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DEAR SISTERMAG READERS, Oscar Wilde found that imitation was the sincerest form of flattery.In digital times, copy, pasting and imitating in every context seems to only gain popularity. We have all been there, seeking out a location, a pose or a whole image composition we found on Instagram. An algorithm, as used by the social network Instagram, only encourages this further. Something new or unusual oftentimes has a harder time to gain visibility and wide distribution as technology is looking for patterns and similarities. However, being inspired by the works of others has always been part of a creative process. What we find problematic: when there is no individual approach, but just blatant copies. How dangerous imitation can be, is what we see in the film we were inspired by for sisterMAG 39 » TO CATC H A T H I E F « . Cary Grant, as former robber John Robie, is faced with a series of jewel thefts that suspiciously resemble his pattern. Of course, he is immediately under the eye of the French police – who might regret having released him from arrest years ago. Robie is therefore being chased by the police as well as his former partners. His solution? He decides to find the »new John Robie« himself. The sisterMAG team had mixed opinions about the film. When it comes to content, some of us found the movie inconsistent or illogical. I constantly had to remind myself that this was a Hitchcock movie, where murder could be just around the corner and not a 60s comedy. But no matter how much we liked or disliked it, »To Catch A Thief« turned out to be wonderful inspiration for this sisterMAG issue. 3
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If you have never watched it, our film introduction will hopefully get you in the mood for a movie night. Even if it is just for G R AC E K E L LY and her gorgeous style. We take a closer look at the icon’s life and found modern accessories that she probably would have loved. Thinking of the Côte d’azur where the movie is set, inspired two articles on the colour blue in art and where the shade » CYA N « comes from. We are particularly excited to launch a new travel series in this issue: » D I G I TA L L A D I E S T R AV E L « . You will find compact and feminine tipps and tricks for your next destination – this time as recommended by Christina Faullend from 23timezones who takes us to the CÔT E D ’A Z U R . Another exciting part of the film are of course the roof climbing scenes and these inspired us to take a closer look at a more sincere position than master thieves: roofers. And speaking about a film that is just as romantic as it is thrilling, we brought in some love stories as well. We looked at the principle of »The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love« - is that really true? Our partner, T I N D E R , gave us even more opportunity for love and dating stories from the digital age! We hope you enjoy reading this issue and are – as usual – looking forward to your feedback and ideas.
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the sisterMAG team! We make a tour through film history and let ourselves be inspired by movie classics to the content in sisterMAG. In January it was the »BREAKFAST CLUB« , for the February issue »BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S«.
March and April were dedicated to the musical films »MARY POPPINS« and »SOUND OF MUSIC«. The early summer is all for Doris Day and Rock Hudson in their two movie classics »SEND ME NO FLOWERS« and »PILLOW TALK« .
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The subject of imitation not only plays a crucial role in the film »To Catch a Thief«, but also increasingly concerns us in our »creative« life. We asked three of our sisterMAG N°39 contributors about their stance on imitation and learned thereby their favorite shade of blue.
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Lisa Fischbach has been working for the online dating service ElitePartner for 12 years, does research in this area and leads her own practice in Hamburg as an individual and couple advisor Imitation disregard?
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Psychologist lisafischbach.de as well as coach - just the right person to ask for our article »Mean together«. or
Lack of appreciation for the original idea.
Today's social media algorithms make us more similar. How do you break the curse of the algorithm for your own ideas? Think offline.
What do you associate with the term "gentleman thief "? Genius of deception.
What's your favorite shade of blue? The blue hour in the summer sky.
RSHIGHLIGHTS NADINE B AT I S TA S A N TO S
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When illustrator Nadine Batista Santos contacted us a few weeks ago, we immediately fell in love with her profile. Her expressive illustrations of people bring the sisterMAG texts to life. For sisterMAG 39, she created the film illustration for »To catch a thief« and illustrated »Three artists and the colour blue«. Imitation disregard?
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Today's social media algorithms make us more similar. How do you break the curse of the algorithm for your own ideas? By remaining true to your own style.
What do you associate with the term "gentleman thief "? Cary Grant!
Cultural scientist and freelance author We first met Elisabeth Stursberg during her sisterMAG internship in the Content Management department two years ago. Since then, she has fortunately, besides her master's degree in European Studies, always found time to write interesting articles in her special fields of culture and languages. Imitation disregard?
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Today's social media algorithms make us more similar. How do you break the curse of the algorithm for your own ideas? Attention to the subject.
What do you associate with the term "gentleman thief "?
What's your favorite shade of blue?
White shirt.
Night blue.
What's your favorite shade of blue? Azureblue.
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• Miriam is also a mother – little Noah is her entire world. Is it possible to manage both career and a child? If you look at Miriam, it seems to be no problem!
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The legendary Charlie Chaplin was on it. Orson Welles, the director and screenwriter of the masterpiece »Citizen Kane«, too. As were more than 200 other actors and actresses, filmmakers and other creatives who had made an outstanding contribution to Hollywood before. The so called » B L AC K L I S T « was a list that was created in the USA shortly after World War II and that banned the listed people from going on with their jobs. Ten of them even had to go to prison – purely on the basis of being accused of or being communists.
The time after World War II was shaped deeply by the Cold War – so deeply, it didn't spare Hollywood. Dozens of creative minds virtually got banned from their profession because they (actually or allegedly) were communists. The next part of our film history examines this dark era of the glitter and glamour world.
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But let's start from the beginning: With the end of World War II, the conflict between the West and the East, the USA and the Soviet Union, capitalism and communism,
began and culminated in the CO L D WA R . Both sides started to stalk, threaten, and mistrust each other. In the USA, the tense relationship with the East lead to the so-
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called » R E D S CA R E « – the fear that the Soviet Union could plant spies and secretly implement communism in the United States. Already in 1938, the US House of Representatives had created HOUSE U N - A M E R I CA N the A CT I V I T I E S CO M M I T T E E (in short: HUAC). Back then, its task was to prevent that Nazis infiltrate
the USA during the war. Following the victory over Nazi Germany, the HUAC redirected its focus on communists. Unsurprisingly, the first suspects were the Communist Party USA and its members – among which were several screenwriters and film directors.
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In September 1947, the HUAC subpoenaed various creative minds from Hollywood who were under suspicion of placing subversive communist messages in their works. Due to illnesses, scheduling difficulties, and other reasons, many of them avoided the hearings. Only 11 men confirmed to appear before the committee. One of them, the German playwright and screenwriter B E R TO LT B R E C H T , decided to answer the questions
of the HUAC; the other 10 refused. They soon became known as the » H O L LY WO O D T E N « . One member of the group was R I N G L A R D N E R J R . who had won an Oscar in 1943 for his script of the film »Woman of the Year«. The screenwriter A LVA H B E S S I E and the director E DWA R D D M Y T R Y K were also on the nomination list for the world's most important film award. However, these honours didn't help them when facing the HUAC. Because of their
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refusal to answer its questions, they were sentenced to fines and prison terms of half a year to one year. In November 1947, the HUAC put together a list of filmmakers who actually or allegedly were members of the Communist Party or sympathised with it – the infamous black list. It based on both interrogations and testimonies. One of the denunciators was the avowed patriot WA LT D I S N E Y , the vicepresident of the Motion Picture Alliance, who accused some of his staff members of being communists.
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a member of the HUAC, but the senator of Wisconsin from 1947 to 1957. However, he often appeared in public as head of the fight against communism and spread conspiracy theories. The black list became longer and longer and even one of the Hollywood Ten contributed ingloriously. E D WA R D DMYTRYK, who initially went to Great Britain and made two films there, decided after his return to the USA in 1951 to denunciate several members of the Communist Party. Even though this step saved his career, thy r he didn't make a lot of friends in a c c M . J senator Hollywood with it. 23
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Trumbo was also connected to the end of the McCarthy era in Hollywood. In 1960, he provided the script for the film » S PA R TAC U S « but, once more, was intended to be named with a pseudonym in the credits. K I R K D O U G L A S , the main character of the film, however, insisted that Trumbo was listed with his actual name. When even J O H N F . K E N N E D Y , the U.S. President at that time, ignored a demonstration of the war veterans organization American Legion against communist filmmakers and went to see »Spartacus«, the McCarthy era was factually over. By the way: The events around Dalton Trumbo and the Hollywood Ten were made into the film » T R U M B O « in 2015. The eponymous hero is played by
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nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his performance. If you are interested in this tragic chapter of Hollywood history, this award-worthy film is an entertaining lesson for you.
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take us away to the idyllic French Riviera in this romantic crime thriller by star director ALFRED HITCHCOCK . The film stands out due to its picturesque extreme long-shots of the French coast, which construct a so-called »TOURIST GAZE« (in the sense of sociologist John Urry). A short introduction.
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The Film
The former jewel thief John Robie (CARY GRANT ) enjoys his luxurious life on the French Riviera. That has not always been the case: Before the Second World War, he had been infamous for stealing jewellery from rich millionaires under his pseudonym »THE CAT« . However, he has now retired. As a string of jewel robberies occurs on the French Riviera that seems to copy »the cat«, John is again made the main suspect. He realizes that he has to prove his innocence by catching the real thief. Together with an insurance agent (who writes a list of possible burglar victims) and the rich heiress Francie (GRACE KELLY ), he tries to find the real criminal. Although the aesthetically pleasing film contains a typical mix of suspense and mystery, its romantic plot differs from Alfred Hitchcock’s usual psychological thrillers. Shot in the widescreen format Vista
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Vision, »To Catch a Thief« features picturesque extreme long-shots of the French Riviera, mundane locations and luxurious settings (such as the CARLTON HOTEL in Cannes). The witty romance depicts the life of the rich and beautiful in France and takes the audience to idyllic tourist places. The romantic thriller was such a big box office hit that it was imitated at the time in movies such as »CHARADE« (1963) and »ARABESQUE« (1966); a modern remake that relocates the French setting to Miami, but keeps the storyline of an old jewel thief who wants to clear his name.
