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LETTERnews November 2011 INTERNATIONAL NETWORK ITALY A DAILY, UPDATE AT GRAZIA.IT

Grazia.it has inaugurated the IT Daily, a channel with a layout just like the first page of a newspaper with real-time news about the fashion world, events, exhibitions, and gossip. Readers will know what’s going on at a glance and you just need to click to learn more through interviews, video clips, and a photo gallery. They can also browse the IT Daily archives, divided into Fashion News, Agenda, and Gossip, so they won’t miss anything that happened on previous days. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK UK GRAZIA’S GRAZIA UK’S PAYDAY GLADRAGS AND HANDBAGS YAY! Grazia UK unveiled its new monthly section to give readers the essential 100 hot buys Grazia UK teamed up with the charity Kids Company under £100 every payday. A range of to present the world’s most Payday Treats for readers from top high amazing sample sale, featuring street retailers -- including Donna Ida, every designer you could think Urban Outfitters, Nails Inc and Office -- of, and everyone was invited! formed part of the section. Items included pink sandals from Rupert Sanderson, a leather purse from Anya Hindmarch, a Mulberry Bayswater bag, a Christian Dior dress, and donations from celebs including Laura Bailey and Tamara Ecclestone plus outfits worn by Naomi Campbell and Florence Welch. Grazia Daily’s @ Bloggers Night Grazia Daily threw a party on London’s Carnaby Street to meet upcoming fashion bloggers. Each blogger gave a ‘BlogBrag.’ There was mingling, networking and Grazia goodie bags for all. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK GERMANY LILLI BECKER: GUEST EDITOR FOR GRAZIA Issue 47 of Grazia Germany had fashion trend, maternity clothes that a special editor: Lilly Becker, the she would love to wear in the near charming wife of tennis legend Boris future. Becker and a fashion icon. Claudia Ten Hoevel, Grazia Germany Lilly worked hard with the whole Editor-in-Chief, said this about Lilly: editorial Grazia Germany team to “She’s a real GRAZIA-Lady and a big produce an exclusive fashion spread fan of the magazine. The whole team with top model Franziska Knuppe. loved working with her editing fashion Lilly also talked about her dream of pages, discussing news, and sharing having children and next year’s new the latest gossip.”

Cooperation with KIEHL’S In occasion of its 160th anniversary, Grazia teamed up with Kiehl’s and offered readers a chance to receive an exclusive lip gloss by presenting Grazia’s coupon in Kiehl’s nationwide shops. In offer the lip gloss shade “Berry 1851”. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK Holland

For the third time this year, Grazia created a QR edition called ‘The Love Issue’. This particular edition featured Talented New Artist Krystl: scanning the code on the cover, readers could hear Krystl sing her new single! If they scanned different QR codes in the issue, they GRAZIA also learned more about the latest fashion, beauty ANDROID APP and showbiz news.... The Android market is booming, and the Grazia Grazia comes to life! Holland App had to be a part of it! Since the launch of the iPhone app, the Grazia Holland App has been downloaded 46,747 times. Now that the Grazia App can be downloaded on the iPhone and Android, Grazia readers will be up to date 24/7 about the latest fashion and show biz news in Holland and around the globe. Hilmar Mulder, Grazia Holland Editor-in-Chief, SINGING announced, “After the launch of the iPhone App, the Android App was on top of our list. Our readers can now be always connected and they will be up-to-date about the latest fashion and showbiz news.” ! The Grazia App can be downloaded from the COVER Android Appstore. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK AUSTRALIA

Kellie Hush, Grazia Australia Editor-in-Chief (left), appeared on Channel 9’s new prime time show called “Celebrity GRAZIA Apprentice”. The topic RACE DAY of the episode was the Grazia fashion show Grazia sponsored a race during Melbourne’s Crown Oaks race day. challenge. Kellie Hush was Grazia’s Editor-in-Chief Kellie Hush asked to judge whether gave the prize to the winner of the Grazia Stakes and the horse was the clothes on show, dressed with Grazia silks. chosen by two challenger The Victoria Racing Association teams, reflected the mood also handed out copies of Grazia and tone of Grazia. The during race week. prize was a $20,000 check for the winning team’s charity of choice. Whenever style and fashion are the topics, Grazia is on call!

