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THE joy of STANDING out

GUEST LIST

THE THREAD that LED ME BACK • Growing up, Qian Julie Wang resented the itchy dresses she had to wear. As she escaped the poverty of her upbringing, fashion defined her in ways she could never have imagined

THE MOOD Top cat • LOVED BY EVERYONE FROM JACKIE O TO KURT COBAIN, LEOPARD PRINT WAS ALL OVER THIS SEASON’S RUNWAYS ONCE AGAIN, PROVING IT WILL NEVER BE PASSÉ. BEING A CAT LADY HAS NEVER LOOKED SO LUXE

POPPING OFF... Griff • Meet the Brit winner who is re-writing the rulebook, one self-produced, Taylor Swift-approved smash hit at a time

GO SEE... Decadent desks • FLEXIBLE WORKING IS HERE TO STAY. SO POP YOUR LAPTOP IN YOUR BAG AND HEAD TO ONE OF THESE AWE-INSPIRING WORK SPACES

THE PIECE... The back-to-business bag • WE’LL NEVER SHAKE THAT ‘NEW SCHOOL TERM’ ITCH WHEN AUTUMN HITS, SO TAKE YOUR WORK UNIFORM TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH THESE. PLENTY OF ROOM FOR A NEW PENCIL CASE, TOO

WATCH IT Ridley Road • THE PRODUCERS OF IT’S A SIN TRANSPORT US TO 196Os LONDON, WHERE FASCISM THREATENS…

POSTCARD FROM... Cophenhagen • DITTE REFFSTRUP, FOUNDER OF GANNI, SHARES THE HIDDEN GEMS AND SIGHTS TO SEE AND SAVOUR IN HER DANISH NATIVE CITY

MY SO CALLED... Thot year • PHOEBEROBINSON, CREATOR OF 2 DOPE QUEENS, IS PUBLISHING HER THIRD BOOK THIS MONTH. HERE, IN AN EXCLUSIVE ESSAY, SHE CONSIDERS THE BENEFITS OF A YEAR OF SINGLEDOM

THE LOOK... After-dark denim • THE STYLE STAPLE IS GOING NOWHERE IN 2O21, BUT NOW DENIM GETS AN EVENING-READY EDGE

PICTURE THIS... Shelf art • For books that are as beautiful as they are absorbing, you need this selection of photobooks, chosen by photographer Nadine Ijewere, whose new self-titled book (out 7 September) is an ode to her roots in southeast London, Nigeria and Jamaica. Happy flicking.

MY LIFE IN CULTURE Dua Saleh • SEX EDUCATION’S NEWEST CAST MEMBER SHARES THEIR TOP PICKS – ADD THESE TO YOUR LIST NOW

SPOTLIGHT ON... Métier • INTRODUCING THE LUXURIOUS UTILITY BAG BRAND WITH FANS FROM THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE TO KATE MOSS — AND A SPOT ON TV’S MOST SCANDALOUS SHOW

TRENDING... Modern Westerns • COWBOYS AND GIRLS ARE BACK IN STYLE AS THE WILD WEST GETS A REVAMP IN THIS SEASON’S BEST FILM AND TV

GO VISIT... 10 years of The Pig • TO CELEBRATE A DECADE OF DECADENT WEEKENDS AT OUR FAVOURITE HOTEL COLLECTION, ITS FOUNDER ROBIN HUTSON – BRITAIN’S MOST INFLUENTIAL HOTELIER – TELLS US EVERYTHING HE’S LEARNT

A ND FINA LLY Pumpkin power • WINTER IS COMING… BUT BEFORE THAT, HALLOWEEN. IN HONOUR OF THE SE ASONAL SQUASH, WELCOME ORANGE INTO YOUR WARDROBE. THIS IS FE ARLESS FASHION FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO STAND OUT – PRICIER THAN YOUR PUMPKIN- SPICED LAT TE, BUT WORTH EVERY PENNY

WHAT TO WEAR & HOW TO WEAR IT

SOMETHING old, something NEW • Welcome to Sixties and Seventies style (that’s the decades and the age bracket). Think of it as grandma ’s wardrobe, made modern

HIGH TIME • It only takes a minute to complete your look with an elegant watch

The call OF THE WILD • What is driving high-flying women to reject the trappings of city life in favour of an off-grid existence? Alexandra Jones meets those for whom an escape to the country means attempting to rewild their lives, their desires and their expectations of modern life

Finest vintage: YOUR DEFINITIVE GUIDE • ELLE asks the fashion industry’s experts, from...