PakistanToday Paperazzi issue 35 May 04th

éLAN

VITAL

the new daywear line by Élan

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UP CLOSE & PERSONAL

The T-Shirt Swag

bold metallics #wardrobeessential

who ’ s hot th is week !

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#mahirahkhan #humaimamalik #aaminasheikh #anberjaved #meeshashafi #faizarangoonwala

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contents 06 The Fashion Guru HSY launches his flagship store 10 Fashion Evolution Firdous launches in Hyderabad 26 Welcoming Ivy Zahra Saeed launched her new label IVY 42 Who’s Hot Trendsetters who made their mark this week 44 Elan Vital Cover Shoot 57 What We Fancy Find out what tickles our fancy 62 Bold Metallics Shine on in metallics this season!

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Publisher Arif Nizami l Publishing Editors: Samina Khan & Meher Tareen l Contributing Editor: Ali Nizami Sub Editors: Neha Puri & Natasia Khalid | Creative Director: Muhammad Asif | Marketing: Sohail Abbas 0300-4652194, Zahid Ali 0301-8479758, Muddasir Alam 0333-2282905, Zulfiqar Butt 0300-8451634, Kashif Shehzad 0321-2672501 Photographer at large: Irfan Younas | Printed at PTPRINT Press, 4- Shaarey Fatima Jinnah Lahore.

Paperazzi is a project of Paper Magazine and Pakistan Today. | Contact Details: papermagazine2010@gmail.com

Saba Rana & HSY

Zara Shahjahan

Meesha Shafi

the fas h i on guru

Pakistan’s leading fashion designer Hassan Sheheryar Yasin continued his 20th year celebration with the launch of a brand new HSY Flagship Ready-To-Wear Store at Gulberg Galleria Lahore. The successful event was managed by the team at HSY Events with PR handled by Lotus.

Redah Misbah & Shammal Qureshi

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Ayesha Fazli

Maheen Kardar Ali & Saad Ali

Haiya Bokhari

Zahra Raza & Imtisal Zafar

Ali Kureshi & Waleed Khalid

Sadaf Zarrar

QYT & Kiran Malik

Atif Aslam

Momina Sibtain

Jania Bhatti

Asmaa Mumtaz & Sara Shahid

Sehyr Saigol, HSY & Reema Khan

Jehanzeb Amin

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Selina Rashid Khan & Attiya Rashid

Madiha, Saad Kureshi, Sadaf Qureshi & Zahra Raza

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Batur Muhammad

Maram Azmat 2014

Naila Maqbool & Khadijah Malik

Mohammad Mehdi, Rehana M Ali & Qudsia Mumtaz

Vaneeza Ahmed

Fatima Fazli

Erum Alam

Sumaya Durrani

Yousaf Salahuddin & Farida Rehman

Mohsin Ali

Sunaina Irfan & Amber Liaqat

Teepu Qureshi, Fahad Hussayn & Maida Azmat

Shahzad Raza

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Tehmina Khaled & Aksa Suri Shabaan

fas h i o n e vo l u t i o n

Mona Boluch

Firdous concept store recently launched in Hyderabad, where the hair & make-up for the fashion presentation was done by Akif Illyas. The event was organised by Takell.

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Nabil Shaukat 2014

Ayesha & Rukhsana

Zainab

Shazia & Amna

Ekra Fayyaz

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Saima Azhar, Sherry Shah, Akif Illyas, Sidra Sajid & Ria Khan

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Rimsha & Najma

Biquis

Nazia & Razia Nazir

Saira, Shakira & Mr. Danish

A night at the boulevard Sadaf and Niti organised the Boulevarad 1 S/S event at the Marriot Hotel in Al Jadaf, Dubai.

The event brought together major designers from India & Pakistan, and the event was managed by Savvy PR.

Nadia Hussain Sharmila Farooqi

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Gul Zeb & Rabia

Manoj & Shrubhi

Asmaviya Ayub

Anoushay Ashraf

pure health

Taj corporation launched the Pure Health Cafe in Karachi. The event was organised by Do advertising and the media and PR were handled by Takell.

Sherry Shah & Akif Illyas

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Batool Mehdi & samar mehdi

Adnan Pardesy

Javeria Hadi

Sadia Nawabi

Shams Mistry, Nadia Mistry & Urooj

Sanam Jung & Amna Jung

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Zubaida Tariq

Kehkashan Khan

Mathira Mohammad

Zhalay Sarhadi

Maliha Rao & Tara Uzra Dawood

Momina Malik & Amina

Hajra Hayat

h a p p y a n n i v e rs a r y

Ursala

Multibrand store LA SOCIETE celebrated it’s first anniversary with the launch of Honey Waqar at their store on MM Alam Road in Gulberg. The event was a huge success and the PR was managed

by Savvy PR.

