Jumana June/July 2009

SERIOUS ABOUT STYLE

JUNE/JULY 2009

ACT YOUR AGE IS BOTOX THE ONLY SOLUTION?

THE THIGH’S THE LIMIT? THE NEW RULES FOR SKIRTS

Learning Curves Top tips to make the most of a fuller figure

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BALENCIAGA: THE FIRST MASTER OF FASHION

COMPLIMENTARY SPA TREATMENT FOR EVERY READER

THE HEAT IS ON THE MAGAZINE OF

How to do this summer’s cool

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IN THIS ISSUE June/july 2009

must-buys 11 She’s Gotta Have It BURJUMAN BurJuman is the residence of highfashion in Dubai. A haven of luxury shopping, it has the world’s largest concentration of high fashion luxury shopping brands. Here the leading fashion icons mingle comfortably with one another. Fendi, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Chanel, Hermes, Valentino, Prada, Moschino, Dolce and Gabbana, Versace, Emanuel Ungaro, Loewe, Etro, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Christian Lacroix, Salvatore Ferragamo, Just Cavalli, and many more. With over 300 leading fashion stores including SAKS 5th Avenue, you'll always be spoilt for choice.

JUMANA Jumana is a fashion magazine that builds on BurJuman’s reputation as the residence of high fashion in Dubai by offering the city’s residents expert advice on what to wear and how to wear it, from clothes and accessories to make-up. The magazine employs international journalists and local fashion experts to make sure it is always market-leading. All of the products featured in Jumana are available in BurJuman.

THE MAGAZINE OF

The best bag on the market - bar none.

21 accessories

The must-have scarves, bangles and summer hats.

13 Trends

This summer’s all about blue, stripes and folklore

style 30 three ways to wear

What to pair with a simple tea dress to make the most of your outfit.

32 fabulously fuller

Sat goodbye to skinny and hello to hips - curves are back in fashion.

35 Fashion Masterclass

Top tips for donning denim.

36 Letters to the style editor

Balenciaga

The life and times of the designers’ favourite.

In need of a fashion fix? Let our style editor sort you out.

37 how to dress for your body shape

Why buying the right style maxi dress can make all the difference

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40 holding back the years

Can we really not grow old gracefully?

Skirting the issue

How low should you go? Discover the new trend for sporting skirts.

50 Make-Up Masterclass

We’re going girly this summer with a hint of pink.

51 tried and tested

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Discover the best way to keep leg hair at bay.

hair masterclass

52 draw the line

Give yourself the glad eye with the right shade of eyeliner.

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Its bright blue metallic finish ensures you will stand out from the crowd and with blue being the colour of choice this season, you’re sure to be leader of the fash pack.

trends

pg14 BLUE pg16 STRIPES pg18 FOLKLORE

Blugirl

BCBG MaxAzria

Blumarine

BCBGMAXAZRIA GIVE SILK A MORE STRUCTURED LOOK BY TEAMING A WAIST BELT WITH A FLOWING DRESS WHICH ENHANCES CURVES

what to wear...

blue

Aquascutum

Blumarine

Blumarine

Kenzo

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To stand out from the crowd choose a full length dress like this chiffon creation from Blumarine

DKNY

Blumarine

Christian Lacroix

It’s the colour associated with sadness but you’ll be anything but glum-faced if you opt to sport blue this summer. What’s more, with so many different shades in stores there’s bound to be one to suit you. The runways showed that, to avoid the look of a single block colour, designers mixed materials to add variety and texture. DKNY chose to keep their look sporty whereas Aquascutum opted for a dressier approach.

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Ted Baker, Dhs365

This cowl neck top looks fantastic when teamed with either white shorts or jeans

Twice, Biondini, 1,825

BCBGMaxAzria Dhs815

Biondini, Dhs2,450

Marc Jacobs, Dhs805

...and how to wear it BCBGMaxAzria Dhs1,199

C.Steffe Grapson, Saks Fifth Avenue Dhs1,130

Ted Baker, Dhs425

Kenneth Cole, Dhs900 Claudio Merazzi Dhs2,650

Dries Van Noten

Marc Jacobs

Vivienne Westwood

Louis Vuitton

what to wear...

stripes

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Michael Kors added an 80s vibe to his collection, with over-sized jackets everywhere

Michael Kors

Stripes are set to have a huge impact this summer and will be seen on just about everything - clothes or accessories-wise.

No longer restricted to simple blocks of black and white, colours are bright and vivid. Dolce and Gabbana added a nautical twist to their stripey look, whereas Jaeger combined evening glamour with stripes to create a dramatic look.

DON’T BE AFRAID TO TRY VARIOUS SIZES OF

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OTHERS AND APPEAR MORE F TTERING Michael Kors

Christian Lacroix

STRIPES, SOME MAY SUIT YOU BETTER THAN

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XOXO, Dhs215

A tankini is a great compromise if you’re not quite confident enough to sport a bikini this summer

Ted Baker, Dhs410

Lacoste, Dhs780

...and how to wear it

Ted Baker, Dhs425

Replay, Dhs645

Dune, Dhs229

Lacoste, Dhs1,030 Ted Baker, Dhs255

Roberto Cavalli

Just Cavalli

House of Holland

what to wear...

folklore

It’s time to immerse yourself in folklore as the ultra-colourful trend makes its mark not only on the catwalk but in celebrity land, too - Nicole Richie was recently spotted wearing a strapless, folklore-inspired maxi dress bereft of any additional bling. Think flowing material, unusual prints and, above all, clashing colours. Get in touch with your inner bohemian and work the trend in your own unique way.

Jaegar

THINK BILLOWING MATERIAL IN CONTRASTING PRINTS, PAIRED WITH CHUNKY ACCESSORIES. MAXI DRESSES WILL BE BIG

Giles

WITH THIS TREND WHILE PATTERNS ARE GIVEN AN ETHNIC TWIST.

Anna Sui

Anna Sui

Matthew Williamson

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Just Cavalli maintain their flamboyant style by adding jewel embellishments to their designs

Massimo Dutti, Dhs255

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Go for a pretty tiered dress in a neutral colour if you aren’t fond of busy prints Guess, Dhs195

Cecilia Prado, Saks Fifth Avenue, Dhs1,175

Massimo Dutti, Dhs145

XOXO, Dhs275 Prada, Dhs2,760

...and how to wear it Replay, Dhs1,230 Massimo Dutti, Dhs195

Juicy Couture, Saks Fifth Avenue, Dhs1,590

Mario Cerutti, Dhs3,150

accessories pg22 scarves pg23 bangles pg24 hats

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Dolce and Gabbana, Saks Fifth Avenue, Dhs1,270

Longchamp, Dhs980 Longchamp, Dhs1,010 Ted Baker, Dhs195 Coccinelle, Dhs570

SLINKY SCARVES

Whether you go for Parisian chic with one knotted around your neck, or simply use it to protect your hair from the sun, scarves are a great accessory to stock up on this summer.

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CC Skye, Saks Fifth Avenue, Dhs605

Riva, Dhs36

BCBGMaxAzria, Dhs60

BCBGMaxAzria, Dhs60

Riva, Dhs166

Marc Jacobs, Saks Fifth Avenue, Dhs485

brash bangles Don’t be afraid to load your arms with bangles as it’s very much a case of the more the merrier. And if the colours clash then even better.

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Massimo Dutti, Dhs165

Juicy Couture, Saks Fifth Avenue, Dhs280

Lacoste, Dhs400

Coccocinelle, Dhs345

Lacoste, Dhs468

HATS OFF

They say if you want to get ahead, get a hat. Don your summer head gear and embrace the sun in safety and style.

Coccinelle, Dhs591

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CHRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA

‘When a woman enters the room wearing a Balenciaga gown, there is no other woman there.’ So said veteran fashion commentator Diane Freeland, a woman who, it’s fair to say, knows good taste. It’s an opinion that could so easily have been voiced by Balenciaga’s own peers, who went so far as to nickname the Spaniard ‘The Master’. And if ever a designer merited such acclaim, it’s Balenciaga. Cherith Nicholl takes a look at the life of one of fashion’s more reluctant heroes...

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The ever-changing nature of Balenciaga’s clothes in his early design days, as he strived to remain at the cutting edge, meant his style could never be pigeon-holed. Take the close-fitting waistlines and square shoulders of his 40s frocks which just a few years later were transformed into open collars and loose-fitting waistlines. The idea behind the open collars was that it would give the wearer a swan-like appearance, that most beautiful of birds, with Balenciaga believing that a woman who wore his clothes would obtain instant elegance: ‘a woman has no need to be perfect or even beautiful to wear my dresses, the dress will do that for her.’

It was a belief that saw many a royal woman – that most heavily scrutinised of public figures - go weak at the knees for his designs, the likes of the Queen of Spain, the Duchess of Windsor and Princess Grace of Monaco. And First Ladies, too. In fact, Jackie Kennedy was so taken with his dresses that she caused something of a storm within The White House, by not only spending vast sums of money on his outfits – much to the chagrin of her husband, whose own father mediated by paying the bills for Jackie’s dresses without telling his son – but also by seemingly favouring Balenciaga over American designers. It was another stick for Republicans to beat her husband with.

Indeed, it was a noblewoman who was arguably responsible for providing Balenciaga with his big break. Born in 1895 in Guetaria, a tiny Spanish fishing village in the north of the country, Balenciaga’s eye for crafting fashions developed from watching his mother sew to support her family. And at only 13 years of age, a chance encounter with the Marquise of Casa Torres paved the way for his first dress, a copy of the couture number she was sporting at the time of their meeting.

So impressed was she with his work that she donned the dress, sending the young Balenciaga into raptures and onward to San

“A WOMAN HAS NO NEED TO BE PERFECT OR EVEN BEAUTIFUL TO WEAR MY DRESSES, THE DRESS WILL DO THAT FOR HER.” Sebastian, where thanks to the financial backing of friends he would open his first couture workshop, and later, in 1915, to Madrid, the home of his fashion house.

He believed that a couturier should be ‘an architect for design, a sculptor for shape, a musician for harmony and a philosopher for temperance’ and he would decide on how to maximise the potential of a woman’s shape simply by studying her stance and adjusting the hemline and waistline accordingly. The outbreak of civil war in Spain convinced Balenciaga to move his fashion house to Paris, setting up a permanent residence at number 10 Avenue George V, where Givenchy – his dedicated student and later close friend would base his fashion house years later.

