Indholdsfortegnelse for May 2017 i ELLE

Before Heidi Klum became America’s Heidi Klum—before she became the creative director of her eponymous intimates line; before she launched a multiple Emmy Award– nominated TV show; before she appeared on the cover of ELLE, not once but three times— before all that, Heidi Klum was the daughter of a hairdresser and a cosmeticscompany executive who lived in the little town of Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, and planned to go to a Düsseldorf fashion-design school. “I would have learned everything from sewing in shoulder pads to buttons to fully designing,” Klum says. But then a friend convinced the 18-year-old Klum to try out for “Model 92,” a 25,000-contestant modeling contest, which she entered and proceeded to win. “And then,” Klum says, “everything was put on pause for about 20 years.” “Everything”…

BELLA HADID Age: 20 Hometown: Malibu, CA On her role models: “I was watching an Alaïa show from the ’90s, and it’s Naomi [Campbell], Cindy [Crawford], Linda [Evangelista]—the way they were radiating was beautiful. They were so confident. Those are the people I look up to.” JASMINE TOOKIES Age: 26 Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA On her passion project: “My goal has always been to create my own beauty line. I have such a unique skin tone— when I go on set, makeup artists have to use all different mixes of makeup to match my skin. I’d love to do a line that has tones for everybody.” CANDICE HUFFINE Age: 32 Hometown: Washington, DC On finding your voice: “Women have to come together in a way we haven’t before. We’re united…

TRY THESE! STYLIST’S TIP Be a mix master: A bi-level skirt offers a summery flash of leg.…

BEAUTY TIP Beauty icon Linda Rodin was inspired by OG beach babe Brigitte Bardot when creating this lipstick shade, “So Mod.” RISE UP Elevated designer pool slides—the perfect way to offset a throwback look…

STYLIST’S TIP How low can you go? A full-coverage top offsets the teeniest bikini bottom. THE FINAL STRAW Artisanal woven carryalls will carry you from poolside to party, all summer long…

SAMIRA'S POINT OF VIEW STREET SCENES Jamel Shabazz, whose book Sights in the City: New York Street Photographs (Damiani) comes out this month, is the original street-style photographer. Both a photojournalist and a fashion photographer, he documented ordinary people in the ’80s who were making incredible style statements, long before the days of social media. Look at “Fly Girls” (far right), shot in downtown Brooklyn, circa 1984: The tights with the opentoe shoes, the leather minis, the matching Kangol hats—it kills me! And it’s a look that’s relevant all over again, as we saw on the Marc Jacobs fall runway (above). EASY DOES IT My friend, makeup artist Romy Soleimani—the genius behind the enviable glow of both Cara Delevingne and Kate Hudson—shares the four products (shown here) every woman should…

After a dramatic haircut last fall that left my lob a ’90s-inspired mullet, I found myself settling into a uniform of oversize sweaters, flats, and tinted lip balms. After receiving no less than three compliments on my “androgynous style” in one month, I started to find myself gazing at vintage photos of Brigitte Bardot in her cinched waists and Scarlett Johansson vamping for the camera. “How does that feel?” I wondered. And so began an exploration into embodying the bombshell. The first step in achieving bombshell-dom is figuring out exactly what a bombshell is, especially in 2017. For almost 80 years, the bombshell has been blond, comicbook curvy, and magnetic. A bombshell is more than hot: A hot girl can wear a bikini; a bombshell can make you buy stock…

REVLON COLORSTAY MAKEUP “I haven’t found anything better for my oily skin,” says Barbara Huber, ELLE Germany’s beauty director, of Revlon’s matte, SPF-infused formula. MILANI BAKED BLUSH IN LUMINOSO South African Chantelle Bester of Not Another Poppie says Milani’s Luminoso blush “eliminates the need for a separate highlighter.” NEUTROGENA ULTRA SHEER BODY MIST SUNSCREEN SPF 45 “There’s nothing in the UK this high in SPF yet invisible on the skin,” says Anna Gardner, Brighton- based writer of The Anna Edit. MAYBELLINE NEW YORK TREATMENT CONCEALER Bester applies it in a V shape under her eyes and dabs it onto other spots that need touching up. “I’m totally dependent on it,” she says. DOVE ADVANCED CARE ANTIPERSPIRANT IN ORIGINAL CLEAN “Airport security probably scans my bag and thinks I have a…