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Maryum

Talat & Honey

Monica

Kuki

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Hifsa

Mr. & Mrs Sajjad Rizvi

Madiha Ibrar

Asif Kamal

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QYT & Risham with a friend

Muneeba 2014

Tehmina Muggo

Sakib & Bilal

Muneeze

WELCOMING IVY

Hasan, Sana & Alina

American Pakistani designer Zahra Saeed recently launched her new women’s wear label IVY by Zahra Saeed at the ENEM’s DHA Store in Lahore. Event PR was managed by Lotus.

Zahra Saeed & Neha with a guest

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Hafsa 2014

Nurzia & Natasha

Amna

Fatima

Tahir, Hafeez & Tayyab

Sana & Mehreen

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Azra 2014

Zahra

Mr. & Mrs. Intikhab Alam

Zainab & Schzreh

Wael Chehede, Jim Regas & Kashif

a sip of coffee!

The grand launch of Second Cup’s first flagship in Lahore was inaugurated by the counselor Canadian high commission, Denis Chouinard.

The event was organised by QYT events.

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QYT

Denis Chouinard

Alizay

Amina & Natasha Kamal

Zeba Bakhtiar

Bushra Ansari

please don ’ t s to p Sidra Iqbal

Komal & Hassan Rizvi hosted a music video launch for their new song ‘Kalli Kalli’ at Port Grand in Karachi. The event had surprise performances by Komal & Hassan who sang and danced to our favourite songs!

Nadya Mistry

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Nazia Malik 2014

Tara Uzra Dawood

Sohail Javed

Zohra & Bushra Ansari

the m us ic

Mrs Sohail

Maliha Rao

Rabia Aziz & Hina Ramzi

Meher Jaffri

Sana, Momal, Saim & Nazia

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Ali Akbar, Sarah Hashwani & Sadruddin Hashwani

Karim

making it happen Hashoo Foundation, Pakistan hosted it’s first alumni get together at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. The event involved inspirational speeches from beneficiaries of the Scholarship Program, cultural dances and musical performances.

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Momina Abrar

Shenaila Nadeem

Mahirah Khan pulls off print on print effortlessly,

Humaima Malik epitomises elegance in this Elan ensemble.

Aamina Sheikh Stuns in Sana Safinaz.

Minimalist yet chic.

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Anber Javed looks effortlessly stylish in an Elan dress.

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Faiza Rangoonwala

Meesha Shafi glows in a sari

by HSY. We love her quirky lip clutch!

pairs a black & white outfit with a stunning emerald cropped silk jacket & wedges.

We love her style!

éLAN VITAL Élan introduces it’s new daywear line: Élan vital. This new line consists of cotton tunics that can be worn as casual yet trendy day wear. The colours are fresh, the cuts are breezy and are ideal to be worn as summer daywear.

Photography: Faisal Farooqui Model: Cybil Chowdhry

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UP CLOSE & PERSONAL WITH THE T-SHIRT SWAG Set up by Shireen Abbas & Saliha Sheeraz, TTS purveys all sorts of witty homages from Partier panthers to Alexander McQueens. A new take on the conventional T shirt!

BY NEHA PURI

Tell us a little bit about The T-shirt Swag?

The brand is a hybrid of two individuals fashion style with diverse backgrounds, specialising in luxury t-shirts and sweatshirts.

Who or what inspired you to start something so different?

Inspiration has always surrounded us. Shireen and I would always brainstorm ideas, fashion ands business related. We just realised that t-shirts are the most versatile piece of clothing in everyone’s wardrobe and decided to use it as our blank canvas!

What makes your brand different from other T shirt brands?

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TTS focuses on playing around and having some fun with the biggest brands in fashion. We add an element of humour to brand names and images with the help of our expert illustrators. More importantly we make our fabric to make sure every customer gets a luxury long lasting product. We are involved in from making the fabric to the cut of our t-shirts.

What is your personal style statement?

Saliha: My style is like the weather. Always changing but then coming back full circle. Today i’ll opt for comfortable chic for a day in the park with my daughter, tomorrow i’ll throw on a heavily embellished jacket and killer heels for a party with my girls. All in all my style reflects my mood and how I feel at the time.

