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IN AN AGE OF COMPARISON CULTURE AND GLOSSY SOCIAL-MEDIA LIVES, IT’S HARD NOT TO QUESTION YOUR OWN PROGRESS. BUT THERE’S NO RIGHT PATH TO LIFE AS THESE WOMEN, WHO ARE TURNING CONVENTION ON ITS HEAD AND SHARING WISDOM AS THEY GO, DEMONSTRATE…

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THE FASHION DESIGNER WHO HAS RUN HER OWN BRAND FOR OVER THREE DECADES HAS FOUND A NEW WAY TO EXPRESS HERSELF THROUGH A THERAPIST-STYLE CULT PODCAST SERIES. SHE TELLS HANNAH NATHANSON WHY IT’S ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS SHE’S EVER DONE

Between viral ‘glass’ complexions and teenagers getting tweakments, you need thick skin not to measure up where your own reflection sits. One writer asks how extreme skincare goals relocated body dysmorphia – and how to save face

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