Grazia@Celebrity Apprentice INTERNATIONAL NETWORK CHINA TV ONLINE SHOW MIX&MATCH Grazia China appeared on China’s most popular fashion TV COMPETITION show “Mei Li Qiao Jia Ren”. GRAZIA China launched a micro-blogging Grazia China Fashion Editor competition with 5 professional was invited to talk about her judges, including international supermodel Qinshu Pei, a Hong experience and how to take Kong fashion columnist, the most perfect fashion photos. popular fashion blogger in China, and fashion photographers. The official website feature page (http://feature.grazia.com.cn/ showme/) and the official micro- blogging activity page (http:// event.weibo.com/262072) attracted the attention of ten Vidal SassoonGRAZIA China’s readers thousand users, including 2,248 Club collaborated with people who participated in this Vidal Sassoon for a event in the last 20 days. Now haircare workshop in the competition is about to enter Beijing, Shanghai, and its second stage. The judges Chengdu. Thirty lucky selected twenty candidates who readers were selected must pose in a photo that will to attend this event, compete for the Best Outfit Award where senior hair stylists and be voted by millions of users. presented haircare trends Five finalists will be chosen. The and answered readers’ first-place winner will receive a questions. All participants Tod’s handbag. The photos of the received gifts provided by other four runners-up will appear the brand. on the official GRAZIA China website. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK MIDDLE EAST BIG B-DAY ISSUE To celebrate its 6th birthday, fashion charts, a local faces- Grazia Middle East put of-the-future feature, an together its biggest issue ever. interview with Lady Gaga, and The magazine, on shelves an extended fashion section. November 30, included special Exclusive guests of the issue topics such as Grazia’s Top were Domenico Dolce & 40 in celebration of the UAE Stefano Gabbana, who wrote a National Day on December letter to Grazia’s readers, gave 2, a special street style where a preview of their new luxury Dubai’s fashion pack showed jewelry line, and a sneak peek how they got party-ready, of their homes. and a special 10-page shoot Grazia also threw a party for the called ‘Glamour’s uprising’ that occasion that was attended by showcased the most famous designers, socialites, and other Middle Eastern designers. The prominent faces of the fashion issue also had several other industry who came to celebrate exclusive articles: bumper with Grazia’s team. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK INDONESIA GRAZIA JAKARTA Glitz & Glam FASHION WEEK During Jakarta Fashion Week, Grazia held Grazia is a sponsor of the LPM NOVEMBER 12-18, 2011 its second Grazia Glitz & Glam fashion Entrepreneur Award for outstanding alumni show that featured fashion labels by eight of Lomba Perancang Mode (Young Fashion celebrities. Designer Competition) organized by • 51 SHOWS Grazia Glitz & Glam also presented the Femina Group, in conjunction with Istituto first edition of theGrazia Glitz & Glam Marangoni of Milan. The winner will be • MORE THAN 180 LOCAL Awards. Readers voted through www. granted a short course in Fashion Business AND INTERNATIONAL DESIGNERS grazia.co.id and the winners were chosen at Istituto Marangoni in Milan. Zornia by a panel of judges that included seven Harisantoso, Grazia Editor-in-Chief, was • MORE THAN 2.000 OUTFITS prominent PR people in the luxury fashion one of the jury members (below). industry. Grazia Glitz & Glam received good coverage in print and online media and good response from celebrities. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK RUSSIA GRAZIA SCHUMACHER’S KAREN MILLEN first anniversary! & Grazia Russia held COCKTAIL! a cocktail party to celebrate the first anniversary of the popular boutique Schumacher, which was opened last year by the German designer Doroteya Schumacher and has become very popular among Moscow fashionistas. During the party, guests drank champagne, tried on clothes from the winter collection, and had a quick hair makeover by stylists. The main event of the evening was a master- class by GRAZIA’s Grazia threw a party for Fashion Editor, who the 30th anniversary of taught guests how Karen Millen and also gave to accessorize and its readers a coupon for a coordinate a simple 30% discount on shoes white blouse with and accessories from the different looks for anniversary collection. daytime, evening, Moreover, Grazia organized and parties. There a sensational contest was also a style Q&A with prizes that included session afterwards. a Karen Millen dress and Many local celebrities, handbag up for grabs It-girls and regular for the third and second- clients attended the place winners, and an From the top left, in the amazing photo shoot for From left : the winner of Karen clockwise: Ekaterina Grazia magazine under Millen’s dress and Aliona Vylichenko, actress; Natalia the guidance of fashion Peneva, Grazia Russia Editor- Kosteneva in Schmacher, in-chief. actress; Slava Nikitin. director Alisa Judkova for the lucky first-place winner. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK INDIA Design and fun at ATOSA! 3 4 Grazia organized an evening of fun and cocktails at Atosa, the multi-designer store named after a Persian princess with an eclectic mix of Indian designers as well as an interesting mix of South East Asian one. The purpose was to celebrate the festive

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1 1-From left: Mehernaaz Dhondy (Grazia India Editor-in-chief), Aparna Badlani, Azmina Rahimtoolah and Ekta Rajani (Grazia India Fashion Director); 2-Anandita Dé 5 3-Shradha Murarka (Creative Director of Vizyon) between designers James Ferreira and Shahid Datawala 4-Marielou Phillips (Head Press and PR at Chanel India); 5-Actress Sagarika Ghatge; 6-Designers Masaba Gupta and Shaheen Abbas INTERNATIONAL NETWORK THAILAND SURVEY Reader Grazia Thailand prepared a survey that was included with the November issue. The main objective of the survey was to study Grazia’s target readers concerning their profile, lifestyle, general media habits, opinions, and attitude towards Grazia magazine, meaning buying and reading frequency, content, favorite columns, appealing activities, etc. Respondents who fill out the survey form and mail it back to Grazia’s team have the chance to win special gifts selected from a total of 30 amazing items.

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For the sixth year Grazia Bulgaria is their enthusiasm, style, ideas and charity organizing “Woman of the Year”, one work. Only one will win a special Woman WOMAN of the most prestigious competitions of the Year award during the official in Bulgaria. In both the November and ceremony held on December 11. The December issues, the Grazia team winner will be chosen by Grazia readers will present all nominated women in who can vote for their favorites at www. OF THE 12 categories: fashion design, fashion graziaonline.bg. models, music, TV actresses, theatre Every year the ceremony supports a actresses, art, sports, society, politics, special cause. The motto for Woman of business, TV shows and TV commercials. the Year 2011 is “Bulgaria and the world: YEAR For each category, Grazia editors more tolerance everywhere.” 2011 nominated 5 women who stood out for