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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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WHAT WE’RE loving RIGHT NOW! • The team are self-soothing, as you can see: basically all our top picks of the season revolve around eating, nesting and watching TV cosied up on the couch.

STYLE icons • Brace yourself for major wardrobe envy! We’re talking sustainable investment pieces, nostalgic garments plucked straight from Daisy Jones’s wardrobe and clean-cut, textured neutrals.

Sadie Bosworth • Bridalwear designer and owner of Sadie Bosworth Atelier

ange-nicole mahoro • Model and shareholder of Closet Runway

THE WHY, THE WHICH & the wardrobe • A desire to make designer clothing accessible, a love of history and an Afro-futuristic design aesthetic drive these women. We take a deep dive into their styling tips.

Synchronicity SIGNS FROM THE OTHER SIDE: PROJECTION, OR SHEER COINCIDENCE? • Many of us have moments, especially around an intense experience like losing someone we love, when events converge in a way that seems too significant to be chance. But what does the science say?

SHOW biz • Twenty years ago, Kamers Vol Geskenke (Rooms Full of Gifts) started out as a small market with 40 vendors in a Stellenbosch home. Today, Kamers/Makers is the largest artisanal pop-up event in Africa.

Meet the makers

‘I LOOK AT THAT GIRL AND THINK, SHE DID IT; SHE PULLED THROUGH’ • Brooke Shields was a global pin-up at 14. Now 58, she tells Hadley Freeman how she broke free of the alcoholic mother who turned her into a child star.

RETHINKING WORK • We’ve been trained to see our waking hours as currency: time is money. And, by the same token, time off is a wasted earning opportunity. But what if you decided that time was worth more to you than money?

Hello, Sailor • Kirsten Neuschäfer recently became the first South African sailor–and the first woman–to win the Golden Globe Race, spending 235 days at sea, solo. In an exclusive interview, we got to peek inside the mind of this extraordinary adventurer.

Lessons in LOVE • Pop culture dishes up mixed messages when it comes to love. Love hurts. Love bleeds. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love. Author Jay Shetty lays out a concrete game plan to finding and keeping love–and when to let it go.

face VALUE • You won’t find many artists like Kathryn Smith. She brings together science and art to give a face to unidentified human remains. As one of just two formally trained civilian forensic artists, she hopes to change the way we treat our dead.

It’s Amore • There’s an old Sicilian saying: ‘Never fear Rome; the serpent lies coiled in Naples’, which illustrates so well the menace and beauty of this filthy, fascinating city. We spent three days there… just long enough to fall in love.

Sex. Period. • These entrepreneurs hope to change the way we talk about sex and menstruation.

SHEBA FEMININE • ZIZIPHO NTOBONGWANA

FIRE SAFETY • TOP CAUSE OF INSURANCE CLAIMS

Not your average • I checked into a hospital in India for three weeks of Ayurvedic treatment. Here’s what I experienced and learnt from this ancient healing science.

Dip into something more comfortable • Since it’s winter, we asked five dedicated foodies to share their most comforting recipes, each evoking a cherished memory or treasured tradition.

Fatima Sydow

The Persian Peacock

Kamini Pather

Emile Joubert

‘The future is still on your terms’ • In these days of change and overwhelm, we need all the help we can get to stay sane. In his new book Thrive, Richard Sutton shows us how to do just that.

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