FAKE 1. LIGHTING “Side lighting exaggerates every crease, while headon lighting can erase wrinkles altogether,” says dermatologist Robert Anolik, MD. “Look at the shadows in both photos—do they match? If not, the lighting has been altered.” 2. MAKEUP Beauty products are used to enhance a feature or cover a flaw. “If makeup is used only in the ‘after’ photo, don’t believe the comparison,” Anolik says. 3. CAMERA ANGLE Anolik advises that unless you’re viewing the subject from the same camera angle in both shots, you can’t really trust the shot. 4. POSE “When the chin is up, the neckline looks better; if it’s down, the neckline looks worse—the face looks more jowly,” Anolik says. 5. SELFIE CULTURE “Beware of patient-provided photos. Filters are available with a few clicks, even on…

In the hypercompetitive, rarefied world of professional beauty, what defines the look of the moment? In the following 24 pages, the pulchritudinous Bella Hadid and many more models— from social media phenoms to far-flung global discoveries— prove the answer is, for once, truly manifold. Consider this issue a celebration of progress— for diversity of skin color, hair texture, and body shape, yes, but also dreams and ideas—and a bid for much more of it to come.…

MAY 29 Read up on one the biggest names in contemporary art—and fashion, thanks to his work with Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton—in this month’s Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg (Skira Rizzoli) before the artist’s June show of the same name at Chicago’s MCA. MAY 1 With Prabal Gurung having designed a collection for Lane Bryant, and Ashley Graham stalking Michael Kors’s fall 2017 runway (2), it begs the question: Is fashion finally waking up to the beauty of all sizes? Starting this month, Kate Hudson’s rainbowhued athleticwear, Fabletics (1), will run from size XXS to 3X. Proof that “fit”—and “fab,” for that matter—are so much more than just a number. MAY 15 Of course, the OG It Girl would have a white-hot Instagram account (1.7 million…

COOL-GIRL HAIR MAY 1 “My boyfriend’s sister was deejaying,” Klum says. “Normally, I have my team help get me ready, but it was a lastminute thing.” The can-do Klum created her own waves with a quick shampoo, a blow-dry, and a “really big curling iron.” OLD-HOLLYWOOD GLAM MAY 8 The key to a long-lasting red lip, Klum says, is to “start with a stain, and then put another color on top of it. So even if you kiss that off, or drink that off, or eat that off, there’s still the stain underneath.” DATE NIGHT MAY 15 For an aesthetic aphrodisiac, go for what Klum calls “a big Bambi eye” and just give your lips a quick gloss. “I don’t have luscious Angelina Jolie lips,” she says, “so I do…

For our March cover shoot, Solange Knowles wowed ELLE readers with her thoughtful interview (“The Messenger”) and her statuesque beauty in striking red-and-white looks, from a Norma Kamali puffer coat to a sleek Céline suit: “There are a lot of things in the world that make me v sad but my…mentor [Salamishah Tillet] interviewed Solange for ELLE magazine and it’s lit.”—@crown_vic_, Twitter “Solange!!!!!! Best cover I’ve seen in a while!!!!!!!” —markpaul_, Instagram “@solangeknowles you definitely make [ELLE’s] job easy. Beautiful indeed.” —@brichtweets, Twitter “@solangeknowles. Can we just stop a minute to talk about how much you slayed?”—@blacksocialite, Twitter “Spectacular cover, spectacular styling.”—biancblue, Instagram SHE EXPLAINS THINGS In our March profile of writer Rebecca Solnit, “The Philosopher Queen,” Solnit told ELLE’s Keziah Weir that her new book, The Mother of All…

TRY THESE! STYLIST’S TIP With a few inches of leg between boot and trouser, this silhouette looks cool and elongated.…

BEAUTY TIP No sun-soaked vacation in the cards? Get a dewy glow at home in 15 seconds with the citrus-packed Blithe splash mask. TUTTI-FRUTTI Sweet, not-so-serious additions offer a certain fresh-picked charm…

BEAUTY TIP Water-friendly and neon-bold, Milk Makeup Lip Marker is the beauty version of the Body Glove wet suit. LIGHT BRIGHT Wherever you find yourself, eye-popping denim jackets bring a hint of the beach…

