Innehållsförteckning för January 2017 från ELLE

JANUARY 1 Get a metaphysical start to 2017: Jim Jarmusch’s film Paterson—about a New Jersey bus driver (Adam Driver) who writes poetry he only shows his wife (Golshifteh Farahani)— is suffused with a wondrous, dense stillness. JANUARY 3 Bad Feminist writer Roxane Gay releases her short-story collection, Difficult Women, which covers everything from a girls’ fight club to inseparable sisters. JANUARY 8 With Jimmy Fallon hosting the Golden Globes, expect less snark and more good-natured silliness than Ricky Gervais dished out as last year’s emcee. Fingers crossed that, like on The Tonight Show, there will even be puppies! JANUARY 13 Indie rock quartet Colony House, whose sound is by turns surf-poppy and anthemic, releases its second album, Only the Lonely. JANUARY 13 Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, and Danny DeVito…

CAPRICORN DEC 22–JAN 19 Capricorn season is in full swing until the 19th—and thanks to the influence of a spate of social planets, your extracurricular schedule won’t ease up. A creative collaborator (or potential business partner) could turn up on New Year’s Day. Just wait until Mercury turns direct on the 8th to propose any formal deals. The 12th’s Cancer full moon will cement a pairing that’s been percolating since summer—and that comes with a difficult choice, like dialing back the intensity of other relationships. Work demands heat up from the 19th on, but don’t overload your plate. Do less, but do it masterfully. AQUARIUS (JAN 20–FEB 18) January is the month of practical magic, enjoyed in small bites. By all means, drop into a dance class— especially on the…

Leather shirt, $3,990, wool skirt, $990, earring, $695 (for set of three), belt, $245, tights, $350, pumps, $995, all, SAINT LAURENT BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO, at Saint Laurent, NYC. Watch, BULGARI, price on request. Ring, CHOPARD, $1,270. THE DRAMATIC SLEEVE Designers shape-shifted with ’80s-reminiscent peaked shoulders and voluminous sleeves SEEN AT TRY IT WITH LONG OVER SHORT Trench-style toppers—in this case, a long dress—add eye-catching verve worn over shorter shapes. Mixing prints is advised! SEEN AT TRY IT WITH Cotton silk wrapdress, $1,995, silk shirt, $895, shorts, $575, belt, $650, boots, $1,795, all, BURBERRY, visit burberry.com. Necklace, JENNIFER FISHER, $1,950. Ring, TIFFANY & CO., $2,275. Rings, both, JEAN SCHLUMBERGER FOR TIFFANY & CO., $5,000–$5,750 each. STYLIST’S TIP An oversize bag and a statement shoe call for a tapered leg— ankle straps…

“I just graduated from college with a wardrobe that’s far from workplace-ready. What must-haves will help me enter the real world?” Rule of thumb: If you’d wear it to the beach, a concert, or a music festival, we don’t want to see it in an office. Invest in either a fantastic pair of trousers or a great skirt (the one above is office-appropriate, even with a T-shirt). A note on trousers— they needn’t be expensive; Zara and Club Monaco have great offerings. And in a season full of great pants in a wide variety of shapes, there’s no need to stick to basic black. Try a nice gray, navy, or check, and add medium-height heels—no fiveinch platforms! “After nearly a decade of marriage, I’m single again— and a dinner date…

CHAIN GANG A boyish button-down begs for fine chains of varying lengths. Double the longest around your neck for a sexy choker. Above: Necklace, BULGARI, $3,700. On model: Shirt, SAINT LAURENT, $750. Necklace, DE BEERS, price on request (POR). Ring necklace, MONICA RICH KOSANN, $1,975. Initial charm, FOUNDRAE, $995. Emerald charm, IRENE NEUWIRTH, POR. Pyramid pendant, $2,545, chain, $1,100, both, JENNIFER ALFANO. GROUP THINK Sparkly pins are more punk than prim when they veer off jackets and onto rocker tees. Above: Flower clip, VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, $22,700. Heart pin, SAINT LAURENT BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO, $1,095. “Fun” pin, BAN.DO, $10. On model: Jacket, BURBERRY, $2,995. Vintage T-shirt, CHAPEL, $600. Pins, clockwise from collar: Pins, both, MAGDALENA FRACKOWIAK JEWELRY, $1,005–$1,306 each. Pin, JEAN SCHLUMBERGER FOR TIFFANY & CO., POR. Estate Tiffany…

