving her quality of life.
stop worrying so much about Mercury. The only way
It gives me a road map through the rough terrain and
astrological movements can affect human behaviour is
also an idea of whats on the horizon. Being mentally
if there is a solar flare and all the electricity substations
prepared for what will probably happen during a
die and short the internet.
particular time takes the drama out of it.
Astrology is a bit of fun, something people can
use for entertainment. Its based on fact or on solid
*Names have been changed throughout
evidence, says Dunlop. Instead, she recommends
people look elsewhere for career or business guidance.
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cedar, this scent is a
beautiful balance of fresh
aromatics and spices.
4. Jo Malone Blackberry
& Bay Cologne, R1 250
for 100ml
Subtle and dignied,
Jo Malones fragrances
never stop enchanting
us. Blackberry and Bay
is a rush of sweet and
fruity that gives way to a
deeper woody undertone.
5. Calvin Klein CK One
EdT, R545 for 50ml
One of the rst unisex
fragrances on the market,
CK one was quite a
phenomenon. An all-time
favourite that invigorates
with citrusy oral notes.

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1. Valentino Valentina
EdP, R1 360 for 80ml
An exuberant fragrance
for the cool, free-spirited
girl that embodies la
dolce vita with a whole lot
of Italian attitude.
2. Viktor&Rolf BONBON
EdP, R1 169 for 50ml
An unusual gourmand
fragrance with edible
notes of caramel and
milk to a pure base
note of pure delight
of confectionary. An
absolute self-indulgence.
3. Lancme La Vie Est
Belle EdT, R955 for
50ml
A delectable Spring scent
that is soft and sensual
with white oral notes
of magnolia and iris.
Magnolia is the symbol of
new beginnings, true to
Lancmes words Life is
beautiful, live it your way.
4. Givenchy Very
Irresistible LEau en
Rose EdT, R1 015 for
50ml
A fragrance suitable for
day and night, summer
or winter. This is a new
interpretation of the
original version, where
the hero here is the rose,
queen of all owers.
Unmistakably oral but an
unusual musky undertone.
5. Chlo Roses de Chlo
EdT, R1 015 for 50ml
The Damask rose is at the
heart of this fragrance
and just a spritz feels
like an invitation to love
and tenderness. A most
romantic and subtle scent.
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2. Herms Eau des

Merveilles EdT, R1 835
for 100ml
A beautiful scent that
manages to be incredibly
feminine and intimate
without being oral. A
rare and unusual journey
of amber and wood
intertwined with a hint
of citrus.
3. Michael Kors Sporty
Citrus EdP, R975 for
50ml
A bright and refreshing
scent that will have you
addicted from the rst
spritz! Think orange and
mandarin with a hint
of oral musky trail for
casual clean elegance.
4. Bulgari Omnia Indian
Garnet EdT, R980 for
50ml
Floral and woody all at
the same time, Omnia
Indian garnet has a
beautiful exotic and
oriental feel that was
inspired by mystic India.
A tribute to the elusive
seductress.
5. Chanel No. 5 Eau
Premiere EdP, R975 for
50ml
A lighter and softer
adaptation of the original
Chanel No. 5 even
though it includes all the
same ingredients: rose
absolute, jasmine, neroli
and ylang-ylang.

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1. Hugo Boss Nuit

Intense Pour Femme
EdP, R1 135 for 75ml
Wrapped in luxurious
black and rose gold, this
is a sensual and powerful
scent built around intense
oral and woody accents
that are all seduction and
elegance.
2. Narciso Rodriguez
Amber Musc EDP
Absolue, R1 845 for
100ml
An opulent and unique
scent that even though is
categorised as oriental,
isnt cloying. The mix of
orange blossom, musk
and oud deepened by
amber makes it incredibly
sensual.
3. Roberto Cavalli Nero
Assoluto EdP, R975 for
50ml
Cavallis latest fragrance
is the height of absolute
bold sensuality. Not for
the faint hearted, this
scent stands out and
is anything but subtle.
A unique statement of
glamour and style.
4. Este Lauder Wood
Mystique EdP, R1 125
for 50ml
An exceptionally complex
and luxurious scent, this
fragrance is Lauders
rst unisex fragrance
and is the epitome of the
mystique of the Orient. It
is absolutely compelling.
5. Armani Priv Rose
dArabie EdP, R2 600
for 100ml
The third chapter of
the Armani Priv Haute
Couture Fragrances, Rose
dArabie is inspired by
the Arabic tales of the
1001 nights. Expect to
be mesmerised by the
sensual Damask rose,
amber, oud and leather.

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colour me

Are you a dreamy or a daring kind of

girl? We give you a sneak peek into
whats in store for all of ou this season
vs

L O - F I

Pastel colours have a softness to them

that is attractive and feminine but can be
daunting as the look can quickly move
from cool-modern Lolita to sickly sweet
dated territory. A few of our favourites
on the catwalk were the light pinks of
Burburry Prorsum, greens at Giorgio
Armani and Badgley Mischka, and lilacs
at Holly Fulton. The key is to keep the
eyeshadow application sheer think
of a wash of watercolour. For a subtle
effect, blend the colour around the eye
but not too high above the socket. Lash
to brow colour is great on the catwalk
but doesnt translate well for an everyday
look. The modernity of this trend lies
in the simplicity and overall bare face.

H I - F I

Bold colour on the eyes conjures the 80s

and the enduringly unused colour in
our mak-eup palettes! Thanks to Marc
Jacobs, Prada and the rest of the fashpack, brights are back to order. Here,
there are no subtleties: unapologetic
blocks of monochromes kept simple and
slightly raw, and halos of diffused colour
just above the eye socket. The new hi-
look calls for focusing on one feature,
whether its eyes or lips, and one colour
(forget about ombrs and shades of).
Our favourite? Use colour in the negative
spaces for a modern and individual take;
a focus on the inner upper corner of the
eye, or an opaque wash of neon over the
lids as seen at Costello Tagliapietra.