When asked who inspired her portrayal of the classic Marvel comic-book hero Mantis—a bizarre, buggy humanoid who can sense people’s emotions through touch (and is the newest member of Chris Pratt’s ragtag group of celestial protectors in this month’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2)—Pom Klementieff has a list at the ready: “A praying mantis, obviously,” says the 30-year-old graduate of Paris’s Cours Florent drama school, who, although born in Quebec to a French-diplomat father and a Korean mother, was ultimately raised by her paternal aunt and uncle after she lost her father at age five and her mother became unwell. “Gollum, from The Lord of the Rings; Leeloo, Milla Jovovich’s character in The Fifth Element, because she’s discovering new things in a new world… oh, and Mr. Burns! From…

If this grabs you: “ ‘Before they allowed your father to be a priest,’ my mother tells me, ‘they made me take the Psychopath Test. You know, a priest can’t have a psychopath wife, it would bring disgrace,’ ” you’ll be wowed by Patricia Lockwood’s darkly profane and poetic memoir, Priestdaddy (Riverhead), about growing up as the daughter of a Catholic priest. Lockwood, a taboo-breaking doyenne of the Twitterverse whose book of poetry Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals hit it big in 2014, describes family photo-sifting night: “My father in a tight, appalling sailor suit. My father dressed as a pro-life Dracula. My father wearing a Speedo at the lapping edge of a picturesque lake, between two buff buttocky dunes.” If you want to read the work of Canada’s literary It Girl,…

When it came time for singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith to sign her first record deal, the 30-year-old—who’d been kicking around Nashville for 15 years, writing hits for everyone from Dolly Parton (“You Can’t Make Old Friends”) to Meghan Trainor (“Like I’m Gonna Lose You”)—wasn’t in a glitzy Music Row boardroom but rather on her couch, wearing “mom yoga pants,” with her six-month-old son, Thomas (whom she had with her husband, fellow musician Rollie Gaalswyk), hysterically crying on her lap. “It’s not how I pictured it!” says Smith, now with Monument Records and set to release her first full-length album, Starfire, this month. “But honestly, it couldn’t have been more perfect and beautiful.” A small-town Minnesota native, Smith had been jockeying for a solo career for years. She took her parents up…

I have cranky skin (sensitive, prone to tantrums), and over the years, I’ve tried all manner of soaps and tonics and leave-ons aimed at calming it down and clearing it up, always favoring the more extreme formulas strong enough, so I thought, to snuff out all the oil and dirt clogging it up. Until two months ago, when I spoke to Manhattan-based dermatologist Joshua Zeichner, MD, and my skin-care worldview was shattered. “Acne doesn’t mean you’re dirty,” Zeichner told me. “People who wash their skin regularly may break out, and people who don’t may have clear skin.” And then the kicker: “Overwashing may disrupt the skin barrier.” In other words, not only had I not been solving the problem, I may have been causing it. And dirt, long considered my…

Whenever my editor Liesl calls me into the office, I know she’s going to ask me to do something I won’t want to do. It’s much easier to twist my arm when my arm is in the room. Failing that, her headlock is very persuasive. “The May issue is all about transformation,” she begins, circling my chair. “Megan is wearing colored contacts; Cotton is getting hair extensions; April is undergoing eyebrow tattoos; and Keziah is cleansing with dirt.” For real? That’s a thing? (Yes. And it is.) “But you…you are a Beauty Adventuress. And you always want to do something big.” Liesl snaps her fingers, points at me, and commands: “Say the first thing that comes to mind!” “Run for the elevator!” “The second thing that comes to mind!” Shave…

It goes without saying that no one wants to look done. Still, we’ve all seen it, or maybe it’s even happened to us: the brow too high, too low, too frozen; the balloonish lips or Angelina- Jolie-in-Maleficent cheekbones that give the game away. Here is a person, these all-too-obvious needleassisted interventions say, who hoped to look younger, prettier—someone who strove to arrest aging, à la Blake Lively’s magical imperviousness to time in The Age of Adaline, or even to reverse it, like Benjamin Button— and overshot the mark. “This is the secret behind all the celebrities,” Engelman says. Thankfully, as dermatologists have grown more sophisticated in their methods and the array of fillers, neurotoxins, and fat dissolvers like Kybella has become more diverse and specialized, patently obvious nonsurgical work is…

