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Marie Claire Australia

RIDING HIGH • By reimagining Gucci’s signature hardware and pairing it with a relaxed, generous silhouette, the house’s new Softbit shoulder bag is as stylish as it is functional.

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WORTH IT • Leather is back, and it’s unmatched at covering all the bases – from elegant to edgy, supple and subtle.

BODY LOVE • Known for her statementmaking body casts and breastplates, the Pakistanraised, US-based artist Misha Japanwala is trying out a quieter mode of revolution through adornment.

MEET AT THE KNEES • Fashion’s mini-micro obsession is over. Now it’s time to embrace hemlines that go the length and boots that rise to the occasion.

STEP FORWARD • Good news: dressing up from the waist down is back! Celebrate the end of WFH chic (read: great-top-pyjama-bottoms) by heading out in statement hosiery and a fabulous pair of shoes.

JUNGLE BOOK • Our fashion team shares its tips on animal prints: along with the bold, there’s a new breed with subtler markings.

HAT’S ENOUGH • From the simplest headscarf to the most intricate cocktail hat, keeping warm has never looked so cool.

BAGS IT • As the Whitney Bag turns 10, we celebrate Max Mara’s most iconic architectural accessory.

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FEATURES • This month we head to the frontline to find stories of how love thrives during wartime; we also mark 50 years of NAIDOC Week with a special showcase of female First Nations artists; spotlight the realities of living with motor neurone disease; and unpack the complexities of student-professor relationships.

LOVE IN A WAR ZONE • Four years into the war with Russia, young couples in Ukraine are navigating new pathways to romance. From wild nights with midnight curfews, to lining up at government-backed IVF clinics and texting on the frontlines, love continues to find a way despite impossible circumstances.

TEACHER’S PET • Male-professor-female-student relationships are ripe for scandal, scrutiny, drama, moralising. But, as Madison Griffiths discovered from personal experience and in writing a book that interrogates consent and power, these relationships are far more nuanced and complicated than that.

ODE TO COUNTRY • Jade Akamarre comes from a long line of First Nations artists, and is the founder of the Aboriginal art gallery Pwerle. To mark 50 years of NAIDOC Week, she reflects on how attitudes towards Aboriginal art have changed and how the next generation is shaping contemporary First Nations art on the global stage.

why i left • In her new book, Torn, Nicole Madigan asks women why they left or stayed in their troubled relationships. In the story of Anna, she discovers that the hardest part of walking away isn’t heartache, it’s survival.

Still HERE, still FIGHTING • Gill Truman talks to marie claire editor Georgie McCourt about what it’s really like living with motor neurone disease.

The Change Makers • In a news cycle plagued by darkness, there have been glimmers of hope in the form of game-changing Australian women, who have stepped up to offer solutions, drive change and disrupt systems. Here are three worth putting on your radar.

Ali France • She’s the former journalist and para-athlete turned Labor candidate...