Indholdsfortegnelse for May 2021 i ELLE

1. FEELIN’ BLUE A vintage vanity case, previously owned by Cartier creative director Jeanne Toussaint, inspired the house’s new ultracollectible Les Nécessaires à Parfum collection. Cartier releases three handmade perfume cases, which can be filled with two replaceable fragrance bottles, this month (with four more coming later this year). Choose from nine iconic scents, then personalize your case with a monogram if you wish. Cartier Les Nécessaires à Parfum Blue Dots Case, $850, cartier.com. 2. CULINARY ARTS Tastemakers swoon over the tabletop offerings at Dior’s Paris flagship, many created in collaboration with talented artisans. For spring, creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri enlisted Italian artist Pietro Ruffo (who first collaborated with the house to create a map-inspired set for the fall 2017 haute couture show) to design the Constellation collection of…

With the change in season, I couldn’t wait to come out of my winter cocoon and explore the great outdoors. After falling in love with hiking during a trip to Oregon’s Mt. Hood National Forest last year, I set out to find a destination that offered equally challenging terrain, as well as a place to comfortably nestle in for some relaxing time to myself afterward. Enter The Ranch Malibu, where each day, I’d set out on a four-hour hike with the other guests. What at first felt like an impossible challenge became an incredibly rewarding experience by the end of the week, as we all went from total strangers to teammates. I quickly learned the importance of having the right gear: a hydration pack (like CamelBak’s streamlined version), terrain-appropriate footwear,…

As It Bags gathered dust in well-stocked wardrobes over the last year, a new kind of status symbol emerged. Tailor-made for the Instagram era, artist Sarah Coleman’s designer upgrades of everything from pill cases to pizza boxes proved equal parts luxe and functional. Some have described Coleman’s work—which involves deconstructing and manipulating luxury goods in order to procure the raw materials for, say, a logo-upholstered metal folding chair—as “disruption.” So Silvia Venturini Fendi, artistic director of accessories and menswear at Fendi, enlisted the New York–based artist to do precisely that. Last December, Coleman created one-of-a-kind pieces for the brand’s Miami Design District boutique and had a go at the store’s interiors and facade. The house has a lengthy history of artist collaborations, having teamed up with such innovative names as…

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TAPPED TO SCULPT the cheekbones of women like Adria Arjona, Laura Harrier, and Brie Larson, celebrity facialist Iván Pol’s multilayer facial “The Beauty Sandwich” is so famous that the moniker is arguably better known than his own name. The buzzy hourlong session involves a series (or “sandwich”) of high-tech treatments: monopolar radio frequency to firm skin; blue light to reduce acne and sun damage; and a combination of bipolar radio frequency and infrared light to lift skin’s appearance. He also uses his own tightening serum, which launches this month. Now Pol has one-upped himself with a new over-the-top offering: the four-day facial. Lest you think you must pencil in 96 hours to lie prone on a facialist’s table (though, in our touch-starved reality, this actually sounds appealing), Pol schedules consecutive…

WHAT IT DOES FIRM UP ABS WHAT IT IS: CoolTone is a noninvasive machine that uses magnetic energy to stimulate ab muscles. One 30-minute session is roughly the equivalent of 25,000 sit-ups. “It tricks the muscle into contracting,” says New York–based dermatologist Dhaval Bhanusali, MD. “It moves like a wave, slowly recruiting all the muscles but not doing it all at once, which would cause your body to clench and would be extremely painful.” WHAT IT FEELS LIKE: After Bhanusali strapped the pads over my waist and abdomen, he turned on the machine, and I felt a slight pressure—but no pain—as the machine began to engage muscle fibers. During the treatment, Bhanusali gradually increased the intensity. By the end, it was a tiny bit uncomfortable, but nothing I couldn’t handle.…