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recognition value. Thus, Alfred Hitchcock also embodied the filmic theory of the director as auteur, i.e. of the director as an author. According to this theory which film critics such as ANDRÉ BAZIN launched in Cahiers du Cinema, the director
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Alfred Hitchcock did not refrain from having one of his legendary cameo appearances in »TO CATCH A THIEF« . Thus, the audience sees him sitting next to CARY GRANT during a bus ride. Hitchcock’s cameo scenes in his films soon turned into a pleasurable game with his viewers who readily anticipated his screen appearances. This is why Hitchcock decided to have his cameo right at the beginning of his films, so that the search for him would not distract from the overall suspense. It also shows how much Alfred Hitchcock had already turned into a brand and trademark during the 1950s. In 1927, he had created a stylised self-portrait of himself as his logo which is well-known until today. Through his strategies of selfmarketing, he gained distinctive
can be seen – in analogy to the literary discourse of the author of the Romantic age – as original creator of his filmic work of art.
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rich Americans. What, however, is a tourist gaze? JOHN Sociologist URRY defined the concept of a tourist gaze, whereby tourists visually consume sights as sign systems. How a journey is organised already shows, according to Urry, that the tourist experience is conveyed with the help of semiotic systems. Sign posts, plaques and posters guide the tourist’s way; Urry therefore denotes tourists as semioticians who search landscapes for certain signs and learn to read those signs. Since the invention of tourism during the late 18th and early 19th century, the focus of travelling has been based on the sense of vision. In this context, travelling is a modern ritual, which can be understood in contrast to everyday life.
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One of the main protagonists in »To Catch a Thief«: THE FRENCH RIVIERA . The film constructs a decidedly touristic gaze at the southern coast of France and the jet set life of the rich and beautiful on the Côte d’Azur. With its picturesque extreme longshots and air shots which are reminiscent of typical post card motives, Alfred Hitchcock depicts places like NIZZA, CAGNESSUR-MER, MONACO or the idyllic coastal road Grande Corniche on screen. Since the 1920s, the French Riviera had been a popular tourist destination for 31
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. Hitchcock playing with stereotypes of tourism and constructs the French coast as a semiotic tourist attraction is made clear during the EXPOSITION : At its beginning, »TO CATCH A THIEF« shows the credits which are superimposed on a shop window of a travel agency. The shop window fills the whole image cadre and contains a collection of iconic sights of France like the Eifel Tower. The camera zooms in on a travel poster which advertises France as a popular destination with the slogan »IF YOU LOVE LIFE, YOU'LL LOVE FRANCE« . This very exposition already suggests – completely without dialogues – that we, as audience, will now go on a planned trip in the sense CORNICHE
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with these theoretical notions of travelling when Hitchcock puts the audience into the position of a tourist time and again and turns tourist life on the FRENCH RIVIERA into a plot theme. In the film, we are made to look at picturesque sights and consume the tranquil sceneries of the French coast with a decidedly tourist gaze. In this vein, Hitchcock depicts CARY GRANT and GRACE KELLY as almost paradigmatic tourists: for instance while swimming on the beach, as they go on a picnic trip, have a boat trip or ride in a convertible on the GRANDE
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of commercial tourism, which also has some surprises in store. In stark contrast to this idealised tourist setting, a sudden crossfade to the iconic CARLTON HOTEL in Cannes shows a screaming woman in detailed shots with dramatic background music. This demonstrates Hitchcock’s intentional juxtaposition of merry tourism and terrifying crime, which undermines the idyll. The film visualizes that cinema viewers turn into travellers who consume screen worlds like sights.
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Grace Kelly & Cary Grant ALFRED HITCHCOCK chose his
favourite actors GRACE KELLY (her third role in a row in a Hitchcock film) and CARY GRANT (the third of four main parts for Hitchcock). Both contributed to the film’s enormous popularity. Britishborn CARY GRANT was a popular film star at the time in various comedies and thrillers, which depicted him as an attractive man of world. Alfred Hitchcock chose him as the leading male actor in four of his films: in »SUSPICION« (1941), »NOTORIOUS« (1946), »TO CATCH A THIEF« (1955) and »NORTH BY NORTHWEST« (1959). Cary Grant’s fashion look also became iconic in »TO CATCH A THIEF« (1955): As French casual outfit he wore a blue-white striped shirt and a red polka-dot scarf; a look that was often imitated. Until today, GRACE KELLY ranks among
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one of the greatest Hollywood style icons. Hitchcock’s film changed her life in multiple ways: After having shot »TO CATCH A THIEF« , she met PRINCE RAINIER III OF MONACO during the Cannes film festival. One year later, they got married in the Cathedral of Monaco. More than 30 million TV viewers watched the royal spectacle. After her wedding, she abandoned her film career. In »TO CATCH A THIEF« , she turned the summery holiday look into an unforgettable fashion statement. Together with the film’s costume EDITH designer
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The Thriller
Still today, the »MASTER OF SUSPENSE« is considered unparalleled in his art. His films are cult – how he killed off Janet Leigh in the shower scene in »PSYCHO« remains unforgotten. He is, without doubt one of the best of the best in cinematic history:
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STYLISTIC DEVICE of suspense Legend has it that his father once locked him up in a cell for hours at a time, just to teach him a lesson. Years later, this occurrence caused him to re-write film history and manifest his status as star of the international film industry. His movies revolve around the theme of innocent prey and change between fear, guilt and remorse. Hitchcock used the stylistic device of suspense and founded a new genre: the thriller. In it, he involved viewers more radically in the plot of a movie than anyone else before him.
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While the horror movie usually revolves around the fear of an unknown monster, the thriller evokes fear in the viewer itself. Instead of focussing on the strange monster, the daily and familiar turns into the scary THRILL that threatens the viewer and makes the movie so tense. Alfred Hitchcock’s works of over 50 silent movies and
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so-called talkies in black and white make for an impressive library of fear. He developed the simple aesthetic forms of suspense in French film with his super villain »FANTOMAS« (1913) and followed the American film noir with his version of darkly pessimistic criminal movies like »TOUCH OF EVIL« (1958).
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Even Hitchcock‘s early movies are known for their stylistic complexity and psychological depth. His thrillers reached the height of success in the early 1950s and 1960s with movies like »DIAL M FOR MURDER« (1954), »REAR WINDOW« (1954) and »PSYCHO« (1960). Hitchcock managed to use surprising plot twists like no one else and made viewers identify themselves with his frequently good-looking thieves, villains, and murderers. Rational thought processes made way for the experience of the EVIL as a central motive of Hitchcock’s thrillers.
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THE SEARCH FOR THE TRUE CULPRIT, A CRIMINAL HIDE-AND-SEEK GAME DRAWS FROM THE INSECURITY OF THE VIEWERS WHO, IN TURN, BECOME AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE SUSPENSION OF THE MOVIE.
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The ending and punchline of Hitchcock’s movies was central to keeping the viewers »IN SUSPENSO« for as long as possible and had to take place at the perfect time. The ending is constantly pushed back, in order to bereave the viewers of its certainty. »THAT IS MY JOY« , Hitchcock once said, »THAT IS MY ART« . The passionate and terrifying crimes are only a means of establishing fear as a cinematic motive and manifest it in the bodies of the audience.
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Infecting the viewer with the EVIL, this confrontation of the abyss of humanity happens in the pictures but also in the music. Few viewers miss the incredible psychological power that movie scores have over our subconscious. Hitchcock knew how to use the musical layer. He experimented with sounds and melodies in a very innovative way. Using the picture’s audio, he visualised sounds like playing the piano in scenes to shift the role of music from simple background noise to something that inspires actions. Sounds were now frequently used as an ARTISTIC MEANS of telling stories, because Hitchcock, as one of the first, understood music to be the strategic accompaniment of a film scene.
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»THE MUSIC ADDS TO THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESENTATION «
THE MUSIC in film
Just remember the famous shower scene in »Psycho« where the unbelievably loud water supports the hypnotic music announcing the upcoming murder – its composer Bernhard Herrmann was the mastermind behind the music. According to Hitchcock, »the music adds to the atmospheric presentation, it creates excitement and increases suspense«.
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»IT CREATES EXCITEMENT AND INCREASES SUSPENSE«
The scene in »TO CATCH A THIEF« (1955) in which CARY GRANT and GRACE KELLY drive their red car along the coast of France while enjoying the view of the Côte d’Azur remains unforgettable due to its music. The seductively gentle background music sets the scene for a sparkling moment of romantic chemistry between the two characters. This musical and visual moment created a fantastic image of the French Mediterranean Sea that still exists and influences lifestyle moments today.
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She was loved by both men – her close relationship to Hitchcock, whom she lovingly referred to as »Hitch«, was legendary and often prompted speculations about its true nature. However, Kelly was the personification of Hitchcock’s obsession with cool, blond female protagonists.
