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MAY 27 Florence and the Machine, Sufjan Stevens, and Shamir are all on the (epic) lineup at Sasquatch! Music Festival, near the Washington town of George (yes, as in the president). MAY 1 Showtime’s macabre Penny Dreadful, featuring Eva Green and Josh Hartnett amid Gothic lit’s creepiest creations— vampires, necromancers, and, of course, Frankenstein—returns for season three. MAY 3 Fact informs fiction in The Assistants, a fantasyfulfillment novel for all the underpaid workers who make important people’s worlds go round, by former Esquire assistant Camille Perri. MAY 4 At New York’s New Museum, Nicole Eisenman’s Al-ugh-ories surveys work she’s created over the past 20-plus years, a period during which, canvas by canvas, she’s changed the game of figurative painting. MAY 6 As you know, Superman and Batman are at odds.…

In January, ELLE staged a Shark Tank–style competition: We invited four up-and-coming female social entrepreneurs to New York to pitch their businesses to a panel of eight ELLE Agenda advisers, including journalist Soledad O’Brien, Emily’s List president Stephanie Schriock, and (Red) CEO Deborah Dugan. With the help of Nicolas Hazard— president of both CALSO, a U.S.-based social-development nonprofit, and Le Comptoir de l’Innovation (CDI), a leading global social-impact firm based in Paris—we were expanding upon a contest Hazard launched with ELLE France last year: the ELLE IMPACT2 Award. At press time, winner Rose Wang, cofounder of Six Foods, was set to fly to Paris, where she’d join eight other finalists from ELLE editions around the world, including South Africa, Belgium, and the UK, to compete for the grand prize at…

SPACE ODDITY The late David Bowie kicked off the glam-rock era in 1972 when he adopted his flamboyant, gender-ambivalent alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, who gave rise to cross-dressing on and off the stage. For fall, Area designers Beckett Fogg and Piotrek Panszczyk’s hypersexual offerings (5) will help you channel your Jean Genie. FEEL THE NOISE Slade was the biggest-selling band in England in the early ’70s; their hijinks and costumes are said to have inspired every- one: the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Nirvana, and Kiss. For prefall, Valentino’s Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli showed a roxy-foxy Chrysler Building dress (3) that will add shimmer to any “skweeze me, pleeze me” night. KILLER QUEEN Queen front man Freddie Mercury’s operatic vocals on hits such as “Bohemian Rhapsody”— not…

To lock in shine all day, try TRESEMMÉ Smooth & Silky Anti-Frizz Secret Crème. Silk cotton jacket, price on request, shirt, $1,140, skirt, $2,390, embellished scarf, $160, leather belt, price on request, all, ROBERTO CAVALLI, visit robertocavalli.com. Ruby and gold ring, $930, multigemstone and gold ring, $3,640, both, INEZ AND VINOODH. Leather sandals, PAULA CADEMARTORI, $695. For details, see Shopping Guide.…

For fine-jewelry aficionados, the annual release of Tiffany’s Blue Book collection—in which the 179-year-old house showcases the most spectacular stones it sources each year—is an event. This year, design director Francesca Amfitheatrof dove deep, adorning sizable sapphires and emeralds with a halo of precious stones that bring to mind spiny sea urchins, studding an eel-like necklace with 112 carats of diamonds, and making the platinum setting of an octopus brooch with sapphire-anddiamond tentacles all but invisible to enable greater penetration of light—and add maximum sparkle.…

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CHRISTINA AGUILERA on ELLE KING THE SOUND: Dangerously catchy rock pop NAME THAT TUNE: “Ex’s & Oh’s,” from King’s 2015 LP, Love Stuff, earned her a pair of Grammy nominations, topped both Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs and Alternatives charts, and broke the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100. BRUTALLY HONEST: “She’s raw, relatable, and a little gritty,” says Aguilera of the Brooklynbased King, whom Aguilera has tapped for songwriting help on her own upcoming album. “She has a really honest approach to telling a story.” P!NK, JENNIFER HUDSON, and DEMI LOVATO on ANDRA DAY THE SOUND: Swelling R&B soul HIGH HONORS: “We need songs like this—to sing, to cry to, to be moved [by],” says P!nk of Day’s Grammy-nominated marimbasingle, “Rise Up”(from her 2015 Grammy-nominated album, Cheers to the Fall).…

