PHOTOGRAPHS: ALEXI LUBOMIRSKI, © ANTONIO OLMOS/EYEVINE, COURTESY OF ATHENA WILSON AND AMIE MILNE
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KRISTEN
STEWARTATHENA
WILSONALI
SMITH
Described by Sebastian
Barry as ‘Scotland’s Nobel
Laureate-in-waiting’, the author
and academic was brought up
in Inverness and began writing
plays while studying for a PhD
at Cambridge (where she still
lives and works today).
Smith’s novels include the
prize-winning How to be Both
and, most recently, Spring, the
third volume in her seasonal
quartet about Brexit Britain.
A regular contributor to
Bazaar, she reflects on the
nat ure of beaut y in t his issue’s
portfolio of literature and art.
Your boldest beauty moment
‘The act of laughing out loud.’
An icon who inspires you
‘Yoko Ono.’
The most beautiful place
in the world ‘The rooftop
of the Casa Delfino in Chania,
Crete, when the swifts who live
in the opposite roof are teaching
their new babies to fly.’‘Every day I get older, life gets
easier,’ says our cover star. In
a ballroom in the Shangri-La
Hotel in Paris, the actress
meets Sophie Elmhirst to
discuss leaving her teenage
Twilight years behind, the
ambiguity of sexuality, and her
new film Charlie’s Angels, which
w i ll be relea sed in November.
An icon who inspires you
‘Patti Smith has always made
everything OK for me. I can
almost hear her telling me to
keep reaching when I need it.’
The most beautiful place
in the world ‘My back porch
with my dog.’
Your ultimate beauty
secret ‘Sleep.’
An era you’d love to live in
‘R ight now. Or maybe in five
yea rs, just to be sa fe.’
A book you always return to
‘I’m Very into You, the email
correspondence between
Kathy Acker and McKenzie
Wark. There is so much to
lea r n, so much to si f t t hrough.
I wa nt to k now t hem.’Growing up in Long Beach,
California, Athena Wilson
began modelling because she
wa nted to ea r n enough money
for a bicycle. Since then, she has
appeared on catwalks for Dior
and Armani among others, and
starred in a campaign for Louis
Vuitton. In our fashion story,
she is photographed against
the glorious backdrop of Corrie
Fee in the Scottish Cairngorms.
Your boldest beauty moment
‘It was when Paul Rowland gave
me a Joan of Arc bowlcut and
bleached my eyebrows. I barely
recognised myself, but I loved it.’
An icon who inspires you
‘Guinevere van Seenus and
Kristen McMenamy are two
of my favourite models. They’re
both chameleons, yet instantly
recognisable in any photo.’
An era you’d love to live in
‘The Eighties, so I could go
dancing with my mum.’Page 186
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AMIE
MILNEThe Australian photographer
first started experimenting with
a camera while she was at high
school, before pursuing her
chosen vocation through
studies at RMIT University
in Melbourne. After moving to
London in 2014, Milne has
worked for brands including
Burberry and Liberty. She has
shot our ‘10 things we love’
story for this edition of Bazaar.
Your boldest beauty moment
‘I don’t tend to wear much
make-up, so bold for me would
be clean skin paired with a
red lip.’
An icon who inspires you
‘Susan Sontag... and the New
York politician Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez.’
The most beautiful place
in the world ‘Wilsons
Promontory National Park, in
Victoria, Australia.’
An era you’d love to live in
‘The 1920s – I’ve always
loved the art and style from
this period.’
A book you always return to
‘The Museum of Modern Love by
Heather Rose.’
Your ultimate beauty secret
‘Less is more...’Page 101