Table of contents for Issue 910 in Grazia

My wardrobe is 95% black and, despite our sunny spring, my legs haven't seen sunlight since 2024, so I always approach summer style with some apprehension. But no more. This issue is all about getting you set for an easy-breezy season ahead. We've scoured the shops for the smartest swimwear – whether you'll be hitting the surf or sinking some cocktails poolside. There's festival gear that will keep you comfortable but chic (and no, I'm not buying recent news reports that the word chic is dead). If you're taking an early holiday, I hope you'll find plenty of thought provoking reads in this issue, too. I was intrigued about FOBO, the fear of being obsolete in a workplace now obsessed with using AI to improve efficiencies. The impact this might…

1. Up HENRY GOLDING Currently starring in (the excellent) Nine Perfect Strangers. His Peter is having an on-screen fling with Imogen, played by Annie Murphy, aka Alexis Rose. 2. New in HARRIET THE TIKTOK FARMER New farmhand to Jeremy Clarkson on Clarkson's Farm in the temporary absence of (long standing CoL fave) Kaleb. A star is born. 3. Up TERRI J VAUGHN She The People is potentially our favourite political comedy romp since Veep. Vaughn holds together (just) a chaotic establishment and an equally chaotic family. 4. Up MATTHEW GOODE Blimey, but Department Q is incredibly strong. Bleak, but with the right amount of humour? But BLEAK. Beardy, tormented Goode stars as DCI Carl Morck. 5. Non-mover MAYA JAMA In observance of the new season of Love Island, a straight…

AH, FESTIVAL SEASON. The annual pilgrimage of questionable hygiene, passive-aggressive queueing and musical transcendence. There is nothing more British than willingly signing up for five days of trench foot in a Somerset field, attempting to locate your tent at 3am with only a dying phone torch and a half-eaten falafel wrap. Yes, the crowd is younger, but those of us who cut our teeth on early-2000s mud baths – before TikTok, before biodegradable glitter, before anyone cared about SPF – have a quiet advantage: the luxury of hindsight. While Glasto freshers might resort to impractical, grid-worthy looks, the seasoned festival-goer knows the true currency of the weekend is not your social media engagement, but your ability to endure the elements with dignity. So, in the spirit of sensible hedonism, here's…

If you're scared to let go of your current job, think carefully about what it has meant to you. ‘Maybe it gives you structure,’ says Braun. ‘It might be that it makes you feel successful, and you never did at school – or you might even realise that your career won your parents’ approval for the first time.’ Identifying these psychological associations can help reframe your priorities. ‘Maybe, at this point, it doesn't matter whether your dad approves, and you can let go of that. Maybe there are other things in your life that can give you the meaning, structure or friendship that you're accustomed to finding in work.’ Putting yourself in new circles can really pay off. Berwick points out that people are often more willing to do a…

IT WAS THE kind of break-up that made me question everything. Mainly, how had I got to my mid-thirties and reached such a disastrous juncture? I had spent two years in an affair with a married woman and lost myself in the obsession. During those two years, everything in my life had suffered: my health, my work, my friendships and, most of all, my sense of self. When I finally broke it off, I wondered how I had lost myself so completely. Before this, I was rarely single between relationships. I told myself I wasn't afraid to be alone, but my choices told a different story. It was then I decided to take a hiatus from sex and dating for three months to reflect on what had taken me, despite…

Photographs Tomas De La Fuente at Uno Artists Model Zayna Cisse at Established Models Hair and make-up Carla Abrams Photographer's assistant Pedro Urech Bedoya Fashion assistant Amber Backhouse Shoot producer Gabriela Velasco…

Emma Roberts X Kiko Milano Unlimited Double Touch (1), £14.99 ‘It's a two-in-one lipstick and gloss in a range of nudes and deep reds – my colours.’ Odacité Crystal Contour Gua Sha (2), £40 ‘I always have an assortment of gua sha tools on the go.’ Joanna Czech Facial Massager (3), £169 ‘I'm big on face tools and this is one of my favourites.’ Emma Roberts X Kiko Milano Reusable Eye Patches (4), £14.99 ‘They're always in my carry-on and I put them on my fiancé sometimes. I love a boyfriend-girlfriend eye patch moment.’ Boss Alive EDP (5), £85 for 50ml ‘It's my go-to. It has a little hint of vanilla to it and I'm drawn to anything that smells like vanilla.’ Emma Roberts X Kiko Milano Glow Getter Serum…

