Innehållsförteckning för October 11, 2023 från Stylist

I remember the day I interviewed for my role at Stylist like it was yesterday. It was the summer of 2009 and I’d been working in magazines – the job I’d wanted since I discovered ‘the problem page’ age eight – for four years. “What would you change about women’s magazines?” I was asked over coffee. “Gossip. I think women have had enough of reading awful things about other women,” I replied. I didn’t know it, but the brand new title I was interviewing for had decided to lead with three principles at its heart: no gossip, no paparazzi and no diets. In other words, the absolute antithesis of what we’d spent the last decade watching, reading, listening and enduring. I got the job. I haven’t thought much about that…

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alison hammond We know her as the hilarious presenter with the full-beam smile, but Stylist’s Meena Alexander finds there’s more to Alison Hammond than meets the eye I’m absolutely smashing this. There isn’t a bad picture here.” Alison Hammond, Rankin and several members of the Stylist team are huddled around a screen, looking at the first images from her cover shoot. We’re only five minutes in, but the energy on set is giddy. She’s admiring herself through Rankin’s storied lens, one that has captured the likes of Kate Moss, Zendaya and the Queen, and her verdict is swift. “Take a bow, Ranks,” she claps. “I look bloody amazing.” More than most people I’ve interviewed, the prospect of meeting Alison Hammond made me nervous. I’ve grown up watching her dominate daytime…

toxic noughties From magazines circling women’s cellulite to teenagers being leered at on live TV, the early 2000s was a Wild West of misogyny. How did it shape the women we’ve become? words: meena alexander Content warning: the following article contains references to addiction, eating disorders and sexual violence The year is 2006. You’re in your final lesson of the day, watching teenage boys snigger as they pass around a piece of paper rating you out of 10 in three categories: boobs, bum, face. You walk home via the corner shop, lingering at the magazine stand on your way to pick up a 10p Freddo. ‘Celebrity Cellulite Special!’, ‘50 Best& Worst Beach Bodies’, ‘Jilted Jen Alone Again’ – and those are the ones aimed at women. Most of the shelves…

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STYLIST’S COLUMNIST BILLIE BHATIA shares what’s on her mind this month I consider myself something of an open book. My loves are worn on my sleeve (read: Instagram profile) and I’m not obtuse in the things I like or the kind of person I am – I wouldn’t know coy if it slapped me in the face. Who I am is one swift scroll away: Billie works in magazines, she loves country music, travel, pasta, sport and getting drunk with her friends. In a bid to be a better version of myself mentally and physically, I have ditched one of the fundamental parts of me – giving up ‘drunk Billie’ from the end of August to 1 December 2023. Whenever I tell anyone I’m sober, my knee jerk response is,…

beauty …we are, of course, joking. Stylist’s Hanna Ibraheem explores how the humble morning beauty routine morphed into very time-consuming, very expensive performance art After a morning Pilates workout on an Alo yoga mat, I watch as a woman I have never met applies 13 – and I counted – different skincare products. First a cleanser, then an exfoliator and a toner. Then: a serum, a face mist, another serum, a face oil, a casual 15-minute facial massage, a sheet mask, an eye cream, a third serum, a scoop of moisturiser and some lip balm. She shows me the packaging for each one, while creating a satisfying ASMR-esque sound effect by tapping her acrylic nails against the packaging. We move to her vanity table, where she seals all those layers…

stylist advertorial There’s a perception that men will often apply for a job despite not having all the necessary skills, while women feel less entitled. We’ve joined forces with Google to tackle that mindset head-on… As with many women, 2023 has been a pivotal year for my career. After 14 years in the editor-in-chief’s hot seat I took a promotion to editorial director of The Stylist Group and launched The Stylist Network to help women with their careers. I was keen to learn more, to gain personal growth and have a chance to do more for the brilliant women who read Stylist. This new role gave me that and more. Since emerging from the pandemic I had watched – and shared – the struggle facing women at work. A search…