Stranded on an island and lacking wind to propel his ship, The Odyssey’s godsforsaken King Menelaus captures the sea deity Proteus and forces the prophetic shapeshifter to reveal not only how the king angered the gods in the first place, but also how to appease them and find his way home. Adam Haslett’s chronicle of a family plagued by depression, Imagine Me Gone (Little, Brown), is preoccupied with the same intrinsically human hope: that seeking out clues from one’s past might heal the present and safeguard the future. In fact, hints of the myth underpin the entire book, not least in Haslett’s own protean ability to embody the varied viewpoints of Margaret; her depressive husband, John; and their children, Michael, Celia, and Alec. Spanning the decades from 1960s England to…

The Way to Natural Beauty, by Cheryl Tiegs (1980) “Do yourself up, do yourself proud. Outdo yourself.” Top Tip: “When you put on your makeup, concentrate! Forget how late you are for work or what’s for breakfast. If your mind is wandering, you may mistakenly use a rouge-covered fingertip to blend your eyeshadow.” Christie Brinkley’s Outdoor Beauty and Fitness Book (1983) “You can eat your calorie quota in ice cream and cake and still lose weight—but you’ll end up with dull, lifeless hair, bad skin and teeth.” Top Tip: To soothe sunburn, “sprinkle talcum powder between your sheets.... Slices of raw potato placed on a sunburn will take the heat right away. (Potato chips won’t work!)” On Your Own, by Brooke Shields (1985) “No matter how little time you have,…

Best Skin: Ajak Deng “I like to work out and eat healthy, and I make sure to go to the Russian Turkish Baths in the East Village to sweat out any toxins,” Deng says. “Morning and night, I wash my face with Ling cleanser.” Best Color: Marga Esquivel “I’ve always loved experimenting—blond, dark brown, platinum, purple,” Esquivel says. “My secret weapon, Joico purple shampoo, keeps my hair from being brassy.” Best Reemergence: Maggie Rizer Rizer started modeling when she was 17. Fast-forward 21 years, three kids, and countless runways, and she’s still got it, walking for brands like Prabal Gurung and Michael Kors. “I’d model until the day I die if I could,” she says. Best Brows: Estelle Chen “I’m pretty easy when it comes to beauty—I pluck my brows…

WHAT IT IS: A body wave—a milder, gentler version of the ’80s perm—that creates undone, loose waves via chemical treatment. COST: $400 to $600 for a full head. WHAT I EXPECTED: In the doldrums of midwinter, I wanted a change that could take me mentally where my bank account could not: The Amalfi Coast! The Mediterranean! Anywhere warm! Hence I found myself at Oscar Blandi salon, armed with photos of Grecian-goddess waves—hello, Amanda Seyfried in Mamma Mia!—and prepping for my first-ever perm. To be clear, I know nothing about hair care. I’ve never owned a blow-dryer, I get the same three-inch trim every time, and my stubborn, pinstraight hair has never successfully held a curl. Consider me an unprepared, overly eager Olivia Newton-John. I unloaded my laundry list of questions…

WHAT IT IS: Botulinum toxin type A, the popular neurotoxin that, when injected in the face, will reduce muscle movement and improve the appearance of wrinkles. COST: $500 to $2,500, depending on how many areas are treated. WHAT I EXPECTED: My face and I are expressive. Like, borderline Ace Ventura. Emoting is kind of our thing. Whether or not I’m in an actual gymgoing phase, my eyebrows are always getting a workout, with my signature move being a dramatic left brow raise. But wearing my feelings on my face for 31 years has earned me nearly a dozen horizontal lines on my forehead, which makes me look several years older than I actually am. A few shots of botulinum toxin will chill out the muscles underneath those rows and make…

WHAT IT IS: Invented in 1978 by a Japanese doctor to ease pain and inflammation in his arthritis patients, whole-body cryotherapy—which entails immersing oneself in a subzero environment for a very brief, controlled amount of time—is now being used by athletes such as LeBron James and Usain Bolt to improve muscle recovery, soreness, and mental agility; studies also show the treatment can help with depression and feelings of anxiety and stress. The jet set is catching on, too, lining up for sessions at Kryolife, a whole-body cryotherapy and fitness spa in Manhattan, to reap the purported cellulite-banishing, collagen-boosting, and wrinkle-erasing advantages. (Though there are currently no studies supporting this, convincing before-and-after testimonials from clients indicate that people have seen distinct improvement in these areas.) But just one session won’t get…

