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Editor: DOLLY JONES Deputy Editor: LUCY HUTCHINGS lucy.hutchings@condenast.co.uk News Editor: LAUREN MILLIGAN lauren.milligan@condenast.co.uk News Editor: SCARLETT KILCOOLEY-O’HALLORAN scarlett.kilcooley@condenast.co.uk Fashion Features Editor: JESSICA BUMPUS jessica.bumpus@condenast.co.uk Beauty Editor: LISA NIVEN lisa.niven@condenast.co.uk Digitial Editorial Assistant: KATIE BERRINGTON katie.berrington@condenast.co.uk
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letter from the editor hy do we travel? Is it so we can temporarily escape reality, or because we want to discover something new? Is it so we can get
away, or is it a getaway from normalcy? For me, traveling has been the richest educational experience. Immersing yourself in an entirely different culture is so fulfilling and interesting. I have been fortunate enough to travel to many places in the world, including India, Africa, and England. From each of my trips, I’ve learned to open my eyes, to see the world from a different perspective, and to gain a better understanding of what this world is made of. There’s something magical about tasting foods cooked from the hands of a person who was brought up in different soil. To hear the way locals speak in their native tongue. To be warmly greeted by the smile of a passing stranger.
However, never think that traveling is limited
to the journey from a plane, boat, or car. Traveling in itself is the pursuit of learning, to open your soul to what’s foreign to you.
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Eat Pray Love
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11 facts about art school 1. Students who study art are 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement and 3 times more likely to be awarded for school attendance.
2. Arts and music education programs are mandatory in countries that rank consistently among the highest for math and science test scores, like J a p a n , H u n g a r y, a n d t h e Netherlands. 3. Music programs are constantly in danger of being cut from shrinking school budgets even though they're proven to improve academics. Show educators how important a r t s a r e i n y o u r c o m m u n i t y. Sign up for Music March Out. 4. The No Child Left Behind Act clearly mandates The Arts (music, art, foreign language, etc.) as a core academic subject.
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adder and more original than most of her contemporaries, Mme Schiaparelli is the one to whom the word ‘genius’ is applied most often,” Time magazine wrote of its cover subject in 1934. Coco Chanel once dismissed her rival as “that Italian artist who makes clothes.” (To Schiaparelli, Chanel was simply “that milliner.”) I ndeed, Schiaparelli—“Schiap” to friends—stood out among her peers as a true nonconformist, using clothing as a medium to express her unique ideas. In the thirties, her peak creative period, her salon overflowed with the wild, the whimsical, and even the ridiculous. Many of her madcap designs could be pulled off only by a woman of great substance and style: Gold ruffles sprouted from the fingers of chameleon-green suede gloves; a pale-blue satin evening gown—modeled by Madame Crespi in Vogue—had a stiff overskirt of Rhodophane (a transparent, glasslike modern material); a smart black suit jacket had red lips for pockets. Handbags, in the form of music boxes, tinkled tunes like “Rose Marie, I Love You”; others fastened with padlocks. Monkey fur and zippers (newfangled in the thirties) were everywhere. Love of trompe l’oeil can be traced to the faux-bow sweater that kick-started Schiaparelli’s career and brought her quirky style to the masses. “Dare to be different,” is the advice she offered to women. Pace-setters and rule-breakers waved that flag.
5. One study group showed that 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students who were taught a foreign language every day in school outperformed the students who were not exposed to a foreign language on their B a s i c S k i l l s Te s t .
6. Federal funding for the arts and humanities rolls in around $250 million a y e a r, w h i l e t h e N a t i o n a l Science Foundation is funded around the $5 billion mark.
7. Researchers find that sustained learning in music and theater correlates strongly with higher achievement in both math and reading.
8. In a study of a highpoverty schools in Chicago, the schools that were participating in the Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) made huge strides in closing the gap between highand low-income students’ academic achievement. 9. Multiple studies have concluded that curricular and extracurricular art studies and activities help keep high-risk dropout students stay in school. 10. New brain research shows that not only does music improve skills in math and reading, but it p r o m o t e s c r e a t i v i t y, s o c i a l development, personality adjustment, and selfworth. 11.
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that studying a second language is essential to the learning process, creative inquiry and critical thinking. Foreign language studies have proven to increase problem-solving skills and overall cognitive development.
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Disney for the day
By: Samina Zakir
rozen continues to keep Walt Disney Co. smoking hot more than a year after its release. With a much stronger supply chain in place than a year ago, sales of “Frozen” merchandise so far in 2015 are more than 10 times as high as during the same period in 2014, Chief Operating Officer Tom Staggs said on a call with Wall Street analysts Tuesday.
An Elsa doll from 2013’s ‘Frozen’ ENLARGE
An Elsa doll from 2013’s ‘Frozen’ PHOTO: MARK LENNIHAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS For the quarter ended March 28, Disney consumer products revenue was up 10% from a year earlier, to $971 million, while operating income for the group surged 32% to $362 million. Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo said the strength of “Frozen” merchandise licensing, and to a lesser extent “Avengers,” helped make consumer products more profitable, along with the sales growth.