It's no secret that women carry the double burden of juggling their careers and domestic duties, but there's a third load rarely spoken of. More than three million women in the UK also have caring responsibilities, with women more likely to provide unpaid care than men. As part of Carers Week (9-15 June), women are opening up about the toll this takes on their own mental, physical and financial health. ‘We need to shine a light on this triple burden to validate women's experiences,’ says Suzanne Bourne, who cares for her husband and co-founded support network Mobilise. ‘Female carers must receive – and feel empowered to ask for – support from friends, family, employers and the Government.’ Many say they're at breaking point – we can't let that continue.…

SHE WAS MEANT to be enjoying a well-earned year off following her 21-month record-breaking Eras tour, but Taylor Swift surprised us all when she broke her social media hiatus for a momentous announcement: she finally owns her masters, the rights to every song she recorded for the first 11 years of her career – and all the financial spoils that come with them. In a letter to fans, Swift explained that she was able to buy back her entire music catalogue thanks to the billion-dollar success of the Eras tour, giving her back her voice. At the same time, she dealt a bittersweet blow to fans – she won't be re-recording her 2017 album, Reputation, as she has done with five others. It was the only one she struggled to…

THERE WAS A time when Carrie's beloved Manolos were relatable fashion extensions of her identity and aspirational NYC writer struggles. It's been a long time – 27 years, to be precise – but it's worth remembering how fashion and Carrie got started; it was a love match made in heaven. But you can leave any fashion relatability at the door of her new, stonkingly grand Gramercy Park mansion in the third season of And Just Like That. It all became clear, somewhere between the first episode's gravity-defying Little Bo Peep bonnet and the shoe medley scene – multiple Carries (from the waist down), strutting across the polished parquet in ever more vertiginous, colourful, outrageous stilettos, culminating in thigh-high white tasselled cowboy boots. To say that the new series of AJLT…

BARELY A DAY goes by without a female celebrity being accused of having had cosmetic surgery, lambasted for admitting to it, or advised on how it could improve their appearance by strangers on the internet. Look no further than the recent online furore about Kris Jenner's alleged face and neck-lift, the debate over how Anne Hathaway looks so ‘fresh’ and Lindsay Lohan having to deny having had facial surgery in an interview, crediting her flawless complexion to ‘juice and chia seeds’ instead. For the presenter and podcaster Olivia Attwood, discussion about her appearance has been rife the entirety of her time in the public eye, since appearing on Love Island in 2016. The 34-year-old has always chosen to be honest about any cosmetic treatments she's had – from chin shaping…

Restore your JOBO (joy of being optimistic) about AI ■ In March, the first clinical trial of an AI therapy chatbot called Therabot found significant improvements in symptoms for users with depression, eating disorders and anxiety. ■ Researchers have recently used AI to reveal writing on a papyrus scroll that was burnt in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago. ■ Studies published in the American Journal Of Psychiatry used AI to identify women most at risk of postnatal depression and psychosis, allowing them to be screened for symptoms more quickly. ■ Last year, researchers using an AI algorithm to analyse elephant calls found that the animals call each other by individual names (aw!). ■ The Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold uses AI to figure out a protein's 3D structure…

The Names by Florence Knapp On the day Cora goes to register the birth of her son, should she call him Gordon, the name demanded by her abusive husband? Or Julian, as she's secretly set her heart on? Or Bear, picked by his nine-year-old sister? Three names, three potential lives – this sliding doors novel follows each path. The Emperor Of Gladness by Ocean Vuong There are shades of Demon Copperhead in this tender exploration of the grind of a low-income life. Set in Connecticut, 19-year-old Hai is contemplating suicide when an elderly lady, Grazina, saves him. He becomes her carer while working in a fast-food restaurant staffed by eccentric co-workers – all of whom you'll root for. The New Age Of Sexism by Laura Bates AI is already here,…