1 MATCHMAKERS It’s the foundation renaissance! And with it come revolutionary new formulas that go on like air, match your complexion better than ever, and make skin look authentically radiant. We all know there are real problems in the world, but problem skin—be it blemished or simply dull—is its own unique purgatory, turning the elevator, a subway car, even a too-bright restaurant into a complexion- inspection gauntlet. Now a truly innovative new crop of foundations are sweeping (and artfully smoothing) away much of the anxiety, with built-in skin care, high-tech textures, coverage that highlights natural undertones, and shade ranges that far outpace their predecessors. Still, the best foundation is only as good as its ability to match your skin, which can be a tricky thing to gauge inside a fluorescent-lit…

WILD MEDICINE Cofounders Fawn Embrey, Jessie Laino, and Angela Laino channel their belief in the power of crystal healing into soaps, each blended with essential oils and embedded with an “active stone.” Superhero: Embrey says her Titanium Quartz Tea Tree bar will ease skin irritation with its tea tree oil blend, plus clear the mind and boost optimism—and it looks pretty doing it. HABIT “A pop of nail color can enhance an entire look,” says Habit’s founder, Aja Frierson. “But I wanted a polish that was chic and sustainable.” In 2013, Habit was born; each of the 32 shades is five-free and capped with bamboo. Superhero: The names of her current go-to hues, 23 Ingenue and 14 Hussy, “totally encompass the spectrum of my personality.” HERBIVORE BOTANICALS Five years ago,…

ELLE India editor Mamta Mody taps Bollywood braid queen, actress Alia Bhatt. @aliaabhatt Color chameleon and makeup pro Lou Teasdale gets the vote of ELLE UK’s Joely Walker. @louteasdale The ELLE Spain beauty department has its eye on the new short chop of actress Paz Vega. @pazvegaofficial Model Yuka Mannami’s blunt bangs are big in Japan, says beauty editor Hiromi Yonehara. @nijihan Cool girl Celeste Cid’s wavy midlengths are among the most requested cuts in Argentina. @mcelestia…

“Lion Babe is one of the most exciting acts to come out of New York in recent years,” says Hunter’s creative director, Alasdhair Willis, referring to the neo-soul duo—singer Jillian Hervey, daughter of Vanessa Williams, plus producer Lucas Goodman— that dropped its debut album, Begin, in February. If, like Willis, you’ve been tracking Lion Babe since before Begin—the buzz has been building since the group got its first play on Britain’s airwaves in 2013, and last summer brought commanding performances on the festival circuit, everywhere from Lovebox and Bestival in the UK to Lollapalooza in Chicago—you know there’s something a bit, well, feral about its 26-year-old singer, who lives up to her stage name, and not just through that larger-than-life golden mane. Her sultry vocals elude easy classification, moving from…

Alex John Beck PROVENANCE: London NOW: New York City PROFESSION: Photographer THIS MONTH: “Rock Steady” (page 115) BINGE-WATCHING: “If I retouch on my own, I need something to distract me, so recently I watched all of Difficult People. It’s hilarious.” FIRST GIG: “When I was 14 years old, I worked at Storm modeling agency. I wore an ultrasmall, ultratight Hebrew Coca-Cola T-shirt and had Edward Furlong hair and G-Star jeans. I don’t think I had braces anymore, but I still had terrible acne and was just very, very awkward. I was such a gawky, weird-looking kid. Now I think I would probably pick that kid out of the agency to photograph.” READING: The Noise of Time, by Julian Barnes. “It’s an imagined biography of the Russian composer Shostakovich. It’s amazing.”…

Inside the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC, people are throwing things at Rachel Platten. Torn-off pieces of envelopes. A section of poster board that reads “thank you for saving my life.” Two-page letters, meticulously handwritten in cursive. When Rachel takes a folded-up note from a teenage girl and puts it in her pocket, the girl sobs and nearly falls over. The vibe is almost evangelical. And that’s before Rachel, clad in a crop top, black fur coat, and white jeans, steps to the mike and says what everyone’s been waiting for: “This is called ‘Fight Song.’ ” Rewind an hour: It’s five minutes before Rachel sets foot onstage, and I’m in the green room cutting her nails. At 9:42 p.m., she’d noticed her acrylic faux-diamond talons were too long to…