Sales of “Frozen” merchandise also benefited Disney’s film studio, which
gets a cut of revenue from products based on its movies. Revenue at the studio was down 6% to $1.69 billion due to the extremely difficult comparison to last winter, when “Frozen” was still in theaters overseas following its November 2013 opening, and was released for home viewing in the U.S. The decrease would have been greater without the benefit of “Frozen” consumer products. wander 12
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A strong sense of personal style and a passion for color set the tone for each kate spade collection. kate spade continues to find inspiration in the everyday and the unpredictably elegant.
Take your DSLR camera with you on all of your outdoor travel or wild and crazy adventures. This DSLR Camera Canvas shoulder bag keeps your camera protected and your accessories handy.
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This travelers choice carry on can expand up to a 25% more packing capacity. the eva padded front panel gives it extra durability. multiple front pockets.
Show off your style with this beautiful Pandora bracelet. The colors accent each other beautifully. One size fits most.
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Herschel supply's top selling backpack with a distinct waterproof front zipper, storage pockets and organizers making it perfect for back to school. Boldly delivering lightweight performance, the iconic GEL-Noosa Tri series gets updated with Seamless Construction and is loaded with triathlon specific features.
United Airlines, Inc. is an American major airline headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It is the world’s largest airline when measured by number of destinations served.
Expedia, Inc. is an American-based parent company to several global online travel brands including Expedia. com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, trivago, Egencia, Venere, Expedia Local Expert, Classic Vacations, Expedia CruiseShipCenters and eLong.
Trivago is a travel metasearch engine focusing on hotels. The site compares prices for over 730,700 hotels from more than 200 booking sites
WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS.
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Murad Osmann, Russian Photographer, Travels The World With Girlfriend In Striking Instagram Photo Series By : Becky Pemberton
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hey are the couple who found fame thanks to an impatient moment which sparked an idea for a photo series. Russian photographer Murad Osmann loves nothing more than exploring the world with his fiancee Natalia Zakharova, and her impatience - constantly trying to lead him on as he stops to take pictures - has sparked the beautiful #followmeto images on Instagram and won them a legion of fans. And now the couple, whose beautiful photographs have led to a a book deal and numerous magazine spreads, have reached Hollywood, snapping a daring photo from the skies. The spectacular shot, showing Natalia in a white and gold evening gown with the Hollywood sign in the background, was captioned cheekily by Murad: 'Who needs doors on a helicopter :)' The pair snapped the daring shot, leaning slightly out of the helicopter, while on a special tour of Los Angeles.
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It's not the only glamorous picture to be added to the couple's ever-growing collection of photographs. The duo have recreated their famous pose in a series of spellbinding colourful images in India, causing our levels of wanderlust to overflow. The mesmorising images captured in Delhi, Varanasi, Jaipur and Agra are the latest additions in the #followmeto project on Instagram, which has seen the pair travel to exotic and famous locations such as Moscow, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bali and even on the helipad at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, an gain 2.3million followers. The Moscow based couple have been travelling around the world for five years and their latest trip to India impressively outshines previous pictures to provide even more opulent and colourful images. The trip was in honour of recreating the couple's magic for Harper's Bazaar Bride India with Zakharova wearing bridal outfits w hi le le a ding Mura d t hroug h Indi a . Backdrops featured include the picturesque Taj Mahal, Jaipur Ajmer Fort, Hawa Mahal, Jama Masjid and Chand Baori, and Natalia is dressed in traditional Indian outfits and jewellery, perfectly complimenting the surroundings. Shooting in India proved an exciting task, with the couple having to adapt to the busy surroundings. On the Facebook page for the #followmeto project, Osmann wrote how in one particular shoot they were initially promised a session with elephants for 10-15 minutes, however they were not allowed to stop to shoot in the middle of the road, so had to snap continually running ahead of the animals, getting as many pictures as possible.
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In the end they were even stopped by the police due to the disruption. The project began in 2011 when the pair were travelling in Barcelona, and now have built up a strong following. Amazingly, the project started off as an accident with Zakharova grabbing Osmann's arm dragging him forwards to show him a new sight. 'As you can understand it didn’t stop him from taking a picture even then,' she wrote on the Facebook page. 'So that is how the first photo was born. After that our life had changed.' The engaged couple have just released a book documenting their adventurous, romantic shots, and their upcoming nuptials are sure to feature some stunning additions. 25 wander
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Places Barcelona Spain Istanbul New York City Brazil India Beijing Hong Kong Jordan
Osmann graduated as a civil engineer from Imperial College London, but later decided to pursue a career focused around his passion of photography and started his own production company. 'It might seem that I have a lot free time, but actually we travel mostly for three to four days abroad due to me being always busy at work,' he said. Her outfits are definitely not Photoshopped,' says Murad. 'A lot of people are saying that Ioveruse HDR effect on my images, but to be honest these are not really HDR images. I am just boosting micro contrast in Photoshop and I am doing all that from just one photo,' he says. wander 28
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Once upon a time Patricia Greig had the good fortune of a luxury stopover in Dubai.
