The Australian Women’s Weekly — August 2017

AUGUST 2017 AWW.COM.AU 19

GETTY IMAGES. NEWSPIX. EMMA WATSON: COURTESY OF INSTAGRAM.

HIDE AND SEEK

Emma Watson is hiding copies

of The Handmaid’s Tale around

Paris in partnership with The

Book Fairies. “If you find a copy,

please read, enjoy and then leave

for someone else to find!” the

actress wrote on her Instagram

account. She left 100 copies

of Margaret Atwood’s classic

around the French capital.

It’s in the bag

Balenciaga has sold out of its $1430 shopping

bags. They look like a run-of-the-mill

cardboard tote which comes free with a

purchase, but are, in fact, calf-skin leather. We

wonder what buyers carried them home in.

HIPSTER KEN Last year, Mattel made headlines (and improved sales)

with a new range of Barbies in body shapes and skin tones that better matched

the diversity of the girls who love her. Now it’s Ken’s turn to step out from

Barbie’s shadow with 15 new identities, including hipster man-bun Ken.

Nobody ever died of a broken heart or did they? A recent

study found the long-term effects of Broken Heart Syndrome

• in which heart muscles are damaged by the rush of
  stress hormones – can cause permanent scarring.

Emma did her

book fairy work

in an Australian

KitX dress.

CANINE RESCUE SQUAD

There’s a new search and rescue team

on the beat. Police and firefighters in Sydney are training

a squad of Belgian Malinois dogs to find survivors in the

rubble after explosions, building collapses and earthquakes.

The dogs’ training ground has been designed to replicate an

urban disaster. The dexterous dogs, originally bred for

herding, wear protective boots to bound across the rocky

surface, sniffing out mock survivors in tunnels below.

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A dog’s life

Rescue dog

Koda wears

protective

booties.