“I think that when you rally powerful voices around powerful issues, what you get are positive results,” says Kerby Jean-Raymond, the 29-year-old designer behind upstart menswear brand Pyer Moss. He’s standing in his old-school atelier and factory in Manhattan’s Garment District, where a team of two patternmakers and three seamstresses make his collection by hand. It’s five days after his fall 2016 New York Fashion Week show, titled “Double Bind”—a meditation, he says, on the tension and anguish that exist when conflicting demands are placed on an individual. The conflicting demands that motivate Jean-Raymond: his desire to explore issues that matter deeply to him while appealing to luxury retailers. This collection, inspired by the designer’s own anxiety—a sense of “the weight of the world crushing me,” he says—featured men and…

COLOR WHEEL To bring living color to her spring zigzag and squiggle collection—inspired by the whimsical furniture of ’80s Milanese design collective The Memphis Group— jewelry designer Sabine Getty tapped nail pro Michelle Humphrey to create this mani rainbow, using some of her favorite shades of Essie polish.…

1 New Halter A sportif (read: modest) solution for the ample bust 2 Wrap Top Tighten to achieve a subtle push-up effect, no wire required 3 Long Sleeve Full coverage has never looked chicer…

CATCHING UP WITH FASHION’S FAVORITE DJ The common thread that connects Proenza Schouler, Gucci, and Céline? Michel Gaubert, whose trajectory from record-store buyer (albeit one frequented by Kaiser Karl) to world-famous DJ could only happen in fashion. Here, Gaubert on his big break and Queen Bey: For whom did you produce your first runway-show soundtrack? One of the first was Karl Lagerfeld in the early ’90s, and I’m still working with him. I guess you could say he opened my ears and my eyes. Do designers often have a specific idea for the music? We often start with a ping-pong kind of dialogue, bouncing sounds and ideas back and forth. Karl and I talk about a lot of things—the set, the collection, the attitude of the girls—but not the music.…

1 TERRIBLE VIRTUE ELLEN FELDMAN (Harper) Readers loved this highly topical novelization of the life of Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood’s indomitable creator and champion of the Pill. For all of Sanger’s dynamic, sex-positive, progressive glory, the cause takes precedence for her in this portrait, even during personal tragedies—the death of her daughter, the breakdown of her marriage. As one reader writes, Sanger was “a woman who, despite her love for her family, was consumed by her desire to bring about revolutionary change.” But in our current political climate, we need her story now more than ever. 2 LILAC GIRLS MARTHA HALL KELLY (Ballantine) Called “cinematic” and “epic” by ELLE jurors, Lilac Girls centers on the harrowing history of Ravensbrück, the largest female concentration camp that operated during the German Reich.…

TRAVELS WITH ANDREW “Days at home often blur into one another; days in strange surroundings intensify life,” writes best-selling author Andrew Solomon (The Noonday Demon, Far From the Tree) in Far & Away: Reporting From the Brink of Change: Seven Continents, Twenty-Five Years (Scribner). The meaty dispatches—from Russia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Myanmar, Antarctica, Libya, and other locales—are brilliant geopolitical travelogues that also comprise a very personal and reflective résumé of the National Book Award winner’s globe-trotting adventures. THE WATERWORKS Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Bishop, Seamus Heaney, and Pablo Neruda are four of the poets paid homage by the luminous likes of Yoko Ono, Elena Ferrante, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Poems That Make Grown Women Cry: 100 Women on the Words That Move Them (Simon & Schuster), edited by Anthony Holden and…

Born for the spotlight, Naomi Campbell tap-danced in Culture Club’s “I’ll Tumble 4 Ya” video at the age of 12—three years before being discovered by a modeling agent while hanging out with friends in London’s Covent Garden (“My mother,” she says, “was not enthusiastic”). Today, she still has the same iconic features and that fierce, long, languid strut—last deployed for the fall 2016 shows of Yeezy and Givenchy men—but her legendarily fiery temperament has mellowed a bit. At age 45, Campbell has dedicated herself to equality advocacy, and when she plays the bad girl, it’s on TV—as conniving cradle robber Camilla Marks on Empire. Global Edition “I did my first shoot with British ELLE in New Orleans [at age 15], then appeared in French ELLE, and then American ELLE. I…

In the ’80s, Elle (the model) was so synonymous with ELLE (the magazine) that many people thought it was named after her. It wasn’t, but it might as well have been: Not only was Macpherson married to the founding ELLE International Creative Director, Gilles Bensimon—together, they mapped out pages for the 1985 U.S. launch edition on their living-room floor—she is also one of the most prominent faces throughout ELLE’s history. Soft Opening “I took a gap year between high school and university, but I experimented with modeling to earn some much-needed extra cash. My first major gig was a TV commercial in Australia for Tab cola, which was like Diet Coke. Back home, that’s still how they remember me.” In a Name “The moment I felt like I’d made it…