1. FOR BEACH BABES Collate your perfect capsule holiday wardrobe with tonal shades of burnt orange and chocolate brown, all finished off with supersized shades, beach-ready beads and Chloé's chic raffia tote. 2. FOR SURFERS If in doubt, paddle out. Get prepped for days spent riding the waves in Hunza G's zip-up rash suit and Martine Rose's techy two-piece for a cool-girl take on practical swimwear. See you down on the shore! 3. FOR LOUNGERS Sometimes, all you need is an afternoon on a sun lounger with a good book and an even better cocktail. Look for throw-on sarongs and crochet cover-ups that will take you from the beach to bar and back. 4. FOR SWIMMERS Whether you're a fair-weather paddler or dedicated open water stan, it's important to dress…

SUN - BAKED ‘Blusher can transform your holiday look,’ says pro make-up artist Lisa Potter-Dixon. ‘For a sun-baked blush effect, focus on the centre of cheeks, then sweep your brush outwards towards the temples, finishing with a touch across the nose.’ Complete the look with lashings of Rabanne Rockstar Mascara, £29, for instant length and volume. MOLTEN METAL Nothing says sundowners quite like gilded eyes. ‘Once you've applied your shadow, try adding a touch more to the centre of the lid for extra impact,’ advises Potter-Dixon. ‘Experiment with gold eyeshadow as a highlighter too; it works beautifully on the tops of cheekbones or even tapped on to the centre of lips.’ GOLDEN GLAZE Don't let your face have all the fun. Rabanne Shimmer Bomb in Copper Doré, £30, is a…

DESPITE YEARS OF experience, I still haven't mastered the elusive art of not popping pimples. Every dermatologist has warned me to leave them alone. But the moment a little bump appears? Game over. One such incident happened recently, when the mother of all spots – the kind you feel before you even see – decided to set up shop on my cheek. Naturally, I tried to pop it but, alas, there was no satisfying relief. Just a dribble of clear fluid and a rude reminder that not all spots are created equal. You've got to know your opponent. ‘Are you dealing with blackheads, whiteheads, papules [the red ones], pustules [the juicy ones], or even bigger ones called nodules?’ asks Dr Emma Craythorne, consultant dermatologist and co-founder of Klira. ‘Or perhaps…

THIS SUMMER'S HUMBLE brag? A yellow and white striped beach towel. Not any old striped towel, though: this one is a particular shade of graphic yellow and white, reminiscent of the signature umbrellas that line the crystal white beachfront at Palm Heights’ cult Caribbean hotel. But you don't need to check into the Cayman Island resort for £700 a night to procure one. This £34.99 towel – also available in a brown and white – is one of the hero pieces in H&M's latest homeware collection, a collaboration with the iconic resort which encompasses a bespoke candle (blending tonka bean and woody cedar oil), luxuriously oversized bathrobes (also in aforementioned stripe), a wooden backgammon set, coloured glass tumblers and more – in short, everything you might need to recreate the…

The last song I listened to… The Wheels On The Bus is very much on repeat in our house right now, thanks to my two-year-old son Phoenix. But, in terms of my music, it's Jade's Angel Of My Dreams. The last box set I binged… I'm currently watching The White Lotus, but I watched Lost for the first time a few months ago and only just finished it; that was a marathon. The last podcast I loved…The Basement Yard with Joe Santagato and Frank Alvarez is one that is always popping up for me. The last item I added to my wardrobe… I repurposed a pair of old jeans by sewing in some new fabric to make them flared. It's a new hobby of mine in addition to the knitting. The…

NEW IN, FROM the people who brought you Hot Girl and Brat Summers: Messy Girl Aesthetic. (Wherein ‘aesthetic’ is the new ‘such-and-such Girl Summer’, which was the new ‘core’ but only old people say core now). What is it? What it says on the tin! Being messy, being not-done, not worrying that your mascara's slip-slid down your cheeks or that you're wearing yesterday's top or that your hair is tangled, your nails chipped and, if it sounds familiar, that's because it's a trope older than the millennium. In the early aughts, we called it Indie Sleaze (poster women: Kate Moss and Amy Winehouse), in the ‘90s, it was grunge (Courtney Love)/the female YBAs (Tracey Emin); in the ‘70s, punk (Vivienne Westwood, Debbie Harry, Joan Jett, Patti Smith); and – hang…