1 MAC in Pink Venus, R185

2 Revlon Colorstay shadow
links in Blush, R45 3 Inglot
Freedom System in 345, R99
4 Catrice Khol Kajal in Too
Cool for Pool, R32.95
5 Catrice Khol Kajal in Blue
Willis, R32.95

1 MAC Eyeshadow in
Moons Reection, R185
2 Essence Eyeshadow in
Miss Atlantis, R29.95
3 Clinique Cheek Pop in
Berry Pop, R300
4 Dior Mono in It-Yellow,
R410 5 Stila Stay All Day
Waterproof Liquid Liner in
Emerald, R225

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Inglot
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Inglot Nail
Polish in 722,
R169

Ice Box
Colours
in Melba
Ice, R60

YSL Rouge
Pur Couture
in 23, R405

Palladio Lipstick
in Coral Punch,
R74.95

OPI Nail
Lacquer in
Cant Find My
Czechbook,
R97

Bourjois
So Laque
Glossy in
Amande,
R Dl,
R99.95
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Maybelline
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R109.95

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The timeless French manicure is a look that

never loses its appeal. Keep it slick and
modern with short, rounded square nails

Essence ProfiNail File, R28.95

Cosmetrix 4-Way
Buffing Block,
R34.95

Sparitual CutiTreat Cuticle Gel,

R193

Tweezerman Grip
& Snip Spiral
Cuticle Nipper,
R315

Mavala Corrector
Pen, R165

Essence French
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Pedicure Pen,
R38.95, and Inglot
#23T Brush, R129

Inglot Dry and

Shine, R129

O.P.I Start to
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Coat, Top Coat
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R232

STEP-BY-STEP: YOUR WAY TO TO THE PERFECT DO-IT-YOURSELF

FRENCH MANI

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REMOVE any existing nail polish by holding a cotton pad soaked with
acetone-based polish remover over your nail for a few seconds, and swiping
gently. That will also remove the oil build-up on the nail.
FILE THE NAILS in a rounded square shape in a single direction to avoid
splitting. Metal les are abrasive so opt for an emery board, which is much
gentler on the nails. Even out the nail surface by buffi ng the top and sides of the
nail. Over-buffi ng will stop nail polish from adhering. So go easy, unless youre
leaving your nails bare.
CUTICLE CARE is no longer time consuming with the incredible cuticle
removers on the market. Apply and leave on for a few minutes to soften and
prepare for the nipping ahead. Gently push back the cuticle, being careful not to
damage the nail bed in the process. Only cut off the excess edges, without pulling
or lifting.
WASH AND DRY HANDS to remove leftover product before applying a
layer of base coat that will prevent staining the nails. This will also increase
the staying power of the polish.
REST your hand on a at surface when applying a thin white line on the tips.
Correct and perfect with a small pointed brush dipped in acetone.
FINISH off with two coats of sheer pink and a good top coat to protect your
polish, and to give a gorgeous shine.

3
4
5
6

WHAT WORKS FOR YOU?

BRITTLE/WEAK

add

your base coat for Mavala Nail Shield, R220,

to strengthen fragile, thin nails.
Nail-strengthening vitamins, such as Nailologie
B7 Caplets, R350, to promote healthy nail
growth.
Moisture with Eucerin Intensive Hand Cream,
R109.99, which does wonders for dry nail beds.

Essie Nail Polish

in Ballet Slippers
and Blanc, R119

swap

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your base coat for Morgan Taylor Go Ahead

and Grow, R135.
Bitter-tasting Prosana Bitter Nail, R64.99, to
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Press-on Elegant Touch Express Instant
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If anyone knows a thing

or two about classics,
Chanel would be the one.
From the lipsticks black
lacquered case that clicks
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disrobes to reveal the gold
tube, to the second-skin
feel of this deep red, its a
must-have.

CLARINS BODY
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Celebrating its 10th anniversary,

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PHILIP KINGSLEY HAIR

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VICHY THERMAL SPA

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Naturally enriched with
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GUERLAIN SHALIMAR
EDP, R1 415 FOR 50ML

In 1925 as an antidote to the

Great Depression, the first socalled oriental fragrance was
created by Jacques Guerlain.
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between an emperor and an
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the famous Shalimar gardens
were created. This is a sensual
fragrance that lingers on the
skin through the night.

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The balm that keeps on giving has an
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in our beauty bags. We like it most to
moisturise and protect our lips, but it also
works wonders to soothe cracked heels
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haircut, but shaving
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of an undercut without any drastic
measures. Its way out of my comfort
zone but I think I could get used to it,
along with a tartan shirt, leather-look
mini and cut-out boots. Yay or nay?

2 Lash perfection is now

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black|Up Volumising and
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3 In its way, a perfume is
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The no-make-up make-up look is everywhere and

while we all want that flawless but understated
elegance, its quite tricky to get right. No make-up
at all doesnt do the trick unless your skin is naturally
perfect. Tweet and find out how to get this look
using the right techniques and products. Our beauty
editor Sarah Hoberman will answer your questions.
#ASKELLEBEAUTY tweets @ELLEMagazineSA on
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hen you Google make-up-free celebrities, more than