Christy Turlington launched a pair of businesses—protoathleisure line Nuala and skin-care line Sundãri— around the early aughts before establishing the influential maternal advocacy nonprofit Every Mother Counts in 2010. With a record 15 ELLE covers under her belt and 28 years as Calvin Klein’s minimalist muse, the woman pronounced by the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art as “the face of the twentieth century” has become a role model—in fashion and beyond—in the twenty-first. Off to the Races “I started modeling as a child, really. I was discovered while riding my horse after school in Miami one day when I was 14.” Words of Wisdom “I was advised early on to stay on after my modeling jobs ended in the countries I traveled to. That extra time allowed…

BABY FOOT WHAT IT IS: Launched in Japan in 1997, it’s a prepackaged peel designed to take your feet back decades; you don plastic booties that contain a potent mix of fruit, lactic, glycolic, and salicylic acids to exfoliate the rough top layer of skin. COST: $20. WHAT I EXPECTED: When I Googled “Baby Foot,” which I’d heard about in passing in ELLE’s beauty closet, I pictured tiny Air Jordans. So it was a surprise when the image search instead revealed peeling feet. WHAT IT’S ACTUALLY LIKE: I ordered a box from Amazon, and sat for an hour wearing two plastic bags filled with a clear, gel-like serum while watching Netflix. Then I rinsed my feet in the tub. THE RESULTS: You aren’t supposed to see the magic for couple…

WHAT IT IS: Ultherapy uses therapeutic ultrasound to inflict thermal injury up to 4.5 millimeters deep in the skin of the face, neck, and décolleté to stimulate collagen production, which tapers off as you get older. If your skin is sagging, this “resets the clock without surgery; it’s the Holy Grail,” says William Kestin, MD, the New York City doctor who performed this procedure on me. Increased collagen causes the skin to tighten, plump, and lift itself back to elasticity levels from some era in your younger past. Time to full effect? Three to six months, Kestin says. “You’ll wake up one morning and, Wow!” While the “Hollywood people” do it yearly, he says, the rest of us less-financially-blessed mortals can get away with waiting 18 months to two years…

WHAT IT IS: LaserSmile, an FDA-approved procedure in which a laser is used to speed up the multihour whitening process we’ve grown accustomed to, minimizing the risk of tooth and gum sensitivity. COST: $900. WHAT I EXPECTED: When I met for a consultation with Manhattan cosmetic dentist Pia Lieb, DDS—the modeling agency go-to for newbie mouth makeovers—she pronounced my color “bad.” Teeth are either yellow or gray (like mine), and gray enamel is harder to whiten. Lieb didn’t promise that I’d see drastic improvement. WHAT IT’S ACTUALLY LIKE: After covering my gums with a protective gel, Lieb and her assistant applied the bleaching mixture. They moved a penlike laser device over my teeth for eight minutes to activate it, and then I sat there for another 20 minutes while the…

Some people have cheekbones; the rest of us have contouring, that everso-subtle (if done correctly) trick to feigning chiseled, Gisele-esque facial definition. Starting this month, we will also have a palette from James Read, whose eponymous line of self-tanners is already beloved for its authenticlooking sun-warmed sheen. No surprise here, then, that the real stroke of genius is step one: a self-tanning powder bronzer, applied like makeup, that shows up instantly as regular bronzer and then gently deepens in color over a four-hour period—an effect that lasts two to three days. Smooth it beneath the cheekbones, on the sides of the nose, and under the jawline to create shadow and depth, then dust the illuminator powder just above the bronzed areas (on the apples of the cheeks, along the bridge…

The first time I went to Tucson, it was to lose weight at Canyon Ranch. The second time it’s for something very different. “Change your world. Love your body!” reads the movie theater– size screen looming over a standing-room-only crowd in the auditorium of Pima Community College, site of the second annual Body Love conference. Three hundred people spent $25 to attend, mostly women: suburban-mom types, pierced-septum alt-college students, and what appears to be a handful of walk-of-shamers decked out in sparkles and miniskirts at 9 a.m. It’s approaching 100 degrees outside, so no one is wearing much. There are a lot of sundresses; and there is a lot of skin. Most of the people attending are fat, or at least chubby, including me. I imagine that many of the…

