Table of contents for Issue 904 in Grazia

I'm just back from fashion month, where we've seen cult noughties items revived on the catwalk. John Galliano's J'Adore Dior T-shirt! The Chloé Paddington bag! Two decades on, designers are clearly drawn to revisiting the classics that are selling fast on second-hand fashion sites. One woman who knows noughties style better than anyone is Paris Hilton – one of the biggest stars of that decade who surged to fame in an era of reality TV and endless paparazzi shots. Today, life looks very different for her. Talking to us in the aftermath of the LA fires that destroyed her home, Paris opens up about the judgement she faced in the noughties and why she's relieved that she can finally live on her own terms. Icons only! @hattie_brett feedback@graziamagazine.co.uk…

1. Up MARK CARNEY Newly confirmed Canadian PM. We've held him in haute regard since his BoE days. Props also to his wife Diana Fox's strategic use of a red trouser suit. 2. Non-mover JEFF GOLDBLUM For checking himself out on his phone during the Oscars, which is exactly what we'd have done in his position. 3. Non-mover NAOMI IN LILAC CHANEL Absolutely nothing not to relish with every beat of our 1990s supermodel-obsessed hearts here. 4. New in CALVIN HARRIS'S COUNTRY MUSIC LOOK Arguably more lumberjack than cowboy, but we're definitely into it. No denying the standard on that beard work. 5. New in THE FLAMSTEAD HAWK Keeps nicking hats off the heads of men in Hertfordshire, especially if they're tall. 6. New in JASON ISAACS Full frontal in…

CLUTCHING MY PEARLS According to the design team at Chanel, pearls (and bows) go gargantuan. On bags, necklaces, as the heel of a boot, the message was clear: size matters. ALL ABOARD THE LV EXPRESS Louis Vuitton checked its passengers into the former HQ of an old French railway company; what better way to remind the audience of its origins as a jet-set purveyor of trunks? The time-travelling collection ran the gamut from the ‘80s to the 2000s, with the brand's new l'Express handbag making its debut. LADIES’ CLUB Part Hitchcock woman, part Hyacinth Bucket, the new season's crop of ladylike wardrobe staples confer a prim status on to their wearer. At Miu Miu it was cloche hats, skirt suits and furs, while at Acne Studios and Andreas Kronthaler for…

CAN YOU FEEL THAT? You know, that merest hint of sun on your face that makes everything – the grey, the cold, the damp – feel like a distant memory? I thought so, which means you'll soon need a substitute for that puffer that is thoroughly out of puff. The good news is that it's easy to make the switch this spring because one jacket is a front-runner for best in show: the blouson. Boxy, collared and single-breasted, it borrows the best elements of its cousins – the stretchy hem of a bomber, the neat lapels of a chore – but also brings polish, a sense of no-frills style that feels refreshing. Simone Ashley has already stepped out in a blouson, wearing a half-zipped khaki version to sit front row…

‘I CREATED A BARBIE DOLL CHARACTER - IT WAS A MASK’ Dismissed in the noughties as the ‘airhead heiress’, Paris Hilton has had the last laugh, becoming a phenomenally successful businesswoman and pop star Dress, Lapointe; necklace, Paumé Los Angeles THE FIRST FEW months of 2025 have been a sobering time for Paris Hilton. Her Malibu house was destroyed in the California wildfires in January. ‘We didn't even know until we saw it on the live news,’ says Hilton. Her husband, entrepreneur Carter Reum, noticed their blue door among the rubble. ‘It was completely shocking.’ Hilton posted a short video on TikTok of the remains of the home, with the Malibu sun setting in the background. ‘What breaks my heart even more is knowing that this isn't just my story,’…

IT'S NOT EASY starring in a biographical series when the subject is still alive; harder still when they're at the centre of one of the most discussed true crime cases of the past decade. But Joey King's portrayal of Gypsy Rose Blanchard – the young woman severely abused for years by her mother and who became involved in her death – won the actor critical acclaim, with her performance in 2019's The Act garnering SAG, Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award nominations. The series dramatised the story of Blanchard and her mother Dee Dee who, for years, made her and everyone else believe Gypsy was disabled and terminally ill with cancer, subjecting her to unnecessary surgeries and medical interventions. Eventually, Blanchard, with the help of her boyfriend, planned and…

FOLLOW THE SIMPLE DOS AND DON'TS OF VINTAGE SHOPPING DO: Go in store, not just online, and make time to go vintage shopping when travelling. And be open-minded – vintage shopping is a time for play. DON'T: Vintage shoes can be very hard to wear just because the glue simply doesn't hold up (I learned the hard way). PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL If a piece is truly vintage (20+ years) and it's still there in the shop, ie, it's held up quite well, then it's typically quite well made. The main thing is to look inside. Are the seams unravelling? Is it missing buttons? All of these things can be repaired, but they're important to note. DO YOUR HOMEWORK WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN A NEW CITY I like to do…