1953 They first met in 1953 – a famous director and a virtually unknown actress, just one of many faces. Together with ANNY ONDRA, INGRID
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three movies (»DIAL M FOR MURDER« , »REAR WINDOW« and »TO CATCH A THIEF« ) saw the graceful Kelly grow from an innocent beauty into a seductive and confident movie lead. To Hitchcock, who accused MARILYN MONROE of »hanging her sex round her neck like baubles«, Kelly had a subtle beauty with more depth and suspense. Her attraction was within a hidden fantasy that Hitchcock presented as her artistic appearance.
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It is well known that the director built his movies around the female protagonists that are the victims of cruel crimes and coldblooded offenders.
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The beautiful blondes affect the viewer with their cool distance which often leads to their sticky end. The women were raped, throttled, and beaten to death, their suffering almost fetishized. This caused many feminist researchers and activists to harshly criticise Hitchcock for his work. Especially after working with GRACE KELLY , Hitchcock made female characters suffer in his movies to a drastic level. While Kelly plays an almost tame offender in »TO CATCH A THIEF« who manages to seduce and win over the male protagonist played
by Cary Grant, Tippi Hedren‘s MELANIE DANIELS is brutally attacked by birds in »THE BIRDS« (1963). It is possible that this is how the film maker attempted to process the sudden change in his relationship to his favourite star, GRACE KELLY who, following her marriage and subsequent new title of Princess of Monaco, stopped acting – a turn of fate that brought cruel deaths upon many beautiful blondes in Hitchcock’s movies.
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In one of the most impressive scenes of »TO CATCH A THIEF« , Grace Kelly drives a sky blue cabriolet in rapid speed over the winding mountain roads of the FRENCH RIVIERA , with CARY GRANT on her side whose discomfort we clearly see. The film, which is the third and last collaboration of ALFRED HITCHCOCK and GRACE KELLY, is light and cheerful, compared to his other works, and does without bigger shock effects. Instead, it’s the gorgeous scenery with all its glamour and the quickwitted dialogues with ambiguous references that stick in our memory – and: the incomparable
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elegance and aura of GRACE KELLY. Considering the personal life of the 1929-born actress and future princess, »TO CATCH A THIEF« can be seen as a kind of foretaste, a promise. Since not only her name but also her entire life changed fundamentally after her marriage to PRINCE RAINIER III . OF MONACO, Kelly’s biography is often told in two main acts: the »FIRST« and the »SECOND« life.
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GRACE KELLY
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Like many other Hollywood stars, she started her career at the theatre. Her films were produced in the first half of the 1950 s when she was under contract by METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER . After previous nominations, Kelly won an Oscar for BEST ACTRESS IN 1955 for her role as GEORGIE ELGIN in »THE COUNTRY GIRL« and finally became a star. Her last film was the 1956 musical film »HIGH SOCIETY« , based on the 1940 film »THE PHILADELPHIA STORY« . Kelly played a woman on the day before her wedding – another interesting detail since she was already engaged at that time.
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The civil wedding on 18 April 1956 and the ceremony in church the day after were telecasted and seen by 30 million people around the world, which made it one of the first international media spectacles. The principality tremendously benefitted from the charisma of the new princess: The new glamorous image and a newly awakened interest of high society brought definite
economical improvements. This came in handy in a period of transition while the superior neighbour France under its president CHARLES DE GAULLE pressured the principality because of its loose tax policy. As is well known, GRACE KELLY’S new life wasn’t only happy. She had three children but also suffered two miscarriages. It also emerged that it was impossible for Kelly to
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continue making films although she wanted it very much. RAINIER III. – just like his subjects – wouldn’t have appreciated if the princess still had acted in films. Kelly, however, accomplished her versatile representative tasks immaculately and, among others, initiated the foundation of a symphony orchestra and a ballet school; institutions like the annual ROSE BALL and the PRINCESSE GRACE related FOUNDATION are still in existence today. It is less known that the princess continued her artistic work as well. She didn’t make films
but held lyrical readings. From today’s view, the aforementioned film scene appears not only as a promise but gets another, almost sinister dimension since the car accident that caused Kelly’s death in September 1982 happened in a similar place – not far away from the film location, in a hairpin bend like the ones featured in the film. Presumably, Grace Kelly drove the car back then as well.
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The connecting element between the two lives of GRACE KELLY is, undoubtedly, fashion. The bestknown accessory that became an icon itself because of its illustrious name is the »KELLY BAG« made by HERMÈS . Since she always liked carrying similar handbags, RAINIER III. gave his fiancée one of the bags that were initially an accessory for riders. SISTER-MAG.COM
A characteristic for Kelly’s style were also the long and voluminous skirts that stressed her narrow waist; the classic silhouette of the 1950 s. But she also liked to wear pants, not only in her films, as well as a classic white buttondown shirt. Her blonde hair, often styled in waves or pinned up, completed the iconic look.
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Even 36 years after the death of Grace Kelly, we still admire her as a style icon. She renounced wild patterns and preferred to dress in muted colors like white, beige or black. Her selected accessories, on the other hand, were a real eyecatcher. We'll show you where to buy cheap accessories a la Grace Kelly. QUKE Earrings € 14,00
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I AM earrings € 6,95
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When I think of Grace Kelly, I am reminded of her sweetness and natural beauty. She underlined these characteristics with timeless and unobtrusive looks. Significant for Grace Kelly was her softly back-combed hair, which lay on her shoulders in gentle waves.
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To create this signature look we need a lot of patience - but it’s worth it. I want to emphasize that her hair was a little shorter than mine. Furthermore, each of us has a different hair structure, which reacts differently to the curls. With this tutorial I want to show you a way, step by step, to try your own personal Grace Kelly hairstyle.
IF YOUR HAIR IS A LITTLE THICKER, JUST LIKE MINE, I RECOMMEND TO NOT WASH YOUR HAIR 2-3 DAYS BEFORE.
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As a preparation I always use heat protection spray. Create a side-parting in the front, and separate the front strand.
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Part your hair into single strands and curl them. The one part above the forehead should be curled towards the face, while the rest of the hair will be curled to the back. If you pin the hot strands into curls while cooling down, they will be more stable in the end!
HINT To save time and keep my hair away from too much heat, I often use rollers or foam rolls over night. The curling and brush out technique is the same.
STEP 3 Let your curls cool down for about 20 minutes.
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Open the curls softly, leaving out the strand at the forehead.
STEP 5 The following step needs a lot of patience – the brush out. For this I use a brush that slides through my hair softly.
I separate single strands and brush them. I place the brush under the strand und turn it to the inside, towards my head. This needs to be done with the rest of the hair as well.
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If one part is shaped in a wonderful way, I use a large pin and lots of hairspray to fix it.
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At the side of my head with the wider parting, I slightly comb my hair to the back – now also adding the curl from the forehead. Afterwards a homogeneous shape can be created again.
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FINISH You can either shape your hair with a bit of pomade to make it look smooth and elegant, just like in these photographs. Or you simply comb it to the back, let the strands fall softly – like in step 7 – and fix it with hairspray. This little more casual style is also a way Grace Kelly shaped her hair in her spare time! For a harmonious look I added my pearl necklace, which I found at the flea market, and some clip earrings that my grandma gifted me. Grace Kelly always wore simple makeup, a little bit of eyeliner and light lip shades.
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A summer menu
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Fresh fruits, flowers and crisp baguettes are the perfect companions for a summer picnic.
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» À TA SANTÉ! «
A Sunday in July
A cool drink should not be missing in a picnic.
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Our summer picnic in French style led us on meadows and fields.
The air is fresh, the sun is shining,
Our 1982 Alpha Romeo Spider brought us to our destination safely and also served as a picnic table.
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French chocolate tart with blueberries PÂTE SUCREÉ 60 g butter 30 g icing sugar ½ scraped vanilla pod 1 egg yolk 120 g flour 15 g ground almonds 1 pinch of salt GANACHE AU CHOCOLAT 320 g cream 225 g dark chocolate (70%) 15 g acacia honey blueberries chocolate rolls
PÂTE SUCREÉ 1. At first, mix the soft butter with the sieved icing sugar, the scraped vanilla pod and the salt in a bowl.
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2. Add the egg yolk and mix it to get a homogenous mass. Then add the sieved flour and the ground almonds and work the mass with your hands until you have a uniform dough.
6. Put the dough into the tart pan and cut off the protruding edges. Slightly stick a fork into the dough – don’t pierce it!
3. Press the dough into a flat and round shape, wrap it in cling film and put it into the fridge for about 2 hours (or overnight).
7. Blind-bake* it for about 20 minutes until it is golden brown (10 minutes with blind-baking material, 10 minutes without it). Let the finished pâte sucreé cool off completely.
4. Preheat the oven to 170°C. 5. Take the pâte sucreé out of the fridge, let it warm up to room temperature and roll it out on a lightly floured surface until it is 3 to 4 mm thick.
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GANACHE AU CHOCOLAT 1. Chop the dark chocolate into small pieces and put them into a bowl. 2. Boil cream and acacia honey in a pot, pour it over the chopped chocolate and mix it with a hand blender. 3. Let the ganache cool off to about 40°C and pour it over the finished pâte sucreé.
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4. Put the tart au chocolat into the fridge for about 40 minutes, then decorate it with blueberries and chocolate rolls. 5. Let it cool off in the fridge for another 2 to 3 hours – done!
