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Marie Claire Australia

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CURATED BY • We’ve selected the best new pieces and trends to light up your day

WORTH IT • All-black dressing needn’t be simple nor boring. These darkly glamorous looks are enchanting and imaginative

THE NEW ROMAN EMPIRE • Guess’ latest campaign transports us to its sparkling Roman holiday, where the gold-accented accessories invariably steal the spotlight

DIALOGUE OF COLOUR • Bvlgari’s Kaleidos Exhibition at Tokyo’s National Art Center is a dazzling display from the renowned jewellery house

SPORTY SPICE • The collision of sport and fashion has moved on from yoga pants at brunch to blazers at the footy oval and rugby jerseys in the office

PENCIL CASE • The pencil skirt is breaking out of the meeting room to become the most versatile piece in your wardrobe – yes, even on the weekend. The marie claire team outlines the best ways to style it

GO-TO WAIST • A good belt is like the cherry on top of your outfit, and this season, designers are buckling up in new ways

FEATURES • Melissa Leong recognises and reckons with her trauma; two years on from the Voice to Parliament referendum, the Uluru Dialogue is not taking No for an answer; we meet the women looking for donor sperm on Facebook; and investigate why murder-suicides among elderly couples are on the rise

WOMEN of WATER • Many women have a spiritual connection with our oceans. For some it represents freedom. For others it provides unrivalled joy, a source of inspiration and inner peace. Here, seven women share how the sea has held and healed them

DON’T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER • It’s been two years since the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum. Here, co-chairs behind the Uluru Statement from the Heart, Megan Davis and Aunty Pat Anderson, reaffirm their mission: a united call to action for all Australians

The medium • David the Medium left the corporate world to communicate instead with the spirit world. Here, one marie claire sceptic gets a private reading. Will it change her mind?

Finding the GUTS • In her new memoir, writer and media personality Melissa Leong shares her reckoning with the past, survival and culinary identity

WOULD YOU LOOK FOR A SPERM DONOR ON FACEBOOK? • Or time one-night stands with your ovulation? What about join an app to find a romance-free co-parent? Welcome to the wild west of DIY fertility: a largely unregulated space that Shona Hendley discovers is becoming more than a cottage industry – for some it feels like a necessity

TO THE MOON • As a child, Kate Reid dreamed of one thing: designing Formula One race cars. But when she eventually achieved just that, things didn’t work out as planned. In her new memoir, Reid details the winding road from aerospace engineer to founder of Lune croissanterie, and finding her purpose along the way

Would you kill the one you love? • Murder-suicides among older Australians are on the rise. Often romanticised as a “pact” between lovers who can’t live without each other, the truth is it’s often men killing their unwell wives once the burden of their care becomes overwhelming. How can we stop these violent acts of desperation?

MY STYLE EVOLUTION Everyday Opulence • A personal fashion style develops not from the flavour of the day, but from enjoyment, honesty and maybe a splash of fancy

Purpose Run • Ultramarathoner Samantha Gash has run in some...