Sonia Kardashian celebrity make up artist

Shireen: My style is Natasha more modern and neat, Khalid I like being comfortable for sure.

I think less is more. I don’t plan my outfits, I throw some pieces together according to my mood and place, I love to wear black and white because they are classic and can be dresses up or down.

How would you define the fashion industry in Pakistan?

Pakistanis fashions industry is evolving and expanding very fast.

Designers have caught up with high end European brands over the last few years. If they continue to produce work like this consistently, they will put Pakistan on the fashion map as a country that can create magic in the midst of all the madness they face.

Some of our favourite Pakistani designers: Plush by Pashmina Élan by Khadijah shah Muse Sana safinas What is your biggest strength as an entrepreneur?

The ability to innovate, create and being passionate about what we do.

Do you think a company like the T shirt Swag do well in Pakistan?

TTS is doing great, we have a big clientele in Pakistan, our very first clients were actually from Pakistan so there’s no reason why any other brand can’t.

What are your future plans regarding your company?

We would love to see TTS in our favourites stores and cities e.g.

New York and Paris. We want to get bigger and stronger. Work

Hollywood actress, Kristin Cavallari

with more creative people and would like associate with more charities which are close to our heart.

British model/ actress, Helen Flanagan

Rapid Fire: Favourite holiday destination?

Shireen: French riviera Saliha: Bahamas - one and only ocean club Favourite cuisine?

Shireen: Japanese Saliha: Peruvian- Japanese Your fashion icon?

Shireen: Olivia Palermo Saliha: I'm obsessed with Audrey And Katherine Hepburn.

Your perfect sunday?

Shireen: Over sized tshirt, a good brunch, family and technology detox Saliha:Brunch with my two favourites (Alayna and Sheeraz) at our local bills.

Guilty pleasure?

Shireen: Reese’s peanut butter cup Saliha: Norwegian chocolate and cumin cheese Favourite perfume?

Shireen: Hermes 24 Faubourg Saliha: Narciso Rodriguez for her Hobbies?

Shireen: Watching documentaries Saliha: Honestly, I have no time for hobbies so spending quality time with Alayna is our priority.

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With my Mama Cousin love

FARINA GHAURI

LIFE on paperazzi

Style stalking on Pakistan Street Style

Fashion Blogger

After eating the best brunch!

Sarmad, my soulmate Entering my wedding ceremony with my amazing family.

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T, Heeni & I ​

In Maldives!

s pinnin g the colo ur wheel

Employees of AkzoNobel Pakistan and the Netherlands Embassy

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mployees of AkzoNobel Pakistan headed over to the Embassy of the Netherlands in Pakistan to give them a brand new look for King’s Day, depicting the colors and style of the Dutch artist Piet Mondriaan in Islamabad.

Netherlands and Pakistan. Bringing Mondriaan to Pakistan is also testimony to the contribution that Dutch companies like AkzoNobel make to the bilateral relationship.

It is also a reminder of the role art can play in that respect.”

AkzoNobel Pakistan, who are valued members of the Ambassador De Vink was grateful to the Dutch Com- Dutch Business Circle Pakistan add to the Corporate pany, AkzoNobel for painting the Embassy façade in the Dutch presence in Pakistan through their paints. lines of Mondriaan’s famous ‘Composition II in red, blue and yellow’.

The Chief Executive of AkzoNobel Pakistan, Jehanzeb Khan said “It is a privilege for us to be able to pay homSpeaking on the occasion, Ambassador De Vink said “I age to one of the most iconic Dutch artist of the De Stijl am very grateful for AkzoNobel giving the Embassy a movement. There is more than meets the eye in Mondrimuch needed facelift. It will inspire all of us at the Embassy aan’s work and we are very pleased to see our prodto further deepen the bilateral relationship between the ucts reproduce his work and style here at the Nether54

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Omair Malik

Nadia Kanwal, Mariam Naeem,Madiha,Nadia Bajwa

His Excellency, Marcel de Vink (ambassador of the netherlands to pakistan) with Jehanzeb Khan, CE of AkzoNobel Pakistan

Waqar Mustafa Khan & Mariam Naeem

Robert Dresen & Nabeela Ahmad

Participants get hands-on with the paint activity

lands Embassy in Pakistan.