22 100 000 results pop up, documenting long lists of
blogs, websites and newspaper headlines dedicated to
the monitoring of female celebrities and their beauty
successes and failures. The rhetoric oscillates between praise and
denigration, depending on how well she can pull off the natural look,
but the very existence and popularity of such a notion make this litany
problematic to begin with. Why is it newsworthy that Oprah went
shopping without make-up?
Unfortunately this ideology is the product of the unrealistic
expectations that are placed on celebrities. Our skewed ideas that
female celebrities need to maintain their performance faces at all times
have resulted in an impossible, arguably, self-imposed beauty standard
on the rest of us. It implies that in order to be perceived as beautiful
and acceptable, wearing make-up is the rule, and a clean face is the
scrutinised exception. This prejudice isnt new. The Second and Third
Wave feminist movements have been concerned with the literal
and gurative assault on womens bodies since the 1960s.
Are we there yet? Have women arrived at the promised
land of being free to be our authentic selves without
the perpetual gaze that society, which were a part
of, has on womens looks? According to a New York
Times article that calls a new wave (in New York
social and fashion circles) of not wearing makeup The New Beauty Standard, we might not
be far off.
Stars without make-up is the smut
that makes up tabloid fodder, feeding the
esteem of ordinary people by deliberately
chastising celebrities for looking like people,
like us. Celebrities are caught without
make-up, as if they have done something
wrong. Its a notion that has progressed
into a new form of coming out on social
media. The victims of our judgement, in
the quasi-confessional frames of Instagram,
Facebook and Twitter, post make-up-free seles
in exchange for likes or in some cases, a slew of cyber
stoning from disapproving followers.
Its one thing to be photographed by paparazzi on
your way to the beach sans make-up, its another for a
celebrity to post a sele with no make-up, but theres something
a little humble braggy about adding the #nomakeup hashtag. In
that precarious space between self-confidence and narcissism, it
runs the risk of being all about pulling off the no make-up look
rather than a powerful statement of self-condence in protest against
the ridiculous standards women are subjected to.
The #nomakeupselfie trend took Britain and subsequently the
virtual world by storm in May when more than 8 million was raised
for cancer research and awareness. Thousands of women all over
the internet, including celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow, posted sans
make-up seles onto social networks. Some donated money along

# N OM A K E U P
self ie

Is the no make-up trend really

the new beauty standard, or just
another hashtag to make us look
down to earth and proactive?
Millisuthando Bongela takes a
closer look

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make-up because she says she is way too busy

with it while others created awareness in a
and lazy to bother in the mornings and would
questionable 21st century practice of vanity.
WHAT DO YOU
THINK OF THE
rather have clean pillows when she goes to
By applauding women for being brave enough
#NOMAKEUPSELFIE
bed. She revealed this in a blog post that was
to not wear make-up, we became complicit in
TREND?
Tweet us @ELLEMagazineSA
inspired by a client calling her f***ing ugly
our own oppression by a system that thrives on
#NoMakeupSelfie
in an email stream he didnt know she had
othering our bare selves.
access to, stating that if only she would wear
From a feminist perspective, on one hand
make-up she would be so much prettier. In a very
women have the choice to wear or go without
bold statement that was written in 20 minutes, Medine
make-up. On the other hand there are consequences
addressed the issue, highlighting the comfort she feels in her
to that choice that deem it a red herring. If she wears too
own skin and the need for people to get a grip with their
much make-up, shes sexually provocative or frivolous, and if
standard placement. The post crashed her website, mostly
she wears too little or no make-up, shes letting herself go in
because of the thousands of supportive comments amid some
a negative unkempt sense. If shes not wearing make-up and
adamant naysayers.
posts a sele, shes making a statement. Either way, womens
You wont nd her posting a hashtagged make-up-free sele
choices are still monitored. The scope of choices modern
because her stance on it is the rule, not the exception, which
women have to decide how they want to look is limited by
brings us back to fundamental problem with the hashtag
the nature of the system of patriarchy, where womens needs,
#nomakeup sele it doesnt take the cause of women feeling
bodies, desires and mobility are controlled by crushing
comfortable in their bodies any further. It becomes about
standards against her ability to be.
appearing to have self-condence as a label rather than an
So is wearing no make-up just a trend or a new wave in
everyday lived experience when nobody is watching. Its the
womens lib? The danger of making the assertion that this
labelling of the photograph that trivialises the larger movement
seasons bare-faced beauty trend is something bigger than
because ltered seles are in and of themselves an indictment
it is, is that it will be trumped by the next new thing after
to real life looks. The assembling of a sele, something hardly
Normcore. Normcore is the back-to-blank sociological trend
accomplished in one take, contradicts the notion of being
that some say is responsible for this new move in beauty,
completely comfortable with ones self because of the nature
which could become Borecore in a few months. That said,
of angling and ltering involved in creating the nal image.
its encouraging to know that this trend is a response to the
At the end, its a really good framed version of your face,
perennial nature of being sold to, whether its a
not your true-to-life face, which is what the hashtag claims
product or an idea. Its also a brazen call
for people to get over themselves. Not
to represent.
wearing make-up can be liberating
Hollywoods celebrity culture, one that its patrons are
in a world where women are
responsible for propagating, may be responsible for the
perceived as unprofessional
extreme pressures that women all over the world find
or ugly if they dont. For
themselves under when it comes to maintaining appearance.
some its a quiet protest
But Hollywood alone isnt responsible because humans all
against a patriarchal
over the world have been wearing some form of make-up
system endorsed and
for more than 6 000 years. From Jezebels painted eyelids in
even upheld by women,
the Old Testament to the kohl that was used to line the eyes
CELEBS WHO
because men arent
of Ancient Kemites, the powered faces and stained nails of
DARE TO BARE ALL
the ones who tell us
geishas to the scarring of Nguni clans or the tattooing of the
to rouge our cheeks
Maui people. The history of cosmetics is as old as humanity,
Celebrities who tweeted or
Instagrammed their no make-up
and contour our faces.
meaning the no make-up trend is unlikely to become a
seles included:
And for others like the
movement that wipes out the foundation of how humans
Miley Cyrus
movements
inadvertent
decorate our features.
Rihanna
poster faces, French
Every generation is responsible for propelling humanity
Jennifer Aniston
Beyonc
Vog u e ed itor-i n- ch ief
forward to some degree. If hashtags are the new protest
Lady Gaga
Emmanuelle Alt and mega
marches, then it might take millennials longer to chip away
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
blogger
Leandra
Medine,
at the myriad of real life problems. But if not wearing makeand Cameron Diaz,
among many others.
aka The Man Repeller, its a
up has become a real life cause, then humanity must be in
way of life. Medine doesnt wear
progress.

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women and their beauty. From the most
luminous of foundations and delicately
feminine shades of lipsticks, to absolutely
addictive fragrances and cutting-edge
skincare, Lancme answers to all that women
could need, want and dream of

THE HERO
The Lancme Rose was created
by Georges Delbard in 1973,
born out of the multi-hybridisation
of 2 000 crossbreedings and four
years of experimenting in extreme
climatic conditions to evaluate its
capacities. The Rose stem cells are
extracted through Fermogenesis
and are at the heart of Absolue
LExtrait. Can you believe that each
jar contains up to two million stem
cells? These beauties work on both
the dermal and epidermal layers
of the skin to regenerate like never
before.