The nature of their relationship has been the subject of much criticism, with even modern day designers like Alexander McQueen making the catty comment that Givenchy ‘was only ever good at ripping off Cristobal Balenciaga’, a belief sparked by the fact that Balenciaga was credited with having taught Givenchy how to design while using him as a soundboard for his collections. Givenchy would later inherit Balenciaga’s famed client list and on reflection of their friendship and working relationship, said that knowing Balenciaga. was one of two privileges in his life.

A fiercely private man who was confident

enough to let his designs to the talking, Balenciaga seldom gave press interviews and was subsequently painted in the media as the mirror opposite of Christian Dior, who would happily spin journalists a line as he hoped to court favour for his work.

But even within the fashion industry Balenciaga was considered to be something of an enigma. He riled the industry by distancing himself from the politics of French fashion and created tension when he openly made a stand against the industry by showing his new collections one month after everybody else. He refused to take up membership to the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture - a prestigious association of all the top couture houses – which aimed to stop couture designs being copied.

When the end came, the reason for the closure of his fashion house remains relatively unknown. He was quoted as stating that the last years of his career, a career spent dressing the rich and famous, were ‘a dog’s life.’ As a result, most commentators suggest that he simply lost his passion for designing and had no respect for the era and its fashion. And so at the age 74 he retired.

The brand was taken over by Jacques Bogart S.A, who discontinued couture in favour of ready-to-wear clothes. But current designer Nicholas Ghesquiere shares many of the ideas that Balenciaga favoured in the 1940s and ’50s and similarities between the two have been drawn, not least because of Ghesquiere’s shunning of the spotlight.

Balenciaga was arguably a recluse, a creative genius of a man who preferred to retreat from society and hide behind his collections. When he died in 1972 he left behind a tremendous legacy and ideals for other designers to be inspired by. And it was perhaps fitting that he made his last public appearance at the funeral of fellow designer Coco Chanel, who viewed Balenciaga as the only couturier able to design, assemble and sew a dress entirely by himself.

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“AN ARCHITECT FOR DESIGN, A SCULPTOR FOR SHAPE, A MUSICIAN FOR HARMONY AND A PHILOSOPHER FOR TEMPERANCE” Balenciaga on what a couturier should be.

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3 ways to wear...

a tea dress Bring back lady-like chic with a pretty tea dress: perfect for any occasion...

office

daytime

evening

Massimo Dutti, Dhs795 Ted Baker, Dhs595

Coccinelle, Dhs570

Kenneth Cole, Dhs150

SS Ckye, Saks Fifth Avenue, Dhs3,185

Guess, Dhs 580

Dolce and Gabbana, Saks Fifth Avenue, Dhs2,535

XOXO, Dhs115

Prada, Dhs1,285

Coccinelle, Dhs597 Prada, Dhs1,500

Replay, Dhs350 Manolo Blahnik, Dhs2,490

Guess, Dhs535

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FABULOUSLY

FULLER 8 simple rules for making the most of your on-trend curves.

You could sense a turning of the tides as far back as October 2007, when the sunglasses-sporting Karl Lagerfeld - he of stapled stomach and apparent disdain for large ladies - sent three models home from a casting for being, in his own ambiguity-free words, ‘Third World thin’. But it wasn’t till a few months back – just after a Jumana feature predicted the impending death of size zero and US magazine People drew universal disapproval for suggesting singer Jessica Simpson had piled on the pounds – that the end of our fascination with thin was confirmed. This doesn’t mean that models and celebrities have swapped celery sticks for chocolate bars and encouraged us to follow suit, but as curves come back into fashion – Beth Ditto’s fuller frame splashed across the cover of fashion title Love certainly helped tip the scales in this regard - it does mean that we can finally have our cake and eat it…

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Primarily focus on what sort of look makes you feel comfortable don’t feel you need to change your style completely as you will lose your personality and find you don’t have the same confidence to pull off the look.

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Jennifer Hudson makes the most of her figure by choosing well-tailored clothes that hug her curves. She follows the rule that if you are showing off your bust line make sure your skirt is an acceptable length, otherwise the look can appear trashy.

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Current trends such as tulip and pencil skirts are great for creating curves but even better for really making the most of them if they’re a natural asset. Just make sure you don’t team a tulip skirt with a baggy top as it will detract from the lines of the skirt.

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A wrap dress is a key item to have in your wardrobe as you can pull it in and adjust the bustline and fit. Look for a wrap dress with some embellishment or opt for small ‘ditzy’ prints which will look great on a fuller figure. Avoid large prints as they will emphasise problem areas and draw attention for the wrong reasons.

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Try a dress that has a baby-doll silhouette but make sure it flows out just under the bust line so it doesn’t look too baggy.

This style of dress will help disguise a larger stomach.

Full skirts and nipped in waistlines are fabulous to not only hide bulky hips but to show off a waistline, if this is your best feature.

A great pair of heels are a cheat to looking taller and thinner. Invest in some foxy heels that will help you strut with confidence.

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Catherine Zeta Jones is a great example of somebody who has aged with grace and has constantly been a great advocate of curves. Her look has remained classic with her red carpet dresses rarely receiving criticism.

Zeta Jones says of curves that she ‘ likes women who look like women’.

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what to wear for...

a job interview Stand out from the other candidates by dressing for success...

Dior, Dhs1,565

Longchamp, Dhs1,030

Lacoste, Price on request

Mango, Dhs159

Lanvin, Dhs10,460

Mango, Dhs175 Hogan, Dhs1,240

and how to swot up for it...

Charlie Mulraine Top tips to get different levels of job, from shop floor to management.

Kim Chung

Crammed with example questions this book also tells you what not to do.

Jay Block

Learn every step of the process, from preinterview research to follow-up calls.

Peter Veruki

This book reckons to have all bases covered, so chances are you won’t be caught out.

Brandon Toropov If you’re one for doing everything at the last minute, this is the book for you.

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1.Size matters

Denim can be an unforgiving cloth.

Wear it too tight and it can, for instance, cause ‘saddle bags’ - this is when an excess of fat gathers around your hips and the backs of your legs, which makes for an especially unflattering look.The resolution, however, is simple: wear bootcut or flare jeans that will balance out your proportions. Another common problem is the ‘muffin top’. This is when extra flesh spills over the top of the waistband. But again there is a simple solution: opt for a slightly lower-rise jean if you think you’re going to have a problem with the fit of your jeans.

If you find that when you squat or sit your jeans fall down at the back, then strive to buy fitted jeans. And if these fitted jeans are low-rise, then find a pair that are quite high at the back.

There’s simply a huge range of styles available at any one time, so finding a pair to fit you well won’t be a problem if you follow these few simple rules.

masterclass

doing denim

Jeanswest’s denim doctors Gacheri, Mary and Victor on how to find the perfect pair of jeans.

2. Shape up

There are nine body types in total for both male and females. And each body type has a specific denim match that will flatter the body shape. Women who are ‘pear’ shaped - smaller up top and larger below

- should choose jeans that are flared, bootcut or boyfriend cut.

The ‘hourglass’ lady should be proud to flaunt her curves and she can do this by wearing bootcut jeans. Those with an ‘apple’ shape will have a wide upper body so should opt for a jean with a flare to balance it out. The ‘ruler’ shape woman - simply, very straight up and down with zero curves - can get away with wearing wide leg jeans but also slim jeans, which will emphasise and help create the illusion of curves. The ‘fuller figure’ woman should wear a boyfriend style jean or a wide-leg to balance out her body proportion. And finally, the ‘petite’ figure - who will have a small frame and short legs - should look for super skinny jeans to enhance curves and lengthen the leg.

3. Fashionable fits

Although jeans are a wardrobe staple and never go out of fashion, the type of cut we wear does vary in popularity. At this moment in time, super-skinny, straight and boot cut styles are what we’re wearing most of. But regardless of what’s in-vogue. the most important thing is that the jeans fit you correctly and flatter your figure. Denim is a great look for all ages if worn well, and that’s the important part, so choose your style and colour wisely and don’t be afraid to experiment until you get it right.

must-haves Replay, Dhs2,355

Guess, Dhs750

Guess, Dhs575

Jeanswest, Dhs129

Replay, Dhs1,855

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fashion clinic

letters to the style editor To get your fashion dilemmas solved, email our style editor at styleeditor@hotmediapublishing.com

I REALLY STRUGGLE TO WALK IN HEELS, I FIND PUMPS TOO WARM TO WEAR IN SUMMER AND FLIP FLOPS TOO CASUAL FOR WORK – IS THERE ANY ALTERNATIVE? In an office environment flip-flops are definitely too casual, but the addition of an ankle strap can instantly make them look dressier. Opt for something with some detail on it, some embellishment, for example, to avoid them looking too much like beach wear. A gladiator sandal in a metallic is a great alternative to heels and is fashionable too. Take a leave out of Jessica Alba’s book by donning decorative, flat, strappy sandals with a jump suit that has hareem-style trousers. The nipped-in ankle will show off any detail on your shoe, while adhering to one of the summer’s key trends.

Remember: as with all open shoes, a pedicure is a must.

I WEAR A LOT OF B CK BUT I CAN’T HELP FEELING IT MIGHT BE BIT TOO DRAB – ANY THOUGHTS? Black can look really classy, as Audrey Hepburn proved in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, but it’s important to wear it well. Always remember that there are different shades of black, so you shouldn’t try to match up separate black items. It can also be quite draining on very pale skin, so add some interest with a splash of colour. Adding a bright scarf or coloured shoes will help break it up and detract from the drabness of an all-black outfit.

I WANT TO BUY SOME NICE SUNG SSES - WHAT SHOULD I LOOK FOR AND SHOULD I BUY INTO TRENDS? Buying the right sunglasses is harder than

most people think. It’s important to get a pair that suit your face shape and makes the most of your features rather than drowning them. If you are buying a good pair as an investment then don’t be too fazed by ‘trend’ sunglasses, as something along classic lines will date better. Bring along a friend for their opinion and try on as many frames as possible. Don’t forget to choose a pair with a good UV protection, which ultimately is the most important thing when purchasing sunglasses.