He works six to seven days a week, but when he goes home for dinner with his family, Thomas Yadegar, MD, takes a few minutes to gather himself before going inside. Sometimes he breaks down. The 20 physicians he leads at the ICU at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in L.A. and West Hills Hospital & Medical Center confide in him that they too “stop on their drive home and just cry,” he says. They all have nightmares. “I don’t see how any human who has gone through and witnessed what we have could not be changed dramatically and to the core,” he says. He hasn’t had a second to prepare for how over 14 months of watching COVID-19 patients die will affect him going forward. Many of us are…

It’s almost 5 p.m. London time, and Anya Taylor-Joy is “jetlagged to shit.” Still groggy from an accidental afternoon snooze, she apologizes for pushing our Zoom back a bit, explaining, “When I nap, it’s (a) never intentional, and (b) my spirit leaves my body. I was lying there thinking, ‘Anya, don’t fall off the boat.’ And then I was like, ‘You’re not on a boat.’ So then I said, ‘Well, don’t fall out of the car.’ And I’m like, ‘Babe, you’re not in a car. You’re at home, in your bed. You’re fine.’ ” Considering the 25-year-old actress hasn’t had a permanent residence for the past six years, “traveling not just from country to country,” she says, “but from character to character, having only the plane ride to release that…

@REEDSMYTHECO @EMILYRIDINGS @FENDI @MARIECAROLINEWILLMS @GARAGEKEPTMOTORS @THELSD @LOEWE @SOANEBRITAIN THIS MARCH, a 10,000-year-old basket (reportedly the oldestin existence) was unearthed during an archaeological dig in Israel’s Judean Desert. The craft behind it has been around for millennia, but that hasn’t made it immune to the threat of mass production. Among its guardians is Soane Britain’s Lulu Lytle, who recently released her first book, Rattan (Rizzoli), and is responsible for reviving Britain’s last remaining rattan-weaving workshop. Fans of her wicker wares include Moda Operandi cofounder Lauren Santo Domingo, whose Southampton, New York, sunroom features pieces from Soane. Tastemaker and editor Deborah Needleman took things a step further by crafting her own wicker place mats (now available for purchase through Reed Smythe & Company), while Loewe and Fendi are doing their part to…

The SHOE Flats for evening? When they’re as glam as Giuseppe Zanotti’s chain-detailed, Cleopatra-worthy pair, the answer is an emphatic “yes.” Sandal, Giuseppe Zanotti, $1,250, giuseppezanotti.com. The BAG With a metallic monogram treatment, Louis Vuitton’s Rendez-Vous crossbody offers a bold, gold spin on the house’s iconic motifs. Handbag, Louis Vuitton, $4,750, louisvuitton.com. The WATCH Hermès’s classic Nantucket timepiece heats up for summer, courtesy of a new pavé diamond case. Watch, Hermès, hermes.com.…

Jeremy Scott is fashion’s ultimate nostalgia merchant. Barbie, My Little Pony, SpongeBob SquarePants: He’s put them all on a runway at some point. A regressive mood has predominated during the pandemic—we’ve found ourselves swaddled in sweatsuits, tie-dyeing and coloring our way through quarantine as though we’re back in the recess yard. But the Moschino creative director was, as always, way ahead of us—even when it comes to looking back. As a ’90s raver, he remembers the scene’s proudly juvenile aesthetic, including Sesame Street character clothing: “I was already nostalgic for it at 20.” Our collective desire to return to a more innocent time inspired a 28-piece collaboration between the beloved kids’ show and the Italian fashion house, launching in June and designed for an ageless audience. The face of the…

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Between 2019 and 2021, GLOBAL BEAUTY SALES had their ups and downs. HAIR CARE → 2% PERSONAL CARE → 2% SKIN CARE → 5% MAKEUP → 2% FRAGRANCE → 12% +185% SEARCHES FOR BLACK-OWNED BRANDS. THE ELLE READER You have been extra kind to your tresses in the past year: 79% “I EMBRACED MY NATURAL TEXTURE.” 68% “I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT MY HAIR MASK.” 55% “I SIMPLIFIED MY ROUTINE.” THE CERAVE EFFECT* IN 2020: SALES OF CLINICAL BRANDS GREW BY 3%. SALES OF NATURAL BRANDS DECREASED BY 9%. *DERMATOLOGIST-BELOVED SKIN CARE BRAND CERAVE WENT VIRAL ON TIKTOK LAST YEAR. Most people may be wearing less makeup, but on social media, makeup artists have turned to bold and experimental looks for our viewing pleasure. Whom to follow now: MADRONA REDHAWK @MADRONI_REDCLOCK…