A 3-STEP RITUAL
My brands heritage and expertise
have devised a three-step ritual
inspired by Lancomes institute in
Paris where I, the balm-elixir, am
used together with a massage
petal applicator and booster
bio-cellulose patches. This ritual
maximises my regenerative
powers: the multi-faceted pivoting
massage spatula delivers the
softest massage, while the patches
instantly smooth and plump
the delicate eye area. Expect
exceptional results

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Since its creation, Absolue has always extended

the limits of science and creativity to incarnate a
quintessential femininity; one that is full of grace,
sophistication and elegance. More than luxury, this
is an inspiring philosophy for the most demanding
women. Julia Roberts
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Using this exceptional product, taking

the time to perform the ritual is a gift I
give myself. An uninterrupted moment of
indulgence where I treat my skin to luxury,
and where I can see the results. Sarah
Hoberman, beauty editor

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THE FACE
An iconic brand, an iconic
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Julia Roberts has been
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Who better to chat to about beauty than Guerlains

international make-up artist, Jos-Luis Yuv. He speaks
about timeless make-up, what you should be wearing
this season, and his must-have products

IS YUV

JO

T T E

glamorous. My modern beauty

icon is Natalia Vodianova she is
the image of freshness, elegance
and modernity. She is a mother, a
model, a philanthropist and such
a natural but incredible beauty.
IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT ARE
THE MAIN FEATURES WOMEN
SHOULD FOCUS ON WHEN
WEARING MAKE-UP? Balance

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

I was an artist at
heart before I even entered the
arena of make-up which I resisted
for quite a while. I travel the
world and listen to women, their
needs and their dreams in terms
of beauty and then translate those
dreams with make-up. I do not
talk with words but with colours.
YOURSELF

WHO ARE YOUR BEAUTY

ICONS, THEN AND NOW? Maria
Callas beauty transcends time.
Her charisma and talent reflect
a beauty that is so strong and

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Guerlain
Meteorites
Pearls, R770

is key and my golden rules are:

keep the skin sheer but even
with a touch of foundation such
as Guerlain Terracotta Joli
Teint Foundation, open up
and define the eyes with a coat
of black mascara (my favourite
is Guerlain Noir G) and lastly
pick a lip colour that suits your
skin tone. Every woman should
have four lipsticks: a nude, a
trendy colour, a classic red and
a romantic, spring colour. For
me, pink is the colour of falling
in love.

I love that the

FROM THE ELLE beauty industry
BEAUTY DESK constantly brings
OUR BEAUTY EDITOR
out new offerings
SARAH HOBERM AN TELLS
that are sometimes
US WHATS ON HER
real game
MIND THIS MONTH
changers, make
our life a whole lot easier, or are simply beautiful.
My game changer is Lamelles Daily Cellular
Repair Cream. A local product packed with
growth factors, its doing wonders for my skin,
which now feels increasingly plumped up. Smart
skincare is on the rise starting with Cliniques
Smart Custom Repair Serum that holds no
less than 37 patents! This breakthrough serum
provides custom repair, while dealing with

WHAT MAKE-UP
LOOK DO YOU
CONSIDER ICONIC AND

Nothing will
Clinique Smart
ever replace the power of a
Custom Repair
Serum, R700
red lip. My absolute favourite is
Guerlain Rouge G in Gilda,
a creamy warm red that feels
soft on the lips and is very
Dior
Cuir
moisturising. The case
Lamelle
Cannage,
Dermaheal
is a wonder of design,
R2 180
Daily
created by jeweller
Cellular
Lorenz Bumer,
Repair
Cream, R582
and its beyond luxury.
The mirror opens with a
distinctive click re-applying
lipstick has never been so sexy!
TIMELESS?

AND YOUR MAKE-UP NO-NO?

Stay away from super matte,

powdery foundations, they are
very ageing. Skin should be
radiant and glowing but not
shining. The key word is
fresh skin.

Nivea
Crme,
R39.99

Guerlain Rouge G
in Gilda, R675

existing damage.
It claims to deal
with uneven skin tone, lines
and wrinkles, and firming. Hair is not high on
my list of priorities so Redkens new Pillow
Proof Blow Dry Express Primer and Two
Day Extender are my multi-tasking saviours.
The primer protects from heat, adds volume
and reduces blow dry time while the Extender
extends the life of my blow dry for two days.
La Collection Priv Christian Dior has a
new scent, Dior Cuir Cannage, which has
warm enveloping notes of f lorals and leather and
evokes luxury. A beauty classic close to my heart
is Nivea Crme, with an unmistakable scent of
nostalgia that has been around since 1911.
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Redken
Pillow Proof
Blow Dry
Express
Primer, R485
and Two Day
Extender,
R276

Guerlain
Noir G,
R770

The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa

Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat

The
Red Carnation
Hotel Collection
The Red Carnation Hotel Collection captivates visitors
with three bespoke hotel jewels across South Africa.
Take advantage of a range of irresistible winter offers at
these ve-star destinations, providing the perfect excuse
for a stylish and deeply relaxing break.
All 3 hotels are offering exciting Winter offers
until 30 September 2014. Contact each Hotel
directly for further details.

The Oyster Box

The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa is situated on Cape Towns most scenic route, poised
above the Atlantic Ocean and anked by the majestic Table Mountain National Park and the
Twelve Apostles mountain range. Enjoy sunset cocktails, contemporary South African cuisine,
indulgent spa treatments and fun movie nights in The Twelve Apostles very own cinema.
Tel: +27 (0)21 437 9255 | www.12apostleshotel.com
Wide open plains and majestic rock formations set the scene for a unique experience at
Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat in the Cederberg Mountains. The
lodge is renowned for its holistic spa and organic cuisine served in extraordinary dining locations,
with outdoor activities including nature drives, rock art excursions, hiking and mountain biking.
Tel: +27 (0)21 437 9278 | www.bushmanskloof.co.za
Standing majestically on Umhlangas beachfront, The Oyster Box captivates with colonial charm,
lush tropical gardens and sweeping views of the Indian Ocean. Guests have a choice of venues
for wining and dining, while the intricate tapestry of KwaZulu-Natals rich Colonial-Afro-Indian
culture is celebrated with a range of wellness experiences at The Oyster Box Spa.
Tel: +27 (0)31 514 5000 | www.oysterboxhotel.com

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#ELLEinspire

up the ante

If you prefer to work out at home,

invest in some small-scale exercise
equipment that will take your
workout from so-so to on-the-go.
A mini trampoline adds another
element to push-ups and lunges,
making you work harder as the
surface is unsteady. Add dumbbells
to your squat reps and it becomes
an all-over workout. An exercise
ball, skipping rope and hula-hoop
are also great additions.

