Indholdsfortegnelse for October 2025 i ELLE

This month’s cover stars might seem diametrically opposed, but they have more in common than you might think. Both Victoria Beckham and A$AP Rocky started out in one genre (music) and have since built category-defying empires. Beckham has her hit fashion and beauty lines, while Rocky is expanding his acting portfolio with roles in Highest 2 Lowest and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. They’re also, of course, each one half of a fascinating power couple, as committed to building their family as they have been to their enviable careers. They may seem to have it all, but as Beckham says, “Being the celebrity who is the brand is a double-edged sword.” The British multihyphenate sits down with Fashion Features Director Véronique Hyland to talk teenage insecurities, the…

It is easy to picture Jane Birkin. She was beautiful, but even more than that, she was memorable. Her lips were full and pouty. There was a gap between her two front teeth. Then there was the hair: light brown, straight, a few layers for movement, cascading a little past her shoulders. And the most important part: long bangs that grazed her eyebrows, emphasizing her big, expressive greenish-blue eyes. But more than her face, what comes to mind are her clothes and how she wore them. Maybe you think of the long-sleeved black jersey dress that fell to about two inches below her crotch that she wore to a movie premiere in the summer of 1969. The dress was transparent, so her bralessness was on full display. The rest of…

Veejay Floresca still hasn’t fully processed that she is Project Runway’s Season 21 winner. When we spoke in July, the designer had not yet watched the current season of the show; she also hadn’t told her friends and family about the outcome. But given that she’s spent over a decade working toward this goal, it makes sense that it’d take a while to wrap her head around it. Born and raised in the Philippines, Floresca was a longtime fan of Project Runway. In 2008, she was the second runner-up on the first season of the show’s Philippines edition, and vowed that she would compete on the U.S. version, applying to every season from 2012 on—yes, 11 seasons’ worth. “Every time I would see the word ‘unfortunately’ at the top of…

“No one else smells like me,” says writer Isabel Allende, who achieves her signature scent by mixing two perfumes together. Experiment à la Allende with unique fragrances from a new generation of Latine brands, like the female-founded perfume house Eauso Vert, whose Dos Mil Años Eau De Parfum ($185, eauso.com) is inspired by a 2,000-year-old cypress tree in Oaxaca and smells like grapefruit, cardamom, and cypress. House of Bō founder Bernardo Möller creates scents in homage to his Mexican childhood, like Bombón Parfum ($365, houseofbo.co)—a delectable blend of caramel, aged cognac, and lily of the valley. For a unique object for the home, consider Marchanta, created by Raylin Díaz, who grew up in the Dominican Republic and sustainably sourced this marble from the quarries in Samaná (mini refillable candle holder…

At my annual gynecological appointment, I tug at my robe and pick at my cuticles as I ask my doctor the dreaded question: “What can I do about breast cancer?” My maternal grandmother died of the disease in her 40s. I have friends who were diagnosed even younger. I’m 29 and too young by current guidelines for a mammogram. My doctor always tells me the same thing: Eat a balanced diet, exercise regularly, limit my alcohol, and don’t partake in drugs or tobacco. All good advice, yet gauging my risk through lifestyle and family history makes me feel like I’m trying to catch smoke between my fingers—nothing feels tangible enough for me to grasp. Now there’s a groundbreaking, FDA-approved tool called Clairity Breast that might give the clearest picture yet…

Frida Escobedo was a young girl of eight or nine visiting from Mexico when she first saw the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Even now, as an architect tasked with creating a new wing for the museum—the first woman to do so in its 155-year history—she thinks back to seeing the space for the very first time. “It’s such a welcoming moment, almost like you’re walking into someone’s home,” she says. The Met truly is a home, in many senses, both to New Yorkers and to lovers of art from around the world. “It’s one of the few institutions that recognizes that it belongs to everyone, and to no one in particular,” Escobedo says. “It recognizes that it needs to be in constant transformation.…It’s almost like a kaleidoscope of what humankind…

havana rose liu’s favorite piece from this ELLE shoot? The tiara, of course. “I felt like my childhood dreams of being a little princess were coming alive,” the actress says of the Chanel High Jewelry showstopper. The collection is called “Reach for the Stars”—fitting for the twinkling stones and cosmic details, but also her own rise. After breaking out in 2023’s Bottoms, the NYU alum earned heartthrob status, made her off-Broadway debut, and appeared in the Sundance standout Lurker. Liu has projects with Jesse Eisenberg and Michelle Pfeiffer to come, but to her, it’s not about basking in their stardom. It’s “[throwing] yourself into a new passion, and also feeling other people’s passion for their craft.”…

