ELLE UK

Everything you ever need in a fashion magazine – ELLE is the glossy you can shop from. It's playful, useful, modern and relevant – inspiring you to be stylish in every area of your life. From exclusive celebrity interviews and shoots to the best edit of designer and high-street fashion and beauty, ELLE will give you insider access to the fashion and beauty world.

Elle UK

GUEST LIST

75 years of THE ELLE WOMAN

Exquisite SUFFERING • THE LONELINESS AND FEAR OF EARLY MOTHERHOOD TOOK Megan Hunter AWAY FROM HER LIFE AMBITIONS. UNTIL SHE FOUND NEW WAYS TO VIEW THE WORLD AROUND HER

The mood...TO THE NINES

Name to know... AISLING FRANCIOSI • THE AWARD-WINNING STAR OF FORTHCOMING BBC DRAMA Black Narcissus SHOWS WHY IRELAND IS STILL ONE OF THE GREATEST PLACES ON EARTH FOR TALENT

The update...LIFE AND SOLE • Meet these party-on-the-feet styles: spirited shoes with a cheeky flourish that hint at your adventurous streak.

Trending... YOU’VE GOT TO LAUGH • WHO’S READY FOR SOME LIGHT RELIEF? OH, THAT WOULD BE EVERYBODY THEN…

Pssst... FUNNIEST WOMEN ON THE WAVES

The look... INTRODUCING LEIS-URY • IT’S LEISURE MEETS LUXURY: FOR CLOTHES THAT ARE ALMOST TOO GOOD TO SWEAT IN

Move it...TINY DANCERS

Inspired by...SHAG STYLE

Word up...YOUR 2O21 READING LIST • FROM ANTICIPATED FOLLOW-UPS TO SIZZLING DEBUTS, THESE ARE THE NOVELS THAT EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE YEAR AHEAD

The hype... BRIDGERTON • THE BELOVED ROMANCE NOVEL SERIES IS ABOUT TO BE THE BIGGEST NETFLIX SHOW OF THE SEASON

On the street...OPERA GLOVES

At home...THE STATEMENT GOWN

Spotlight on...HADES • INTRODUCING THE HANDCRAFTED KNITWEAR BRAND AS PART OF ELLE’S SERIES CHAMPIONING INDEPENDENT DESIGN TALENT

And finally...SOFA, SO GOOD

FOCAL POINT

Business ON TOP • ...COMFORT ON THE BOTTOM –that’s what all this screen time has done to our style.This is the art of DRESSING UP, FROM THE WAIST UP

The END of the MODEL • Now, more than ever, the fashion industrys’ shifting standards mean that the next top model in glossy ads could be... you

WHEN the PARTY’S OVER • PAY GAPS HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED AMONG FRIENDSHIP GROUPS, BUT THE ECONOMIC DIVIDE CAUSED BY COVID-19 HAS CREATED FAULTLINES WITHIN THE TIGHTEST OF FRIENDSHIP GROUPS. ALEX HOLDER INVESTIGATES

THE woman WHO decides WHAT you WATCH • AS HEAD OF YOUTUBE FOR EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA, Cécile Frot-Coutaz SHAPES HOW YOU SPEND YOUR EVERY WAKING MOMENT, WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT

A MODERN FAIRY TALE • SHE’S THE SOUTH SUDANESE SUPERMODEL WHO WENT FROM A REFUGEE CAMP TO BILLBOARDS ACROSS THE WORLD. BUT FAME AND SUCCESS HAVEN’T ALWAYS BEEN EASY FOR Aweng Ade-Chuol… UNTIL SHE FELL IN LOVE

THE CLASH • WHEN ONE PRINT JUST WON’T CUT IT, WEAR FLORALS, STRIPES AND CHECKS AT ONCE. IT’S TIME TO GO ALL OUT

Ordinary PEOPLE • WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE LIVING IN EIGHTIES SUBURBIA, WITH NOWHERE TO GO, ALL YOU CAN DO IS DRESS UP ANYWAY

AN EXTRAORDINARY year • CREATURE COMFORTS, CREATIVITY and COMMUNITY take on RENEWED SIGNIFICANCE in the face of UNCERTAINTY. We spoke to FRIENDS of ELLE about how they SPARKED JOY this year in the MOST UNLIKELY of circumstances

Its’ time to...PAINT YOUR CROWN RED • Hair trends come and go, but it’s been a while since fiery red took centre stage. At Alexander McQueen this season, colourist Josh Wood and stylist Guido Palau took inspiration from the show’s Welsh theme, where folkloric red was the signature colour, creating ‘high-vis’ sections in models’ hair. For a softer option, Wood has created semi-permanent colour glosses, from ‘copper gold’ to cherry. Josh Wood Colour Gloss, £19 each

Look book RETURN TO SPLENDOUR • THE RUNWAYS DITCHED THE MINIMALIST APPROACH IN...