Indholdsfortegnelse for November 2025 i ELLE

Mia Goth is right on the precipice of superstardom. Having already won an ardent audience for her turns in horror masterpieces like Pearl and MaXXXine, she has teamed up with Guillermo del Toro on Frankenstein and Christopher Nolan on The Odyssey. “It’s given me a lot of strength, actually,” she tells Culture Writer Lauren Puckett-Pope of her busy slate. “To trust myself, to be a little less scared of the world. It’s empowering, having the opportunity to work at this level.” For more with our November cover star, go to ELLE.com. Gen Z superstars and social media powerhouses Phoebe Gates and Jenny Wang are both profiled in our Front Row pages this month as part of our annual Fashion’s Most Followed spotlight. On page 56, Juliana Ukiomogbe sits down with…

Having a computer program help you decide what to wear has long seemed like a Hollywood-worthy fantasy—something straight out of Clueless. Of course, with the way technology is advancing, it was only a matter of time before AI and large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT would impact the way we shop. And Jenny Wang—who studied computer science at Harvard before going on to work at tech companies, including DoorDash—is at the forefront of the shift. Her AI-native fashion app Alta began as a solution to her own outfit inertia, the 28-year-old founder says. “When [our team] saw ChatGPT come out in 2022, we knew that LLMs and new AI capabilities would finally help the Clueless closet become a reality.” But given the nuances of personal style, as well as how…

There are some invisible hands in your Sephora cart. These fingers and palms have cradled, molded, massaged, and brushed some of the most well-known faces and hair for decades, and now they’ve created their own lines—testing hundreds of formulas, handpicking the best shades, and pouring their expertise into every creation. This fall, you’ll be able to find debut collections from hairstylist Chris McMillan and makeup artists Hung Vanngo and Mary Phillips, with products that they promise will perform. “We’re doing this every day on the most famous people in the world,” Phillips says. “We know what works and what doesn’t work.” THE MASTER OF DRAMA The names in Hung Vanngo’s signature makeup line, Hung Vanngo Beauty, tell his story: Phanat Nikhom is a peach-brown lipstick—and the name of the refugee…

Bronwyn Golden Vance, daughter of Angela Bassett, is watching the French haute couture designer Stéphane Rolland sketch her gown at his minimalist atelier, as the blindingly bright summer sun streams through the floor-to-ceiling windows, hitting the wall’s sculptural crown molding at all the right angles on a July day in Paris. Seeing Rolland at work—with his deep brunette lion’s mane of hair and dramatic movements—is akin to experiencing a piece of live performance art. Vance, wearing a blue-and-ivory-striped sweater with stacks of delicate gold necklaces and white baggy jeans, is joined by her mother, father, brother, and Ophélie Renouard, founder of Le Bal des Débutantes, all there to support her and review designs as one of the atelier’s petite mains has her stand to take measurements. It’s just four months…

ELLE: You’ve always worked with extraordinary women, and in The Lost Bus, America Ferrera is a force. What about her impressed you? MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY: She’s pro, not con. She’s not looking for an adversary or a conflict, but she’s so pro in speaking and behaving from the identity she’s created for her character. I was actually meeting America through her character. Only off-set later did we go, “Oh, yeah, hey!” And find that she’s got some of the same qualities. ELLE: Speaking of formidable women, your real-life mother plays your mother. mm: Paul Greengrass, the director, asked about my mom. I said, “Look, my mother’s a born performer, but she just broke her tailbone and she’s in a wheelchair.” He was like, “Okay!” So I called my mom and said,…

SPORTY elegance Tailored ease with an edge. A statement of contemporary city chic, illuminated by a flash of brilliance at the wrist. INNER structure A study in understated complexity, where sharp lines meet the discreet grace of mechanical mastery. OUTSIDE the lines The rules of black tie are rewritten: Unexpected details disrupt the traditional, reimagining it with a rare kind of confidence. Equal parts bold and elegant.…

As Ian Griffths began designing his resort 2026 collection, he had Ruth Orkin’s 1951 photograph An American Girl in Italy in the back of his mind. There was something about the visual of an unaccompanied, independent woman that reminded the Max Mara creative director of his own work. “It led me to reflect on the fact that Max Mara has been with women on their rise to greater freedom and liberty. We’ve been with those women every step of the way,” he says. The year the photo was taken, of course, conjures up the image of postwar Italy. As the economy recovered, Naples bloomed culturally. Stars like Sophia Loren projected an alluring picture of Italy. “You see those early films like L’Oro di Napoli, and you wonder how many American…