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Quinoa raspberry porridge 150 g quinoa 400 ml coconut milk (60% fat) 20 ml water 1 ripe banana (the riper, the sweeter) 300 g Frozen raspberries Maple syrup or the like for sweetening (optional)
IDEAS FOR TOPPINGS nut spreads (cashew, peanut, almond etc.) fruits cocoa nibs coconut flakes kibbled linseeds puffed quinoa
1. Wash the quinoa thoroughly and let it soak in plenty of water – ideally overnight 2. Boil the soaked quinoa, the coconut milk and the water and let it soak in the pot for 15 to 20 minutes at medium heat. 3. Squash the ripe banana with a fork into mesh and add it to the quinoa, together with the frozen raspberries. Optionally, sweeten it with maple syrup or other sugar alternatives.
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Robie and Frances do it in »To Catch A Thief«. Johnny and Baby do it in »Dirty Dancing«. Lizzy and Mr. Darcy do it in »Pride and Prejudice«. They all fight the fight of love with words. All of these movie classics live from witty banter between the sexes. Instead of romantic promises and love songs, they win each other’s hearts with clever teasing and intelligent one-liners. We observed why this courtship behaviour doesn’t only work in movies and how to use a series of friendly insults without truly alienating someone else…
TEASING IS A SIGN OF AFFECTION –
an old truth that we first learn in primary school and see in many movies: He teases her. She challenges him. A verbal sparring follows that balances on the delicate line between flirting and hurting. Why do we like it when he draws parallels between our new and incredibly expensive lace blouse and the seat covers of the train? Or when he jokingly lets us know just how small and insignificant our knowledge of any sport is? Why are we so fascinated by this cheekiness? Why are
‘mean’ comments like these enough to send our endorphins through the roof? Clever banter and witty teasing during the early days of dating can earn evil eyes but they mostly inspire admiration. They are often a sign that the other person understands our quirks and imperfections and has the ability to humourously point them out without hurting us. A small and lovingly worded but provocative comment during that time shows a high level of empathy, intuition and intellect – all very admirable qualities.
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AS A RELATIONSHIP BOOST
Wit is key! Not only those early days of dating and relationships can benefit from mean quips and a little cheekiness: Many people underestimate the power that humour has in connecting people in long-term partnerships. Humour isn’t just for fun; it is the glue of relationships. Carefully
provocative comments prove attraction. Teasing shows our partner that we know them well enough to love them despite or even because of their flaws. Humour comes from a very special place of human connection and is a special form of communication that creates a most authentic closeness between two people. That deep connection when you share a laugh is of high significance – even after many years.
A QUESTION OF INTUITION
Teasing and banter only ever work when they come from a place of sympathy and show that we appreciate someone. Mean
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jokes that expose the other person are completely out of bounds. A comparison between the texture IS THE PREMISE of the moon and thigh cellulite FOR TEASING might just make her want to send him to exile on said astronomical Humour is complex and highly body. individual. That’s why it’s so Irony and sarcasm only ever work important that we don’t just when intuition is firmly in place. randomly roast others when Ambiguous and playful comments we don’t even know them well. always have to be recognisable Knowing someone well always as such. Body language is key gives us an idea of their kind of to making sure that our partner humour. Jokes can easily shoot always understands the true past the target and hurt them when meaning behind what the common ground is missing. we say and serves as A comparison between Trump’s a frame of reference. mop and our carefully coiffed An ambiguous hair on the first date will probably comment made up not go down well – but after five out of loving body years of dating and a hot night, language and a teasing the same slightly mean comment verbal observation that whispered in our ear might even strikes a perfect balance inspire a witty answer. Knowing is a true form of art. each other well provides a frame of reference for when certain comments are appropriate.
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INSTEAD OF FLOWERS
Don’t worry – if teasing doesn’t work from the first days of a relationship, it might just be a sign that it wasn’t done well or the recipient doesn’t share that kind of humour. It doesn’t mean that they’re not funny – they might simply laugh about different things. Humour can be trained and couples should carefully test out what the significant other likes and what they don’t and what makes them laugh without hurting them. Couples that have mastered the art of teasing and can use it during their everyday lives have a huge advantage. In this case, cheeky comments show more love than a bunch of flowers ever could.
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THE QUARREL OF LOVERS IS THE RENEWAL OF LOVE.
TEASING IS A SIGN OF AFFECTION.
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TINDER DIARIES … PEOPLE A few days ago, I looked through sisterMAG’s archive once again, scrolled until I reached the year 2015 and turned to page 56 of issue 17. Why? I wanted to re-read what I had written on »Digital Dating« in my column . I can remember the time well. An on-off relationship had thrown me off course considerably. It wasn’t like I did not want to meet people. It was more that I was a little bit scared of it. I had become sceptical, which I had never been before.
swipe right when seeing my picture for the very same reason. So I didn’t look for a certain type, but gave different types of men a shot. Whether it was a bar owner with tattoos or a nice looking guy in a cardigan with a funny Tinder bio – for me it was about meeting people and experiencing something new. This trait and curiosity has always been part of me and the reason why Nevertheless, I remained open- sisterMAG has come to minded towards Tinder. A lot of be in the first place. In my friends were using the dating the end, my interest in app, so I concluded: If my kind different people and funny and dear acquaintances were stories overweight my scepticism using Tinder in order to maybe towards possible heartache or find »the one«, then there also disappointment. And let’s be had to be other interesting people honest: a bad date can become in my surroundings who would your best anecdote.
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T E X T: T H E A N E U B AU E R P H O T O S : J A C LY N L O C K E V I D E O : C L AU S K U H L M A N N M A K E - U P : PA T R I C I A H E C K FRANCESCA MAFFI Even my best friend, a photographer, was using the app at that time. When we matched with one another, I even used this additional platform to remind him that I was still waiting on the results of a shoot he did that day ;). Of course I did not only find familiar faces in the app. On the contrary. I had always been fascinated by the fact that you could get to know people from all kinds of occupations and different fields so easily. Naturally, I also had to find out that the digital and real world sometimes crash into one another with a loud bang. In the last column (three years ago ;)), I talked about a phone call, which annoyed me so much that I found an excuse and never actually went on a date with that match. Unfortunately, that person worked in a well located concept store close to Ku'damm I tumbled into with friends. My photographer friend that I mentioned earlier then had to get advice from him, of course, so that he could enjoy the agony on my face.
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I was wearing the skirt from the cover of issue 17 on my profile picture on Tinder, which is why he wanted to get to know me…
But let’s get back to the year 2015. After my column was published in February, my Tinder story came to an unexpected end a few months later. Although I did not respond to the first move he made via chat by writing »Hey, everything alright so far?,« he tried again. Three weeks after this one-sided first
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contact, I was in my home town about 300 km from Berlin. I got a notification from him asking »Are you in Leipzig?«. Completely baffled, maybe taken by surprise by this second try to contact me and start a conversation, I answered. My Saxon heart had to give him credit for (almost) guessing the distance between Berlin and my Saxon home town right. After only a few days, he started asking if we could meet in person. Even back then, the sisterMAG life kept me busy, so it took some time until we found a time and date, which I had to reschedule twice. Like in every
good story, I almost missed the flight back to Berlin. I took a cab home, completely exhausted and without any cash, got dressed within two minutes (I looked at my watch, it really only took me 2 minutes and 30 seconds) and burst out of the door again. When we said hello – he was wearing a great leather jacket and looked a little bit like someone from a film made in the 50s – he immediately stepped on my foot. Since then, we have spent almost every day together. He says I am a natural at putting my foot below his. Fun fact? I wore the skirt that our cover model wore for issue 17
(issue of the last column) to an event in Berlin some time later. I used the picture I took in front of my mirror as a Tinder picture and my boyfriend later admitted that he had wanted to get to know me because of that skirt. Despite his pictures, which had made him seem like a party boy from Berlin who frequents a night club called Berghain, we realised that first night that we just worked. Topics came up naturally in the conversation and we could talk about them for hours: design, architecture, typography – music, our jobs and education. Soon he sat next to me while I worked on
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Everything alright so far? Are you in Leipzig right now? No, why do you ask? By the way – you are not so far off! That fit the distance.
my boyfriend to all acquaintances from London, almost a bit proud. My best friend looked at me flabbergasted and asked me when we had gotten together. »Two hours ago,« I replied and blushed! the layout and we talked about which type of font would work. Three weeks later, I invited myself to his weekend trip to London. It so happened that it fell on my birthday. So it could have all backfired. Instead, he waited for me in navy blue chinos in Clerkenwell on a Sunday afternoon with a card that said »Do you want to go out with me? Yes – No. Your Resi« – I finally got that he had written the card and ticked off Yes. We have been together ever since. Later, during my birthday celebration, he simply introduced himself as
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Tinder has opened up new possibilities for me. If it wasn’t for Tinder, I would have never met many of my acquaintances or friends that I now have or even my boyfriend. And that completely makes up for one or two bad dates. Tinder is not a mere platform for hookups, neither is it a carousel of love for relationships of all kinds. Tinder is what you make of it! And so in my mind I greet all of my friends that have been on Tinder or that I have met through it. Sometimes I am even a bit sad that you can delete Tinder in the best-case scenario ;).
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Even as a child, Thea always looked »different« from others. Just as she did then, she still wears self-made clothes and combines them with her own finds: Whether she puts together the right outfits for a sisterMAG shoot or takes something out of her closet for that day’s outfit. This is why these are Thea’s tips for first date outfits…
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What do I like about Tinder? You can get to know entirely different people that you would have never met otherwise. And the obstacle of mustering up the courage to walk up to someone is luckily gone!