Ilia J. Smith, a 40-year-old nurse practitioner in Dallas, never suspected she’d be confronted with a life-threatening health concern in her thirties. She was a medical professional. She ate well, worked out regularly. Sure, she spent a lot of time basking in the sun wearing low-SPF tanning oils, but as a Black woman, she wasn’t worried about sun protection. Several years earlier, a friend of hers, who worked as a physician’s assistant in a dermatology practice, flagged a mole on her thigh during a day at the spa, but Smith brushed it off as a birthmark. Fast-forward to January 2021. Smith, now a the mother of a young child, is lying on a plastic surgeon’s table with a gaping hole in her leg. “They had to remove a piece of…

WHEN LAURENCE CHIRAT first heard that COVID-19 could cause a loss of the sense of smell, she was worried. For Chirat, the vice president of fragrance design innovation for the Geneva-based fragrance and flavor company Firmenich, scent is her livelihood. But when she got the virus in January, she learned that losing her sense of smell (aka anosmia) meant so much more. A few days after getting sick, Chirat, who is trained to evaluate aroma compounds and potencies, woke up and couldn’t smell a thing. “It was just gone,” she says. She took a shower but didn’t feel clean. Cooking made her nervous: How would she know if the food were burning? “I changed my bedsheets, and I thought they were a bit gray,” she says. Without the freshly laundered…

So you’re an 18-year-old girl who, based on one photo and article, has been anointed the Voice of Your Generation; you attract the attention of a world-famous 53-year-old literary sensation. You correspond; he invites you to live with him, as one does. Your mother, herself a brilliant but thwarted writer, would not be pleased if this were some schmo. This is not some schmo. You are her finest creation, and the Great Man wants you. So you drop your scholarship at Yale; your mother sews you an alphabet-print A-line dress that makes you look like you’re 12; and you present your skinny self (your mother is very proud of that, too) at the home of the great man. Your favorite prep-school teacher drives you there. Nobody thinks this is a…

The Corbetts had one of the biggest lawns in the cul-de-sac. One Saturday, after David Fritzsche finished mowing his own lawn, he walked over to help Jason Corbett with his. Afterward, the neighbors grabbed chairs and sat in the driveway. Kids flitted in and out, their wives dropped by to chat, and each man drank several beers as afternoon turned to evening. The “driveway social” that unfolded on August 1, 2015, wasn’t uncommon in Meadowlands, a closeknit subdivision in North Carolina. When Jason’s in-laws arrived around 8:30, the Fritzsches went out for dinner and the Corbetts ordered pizza. Before dawn, Jason was dead. The fatal altercation involved his wife, Molly Martens Corbett, and her 65-year-old father, former FBI agent Thomas “Tom” Martens, who, according to an appeals court judgment in…

Every time Zazie Beetz steps onto a new set, it feels like the first day of school. “I’m inherently an introverted person, so going on set can be hard for me,” she says. “It takes me months to really feel comfortable. And by the time I do, it’s over.” Which is why she’s so happy to soon be back with her Atlanta castmates, after wrapping the second season three years ago. When we connect in late February, Beetz has just received the scripts for the new season and is gearing up to read the first episode right after our conversation. “I’m really excited to be going back to shooting Atlanta because “I’m just like, I’ll be with a family,” she says. She calls it a “homecoming” for her castmates—so much…

