ELLE November 2013

Friday, November 1 BEAT IT In Michael Polish's beautifully filmed biopic Big Sur, the director's real-life wife, Kate Bosworth, seduces Jack Kerouac (Jean-Marc Barr) during a period in which the mercurial writer sought refuge from fame on California's craggy coast. Sunday, November 3 HARLEM SHAKE To pull off After Midnight—director Warren Carlyle's musical ode to '20s Harlem hot spot the Cotton Club, opening at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in NYC—Wynton Marsalis, FLOTUS-beloved designer duo Isabel and Ruben Toledo, and Idol alum Fantasia join forces. Is Carlyle the new Taymor? Monday, November 4 PARTNERS IN CRIME FOX's slick new sci-fi drama, Almost Human, stars Karl Urban as a renegade cop with a microchip on his shoulder and Minka Kelly as his rule-abiding colleague. It may be anarchy-ridden 2048, but one maxim…

1 Friday, November 1 If you're in the City of Angels this month, stop by the Salvatore Ferragamo pop-up at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, where you'll find an accessories capsule with pieces such as this multicolor Lucite cuff, designed to celebrate the adopted home of the Italian brand's founder and "Shoemaker to the Stars," who opened the Hollywood Boot Shop in 1923. 2 Saturday, November 2 Party arty with Gucci at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's annual Art + Film Gala, this year honoring director Martin Scorsese and artist David Hockney, whose painting Mulholland Drive: The Road to the Studio appears above. THE ELLE MUST-DO Checklist Thursday, November 14 Haute-sneaker lovers, rejoice: Isabel Marant for H&M lands in stores today. _ Wednesday, November 27…

Cameron Russell might be the only Victoria's Secret model to catch the world's attention for an appearance so far off the runway. Last October, the 26-year-old gave a stirring speech at TEDxMidAtlantic called "Looks Aren't Everything. Believe me, I'm a Model," in which she discussed how she "won the genetic lottery," attributing her success as a model to luck above all else. This month, she'll sound off on ELLE.com as our blogger-in-residence. SMART GIRLS' MODELING CLUB Russell's following in the footsteps of other members of the runway intelligentsia who have rocked the fashion world: IMAN The groundbreaking Somali model (and wife of David Bowie) studied political science at the University of Nairobi and speaks five languages. BROOKE SHIELDS In the early '80s, Brooke Shields became the face of Calvin Klein…

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Just a week into fashion month and already the reporters are asking what trends we're seeing. So far? Black for spring, more black and white from fall, transparency, a dash of mod, more pastels than brights, and some rock 'n' roll. What seemed patently "out" was complaining about how hard fashion week is. My assistant once said to me, "I can't wait for the moment in my career when I can say, 'Oh, I wish I didn't have to go to Paris.' " It is work, for sure, but how lucky those of us are who get to go to work at the Paris Opera's Palais Garnier on rue Scribe to see the always fantastic Stella McCartney show. There was a moment in New York when I looked down and…

"UP" WORTHY "A strong, smart, Christian woman. Her values make her sexy." —Gregory Borden, USAToday.com Kate Upton, whose Ruben-esque shape and throwback beauty catapulted the 21-year-old model from catalogs to covers in record time, told Jessica Pressler in "Tempting Kate" [September 2013] about her strong faith and refusing to wear her outsize reputation as a scarlet letter. "I'm not a toy, I'm a human," she said. "I'm not here to be used. I'm a grown woman, and you need to figure your shit out." ELLE readers responded to Upton's call to action: "In an industry where everyone is trying to project 'THE image,' it's refreshing to hear such a personal, honest story. I bought my man a copy of 2012's Sports Illustrated because he thinks she's hot, and I do…