I LOVE TO WORK OUT BUT ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN FASHION: DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT YOU WEAR TO THE GYM? There is nothing worse than baggy jogging bottoms and over-sized t-shirts

at the gym. Yes, you may be exercising but with such a vast selection of trendy exercising clothes available there is no excuse to look unfashionable while working out. Try the great collections

by Nike who have a collection that not only looks fabulous but is made from an advanced material that allows your skin to breathe while you exercise.

I AM GOING ON HOLIDAY SOON AND AM CONSIDERING INVESTING IN SOME NEW LUGGAGE - WHAT SHOULD I LOOK OUT FOR? Matching luggage always looks superior to mismatched, beaten-up cases and is a great investment if you are a frequent traveller. Choose the lightest luggage available – most brands have the weight and luggage capacity details attached to the cases. It is worth remembering that airlines vary on their weight allowance so if you have a heavy case at the beginning of your holiday it obviously impacts how much you can bring home. Also, make sure to choose one which has a good combination lock and is made from a hardwearing material which will not be easily damaged.

Finally, remember to get your guarantee stamped in the shop at the time of purchase.

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how to dress for your body shape

Maxi Dress

Make a statement this summer with long, flowing fabric.

Blumarine, Dhs9,875

XOXO, Dhs365

BCBG MaxAzria, Dhs1,888

Riva, Dhs703

petite If you are petite it’s important to find a dress that isn’t too long. To help counteract this, team your dress with some wedges - they will instantly give you height and are comfortable to wear in the summer heat. Try to aim for a halterneck, the shape will help enhance a small bust and also show off petite shoulders.

Kenneth Cole, Dhs600

Blumarine, Dhs9,250

tall Tall ladies are able to get away with a maxi dress that has a fuller skirt as the excess of fabric will be balanced out by your height. Don’t be afraid to opt for one with a busier pattern and team with gladiator sandals to complete your look.

Chiffon material will help enhance your height and give you a willowy figure.

curvy Make sure the straps of your dress are broader so as to hide bra straps and give you more support. If you feel uncomfortable with your arms then wear a shrug over it. Try to avoid clingy fabrics and instead opt for cotton fabrics that are not only cool but more forgiving. An empire line is also a winner with curves.

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RAINBOW BRIGHTS

GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN TRAINERS RARELY VEERED AWAY FROM WHITE. KICKSTART YOUR MAN’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH SHOES BY TAKING HIM TO HOGAN’S WHO HAVE SOME FANTASTICALLY QUIRKY TRAINERS IN AN ARRAY OF COLOURS. ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT NOT BE FOR THE FAINT HEARTED, THE RETRO STYLE WILL LOOK FANTASTIC TEAMED WITH JEANS AND A VINTAGE STYLE T-SHIRT.

BAG BOY Beach bags for men are always hard to find which is why this one from Mango is a bit of a gem. The leather straps give it more of a masculine look and will ensure that the bag wears well, too. Don’t feel you have to limit it to the beach - this bag is great for travelling.

what a man wants Jumana’s male fashion expert Andrew Eddleston gives you the lowdown on what really makes men happy…

Face the Elements

Keep your Cole For some seriously fashionable threads take your man to Kenneth Cole to check out the new collection. This trilby and waistcoat ensemble will push him full steam ahead in the style stakes, making him the envy of his friends.

Mixing tailored and casual clothes produces a funky, eclectic look, which is perfect to define his style as unique.

Every woman loves her man to smell nice and Hugo Elements is the perfect aftershave for summer. With a fresh and masculine scent that is a mix of ginger, cedarwood and coriander, it will have people talking about your man for all the right reasons.

RING THE CHANGES If your man is a fan of the accesorising then treat him to some pieces from the new Angles range from Dior. The modern line combines unusual shapes on anything from cufflinks to money clips and necklaces. This ring is sure to put you firmly in his good books and it looks great whether he’s going for a casual look or suited and booted for the office.

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HOLDING BACK THE YEARS Unlined foreheads, bagless eyes, supple skin: today’s celebrities have stopped ageing. Some admit to treatments such as Botox – but many deny it. But why do women in the public eye feel they cannot age – and what pressure does it put on ordinary people? Kira Cochrane reports

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couple of months ago, a photograph was hungrily circulated around gossip magazines and websites, and at a glance you would have had trouble explaining why. It showed an ordinary-looking woman in her mid-40s, out shopping in California, her specs on, cardigan buttoned. The clue was in the picture of Madonna that ran beside it. The anonymous woman was identified as the singer’s younger sister, Melanie Henry, and readers were encouraged to compare and contrast.

The difference was striking. Because while Henry, snapped unawares, looked as good as any woman could hope, Madonna seemed to have been beamed from another planet. Where Henry had the natural features of middle-age - mild creases beside her nose and beneath her eyes, for instance - Madonna’s face was eerily unlined, skin glowing, cheeks conspicuously plump. It’s not so much that, at 50, she looked much younger than her sister, as that she had no signs of age whatsoever. Not a crinkle on her brow, crow’s-feet by her

eyes, or the slightest sag to her cheeks.

Of course, Madonna isn’t the only famous woman to look, quite literally, ageless. Over the last 10 years, the public face of ageing seems to have changed completely, and many of the world’s most prominent women hardly seem to grow older at all. It’s not so much that they always look young, exactly, or that they have the tightly pulled skin of traditional facelifts. But they do look completely different to their non-famous peers. Where other women’s lips recede, theirs stay mysteriously plump. Where

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changed, and that many women in the public eye are having extensive cosmetic work done, starting ever younger.

Speaking to the cosmetic doctor, Tracy Mountford, who specialises in “nonsurgical skin rejuvenation” - including Botox and other injectables - she says that many well-known women will “have had quite a bit done to maintain that ‘natural’ good look. People would be staggered ...

The majority of people [in the public eye] will be having something done.”

others have laughter lines, they remain undimpled. And when describing how they stay so taut, the explanation is generally this. They moisturise. They drink water. They work out. They eat well. They avoid the sun. They don’t smoke. Which is enough to make the average healthy-living woman wince while inspecting her own wrinkles.

CONFESSING ALL Occasionally someone does break rank, and admits to having had treatments in the past. Last month Kylie Minogue ended speculation when she admitted to UK Elle magazine that, “I’ve tried Botox ... But I’m preferring to be a lot more natural these days.” Minogue added that she’s “definitely not one of those people who says, ‘You shouldn’t do this’ ... Everyone individually can do what they want.”

Geri Halliwell says a similar thing in the latest edition of Red magazine (“I had some [Botox] squirted into my forehead and it gave me a headache”), echoing the comments of Jennifer Aniston earlier this year, who said she had “tried Botox once and it was really not good for me. I felt like I had a weight on my head.” Aniston’s former Friends co-star, Courteney Cox, told US Marie Claire magazine late last year that, “I went to this doctor once, and he was like, ‘Oh, let me do it just here and here and here.’

And I was miserable ... It’s not that I haven’t tried Botox - but I hated it.”

For other performers, though, the rumours persist. Heat magazine has asked “Has Madonna had cheek implants?” while Grazia speculated “Has Madonna had the ribbon lift?”. (This procedure apparently involves a “flexible, tubelike device” covered in tiny hooks being inserted beneath the skin on the face.

The hooks then attach themselves to the subject’s tissue, before the device is hoiked upwards.) But the source of most speculation is probably Nicole Kidman.

The smoothness of her skin has caused

AGEISM IS ALIVE And in some ways, this is completely understandable. After all, ageism is alive and well. As Anna Ford said after leaving the BBC in 2006: “How many presenters do you know on television who are over the age of 60?” In 2002, the actor Rosanna Arquette made the documentary Searching for Debra Winger, in which she and other Hollywood stars questioned the paucity of roles for older women.

Madonna has also commented on age discrimination, saying that, “Once you reach a certain age you’re not allowed to be adventurous... I mean, is there a rule? Are you supposed to just die?”

Until very recently, older women were simply expected to fade from view. As Susie Orbach, the feminist psychoanalyst and author of Bodies, says: “Thirty years ago, a woman of my age [62] wasn’t really in public space or contributing - you were terribly exceptional if that happened.” And the result is that women are still in the earliest stages, historically, of negotiating how to remain in the public eye.

So far, the most popular approach seems to be to deny the ageing process altogether. Professor Virginia L Blum, author of Flesh Wounds, an analysis of cosmetic surgery culture, points out that a performer’s looks are “their livelihood, and we do know that actors - and especially actresses - can’t even really appear on screen unless they look a certain way. So they’re constantly forced to manufacture

“I’ve tried Botox ... But I’m preferring to be a lot more natural these days...

I’m definitely not one of those people who says, ‘You shouldn’t do this’” Kylie Minogue the salon.com film critic, Stephanie Zacharek, to wonder whether her forehead is made of melamine, and Dr Martin Braun - who runs the biggest Botox clinic in Canada - to say he believes she has been an “enthusiastic user” of Botox.

Kidman has denied this. In 2007 she told US Marie Claire magazine that, “To be honest, I am completely natural. I have nothing in my face or anything. I wear sunscreen, and I don’t smoke. I take care of myself. And I’m very proud to say that.” Madonna, meanwhile, has stated she is “not going to have a press conference if I have plastic surgery. But I have said many times that I think about it, like everybody, and I sure don’t rule it out.”

What is beyond doubt is that, in general, the aesthetic of ageing has

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the look of youth and keep producing it.”

It’s also true that performers are under more scrutiny than ever before, at the mercy of both high-definition TV - which lays bare the tiniest “imperfections” - and tabloid culture. It’s an environment that is at once trashy and highly exacting: every hangnail a sin, every eye-bag a crime.

In the face of such constant surveillance, it’s not surprising that women would want to erase marks that might otherwise be circled with an exclamation of disgust.

And the tools are now widely available.

The stereotype of a woman who has work done was once of someone in their 50s or more, who visited a cosmetic surgeon in the hope of having a decade or two erased through a facelift - her skin sliced open, pulled tight and stitched.

THE RISE OF BOTOX But since Botox was first used for cosmetic purposes 20 years ago - and particularly since 2002, when it won approval in the US from the Food and Drug Administration for the removal of frown lines - the landscape has been transformed. Now the onus is increasingly on “non-invasive” treatments that don’t require scalpels but involve substances being injected into the face, whether it’s botulinum toxin (of which Botox is the bestknown brand name), which reduces wrinkles by temporarily paralysing the muscles; Juvéderm, a wrinkle-filler made of hyaluronic acid; or Restylane Vital, also made of hyaluronic acid, which promises to “counter the effects of sun damage and provide deep dermal hydration”. (Juvéderm and Restylane Vital are also approved by the FDA.) Non-invasive treatments have boomed over the last decade. While cosmetic surgery procedures in the US increased by 114% between 1997 and 2007, nonsurgical procedures increased by 754%.

