Photo by Max Abadian
Frances Ha features actress Greta Gerwig at her most indie-girl awkward, from flailing through dance class and bailing on the street to play-fighting in the park and galumphing around town in capri-length leggings. The Greta who showed up on our set had all the charm and chattiness of her title character in Noah Baumbach’s highly anticipated new film, but none of the flail, embodying high-fashion grace on camera and off. Our cover star clicked with photographer Max Abadian right away, and even mastered the ever-tricky but-what-do-I-do-with-my-hands? issue—perhaps by channelling fave models Raquel Zimmermann, Doutzen Kroes and Arizona Muse. Real-life Greta has amazing taste—she cites Marni, Acne and Steven Alan as a few of her favourite labels—and decided opinions: she wanted her hair big and bigger. Between outfit changes, Greta cracked jokes, rhapsodized about her current obsession with Paris and shared her to-do list, which included several writing projects and moving into a new apartment. At the end of the day, she donned her black dress, tights and ankle booties and headed off to Passover dinner, just another breaking talent on the go in New York City. —Briony Smith
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On the cover: Greta Gerwig is wearing a Marc Jacobs top and Jonathan Saunders skirt. Photography, Max Abadian; hair, Keith Carpenter; makeup, Brigitte Reiss-Anderson, both, The Wall Group; nails, Fleury Rose, Illamasqua; fashion editor, Fiona Green.
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Editor’s Letter: Miranda Purves on her five clothing must-haves for spring into fall
On Set with Greta: Behind-the-scenes of our cover shoot with Greta Gerwig
Cover Girl: Greta Gerwig talks indie stardom and her new film, Frances Ha
Fashion: Retro cat-eye sunglasses have a new, even sexier, second life
Fashion: Your guide to dressing for summer festivals—from Bonnaroo to Tomorrowland
Fashion People Eat: Coffee and pain au chocolat with French musician, actress and fashion eccentric Lou Doillon
Fashion: Tommy Hilfiger’s new surf-inspired capsule collection
Fashion: The pointy-toed pump
How to Wear It: Patchwork denim
How to Wear It: Boxy crop tops
Fashion: Christian Louboutin’s 20th anniversary retrospective and 10 most groundbreaking shoe designs
Fashion Star: Ostwald Helgason
Beauty: Turbans tower with pretty power once again
Beauty Picks: High-performance bronzers and self-tanners
Beauty Decoder: Testing out a Gatsby-esque faux bob
Beauty: Skincare by decade
Beauty: How to rock sunblock
Beauty: Liisa Winkler plays spiritess with flowy plaits and minimal makeup
Beauty Crush: The flamenco bun
Beauty: The prettiest, most pinnable hair looks on FLARE‘s beauty radar
Health: In her new memoir, a “successful sociopath” reveals what makes her tick
Scene: Ballerina Heather Odgen on portraying Carmen in the National Ballet of Canada’s production
Scene: Writer-actor Julie Delpy talks her new film Before Midnight, the third installment of the Before Sunrise, Before Sunset trio
Scene: Memoir writers Alison Wearing and Alysia Abbott discuss their differing experiences growing up with gay dads
Scene: Meeting fiction writer George Saunders
Visionary: Supermodel Naomi Campbell
Relating: Would you say yes to a second-hand wedding dress?
Deep Style: Chatting with artist Shary Boyle, who will represent Canada at the 2013 Venice Biennale (the greatest art-honour the country can bestow)
Style-Setter: Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke
Travel: Istanbul, a magical maze of hidden treasures
Style: A visit to Zara’s secretive headquarters
Style: Fashion is art
Style: Summer of the suit
Style: The season’s dipped, dyed and painted pieces go for a studio tour of Toronto’s coolest young artists
Horoscope: What’s in the stars for June?
Moment: 3-D printed fashion goes to market