The timeless language of primary colors and basic shapes bring about a heightened awareness and intuition to the ordinary occurrences of our lives.Especially for those of us living or working in Pakistan, we sometimes need to be reminded that simplicity can also be beautiful and we are happy to do our part to bring that message to life.�

Muddassir Khalid

Imran Qureshi

AkzoNobel hope that through his work, the universal language of color, which highlights their underlying belief can bring people together to create a more colourful future here in Pakistan.

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g n i m o c p u tale n t

Husnain Saeed makes a mark in the music industry and stuns everyone with his young talent.

Husnain Saeed is a young innovative England based singer & artist. He was very passionate and fond of singing from the very early age which helped him greatly with the understanding of beats and timings that has helped him greatly as an artist . From Pakistan the mother land he moved to England and then their he continued his studies with singing. He has got passion for music and making his way out in the industry with the new single "Ajaa Mahi" starring the ravishing Humaima Malick directed and presented by Silver Lemon Media. Currently his single “Ajaa Mahi� video is running successfully on ARY Music, Oxygen music channel and is also on air on all the leading radios of Pakistan and on web.

He is versatile and likes to experiment and challenge himself with different genera of singing and his song can be heard on his sound cloud account. Moreover his new songs will b released soon. Viewer's can access him on his facebook official fanpage.

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what we fancy!

From the makers of Paperazzi!

Find out what tickles our fancy!

sweet affairs

hot couple!

Sweet Affairs, as the name suggests, is the place to be if you have a sweet tooth- with a selection of cakes, cookies & cupcakes. But surprisingly this little bakery offers the BEST BRICK OVEN PIZZA IN LAHORE. We love the generous servings & fresh ingredients!

Caught by the Paperazzi cameras: Maryam Shafaat & Emmad Irfani are on our hot couple list!

on the playlist

All of me by John Legend should be on your playlist!

funky & quirky

fun stuff We LOVE Valentino’s fringed textured-leather clutch. The gold griffinembossed ring can be used as a handle as seen on Kate Bosworth.

Sheherezade Alam, our fabulous ceramist, is the epitome of funky. We love her signature ethnic style, larger than life personality & cool vibe.

hot stuff The super talented Mashall Chaudhri is seriously hot in a no fuss, natural beauty kind of way & extremely charming.

hollywood Hollywood’s most notable bachelor is no longer single ladies!

A-list actor George Clooney is engaged to British lawyer Amal Alamuddin. Here’s to wishing them all the best!

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fi ve th in gs i lo ve & hate

l o v e to l o v e y o u !

fi ve th in gs i lo ve & hate

l o v e to l o v e y o u !

fi ve th in gs i lo ve & hate

love to love you!

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bff ’ s Lovers come and go, but best friends are here to stay! You have had your best most memorable, stomach hurting laughs with them. They have an uncanny way of reading your mind.

They keep you focused, pick you up when you are down and are always there which is simply priceless. You may be hating them sometimes but that’s only beacuse you love them.

We get two best friends to tell us what they love and hate about each other.

Shehla chatoor & ZEHRA JAVERI fi ve th in gs i lo ve & hate

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lo ve & hate

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w h y i lo ve zehra

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1 . S h e ’ s lo v in g & un ders tan din g . I can talk to h er abo u t an y th in g . I f I am ever down , at th e en d of o ur co n vers ati o n , I feel better & co mforted .

2 . S h e writes beau tifu lly ! I dri ve h er mad gettin g h er to write m y fas h i o n s how write u ps . S h e s tays u p all n igh t , wor kin g h ard & th e res u l t is always s o beau tifu l th at I ’ m blown aw ay .

5 . S h e ’ s u ber talented an d naturally artis tic . H er paintin gs are preci o us an d a s igh t for s ore eyes .

T h ey take m y breath away . I ’ m s o pro ud of h er .

4 . S h e ’ s s u per fun & a great co m pan i o n to party w ith ; ) S h e is always u p for fun & I lo ve th at abo u t h er .

5 . S h es gorgeo us & extremely lo y al ,

i h ate h er becaus e .. .

i lo ve her becaus e. ..

lo ve & hate

l o v e to l o v e y o u !

1 . S h e gi ves me a m uch needed wake u p call w h ich I bo th lo ve an d h ate .

2 . H er p ho ne is poss ess ed . I t ran do m ly p lays bi zarre m us ic in a s tran ge lan guage in th e m iddle of th e j u icies t co n vers ati o ns .

3 . S h e ’ s a to tal wor kahol ic w ho w akes u p w h en even th e birds are as leep .

4 . S h e makes a dozen p lans s h e can ’ t poss i bly keep .