When it comes to these procedures, the focus isn’t necessarily on rolling back time, but on starting in your 20s or

“I tried Botox once and it was really not good for me. I felt like I had a weight on my head.”

Jennifer Aniston 30s and achieving stasis. Dr Jean-Louis Sebagh (also known as “King Botox”) recently said that “preventing the ageing process is better, where possible, than correcting it, non? If a woman comes to me at 35 or 40 and we treat her every three to four months, I can keep her looking that way for 20 years or more.”

It’s a question of vigilance. Noninvasive procedures appeal to both the famous and the less so because they’re not radical but incremental, meaning there’s less chance of a sudden, major change in one’s looks. The downside is that they have to be regularly updated.

Mountford says hyaluronic acid products require a top-up every six to nine months, so once you embark on these procedures, you enter an ongoing process of revision, your face an endless work in progress. And the cost can be astronomical. While a year’s worth of

Botox treatments and dermal fillers might cost, say, $3,000 ($1,800 for the fillers, $450-$750 every six months for Botox injections), over 20 years that comes to $60,000. And that’s not taking into account either inflation, or the chance that you will be tempted by some of the many other procedures available.

Not that the cost affects the Hollywood set. These new procedures are now so popular that they’ve been credited with a whole new aesthetic for women in the public eye - a specific “face” shared by many female stars. Where facelifts were often synonymous with the “windtunnel” look - a person’s features pulled tight and distorted - the era of injectables is all about filling out the face, replacing lost contours. It’s a look that was described in New York magazine last year as The New New Face, with the writer, Jonathan Van Meter, pinpointing “the Mount Rushmore cheekbones, the angular jawline, the smoothed forehead, the plumped skin, the heartlike shape of the face” as defining this aesthetic. That, and volume. Van Meter described these faces as not being “pulled tight in that typical facelift way; they seemed pushed out”, while Mountford explains it thus: “If you have a prune, and you tighten the prune, you don’t get a grape. You get a tight prune. But if you restore volume back into the prune, you get a grape back.”

COSMETIC FAILURE The sad thing is that, while these cosmetic procedures are supposed to lengthen a performer’s career, they often cut them short. We all know of actors who suddenly appear with painfully enlarged lips, weirdly raised eyebrows, or stunned foreheads, and who become very difficult to take seriously. Over the last few years, casting directors have talked about the difficulties they experience as a result, with Richard Hicks, who cast Hairspray, telling Radar magazine that, “There’s no way to light them so that

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they don’t look hideous. For the most part, what I find moving is the truth, and once you’ve had your face worked on, it’s often not the same thing.” The Wall Street Journal has reported that Warner Bros has had to double its casting staff in Britain and Canada, because Botox is so common in the US. And directors Martin Scorsese and Baz Luhrmann have reportedly complained that the vogue for surgery has undermined actors’ ability to express emotion.

What does this culture mean for ordinary women? Well, for one, the beauty standard we’re expected to live up to is, specifically, a surgical one - which is complicated by the fact that this is so rarely acknowledged. The result is that we are presented with image after image of women (and, increasingly, men) who are astoundingly unlined, and are forced to compare ourselves with them. If we buy into the idea that these people are “naturally” unwrinkled, the comparison is always likely to come up wanting. As Blum says of the current face of ageing, “I think it puts women on high alert all the time. I think it’s just very anxiety-inducing and it causes a certain amount of unhappiness because it’s asking people to hyper-scrutinise themselves.”

Of course, these images also encourage women to have cosmetic procedures, which can sometimes go horribly wrong.

In some countries the use of cosmetic fillers is largely unregulated, and there are many stories of rogue treatments leaving strange, floating lumps beneath the skin.

UK solicitor Paul Balen spoke in the Daily Mail recently about representing six people who have experienced problems with filler treatments: “Clients who have lumps of this stuff erupting out of their faces. Others are dreadfully scarred, or they have strange bags of these filler products appearing under their eyes.”

In the same article, Karon Kitchener explained that an injectable water-based filler treatment she had to enhance her

you’re in it, because you have to fix it. So either way it’s addictive.”

Do we want these to be the terms on which we’re allowed to participate in public life? Last year, the author, Charla Krupp, reached the New York Times bestseller list with How Not To Look Old, and argued in interviews that her “whole focus is about the workplace ... [the book is] for the boomer woman who is finding herself looking older than everybody else at work, and realising that she’s very vulnerable”. While Krupp doesn’t favour plastic surgery, she is a strong advocate of non-invasive cosmetic procedures, saying that, “We are so fortunate to be coming of age at a time when we can go to a dermatologist and get Botox, and get the wrinkles in our forehead and the crow’sfeet to disappear in a week, 48 hours sometimes.”

Krupp’s outlook is echoed in a series of articles that have recently hit newsstands, which suggest that older people are having cosmetic procedures to help them remain “relevant” in a recession-era workplace. These include one by Judith Newman, for US Marie Claire, who described the blood leaking out of her puncture wounds after liposuction.

“I’m not going to have a press conference if I have plastic surgery. But... I sure don’t rule it out.”

Madonna cheeks had left her with “a moving layer of custard under the skin. Every morning I wake up not knowing how I am going to look.” A specialist told her that it would cost $75,000 to correct the damage.

CYCLE OF GRATIFICATION These treatments also involve us buying into a culture that invites us constantly to critique how we look, what we’d like to change, and then holds our happiness just beyond arm’s reach. “The cycle of gratification is endless,” says Blum, “because what will happen? ‘Oh, I get an extra 17 years’ - but then what happens at the end of the 17 years?

I think, again, it puts people on high alert all the time.” She also believes that once you start having cosmetic procedures, it’s very difficult to stop.

“If you have a good result, you’re in it. And if you have a bad result,

ROLE MODELS It’s only natural for us to hold actors and performers up as role models, but to do so in this case is faintly ridiculous, since, of all of us, they are under the most intense pressure regarding their looks. It is understandable that they would bow to the most punishing ideals, but that doesn’t mean that the average woman should.

Instead, we have to ask ourselves whether we really want to paralyse our facial muscles, wipe away all signs of age and accept that only by looking oddly youthful for as long as possible are we allowed any place in public life. If we do, then we’re bending to a viciously sexist and ageist ideal.

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SKIRT THE ISSUE No longer the preserve of teens, a skirt that stops above the knee is now the uniform for every woman - whatever your age. But how high should you go? Mimi Spencer explains the new rules for legs

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n the flesh wars that dictate the way we dress come summer, it’s increasingly hard to know which bit of a body is seemly and stylish to put on parade. Too much chest and people will inevitably assume they’re fake; even if your chest is all your own work, the rules on cleavage display as one ages are complex.

Hmm, you think. How about upper arms? Well, too much arm and you enter the Madonna arena, where you are obliged to lift the perfect size of weight the perfect number of times in order to achieve faultlessly toned biceps and not a hulking great upper body like a barn door. So what else? You do, after all, need to show a morsel of flesh - it is summer we’re talking about. But which morsel?

though, few don’t. Royals, academics, popstrels - they’re all at it, for work, for weekends, forever, sometimes bare-tothere, sometimes housed in opaque tights, but always one naughty notch higher than a decade or so ago. A hem that halts above the knee has somehow emerged as a uniform for us all, transcending fashion trends to become the bottom line in almost every woman’s wardrobe.

As you will already have noticed, spring fashion takes the LTZ very seriously indeed. The catwalks were

A hem that halts above the knee has somehow emerged as a uniform for us all, transcending fashion trends to become the bottom line in almost every woman’s wardrobe

This year there is even talk of a return of the bare midriff. Plenty of catwalks, from YSL to Prada (a pairing that could hardly be more potent), showed the look, and you know it’s only a matter of time before Cheryl Cole allows an enviable slice of honey-coloured tummy to see the light of day. Not on your nelly, I hear you cry, ready to give up and crawl back under the duvet of despond.

But stop. There is a place I know, a place you could go. And I’ll bet yours can pass muster with the best of them.

I’m talking about the Lower Thigh Zone, or LTZ for short. This is the sassy piece of leg which ranges from just above the knee and upwards for three or four inches, not much more.

These days, showing an extra bit of leg may seem a trifle vanilla, but it’s worth remembering that until the 1990s it was rare to see a woman over 40 flashing this still-intimate portion of flesh. Now,

overrun with endless, endless legs: hugely high heels, wild hosiery, pencil skirts that stop an inch or three above the knee to send your legs out into the waiting world simmering with hotty promise. It’s a slap in the face for hemline theory, which suggests that we recessionistas ought to be schlepping about in maxi skirts and bemoaning the state of our pension pots. But as if to buck all that bull, the spring catwalks showed a lot of leg. That special slice of thigh showed up at Balmain, McQueen and Chanel. There were sexy Parisienne princesses at Louis Vuitton showing off that same gorgeous space.

Everywhere else - from Roland

Mouret to Stella McCartney, from Christopher Kane to Giambattista Vialli - the message was that, this summer, you really need a skirt. A Mad Men skirt.

A ladylike skirt, hovering above the knee and making a play of your LTZ. Today’s obligatory red carpet ensemble is, of course, shorter still - a shrinky mini and killer heels (as seen on Gwyneth Paltrow, who launched her “comeback body” last year, using those mile-long legs as twin power pistons). If you’re 18 and gorgeous, you’ll probably be pulling the Pixie-AgynessDaisy-Lowe leg look, all thigh top and high-tops, all opaque tights, bovver boots and a T-shirt for a dress. And if it’s not a screamingly high-line skirt, the same job is done by skinny-fit leggings - those shiny ones that cling to a leg as if they’re dipped in treacle, the tootight sweaters of the day. Amy Molyneaux, fashion designer for PPQ, says with a shrug: “I always get my legs out.

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they’ve got conventionally perfect legs - they wear tiny skirts and leggings or coloured tights in mod style.”

The glory of all this, as anyone who has embarked on a project of wearing fashionably shorter skirts will know, is that raising your hem by even a marginal amount will make your legs look longer.