COVERS ANYA TAYLOR-JOY Jacket by Salvatore Ferragamo, $2,300, ferragamo.com Rings by Tiffany & Co., from $990, tiffany.com. Jacket, shirt by Dior, 800-929-DIOR. Hoop earrings by Tiffany & Co., $7,500, tiffany.com. ZAZIE BEETZ Dress by Giorgio Armani, $3,595, armani.com. Ring by Tiffany & Co., $990, tiffany.com. Top, $435, shorts, $625, by Max Mara, maxmara.com. Bracelet, $7,600, rings, from $990, by Tiffany & Co., tiffany.com. Sandals by Amina Muaddi, $1,345, aminamuaddi.com. OLIVIA RODRIGO Jacket, $2,590, choker, $545, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Saint Laurent (NYC). Gloves by Vex Latex, $65, vexclothing.com. Rings by Tiffany & Co., from $2,100, tiffany.com. TRENDING PAGE 14: Constellation by Pietro Ruffo dinner plates, $1,100 (set of six), dessert plates, $950 (set of six), decorative plates, $200–$260 each, glasses, $240–$280 each, candle, $270, candlestick (in collaboration with Jean…

At ELLE, we pride ourselves on being the first to discover upand-coming talent, consistently A featuring superstars on the rise (think Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Rosalía, among many others). It was no easy task to winnow down the bumper crop of megawatt contenders right now, but the three women gracing our cover this month all stood out for their undeniable star quality—and ability to connect with their audiences. Anya Taylor-Joy is fresh off a Golden Globe win for her riveting performance in The Queen’s Gambit; Olivia Rodrigo shattered a Spotify streaming record with her breakup anthem “Drivers License”; and Zazie Beetz, who won our hearts on Atlanta, is soon to share the screen with Brad Pitt and Regina King. All three women have brought us much-needed entertainment and…

In the early days of the pandemic, there were Zoom clothes: video meeting–appropriate pieces that fooled no one (we were all in sweatpants—or no pants—from the waist down). For prefall, a new I variation has emerged: zoom-in clothes, garments peppered or patterned with logos so covert, so camouflaged, one must get close up to spot the labels. In Chanel’s Métiers d’Art collection, tiny twin C’s play hide-and-seek in the discs of knit flowers, while Givenchy’s four-G logo transforms into a lacelike pattern. And on turtlenecks at Nina Ricci, the founding designer’s name is stitched along the neckline in a nearly invisible font. “I was thinking of the right attitude for facing the very difficult day in, day out of what we are experiencing now,” explains Dior’s creative director, Maria Grazia…

Few things are as synonymous with the arrival of spring as cherry blossoms. Despite their predictable annual emergence, the papier-mâché-like pink blooms never cease to inspire or to draw crowds, as anyone who has ever elbowed their way through Kyoto or Washington, DC, for a sighting can attest. For Damien Hirst, they proved the perfect subject for an ironic dive back into landscape painting. The result: 107 monumental canvases, 30 of which will debut at the Fondation Cartier on June 1 and will remain on display through January 2, 2022. The show marks the artist’s first solo exhibition at a French museum. “The Cherry Blossoms are about beauty and life and death,” says Hirst, who made the most of this past year’s slower pace and was able to tinker with…

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I spent most of the last year living back home in Dallas. It was a return to childhood—I family dinners, movie nights, reprimands for not doing chores. When I needed an escape, I put on a mask and visited my former haunt, NorthPark Mall. I spent my angsty teen years there, trolling the counters of Bobbi Brown and Nars, sticking my fingers in eye shadow pots and applying lipsticks directly from the tube. Now each counter was wrapped in thick, silvery caution tape declaring “For Display Only!” No swatches on the back of my hand or fragrance spritzes under my wrist. But while the physical counter may still be off-limits, shoppers and retailers haven’t missed a (face) beat: The new beauty counter is now only a click away—and doesn’t even…