Date outfits for the whole year
THE ORIGINAL OUTFIT
SPRING Dress warm enough! If the date does not go well, you will have to say no when he offers you his jacket. If you do want it, you can still pretend to be cold ;)
SUMMER I like showing that fashion and style are important to me. Wearing skirts and dresses is part of me and therefore also part of a first date!
FALL Classic jeans (even in white) and a white blouse. If you like, jazz it up with great shoes (with glitter, in a special colour or something like that) and a
On the first date with my boyfriend I wore blue jeans, a white blouse, a vintage college jacket with houndstooth pattern and flat shoes (you never know what the night holds or whether you have to walk through all of Berlin ;))
well-cut jacket. Thea has in fact worn
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Freelance PR manager and food blogger Rebecca says about herself that she could write a book about her Tinder dates by now. We have used her expertise and asked her about her favourite foodie spots for a first date and – which items on the menu always work and which ones you should probably not order.
Profile Name: Rebecca From:
Berlin – a real Berlin girl!
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Especially as a food blogger, Tinder is also a possibility for me to rediscover my home Berlin again and again and to try out new spots that I didn’t know before.
Restaurants in Berlin for a first date MINE/WINE Mine/Wine in Charlottenburg seems a safe choice – Italian cuisine, who doesn’t like that? In addition, they use unique ingredients from different regions in Europe, so you will not be bored by the choices on the menu. The adjacent Aperitif Bar is the perfect start for a great evening. MEINEKESTRASSE 10, 10719 BERLIN
MRS ROBINSON‘S Mrs Robinson’s – who wouldn’t start to hum the Simon & Garfunkel song when hearing this name? But you will also find a restaurant in Berlin with this name, located in a former kebab takeaway in Prenzlauer Berg. Today, you would not expect its history – at Mrs Robinson’s, the owners from Tel Aviv and London always think of Asian-inspired, creative and surprising dishes. Tip: Do not miss out on dessert here! PAPPELALLEE 29, 10437 BERLIN
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DON’TS DOS for the fir st da te According to Rebecca, you can always order a risotto on a date. The lack of tomato sauce (no risk of stains!) and the different kinds make it a delicious and safe choice.
Ordering a burger on a first date? It’s better you don’t, says Rebecca. While both try to eat it as elegantly as possible, the conversation can quickly come to a halt. Another »don’t« for the food blogger – »ordering a salad on the first date!«
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My favourite first date spot? The aquarium! Sounds weird, but it allowed for enough time to talk and see something at the same time – a great combination!
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As a sommelier, Willi’s working hours can make a »normal« dating life difficult – so Tinder was the ideal way for him to see beyond his own nose (or his wine glass) and meet new people from completely different fields of work. We used Willi’s knowledge and asked him about the nicest bars for dating and also, which drinks he orders on a date.
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A Don’t on a first date? Not paying the bill as a man. You always have to pay (laughs).
A sommelier’s choice – 3 spots for a first date VICTORIA BAR
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A popular Berlin bar on Potsdamer Straße with a wide choice of cocktails and a small art collection. Ideal for a relaxed date with good drinks and hopefully a conversation that is just as good! POTSDAMER STRASSE 102, 10785 BERLIN
GRILL ROYAL A grill and steak house with a seasonal menu and an artistic and classy flair! If you want to make an impression on the first date, you should keep the Grill Royal in mind. FRIEDRICHSTRASSE 105B, 10117 BERLIN
MONKEY BAR Together with the restaurant Neni, the Monkey Bar is located on the 10th floor of the Berlin 25 Hours Hotel. The view of the Berlin Zoo – or rather the Primate House – gives the Monkey Bar its name and its roof terrace makes it a great location for a first date with an amazing view. BUDAPESTER STR. 40, 10787 BERLIN
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I never really use GIFs. I am more of a winking face emoji type.
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A sommelier orders...
»Preferably wine, but if I opt for a drink, it will be a Martini. Believe it or not, I do not have a certain wine that I always order. Which one I choose depends on the location, the food and the situation.«
ADDITIONAL TIP »Not always cheap, but a great spot for a date, because the food is just so good that everyone likes it: restaurant Tim Raue in Berlin.« RUDI-DUTSCHKE-STR. 26, 10969 BERLIN
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Lina writes. She writes on the internet. This is the vague description Lina often uses on a first date to describe what she does for a living. What she does is, among other things, write her lifestyle magazine Lina Mallon and her dating column. So why does she prefer to avoid talking about her job on a first date? – »Too many annoying questions: Why do you do that? Are you going to write about me? Am I just another story to you?« Lina tells us about the topics she does like to talk about on dates – whether as an opener to start a conversation on Tinder or as a question on a real date.
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A small village in Lower Saxony
Lives in: Normally Hamburg, but from time to time also (happily) in Kapstadt Job: SISTER-MAG.COM
Freelance author and photographer, 98 podcast host
Of course you can use Tinder for dating. I have also met two of my best friends on the app, made acquaintances while travelling and were able to get to know cities from a whole different side because of it.
Opener for messaging on Tinder EMOJIS
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»I like to send a completely random selection of emojis without a comment. The reactions are also completely different and interesting. Some send me their favourite emojis back, others try to create a little story with them or draw conclusions about me from what I have sent.«
GIF »My favourite GIF that I send from time to time is … funny, uncomplicated and just an easy opener for starting a conversation on Tinder.«
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un usual questions for a date The conversation is at a halt or the atmosphere is somehow tense? Here are Lina’s tips for questions that will always lighten the mood and that your date probably has not been asked a lot.
» SO H OW WA S YO U R L A ST T I N D E R DATE ? « While you should maybe not talk about past relationships on a first date, the question about the last Tinder date comes unexpected, will lighten a tense mood immediately and the response might even hold a funny story.
» DO YO U LIK E TO G O TO T H E H A R DWA R E STO R E ? « Have you even ever thought about that? Lina has and would even like to go on a date to a hardware store herself, which is why she likes to ask that question from time to time – so far without luck, because she has not found a hardware store lover yet and the date still remains a fantasy.
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»Dating someone who hates dogs? I think I would slowly get my dachshund out from under the table… oops!«
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Joerg likes to get right to the point. So when dating, he prefers meeting in the real world rather than having long conversations via chat. His job requires talking, discussing and convincing people. Does that put him at an advantage in the dating world? He has put together his favourite playlist for sisterMAG – for a date night in summer in a bar or outside a café. A Gin Basil Smash goes wonderful with that, for both her or him.
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Manager in the automotive sector
How others describe me? If you ask my girlfriend or friends, you will probably hear the word stubborn from one or two. I would rather say ironic. And assertive.
Playlist for a summer date with her P O O L S I D E – Harvest Moon In my opinion, the music should not be too electronic in the beginning, or you might scare off your date right away. Later, you can attempt for a bit more. Putting together a playlist is a real craft. You cannot simply put five songs in a random order!
P O L O & P A N – Nanã W A S H E D O U T – Feel It All Around J A M I E X X – Loud Places P H O E N I X – If I ever feel better R O X Y M U S I C – Avalon J Ü R G E N P A A P E – Mit Dir Click here and always listen again!
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my favour ite (ad)ventures Well, the word »adventure« is maybe too much. Most people will be overwhelmed right away – do I want to be stuck in a paddleboat for 50 km in Brandenburg on a first date? What if it does not go well? So here are some good…activities that are also fun if your date turns out not to be »the one«:
PI C KN I C K W ITH D R IN K S AT TH E WAT ER FR O N T Whether it’s at the bank of the Maybach, the Landwehr Canal or at Charlottenburg Palace with an impressive view – it does not get more relaxed than that in summer. With delicious snacks (classic sandwich and water melon) and a cool drink in your hand.
R EN T A N E LE CTR IC S CO OTE R A N D DR I V E TO A N O U TD O O R CLU B Nowadays, you can rent a convertible or an electric scooter in many cities. Just go to a waterfront (see above) or an outdoor club with good music (see above also ;)).
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Not the first time topic in sisterMAG ...
JEWELLERY
& Diamonds...
We have looked into the SISTERMAG ARCHIVE
for you and compiled the best features of past issues on diamonds, crystals and jewellery.
Diamond
Diamonds
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THE DIAMOND
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FASHION JEWELLERY
Online Shops
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Text Julia Schattauer
Illustrations Lara Paulussen
a t o N TR IV IA L O F F E NC E OF DIAMOND THIEVES, ART ROBBERS, AND CYBER CRIMINALS
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Following a meticulous plan, they strike without remorse. Master thieves are ruthless, yet films like »Ocean’s Eleven« make us admire them. Thieves, mail train robbers, the most famous criminal couple and art robbers: We researched them all and tried to decipher the mythical heroes that also are some of the biggest criminals in history.
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A T H I E F’S B USI N ESS It's almost 5 pm on a Sunday in the year of 1911. A couple of minutes later, at 5 on the dot, the LOUVRE closes its doors to visitors, remaining closed until the following Monday. Meanwhile, three men hide in the storage room: the glazier PERUGGIA who used to work at the Louvre and the brothers LANCELOTTI. They wait until the next morning and leave their hideout dressed in white coats, quickly approaching the »MONA LISA«. They take the painting off its hooks and disappear through a side
entrance. The three art robbers carry no weapons; there is no confrontation of any kind.
For two years, the picture remains lost. Dozens of people are interrogated – even PABLO PICASSO and GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE are thought to be possible culprits. When PERUGGIA brings the picture to FLORENCE in 1913 to sell it to the Uffizi, he gets caught. Until then, he had stored the most famous picture in the world in his bedroom about five kilometres away from the LOUVRE.