If your hem hits precisely the right point, your legs will look thinner too. Longer.

Thinner. Such a triumph of slim with very little effort on your part!

Better still, as Molyneaux says, legs needn’t be pin-thin to look cracking.

Like a face, a good leg requires something in the way of padding. “Take comfort in the knowledge that what makes a good pair of legs is their shape, not how skinny they are,” says personal trainer Matt Roberts. “Great legs have curves in perfect measure: not too much muscle on the thigh (too athletic), and no excess

fat around the knee or ankle (too treetrunk). Good legs have definition.”

What’s more, and here’s the joyous heart of the matter, you can access all this at pretty much any age. Though some old-timers might argue that skirt length should extend with age, what’s happening in fashion right now flips all that. Over the past few years, hems have crept ever higher, whatever the vintage of the legs beneath. As anyone past 40 will know, this very particular piece of thigh can still walk the walk as the years tick by.

In a recent poll of “best celebrity legs”, Elle Macpherson, aged 45, came first.

Kylie Minogue (40), Cindy Crawford (43) and Elizabeth Hurley (43) took second, third and fourth places... You only have to look at Tina Turner, Bette Midler, Whoopi Goldberg, Michelle Obama and Sophia Loren to know that great legs are great legs for decades;

while everywhere else requires hoiking and lifting and pushing up that hill, the legs dance on. Yes, you may gaze upon your body, checking off the tyrannies of time... past your mother’s hands and your crumpled cleavage... past the softened belly and the slump rump... but then you arrive at your legs. Blimey. Still in good nick, you think. Better get ‘em out.

“The legs are the last to go,” agrees Emma Soames, editor-at-large of Saga magazine and in her late 50s. “The last time I wore a skirt below the knee was Christmas night 1999. Now a skirt that length seems so ageing. I don’t even own a skirt that reaches below the knee. I would rather be boiled in oil. You do have to get the right length for your age though. My

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Left: Louis Vuitton Spring/Sumemr catwalk Below and Right: Christopher Kane

You only have to look at Tina Turner, Bette Midler, Whoopi Goldberg, Michelle Obama and Sophia Loren to know that great legs are great legs for decades

rule is if people are shocked that I look much younger from behind than from the front, then the skirt may be a smidge too short.”

At 76 veteran journalist Joan Bakewell wouldn’t give a long skirt house room, far less actually wear one. “I don’t want to wear sensible skirts,” she says. “I don’t want to look like an old frump.

I mix with active working people, so I don’t want to look like I have come from a pensioners’ meeting. My life is somewhere else. My skirts and dresses hover around the knee.”

As Soames and Bakewell will know, however, the LTZ is a subtle spot. You can’t just crash about and hope to get it right, particularly as the years roll by.

Personally, as I arrived at 40, I found that it is the nuances of style that matter. And the

minutiae of the hemline debate suddenly became live in a way that wouldn’t even have registered on my radar a decade ago.

Back then, my fashion statements were general and wantonly extreme: too-tight tops, perilous heels, shrunken jackets, outsize shirts - anything that broadly captured the mood of the moment. Now, though, everything hinges

on the particular. And the precise spot where a skirt ends, how much leg you reveal, becomes critical. It all boils down to proportion. Get it right, and it’s flesh without flash.

It’s exposure with added class.

The quest, then, is to find your sweet spot, the place where a hem loves your legs the best. This will depend largely on your very own legs, but there is a Golden Rule for this, a mandate so useful that it may well change your very fashion future, so listen up: Never Cut a Hem Through the Fattest Part of Your Leg. Not rocket science, I know, but it’s surprising how many of us get it wrong, thus screwing an outfit before it has seen the light of day. So mid-thigh, midknee and mid-calf are all wildly wrong.

To find your own hemline hotspot you could experiment a bit. Grab a pillowcase

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and hold it in front of you, starting with it draped to the floor. Watch your mirror carefully as you gradually raise your pillowcase. Up, up and - wahey - there will be a point when your legs look slimmest and angels will sing.

But don’t, whatever you do, stop two inches south of the knee...

“There is that just-below-theknee length that is very ageing and unflattering,” says Sarah Sands, a newspaper executive in her late 40s. “I would never wear that length. I have lived in shortish skirts all my working life - in the 80s, in my first job, I was power dressing in snappy little skirt suits.

Now I am wearing a similar look but with slightly lower heels - whisper it - for comfort.” Vogue writer Christa D’Souza, also in her late 40s, knows exactly how to work the look: “My uniform is a denim mini and Converse or Birkenstocks,” she says. “Always flats. I think heels and minis are too much once you are over 30. If I do wear heels with a mini, I won’t wear make-up or brush my hair.”

Hosiery is, of course, another neat way to skirt the age issue. You’ll have noticed the coloured opaques doing the rounds, the It Tights in the shops, the crazy patterned hose clambering up a leg like ivy up a telegraph pole. Chanel is doing fine business in its $150 tights, despite the recession taking a bite out of most budgets. Opaques are selling like mad because they make a display of LTZ effortless and dependable, a canny compromise in the perennial balancing act between siren and slut. You still get the seductive curve of a calf, the suggestive expanse of leg heading north.

The quest, then, is to find your sweet spot, the place where a hem loves your legs the best...There is a Golden Rule for this, a mandate so useful it may well change your fashion future...

Says Mary Portas: “I stopped going bare-legged and started wearing short skirts and dresses with tights when I turned 40. I’m obsessed by getting hosiery right. Hosiery is so important; people underestimate that. Getting the right colour, the right sheen, the right denier... But I love the short skirt, tights and ankle-boot thing. It really works for me. I’ll be persisting with that one for a while.” At 43 Sadie Frost has also taken to tights: “Until about three years ago I didn’t mind it if I inadvertently showed a little too much, but I do now. I am happy with my body but also aware that I’m getting older. My children are older. My sons get stressed out by it. So these days I don’t wear bare legs that much; I wear tights or leggings.”

PPQ’s Amy Molyneaux, by the way, contends that women ought to “up the denier of the tights with age”, which seems a good rule of thumb, though when you hit support stockings, you may want to give your LTZ a rest.

When to call a halt to your skirt...

For under 30s

Stand up straight, arms at your sides.

Your hem shouldn't stop higher than your fingertips.

For over 40s

Try the bend-over rule. Pick up something from the floor. Anything.

A raisin will do. If your skirt reveals your cellulite, ditch it.

For prudes

Kneel. If your skirt touches the floor, you're fine, really.

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Kate Bosworth

Step 1

Although a flawless base is essential you don’t want your foundation to look overly heavy. Instead, opt for a foundation that has light-reflecting properties, as this will give you a dewy look. This might not mean a trip to the shops: simply mix your current foundation - regardless of its shade - with a little bit of moisturiser as this will make it look less matte. In addition, the extra moisture will also help keep your skin hydrated.

Step 2

Dab a bit of concealer over your eyelids. This will provide you with a base for your eye make-up to cling to and it will also help it to last longer - dust some pressed powder over it to absorb any oil.

The eye make-up should be kept shimmery and subtle to tie in with the romantic look. Use a neutral base colour over all of the eyelid to begin with, then apply a slightly darker shimmery colour, such as mica Bobbi Brown Sparkle Eye Shadow, over the same area. Opt for a pale gold for your brow bone - the colour should not appear obvious as its purpose is to provide a glimmer when the light hits it.

Heavy eyeliner is best avoided.

Instead, to help define the eyes, apply a volumising mascara in brown. Black will simply be too harsh for this look.

Step 3

masterclass

Flushed beauty Yasmin Eve on the simple steps to create a romantic, pretty look that is perfect for day and night.

Flushed cheeks are the main element of this look. Choose a blusher that has obvious pink tones, like Mac’s Flush of Youth, as it will provide you with a girly pink flush that works well with most skin tones. Don’t be afraid to be a bit more liberal with your blusher than you normally would - the idea is that you should be able to see it. If you want to add more depth, add a dab of shimmer to the highest part of your cheekbone.

Step 4

Line your lips with a pink lip-liner and make sure to define the cupid’s bow of your lips. Select a pink lipstick with a matte finish and apply. Blot your lips and then reapply to help the lipstick stain your lips. Finally, add a small amount of clear lipgloss as this will help make your pout look fuller.

Step 5

To finish your look, gently press some powder over your t-zone this is necessary to help preserve your look in the summer heat but be careful not to use too much as you don’t want to detract from the dewiness.

must-haves Miracle Touch Blush, Max Factor Dhs35

Fully Loaded, Minx Dhs59

Rose Lipstick, MAC Dhs75

Flush of Youth, MAC Dhs116

Shimmer Shadow, Bobbi Brown Dhs110

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tried & tested

With the arrival of summer it’s time to banish the jeans to the back of the wardrobe and work on getting silky smooth legs. We rate the ways to lose that leg hair...

editor’s choice Leg Waxing For a longer lasting solution to getting rid of unwanted hair, opt for leg waxing. I made an appointment at the Dragon Fly Spa, BurJuman, and while on the phone the therapist advised me to exfoliate - especially around the knee area - in advance of my visit, as it’s said to make the procedure a lot less painful. I was also asked how long my hair had been growing and told that it’s advisable to have a minimum if six weeks of hair growth on each leg before I came in for my appointment. Why six weeks? Because it was explained that hair has three stages of growth, and if the wax was administered in the third and final stage then the results would last a lot longer.

And so to the waxing itself. At the outset any moisture on my legs was absorbed with talcum powder to ensure that the wax would stick, with small strips added post-waxing

on the more sensitive areas of the leg, such as the front of the calf. These were then whipped off, taking all of my hair with them. Did it hurt? Not half as much as I feared. And I was surprised at how quickly the therapist worked, while ensuring I remained at ease throughout.

The results were instantly impressive and my silky smooth legs remained this way for three weeks. Perfect, then, for a presummer holiday treatment.

Full leg wax: Dhs85 Tel: 04 351 1120

Sugaring

Epilators

Laser

Shaving

I decided to try a more natural method of hair removal and attempt sugaring by myself.

I made my own mixture by combining sugar, lemon and water to form a paste.

And then brushed it on to a section of my leg, which I then covered with some porous fabric and left to set for thirty seconds. I found ripping the fabric off myself quite disturbing and the pain was tear-inducing intense. So much so that I couldn’t finish my whole leg and had to stop.

