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British Vogue
MEET & GREET • Introducing THE FACES BEHIND this month’s ISSUE
URBAN PLANNING • How, exactly, DOES one tackle dressing for SUMMER in the CITY? With a little help from VOGUE SHOPPING
GROWING SEASON • Wild at HEART and ripe for picking, a BOUNTIFUL harvest of nature-inspired JEWELS and ACCESSORIES is just waiting to be UNEARTHED.
IN FREE FLOW • With his HONEST, heart-on-a-sleeve philosophy, FENG is taking British underground RAP to new heights
STATUS UPDATE • Runways were awash with skirt SUITS for LADIES who lunch – but do elites still dictate what the world wears? MAYA SINGER unpicks the thorny matter of good TASTE and asks: who shapes it NOW?
GOOD SPORT • Playful yet PUT TOGETHER, individual yet uniform, RELAXED yet refined… The PE kit-inspired aesthetic is a PERFECT fit, says TISH WEINSTOCK
MAGIC REALISM • With a multimillion bestseller and a new movie mega deal, KATHERINE RUNDELL is the next British author set to take Hollywood.
COME TO HEAL • Growing up in a DYNASTY burdened with tragedy, JACK GUINNESS believed his family life was CURSED. Could an immersive retreat HELP him confront –and cure – his ANCESTRAL trauma?
FEAST YOUR EYES • In need of CULINARY inspiration? Take a PAGE out of Dolce & Gabbana’s BOOK and transport yourself to SICILY
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MISSION CRITICAL • From a refugee camp in South Sudan, the UN’s FUNMI OSIBONA tells DIYORA SHADIJANOVA how to stay STEADY in a crisis
Digital director KERRY McDERMOTT shares her MOODBOARD • In an attempt to squeeze every drop out of the summer, I’m planning a last-gasp trip to the Amalfi Coast, motivated almost entirely by the prospect of taking up residence on one of the seafront sunbeds at the new Le Sirenuse Mare in Nerano. Find me there with a copy of Emma Cline’s Switzy stuffed into Miu Miu’s raffia-effect woven tote, along with a tube of Teresa Tarmey Super Hydrating SPF 50 and Josh Wood Colour Miracle Mask – essentials all year round, but especially in Italy in August. When I’m not welded to a lounger, my plans include wafting around Positano in relaxed white denim by Lee and Ancient Greek Sandals’ Saionara flip-flops. My Ulla Johnson ring will go nicely with the light tan I’m manifesting.
THE BIGGER PICTURE • What does the waning of body POSITIVITY mean for a writer whose ideas and career were shaped by the FAT acceptance movement? How do I stay HOPEFUL, asks GINA TONIC, and love my BODY in a world obsessed with THINNESS?
SHELF INDULGENCE • This SCENTED selection will lend a high note of SOPHISTICATION to any bathroom.
TAKING CONTROL • PILL, patch or implant, which method of CONTRACEPTION – if any – is BEST? ANNABEL SOWEMIMO explains the complexities behind the current wave of HORMONE hesitancy
BEAT THE HEAT • In search of MAKE-UP that can survive the summer? FUNMI FETTO shares her HOT list
FLEX EDUCATION • Can WEIGHT TRAINING go hand in hand with a fashionable life? OLIVIA SINGER swaps the front row for the GYM floor.
MODERN CLASSIC • AS DAISY EDGAR-JONES TAKES FLIGHT IN AN EARTHY NEW SPIN ON SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, THE LONDON ACTOR MODELS A PAST-MEETS-PRESENT PREVIEW OF THE SEASON’S NEW FASHION AND TALKS TO RADHIKA SETH ABOUT LOVE… ON AND OFF CAMERA.
STAGE PRESENCE • Festival SEASON is here! And with it the free-spirited ENERGY of high-glamour EFFORTLESSNESS, punctuated by rare vintage FINDS.
STEP TO THE BEAT • From SOARING up the CHARTS to...