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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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THIS MONTH’S FABULOUS PRIZE • A Clarins Bright Plus hamper worth R3 355!

Join us in Cape Town for the FAIRLADY GRAHAM BECK pamper day! • ENJOY A SPLENDID DAY FILLED WITH PAMPERING TREATMENTS, A DELICIOUS LUNCH, A MAKEOVER AND A GRAHAM BECK CAP CLASSIQUE TASTING AT CAMELOT SPA IN FRANSCHHOEK.

WHAT WE’RE loving RIGHT NOW! • FROM HOW TO WEATHER THE ODD RAINY DAY IN STYLE TO COVETABLE JEWELLERY, IT’S CLEAR LOCAL IS BEST!

Join • A SPECIAL GROUP OF FAIRLADY READERS TO GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT AND GIVEAWAYS

Pnina Fenster • TRAVEL AND LIFESTYLE WRITER, WRITING COACH, FORMER LAUNCH EDITORIN-CHIEF OF MARIE CLAIRE AND GLAMOUR, AND LIFELONG STUDENT.

Laureen Rossouw • EX-EDITOR OF ELLE DECORATION, STYLIST, ART DIRECTOR AND WRITER FOR VRYE WEEKBLAD

Siyanda Bani • CONTENT CREATOR AND MOM

THE WHY, THE WHICH & the wardrobe • EXPERT ADVICE ON HOW TO ‘BUY LESS, CHOOSE WELL AND MAKE IT LAST’, COMBINE BASICS WITH STATEMENT FINDS, AND ‘FAKE IT TILL YOU FEEL IT’ WITH BOLD COLOURS.

Far from the MADDING CROWD • MORE AND MORE SOUTH AFRICANS ARE TRADING THEIR CRAMPED CITY-CENTRE LIVES FOR THE SPACE AND FRESH AIR OF SMALL RURAL AND COASTAL TOWNS.

HACKED • YOU THINK YOU’RE SCAM-SAVVY, UNTIL YOU GET HACKED. HERE’S HOW I FOUND MYSELF ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE SIX-DIGIT WHATSAPP SCAM.

NOT by the BOOK • These two bestselling South African authors published their novels themselves under their own brands, and they’re flying!

FLYiNG high • ‘By some beautiful twist of fate, I’ve landed in this vocation that demands that I feel and helps me to learn.’ Some 20 years after Jennifer Connelly’s Oscar acceptance speech, her words still ring true for her today.

LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT

Odd jobs • We’re fascinated by women who’ve stepped outside the nine-to-five to earn a living.

WALK OFF YOUR BELLY IN 6 WEEKS • ARE YOU READY TO STRIDE YOUR WAY TO A SLIMMER SILHOUETTE, STEP UP YOUR ENERGY LEVELS AND SURPASS YOUR FITNESS GOALS?

DEEPFAKES & BORED Apes • ‘I, ROBYN MACLARTY, REGRET TO INFORM THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION THAT I AM UNABLE TO ATTEND.’ (AND IT CAN KEEP ITS NONSENSICAL TOKENS.)

WHAT ARE NFTS – AND SHOULD I CARE?

REINVENTING MYSELF • AT 59, I COULD SEE MYSELF DOING A LITTLE LESS AND FEELING A LITTLE LESS RELEVANT EVERY YEAR. IT UNSETTLED ME SO MUCH THAT I DREAMT UP A NEW CAREER, PACKED MY BAGS AND SET OFF ON A HUGE ADVENTURE.

Why do you want WHAT YOU WANT? • COULD THE ANSWER REALLY BE AS SIMPLE (AND AS DEPRESSING) AS ‘BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE WANTS IT’? LUKE BURGIS, AUTHOR OF WANTING: THE POWER OF MIMETIC DESIRE AND HOW TO WANT WHAT YOU NEED, THINKS SO.

From the MOTHER CITY to MOTHERLAND • Jessica Sutton has enchanted audiences around the world with her breakout role as warrior witch Tally Craven in Motherland: Fort Salem, but off-screen she’s just a South African girl making her way in the world.

The joy of being an ADULT BEGINNER • When was the last time you learnt an entirely new skill? Learning something new has a number of benefits that go way beyond the thing itself.

Reviving a childhood dream

Fall in LOVE with Pars ON YOUR OWN! • COULD THE CITY OF LOVE AND ROMANCE BE EVEN MORE MAGICAL… ALONE? I SPENT 10 DAYS IN PARIS BY MYSELF. AND FELL HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE.

HOWFAR YOUR MONEY GOES

Is RETIREMENT OBSOLETE? And, if so, WHAT CAN YOU DO INSTEAD? • THERE’S A WELLENTRENCHED NOTION THAT YOU WORK UNTIL THE AGE OF 65 AND THEN SPEND THE REST OF YOUR DAYS POTTERING ABOUT IN THE GARDEN AND GOING ON CRUISES, BUT...