If you opt for sugaring get it done professionally.

3/5

Epilators have never enjoyed much of a reputation when it comes to hair removal.

And although they have advanced greatly I still found the process incredibly painful, not to mention repetitive. If you have never had a leg wax then I wouldn’t recommend epilating - your legs will be too sensitive to cope with the pain. If you do decide to try it, opt for an epilator with an ice pack attached as this will help numb your legs.

We recommend the Phillips Satinelle Ice, which is about as smooth as they come.

2/5

Perhaps the most permanent method of hair removal is laser, which, after a number of sessions, will significantly reduce the rate of hair growth. It is. however, not recommended for lighter hair as the laser needs the pigmentation from darker hair to grab onto. After 4-7 sessions I did witness a massive reduction in the amount of hair, with around 80% of it removed. And though there was a bit of pain it was particulary light. The results were excellent but the price tag may put some off.

3/5

The trusty old razor is perhaps the most popular method of hair removal, with a good blade and foam guaranteed to get the job done. After using the Venus razor by Gilette, together with their Venus shaving foam, my legs were incredibly smooth and the foam actually helped to add moisture to the.

The only downside of shaving is the short amount of time the results will last - mere days for most.

4/5

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draw the line Nicole Kidman

fair skin

Saphire Shimmer, Bobbi Brown, Dhs102

Bronze, Clarins, Dhs71

olive skin

With olive skin, green eyelines look fantastic. If you want something a bit more subdued for a day look then go for browns and blacks which will help to define a darker coloured eye.

Tyra Banks

Black Plum, Bobbi Brown, Dhs102

Ivy Shimmer Ink, Bobbi Brown, Dhs102

dark skin

Darker skin tones can afford to be more creative with colours when it comes to eyeliners. Try bold hues for a dramatic look that will get you noticed.

White, Pick Up Line, Minx Dhs45

Trendy Blue, Minx Dhs49

Often heavy eyeliner can look too gothic on paler skin tone so try to choose shades that will enhance your eyes rather than hide them.

Kim Kardashian

Define your eyes with the best coloured eyeliners to suit your skin tone...

Turquoise, Clarins, Dhs71

Brown, Masterpiece Glide and Define, Maxfactor, Dhs48

Black, Clarins, Dhs71

Navy Blue, Estee Lauder, Dhs79

Plum, Clarins Dhs71

Blue, Pick up Line, Minx Dhs45

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The Messy Bun

This style works well for a casual summer look that doesn’t look like you have tried too hard. After you wash your hair put in some bodybuilding styling cream and scrunch while you rough dry it. But avoid brushing your hair as this will take out the volume and waves you’ve created. Rake your fingers through the front of your hair and pull into a ponytail in the middle of your head, securing with an elastic. Hold the ponytail against your head with your left hand and casually twist it. Loosely wrap the twist into a bun shape and secure with kirby grips. Pull a few strands out to give it a messier look and don’t be afraid if some come away from the bun naturally. This merely aids the mess.

The Romantic Bun

then pull the top section into a bun, leaving the bottom loose. Use large barreled curling tongs to create loose, bouncy waves on the bottom section and spray lightly with hairspray to hold.

The Ballerina Bun

masterclass

the Bun

Hair expert Danielle Barley guides us through looks to update the humble bun...

For this type of bun you ideally need length in your hair. Texture is also required, so dry your hair with a diffuser to encourage a curl.

Part your hair in a centre parting before you begin drying it and once dry, dissect it in half from ear to ear. Leave a few strands around the front to frame your face and

To make it easier to create this bun don’t fashion it on freshly washed hair. In fact, it’s advisable you wait a minimum of 8 hours after washing it. Smooth hair with hair straighteners working from section to section to combat any frizziness.

Using a small blob of hair gel, pull the hair staright back off your face with a natural bristle brush (the bristles help to avoid any tangling). Keep brushing back off your face until you are able to form a high ponytail which should be held tightly with an elastic band in the colour of your hair. Lift the ponytail straight up and smooth the underside until there are no bumps or flyaway hairs - use more gel to help secure it. Take your ponytail and twist in a clockwise direction until you have a small bun. Gently ‘fan’ the bun out until it covers the elastic band and is of a decent size. Secure with small kirby grips before using a strong holding hairspray to finish it off.

Trendsetter Tresses

Nicky Hilton does polished and sophisticated with her neat bun.

Paula Abdul opts for a messy, side bun, which looks fun and playful.

Jessica Alba keeps her bun low and curly for the perfect evening look.

Diane Kruger adds accesories to add interest to her do.

A side parting shows off Amy Adam’s fabulous hair colour.

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STORE DIRECTORY

Ladies’ Apparel

Abdullah Hussain Khunji Abu Haleeqa Stores Al Bandar Al Jeaidi Fashion Alviero Martini Balizza Basler Baumler BCBGMAXAZRIA Bebe Bhs Bossini Burberry Blumarine CK Calvin Klein Caractere Celine Cerutti Jeans Cesare Furs Cesare Paciotti Chanel Christian La Croix D&G Derhy Diesel Dior DKNY Donna Karan Dolce & Gabbana Emanuel Ungaro Epoca Escada Esprit Etoile Nights Etro Fendi First Choice House First Lady Gap GF Ferre Gianfranco Ferre G 2000 Giordano Guess Hang Ten Hanayen Hermes Jalabiat Yasmine JeansWest Just Cavalli Kenneth Cole Kenzo La Perla La Senza La Coste Laurel Laren Vidal Levi`s Loewe

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Mango Manzari Marina Rinaldi Massimo Dutti ( Women ) Mashayakh Abbayah MaxMara Monsoon Morgan My Time Fashion New Look Next Otto Kern Oxygene Oysho Parah Paul & Shark Pollini Promod Quicksilver Ralph Lauren Ramonda Replay Richmond Riva Saks Fifth Avenue Salsa Salvatore Ferragamo Scervino Street Shangai Tang Sonia Rykiel Ted Baker Trussardi Valentino Versace Whistles X.O.X.O. Zara Women

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Gentlemens’ Apparel Abu Haleeqa Stores Baumler Bhs Blue Drake Bossini Burberry CK Calvin Klein Canali Cerutti Jeans Cesare Paciotti D&G Diesel DKNY Donna Karan Esprit Etro Fabio Inghirami GAP Gianfranco Ferre Gio Ferrari GF Ferre

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G 2000 Giordano Guess Hang Ten Hermes Hugo Boss Jeans West Just Cavalli Kenneth Cole Kenzo La Coste Levi`s Loewe Marco Polo Massimo Dutti ( Men ) Monte Napoleone New Look Next Otto Kern Paul & Shark Paul Smith Pal Zileri Pollini Quicksilver Ralph Lauren Replay Richmond Rodeo Drive Saks Fifth Avenue Salsa Salvatore Ferragamo Scervino Street Shangai Tang Ted Baker Trussardi Valentino Verri Versace Zara Men

Sportswear Adidas Nike Parah Paul & Shark Praias Prince Saks Fifth Avenue Sketchers Studio R

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Footwear / Leather Goods AK Anne Klein Aigner Aldo Alviero Martini Baldinini Biondini Burberry Casadei

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Cesare Paciotti Celine Chanel Coccinelle Dior D&G Dolce & Gabbana Dune Etro Fendi Folli Follie Fratelli Rossetti Furla Gianfranco Ferre Hermes Jafferjees Leather Palace Loewe LONGCHAMP Louis Vuitton Mario Cerutti Mont Blanc Moreschi/Stuart Weitzmen New Look Nine West Opera Pablosky Paris Gallery Piquadro PoinTure Pollini Prada Richmond Roberto Botticelli Sacoche Saks Fifth Avenue Salvatore Ferragamo Samsonite Scarpe Sharief Stuart Weitzman/Moreschi Sonia Rykiel Tanagra Tod`s Versace Vicini Vincci

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Maternity / Childrens’ Wear Adams Bhs Bossini Boboli Burberry Chicco Derhy Dior Du Pareil Au Meme GAP Guess Kids

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Hang Ten Jenny Rose La Coste Little Bunnies Laurel Massimo Dutti( Kids ) Miniman Mirtillo Monsoon Mothercare Next New Look Okaidi Pablosky Pampolina PoinTure Pumpkin Patch Saks Fifth Avenue Ralph Lauren Tuc Tuc Younly Zara Kids

Jewellery / Watches / Lifestyle Accessorize Ahmed Siddiqi & Sons Ahmed Siddiqi & Sons Aldo Accessories Al Futtaim Jewellery Al Liali Jewellery Al Zain Jewellery Baume & Mercier Bin Hindi Jewellery Al Washia BlancpaiN Breguet Cartier Chaumet Chopard Damas Jewllery Damas Les Exclusives Damiani Dhamani Jewels Felopateer Jewellery Folli Follie Glitter Hour Choice Istana IWC/Baume & Mercier Jewellery Spot Karina Collections Korloff Mandoos Jewels Mansour Jewellers Mohd Rasool Khoory Jewels Mont Blanc Omega Paolo Bongia Paris Gallery Prima Gold Ramsson Jewellery Rivoli Saks Fifth Avenue Stefan Hafner Swatch Tabbah TAG Heuer Tanagra The Watch House Tiffany & Co Van Cleef & Arpels Watch Gallery Watch Land Zaina Jewellers Zoppini

Home Furnishing / Accessories

Al Orooba Oriental Carpets Bhs Descamps Grand Stores

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Hermes Jadhafs Kas Australia Little Things Reshi Arts and Crafts Sharief Tanagra THE ONE Villeroy & Boch Zara Home

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Cosmetics / Bodycare / Perfume Ajmal Perfumes Arabian Oud Faces Grand Stores Inglot MAC Mikyajy Paris Gallery Rasasi Perfumes Saks Fifth Avenue

Books / Stationery / Games Al Jabre Al Elmiah Book Shop Early Learning Centre Geekay Games Gulf Greetings Little Things Magrudy`s Book Shop Virgin Megastore

Optics

Just Optics Magrabi Optical Optifashion Optic Art Saks Fifth Avenue Sunglass Hut Yateem Optician

Specialty Stores

Bateel (Dates-Confectionery) Frou Frou ( Scarves ) GNC (Nutritions) Life Style ( Nutrition ) Patchi (Confectionery-Fine Food) Smokers Center Sweflora ( Florist )