Grown-up gingham Dorothy's favourite print graduates for 2025. Look to Ambercrombie & Fitch's best-selling mini or Dôen's red and white slip as your new perfect picnic attire (Toto not included). Sunset stripes For a punchy upgrade on the classic, opt for deckchair stripes in shades of lime, lemon and cobalt for dresses that look just as at home on the beach as they will on your daily commute. IF YOU'RE ASKED to picture a summer dress, what springs to mind? It's a pretty little floral number, isn't it? Knew it! But it's time to step away from the ditzy tea dress as there's a whole other world of patterns out there just waiting for you to try. Take perennial polka-dots, which remain completely timeless, or grown-up gingham, a print no…

ON 4 JUNE, actor Angelina Jolie turned 50, her six children reportedly having planned a small gathering at their California home. Her one gift request? To organise a family holiday to their wildlife reserve in Cambodia – the place Jolie has considered home since filming Tomb Raider there in 2000. A marked difference from the extravagant, A-list filled birthday parties hosted by many of her peers (Beckhams, we're looking at you), Jolie's attitude to milestone birthdays is far more low-key. Another milestone was reached on 10 June – 20 years since the release of Mr & Mrs Smith, the film where she infamously met and fell for her now ex-husband Brad Pitt. The resulting marriage and eight-year-long divorce is now firmly in her rear-view mirror. While Pitt downplayed the prolonged legal…

AWKWARDLY HUGGING THE elegantly dressed woman with immaculate platinum hair, my mind raced. I had no idea what to call her. My dad's girlfriend? His companion? My future stepmother? Meeting Caroline*, who my father had fallen in love with after his divorce from my mother, simply hadn't been on my bingo card when my parents separated in 2019 after a 40-year marriage. So, I know how Miley Cyrus feels. Speaking on a podcast recently, the 32-year-old star opened up about seeing her father, the singer Billy Ray Cyrus, fall for British actor Elizabeth Hurley, who revealed they were dating in April this year. ‘At first, it's hard because the little kid in you reacts,’ Miley said, ‘before the adult in you can go, “Yes, that's your dad, but that's just…

AS FAR AS aphorisms go, ‘never meet your heroes’ tends to hold up. Until it doesn't. Enter Marina Abramović, the godmother of performance art. She's in New York. I'm in London. What does one expect from a woman who once invited strangers in an art gallery to point weapons at her, walked the Great Wall of China to put a symbolic end to her relationship and, decades later, turned a silent stare into the most talked-about installation at the MoMa during her performance of The Artist Is Present? When the Zoom screen blinks to life, there she is: severe and still, in a crimson Yohji Yamamoto top – not unlike the gown she wore for her MoMa piece. For a moment, silence. Then, abruptly: ‘So, ask me questions, then I…

AKYN When Amy Powney left Mother of Pearl – the brand where she'd worked for just shy of 20 years, progressing from studio assistant to creative director – the seeds of her next venture had already been planted. In fact, AKYN (‘a’ for ‘atelier’ and ‘kyn’ meaning ‘kin’) was there from the beginning. ‘It's the little girl who always wanted to do design,’ Powney tells Grazia. Sitting in the affordable luxury sphere and using materials that are at least 90% natural and regenerative (the other 10% are recycled synthetic fusibles for interlinings and Econcyl), AKYN's mission is to be a force of change in the industry and to get customers to see the craftsmanship that goes into clothing. ‘We can still make women feel incredible and do it in a…

GUCCI GANG A multi-purpose balm to soften dry cuticles, elbows and lips, but it's all about the designer compact, right? Gucci Baume Nourrissant Universal Nourishing Balm, £42 HAUTE HANDS Pampered palms? A given, thanks to this lemon, spearmint and rosemaryscented cleansing mousse. Acqua Di Parma Buongiorno Hand Wash, £71 LINE UP A gel-tipped liner in a bougainvillea shade of coral. Valentino Beauty Colourgraph Dual-End Gel Eyeliner In Coral, £26 DESIGNER BAGS Infused with a hit of caffeine, these selfie-worthy patches brighten tired undereyes. Dolce & Gabbana No-Puff Caffeine Eye Patches, £34 for 5 GLASS ACT A power blend of bergamot, ambrette and osmanthus makes for a delicious scent evocative of balmy evenings in piazzas. Bottega Veneta Colpo di Sole EDP, £350 for 100ml JUST ROSY Made with distilled damask rose…