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1 week ago | 
marieclaire.com.au | Harriet Sim
Home FASHION Street Style Boho may be back, but not here Asides Every music festival has its own fashion identity: Glastonbury claims the gumboot-clad rocker, Ultra’s EDM festival boasts a neon wonderland of rave-core dressing, and Coachella is synonymous with boho.
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2 weeks ago | 
marieclaire.com.au | Harriet Sim
Home LIFE & CULTURE Health & Wellness "Ovarian cancer can affect anybody with ovaries of any age." Asides 23-year-old ovarian cancer survivor and 2025 Witchery White Shirt Ambassador Jemima Leydon shares her story with this lethal reproductive cancer.
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2 weeks ago | 
marieclaire.com.au | Harriet Sim
Home LIFE & CULTURE Sex & Relationships Her main criteria: can they fulfil the female fantasy? Asides It’s an overcast Saturday afternoon in Melbourne when I get the call to say I have a date flying into town this evening: he’s Italian, early thirties and five foot eight [173cm] in height.
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3 weeks ago | 
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Home LIFE & CULTURE Money & Career The couples who save together, stay together... Asides Welcome to Money Talks, where everyday couples reveal how they navigate all things finance. We’ve all dated the guy who pulls out his credit card after an expensive round of cocktails.
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4 weeks ago | 
marieclaire.com.au | Harriet Sim
Harriet Sim Deputy Features Editor Harriet has worked in Australian media for a over a decade.
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1 month ago | 
marieclaire.com.au | Harriet Sim
If walls could talk, Melissa Leong’s 1915 Edwardian terrace would tell the esteemed writer, food critic and television host: you’ve earned this. “Not a day goes by that I don’t sit in my house and tell myself, ‘You did this – you made it for yourself,’” says Leong, who invited marie claire Lifestyle into her eclectic sanctuary in Melbourne’s inner city for an exclusive cover shoot.
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1 month ago | 
marieclaire.com.au | Harriet Sim
Every year, when International Women’s Day rolls around, I feel a renewed sense of rage. If watching an echo chamber of women explain gender inequality to other women — while your male colleagues grab their pink swirled cupcakes and slink back to their desks — wasn’t bad enough, there’s always a new micro-aggression guaranteed to incite anger. This year, I was confronted by said micro-aggression during my morning commute.
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1 month ago | 
marieclaire.com.au | Harriet Sim
The onus should never be on a victim to stop the abuse. Gisèle Pelicot showed the world that while shame must change sides, so too should efforts to stop the crime: male-perpetrated violence against women is not a women’s issue. White Ribbon’s new CEO, Merinda March, talks about hope in a post-Pelicot world. Gise`le Pelicot has created a seismic shift in the narrative around family domestic violence.
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2 months ago | 
marieclaire.com.au | Harriet Sim
Amy Reid* was 15 when she experienced her first high. As her dopamine levels soared and the hypnotic haze of euphoria tightened its grip, Reid knew nothing in her life would ever compare to this feeling. She was hooked. But unlike with the more common vices of drugs, gambling, sex or alcohol, Reid didn’t have the warning signs of a depleted bank account or daily hangovers to indicate that things were turning sour. That was because Reid’s addiction was to a feeling: love.
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2 months ago | 
marieclaire.com.au | Harriet Sim
Leo Woodall and I are a blind date. Or rather, I’m on a blind date and he’s watching me in my living room, since the actor has opted to keep his camera off for the duration of our chat. Staring into the black void, I fire my first pick up line: ‘Valentine’s Day is approaching. What’s the next best way to spend the day?’ “Watch all four Bridget Jones movies. That would take about a day, so that’s your plans sorted,” clips a cheeky West London accent.