Our ninth annual Women in Music issue, starring the Queen Bee herself, presents a spectacular crop of powerful female artists. From a brandnew crew of talented breakouts, to the insiders’ favorite outsider, Grimes, to the iconic, incomparable Ms. Aretha Franklin, these are voices worth celebrating—and for more than just their (amazing) vocals.…

COVER Cotton sweatshirt, $75, elastane-blend bodysuit, $50, by Ivy Park, collection at Topshop stores nationwide, Nordstrom stores nationwide, Hudson’s Bay (Canada). TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 41: Jacket by Marc Jacobs, $5,200, visit marcjacobs.com. Top by Chanel, call 800-550-0005. Scarves by Rockins London Ltd, collection at matches.com. THE LOOK PAGE 115: Jacket, $6,605, shirt, skirt, scarf, belt by Roberto Cavalli, at Roberto Cavalli boutiques nationwide. Rings by Inez and Vinoodh, collection at prettymucheverything.com. Sandals by Paula Cademartori, collection at boutique1.com. TRENDS AND ACCESSORIES PAGE 116: Dress by Céline, $5,700, at Céline (NYC). Bracelet by Roberto Coin, $5,800, call 212-486-4545. Earrings by Sabine Getty, $9,200, collection at Fivestory New York. Handbag by Altuzarra, similar styles at barneys.com. PAGE 118: Trench coat by Vanessa Seward, collection Ludivine (NYC). PAGE 120: Top, skirt, choker,…

For someone who famously smokes weed daily, Wiz Khalifa is seriously motivated. The 28-year-old launched his own exclusive strain of marijuana, Khalifa Kush, earlier this year with the Colorado-based company RiverRock Cannabis, and he’s set to release his fourth studio album, Rolling Papers 2, this summer. Meanwhile, Khalifa’s song “See You Again”—a moving tribute to the late Paul Walker—from the Furious 7 soundtrack became the first hip-hop video in history to reach one billion views on You-Tube. Somehow the track, which many predicted would win Best Original Song at the Oscars, failed to land a nomination (#Oscars-SoDeaf?), but the tattoo-covered rapper doesn’t seem to care about statuettes. Or baby mama drama, for that matter. Though he and his ex-wife, Amber Rose, split in 2014, the two now seem to be…

TAURUS APR 20–MAY 20 Passion trumps pragmatism when, on the 3rd, the Sun syncs with Jupiter, awakening a dreamy wanderlust. A venture you initiate at the 6th’s new moon could soon launch you to iconic status, as long as you let experiential learning inform your brilliant expansion. After the 20th, your boots-on-the-ground work ethic is required again, but don’t resign yourself to a punishing schedule. Rather, focus on a few key, cherry-picked projects. Lastly, the 21st’s full moon solidifies a romantic commitment; be on the lookout for a quietly fascinating prospect who formerly escaped attention. GEMINI (MAY 21–JUNE 21) With Mercury retrograde until the 22nd, May dawns on a nostalgic note. A key supporter from your past is your ticket to an untapped opportunity, and with passion planet Mars also…

Last December, an editor at ELLE France asked if I could see a gentleman named Nicolas Hazard, who was working on an event in the “social entrepreneur” space. We met for drinks (at the Mandarin Oriental in Manhattan, my favorite place), and about 30 minutes into our chat I thought, Who are you? Here was this young, cute Frenchman (a category that doesn’t automatically bring the word feminist to mind) explaining his idea to partner with several editions of ELLE around the world to award female entrepreneurs for “doing well by doing good”: women launching profit-making businesses, or sustainably funded nonprofits, that aim to make the world a better place. He told Features Director Laurie Abraham and me, in his charming French accent, that surely we were aware that so…

What does it look like when It Girls become It Women? That’s the question posed by Hillier Bartley, a small but forceful new line of ready-to-wear by Katie Hillier and Luella Bartley, a pair of eternally cool Brits who share some 20 years of close friendship and creative collaboration. “It’s two rather scruffy English girls working out how to grow up,” Bartley says of their new collection, which includes— surprisingly, perhaps, for abiding fans—a lot of suiting. “And how to become more womanly. We want to make dressing up feel empowering and relaxed and cool.” Hillier and Bartley’s track record as hit makers started in the early aughts with Luella, Bartley’s influential punkish, party dress–centered line, for which Hillier designed accessories. They helped fuel the It Bag craze in 2002…

