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 WE’RE loving RIGHT NOW! • By the looks of things, we’ve entered the homebody era – we’re all stocked up on handcrafted soaps and candles, soothing essential oils, flower bulbs, and pretty decor pieces.

STYLE icons • Bold designer looks? Tick. A love of quirky shoes? Tick. A keen eye for a vintage gem? Tick. Our style icons are serving up oodles of inspiration for the new season.

THE WHY, THE WHICH the wardrobe • GOOD NEWS: Kendra, Emma and Suki shared some of the secrets behind their covetable wardrobes. Read on for some insider intel on elevated basics, local designers to watch, magpie-worthy jewellery and the best thrift shops around.

WOMEN have been BETRAYED by a CULTURE OF PORN gone WILD • The sexual revolution was supposed to liberate women. Yet the tragic life of Marilyn Monroe and the nightmarish world of violent pornography that today’s young women have to navigate suggest otherwise.

Meet the NOMADS • Ever dreamt of ditching domestic life for the open road… indefinitely? We speak to three couples who did just that, two of them kids and all. Prepare to be inspired!

Beauty and the BRAND • Two enterprising young women are meeting the growing demand for high-quality yet affordable beauty products.

DON’T TRUST your GUT • How many times have you been advised to ‘follow your heart’ and ‘trust your gut’? Usually, what that really means is listening to ingrained biases and popular opinion. The data suggests that conventional wisdom and gut feels might be steering you wrong.

FROM Bond to Blonde • From defying the Bond girl trope to reinventing Marilyn, Cuban-Spanish actress Ana de Armas has proven her incredible range and talent. Her star turn in Blonde has earned her a well-deserved Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

WORKING FROM HOME –in Mauritius! • Stuck in a same-old same-old nine-to-five routine, I’d never imagined living as a digital nomad, on an island off the coast of Africa. But when the pandemic hit, I realised all I needed was a laptop and a Wi-Fi connection.

‘Mom, Dad… I’m transgender’ • Whether or not it’s something you expected, responding to your child’s disclosure of gender divergence requires tact, a lot of love and, more often than not, some guidance. We spoke to a mother who has been through it and three clinical psychologists to find out, what now?

ROBO doc • Dr Farzana Cassim made headlines last year as South Africa’s first woman to perform robotic surgery. She chats to us about her work as a urologist and urogynaecologist at Tygerberg Hospital, and reveals why she buys socks in every country she visits.

Stuck in a rut? • HOW TO BE HAPPY IN YOUR LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP

Where did I put my keys? • We all have lapses in memory – the name of that blonde actress, forgetting where you parked your car or even just, hey, why did I walk into this room? But what is normal forgetting, and what is cause for concern? And is there a way to keep your mind firing on all cylinders?

BRINGING THE GUILTY TO BOOK (AND PODCAST) • Author and podcaster Nicole Engelbrecht talks to us about the ethics of true crime as entertainment, her book on the Samurai Sword Killer and the case that started a life-long obsession.

Nicole recommends…

Generation VAPE • Vape use, once hailed as ‘a game changer for public health’, has exploded among young people who’ve never touched tobacco before. How harmful is it really...