for more recipes head to stylist.co.uk/food Praise be to former Bon Appétit editor Molly Baz, who has perfected this doughy carrot cake recipe packed with walnuts and doused in a brown sugar and butter topping. Get it while it’s hot. preparation time 30 minutes cooking time 1 hour ingredients (makes one 23cm x 33m cake) 6-8 medium-sized carrots285g sour cream115g unsalted butter1 ½ tbsp whole milk4 large eggs160ml vegetable oil, plus more for the pan230g Medjool dates390g plain flour1 tbsp ground cinnamon1 tbsp baking powder ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg¼ tsp ground cloves300g granulated sugar270g dark brown sugar 3½ tsp vanilla extract190g walnutsKosher saltVanilla ice cream, for serving method Step 1: Position a rack in the centre of the oven. Preheat to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Grease a 23cm x 33cm…

stylist’s editorial director lisa smosarski shares her career wisdom In my 20s, I regularly worked 12-hour days. It was so normal in the “youth club” – the floor of magazines that I worked on housed Bliss, more!, J-17, Looks and Minx – that it was usually still bustling with people at 9pm. While editing Smash Hits, I once pulled a week of 8am-2am days, peaking on the final day with an all-nighter. I had a big deadline looming and needed to finish a project before I went on holiday. I arrived at home to pack my suitcase and my heart sank as I realised I’d left my make-up bag on my desk. Drowsily driving through London in the dawn light to pick it up, I suddenly slammed on my brakes. What I now know was…

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stylist advertorial From Navigating Hidden Conditions To Embracing Positivity, Stylist Spoke To Three Real Women About What It Means To Be Resilient In 2023… Resilience looks different for every woman, which is why we’ve joined forces with The Body Shop to shine a light on what makes us feel strong. Aligning with the Edelweiss skincare range (which helps protect and sustain your skin’s natural resilience), we spoke to three women about what they’d teach their younger selves about resilience. Here’s what they had to say… “You are great just the way you are” – CELESTE “I’ve always been resilient because I grew up in the presence of resilient women. It’s learned behaviour. Even though it didn’t enable us in any way, this inner strength is something I’ve known from a…

stylist advertorial Valerie Ebuwa is a 32-year-old freelance dancer who wants to make the arts sector more inclusive –here’s how an online training course in data analysis is helping her get started… I actually started dancing very late. Being the child of Nigerian parents – who sometimes find it hard to understand why their offspring don’t want to be a doctor or a lawyer – I knew I had to wait until I was old enough to make the decision for myself. One thing I was sure about though, even at a young age, was that dance was an important part of my story. At 18 I went to Lewisham College and completed a BTEC in dance, before going to London Contemporary Dance School. This is where I first became…

The titles worthy of a place on your bedside table rouge by Mona Awad You’ll most likely know Mona Awad’s name from her 2019 novel Bunny, a story of teenage angst that’s still exploding on BookTok, or from Margaret Atwood recently dubbing her as her ‘literary heir’. Either way, her latest novel Rouge is a must-read for anyone who has found themselves obsessively, and even dangerously, fixated on self-improvement. The gothic horror fairytale follows Belle, a lonely dress shop clerk, as she packs up her childhood home after the mysterious death of her mother – a woman who was fawned over for her good looks but was often neglectful of her daughter. The pair had a tricky relationship that ultimately drove Belle to move away. While back in her hometown, she…

THE MEANING OF LIFE IN 23 PROBING QUESTIONS What will the comedian and co-host of Off   Menu make of our existential questions? Being an adult is… Realising that you can’t drink like you used to. I’m hungover as I answer these questions. What are you currently worried about? All I can think about is this hangover, if I’m honest. Because of that, I’m worried about everything from the state of the world, to whether the hole in my jeans looks like a fashion choice or makes me look scruffy. Would you want to know your future? Absolutely not! I think if I knew my future, I’d be so aware of what I was doing that the future eventually wouldn’t come true. When do you feel most alive? After my first…