5 . I n s p ite of m y tell in g h er to take a res t , s h e p us h es h ers elf too m uch an d th en is m is erable afterwards w h ich is m y “ I to ld y o u s o ” mo ment .

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l o v e to l o v e y o u !

1 . S h e is a gen u inely carin g an d warm h earted pers o n w ho truely un ders tan ds me . We ’ re o n th e s ame page for all th e maj or th in gs in l ife .

2 . I can co unt o n h er ; if I ’ m u p th e cree k , s h e ’ ll fin d me a paddle !

3 . S h e ’ s talented an d dri ven . I ’ m always pro ud of w h at s h e does .

4 . S h e ’ s alw ays s u p porti ve an d bel ie ves in m y goals .

5 . Wh en I ’ m pro cras tinatin g , s h e wo n ’ t m in ce words . I lo ve th at w e bo th get more excited abo u t each o th ers ’ wor k th an w e do abo u t o ur own .

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fi ve th in gs i lo ve & hate

1 . S h e can be late s o metimes . S h e ’ s an artis t s o h er clo ck h as it ’ s to tally own s ettin gs , bu t s h e ’ s never late for m y s hows or in emergen cies !

2 . S h e ’ s extremely kin d h earted s o en ds u p s eein g too man y pos iti ve th in gs in negati ve peo p le an d needs a peri odic real ity ch eck .

3 . S h e can get s o cau gh t u p in h er own world an d en d u p pro cras tinatin g w ith en dless man i - pedis s o I need to gi ve h er a p us h .

4 . S h e ’ s too bru tally ho nes t w h ich can be a real ity ch eck for me ! I t dri ves me crazy bu t I lo ve h er for it .

5 . D id I menti o n s h e dri ves me crazy ?

l o v e to l o v e y o u !

Reem Acra

Nida Azwer

Emilio Pucci

Muse Élan

bold metallics Get ready to turn heads in fabulous foil-like fabrics, intricate beading, metal studs & sequin splatter. This is the season to shine on!

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Haiya Bokhari

Nickie Ali

Sara Shahid

Sahar Zafar

Abeera Sami & Seher Tareen in Studio S

Batur Muhammad

Maira Pagganwala

Zara Saifullah Sanam Taseer in Muse Sana Tiwana

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what’s happening!

Your weekly entertainment guide plus all the upcoming events and much much more! Paperazzi gives you the latest scoop!

birthdays Muneeze Khalid, Rema Qureshi & Leena Ghani celebrate birthdays this week. We hope they have a great day!

cinema 2 States starring Alia Bhatt & Arjun Kapoor is now in theatres!

farrukh’s desserts Make this Mother’s Day special by ordering one of the Farrukh Baksh’s homemade desserts 1) Strawberry and pineapple trifle, 2) Chocolate mousse accompanied by a Mother’s Day certificate, 3) six Chocolate walnut brownies with a certificate. Place your orders by the 8th. For more information, contact Farrukh Bakhsh on 03008447938

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bumble & bumble The spring summer collection for your fashionable little ones is now available at Bumble and Bumble children’s wear stores at their Park Towers and Ocean Mall outlets.

04 - 10 May

horoscope

Our fab astrologer Zahid Haider, styles up your stars.Find out what’s in store for you this week!

For your in-depth weekly forecast call 0322-757-5219 E-mail: happyhaider65@gmail.com

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taurus

gemini

cancer

Monday and Tuesday are all about your family. Whatever you wanted to get to at the beginning of the week, if it isn’t related to family, forget about it. (Although you might get some chores done around the house.) Wednesday and Thursday, try as you might to at last get some work done, you’re sidetracked by your love life. (But what a wonderful thing to be sidetracked by, right?) The advantage of being distracted by your love life is that it fills you with tons of energy, which will be useful Friday, Saturday and Sunday — which is, strangely enough, when you finally get some work done.

On Monday and Tuesday, you’re speaking your mind — and getting a great response. People light up when you say something they aren’t expecting. They realize they’re in the middle of an actual conversation. It’s startling. You surprise people in small ways like this all week. Remember, it takes confidence to really talk with people. However, a little too much confidence sometimes looks like pomposity — watch for that Wednesday and Thursday. Friday through Sunday is everything you could hope for in a weekend. It’s an array of colors and lights and love.

Moodiness is a dominant theme Monday and Tuesday — you’re moody, and so are the people around you. There’s a sense that there isn’t enough good stuff to go around, and people are fighting over what’s left. But none of this is real.