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Textile / Tailoring

Abdullah Hussain Khunji (Gents) 04- 3517253 Abdullah Hussain Khunji (Ladies) 04- 3517033 Al Washia 04- 3557941 Bait Al Madani ( Gents Tailoring) 04- 3511661 Hotoon Textile 04- 3551578 Massimo Dutti ( Tailoring Section ) 04- 3513352

Personal / Professional Services

All Day Mini Mart Al Ghurair Exchange 04- 3529170 Al Ghurair International Exchange 04- 3518895 / 6 Beverly Hills Saloon ( Men`s) 04- 3556567 Burjuman Pharmacy 04- 3518825 Curve ( Nail-Hair Studio ) 04- 3553788 DNATA ( Travel Agents ) 04- 3599399 National Bank Of Dubai 04- 3555222 3 M (Car Auto Accessories fixing) 04- 3513383 Unicare Clinic Seconds ( Key Cutting ) 04- 3515171 Wonder Bus Tours 04- 3595656 Xerox Emirates (Business Services) 04- 3525885 Etisalat Bill Paying Machine

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Electronics

Al Futtaim Panatech Bang & Olufsen Braun ( The New Store ) Cellucom Digicom Digital ( Grand Stores ) Jumbo Electronics Nokia Vertu Virgin Megastore

Health Club / Spa Fitness First Dragon Fly Spa

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Audio / Video / Photography Diamond Audio Vision Digital ( Grand Stores ) Photo Magic Virgin Megastore

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Cafes / Coffee shops / Ice Cream Barista CafĂŠ CafĂŠ Havana Cinnabon CafĂŠ City Deli CafĂŠ Dome Jumana Dulce Dunkin Donuts EurocaF Fruitesca Gloria Jean`s Coffees Hediard CafĂŠ La Gaufrette Lino`s Milano Ice Cream Mrs.Fields Paul CafĂŠ Sky Lobby CafĂŠ

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Starbucks The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf The Mix

Food Court

Al Baiq (Lebanese Cuisine) Baskin Robbins (Ice Cream) Burger King Chinese Palace Chili`s Too Fish World Fujiyama Marrybrown Sala Thai Santino`s Shamiana Subway The Mix U & Me

Chic Restaurant Belladonna Carino`s Caviar House & Prunier Dulce Dome Japengo Jimmy`s Killer Prawns Hatam Restaurant Noodle House Olive Restaurant The Orchestra The Gallery Restaurant The Wok House Yam Restaurant Yo Sushi Zone Lounge

entertainment Fun City Fun World Toby`s Adventure Land

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Sugar Beach, Mauritius An elegant blend of plantation lifestyle with a contemporary buzz provides the new Sugar Beach, a deluxe resort with a panoply of innovative sensations.

Combining a variety of activities to suit all tastes, be it diving in the pristine blue of the lagoon, sandcastle competitions for the little ones, complete relaxation at the Spa hammam or just indulging in the sensual tastes and flavours of one of several ‘World Cuisine’ restaurants, the Sugar Beach has something for everyone.

www.sugarbeachresort.com

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CONTENTS summer 2009

11 luxe luggage

12 Shade to measure

What to carry to turn heads as any airport.

Make like a movie star in some seriously cool sunglasses.

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13 the making of modest swimwear

Jenny Rose Nicholson, the woman who introduced modest swimwear to the world, talks us through her fabulous designs.

14 what to pack

The beauty essentials you’ll need at hand on your summer travels.

16 best in show

In the blink of an eye Fashion Week will be upon us. But before booking your trip, get prepared with our at-a-glance guides to London, Paris, New York and Milan.

15 ask the experts

Get your holiday off to the perfect start by taking tips from our pretravel experts.

17 hip to be there

Click your heels for NYC and a chance to bag Dorothy’s re-imagined ruby slippers.

The World’s Most Stylish Hotels

There are millions of hotels throughout the world but none quite as fashionable as this little line up of awesome abodes.

18 beauty and the beach

Beautiful bikinis and cool cover-ups to help you be the beach’s best dressed lady.

ON THE COVER: Kanuhura, Maldives

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THE WORLD’S MOST STYLISH HOTELS Treat yourself to the ultimate summer getaway by checking-in to one of these supremely hip hotels.

LE TOUESSROK, MAURITIUS Apart from the lure of white sandy beaches and crystal clear waters, Le Touessrok also packs in a plethora of exceptional attractions. We’re talking an incredible Givenchy Spa, restaurants to die for – if you’re a fan of Indian food, Michelin-starred Vineet Bhatia’s Safran is a mustdine - and the not so small matter of the most idyllic of private islands, Ilot Mangenie, which you access via a short boat ride from the main hotel. We advise booking into one of only three incredibly cool private ocean-side villas, which boast three huge bedrooms, manicured gardens, al fresco waterfall showers and an exquisite infinity pool. Superb. www.letouessrokresort.com +230 402 7400

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SINGITA LEBOMBO LODGE, SOUTH AFRICA Lebombo Lodge stands amid a remote wilderness on the very edge of the South Africa/Mozambique border and amounts to what’s simply the most original hotel accommodation on planet earth. There are just fifteen suites in all, each cut into a rugged mountainside and each hanging over a hippo-strewn lake. The all-glass, immaculately designed abodes provide an unrivalled vantage point to survey sweeps of bush and the only sound you’ll hear is that of animals, which you can get up close and personal with on two daily drives. Best of all, you’ll find a bed on your balcony so you can sleep al-fresco under the most incredible blanket of stars you’ll ever set your eyes on. www.singita.com +27 21 683 3424

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HAYMARKET HOTEL, LONDON Slap bang in the heart of London’s buzzing theatre district is the oh-so-trendy Haymarket Hotel. It’s the epitome of style, with communal guests areas liberally splashed with unique, original works of modern art and distinctly eye-grabbing sculptures. We prescribe a stay in one of two, beautifully decorated penthouse suites. Though this is definitely a modern masterpiece, you can still enjoy some traditions: a decadent afternoon tea is served in the library. www.firmdale.com +44 20 7470 4000

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ONE&ONLY REETHI RAH, MALDIVES

The name of this island hideaway is particularly apt, given that you’d be hard pushed to find anywhere quite like it. It’s superstylish to the point that guests even dress for breakfast while you’re almost certain to see a famous face or two during your stay - Kate Moss is a known admirer. That’s assuming, of course, that you can peel yourself away from your private villa, as even the resort’s chef will come there to cook for you. Once you’ve sunned yourself on your own stretch of beach, hop on a catamaran and head out to the near see-through ocean, where you’ll be joined by any number of leaping dolphins. Bliss. www.oneandonlyresorts.com +960 664 88 00

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TAJ KE PA CE, UDAIPUR If you long to be treated like royalty, head to the breathtaking, water-ringed, white-marbled Taj Lake Palace in Udaipur, India. It’s stood since 1746 and is reminiscent in style of the splendorous Taj Mahal. Everything about this colossal testament to extravagance oozes style, from the ornatelycarved furniture in the rooms, to the fact that you can call on butlers and a fleet of vintage cars to whisk you to and from the airport and around town. Head to the Jiva spa while here and try out a treatment called ‘mewar khas’, a pre-bathing ritual used by royals in the hours before their weddings. It gets your skin supremely soft. www.tajhotels.com +91 294 242 8800

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G HOTEL, GALWAY

HOTEL ON RIVINGTON, NYC

Fans of milliner to the stars Philip Treacy have been flocking to his celebrated g Hotel in the beautiful city of Galway, Ireland, for many a year now, and aside from his celebrity pull the reasons as to why are obvious. Enter the reception and you’ll be struck by the sight of a water tank filled with seahorses and walls lined with stunning original artworks, but that’s only the merest hint of the design marvel that awaits inside. Described by the designer himself as a ‘glamorous dolls house ‘this is the most extravagant of hotels. We’re particularly fond of the shocking-pink lounge, a totally OTT area kitted out in Andy Warhol camouflage-print and retro carpets. www.theghotel.ie +353 (0) 91 865200

Manhattan’s Lower East Side is often hailed by those in the know as one of the city’s coolest districts, thanks to clusters of brilliant boutiques, awesome eateries and this, achingly-hip all-glass hotel. Each of its rooms offer unobstructed views across Manhattan’s famous skyline, so it’s possible to lie in your outsized bed and look out onto The Empire State Building. The vibe’s more chic apartment block than hotel, so much so that, unless you’ve requested their presence, you can go a full day without seeing a single member of staff – perfect for those who always forget to hang the ‘do not disturb’ sign on the door. www.hotelonrivington.com +212 475 2600

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luxe luggage Make sure you look effortlessly stylish at the airport with coordinated luggage...

Samsonite, Dhs3,425

Mendoza, The Leather Palace, Dhs995

Juicy Couture, Saks Fifth Avenue, Dhs2,175

Samsonite, Dhs1,880

Mendoza, The Leather Palace Dhs595

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Guess, Dhs530

Massimo Dutti, Dhs395

Dune, Dhs269

Bvlgari, Dhs1,427

Christian Dior, Dhs2,450

Ralph Lauren, Dhs660

BCBGMaxAzria, Dhs660

shade to measure Make like an A-Lister this summer with fabulously big and bling sunglasses.

Guaranteed to get your face noticed.

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THE MAKING OF MODEST SWIMWEAR Innovative designer Jenny Rose Nicholson divulges the details behind her headline-grabbing swimsuits...

THE INSPIRATION The idea for modest swimwear came from a customer of mine who is a princess from Saudi Arabia. She adored going on holiday but hated the fact she couldn’t swim or play with her children in the water. She asked me to design her an outfit and it sprung from there.

THE FABRIC The fabric is the very latest used in swimwear.

It dries quickly - taking no longer than 30mins - is chlorine resistant and has a UV of factor 50 which offers 90% protection from the suns harmful rays.

THE DESIGN The suit is composed of three pieces - a top, trousers and head scarf. The suits have built-in support to help the wearer feel more comfortable, which also means no under garments have to be worn.

THE WEARER The swimsuits are not only great for those who feel self-concious in a normal costume, but perfect to for anyone who wants to avoid the sun.

THE FIT The fundamental idea is that the swimsuit should offer conservative coverage to keep the body covered while allowing the wearer freedom to swim.