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t’s almost eerie, that sense of impermanence that hangs over a traveller’s head during a stopover. The insides of the airport will soon be returned to, there’s very little time between trips in that winged metal tube that will take you home, and you hang like a drifter between time zones, holiday and real life, Europe and New Zealand, old countries and new. It can be unsettling, but it needn’t be. About 70.4 million passengers passed through Dubai’s international airport in 2014. Chances are, if you’re travelling to or from Europe from New Zealand, you’re likely to spend some time in the United Arab Emirates. Trust me, there’s a long flight in between. Should you have even the tiniest inkling of an idea to prolong your stopover, it is an inkling that should be explored to its full potential.
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1. Arabian Adventures
On a tight schedule, the last thing I wanted to do was figure out Dubai's public transport. Arabian Adventures
run 76 adventure/leisure/dining tours using what seems to be every mode of transport available, from helicop-
ters to camels. All of the excursions can be booked exclusively, and the company provides multilingual guides and trained drivers (I'm sure I saw someone do a U-turn on to a motorway off-ramp. Getting a driver is a wise move). It's easy to book using the Arabian Adventures website so you are organised to be picked up with your day planned before you arrive. 2. Dubai Mall
My Arabian Adventures driver and guide safely and informatively delivered me to the world's biggest mall (as big as 50 football fields). It has an aquarium, an ice rink, a Sega theme park, the world's largest candy store, and every luxury brand imaginable. The place is huge - it's almost so huge you don't know what to do with
yourself except wander around a small portion of it. I was conscious of what would and would not be respectful behaviour in Dubai, or how I would be made conscious of it. It's not as though someone is measuring hemlines, but mall security can and will issue discreet reminders if a patron's behaviour is disrespectful. wander 38
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3. Armani Spa
On the other side of the Dubai Fountain (you guessed it, it's the world's largest) is Armani Hotel and Spa. It's incredibly exclusive and
booking is essential - you need to be expected. Every detail of Armani Hotel is planned.
It has seven restaurants, 160 incredible rooms and suites and, of course, the spa. Duration
of spa appointments depend entirely on how much time you have and treatments are per-
sonalised. The spa complex also offers saunas
and steam rooms for a complete hydrothermal experience, a swimming pool and a gymnasium. Bookings can be made on the website.
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4. Burj Khalifa
The elevator in this building travels at 10m a second and your ears will pop at least twice
as you zip to the 125th floor but, for what is
arguably the best view in Dubai, it’s absolutely worth it. At 555m, the Burj Khalifa is the
world’s tallest building and it’s worth making an event out of your trip by indulging in high
tea at At.mosphere, on Level 122. At.mosphere is a unique dining experience, with views of the city and the Arabian Gulf, and an exquisite menu by chef Jerome Lagarde. It will leave you feeling on top of the world.
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hat do Jean Genet, Jimmy Durante, Brigitte Bardot, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jacques Cousteau, Andy Warhol, and Lena Horne have in
common? They were a few of the many personalities caught on film by photographer Richard Avedon. For more than fifty years, Richard Avedon’s portraits have filled the pages of the country’s finest magazines. His stark imagery and brilliant insight into his subjects’ characters has made him one of the premier American portrait photographers.
Born in New York in 1923, Richard
Avedon dropped out of high school and joined the Merchant Marine’s photographic section. Upon his return in 1944, he found a job as a photographer in a department store. Within two years he had been “found” by an art director at Harper’s Bazaar and was producing work for them as well as Vogue, Look, and a number of other magazines. During the early years, Avedon made his living primarily through work in advertising. His real passion, however, was the portrait and its ability to express the essence of its subject.
As Avedon’s notoriety grew, so did the
opportunities to meet and photograph celebrities from a broad range of disciplines. Avedon’s ability to present personal views of public figures, who were otherwise distant and inaccessible, was immediately recognized by the public and the celebrities themselves. Many sought out Avedon for their most public images. His artistic style brought a sense of sophistication and authority to the portraits. More than anything, it is Avedon’s ability to set his subjects at ease that helps him create true, intimate, and lasting photographs.
Throughout his career Avedon has
maintained a unique style all his own. Famous for their minimalism, Avedon portraits are often well lit and in front of white backdrops. When printed, the images regularly contain the dark outline of the film in which the image was framed. Within the minimalism of his empty studio, Avedon’s subjects move freely, and it is this movement which brings a sense of spontaneity to the images. Often containing only a portion of the person being photographed, the images seem intimate in their imperfection. While many photographers are interested in either catching a moment in time or preparing a formal image, Avedon has found a way to do both.
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