YOU Tracey Woodward uses her experiences of abuse and domestic violence to help others →
I'm a successful self-made businesswoman, yet I only learned to read and write at 14 After surviving her unreliable mother's myriad bad choices and violent boyfriend, TRACEY WOODWARD vowed to make a better life for herself. And now she is helping others to escape similarly difficult circumstances
Read MoreHTSI Pierre Hardy talks personal taste Part I
Pierre Hardy’s eponymous line is loved for its sculptural shoes and colour-block bags. Last year he celebrated 25 years as Hermès creative director of shoes
HTSI Pierre Hardy talks personal taste Part II
The French designer concludes his list of likes with the elegance of La Nouvelle Vague, cake and caviar in Le Marais, and BLTs and Bloody Marys in the West Village
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Read MoreRACONTEUR Cosmetic procedures are the new make-up →
Cosmetic interventions are big business in the UK, worth an estimated £3.6 billion, up from £2.3 billion in 2010.
But among all the procedures on offer, one thing is missing – the government scarcely has any provision to police non-surgical cosmetic practice.
Read MoreRACONTEUR Top 10 cosmetic facial treatments →
Faces change with fashion. And hallelujah, subtlety is back. “We have moved away from the pillow face or trout pout that was in vogue ten years ago,” says Dr Tapan Patel, founder and medical director of Harley Street’s PHI Clinic. “New research shows people do not want to freeze their face in time, they simply want a better version of themselves.”
Read MoreTATLER Thai Pad Koh Samui →
THAI PAD Beatrice Aidin had spent years resisting the pull of pilates, but a life-changing visit to Koh Samui saw her become a reformed' character...get it? (Reformer pilates? No? Oh, forget it).
If I was going to detox, I was going to make myself toxic first. So, during the fortnight before my trip to Thailand, I drank like a fish, watched my white-wine belly
Read MoreRACONTEUR Mergers dominate $473-billion beauty industry →
When executives from Walgreens Boots Alliance rang the Nasdaq stock market opening bell in January, the occasion marked the newly merged conglomerate’s first week trading. But it also set the tone for 2015, with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) gripping the $473-billion global beauty industry.
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