1 BE AWARE OF WHERE YOUR INJECTABLE CAME FROM Make sure your doctor is an official vendor of everything you’re getting injected. Allergan, Merz, and Galderma are three of the top manufacturers of neurotoxins and fillers, and Allergan also makes the fat-dissolving Kybella. To reduce the risk of getting a subpar, potentially dangerous product, some manufacturers’ websites offer a tool to search by zip code for every licensed physician who’s obtained their product legally. 2 BIN THE BARGAINS If the price is questionably low for Botox or filler, you may be getting a diluted dosage, says West Islip, New York–based dermatologist Kavita Mariwalla, MD. Another possibility is that your doctor purchased the product from a supplier in a country such as Canada or the United Kingdom, where government price controls…

HOME IMPROVEMENT MODEL ZLATA SEMENKO CODDLES HER BLEACHED HAIR WITH A HEAT PROTECTOR. TRY SHU UEMURA BLOW DRY BEAUTIFIER ($39). TOP BY LEVI’S. CUFF BY VERDURA. CUFF BY AURÉLIE BIDERMANN “WHEN I HAD LONG HAIR, PEOPLE DIDN’T SEE MY PERSONALITY. NOW THEY SAY MY HAIR REALLY SUITS ME. IT’S COOL AND YOUNG.” “I LOVE TO SHAKE MY HAIR AND HAVE PEOPLE LOOK AT ME AND KNOW WHAT I’M ALL ABOUT: CONFIDENCE.” HOME IMPROVEMENT NYC-BASED MODEL GABRIELLE RICHARDSON’S POWER-PRODUCT PICK? “OIL! MAKE SURE YOU OIL THAT SCALP.” TRY CAROL’S DAUGHTER LISA’S HAIR ELIXIR RESTORING HAIR OIL ($20). DRESS AND TOP BY GUCCI. HOOPS BY DOLCE & GABBANA. Maybe it’s gradually dawned on you, or maybe it struck you suddenly— say, when you were seated at the back of a packed theater…

HAILEY BALDWIN Daughter of The Usual Suspects actor Stephen, cousin to model Ireland, niece to Alec (not to mention onetime love interest of Justin Bieber), Hailey Baldwin has made a seamless transition from Hollywood royalty to fashion rock star. “It just happened naturally and progressed,” says Baldwin, 20, who switched her focus from ballet to modeling when she was 17. Now best friends with fellow social-media-queens– turned–models Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid, Baldwin has a whopping 9.4 million followers on Instagram, where her feed brims with not only glamour shots from fashion shoots and shows around the world but also Bible verses (“My faith is something people sometimes get surprised by”) and casual, makeup-free shots. “I think naturally pretty is the way to go,” says Baldwin, currently the face of…

Crayola-hued puffers and logo-laden sweats form an unlikely alliance with makeup, glorious makeup, modeled by a cast of fashion’s most intriguing new head-turners. And what faces they are.… Models Danielle Gordon, Georgia Pratt, Hannah Bennett, Hyunji Shin, and Sophia Pastorius-Young at IMG (hair by Kayla MiChele at Streeters for Message Organics; makeup by Frankie Boyd at Streeters for Tom Ford Beauty [all]; manicure by Gina Edwards at Kate Ryan Inc. for Chanel Beauty; casting by Zan Ludlum at Zan Casting [all]; produced by Una Simone Harris at Wanted Media; fashion assistant: Yashua Simmons [all]). Models Alecia Morais, Bhumika Arora, and Charlene Hogger at the Society Management, and Kenya Kinski Jones at the Lions (hair by Peter Gray at Home Agency for Phyto; manicure by Dawn Sterling at MAM-NYC for Dior…

When I arrived in Shanghai one night last December, the city was glitteringly bright and bracingly cold. In one of the world’s most sophisticated urban centers, an international technology hub with a fluorescent-lit skyline, many buildings still don’t have central heating—just one of the place’s unlikely juxtapositions. Another is that despite the government’s history of censorship, over the last few years an art scene has developed in Shanghai that’s so dynamic and fresh the city has, practically overnight, become a global cultural destination. “It’s an underground art and music explosion!” says Max Mara Creative Director Ian Griffiths the next morning, sitting in a (frigid) barren room off the cavernous great hall of the Shanghai Exhibition Center, where the brand was preparing to reveal its prefall 2017 collection, titled “Monopolis!” “Everywhere…