TRUMP'S BANNED WORDS PAINT A SCARY PICTURE OF WHERE THINGS ARE HEADING In a desperate attempt to purge diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices, the Trump administration is banning hundreds of words from federal government documents. Government agencies have reportedly flagged those to be avoided in published materials and internal communications, in an effort to comply with Trump's executive ‘anti-woke’ order. Among them are ‘women’, ‘LGBTQ’, ‘racial diversity’, ‘gender-based violence’ and ‘transgender’. It sounds like something out of The Handmaid's Tale, but this is the terrifying reality of Trump's administration and feels particularly worrying for women and minority groups. Words matter, and the world needs to stay alert so we don't risk the MAGA worldview becoming the norm.…

ONCE A TELL-TALE SIGN of a flagging career, a lead role in a biopic has become a Hollywood status symbol, with the lives of legendary musicians being mined for feature-length films. In the pipeline there's Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in Deliver Me From Nowhere, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney in Sam Mendes's Beatles biopic, Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson, Selena Gomez as Linda Ronstadt and Shailene Woodley as Janis Joplin. After an intense bidding war for the film rights to Spears’ best-selling memoir, The Woman In Me, Universal Studios landed the project, reportedly beating Bridgerton producer Shonda Rhimes, Brad Pitt's studio Plan B and Margot Robbie's LuckyChap Entertainment. With Wicked director and self-pro claimed Spears fan Jon M Chu at the helm (along with Wicked producer Marc Platt),…

IT'S BEEN 13 years since Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's impassioned We Should All Be Feminists TED Talk, which was sampled by Beyoncé, printed on a Dior T-shirt and started a global conversation. And it's 12 years since the author last published a work of fiction, the million copy-selling Americanah. In the intervening years, she's undergone several seismic life events: the birth of her daughter (now nine), the death of her father in 2020, the arrival of her twin sons in 2024, but none more arresting than the death of her mother, the year after she lost her dad. ‘I made peace with losing my father, but I haven't been able to make peace with losing my mother,’ she says from her home in Baltimore. Four years on, she's still full of…

I WAS WITH my GP for my six-week post-partum check after having my first baby when it happened. I was glad to see a doctor after weeks of mothering alone. I assumed he'd check my C-section scar, find out if I needed breastfeeding support and ask about my mental health. When I stepped on to the weighing scales it seemed like a formality, but as we sat down again afterwards, something shifted in the air. ‘Are you aware you weigh 8kg more than before you were pregnant?’ the doctor asked, gravely. ‘I mean, I've just had a baby,’ I said. Surely it was normal to gain weight? My stomach was still swollen from pregnancy and my breasts had doubled in size. Plus I'd had a Caesarean and I was only…

‘background means a lot to a Ranger. They want to establish it – name, rank and number – when they meet someone.’ ‘Sloane Rangers love the past. You can't have background without lashings of The Past. All the good things have been going for ages.’ ‘A Sloane Ranger's heart is in the country… Rangers hate New Country People.’ Just a taster of What Really Matters, according to 1982's The Sloane Ranger Handbook. Written by journalists Ann Barr and Peter York, the wickedly funny text detailed the predilections and persuasions, signifiers and salutations of a small but mighty cadre of plummy poshos – ‘SuperSloane’ Princess Di the most high-profile, plus the other Carolines and Henrys who occupied southwest London in the ‘80s. Amid the social diktats dished out, the handbook also…

JUICY FRUITS From cherry red to tangerine, raspberry pink to pomelo, spring's lipstick shades take their lead from nature's finest. ‘This tomato tone is the perfect pick-me-up for any complexion,’ says Chanel UK make-up artist Ninni Nummela, who applied Chanel's Rouge Coco Baume Shine in Cherry Burst, £37. PLAYING CUPID Feeling fancy? Upgrade a classic lip look with a dainty flash of metallic highlighter along your Cupid's bow. ‘It subtly plumps up your lips, making them look naturally fuller,’ promises Nummela. SPRING QUARTRT Stuck in a make-up rut? Pick a new mood-boosting lipstick shade. ‘You can completely transform your entire look with a single swipe,’ promises Nummela, who encourages venturing outside of your comfort zone. Try one of Chanel's Rouge Coco Baume numbers, such as My Rose (bottom left) or…

HIDDEN DEPTHS When you're tight for space, built-in storage is a godsend. This unit contains shelves, a cupboard and table that can be flipped closed. ‘The cupboard is for things you want to keep hidden, such as electricals like charging points,’ says interior designer Sophie Rowell of Côte de Folk, who designed this unit. ‘If you don't have a separate room for your clothes, drill down into what you need to optimise your life: hanging space versus drawers and baskets. With the latter, only use them for items that can be stored neatly, otherwise it ends up looking a mess.’ PERFECT PANTRY The kitchen does a lot of heavy lifting storage-wise, so where do you start design-wise? ‘Be realistic about how much storage you need,’ says George Glasier, co-founder of…

