VOGUE MAGAZINE - NOVEMBER 2022 - MICHAELA COEL

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After winning against another Czech, Lucie Havlíčková, at the US Open girls final, she asked if she could speak to the crowd in Tagalog. “ Buong puso ko itong pinaglaban, hindi lang para sa sarili ko, kung hindi para sa kinabukasan ng Pilipinas. So hindi ko lang panalo ito, panalo nating lahat,” Alex says, her voice breaking slightly. She was a brilliant leader with an unparalleled work ethic and deep commitment to duty. Thank you, Your Majesty, for the incredible legacy you have left behind. Erin O’Connor When she was a teenager, Simone Ashley would often spend New Year’s Eve alone, writing letters to herself. “I was a bit of a rebel,” the actor explains, half amused at her own self-seriousness. “I went to a predominantly white all-girls school. I didn’t fit in, there was bullying and I was wishing my life away.” She would remind herself to have perspective, that it’d all be over in a few years. “I would tell myself, ‘You’ll move away from this place, you’ll find your people and you’ll do whatever you want.’” The climate in the Balearic Island, and the fact that it has so many beaches, is something that feels familiar. “I think growing up here and growing up in the Philippines, it was good for me to see both cultures and keep an open mind, and meet so many new people,” Alex explains. “The good thing about being in the academy for me, I’ve met so many people from different countries. I know at least a little about their culture, about cultures around the world. I think I grew up very well educated.”

Born in the UK but raised in Nigeria, I saw the difficult legacy of colonialism. However, I was able to separate the ongoing complexities of such from the Queen as a person, who represented kindness, stability and faith – values of great importance to my family. I still have a photograph of the time that my late mother met the Queen because she took so much pride in it – the impact of Her Majesty’s passing was seismic to my family, but also to me as someone in close proximity to the Royal Family via my role as an ambassador and beneficiary of The Prince’s Trust. She is irreplaceable. There’s no question about that. Celeste The exhibition opens with a small group of street photographs of passing women taken when Steven was in the sixth grade. Seen here for the first time, they are like mini-Garry Winogrands, and seem to hint at things to come. Steven is not so sure. “I think that obviously looking at those pictures from a 12-year-old’s perspective, I might have been dreaming of possible futures but no, I never thought that I would have a job as a photographer. Well, when you are that young you aren’t thinking about jobs at all.”You will feel social going into the week, Aries, with the full moon in Gemini. You might be connecting with friends or have numerous meetings and calls on your calendar. You could also be making progress in developing writing, presentations, or other communication-based work. With Mercury moving into Capricorn, you will be thinking about your long-term career goals and what type of work you’re the most passionate about. In addition, you might be having important conversations regarding your role at work, or you’re negotiating contracts and speaking publicly at your job right now. Taurus Horoscope It was like, Oh! That’s all I had to do this whole time was be myself? Although it was a competition, it was a reality show,” she explains, “and I had never done one. Up until then we only had what the media was telling you about me. I loved meeting the kids because I so identified with their dreams—I just loved it. There were a lot of things that people saw through that show, but more than anything I think they saw my heart, that I was a cool, funny person, that I was a nice person. No matter how many awards shows you do or late-night talk show couches you sit on, people feel like you’re putting something on. With a reality show, you can’t hide behind a script or a four-minute interview. You’re out there.” But her family firmly wants her to be unburdened. “I always lang tell her na parang na whatever the expectations of others are, in the end, it really doesn’t matter. It’s more about how you feel about it yourself,” Mike says. “If you find joy in your everyday work and you continue to improve because that’s the only thing that matters. How successful you are, or how unsuccessful you are, at the end of the day, ikaw lang naman eh. That’s the only thing that matters, how you feel about yourself, how you feel about your journey.” When I curated the exhibition at the V&A in 2009, Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones, I really wanted to have some royal hats in there. I had a hat that Philip Treacy had made for the now Queen Consort, Camilla, and I also wanted to have a hat from the Queen and the Queen Mother. From the Queen, I asked if I could have an Hermès scarf, because I thought that was one of the most wonderful “hats” that she had ever worn. She wore it with a bow under her chin – she was the only person in the world who had ever done that. And I probably rehearsed with scarves for a month on a mannequin before I was able to tie it in the way that Her Majesty would have done it. I was very aware that it was a huge honour. The Queen very kindly chose the hat that the Queen Mother had worn on her 100th birthday to be in that exhibition, which was a very defining moment for me. I never made hats for the Queen, but to be involved in that way was a real honour too.

But, your love is a prayer, Pisces. Your love is devotion to both the mysterious forces and ‘the other’. As somebody who brings that ethereal quality to the table, you expect your partner to do the same. Here’s the catch (as there always is): they may be more practical minded than you in certain ways. As a result, they may not *always* be able to meet you where you are or express themselves poetic eloquence. So, make yourself vulnerable. Tell them how you want to be loved and the kind of experiences you desire to share with them. At the same time, move into a state of allowance. This will help you recognise their unique love language. Single Neptunians are being reminded now is *not* the time to settle or lower your expectations. Overheard at the cosmic conference: you’ve been doing the work, honey. You’ve been facing your shadows and transmuting the darkness into light. You deserve a partner who will dance the dance of life with you with the same passion and poise. How does she feel when people place the future of Philippine tennis on her young shoulders? “I’m happy that they have faith in me. I’m happy that I have such a strong group of supporters. And I don’t like to think of it as pressure. I’m happy that I can give them hope. I’m happy that I can give them something to follow. It makes me more motivated to work.” Steven, who is widely admired for his meticulous attention to detail, draws my attention to a small dog in his portrait of Isabella Blow. “That was in Paris. At a small café in an alleyway by the studios where I was working. That was Azzedine [Alaïa]’s dog so of course we used him in the pictures.”Lopez’s first new album in nearly a decade will be the most honest work she has ever done, “a culmination of who I am as a person and an artist.” Balenciaga Couture dress. Let’s talk about Ghana, 1961. There’s a photograph of the Queen dancing with Kwame Nkrumah, four years after the country’s independence. It makes me think of my Ghanaian dad and my English mum dancing together at the same time – the Queen was doing something radical in that era. She brought nations together. I actually met her for the only time earlier this year, at The Platinum Jubilee Celebration: A Gallop Through History performance. It had rained all afternoon and was chilly. Despite the Queen’s mobility issues, she stayed for the entire evening. Afterwards, we were all told to line up and wave as she drove past. Then, unexpectedly, Alan Titchmarsh walked over to me. “Follow me,” he said. That’s where I met the Queen! There was something so engaging and charismatic about this 96-year-old beautiful woman, so tiny and twinkly. She was delighted by life. I looked at her and thought, “I hope that I have that much curiosity, engagement and fun about me when I’m your age.” Alexa Chung