BEST FOR EASY APPLICATION SHISEIDO CLEAR SUNSCREEN STICK SPF 50+ ($29) The non-greasy, transparent stick glides on skin and leaves a non-oily, velvety finish. It’s also water-resistant, ocean-friendly, and compact enough to slip into a bag or pocket for easy reapplication. The stick—a favorite among many testers—“slid on very easily and blended perfectly,” says ELLE.com beauty director Chloe Hall. BEST FOR HYDRATION ESTÉE LAUDER PERFECTIONIST PRO MULTI-DEFENSE AQUA UV GEL BROAD SPECTRUM SPF 50 ($45) This smooth, waterlike gel shields skin from outside aggressors and locks in moisture, thanks to ingredients like cactus plant extract. “It resembles a gel, blends invisibly, and is very lightweight—the texture is like a moisturizer,” says ELLE.com social media editor Ariana Yaptangco. BEST FOR ACNE PREVENTION DERMSTORE COLLECTION DAILY MINERAL SUNSCREEN SPF 40 ($35) There’s…

LAST FALL, a curious correlation was reported between home fragrances and the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. When social psychology researcher Kate Petrova saw a tweet about Yankee Candle customers complaining that their purchases had no smell, she decided to look into things. A few days later, she tweeted her own statistical analysis of more than 11,000 ratings of the most popular scented candles sold on Amazon. She found that since February 2020, customer satisfaction with scented candles had been dropping at a faster rate than for unscented candles. In fact, for the five top-selling scented candles, the number of reviews mentioning lack of aroma increased from 2 percent to 6 percent over the course of nearly a year. Petrova’s charts were retweeted more than 17,000 times, picked up…

“IN MANY WAYS, JESSIE IS THE PERSON ALINA GROWS INTO—CONFIDENT, JOYFUL, BRAVE.”—LEIGH BARDUGO, AUTHOR AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF SHADOW AND BONE Jessie Mei Li never thought she’d be sitting here. Well, in her Bristol flat, sure, but discussing her breakout role in Netflix’s fantasy-adventure juggernaut Shadow and Bone? Talk about a fantasy. “I’d always loved acting, but it was something I’d never really considered,” says the 25-year-old Surrey, UK, native over Zoom. But after dropping out of university “because mental health is a thing, and it wasn’t working out,” Li says she realized that if she’d been able to fool her loved ones into thinking she was okay, maybe she actually was a good actress. She signed up for a four-week course at the National Youth Theatre, and went on…

Thinning hair is a not-so-fun reality of aging and stress, but you don’t have to resign yourself to a life of skimpy ponytails. Tackle the root cause (literally) with Superpower, the fortifying hair and scalp serum from Better Not Younger. Formulated with nourishing ingredients, each drop strengthens your follicles to support healthier, thicker hair growth. And because every superhero needs a sidekick, use the Superpower Liquid Comb to help work the serum evenly through your strands. Proceed to hair flip with confidence. BETTER NOT YOUNGER, SUPERPOWER HAIR & SCALP DUO, $61, BETTER-NOTYOUNGER.COM…

At the beginning of 2021, it seemed like everyone in America—especially the teenagers—was singing the same sad song. “Drivers License” by Olivia Rodrigo begins with a young woman’s voice singing over a spare piano note. She tells a straightforward story: Teen obtains driver’s license; teen drives through suburbs, reflecting on her recent breakup; teen arrives at a bitter conclusion: “I still fuckin’ love you, babe.” It’s a simple song, but Rodrigo’s delivery is dramatic. By the time she builds to its throbbing bridge—“Red lights! Stop signs!”—it’s hard to resist joining the gospel-like chorus of voices belting the words along with her. “Drivers License” practically erupted into the world. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and broke a Spotify streaming record. TikTok users created so many…

TAURUS APR 20–MAY 20 As the Sun, Venus, and a May 11 new moon pay homage to Taurus, speaking up becomes mandatory. You’ll catch more flies with honey near the May 26 lunar eclipse. Jupiter’s move into your collaborative zone, from May 13 to July 28, opens up a powerful window for teamwork. GEMINI MAY 21–JUNE 21 Mental Mercury swings into your sign on May 3, sharpening your focus. If you’re operating with integrity, you can’t go wrong, especially once Jupiter invades your career zone from May 13 to July 28. Gemini season begins on the 21st, giving you a window to make headlines before Mercury spins retrograde on the 29th. CANCER JUNE 22–JULY 22 Mars is careening through Cancer all month, filling your motivational tank. You could see a…