Every couple of years, Chris Evans pulls on his red, white, and blue spandex, picks up Captain America’s shield, and saves the world from impending doom. But his smaller, less-talked-about films (Snowpiercer, Before We Go) are often just as thrilling. In Gifted, out now from 500 Days of Summer director Marc Webb, Evans stars as a sensitive small-town boat mechanic fighting a custody battle for his orphaned niece (a first-grade know-it-all who just may be a math prodigy). Evans’s own early years were less contentious, though they weren’t without drama. His mother ran a local children’s theater in Concord, Massachusetts, and Evans says he and his siblings were basically Boston’s answer to the von Trapps. These days, the 35-year-old—who once spent three weeks in India studying meditation—is as likely to…

@elleusa @elleusa @elleusa ELLE Magazine (US) Rapper A$AP Rocky may not throw out his old clothes— but don’t call him a hoarder. “That’s just called my closet,” he says. “Trends and styles always come back around eventually.” For his Ice Cream and Cotton Candy summer capsule with Guess Originals, he’s putting that nostalgic sensibility to use, giving a pastel sugar high to iconic men’s and women’s styles from the brand, which celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary last year. The line includes zip-front miniskirts; string bikini tops; cropped, boxy jackets; and highwaist, flared jeans. The ’90s, says Rocky, were when “the grunge look met the techno look met the urban look met the hip-hop look—I wanted to pay homage to that.” Read more about his vision at ELLE.com/A$APRocky. THE NAKED TRUTH A…

@Robbiemyers @Robbie_Elle My father has four daughters, two from his first marriage and two from his third (from two wives who looked so much alike that the latter accused my dad of trying to replicate the former), but we look like him in many ways. His wide brow is strongly expressed, as are his sharp jawline and the upward tilt of his eyes—characteristics that my grandmother frequently told us that she was proud to pass on, as they were traits of “great beauty” from her family line. Beauty is a word that contains multitudes: passion, longing, judgment, rebuke—who hasn’t hoped to define it, and possess it? I was comforted to learn early on from Grandmother that what people think of as beautiful is often relative and deeply narcissistic: It wasn’t…

May is off to a spirited start as the Sun beams through your sign until the 20th. What makes sense on paper may not land on the Taurus notepad, or in your bed. Thank your ruler, creatrix Venus—in your twelfth house of fantasy all month—for chipping away at your pragmatism. Make art for art’s sake and love for love’s sake. Your experimentation will yield positive results, especially near a partnershipcementing full moon on the 10th. Mars boosts your money mojo throughout the month. Practice your pitch: The new moon on the 25th opens the floodgates to abundance. GEMINI (MAY 21–JUNE 21) This month’s theme: radical reimagining. Adrenaline junkie Mars is motoring through Gemini, giving you the urge to tear down and rebuild basically everything. Wait until Gemini season begins on…

Seth Plattner @SETHPLATTNER SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR, ELLE THIS MONTH: “GALAXY GIRL” (PAGE 143), “LIPSTICK JUNGLE” (PAGE 149), AND “AMERICAN GOTH” (PAGE 272) “Pom Klementieff, whom I interviewed, plays one of my favorite comic-book heroes—Mantis!— in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.” Reading: “Almost done with Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life.” Listening to: “It Ain’t Me” by Selena Gomez and Kygo, Betty Who’s The Valley, and “XXPEN$IVE” by Erika Jayne. Watching: “I’m the TV editor at ELLE, and currently I love 13 Reasons Why, Insecure, Westworld, Atlanta, and, duh, Game of Thrones.” Linda Tirado @KILLERMARTINIS AUTHOR OF HAND TO MOUTH: LIVING IN BOOTSTRAP AMERICA THIS MONTH: “WHY I’M FOR TRUMP” (PAGE 232) Upcoming projects: “I’LL BE REPORTING FOR ELLE ON A GROUP OF FEMALE TRUMP VOTERS ALL YEAR. ALSO, I’M IN…