Ask yourself if what

you are doing today is
getting you closer
to where you want to be
tomorrow.

M O T I V A T I O N

fit notes
Your monthly dose of
health and wellness news

#GETFITNOTFAT

PHOTOGRAPHS AND STILLS: SUPPLIED / TEXT: LYNETTE

BOTHA / * ACCORDING TO DEBRA WEIN, RD,
PRESIDENT OF WELLNESS WORKDAYS

Assistant editor Lynette Botha shares

some quick-fix crave-curbing tricks
On my never-ending quest to find new
ways to be healthier (and quickly), I came
across Time Magazines list of 12 foods
that make you eat less.
The two that were most
interesting to me were
apples and avocados,
both of which I eat
regularly. But, its not
just about eating them;
its about when you eat
them. An apple eaten
around 30 minutes before a meal will
fill you up thanks to the fibre and water
content*, so youre less likely to overeat
with the meal that follows. And if you add
half an avo to your lunchtime meal, youre
22 percent less likely to snack for the rest
of the day (until around dinner time). Im
definitely planning to try these theories
out. For more #FitNotes and to read
about the other 10 foods that made the list
visit elle.co.za

EASY DOES IT

Think you cant tone up while lying down? Wrong. Book yourself in for one of
Mios High Intensity Body Treatments and youll believe it when you see it. From
the tummy sculpting Get Waisted to the Shrink to Fit cellulite-smoothing cream,
theres a treatment to target any less-than-taut area of the body (yes, even the arms).
Ill be booking in for the Full Monty, and will report back online!

#FITNOTES BEST BUYS

Skinny GC Weight Control
Unroasted Green Coffeee,
R210, made from raw
coffee beans, and rich in
caffeine and chlorogenic
acid, these sachets boost
the metabolism and
promote weight-loss.

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Super trainers
Mr Price Sport
Maxed MXD
Trainer 11 (in grey/
pink), R199, are
really great value for
money and versatile
for varied activities.

Compression
Tights help prevent
muscle injuries
while running with
these hot-pink
tights. Puma RCVR
Running Tights,
R1 299

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Discover The Marion on Nicol, an award-winning ve-star boutique

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Fully air-conditioned conference facilities are available
and a dedicated service ambassador ensures that
meetings and events held at The Marion on Nicol
consistently exceed the highest standards.
Executive boardrooms are available for small
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accommodate up to 30 delegates. Special packages
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with another 45 suites, and its recently opened venue
for corporate events, functions and weddings can
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Breakfast is from 6.30am to 11am, lunch from 12pm
to 5pm, and dinner from 6.30pm to 10.30pm. High tea
is served on weekends and public holidays from 2pm to
5pm on the terrace.
For more info, visit www.mariononnicol.co.za
Cnr Stirling & Hamilton roads
Hurlingham, Johannesburg
Gauteng, South Africa
Tel: 011 783 7816/7239
Fax: 011 783 6278
Email: info@mariononnicol.co.za
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ts close proximity to the business centres of Sandton

and Hyde Park makes The Marion on Nicol
the ideal sanctuary for the business and leisure
traveller, and for day visitors wanting to experience
something extraordinary, close to home. The hotel boasts
24 exquisite ensuite rooms, with free-standing baths and
separate showers, ve twin bedrooms, 18 king bedrooms
and an executive room. All beds are extra length, tted
with pure cotton linen, a pillow of your choice (a menu
is provided) and a choice of duck down or hollow bre
duvets. Rooms are spacious and luxe, with a host of
amenities including wall-mounted LED screens with satellite
TV, electronic safe, mini bar and wi.
Your dining experience at The Marion on Nicol is
unique too. Executive chef Auret Morolo uses fresh local
produce rather than imported, and goes the extra mile
in presenting beautifully crafted seasonal meals that are
both visually exciting and delicious. Some of the countrys
nest wines, ports and sherries feature on the winelist.
A new ne dining la carte menu has been introduced,
and the dining room and terrace are available for
exclusive events.
Guest facilities include an exclusive executive spa with
complimentary sauna, steam room and cardio-tness

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SHELF SPACE

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Storage gets stylish

with this U-Bend It
Shelf, R649, available
at Superbalist.com

From an inner-city apartment and a South

African chef making it big overseas to the
most iconic places to stay in the country,
we celebrate the best of local.

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downtown
dame
As editor of ELLE Decoration South
Africa, Laureen Rossouws City Bowl
apartment is lled with expertly curated
South African design, as well as quirky
collections from her travels
by Christine van Deemter photography Inge Prins

et in Darling Street,
in the centre of Cape
Town, is the magnificent
1940s Mutual Heights
building. Its an imposing
grande dame of the city,
and its no wonder the building was
chosen by the producers of Homeland
to stand in as Saul Berensons New
York apartment its art deco faade,
original gold leaf and red marble
columns instantly transport you
to the Big Apple. Saul found his
temporary home on the eighth floor,
in the apartment of iconic stylist and
editor of ELLEs sister title, ELLE
Decoration, Laureen Rossouw.

