Fairlady

FAIRLADY is a modern, glossy grown-up magazine that offers great stories and inspired solutions to the busy South African woman.

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what love we THIS MONTH • PRETTY MASKS, COMFORT TV, AND BLANKETS. YEP, THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP THE MONTH WE’VE HAD.

on the telly...

style icons • There’s certainly no shortage of inspiration when it comes to fashion on South African shores. We turned to a model, a jewellery designer and two magazine-turned-fashion mavens for style advice.

becoming kirsten • The days of vampire flicks and plucky teenage cheerleader movies are long gone – Kirsten Dunst is all grown up and back on screen with a live-wire performance in pitch-black comedy series On Becoming a God in Central Florida.

where there’s smoke... • Spies, lies and mega-profits – it sounds like the tagline for the latest Grisham novel. Telita Snyckers talks about her new book, turning down a fat pay cheque and uncovering the underbelly of Big Tobacco.

FACTS

home It’s all in the detail These homeware luxe • It’s all in the detail! These homeware business owners are helping to create dream spaces and nostalgic aromas, and they’re keeping it 100% local.

GETTING BACK TO BUSINESS

star crossed • The small screen’s newest starlet is straight out of South Africa. Masali Baduza plays the lead in the BBC’s dystopian romance drama series Noughts + Crosses - an Afrocentric reimagining of a forbidden love story.

5 extra minutes with Masali

what ‘ the new normal ’ actually means • I know. We’re all sick of hearing about it. More than anything, we want to get back to our lives. But a pandemic of this magnitude is bound to have a lasting effect on the way we think, the way we work, the way we live – even the way we dress. This is how we think Covid-19 will change the world as we know it.

10 OTHER OBSERVATIONS

A letter TO MYSELF • Behind every successful woman is the story of how she got there – and more often than not, the journey was not an easy one. We asked five South African icons to reflect on the world they came from and the world they live in now by penning a letter to their younger selves.

GROW YOUR OWN VEG FROM WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR KITCHEN • Don’t toss out those kitchen scraps just yet – you can turn offcuts and leftovers into a thriving veggie patch. Here’s how to grow your own celery, spring onion, lettuce and sprouts.

my #MeToo • I grew up in what was a halcyon period for white South Africans. For some – perhaps many – girls and women, though, this wasn’t the whole story, and it took the rise of the #MeToo movement for me to recognise the extensive sexual abuse in my own life, stretching back to my childhood.

Mirror, mirror • It’s common to feel insecure about a facial feature or body part, especially in adolescence. But when this becomes a persistent fixation that affects your daily life, it can be a sign of body dysmorphic disorder – for which you need to get help.

SIGNS OF BDD

THE PROBLEM WITH POSITIVE THINKING • It sells self-help books by the millions; there are even songs based on the idea: think positive, and everything will work out. But playing Pollyanna is not the cure-all it’s cracked up to be.

Reads we swear by:

is property STILL A GOOD INVESTMENT? • Landlords grow rich in their sleep – or do they? What have the returns been; what are the risk factors? Vacancies are up to nearly 10% in some cities – it’s a tenant’s market. Here’s what this means from an investment perspective.

DOING BUSINESS usual & unusual • We chat to Enid Lizamore, Executive Head of Human Resources at Santam, and Women of the Future competition judge, who...