Indholdsfortegnelse for November 2023 i ELLE

Fashion rule to live by: It’s never too early to start your holiday shopping. In that spirit, our editors have curated must-have gifts for everyone in your home—think a Gucci cake stand for the aspiring chef or a kid-size go-kart for the small fry. It’s all in our gift guide, starting on page 63. And speaking of must-haves, our cover star, Irina Shayk, makes the case for “It” accessories this season, sporting everything from a chunky Prada necklace to high-heeled Alaïa mules. “I had agents who said, ‘You have to cut your hair, lose 20 pounds, and become blonde,’ ” Shayk recalls in our cover story. She stuck to her guns, and now the 37-year-old is on top of the industry, walking for Michael Kors and Dolce & Gabbana this…

What’s that you hear? The jingle of chain mail is ringing through the streets as Rabanne partners with H&M for a collection that brings the line’s trademark metallic shine to a wider audience. The 129-piece collection, part of a line of designer collaborations that has paired the Swedish retail giant with brands like Mugler and Simone Rocha, delivers the core vision of Rabanne (which was known as Paco Rabanne prior to a recent rebrand)—at a wallet-friendly price. “From that first meeting, the feeling was, ‘Yes, let’s go—it’s going to be fantastic, and we’re going to have so much fun doing it, and it makes sense,’ ” Julien Dossena, Rabanne’s creative director, says of the collaboration during a conversation at Rabanne’s Paris office. “How can we make customers and the mainstream…

We met just before lockdown, sharing a croissant and a walk along the L.A. River. I reveled in how kind and quiet he was, how different from the toxic men I’d chosen in the past. He is the first good man I fell in love with. I fell with my whole heart. Three years in, though, we’re in a rough patch. More accurately, it feels like taking 60-grit sandpaper to skin. In our one-bedroom apartment, where we live and work, I often feel more isolated with him than when I’m alone. I tell him I’m unhappy. He finally acknowledges he needs therapy. The week of his first session, I sit, arms crossed, in my own therapist’s office, evaluating our chances of survival. Because of a dark period in my late…

1 THE BAG Make the whole place shimmer with designer Gherardo Felloni’s bejeweled take on the minibag trend for Roger Vivier. 2 THE SHOE Pablo Picasso was a touchstone for Manolo Blahnik this season, and the painter’s Cubist verve inspired pieces like this bold zigzag heel. 3 THE WATCH A timepiece that doubles as a showpiece? Buccellati has done it again, with a watch that’s as beautiful as it is functional.…

It’s imprinted in the minds of generations of girls: the scene in Anne of Green Gables where the redheaded heroine revels in receiving a fashionable puff-sleeved dress. Anne would be thrilled with the state of style in 2023, from the swooping silhouettes of Kika Vargas’s voluminous dresses to Cecilie Bahnsen’s and Simone Rocha’s pumped-up sleeves that turn arms into clouds of saccharine fabric. In fact, so influential is the motif in today’s fashion landscape that the Museum at FIT is opening a dedicated exhibition, Statement Sleeves, in December. The show includes everything from a Madame Grès evening gown circa 1980 to an extreme puff-sleeved dress from LaQuan Smith—as well as options from Schiaparelli, Carolina Herrera, Rudi Gernreich, and costume designer Adrian. “I wasn’t looking for any particular designer,” says curator…

Growing up in the 1990s in the Jura region of eastern France, Laura Herbst knew by elementary school that she loved fashion, but she didn’t know where her passion came from. There was almost no social media back then, and she had no knowledge of clothing trends in the vast world outside her town. Her French village was known for its vineyards, lush rolling hills, Montbéliarde cows, and locally made cheese. There were no chic boutiques, not even an H&M. Her mom took her shopping at a cheap local clothing outlet. The plain outfits bored her. Born in 1988, Laura was adopted as a toddler from South Korea. Her parents also adopted another child from South Korea, Laura’s nonbiological sister, who is five years older. “My older sister and I…