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When he is finally prosecuted in 1915, he claims to be a patriot who simply wanted to bring the picture back home to Italy. Today, however, most people think that he acted on instruction and for a big financial reward. Accordingly, Argentinian-born EDUARDO DE VALFIERNO is said to have stood behind the robbery. The son of wealthy parents, he started his career by selling inherited art pieces to collectors and when he ran out of those, he started taking orders for other paintings. The catch: None of these were real. VALFIERNO had them made by skilled forgers and sold them to unknowing customers. The
»MONA LISA« was no exception – he is thought to have sold a fake copy to as many as six collectors at a time when the original was still in a wooden suitcase in PARIS. Eduardo de Valfierno died in 1931, without ever being prosecuted for the robbery. The only person to interview him was an American journalist who kept the details of his criminal endeavours secret until Valfierno’s death. After publishing the answers posthumously, the juicy details re-opened the question: Is the MONA LISA currently hanging in the Louvre today, the original or one of the fake versions?
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LOV E STORY B E NEATH A HA I L O F BU L L ETS Lifting his love up with one arm, he holds his hat casually in the other hand. She trustingly leans her head onto his. Both are smiling into the camera. The
crimes and a two-year-long police chase kept the public waiting with bated breath. Newspapers couldn’t keep up with the demand for articles about the two.
picture of BONNIE AND CLYDE as enamoured couple, in March
BONNIE PARKER was just 19
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then, she was already married, yet her husband had been put into prison on the charge of homicide. However, when BONNIE met the two years younger CLYDE, it was love at first sight. At first, fate stood in their way: Clyde was convicted of several armed robberies and Bonnie spent three months in prison, too. When they finally regained their freedom, they continued to rob banks and shops together with other thieves. All of these got caught, one after the other – except for BONNIE AND CLYDE. During the Depression,
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theft, and abductions – the list of their committed crimes is indeed long and seemed unstoppable. BONNIE AND CLYDE were always a step ahead. That is, until their last day: A decoy sealed their fate, finally. The decoy pretended to have a broken car. Just as they stopped, the police opened
fire and the couple was riddled by 43 bullets. Their story of love, courage, and ruthless violence inspired countless films, musicals and songs, cementing a myth that found many admirers.
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It's the 8TH OF AUGUST 1963. A manipulated signal brings the Royal Mail train from GLASGOW to LONDON to a grinding halt. Men climb the train, knock out
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money onto a waiting lorry – in today’s money, about 47 million Euros. A big part of which hasn’t been located, until today. The biggest train robbery in the history of GREAT BRITAIN took less than 15 minutes from beginning to end. The public was mostly astonished by the audacity of the crime but some openly admitted to being in awe of the clever strategy and somewhat careful execution without the use of fire arms. Behind the group and the careful planning was a man named BRUCE REYNOLDS. Several months after the robbery, a majority of the group got caught by the police and were sentenced to 30 years of prison each. After successfully breaking out of prison,
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Reynold escaped to MEXICO using a false name and settled there into a comfortable life with his family. The huge media coverage made him a true star. Yet, after five years, his financial resources were drained and he was caught once again upon returning to England in 1969. There, his 25-year sentence was reduced and Bruce Reynolds was released from prison in 1978. Drawing on his status as a new celebrity, he published a memoir, gave talks, became an advisor for the film »BUSTER«, and appeared as guest on several talk shows. After slipping back into criminality, he spent another three years in prison for drug possession and a charity paid for his expenses until his death in 2013.
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Doris Payne 6 0 YEA RS O F RO BBE RY
The »Express« called her »QUEEN OF ROCKS« in October 2015. The 85-YEAR OLD Doris Payne had stolen a pair of DIOR earrings in a luxury department store in ATLANTA and a year later, a necklace from another jewellery store. She got caught and was jailed for both of these crimes. For over 60 years, PAYNE, the daughter of a coal mine worker, has been stealing things. Her first convicted theft happened in 1952, when she was 23 years old and stole a 22,000 DOLLAR RING from a jewellery store in PITTSBURGH. After this, she went on to steal in SISTER-MAG.COM
the US, Europe, and Tokyo – some of the pieces she went after are worth millions each. Payne’s passion for jewellery has put her behind bars more than once – one of her sentences was for almost five years in a COLORADO prison. In an interview, Payne admitted she was only interested in the game. Her trick being not to look like a thief. As a well-dressed customer, she starts chatting to employees and shows interest in several pieces. Once the sales people relax and stop paying attention, her strike takes mere seconds. Does she
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regret any of her actions? »NO. ONLY THAT I GOT CAUGHT «, the jewellery lover said. »THERE IS NOT ONE DAY WHERE I SET
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OUT TO STEAL AND DIDN’T GET
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Jewellery, paintings, sacks of money? Today, the most precious of treasures are digital. A group of master thieves that specialises in cybercrimes is the CARBANAK GANG . So far, the cyber bank robbers have stolen a sum of upwards one billion US dollars. Their first robbery took place at a MANIPULATED ATM MACHINE in Kiev in late 2013 – the first of a series of phishing attacks the group used to gain control over the computers of bank employees. Using
malware »CARBANAK«, later »COBALT STRIKE«, the criminals gained access to security cameras and
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transfer systems in the UKRAINE and the rest of the world, including GERMANY. Their manipulation of accounting systems allowed them to transfer and withdraw money without leaving a trace. The global cyber bank robbery is still happening today. The attackers infiltrated at least 100 banks in about 30 countries, most of them in RUSSIA. The people behind the crimes remain unknown although the Russian mafia is speculated to be involved. A suspect has been arrested in MADRID in March 2018 – but there is no end in sight.
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Even the roofs of Nice have to be tiled – and there are experts for this in the Côte d'Azur as well. But roofers have more tasks than handling tiles: we took a look at their versatile activities and see into the past and the future of the industry.
We are constantly surrounded by the results of their activities but don’t really notice them. For one thing, this is because we have to twist our necks a lot to examine their performance. On the other hand, we take their work for granted – even though being a roofer is not only about putting tiles on roofs. They are
also responsible for the thermal insulation and the planting of roofs as well as the installation of solar systems. Additionally, they have tasks like renewing gutters and installing roof windows. It’s high time to have a closer look at this complex profession.
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If you want to become a roofer in Germany, you have to complete a three-year training. For the firstwo and a half years, all trainees learn the same things; in the last six months they specialise in the field they want to work in later. They can choose between the actual ROOFING, SEALING, OUTER WALL CLADDING and ENERGY TECHNOLOGY on roof and walls. Or they can specialise in thatching which is especially useful in certain areas of the NORTH AND THE BALTIC SEA since thatched roofs are very common there. For thatching, reed is dried and attached to the roof with wires and screws. THATCHING is a craft that needs a lot of skills. Over centuries, older generations taught the younger ones the art of thatching, and it only became part of the roofer training in 1998. Because of its rich and long traditions, it was introduced to the Federal Index of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Germany.
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oldest techniques used in house construction. Lake dwellings built on the shores of Lake Constance as early as 4,000 BC were already roofed with straw. But it took some time until roofing became an independent profession. Only when roofs weren’t covered with STRAW or WOOD anymore but with TILES made of clay or with STONES, experts with the necessary know-how were needed. When building construction rapidly developed in the 13th century, specialised roofers became more and more popular.
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However, they initially put CLAY TILES on the houses of members of the upper class. Only when the towns took care of the mass distribution of tiles in the 14th and 15th centuries, they were used on most buildings. By the way: Legacies of early roofers can still be found on some especially old tiles. Back in the days, when the daily chores were done, the craftsman scratched a mark on the back of the last tile – the socalled »END OF WORK TILE«. This could have been the year, a pattern or even a whole text.
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An industry of the
The more houses and roofs there were, the more roofers were needed – and the industry continued to grow. At the end of last year, there were about 50,000 ROOFERS IN GERMANY
who, according to the Central Association of the German Roofing Trade, were in employment with almost 15,400 registered roofing companies. The whole industry generated remarkable sales of almost 9.3 billion Euros in 2017. And even though some people might think that the profession of the roofer is out-dated, the opposite is true. Not only new buildings and repair works fill up the order books but also the constant developments in this area make the job as relevant as ever. More and more house owners want to produce their
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Small helicopters
Speaking of future technologies: One of them is particularly impressive for roofers. More and more frequently, they use drones that make climbing up the roof unnecessary when it comes to finding a leak or the reason for a blockage of the gutter. The roofer gets the HIGH-DEFINITION
winter
Roofers in
IMAGES on his display in real
time and can identify every small crack in the roof. Only when he knows what needs to be done and where, he has to use ladder and rope or even the Hydraladder. ESPECIALLY
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By the way: You don’t have to worry about the roofers in winter. Even though they don’t have any orders because of snow and ice and are actually out of work, there has been a collective agreement for several years that guarantees employed roofers a YEAR-ROUND PAYMENT. This way, the practice of laying off the roofers in fall and re-hiring them in spring that was common once is now mostly a thing of the past. Only the boss of the roofing company has to take care that he gets enough orders between spring and fall in order to balance the weak winter. Or he hopes for especially mild winter months.
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Ladies tr avel differently. If we get the chance, we don't just spend our time hunting for the largest schnitzel in Vienna, but also the place where we can find this schnitzel beautifully arranged and served in a photogenic environment. This trend of feminine travel has gained more and more popularity over the last years and »Women‘s Retreats« or »Women-only Islands« can be found everywhere. We wouldn't go as far as giving you »women's only« travel advice as we are sure that the gentleman by your side will love these tips as well.