THE X FACTOR With ornate embellishments, the once-humble mule is the statement shoe of the season BACK IN THE SADDLE Timeless, versatile, luggage-brown leather: now cooler than ever LIKE BUTTER Say yes to superpretty suede—in ’70s patchwork and easy-wearing flats…

MALIA JONES Founded: 2015 Based in: Oahu, Hawaii Vibe: Jones, a swimwear model and surfer, is making waves with her romantic yet superfunctional silhouettes. FOR LOVE & LEMONS Founded: 2012 Based in: Los Angeles Vibe: Known for crafting pretty, lacy things, designers Laura Hall and Gillian Rose Kern break into the swimwear category this season with a variety of lingerie-inspired pieces. ALIX Founded: 2014 Based in: New York City Vibe: Having made her mark with bodysuits that became a style-set favorite, Parsons design graduate Alexandra Alvarez is translating her ability to celebrate womenÕs bodies into poolside attire this spring.…

To get Tink’s look, try Eyeshadow in Fishnet topped with a precise line of Super-Saturated Ultra Intense Waterproof Cream Eyeliner. Both, URBAN DECAY. “Trinity is a ball of fire,” says 21-yearold Chicago native rapper/singer Tink (born Trinity Home) when asked how she’d describe herself. “I can write a love song or a ballad, or when I read something and it pisses me off, I know how to go in.” And gone in she has, on six mixtapes in the past four years, one of which, 2014’s Winter’s Diary 2: Forever Yours, was named a best R&B album by Rolling Stone. It was those tapes—along with, no joke, a visit from Aaliyah in a dream—that convinced megaproducer Timbaland that Tink was hip-hop’s next great female MC. Now, after two years under…

BOTTLE ROCKET The hard water in cities around the world—thanks to excess calcium and magnesium—can be drying to hair that’s already being overstyled for shows. So when Cindy Bruna’s strands “get really, really dry,” her perfect-hairday recipe is Kérastase Discipline Bain Fluidealiste shampoo rinsed with Evian. CRYSTAL METHOD Mica Arganaraz taps the meditative, calming powers of crystals: She keeps an amethyst (purported to bring inner peace) that her sister gave her and a mica stone, “like my name,” she says, wherever she goes. ROOM SERVICE When a complexion fix is needed, Alanna Arrington simply dials the hotel restaurant. “I blend avocado and egg whites to make a face mask,” she says. “It makes my skin feel renewed.” KNOCKOUT PUNCH To heat things up, Cora Emmanuel looks for boxing classes in…

KOREAN SCRUBDOWN NAKED SPA WHAT IT IS: A Korean body scrub, or seshin, is the full-body answer to our ongoing lust for all things K-beauty. While jimjilbangs—spas replete with steam rooms, saunas, and mineral-water hot baths—have been around for centuries, their popularity has soared here in the last few years, and the oft-included no-frills scrub is the ultimate exfoliating treatment. COST: $95 for a half hour. WHAT I EXPECTED: SpaCastle Premier—the New York iteration of a Korean bathhouse—had a few more bells and whistles than the typical spa in, say, Seoul. But in one important capacity, it stayed true to tradition: In areas like the gender-segregated baths and steam rooms, clothing is not optional—it’s prohibited. While this requirement caused me anxiety leading up to my visit, within minutes of disrobing,…

WHAT IT IS: The spin class–meets– nightclub–meets–religious experience that’s swept the fitness set (i.e., not me) since kicking off in NYC a decade ago. COST: $34, and my dignity. WHAT I EXPECTED: I like the prospect of burning a promised 500 to 700 calories in a 45-minute class, but the prospect of trying to keep up with a room full of type-A pedalers has long filled me with dread. WHAT IT’S ACTUALLY LIKE: The special SoulCycle shoes I was handed upon checking in (if you don’t own them, you rent them) were wet with a stranger’s foot sweat, and I couldn’t figure out how to clip them onto the pedals. Thankfully, a staff member helped me, adjusted my seat to the correct height, and showed me how to toggle the…

FACIAL WHAT IT IS: Elements of a basic facial—the cleansing, masking, massage—can be re-created at home. But extractions, in which the aesthetician gently manipulates the pores to remove clogs, should be left to the pros. COST: $150 for a one-hour True Facial at Exhale Spa with superstar facialist Autumn Henry, a favorite of ELLE’s most radiant editors. WHAT I EXPECTED: As a facial virgin, I imagined I’d lie on a table with a towel on my head and cucumber slices over my eyes as green mud hardened on my cheeks and forehead. WHAT IT’S ACTUALLY LIKE: Henry layered on, then removed, cleansing balms, exfoliating peels, and rich moisturizers, massaging pressure points (under the eyebrow, along the jawline) as she went. The extractions weren’t uncomfortable: Each squeeze was like being pinched…