There is not an excessive amount of fabric. However, it won’t hug your figure in the way that an average swimsuit would.

THE AVAILIBILITY The swimsuits are not tailor made so can be bought ‘off the rack’.

You can buy them from a large range of venues and also from the website www.mycozzie.com.

THE COLOURS I wanted to make them as interesting as possible so there’s a wide range of colours and prints available For the less adventurous, solid block colours are available.

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what to pack The beauty essentials you’ll need to serve you right this summer...

Super Aqua Mask, Guerlain, Dhs507 Between the sunshine, salt water and flying, your skin will definitely be feeling a little parched. To combat the effects of all that, slap on a Guerlain face mask: it will rehydrate your skin, leaving it silky soft.

Atoderm, Bioderma, Dhs88

Photoderm, Bioderma, Dhs105

Midnight Secret, Guerlain, Dhs480

Photoderm, Bioderma, Dhs105 If you have the fairest of skins then a factor 40 cream may not be strong enough. Opt for a sunblocking factor 100 in the knowledge that while a tan may look great it will only age your skin.

Coralista, Benefit, Dhs143 Instant Light Perfector, Clarins, Dhs137

Instant Sunlight Lip Balm, Clarins, Dhs73

Talk to the Tan, Benefit, Dhs143 Gain a fabulous tan the easy way by faking it. Not only will you be doing your skin a favour but it saves you the effort of spending hours in the sun

Triple X, Minx Dhs69

Advanced Night Repair, Estee Lauder Dhs395

Masterpiece Max, Max Factor, Dhs46

Touche Eclat, Yves Saint Laurent, Dhs162 Wearing too much make-up in the sun will clog your pores and cause you to breakout in spots. Touche Eclat is a fantastic lightreflecting concealer that will hide any blemishes with the minimum of fuss.

Bronzing Compact, Clarins, Dhs170

She’s Blushin’, Minx, Dhs59

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ASK THE EXPERTS Shaping up for your summer holiday couldn’t be easier with advice from our industry experts.

I’M GOING ON HOLIDAY IN ONLY A FEW WEEKS. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO TONE UP IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME? Rob Richards, Regional Fitness Training Manager, Fitness First.

Simply start exercising - anything that will burn calories will help: jog, walk, or even play with the family at the beach or in the garden. Try to do something everyday for at least 30 minutes, but if you really want to get in shape in a hurry then try to do two exercise classes a day - one in the morning and one in the evening. This will boost your metabolism and help burn a lot of calories.

HOW CAN I CREATE PERFECT HOLIDAY MAKE-UP ?

Sangita Rajkumari, make-up artist, Inglot Too much sun is bad for your skin but a tanned face and body looks so good that we just have to have it. To achieve this look without having to sunbathe is relatively simple. Start by applying face and body foundation, with a brush of bronzer on your face. Next, sweep a golden bronze eyeshadow over your eyelid before using a dark brown eyeliner - black can look too heavy during the summer - on the outer corner of each eye. Finish your eyes with a waterresistant full and dense lash mascara, then use a cream blush to add a hint of colour to your cheeks and a gloss rather than a lipstick on your lips - you’ll want to keep it fresh and light.

I AM SELF CONSCIOUS ABOUT THE TOPS OF MY ARMS, ESPECIALLY IN SUMMER CLOTHING, HOW CAN I HELP COMBAT THIS? Rob Richards, Regional Fitness Training Manager, Fitness First.

You need to take up resistance training to help shape your upper arm muscles. You can try things like press-ups at home, but the best option is to join a gym and get a personal programme drawn up for you to follow, which will target that specific area. Fat loss and muscle shape can be achieved with as little as just 30 minutes exercise 3 times a week.

I HAVE CELLULITE ON MY LEGS AND AM CONSCIOUS OF GETTING INTO A BIKINI – IS THERE ANY NON

SURGICAL PROCEDURES THAT CAN HELP THIS? Adele Duncan, Manager and Beautician, Dragon Fly Spa, BurJuman There are some excellent anti-cellulite treatments available and you don’t necessarily have to be linked up to a machine either. Anti-cellulite treatments work towards one thing - detoxification.

Cellulite is a massive build up of toxic waste that accumulates for seven years before being visible. It is not enough to detox occasionally and you should give up tea, coffee, sugar, tobacco and even aerosol products, as they too contribute to cellulite. Massage can help as it stimulates the lymphatic system and encourages the toxins to break up. Come to Dragon Fly Spa for the ‘contour control’ treatment. This involves a one-hour lymphatic drainage massage combined with a one-hour appetite suppressing foot reflexology treatment, which concentrates on your stomach/ intestinal pressure points. This will certainly help shift cellulite.

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BEST IN SHOW

With fashion weeks on the horizon, stay ahead of the game by planning out your trip to the world’s coolest cities...

Go...

PARIS

LONDON

NEW YORK

MILAN

30th September-8th October

18th-22nd September

10th-17th September

23rd-30th September

Stay…

...In the incredible Coco Chanel suite at the Ritz Paris. Not only is it arguably the most famous hotel room in the world, but it’s one of the most beautiful, too. Sadly, Chanel cleared out her wardrobe on checking out.

...In a Victorian-style suite at the Mandarin Oriental. Enjoy unbroken views of Hyde Park and the convenience of being slap bang in the centre of trendy Knightsbridge.

...At the old-school-opulent Ritz-Carlton, where you’ll experience some Manhattan glamour and arguably the finest service in town.

Handily, it also stands a stroll away from the luxury trappings of Fifth Avenue. We prescribe a suite overlooking Central Park.

...Where well-heeled visitors have opted to rest their weary heads since the early 1920s the splendid Hotel Principe di Savoia. It dominates the largest square in Milan, the Piazza della Republica, and combines neo-classical style with timeless elegance.

Eat…

...The most amazing French food at Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée. Ducasse holds a record number of Michelin stars and this is his flagship restaurant.

...At The Ivy and enjoy wallet-friendly unfussy cuisine - the fish and chips is sublime - in what remains one of London’s most popular A-List hangouts.

...All nine petite courses at foodie’s favourite Per Se. Hot tables change faster than the fashions in New York, but this homage to modern US cuisine has beeen in-vogue for several months.

...At Da Giacomo, where you may well be sat next to a certain Giorgio Armani - he’s known to be an ardent fan of the traditional Tuscan cuisine served up here.

See...

...The abundance of artistic wonders at The Louvre, which include the Mona Lisa and Venus De Milo.

...A selection of movie screenings at the city’s prized National Film Theatre, which also houses a brilliant museum of works from the small and silver screen.

...The Statue of Liberty. It may seem all too obvious a suggestion but America’s First Lady simply has to be visited.

Get there early, though, as the queue to board the boats over to the island often snakes its way through the park.

...A performance at Teatro alla Scala, the world’s oldest opera house, which has been entertaining Milan’s high society since 1778.

Enjoy…

...A moonlit cruise along the monument-lined River Seine. You’ll then know why people often hail Paris as the world’s most romantic city.

...A stroll down Portobello Road. Head there on a Saturday for the weekly market to buy vintage threads.

...The unbeatable view from the observation deck of the Rockefeller Centre.

The super-fast ride to the top isn’t bad, either.

...The fantastic Pinacoteca di Brera. Milan’s leading art museum, which is chockful of canvas treasures from the Renaissance period.

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hip to be there

THE RUBY SLIPPER AUCTION Book a flight to NYC, pack the plastic and make a bid for a truly special pair of shoes…

NEW YORK SEPT 24, 2009

the things we do for shoes…

I

f you’d embarked on a shopping splurge at Saks Fifth Avenue last month, you wouldn’t have failed to notice the store’s display of dazzling ruby shoes, which were on show for a full fortnight. In town as part of a worldwide tour, the shoes are re-imagined versions of Dorothy’s sparkling slippers, which she famously clicked three times in the movie Wizard of Oz. So what’s their story? Well, this year marks the 70th anniversary of that famous film and to celebrate, Warner Bros. and Swarovski teamed up to offer some of fashion’s foremost designers the chance to craft their very own ruby slippers. It meant the likes of

Diane von Furstenberg, Jimmy Choo, Moschino and Manolo Blahnik dreaming up designs based on the question of what Dorothy’s slippers would look like in this day and age. Come September their answers to that question will be auctioned off at a yet-to-be-revealed location in Manhattan, with all proceeds donated to a children’s AIDS charity. This is set to be one of the social events of the season, with a whole host of designers and celebrities expected to show their faces, so get set to blow your budget in style. vist www.saks.com over the next few weeks for confirmation of the venue.

Fifty-something American Darlene Flynn loves shoes so much that she owns more shoe-related products than anyone else on earth: a grand total of 7,765 items. “I just love shoes and it kind of got out of control” said the single Flynn.

Stuart Weizman fashioned the world’s most expensive pair of shoes – a pair of Cinderella-inspired slippers which were set with 595 carats of platinum set diamonds. Their cost? A cool $2 million.

Former Filipino politician Imelda Marcos owned a colossal 2,500 pairs of shoes, a fact that made her famous across the globe. Tell that to your husband the next time he moans when you bring home just the one pair of Manolo’s.

BIKINI MILLY CABANA SAKS FIFTH AVENUE DHS370 SHOES CHRISTIAN LACROIX DHS2600 BAG KATE SPADE SAKS FIFTH AVENUE DHS1490

BEAUTY AND

THE BEACH

STYLIST: CHERITH NICHOLL ART DIRECTION: JENNI DENNIS MODEL: ZIRKEA PHOTOGRAPHY: MARTIN BECK HAIR & MAKE UP: KAT SUMNERS (ALL, BAREFACE) SHOT ON AT LOCATION ATLANTIS, THE PALM

KAFTAN BCBG DHS1644 SHOES BCBG DHS683

SWIMSUIT HERMANNY SAKS FIFTH AVENUE DHS755 SHOES CASADEI DHS3225

SWIMSUIT NEWLOOK DHS158

SWIMSUIT BCBG DHS562 NECKLACE NEW LOOK DHS29

SWIMSUIT HERMANNY SAKS FIFTH AVENUE DHS710 SHOES DUNE DHS349

KAFTAN CHRISTIAN LACROIX DHS11460

SERIOUS ABOUT STYLE

JUNE/JULY 2009

SUMMER

TRAVEL

2009 THE COOLEST CLOTHES, THE HOTTEST DESTINATIONS