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Digital Ladies - to us, that are women who enjoy culture, culinary pleasures and beautiful photo spots. Those looking for the beach with the beach with the prettiest sun umbrellas and beach chairs on Instagram and Pinterest. And for all of you, we created the series »DIGITAL LADIES TRAVEL« to find future favourite places, hotels, AirBNBs or coffeeshops in different cities, regions and countries.
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Whenever you see our small mascot - a Digital Lady ready to go with her smartphone and suitcase (illustrated by ) - you can Emma Block look forward to travel tips from a new destination! You have a city in mind that we should definitely look at from a feminine perspective? You are missing a category in our feature (such as »The 5 best shoe stores«) ? Feel free to reach out to us via email to mail@sister-mag.com. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO YO U R I D E A S !
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DigiTtalralavdieleSs travel eries In our new series »Digital Ladies Travel«, locals and travel experts take you around the world and share their favourite sports – whether it is an instagrammable café or a gadget they always bring from their journeys. For our »To Catch A Thief« issue, we, of course, have chosen the Côte d'Azur as first destination. Our author, Christina of the blog , usually lives in 23timezones Salzburg, but, thanks to her love for traveling, you can often find her in everchanging places. This is why we asked her about her favourite spots in and around Nice and Cannes. And after reading about them, we would love to hop on a plane ourselves!
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• DRIVE TO SAN RAPHÄEL Beautiful highway by the coast with red cliffs and a stunning view. Great to find hidden bays, especially close to Le Dramont. • CAP FERRAT Another great destination for a trip is Cap Ferrat. It’s one of my favourite places on the entire Côte d’Azur!
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• PALOMA BEACH We found spots without beach loungers in the same bay as Paloma Beach, which is super dreamy. It is especially great in the mornings, because it faces east so you can see the rising sun. If you want to see the sunset, obviously choose a bay that faces west. • PASSABLE BEACH There are several beaches around the Cap, one of them in Passable. It is located towards the west and has a stunning view over the village of Villefranche-sur-Mer!! What I liked best about Cap Ferrat are the tiny villages that sit by the bay, with blooming trees and painted little houses … stunning!!! People interested in culture should pay a visit to the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild with its stunning architecture and beautiful gardens.
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A simple breakfast stop that is so FRENCH! For me, French breakfasts are the epitome of simplicity: You find a spot by the street, order some delicious croissants or baguettes and coffee and enjoy watching people. SISTER-MAG.COM
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Dining like locals The very French restaurant L’Antidote Christophe Ferre is fantastic! We got the tip from locals and it was a true explosion of flavours! You can choose between 2 menus (around 35/40 Euro). The staff kindly translated the menu for us because we both don’t speak French. They contradicted the popular stereotype that French people don’t like to translate – here, the customer is king and everyone is treated with the same open hospitality! It was so fantastic that we keep recommending it to everyone. It was the perfect ending for a perfect day in Cannes.
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TIP Buy different kinds of cheese and olives and get some fruit for a nice picnic at the beach. Their delicious products also make great souvenirs for loved ones back home.
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LADURÉE Ladurée is always worth a visit. I didn’t know that they even sold ice cream – dessert on point!
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Best view of the city We stayed at the Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes which has a beautiful view onto the beach and La Croisette.
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e v lo ls ca lo t bu s is m t h ig m s st ri Wh at tou Keep away from touristy restaurants. Instead, stroll through town and look for a spot farther away from La Croisette.
TIP There are plenty of restaurants and spots that the locals love, like the Forville Markt (Marche Forville) which offers fresh produce and other treats.
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Dijon + Herb INGREDIENTS
pastry
250g plain/all-purpose flour
1
egg
150g cold butter, cubed
1
tablespoon of cold milk
1
teaspoon of fine salt
DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Lightly grease a 21cm quiche pan
(roughly 4cm deep). 2. To make the pastry: Heap the flour onto a clean surface and
make a well in the center. Place the butter, salt, and egg into the well. 3. Using your fingertips, mix and cream these ingredients
together. Then, little by little, draw in the flour to work the dough until it has a grainy texture. 4. Add the milk and gently incorporate it with your fingertips
until the dough begins to hold together. Knead the dough about 5 times by pushing the dough away from you until it is smooth. 5. Refrigerate until ready to use. 6. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry until it’s larger
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INGREDIENTS
filling
1
small leek, thinly sliced
2
garlic cloves, minced
½
yellow zucchini, thinly sliced
½
green zucchini, thinly sliced
2
teaspoons of thyme
1 tablespoon of fresh basil, roughly chopped plus extra to serve 2
eggs
1
cup of cream
½
teaspoon of salt
2
tablespoons of Dijon mustard
3/4
cup of white cheese, grated
than the quiche pan. It should roughly be about 1cm thick. 7. Lift the pastry into your pan
and press firmly into the sides of the quiche pan. 8. Trim the excess dough to the
edge of the pan. Prick the bottom with a fork and rest it in the freezer for 10 minutes. (This will help prevent the pastry from shrinking). 9. Meanwhile, add the leek and
garlic to a pan over medium
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heat and cook for about 3-5 mins until leek is soft. Remove from heat. 10. Place a sheet of baking paper with
baking beads or dry beans on top and blind-bake for 10 mins. Remove the baking beads or dry beans and bake for another 5 mins. 11. Remove it from the oven and turn the
temperature down to 160° C. 12. Add the eggs and whisk in a large
bowl. Add cream and salt and stir until incorporated. Add Dijon and mix. Add basil and thyme and stir until combined. 13. Layer the garlic and leek mixture with
half of the yellow, green zucchini and cheese into the quiche shell. 14. Pour over the egg and cream mixture
until the quiche shell is nearly full. Place the rest of the yellow and green zucchini on top of the filling. 15. Bake for 30-40 mins until mixture is
cooked and pastry is lightly brown. 16. If the filling needs a little longer to
cook than the pastry, place a layer of foil over the quiche and reduce heat to 150° C.
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INGREDIENTS
pastry
250g plain/all-purpose flour
1
egg
150g cold butter, cubed
1
tablespoon of cold milk
1
teaspoon of fine salt
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Classic Deep Dish DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat the oven to 180° C. Lightly grease a 24cm quiche
pan, (roughly 5.5cm deep), with a removal bottom. 2. To make the pastry: Heap the flour onto a clean surface and
make a well in the center. Place the butter, salt and egg into the well. 3. Using your fingertips, mix and cream these ingredients
together. Then, little by little, draw in the flour to work the dough until it has a grainy texture. 4. Add the milk and gently incorporate it with your fingertips
until the dough begins to hold together. Knead the dough about 5 times by pushing the dough away from you until it is smooth. 5. Refrigerate it until it's ready to use. 6. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry until it’s larger
than the quiche pan. It should roughly be about 1cm thick. 7. Lift the pastry into your pan and press firmly into the sides
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TIPS
of the quiche pan. 8. Trim the excess dough to the edge of the
quiche pan. Prick the bottom with a fork and rest it in the freezer for 10 minutes. (This will help prevent the pastry from shrinking). 9. Meanwhile, add the bacon to a pan over
medium heat and cook for about 5-7 mins until the bacon starts to go crispy. Add the garlic and stir for another minute. Remove from the heat.
The perfect ratio of egg to cream/milk for a quiche is ½ cup for every egg used. If you don’t have the exact sized quiche pan, then you can adjust the egg and cream mixture to this ratio.
10. Place a sheet of baking paper with baking
beads or dry beans on top and blind-bake for 10 mins. Remove the baking beads or dry beans and bake for another 5 mins. 11. Remove it from the oven and turn the
temperature down to 160° C. 12. Add the eggs and whisk in a large bowl. Add
cream, salt and a good twist of fresh pepper. 13. Add the onion, bacon and cheese to the
It is better to whisk another egg with ½ cup of cream to fill to the top of the quiche pan than to just top up with cream – even if you have a little mixture left over. This will ensure that the quiche stays firm but a little jiggly.
quiche pan, then fill with the egg and cream mixture. 14. Bake for 45-60 mins until filling is completely
cooked and pastry is lightly brown. 15. If the filling needs a little longer to cook
than the pastry, place a layer of foil over the quiche and reduce heat to 150° C.
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filling
200g bacon, diced
1 teaspoon of salt
2
garlic cloves
1
large red onion, chopped
5
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Cherry Tomato + se ee h C t a o G INGREDIENTS
pastry
3 cups of almond meal
50g
butter, softened
1/4 cup of tapioca flour
1
egg white
Quiche Case
pinch of salt
INGREDIENTS
filling
2 eggs 1
cup of cream
1 tablespoon of fresh thyme 100g fresh goat cheese 1 punnet cherry tomatoes Balsamic vinegar to serve
1. Preheat the oven to 180° C. Grease 4 mini
quiche cases with 12cm in diameter. 2. Combine the almond meal, tapioca flour
and salt in a bowl until thoroughly mixed. 3. Once mixed, add the butter and mix it
with your hands by squishing the butter between your fingers and combine it with the almond meal until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the egg white and mix with your hands until the mixture starts to stick and feel more dough-like. 4. Press the mixture into 4 mini quiche cases
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15 minutes. (The base should still be light-coloured and not browned). Remove and allow it to cool slightly. Reduce oven to 160° C. 6. Beat the eggs and cream in a large
bowl until fully combined. Add the fresh thyme and a generous pinch of salt and pepper. Mix until combined. Crumble up the desired amount of cheese and mix. Pour it into the tart case. Place the cherry tomatoes whole on top of the mixture. 7. Bake it in the oven at 160° C for
30 mins. The filling should have hardened and browned slightly. 8. Allow to cool slightly, then serve with
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& the colour blue THREE ARTISTS
Te xt Elisabeth Stursberg Illustrations Nadine Basista
The works of Marc Chagall, Joan Mirรณ and Yves Klein differ stylistically, but the artists have one thing in common: They preferably used the colour blue. The reasons for that are different, as well as the used blue tones.
