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

Hello, spring...

Elle GUEST LIST

THE PRICE of PASSION • Novelist Isabel Allende’s life has been driven by the fire of love. Now in her 70s, she reflects on her reckless choice to put a man before motherhood – and the lesson it taught her

THE MOOD Hyper girly • GIVEN 2O2O WAS A WRITE-OFF, 2O21 IS NO TIME FOR HALF MEASURES.SO PULL OUT THE MARABOU AND GO INTO GIRL OVERDRIVE, JUST AS SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE DESIGNERS DID FOR THE SPRING SEASON

MEET Olivia Cooke • She broke the US as a teen in Bates Motel; now this homegrown British talent has a role opposite Riz Ahmed and plans for world domination

GO SEE Pews and perches • COLLAPSING 1O MINUTES INTO YOUR FIRST JOG OF THE YEAR AROUND THE PARK? SURE, BUT AT LEAST DO IT IN STYLE

TRENDING Tic tac tones

AT HOME Britain’s pot talent • THE WORLD HAS GONE WILD FOR CERAMICS. NOW THEY’RE COOLER THAN EVER, WITH ARTISTS SELLING THEIR WARES DIRECT TO CONSUMER ON INSTAGRAM

PSST... Prêt-à-porcelain

SPOTLIGHT ON...Eftychia • MEET THE GREEK DESIGNER REBOOTING WORKWEAR, GIVING YOUR WARDROBE AN UPDATE WITH SOFT SUITING AND NEW KNITS. THIS IS TAILORING REINVENTED FOR 2O21’S NEW MOOD

THE HYPE Your next read • SPRING’S BEST BOOK? WE’RE CALLING IT. LOSE YOURSELF IN ONE WOMAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING

IN ART Women’s hour • THIS SPRING, WITNESS WOMEN TAKING OVER THE ART WORLD WITH A SERIES OF MUST - SEE SHOWS ACROSS THE UK

TRENDING... Living the van life • YOU’VE DONE WORKING FROM HOME – NOW TRY WORKING FROM... ANYWHERE

KEY PIECE The brop top • The most versatile spring/summer 2021 piece? This hybrid. Not quite a bra, not quite a crop top, the brop top is the in-between style you can wear solo, as seen at Alberta Ferretti, or with added layers, such as an open cardi or tailoring, as per Celine by Hedi Slimane and Hermès. Just be sure to make people aware it’s intentional, rather than a laissez-faire approach to dressing for Zoom calls.

PSST... Buy it now • Whether you’re layering it up, styling it over shirts, or braving it on its own, here are spring’s top of the brops.

AND FINALLY... Kick it • FROM AIR FORCE 1S TO STAN SMITHS, TRAINERS TRANSCEND TRENDS. SNEAKERS UNBOXED: STUDIO TO STREET, THE DESIGN MUSEUM’S RETROSPECTIVE (OPENING 30 APRIL), IS TESTAMENT TO THEIR PERENNIAL APPEAL. FITTING, AS WE’RE ALL RACING TO GET OUTSIDE.

WHAT TO WEAR & HOW TO WEAR IT

BACK to SCHOOL • Reintroducing the uniform: playful staples to mix, match and wear again and again. Forget what you were once taught – this is a style re-education

LEGEND and LEGACY • So contemporary in style, it is hard to imagine that some of these masterpieces were brought to life more than a century ago. Then and now, these seven Cartier creations are the pieces considered to have achieved icon status in the world of French jewellery and watchmaking. Discover their legacy...

The NEW SHOP girls • Meet the women luring luxury shoppers back into brick-and-mortar stores

Is THIS the END OF the GIRL BOSS? • The past 12 months have seen myriad female leaders step down following a series of very public reckonings over accusations of toxic workplace cultures. The deserved consequence of their own failings? Or proof that we still hold women in power to impossibly high standards?

All about my MOTHER • Of the thousands of images on photographer Magdalena Wosinska’s camera, few are as...