British Vogue

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EDITOR’S LETTER

MEET & GREET • Introducing THE FACES BEHIND this month’s ISSUE

VOGUE FESTIVE CALENDAR 2025 • The ultimate seasonal CELEBRATION of beauty, fashion, jewellery and wellness is BACK

British Vogue

LAYER SLAYER • Let your FAVOURITE pieces cross seasonal BOUNDARIES with clever combinations that make autumn DRESSING look fresh.

CHANEL ISLAND • Just how did ONE French maison become so deeply intertwined with Great BRITISH style? A hundred years on, writer OSMAN AHMED decodes the Anglo-French alchemy that happens whenever Coco’s CLASSICS are worn with SCRUFFY English irreverence

VOICE NOTES • Style, substance and SOUL have made KWN Britain’s breakout R&B star

RETURNING HERO • A quintessential LONDON label is back… JULIA HOBBS falls hard for the revived JOSEPH and meets its creative director, MARIO ARENA.

EDITOR’S EYE • Shopping director NAOMI SMART shares her MOODBOARD

MY FRIEND, MR ARMANI • As his first-ever house AMBASSADOR, LADY HELEN TAYLOR spent nearly 20 years travelling, learning and laughing with the LEGENDARY Italian designer. On the news of his passing, she recalls the man who called her “Cara Helena”

CHIC LIT • Can FASHION and an INTELLECTUAL life ever go hand in hand? Whether in London or New York, ZADIE SMITH works out how to dress the part

THE PARENT TRAP • Shifting gender roles, modern DATING culture and a COST of living crisis… as the UK’s FERTILITY rate reaches an all-time low, GILLIAN ORR considers the MOTHER of all dilemmas

FLIPPING THE SCRIPT • PORN addiction for WOMEN is the latest subject for playwright SOPHIA CHETIN-LEUNER, theatre’s new name to KNOW

ON THE BEAT • As a NEW monograph reopens the doors to PDA, London’s scene-shaping club night, AMEL MUKHTAR explores its enduring PARTY spirit

KATHY COMES HOME • Before the fame, the fags and the FUNNY, Kathy Burke was a wannabe PUNK in ’70s London. In an extract from her long-awaited MEMOIR, the ACTOR reveals the makings of a national treasure.

ISLAND OF OPPORTUNITY • In 2026, the Mediterranean OUTPOST to know will be… MALTA. LIAM HESS reveals how the in-crowd fell for its CHARMS

A TALE OF TWO CITIES • With a new novel set among the CANALS and corridors of Italy’s floating city, writer OLIVIA LAING recalls how they uncovered – and fell in love with – the real VENICE

WELSH TAKE • For CARYS DOUGLAS – and family – doing WALES right is a matter of personal PRIDE

BEST IN SNOW • As CORTINA gets ready to cohost the Winter Olympics, designer MARCO CAPALDO conjures the MAGIC of skiing in ITALY

REST STOPS • From Somerset to SRI LANKA, hormone HEALTH is top of the travel AGENDA

GLAMOUR TIME • EYE-CATCHING party make-up is back, as MATTIE KAHN swaps her minimalist palette for MAXIMUM impact

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DESIGNS IN BEAUTY • Look to the RUNWAY for the inspiration behind the SEASON’s most CAPTIVATING fragrances.

EX MARKS THE SPOT • EXOSOMES are the ingredient on every beauty FANATIC’s lips, SKIN and even hair. MORGAN FARGO investigates the rise of a modern OBSESSION

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