It was early morning in London and my head swiveled as I heard someone say: “[This very famous person] did a whole year of Sculptra before her facelift.” Later, at coffee, more gossip: “[A different famous person] Sculptra-ed their abs.” This decades-old injectable is seeing a resurgence, like a ’90s actress comeback. “I use it in my offce every day. I love it,” says Daniel Belkin, MD, a dermatologist in New York City. Sculptra is not a typical filler but a biostimulator that encourages the body to create collagen, a skin building block that diminishes with age. Made up of poly-L-lactic acid (similar to a suture material), Sculptra was originally used for countering HIV lipoatrophy, a condition that causes facial gauntness. Sculptra initiates fibroplasia, an inflammatory process that stimulates the…

IT’S MIA GOTH’S VOICE THAT GIVES HER AWAY. High and lilting—particularly when she’s nervous, as she is now—it sharpens her British accent, making her sound younger than her 32 years. On an August afternoon in Pasadena, where Goth has asked to meet on the campus of the California Institute of Technology (she often takes her three-year-old daughter, Isabel, here to feed turtles), the horror-film star looks more like a fellow undergrad than the rumored villain of the next Star Wars movie. “I’m very surprised to see you,” says an applied physics student named James, who approaches Goth to ask for a photo. Together, she and I surmise it was likely her voice he recognized first. With a hint of dismay, Goth calls it “mouselike.” In person, Goth bears little resemblance to…

1 The BAG The Mamma Baguette offers an updated take on the iconic late-’90s Fendi design—this time with a slouchier silhouette in soft napa leather. Handbag, FENDI. 2 The NECKLACE Prada’s Couleur Vivante collection translates the house’s signature color play into vibrant fine jewelry, crafted in white gold with morganite and aquamarine. Necklace, PRADA FINE JEWELRY. 3 The SHOE The Saint Laurent Anita slingback is Anthony Vaccarello’s glamorous answer to the mesh flat, reimagined in a muted peach satin and elevated heel. Heels, SAINT LAURENT BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO.…

While a student at Stanford University, Phoebe Gates told her parents, Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, that she had a startup idea. “They were like, ‘Okay, you can do this as a side thing, but you need to stay in school.’ I don’t think people would expect that from my family, to be honest,” she says. (After all, her father famously dropped out of Harvard in 1975 to cofound Microsoft.) Gates took their advice, but moved to New York during her junior year, enrolling in Stanford’s night school in the city. After graduating in 2024 with a degree in human biology, she began devoting all her time to her startup, the AI shopping tool Phia, which launched this April. “We want it to be your shopping assistant,” the 23-year-old…

There are romantasy books, fantasy bras, and fantasy gifts. This is the latter, with Dior’s beauty advent calendar of dreams (Dior La Malle des Rêves, dior.com). In this year’s edition, the box is nearly the size of a fully grown goldendoodle, and each drawer opens to reveal a new full-size delight. We don’t want to spoil the surprises you might find inside, but there could be anything from paper ornaments to scents inspired by Dior’s superstitions and fondness for roses, or sparkle to adorn your newly fragrant ears and neck. Happy unboxing, and happy holidays…

In the span of a few seconds, your body reaches peak tension relief. Your brain starts firing in all corners. A surge of feel-good hormones, like oxytocin and dopamine, floods your bloodstream. Headaches and pains might vanish, your immune system may get a boost, and you could experience better sleep. No, this isn’t a luxury wellness treatment: It’s what happens to your body when you orgasm. The Kama Sutra, written around AD 3, was a guide for holistic well-being that focused on sexual pleasure as a piece of the larger puzzle. During the sexual revolution in the 1960s and ’70s, women were encouraged to explore their sexuality. But in the modern-day wellness sphere, sexual pleasure—in some ways the ultimate health hack—has left the chat. Stem cell infusions, cryotherapy, tech-forward tracking,…

HOYEON IS MAKEUP-FREE AS SHE CHECKS IN to our video call from her apartment in Seoul, wearing a loose khaki T-shirt from the Japanese brand Kapital, her naturally wavy hair scraped back in a messy ponytail. This isn’t the first time we’ve met—I interviewed the 31-year-old actress and model a few months before her 2022 win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, when she was living through the whirlwind of Squid Game success. Back then, Hoyeon seemed thrilled for the show’s success but, well, also a little shell-shocked. “Everything was just so chaotic and hectic,” she recalls now. “I felt like I had to learn on the fly and improvise every moment. But now I have a lot more room to think, to reflect on myself and learn about myself.…