I HAVE AN issue with the phrase ‘We need to talk about…’ in the context of social media posts or a headline in conventional media. It's the woke equivalent of ‘I'm not being racist, but…’, a statement invariably followed by something racist. In the same way, ‘We need to talk about…’ is invariably followed by something we Do Not Need To Talk About At All – but the person claiming we do is trying to disguise a bit of clickbait as a pseudo I-can-no-longer-turn-a-blind-eye-to-this-travesty call to action. It is both po-faced and dishonest. There's been a lot of ‘We need to talk about’ recently, with reference to the celebrity bodies populating the red carpets of awards season. I shan't ID the celebs other than to say they are all women.…

HOW TO HIT THE mark when presenting a debut collection at a luxury fashion house? Go back to the beginning. For Sarah Burton's inaugural runway show for French fashion house Givenchy, it was old sketches and papers from Hubert de Givenchy's first collection in 1952 that formed the basis for her new vision. Her MO? Easy elegance. The British designer needs little introduction – a well-seasoned pro, she spent the best part of three decades working at Alexander McQueen, first as an intern, before becoming creative director after Lee's death in 2010. During her tenure, she designed one of the most famous wedding gowns in the world, then going on to become a faithful dressmaker to the Princess of Wales. When she left in 2023, the industry rued the loss…

AS THE LONGEST of the core-four fashion weeks, Paris can feel like an endurance test of trends, both on and off the catwalks. This season, however, the street-style set put forward a new theory of how to get dressed. Instead of panic-buying or impulse-shopping, it's about looking at your wardrobe, pulling out particular shapes or pieces and spinning them anew for this season. From how to make your midiskirt look 2025 to giving tracksuits star billing off the sofa, these are the four styling hacks to note now. Casualify your midiskirt Ladylike skirts – the kind that cinch the waist and flare to just past the knee in rather ‘50s fashion – were in high demand in Paris. They always, however, came tempered with cool-girl touches like a leather bomber…

CARRIE BRADSHAW hit the nail on the head in a 2003 episode of Sex And The City when she recounted the many times she had celebrated the life choices of a particular friend – via an engagement party, a wedding and three baby showers. ‘If you're single, after graduation there isn't one occasion where people celebrate you,’ she said, exasperated. ‘Hallmark doesn't make a “Congratulations, you didn't marry the wrong guy” card.’ Two decades on, some milestones still seem to count more than others. The accepted wisdom is that life should follow this route: get a career, buy a home, get married, have children. If we don't achieve all of those things in our twenties and thirties – whether by choice or accident – it can be very unnerving. I…

1. FUR, FUR AND YET MORE FUR The single biggest trend of Milan Fashion Week – and fashion weeks generally – has been the return of fur (which is mostly, but not all, shearling). Trend forecaster Tagwalk reports a 996% increase in fur mentions during Milan alone. Among the fur-filled collections there were fur shrugs and even fur flip-flops (Ferragamo), faux fur trapper hats (Etro) and a faux fur skirt (Ferrari). Plus, of course, big fur coats – at Prada, Fendi, Dolce & Gabbana, Etro and so on. 2. SJP IS CARRIE, CARRIE IS SJP How to carve out space in today's attention economy? Despite a notable lack of Hollywood elite due to a schedule clash with the Oscars (and a particularly tumultuous political backdrop), Milan Fashion Week still managed…

ADD AN UBERversatile icon to your footwear arsenal by way of Jimmy Choo's signature drop heel. £795, Jimmy Choo WE'VE SAID it before and we'll say it again: you've made enough quiet, forever purchases. It's time to do a 180 and add things to your cart that are so loud they spark joy. And just because it isn't beige doesn't mean it won't stand the test of time. Wales Bonner is a good place to start. TALIA BYRE IS one of the most exciting new brands on London's fashion rolodex. The designer (real name Talia Lipkin-Connor) creates a unique Northern-familyheirlooms-turned-coolkid wardrobe. On our wish list: the cow print bags and turbo-charged striped shirts. YOUR REFORMER class is about to get an haute makeover, courtesy of Celine's new (highly covetable) Pilates…

JOEL Y WALKER, HEAD OF BEAUTY IT'S TIME YOU took a long hard look in your make-up bag. I just did and I can tell you, it ain't pretty. There's foundation smeared down the side because my toddler has hidden the lid, there are remnants of eyeliner shavings lurking in the corner and my poor brushes have taken the brunt of it. Of course I try to remember to clean my brushes regularly but, if I'm honest, it's been months. Possibly six; probably nine. Not good. But how bad are we talking? How often should we be cleaning them? ‘After daily use, make-up brushes can become magnets for sebum, dirt, pollution, dust, dead skin cells and even bacteria like fungi, E coli and staph [staphylococcus aureus],’ warns Hayley Walker, Justmylook's…