SPLASH OF RED
The door from the study
to the living space. The
red chair in the corner
is by Bruno Mathsson
and the painting above
is by South African artist
Christo Coetzee

Copper bowl,
R895, Pezula
Table Lamp,
R2 295, Pezula

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The main living area,
with a Gregor Jenkin
dining-room table, and
an oversized chocolate
brown couch covered in
Manuel Canovas velvet

The chandelier reminded me of the brooches

women used to wear in the 60s

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PICTURE PERFECT
A still life with
photos and prints

London
apothecary tiles,
R1 492.65 / m2;
Los feliz tiles,
R1 377.80 /m2,
Cle Tiles

Milk stool,
R1 100,
Lim

RAISING A GLASS
A glass display cabinet
topped with a collection of
globes and milliners block

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The weirdest part of having

Homeland in our space was the photos of
Saul and his wife standing everywhere,
Laureen laughs. We went to bed
staring at their faces on the bedstand.
She and her lawyer husband, Koos,
have been in the flat for just over a
decade, and have filled the space with
pieces from South African artists and
designers, as well as items picked up
from their various travels.
Walking into the vast apartment,
panoramic Table Mountain greets
you through the floor-to-ceiling
windows. Then you start taking in
the honey-coloured parquet flooring
throughout, and the expertly curated
furnishings. Pride of place is the

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Gregor Jenkin dining-room table in

mild steel, flanked by two half-moon
cream lacquered tables to enlarge the
table. Its surrounded by wooden chairs
from a church in Scotland, and copper
candlesticks by local artist Michael
Guy. The Swarovski crystal chandelier
reminded me of the brooches women
used to wear in the 60s, Laureen says.
The study is where the couple spends
most of their time. Its cosiness and livedin nature are enhanced by the layered
collections of art, books, magazines
and photo albums. The steel bookcase
was built by a local steel company, and
a clock and old leather sofa and chairs
were rescued from a railway station.
The room is functional, comfortable

and filled with our most-loved things,

and a display of posters and paintings
collected over the years forms a
backdrop above the desks. A collection
of photographs, dried proteas and a
stuffed bird is one of the many still lives
in the study, revealing its owners decorstyling credentials.
With only four rooms in the
apartment, clever planning and design
were necessary to make spaces like
the kitchen and bathroom form part
of the overall aesthetic. The stainlesssteel kitchen was custom designed by
Laureen and Kitchen Clinic, with
the cooking section to one side of the
double front doors, and the laundry/
scullery on the other. The bedroom is a
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showstopper, with its dramatic goldleaf

feature wall behind the bed.
Laureen and Koos spend weekends
in St James, and with their daughers,
Rene and Laura no longer living at
home, they could create an indulgent
space for working and entertaining.
It was a house that brought them
together in the first place: when
Laureen came to Cape Town after
studying and working overseas and a
brief stint in Joburg, she moved into a
house her father had bought.
She needed a tenant to make the
rent, but only received two applicants.
One was a non-smoking vegetarian, so
I chose the other one. A year later, she
married him.

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T R A V E L

ICONIC

A
@themountnelson

THE MOUNT NELSON HOTEL

Cape Town
belmond.com/mount-nelson-hotel-cape-town
Possibly the ELLE Belles favourite hotel in SA, the grand old
dame affectionately known as the Nellie is all old-world charm
with modern-day luxuries. Located in the heart of Cape Town,
at the base of Table Mountain and at the top of the Companys
Gardens, The Mount Nelson is undoubtedly the best address
in the Mother City. Accommodation is plush and pretty, the
gardens are sprawling and attentively manicured and the service
is outstanding.
If you cant afford a sleepover: The Mount Nelson is
renowned for its afternoon tea, served every day from 1.30pm
5.30pm (in two sittings). The Planet Bar is the place to be if you
want to spot someone well known youre almost guaranteed
to see a celebrity on every visit (view the list of famous faces who
have stayed here on their website).

The upside to a declining

exchange rate is the promotion
of tourism in South Africa. This
month we celebrate 10 of the most
luxurious icons of our landscape and
encourage you to be a tourist
in your own country. Why not
indulge in a little extravagance this
Womens Day whether for high
tea, a spa treatment or a stayover?

By Lynette Botha

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@thesaxonhotel

The Saxon Hotel

Joburg
www.saxon.co.za
From the impressive collection of art that adorns
almost every inch of the property, to no less than
six pools to dip into and the complete exclusivity
of the property, The Saxon Hotel screams
understated elegance. Add to this a long list of
awards (for accommodation, spa and dining) and
the fact that Madiba called an exclusive suite
here home for six months when his house was
being refurbished. Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey
and Lady Gaga, among other high flyers, have
spent time here. If youre looking to feel like
royalty, this is the place to book your stay.
If you cant afford a sleepover: Book
into the spa for the signature Sound Therapy,
which offers a treatment with a difference (a
spiritual journey using the vibration of sound to
balance and restore the bodys energy centres) or
book a table at Five Hundred for a fine dining
experience from celebrated chef David Higgs.

With six pools

to dip into, The
Saxon is one
of SAs nest
destinations

THE ONE&ONLY CAPE TOWN

@ReubenRiffel

capetown.oneandonlyresorts.com
@nobucapetown1
Cape Town
An accolade such as No.1 City Hotel and Resort in South Africa & the Middle
East (as awarded by Travel+Leisure) adds credence to what we already know
The One&Only Cape Town is a dream location. Set on its own private island in
the waterways of the V&A Waterfront, with the ocean on the one side and Table
Mountain towering over on the other, it really offers the best of both worlds.
If you cant afford a sleepover: Enjoy a cocktail at the bar before heading to
one of two amazing culinary offerings Nobu or Reubens. If its a quiet day, ask
the concierge if you can sneak up to view the presidential suite from there youll
see a view of Cape Town few ever do.
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THE OYSTER BOX HOTEL

@oysterbox

Durban
oysterboxhotel.com
Steeped in history (dating back to 1863), The Oyster Box Hotel is a
landmark in Durban. Since the completion of its refurbishment in
2009, the hotel has unsurprisingly won a string of awards, thanks
to all it has to offer. From exquisite sea views, tasteful interiors and
dcor, to world-class service and dining, its accommodation fit for a
princess, (Princess Charlene of Monaco, to be exact).
If you cant afford a sleepover: Enjoy lunch on the terrace
before putting on your bikini and sipping on a cocktail in the large
swimming pool overlooking the beach. Breathe in the sea air and
re-energise.