It’s a perception thing. Wednesday and Thursday you more or less see the light: New ideas come to you, you spark a few debates and you make headway on a big project. (And all of those moody people from Monday and Tuesday? Ha! Look at you now!) Friday through Sunday you have about a billion things to get done.

Chop, chop!

Someone asks you what you want on Monday or Tuesday, and almost without knowing it, you tell him or her everything. Hopes and dreams — and all that. Somehow in the telling, all the things that once seemed so far away from you seem, well, closer than ever, achievable even. Wednesday and Thursday, you continue to think about the future this way, your perfect future. You carry the thought with you like a possession. Friday, Saturday and Sunday are more rooted in the here and now. They are great days in a minor chord.

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libra

scorpio

You’re sensitive on Monday and Tuesday — a lot more sensitive than usual. So when someone tells you something and you almost physically react — well, that’s what’s up. That said, no one else can tell. You have such command, such a polished way with things, that people register absolutely no change in your disposition. Wednesday and Thursday, this unbelievable finesse is the subject of much discussion among others. Apparently you have fans. How flattering! Friday through Sunday, you keep to yourself a bit more than usual, but you have a lot of gears turning.

Great things are coming.

You derive your energy from other people Monday and Tuesday. Someone walks into a room — for what it’s worth, women figure prominently in the stars — and something about your conversational chemistry wakes you up.

Wednesday and Thursday, you need to be as woken up as possible. Madness is transpiring and you’ll need to be flexible to survive it. (And avoid the martyr thing, too: When you make it out unscathed, don’t brag about your valor.) But all this is just the preamble to Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Great days? Yes. You’re beaming.

You’d love to keep your head down and focus on Monday and Tuesday, but you have all these feelings swimming around in you, all these distractions.

Find something small and beautiful to focus on. If you’re at work, go buy a little plant and put it on your desk. Somehow this sort of thing works. Wednesday and Thursday, what works is seeing good friends, people who inspire you to conversational greatness and who can see that there’s something you want to talk about. They convince you to open up.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, you’re the perceptive one, getting others to talk.

As much as you’d like to be in control, you’re not controlling the reins on Monday and Tuesday. So you might as well put your feet up and enjoy the ride. Right? And while you’re at it, let someone else choose where to eat lunch. Wednesday and Thursday, you almost have the urge to put your foot down and demand that something go the way you want it to — you may even feel like standing up to your boss. But, really, don’t. That would just come across as all egos. And remember how comfortable it is with your feet up? Friday, Saturday and Sunday are great days in a subtle way.

Your friends are excellent.

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Monday and Tuesday are challenging, no doubt about it. But try not to let the challenges bring you down. Challenges are fun! Sure, when it’s real life and not a game, feelings get added to the mix, but that just makes things more interesting. Wednesday and Thursday, you feel strongly about something, and someone else strongly disagrees. What ends up happening is the joint discovery of a brilliant middle ground, something neither of you would have found if not for the other. This accomplishment makes you long (this weekend) for another challenge.

Monday and Tuesday are awesome.

Romance is in the air, and so is a little music. Is that in your head? Is that piped in from somewhere? Whatever the case, you feel like you’re in a movie about someone who’s happy.

You’re light on your feet. Wednesday and Thursday, someone who insists on waving their hand in front of your face brings you back to the real world.

You’re such a romantic, imagining your life with you-know-who while there’s work to be done. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, relationships — romantic and platonic — are in the stars. Help a friend out.

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It’s okay that you’re not on the same page as everyone else on Monday and Tuesday. Follow where your own mood takes you and you’ll stumble onto something wonderful, some idea that no one else could think of. Wednesday and Thursday, you stumble onto more wonderful things, although these things are actually things — for example, upgraded seats on an airplane or a 20-dollar bill you find on the ground.

Yay! You have some luck at this time.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, you have the urge to speed ahead. But what’s the hurry? Relax. Enjoy the walk.

Take things one at a time on Monday and Tuesday. Change is in the air, and you’re not opposed to change — sometimes you really like the idea, actually. But it’s a process. Plus, it’s way more fun to experience life as it unfolds. That said, what unfolds on Wednesday and Thursday is hardly fun. File it under ‘challenging.’

(Sometimes challenges are fun, but not this time.) The real fun happens on Friday and also Saturday plus, Sunday. It’s a great weekend: You get a bunch done, you catch up with someone long-distance and you develop a new obsession (a good one).

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