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Marie Claire Australia

MAGIC HOUR • Fanciful diamond-winged fairies are captured dancing amongst bright, ripe berries in these joyous, colourful timepieces within Van Cleef & Arpels’ Perlée Extraordinaire Fruits Enchantés collection.

EDITOR’S LETTER

CURATED BY • We’ve selected the best pieces, places and events to light up your every day.

WORTH IT • It’s true what they say: denim never goes out of style. Here is the best of the new and how to wear it.

GO WITH THE FAUX • Bring the glamour of 1940s New York into a new era with the most luxurious faux furs of the season.

TWEED ROMANCE • Tweed is rebelling against its high-society associations to become the coolest street-style fabric of the year. You heard it here first.

BACK TO BLACK • With a few clever twists and surprising accents, black and white dressing can be just as vibrant as full colour. Don’t believe us? Here’s proof.

Accessory of the Moment FIRST GLASS • Coloured sunglasses make throwing shade all the more enjoyable, whether in soft pastels or punchy primaries.

Sweet DELIGHTS • Enchanting blossoms adorned with brilliant butterflies and ladybugs transport wearers to Van Cleef & Arpels’ glittering springtime garden, for a perfectly poetic fine jewellery moment.

WATCH THIS SPACE • Oscar-winning actor Ariana DeBose knows the perfect time to make a statement.

FEATURES • This month we celebrate the lavish world of Valentino; investigate the troubling rise of misogyny in the metaverse; spotlight the harsh realities of life after prison for formerly incarcerated women; unpack the psychology of cheating; and mark National Missing Persons Week by exploring ambiguous grief.

LA DOLCE VALENTINO • For almost half a century, Valentino Garavani has defined glamour with his opulent designs. Now, a new book traces the illustrious career of fashion’s most exciting couturier.

LIFE SENTENCE • Imagine serving a short jail term for a minor crime, only to be “freed” into homelessness on release. A lack of government support makes it impossible for many women to rebuild their lives after incarceration, leading to a cottage industry of independent support organisations, often run by formerly imprisoned women. Madison Griffiths meets them.

THINKING OF HAVING AN AFFAIR? Read this first. • It’s official: the infidelity gap has closed, with women now cheating on their partners at the same rate as men. But the reasons behind the transgressions are completely different.

the vanity project • The celebrity-to-beauty-mogul pipeline is short, yet many still fall along the way. When even the hot gardener from Desperate Housewives has a skincare line, what does it take for a celebrity beauty brand to find success?

MISSING YOU • Fifteen years ago, Dan O’Keeffe disappeared from his family’s home in Geelong, becoming one of Australia’s “missing” and leaving his loved ones suspended in a state between hopeful and hopeless. Here, to mark National Missing Persons Week, his sister Loren reveals the devastating impact on those left behind.

SCREEN TEST • After a frustrating and painful experience trying to get an endometriosis diagnosis, Grace Toombs launched a revolutionary at-home cervical screening company.

Sexism’s new frontier • When Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, decided to investigate the world of artificial intelligence, she was shocked to find that generative AI is helping create a world where misogyny is...