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Marie Claire Australia

Welcome to our BIG style issue!

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

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the LUXE LIST • No outfit is complete without the perfect accessory – or two. Here, we spotlight the latest and greatest for spring

FIT CHECK • It’s warming up! Here’s how to put some spring in your step

PENCIL SKIRT FOUR WAYS • Figure hugging and typically hemmed at the knee, the pencil skirt is a perennial office staple. This month we make the case for bringing it out of the boardroom and into everyday life. Got plans? Pencil in these looks

FIND YOUR FIT FOR YOUR BODY SHAPE • Somewhere in between Daisy Dukes and a full pant lies the long short. Here’s how to find your length

EYE SPY • Each month, marie claire spotlights the team’s most covetable accessory. This September, we’re going gaga for goggle sunnies.

THE POWER OF FIVE • New additions to the Collection N°5 Fine Jewellery line pay tribute to Chanel’s origins in a modern and utterly wearable way

PHARAOHS, PYRAMIDS & PRECIOUS STONES • Van Cleef & Arpels’ new high jewellery collection is a love letter to Ancient Egypt and proof that Egyptomania is alive today

STAYING POWER • Omega has added nine notable new stars to its most enduring women’s watch collection, Constellation

FEATURES • Our cover star Anne Hathaway is having a moment. In this month’s fashion issue, see the best looks from the haute couture shows, meet style’s new grown-up muse, and discover how a cancer diagnosis changed one writer’s relationship with colour

FEELING HAUTE • The designers of the autumn/winter 2026 couture collections went to whiplash-inducing extremes, from ultra-minimal to mind-bogglingly absurd

She’s a lady • For autumn/winter 2026, a new muse emerges: mature women. Youthful pursuits take a backseat in favour of the people (and clothes) who have been there, done that and learnt a thing or two

HOW I FOUND MY STYLE • For marie claire’s big fashion issue, we asked six well-dressed women to share the stories behind their signature style

THE C WORD • A cancer diagnosis saw Dilvin Yasa embark on an unexpected sartorial journey from neutral minimalist to full-blown maximalist, giving her a different C-word to focus on: colour

FACIAL RECOGNITION • British television presenter and disability advocate Nikki Lilly opens up about how jumping on an innocuous online trend led to relentless cruelty when followers used AI to “fix” her face

ALL ABOUT ANNE • With five films out in 2026 alone, and a baby on the way, Anne Hathaway opens up about ambition, falling in public and finding her way forward

A matter of LIFE OR DEATH • Voluntary assisted dying is usually thought to be reserved for the elderly, but a number of terminally ill young people are choosing to end their lives with dignity. Adrienne Tam reports

practical magic • During the witch trials, tens of thousands of women were executed for behaving in ways that men couldn’t understand. Lucianne Tonti makes the case for reclaiming witchcraft as an antidote to the patriarchy

OUT OF THE DARKNESS • By the time Jess Denham was 24, both of her parents were in jail for sexual abuse, with her father receiving the longest jail sentence ever handed out for child sex offending. A decade later, she has overcome the unimaginable to be a ray of hope for other...