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[1887-1985] I L LU S T R AT E D BOOK WITH S E L E CT E D WO R K S B Y C H AGA L L
Marc Chagall M A R C C H A G A L L is one of the
most important artists of the 20th century. In the context of the art-historic epochs, he usually is allocated to E X P R E S S I O N I S M . The main reasons why the works of Chagall are so distinctive are the symbolic language and the transcendent and poetic atmosphere of his paintings. His Russian homeland influenced the imagery strongly. Characteristic motives like churches, snow and various animals as well as religious motives appear regularly. After his first stay
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before 1914, Chagall settled in France in the 1920s. Many of his famous lovers’ scenes originated there. The issue of love generally plays a central role in the works of Chagall. Like only a few other artist, he understood how to depict togetherness and desire in a painting. Only in 1948, Chagall who fled to the USA in 1941 finally returned to France. Another productive period began in which the enormously popular artist travelled and developed his versatile oeuvre further. Next to painting, mosaics and
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the equipment of international theatre and ballet productions, one genre especially stands out: glass painting. A particularly beautiful example can be visited in the Fraumünster Church in Zurich where Chagall designed the rose window and a five-piece window in the chancel. The work was dedicated in 1970. A few years before, he had created the » P E AC E W I N D O W « in the New York headquarter of the United Nations. Thanks to these works, Chagall had a significant share in transporting glass painting into modern times. The brilliant blue of Côte d’Azur that always inspired him shines especially intensive in these works.
Joan Miró Not only their life data overlap to a large extent: Although the style of J OA N M I R Ó is different to the one of Marc Chagall, both artists share a central artistic intent. They didn’t just want to reflect reality but to translate it into a feeling or a mood. In his work, Miró combined S U R R E A L I S M and features of other styles of the modern era that dominated at that time: the radiant colours of FA U V I S M , the formal language of C U B I S M . Similar to Chagall, he used the visual memories of his homeland in his paintings. According to an autobiographical
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A BLUE PATCH OF COLOR AND A DOT OR LINE SUFFICES (…) TO CREATE AN ENTIRE WORLD
FRANKFURTER RUNSCHAU
note, he liked to use the blue the walls of Catalan farms usually were painted in. His floating forms often are at the verge of the abstract but, surprisingly, keep their concreteness at the same time. Miró's way of depicting characters and objects is kind of naïve and cheerful. Oftentimes, his wellknown remark is cited that once roiled the world of art. He wanted to » K I L L PA I N T I N G « . Thereof, an extraordinarily versatile oeuvre developed that included painting as well as ceramic works and sculptures. While his paintings are mostly created two-dimensionally,
Miró emphasises the haptic aspect at the same time by using colour layers with different thicknesses and rough materials like sandpaper and jute. In 2016, the S C H I R N K U N S T H A L L E in Frankfurt dedicated a large exhibition to him and, among others, showed the » B LU E D R E A M PA I N T I N G S « he created between 1925 and 1927. Already in these works, Miró let the colour completely speak for itself. Much later, in 1961, he deliberately picked up the blue in his threepiece painting » B LU E I , I I , I I I « .
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Yves Klein [1928-1962]
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BLUE HAS NO DIMENSION IT IS BEYOND DIMENSIONS
YVES KLEIN
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artistically but also legitimately: » I N T E R N AT I O N A L
KLEIN
B LU E « ( I K B ) , a highly saturated I N T E R N AT I O N A L K L E I N B LU E
MONOCHROME B LU E
After Joan Miró who admittedly wanted to »kill painting«, another whirlwind swept through modern art: Y V E S K L E I N . His whole artistic oeuvre came into being in the last seven years of his life (he was only 34 years old when he died) and is distinguished by vibrant intensity and experiments that established his reputation as a concept and performance artist. During spectacular H A P P E N I N G S , he created works before a live audience and, for example, painted on naked women to use them as living print templates on the canvas. Klein always used a colour that isn’t only associated to him
ultramarine, was created in collaboration with chemists and pharmacists on the basis of a new chemical formula after Klein criticised the lack of radiance of the colour he used until then. In May 1960, the artist applied his colour for a patent. In the patent application, not only the exact ingredients and the instructions for the preparation are listed but also how IKB should be applied: 45 minutes after being mixed, the colour starts to get doughy. Things must go quickly which wasn’t an obstacle for Klein. For his » M O N O C H R O M E « works which are among his most known ones, he painted objects like furniture or antique statues blue. For him, pure blue was the »invisible becoming visible« and a possibility, the only possibility, of depicting infinity in which the view and the senses can loose themselves.
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GREEN A COLOUR BETWEEN TWO COLOURS
Some call it turquoise, others teal. Many just say it’s a greenish-blue. Let’s explore the world of cyan.
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Unless you work in web or graphic design, you may never think about the colour cyan. Even if it catches your eye on a daily basis, do you ever really identify it by its proper name? Maybe you’ll call it turquoise, or teal, or, more literally, greenish-blue. Indeed, it does sit between blue and green in the RGB colour wheel. And you’d be surprised just how popular it is.
– it would be almost impossible to go a day without one of these colours catching your eye. They all fall under the umbrella of cyan, though you’d be hard-pressed to hear that term outside of web or graphic design circles. Despite somewhat of a hidden identity, cyan might just be the most prominent colour you never knew.
TURQUOISE, TEAL, AQUA, SKY BLUE, GREEN-BLUE
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LIKE MANY THINGS, CYAN’S NAME CAN BE TRADED BACK TO ANCIENT GREECE, FROM THE NAME »KYANE,« MEANING »GREENISH BLUE.«
Its most foundational existence is, of course, on the colour spectrum. In the additive colour model RGB, cyan (code name: 0-255-255) is produced by the overlapping of the primary colours blue and green. It is therefore referred to as a secondary colour and cannot exist without other colours mixing to produce it. In the subtractive colour system CMYK, cyan (the »C«) comprises one of four inks used in some colour printing methods. In the CMYK model, there is actually a kind of reverse process to the one described above. Cyan is mixed with 161
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R: 0 G: 255 B: 255
CYAN magenta to produce blue and with yellow to produce green. Let’s explore some less technical examples. You may have enjoyed a holiday on an exotic beach recently and marvelled at the breathtaking colour of the ocean.
That magical hue is achieved when red light from the sun is absorbed by the water, which, when combined with its already present blue particles, exudes a very eye-pleasing cyan. Crystalclear cyan waters don’t quite SISTER-MAG.COM
Uranus have the same ring, however, so you’d be excused for calling it turquoise. Now we’ll move from sea to sky. While Mars is officially known as »The Red Planet,« Uranus could be accurately referred to as »The Cyan Seventh Planet From the Sun«. Uranus’ atmosphere is essentially a cloud of methane gas, which absorbs red light and reflects it as a blue-green hue. Neptune, too, is a cyan sight in the solar system. Academics will tell you its pale blue.
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The dome of the Gur-e Amir in Samarkand
Follow the Silk Road through Eurasia and you’ll discover domes in all shades of cyan adorning temples and other majestic beacons of architecture. The Kari Mosque in Samarkand, Uzbekistan is an especially notable shrine of Central Asian architecture marked by a distinct
turquoise top. The dome of the Gur-e Amir (»Tomb of the King«), also in Samarkand, is another fantastic example. Many of these cyan-studded structures were built during the Timurid dynasty (14th to 16th centuries) and look as astonishing today as they did then.
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CYAN, AS RED’S OPPOSITE ON THE COLOUR Perhaps most interestingly, cyan is a staple in the surgery room. Think about a typical doctor’s outfit and visions of greenishblue gowns spring to mind. As would be expected in the medical profession, there’s a very logical reason behind cyan as a sartorial choice. And it starts with red. Or, more precisely, avoiding it. Two theories support this notion. Red is a very hectic colour; it implies danger and increases blood pressure. Cyan, as red’s opposite on the colour wheel, harbours a more calm, harmonious, and energizing mood – much more conducive to performing open heart surgery. This introduces the second point. Surgeons spend a lot of time staring at the colour red – blood, organs, and the like. A deep focus on the colour red for extended periods SISTER-MAG.COM
WHEEL, HARBOURS A MORE CALM, HARMONIOUS, AND ENERGIZING MOOD…
leads to green illusions when you cast your eyes onto another colour. Glancing down at a cyan gown is a way to refresh the visual palette as these illusions blend in and avoid becoming a distraction.
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In its darkest shade, cyan takes the form of »Charleston green«, which describes a popular colour for houses in Charleston, South Carolina after the American Civil War. Things get even more ambiguous in the Crayola Colour Guide . Aqua, battery charge blue, blue sky, cerulean, cyber grape, metallic seaweed, and waterfall are just a few members of the family.
AQUA, BATTERY CHARGE BLUE, While cyan is a very allencompassing colour, its variations often have very specific connections. Consider »Tiffany blue«, for example, a colloquial term first coined to identify the cover of Tiffany and Co.’s Blue Book in 1845. Or aquamarine, which was a mineral long before the term was first used as a colour name in 1598. 165
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