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@12_Apostles

THE 12 APOSTLES
HOTEL
Cape Town
12apostleshotel.com
Built among controversy (it is located
in the Table Mountain National Park)
in 1992, The 12 Apostles Hotel today is
constantly rated number one in hospitality
awards. Undoubtedly the best sea view in
Cape Town is from the balcony of The
Leopard Bar you cannot see the road
below, only ocean, making you feel as
if youre aboard a luxury cruise ship. It
is a prime dolphin- and whale-spotting
location and offers the most breathtaking
sunsets all-year-round. Service is
welcoming and rooms are comfortable,
but the main drawcard is the nature that
surrounds you.
If you cant afford a sleepover:
Enjoy a date night with a difference
book for dinner at Azure restaurant
followed by a movie and treats in the
hotels private cinema. The spa is also
world-class and worth a visit.

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GROOTBOS PRIVATE
NATURE RESERVE

@Grootbos

@TintswaloLodges

TINTSWALO SAFARI LODGE

Mpumalanga
tintswalo.com/safari/
For the ultimate safari experience, complete with
zebra, giraffe, white rhino and lion sightings
(among many other animals and birds), a spa
experience in the bush and late night campfires, a
visit to Tintswalo Safari Lodge should be added to
your bucket list. Located in The Manyeleti Private
Game Reserve in Mpumalanga, along a seasonal
river bed and beneath ancient sycamore trees,
a stay here offers a (luxurious) bush experience of
a lifetime.
If you cant afford a sleepover: Sorry, not
staying over is not an option (and believe me, once
you get there you wont want to leave any way).
So, best you start saving.

Overberg
grootbos.com
Grootbos is one of those places where
you arrive and are startled for a few
moments by the breathtaking natural
beauty surrounding you. From the
ancient Milkwood trees and fynbos
forests, to the sprawling mountain
ranges of the Overberg and the
views out over the whale sanctuary at
Walker Bay, there is so much to take
in. Add to the scenic game drives in
the bosveld, horse rides on the beach
and guided walks through the fauna
and flora and you have a nature
lovers dream.
If you cant afford a sleepover:
Book a five-course dinner at Forest
Lodge enjoy superbly prepared
dishes paired with wine from the
surrounding areas, and engage with
the very knowledgeable staff, while
soaking in the surrounds.

THE FOUR SEASONS WESTCLIFF

Joburg
@FSJohannesburg
fourseasons.com/johannesburg
Currently undergoing a facelift, The Four Seasons Westcliff (previously known only as The
Westcliff), is the first Four Seasons hotel in South Africa. Its touting itself as an iconic hotel
reborn and a stylish urban resort, and we cant wait to see whats in store for the hotel when doors
reopen later this year. Its the citys only hillside hotel, set high up with views out over Jozi and the
surrounding urban forests, a side rarely seen.
If you cant afford a sleepover: The jury is still about what will be our favourite favourite
about the new Westcliff, but were liking the sound of five modern venues for dining and drinks
and a brand-new destination spa with two swimming pools. Watch this space.

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@tajcapetown

THE TAJ

The Cape Town

CBD is where
youll nd The
Taj; a perfect
base if you want
to explore the
best of city life

@Bushmanskloof

BUSHMANS KLOOF HOTEL & SPA

Cederberg
bushmanskloof.co.za
An exclusive and completely private wilderness retreat
and wellness resort, Bushmans Kloof is paradisiacal.
Located about three hours out of Cape Town, on the
foothills of the Cederberg Mountains, its just far enough
from the city to feel like youve truly escaped. Nature
is in abundance and its the perfect destination to
completely relax and restore your energy. With mystical
rock formations, waterfalls and lots of fynbos and
birdlife, not to mention outstanding accommodation
and a world-renowned spa, you wont want to leave.
If you cant afford a sleepover: Book a day
at the spa; choose from standard day packages or
tailormake your own selection of treatments to relieve
stress, detoxify, cleanse or simply refresh.

Cape Town
tajcapetown.co.za
Historical architecture was
painstakingly restored in the two
buildings that The Taj occupies before
the hotel opened. It has the most
spectacular views of Table Mountain
and the inner city, thanks to its prime
location in the heart of Cape Town
CBD. If youre looking to be immersed
in the citys culture and crafts and to
experience the diversity of art and
entertainment on offer, this is the perfect
hotel to have as your base.
If you cant afford a sleepover:
The Jiva Spa is phenomenal and
definitely one of the top spas in Cape
Town; book in for pampering and
relaxation that will restore your energy
immediately. The Twankey Bar is a
great venue for after-work drinks.

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JAN-HENDRIK VAN DER WESTHUIZEN

D I G

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A VERY DELICIOUS
vichyssoise
A refreshing take on an iconic soup
VICHYSSOISE
This is what I like to call a shy potato
and leek soup. It reminds me of the potato
and leek soup of my childhood, which my
mother used to make for us during cold
winter days. Then this was served warm,
but typically, as I learned later in my life,
the real Vichyssoise is traditionally served
cold. For cold winter nights serve warm; for
sunny spring lunches serve cold equally
good both ways.

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JAN. HOWEVER, BECAUSE HES A
WORKAHOLIC AND A PERFECTIONIST
HE ALSO WROTE A BOOK, THE FRENCH
AFFAIR, FROM WHICH THIS RECIPE
WAS EXTRACTED.

Prep time 1h 15 min

INGREDIENTS

2 cups potatoes, peeled and

cut into cubes
3 cups chopped leeks (only the
white parts)
4 cups organic chicken or vegetable stock
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
cup double cream
Chopped chives for garnishing

JANS THREE
DREAM
DINNER-PARTY
GUESTS

METHOD

1 Simmer the vegetables in the stock for

40-50 minutes, partially covered.

2 Season with salt. Blend in batches
using a blender or food processor until
you get a smooth consistency.
3 Strain though a cheesecloth to remove
any lumps or pieces. Add the cream.
4 Season again with salt and pepper and
sprinkle with chives. Serve hot or cold.

