Fashion Magazine – August 2018

Fashion Magazine – August 2018

We live in a world where curated Instagram feeds filter the truth and where leaders who have a Trumpian-like fondness for falsehoods are rewarded. But I think (hope) we’re reaching a tipping point. Perhaps fashion designers are tapping into our cultural yearning for truth with the return of the newspaper print. We saw it at Balenciaga, Alexander Wang, Helmut Lang and John Galliano. At Sacai Menswear, they printed a New York Times ad on a black tee that read “Truth. It’s more important now than ever.” In “Fit to Print”…

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Professional Beauty – July 2018

Professional Beauty – July 2018

The growing strength of social media channels has played a major role in the increasingly blurred line between the professional and consumer beauty markets. Just as anyone with a smartphone is suddenly a photographer, anyone with a YouTube channel can now present themselves as a make-up artist or nail technician, regardless of whether they’ve had any training. Our make-up feature on page 70 further explores the impact of social media on the profession and offers some advice on how to raise your profile as a skilled MUA, without resorting to…

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National Geographic Traveller – The Luxury Issue

National Geographic Traveller – The Luxury Issue

What is luxury? Is it a boutique villa in the Maldives with a private beach, a personal chef and a butler on hand for your every whim? Or is it a simply a case of less is more? We know there’s so much more to luxury than money. It’s about those meaningful, authentic experiences; it can be something you’ve saved a lifetime for, but it can oft en be one of the undefi nable — oft en free — moments that travel delivers in spades. In this issue, we look…

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