The BAG Meet the New Luggage bag, Celine artistic director Michael Rider’s answer to the house’s 2010s phenomenon—this time in an oh-so-2025 East-West silhouette. The WATCH Seven years in the making, Rolex’s new Land-Dweller style melds up-to-the-minute technology with a sleek bracelet design. The SHOE The peep-toe is back in a big way. Dip a…well, you know, into the trend with Giuseppe Zanotti’s Intriigo Cluedo mule in glossy burgundy patent.…

This is proving to be a banner year for Silvia Tcherassi. The Miami-based, Colombia-born talent was this year’s International Guest Designer for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid as the event celebrated its 40th anniversary in September. Tcherassi also feted 10 years of her first boutique in the Spanish capital—her chosen “gateway to the continent”—and the opening of a new design studio in the city (which will function, she says, as a “creative lab”). Tcherassi follows a long-standing design philosophy immortalized in the title of her 2010 book, Elegancia sin Esfuerzo (“Effortless Elegance”). Elegance gives the brand its staying power, while effortlessness keeps it modern. “While your designs will naturally evolve over time, your aesthetic philosophy should remain the constant, serving as the foundation that allows your brand to exist in its…

Old is new again in delicately handcrafted pieces made for the modern wearer. These jewelry designers are eschewing mass production in favor of craftsmanship, embracing painstaking processes that result in beautifully detailed, miniature vignettes. For Cece Fein Hughes, the designer of Cece Jewellery, a trip to London’s Victoria and Albert Museum led to a love affair with champlevé enamel: “This ancient technique of adorning gold allows us to achieve a unique level of detail and precision in our designs.”…

Cindy Crawford’s voluminous ’90s hair. Sabrina Carpenter’s flushed cheeks. Gigi Hadid’s sultry bedroom eyes. And Kylie Jenner’s tousled locks, the go-to style for high school prom blowout appointments. Painstakingly creating every one of these looks—while doing 4 a.m. wake-up calls, dealing with jet lag across multiple time zones, and hauling heavy packs from one shoot to another—are a team of Latine makeup artists and hairstylists. Hairstylist Oribe Canales worked with all the top ’90s supermodels, like Crawford, Christy Turlington, and Naomi Campbell. Armani Beauty brand ambassador and makeup artist Carolina Gonzalez and Redken artistic director and hair-stylist Evanie Frausto are the pair behind Sabrina Carpenter’s trendsetting looks. Marcelo Gutierrez does glam for Madonna and Lily-Rose Depp. Kylie Jenner and Jennifer Lopez’s hairstylist Jesus Guerrero, who died at age 34 in…

Lux Pascal knows what you’re thinking. “I am the luckiest girl in the fucking world,” the actress says of being Pedro Pascal’s sister. But as her big brother is quick to point out, Lux has much more to celebrate than that, like earning her MFA from Juilliard, appearing in series like Netflix’s Narcos, and now, starring in her first lead feature film role in Miss Carbón. “There isn’t shit that you could do if you weren’t you,” Pedro tells his sister, a brotherly pep talk from his room in London to her apartment in New York. “This is his protective side coming out,” Lux jokes. While she might brush off her sibling’s praise, Pascal, 33, is undeniably having a moment in the spotlight. Miss Carbón (“Queen of Coal”) is already…