Six years ago, Irina Shayk was eight months pregnant and living in Los Angeles when she decided it was time to learn to drive. She was 31, a supermodel, living with her then partner Bradley Cooper, and until that point she’d relied on Ubers without hesitation. But now the back seat made her nauseous, and the whole practice seemed ridiculous. She was a grown woman. She woke up one morning and decided: “That’s it.” She got her learner’s permit and practiced on Sunset Boulevard, hands at 10 and 2, her growing belly wedged behind the steering wheel. She gave birth to her daughter weeks later, but remained fixated on obtaining her license. Shayk took 10 lessons, two hours each. When it was time to schedule her road test, people…

COVER IRINA SHAYK Jacket, $3,400, brief, $860, handbag, $5,000, sandals, $2,200, Ferragamo, ferragamo.com. Earrings, $91,500, watch, $44,000, Van Cleef & Arpels, vancleefarpels.com. TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages 40–42: Prada, prada.com. Tiffany & Co., tiffany.com. Fendi, fendi.com. Van Cleef & Arpels, vancleefarpels.com. Dior, 800-929-DIOR. NEW ARRIVALS Pages 48–52: Watch, Buccellati, $93,000, buccellati.com. SHOP: GIFT GUIDE Pages 63–73: Watch, Jaeger-LeCoultre, $15,800, jaeger-lecoultre.com. Watch, Omega, $16,200, omegawatches.com. DRIVE TIME Page 92: Watch, Rolex, $19,500, rolex.com. IRINA SHAYK GETS WHAT SHE WANTS Pages 96–107: Celine by Hedi Slimane, celine.com. Ana Khouri, anakhouri.com. Brandon Maxwell, modaoperandi.com. Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, ysl.com. Prada, prada.com. Marc Jacobs, marcjacobs.com. Eugenia Kim, eugeniakim.com. Paul Andrew, saksfifthavenue.com. Dolce & Gabbana, dolcegabbana.com. Alaïa, maison-alaia.com. Chanel, 800-550-0005. Van Cleef & Arpels, 877-VAN-CLEEF. LOVELY DAY Pages 108–119: Loro Piana, loropiana.com. Mikimoto, mikimotoamerica.com. Prada, prada.com. Bottega…

KITCHEN for the chic chef LIVING ROOM for the cultured curator BEDROOM for the beauty sleeper GAME ROOM for the big kids HOME GYM for the fitness-focused GREENHOUSE for the gardening guru…

WHEN JENNIFER LEVINE WOULD VISIT aquariums as a little girl, she would spend hours watching starfish slowly tumble across the glass. Starfish are naturally intriguing to children, but it was their ability to regrow arms that really fascinated young Jennifer. These days, Levine—she grew up to become a leading New York City plastic surgeon—can do just about any aesthetic procedure. But it is dermatology’s newest hot topic, exosome therapy, that reminds her of the starfish she grew up watching, with their magically regenerative bodies. Exosomes are nano-size vesicles (sort of like little care packages) that cells excrete to communicate with each other. They are packed with lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids, like messenger RNA. In aesthetics, they are generally sourced from stem cells, specialized cells that have the ability to…

When Jamie Chadwick began racecar driving, there were relatively few women around her. While motorsports have skyrocketed in popularity in the U.S.—with the hit Netflix series Formula 1: Drive to Survive and drivers sitting front row at Fashion Week—it wasn’t until the 2019 debut of the W Series, an all-female race, that women became a more visible presence in the sport. And one of the fastest-rising stars is 25-year-old Chadwick, who won the W Series in each of the three years it took place. After a 2021 victory, Chadwick found herself standing on a Budapest victory podium, in front of a prominent Rolex crown logo. “I remember thinking that to be associated with Rolex would be the dream,” she recalls. A year later, she was tapped to serve as one…

“I do remember the day that my friends realized I was famous,” says Bruna Marquezine. “One day I got to school, and all of my friends and other kids that I didn’t know were asking for autographs. That was really crazy. I was like, ‘Guys, I was here yesterday. We were just playing together.’ ” Born in Duque de Caxias, a suburb near Rio de Janeiro, Marquezine got her start on the small screen. She began doing commercials at age five and acting in soap operas at seven. “I know it’s kind of weird to think that a five-year-old would know that she wanted to act,” says the now 28-year-old. “But that’s how I felt at the time. I loved that I had responsibilities and would often be treated as…