TRY THESE! STYLIST’S TIP Have fun with a statement lip— we’re loving eyepopping orange, but consider the cool factor of blue gray!…

HIGH-NECK ONE-SHOULDER STYLIST’S TIP No time for a costume change? A sporty bikini top does double duty as a crop top. STRAPLESS WEAR IT WITH WEAR IT WITH WEAR IT WITH…

HER Launched: 2014 Based in: Sydney Vibe: This Aussie label’s athletic bikinis and high-neck maillots offer cleanlined simplicity, plus built-in SPF 50 protection. JONATHAN SIMKHAI Launched: 2016 Based in: NYC Vibe: The ready-to-wear darling’s swim range thrills with dramatic ruffles and corsetry. JADE SWIM Launched: 2016 Based in: NYC Vibe: Fashion editor Brittany Kozerski’s superminimal suits are cut from smoothing stretch fabric, with the thinnest of straps.…

At one point in Charmaine Craig’s emotionally complex second novel, Miss Burma (Grove Press), married couple Khin and Benny are reunited after nearly two years of separation. “Astonishing,” Benny thinks, facing his wife, “how one could go from absolute intimacy to utter estrangement.” This notion—of human closeness and alienation and what constitutes each—is central to Craig’s novel, which follows a mixed-race couple and their children living in racially charged Burma between 1926 and 1965. Miss Burma is largely based on the incredible true story of the author’s own famous mother, Louisa Charmaine Benson Craig—who, at 15, became Burma’s first Miss Universe contestant and went on to marry an army commander, assuming her husband’s military duties at age 24, upon his assassination. Benny, a seven-year-old Jewish boy living in Rangoon (then…

What hardships are women still dealing with that Helena and Elizabeth dealt with 60 years ago? Patti LuPone: Prejudice. Pay equality. Equality. Men suck—except for my husband, my son, and my men friends. Christine Ebersole: Aging gracefully. In terms of rivalry, what can healthy opposition teach us? PL: Acceptance. CE: That rivalry can inspire us. Is there still a Broadway role you wish you could play? PL: Always [Gypsy’s] Madame Rose. As long as I have breath, I’d love to play Madame Rose again. CE: The part of Mame, but this time on Broadway. Who’s a new Broadway star who inspires you? PL: Annaleigh Ashford, Lena Hall, Cristin Milioti, Denée Benton. CE: Cynthia Erivo. She’s brilliant. What’s your one weird but faithful beauty ritual? PL: Montepulciano mud on my face.…

With its rich creamy texture and fresh sea fragrance, this hydrating body balm absorbs quickly—leaving your skin feeling nourished and revitalized for 24 hours. We are so excited that Le Petit MarseillaisTM MarseillaisTM has offered TM is finally in Turkey! For over 84 years, Le Petit essential products that not only take care of our skin, but use real fruit and flower extracts for a lightly-scented aroma. - ELLE.COM, TURKEY This extra-mild hand soap is soft and releases a light orangescented fragrance with every wash. - ELLE ITALY The light orange scent instantly transports us to the orchards of the south of France, while nourishing and hydrating our skin. - ELLE.COM, FRANCE Vanilla pods are hand-picked and carefully sun-dried to create a delightfully sweet and rich Vanilla Milk scent. This thick, rich, and nourishing cream…

Botox and filler shouldn’t be cocktailed in the same syringe. FALSE. New York–based derm Doris Day, MD, sometimes adds a few units of Botox into filler and then injects them together for a sleek, natural-looking outcome. “You can get some extra tightening,” she says of mixing in a line-diminishing neurotoxin so that the combined effect with the filler yields a smooth surface. “If you want to soften the lip lines, it’s a combo that diffuses nicely, and you won’t affect how the lip moves.” “One size fits all” when you’re scheduling Botox and filler. FALSE. “One size fits none” is Day’s rule for tune-up regularity. The FDA gauges that neurotoxins last about four months, while most soft-tissue fillers endure for about six months. But some fillers last much longer: Juvéderm…