DURAN LANTINK DOES NOT LIKE SUMMER. The clothes—minidresses, for example—aren’t as interesting to him, plus it’s just so hot. Alas, it’s the last day of June and the first day of a heat wave in Paris, and the Dutch fashion designer—who was born in The Hague and studied at the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam—has just been led by his publicist into a showroom space, much like a walk-in closet without AC. “He’s closing the door—is he crazy?” Lantink says, pulling on the handle and laughing. “He locked it! He’s such a brutal person!” Inside, a wall is hung with fall 2025 pieces from Lantink’s eponymous label, which he founded in 2019. He quickly went viral for transgressive, inventive designs like the pink silk-and-tulle “vagina” pants he created for Janelle Monáe.…

ELLE: You’re in the fragrance game now. Which character of yours would smell the best? The worst? AUSTIN BUTLER: I remember talking to Priscilla about Elvis wearing cologne. So I think he would probably smell good. Feyd-Rautha from Dune would probably smell like tar and gunpowder. Benny from The Bikeriders…you know, I also like the smell of gasoline. I know it’s probably bad for me to smell it. Grease and gasoline, they each have their thing. Find me just smelling the fumes. ELLE: Who has been your best-smelling costar? AB: Jeremy Allen White and I just did this movie together [the A24 spy thriller Enemies]. He does smell good. I don’t know what he wears, but it’s the combination of a beautiful scent and the smell of fresh cigarettes. ELLE:…

CHAIN REACTION Architect and designer Sarah Emilie Müllertz takes a principled, slow-fashion approach to her Copenhagen-based jewelry brand Kinraden. Minimalist and subtly sculptural, each piece is finely crafted from 100 percent recycled precious metals and Mpingo blackwood—a material often found in woodwinds. In August, the brand celebrated a milestone, reopening its flagship concept store in its home city during Copenhagen Fashion Week. kinraden.com. CHAIN REACTION MAJOR The Aldus collection, created by Rome’s Achille Salvagni, principal designer of his eponymous atelier, and his cousin Fabio Gnessi, an architect, revels in the rich history of their home city. Objects and emblems from the ancient civilization—such as acanthus leaves, laurel blooms, and a wolf—are interpreted across a series of decorative objects with a wholly contemporary perspective. The Turan vase’s sloping, delicate shape represents…

Patricio Campillo was already years into running a fashion business when he arrived at his aha moment. In fact, he was close to giving up. “I was going through a very tough time in the business before the LVMH Prize [competition],” the designer says. He’s sitting in front of a rack in his Paris showroom, pieces from his upcoming season on display. “I was actually going to quit the brand.” He didn’t even have a full collection when he was named a semifinalist last year—making him the first designer from Mexico to get the nod. (“I was going to skip that season,” he confesses.) Today, Campillo, his namesake label, is one of the most exciting names on the New York Fashion Week calendar. Campillo has attracted fans across the globe…

I was 11 years old when someone—my brother—pointed out my fuzzy top lip, and 12 when my mom marched me to a nail salon to erase it. The waxer also firmly separated my eyebrows, a pain my mom knew from waxing her own for years. That was the secret of my Mexican American family: My father and my tíos all had mustaches and big, bushy eyebrows, but so did the women. We simply got rid of ours. When I was growing up, Latina beauty was often stereotypical: Thin eyebrows, frosted eye makeup, and honey highlights. Another option—the strong unibrow and ribbon-braided hair of the artist Frida Kahlo, showcased in murals around my hometown of Los Angeles—seemed out of sync with the times. Still, Kahlo’s image followed me everywhere. She was…

HIGH UP ON THE 18TH FLOOR OF A LUXURY HOTEL, A$AP Rocky is talking polyamory. It’s not what you think. This isn’t about him and his famous partner. He isn’t judging anyone’s consensual lifestyle either. He just can’t tell what’s genuine these days. “It’s not for everybody,” he says. “Half these guys are just doing it for the camera, the look, the facade. But they go home lonely. No companionship. Nobody to let your stress out and vent to. Nobody to lift you up when you’re down.” But then he mentions two entertainers, Ne-Yo and DeRay Davis, who’ve both been open about having multiple girlfriends. “I see them, and I’m like, Oh, salute. That must be fun,” Rocky says, then pauses, dropping his tone. He speaks from behind blacked-out Ray-Ban…