TRUE STORY: CLEAR, SOFT, BETTER SKIN IS SUDDENLY OBTAINABLE Jasmine extract has long been purported to calm and balance skin. Now, new research from NYC dermatologist Macrene Alexiades, MD, PhD, shows that one of the flower’s chemical components—jasmonate, the hero ingredient in Lancôme Visionnaire LR 2412 4%-Cx—may be an antiaging powerhouse, too. Study participants’ skin, tested 24 hours after applying the Lancôme serum, showed immediate improvement in the appearance of wrinkles, skin texture, and pore size. After six weeks of use, lines improved by 7.4 percent and skin texture by 12.4 percent, and pores appeared 25.2 percent smaller. “For a topical, nonprescription therapy to achieve this level of improvement this rapidly was extremely impressive,” says Alexiades, pointing out a key benefit: Elastomer compounds “fill in skin texture’s irregularities, which allows…

During the summer after my sophomore year of college, my parents and I flew to West Berlin—this was 1987, two years before the Wall came down—to visit my brother, who’d just finished a semester abroad. We toured Berlin, both its freewheeling western democratic half and the eerily retro eastern Communist side, then set off in a massive, brand-new silver BMW—apparently, the utilitarian Opel we’d reserved was out of stock—for a three-week zigzagging family tour of various Eastern Bloc and Western European cities. With my brother and me in the backseat reverting to childish battles over chocolate bars and radio-tuning rights, and all of us gloating over the ridiculous luck of our automotive upgrade (that car could book), it was in many ways a jolly road trip. But it was also…

WANT SOMETHING? MADDY SUGGESTS: 1. Map it out 2. Anticipate the hurdles 3. Keep running and jumping HUSTLE DIFFERENTLY MADDY FINDS that different cities or neighborhoods bring out different strengths: 1. Brooklyn = hustling creatively 2. Manhattan = hustling business-wise 3. San Francisco = hustling technologically DESIGNED FOR THE DRIVEN With its aerodynamic lines, smart technologies, and balance of efficiency and power, the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Cruze is THE compact car for those who don’t relish downtime—but make every minute “GO TIME.” “Take yourself seriously or else no one will.” —MADDY MAXEY FIND INSPIRATION MADDY’S INCLUDES: 1. The dark matter of the world, mysteries 2. Making and learning 3. Wonderful humans around me CURIOUS AS TO HOW CRUZE HUSTLES HARDER? LEARN MORE AT ALLNEWCHEVYCRUZE.COM YOU DON’T STOP AND WITH CRUZE…

January 23 was a normal day for Beyoncé. On the docket: 1. Showcase new athleisure line, Ivy Park 2. Plot launch of new music label 3. Prepare to dominate Super Bowl 50 4. Polish off top secret “Formation” video 5. Gear up for all-stadium world tour When “Run the world” is your business plan, your day starts early. At exactly 5 a.m., Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter arrives at Mimoda, a spare, mirror-walled, bare-floored dance studio in central Los Angeles that echoes the image she is here to disseminate: that of an athlete, suited up in a white jersey with a white mesh jacket, stripped of accessories and even shoes, hair teased into a corona of Flashdance curls. A woman who is here to work. Surrounded by a trio of dancers who’ve…

CHOLE X HALLE In 2013, the YouTube phenom Bailey sisters—beloved for their haunting acoustic covers—posted a soaring a cappella version of Beyoncé’s “Pretty Hurts.” The video went viral and “the next thing we knew,” Halle says, “we got an e-mail from Parkwood asking if we were signed.” Continues Chloe: “We freaked out! We wrote back and told them to call our dad.” Nearly 650,000 followers and 11 million views of that cover later, the Atlanta-born, now L.A.-based Chloe and Halle (aged 17 and 16, respectively) are writing original tracks—on which their voices unite in sibling harmony as easily as they diverge into singular, powerhouse entities—that are reminiscent of R&B experimentalists FKA Twigs and SZA. “Beyoncé calls us her ‘angelic aliens,’ ” says Chloe, who, thanks to their home studio—which Beyoncé…