In my bathroom, I’m whipping up a DIY face mask—one that doesn’t involve kitchen staples like yogurt or egg whites (and, at $420, costs a bit more). I open a gold-lidded jar of Lancôme Absolue L’Extrait Ultimate Rose Serum Mask and follow the instructions, combining, in what looks like a doll’s tea saucer, a vial of serum plus a spoonful of pearlescent pink beads containing Lancôme’s proprietary rose extracts. The pearls, which have been bioengineered by grace of 11 patents, dissolve as I stir, releasing their precious skin-softening cargo. And as I spread this confection on my face with the abandon of a tycoon heaping caviar on a cracker, a scene in an episode of Louis C.K.’s show Louie comes to mind. A father of two girls, Louie talks about…

SPARKLE MOTION Smoky eyes get an update with a generous helping of shimmer in Stila Magnificent Metals Glitter & Glow Liquid Eye Shadow (shown in Molten Midnight), a highly pigmented shadow that goes on slick and dries to a long-lasting powder. SEVENTH HEAVEN Looking for a dose of euphoria? Red Flower Aromatherapeutic Body Oil in Icelandic Moonflower promises silky skin, insomnia relief, and an influx of joy with just a few drops added to a bath. PEACE, LOVE, AND FLOWERS To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the beloved berry and jasmine fragrance Daisy, Marc Jacobs rolls out a limited-edition, all-white bottle, along with a brand-new spokeswoman, Kaia Gerber. KEEP IT SIMPLE Charlotte Gainsbourg (actress, singer, Lars von Trier muse) has collaborated with Nars on a collection that Francophiles will covet,…

The first step is the deepest: Throw out all preconceptions about what your hair should be. “Anything is possible thanks to all the modern innovations: The darkest hair can go blond, the shortest hair can be instantly long, and the curliest hair can be straight if you want it. But only spend the time changing your color, changing your shape, if it brings you joy,” says Romina Manenti, our hairstylist for this shoot. “Power hair can be wash-andgo, or it can be high-maintenance. But bottom line, your hair should celebrate who you are or be a bridge for who you want to be.” YOUR NEW ECONOMY Apply the same high/low approach that you use with your wardrobe. However, your currency is not just money, but also time. The Chanel bag…

American beauty doesn’t have a single definition, because no one face or body type could ever possibly exemplify all of us. From the very beginning, this was a nation of immigrants. In one way or another, we hail from everywhere, and the faces we see in the mirror embody countless, multifarious threads of DNA that have woven together to make each of us unique. No less an icon of truth-speaking than Maya Angelou once said, “In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” To which we will add that there is power, and wonder, and joy. How dull would life be if we were all alike? American women represent every skin tone, every size, and every shape— all singular, all gorgeous—and this variety makes us more interesting and more…

In 2013, then 19-year-old London actress Mia Goth got her big break: a buzzy movie, a legendary director, famous costars. All she had to do was, well, simulate a lot of graphic sex, intimidate and overpower full-grown men— sometimes with a gun—and then defile Charlotte Gainsbourg. (Google at your own risk.) The film was Nymphomaniac Vol. II, the second installment of lightning-rod director Lars von Trier’s two-part, five-and-a-halfhour, unrated psychosexual epic starring Gainsbourg and Shia LaBeouf. As a character named P, Goth established herself as a unique kind of actress—one who looked so fresh-faced and naïve as to resemble an actual doll, but was a mysterious and, at times, disquieting provocateur underneath. Since Nymphomaniac, Goth, now 23, has continued to subvert her innocent visage—the big brown eyes, the button nose,…

COVERS Bella Hadid wears: Organza top, $29,850, skirt, $58,850, by Chanel, at select Chanel boutiques, call 800-550-0005. Gold earrings, $3,100, yellow and white gold and diamond earring, $5,700 (for pair), by Chanel Fine Jewelry, at Chanel Fine Jewelry boutiques nationwide, call 800-550-0005. Maria Borges wears: Cotton tank by Calvin Klein Underwear, $40 (for pack of 3), visit calvinklein.com. Gold and diamond earring by 2017 Tiffany Blue Book Collection, call 800-843-3269 or visit tiffany.com. Elsa Hosk wears: Pink gold, diamond, and coral watch, pink gold, diamond, ruby, and lacquer watch, by Bulgari, call 800-BULGARI or visit bulgari.com. Jasmine Tookes wears: Silk lace dress by Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini, $2,850, collection at Barneys New York. Gold and diamond earring by Maria Tash, $575, at Maria Tash (NYC). Gold necklace by Cartier, $4,800,…