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Marilyn Monroe
Oscar Wilde

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ARIES

21 August 20 September
Youre not particularly good
at communicating your
expectations with those
around you, which will make
it challenging for others to
work harmoniously with you.
This will lead to a difficult
issue with a colleague in the
second half of the month.

CAPRICORN

SMS CODE: HS VIR

21 December 20 January
This month you may land a
new position, job or contract,
and there is a significant
change for you in your work
environment. Work is your
priority you will throw
yourself into it and focus
tremendous energy on the
tasks before you.

LIBRA

21 September 20 October
Your social life takes a back
seat during August. Your
focus and energy are more
around family and home
circumstances. However you
will find surroundings and
activities more pleasant and
agreeable than they have been
for a while.
SMS CODE: HS LIB

SCORPIO

21 October 20 November
You will have a significant
amount of responsibility
and pressure to deal with.
However your work will
be done carefully and
thoroughly, as your approach
is methodical, allowing you to
achieve huge amounts.
SMS CODE: HS SCO

SAGITTARIUS

21 November 20 December
August brings gains, growth
and new experiences through
other people, particularly
your friends and social circle.
There is also potential for the
development of a beneficial
new friendship and/or
business association.

SMS CODE: HS CAP

AQUARIUS

21 January 20 February
Youll be focused on your
innermost personal and
domestic life. There will
be a reorganisation of your
home environment as well
as personal relationships.
You will also need to focus
on the practicalities of your
home such as repairs and
maintenance.

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LEO

21 July 20 August

This is a good time for

you to set your goals for the
year and assert yourself in
your environment. Its an
excellent time for making a
good impression. Be careful
of not getting too wrapped
up in your own concerns
as you may come across as
self-centred.

SMS CODE: HS SAG

SMS CODE: HS ARI

TAURUS

21 April 20 May
Things at work seem to be easy
this month, and because of
this you make an effort to help
others. You will be called upon
to manage or take charge of
a project or issue at the office
that you will tackle with
sincere desire and expertise.
SMS CODE: HS TAU

GEMINI

21 May 20 June
Be careful of persuading others
to think your way, especially
around issues at work. It can
become the basis of a conflict
between you and someone else.
You are however struggling
this month to get along with a
particular colleague who you
feel is working against you.

SMS CODE: HS AQU

SMS CODE: HS GEM

PISCES

CANCER

SMS CODE: HS PIS

SMS CODE: HS CAN

21 February 20 March
Youll find yourself drawn
to people who have useful
and valuable recourses that
you can take constructive
advantage of. Anyone who
you team up with during this
time will benefit as much
from the association as
you do.

SMS CODE: HS LEO

21 March 20 April
Just as you think things are
settling down, energies are
stirred up from your deep
unconscious. This will result in
you acting impulsively, causing
conflict about things you
thought were over. Watch your
temper around the 3rd.

21 June 20 July
There is a strong focus on
your close friendships and
social life. There is also an
accidental meeting with an
old friend early in the month
that reignites the friendship.
However, do guard against
negative emotional patterns
left over from your childhood.

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BARACK OBAMA
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Leos are independent
but need something to
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Visit Emilys blog at
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Shelves of perfect tees,

skinny pants in variations
of black, an array of
smart Balmain jackets,
spike-heeled boots and
a vintage fur or two. All
that, plus a healthy dose
of chic French nonchalance,
and thats Emily PettitCoetzees aspirant
wardrobe summed up.

ts a pared-down, understated tribute

to my current style icon, Emmanuelle
Alt, who has, over the last few months,
inspired me to rethink my wardrobe
and go in search of my own
fashion uniform.
I like to think this editor of Paris Vogue
and I have lots in common. We both
enjoy a skinny jean, we make liberal
use of the bro tuck, and we love a smart
jacket. Alt is also a mother and
successfully manages to juggle
that and the demands of a highpowered job, while looking chic
and well put together at all times.
Clearly if we met, we would be
best friends.
Midway through my 30s I came
to the realisation that chasing
at the heels of fashions next big
thing is not the way to build a
lasting wardrobe. Rather late in
life, Ill admit. But having become more
comfortable with my own style I now find
myself passing up trends in order to stick
to what I feel and look best in. Its partly
financial, partly the culmination of age
and experience and partly practical.

Having had two babies in two years

Ive watched my previous way of life go
up in smoke (along with my body) and
came to the conclusion that it was time to
pick an aspirational style icon to help me
through this fashion wilderness. Whereas
I once got up in the morning, dressed
myself and went to work, I now have
multiple roles that I have to fill. Early
mornings are spent chasing, dressing,
feeding and prepping two little ones as
well as myself in record time. I need to
wear something versatile enough to drop
my daughter off at her farm school, which
is muddy and where all other mothers
appear to have wardrobes that consist
only of gymwear and appropriately
donned Hunter boots. My outfit needs
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environment and then back to being a
mama, while I simultaneously work from
home and attempt to hit deadlines in
between supper and the pyjama run.
A simple but chic wardrobe, like that
of Mme Alt (albeit not at Balmain heavy),
allows me to swap the killer heels for boots
when I leave the office for playschool,

another thing, but now that I have my

fashion icon, I am sticking with her.
A style icon is a personal thing.
The term is tossed around like an old
handbag, but when it comes down to it,
one persons icon is anothers old hat.
Yes, there are Audrey, Marilyn, Jackie O
and of course, Mademoiselle Coco the
names that always spring to mind when
you mention the phrase. But they have
earned their stripes by mastering a style
that has proven to be as timeless and
relevant to the 1950s housewife as it is
to the modern businesswoman. Todays
icons still have to stand that particular
test of time and we are proving to be a
fickle bunch.
I think Im going to stick to my Altfits,
smug in the knowledge that my wardrobe
is finally, exactly where I want it to be.

A style icon is a personal thing.

The term is tossed around like an
old handbag, but when it comes
down to it, one persons icon is
anothers old hat.
and take off the jacket and throw on a
cardi when its time to start dinner and
twirl around the lounge to the theme tune
from Frozen. Low-key pieces worn with
confidence this is the key. Whether I
have the savoir-faire to pull it off is clearly
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