Pssst, over here. Peek into this room, would you? It’s about the size of my living room, very quiet and oddly calming, all silky couches and crystal fixtures and pearly shades of gray. Windows run along one wall, and sunlight’s pouring in, bouncing off things. I know, I know, there are so many things in here! Two long racks of clothes—see them all: dresses, blouses, jackets, and trousers of every shape and description, in sequins, stripes, leather, knits—with more lining the walls, and shoes—suede slippers, over-the-knee black boots—a spectrum of denim, three styles of handbags, and even a glass cabinet, glinting with…are those diamonds? Probably. This is my room. Well, okay, it’s a VIP room at Saks’s Fifth Avenue Club, at the new Brookfield Place mall in lower Manhattan.…

With Barack Obama’s eight-year presidency almost in rearview, the culture at large is due for a wave of biographies and biopics set to reveal what, exactly, his legacy will look like. First among them is Netflix’s new quiet, contemplative feature film Barry—partially based on Obama’s 1995 memoir, Dreams From My Father—which details his junior year at New York’s Columbia University. Who’s been cast as Obama this time might surprise you: Instead of a red-blooded American, director Vikram Gandhi, in his first U.S. full-length movie, chose arresting 24-year-old Australian (and total Hollywood unknown) Devon Terrell. “I’ve always idolized Barack,” says the half– African American, half–Anglo Indian Terrell, a Long Beach, California, native who moved to Perth at age five and studied drama at Sydney’s National Institute of Dramatic Art. “The world…

When Rihanna’s longtime stylist, Mel Ottenberg, shows up in your vintage store on the hunt for scarves for RiRi’s upcoming Saturday Night Live performance—as he did last year at Julie Heller’s by-appointment SoHo gem, EraLuxe—it’s a coup. When Ottenberg says, as Heller remembers, “Wait—she would like half of what’s in here,” it’s a major coup. And when he follows it with “Do you mind if we take it to her?,” you say, “Of course not.” Heller, who grew up in Potomac, Maryland, was working in sales at Manhattan’s original Intermix store in 2005 when she decided to set off for the great beyond of Los Angeles. It was there that she began her obsessive and exhaustive hunts through the city’s sprawling thrift scene, from the Sunday flea market at Fairfax…

“Need” is something my two teenagers and I discuss a lot: My older one constantly challenges me on our culture’s flagrant overuse of the term to justify what are really just desires, but especially as it applies to her younger brother’s often successful lobbying efforts, as he seems to really, really need a new pair of Nike LeBron Soldier 10s or Kyrie 2s each week. Our family is a microcosm of the contradictions in the American psyche, our Puritan suspicions of consumption and pleasure-seeking smacking up against our constitutional right to, damn it, pursue happiness: to work hard, make money, and then do, get, or go after anything we please—be it surfing lessons, Hamilton tickets (good luck), or a quality sneaker collection. But it wasn’t until we started the research…

STYLIST’S TIP To take this standby out of the preppy manual, go big, and throw it over equally oversize layers. BIG MAC Designers deconstruct and supersize the classic trench coat BLANK SLATE Proenza Schouler luxes up the white tee in sumptuous leather STYLIST’S TIP Cuff or roll the sleeves, and style with the same nonchalance you would a cotton version. WRAPPER’S DELIGHT In bold-hued fur, the dressing gown steps out of the boudoir Mink coat, YVES SALOMON, price on request, at Yves Salomon, NYC PEARL JAM The conservative accent goes punk— and asymmetrical From left: Gold and freshwater pearl earring, ANISSA KERMICHE, $1,550, visit anissakermiche.com. Gold and freshwater pearl earring, DELFINA DELETTREZ, $1,080, visit delfinadelettrez.com. Gold and pearl ear cuff, ANA KHOURI, $1,800, collection at Barneys New York BIG BAG…

VALERIE BOSTER Cofounder of fashion brand La Ligne and creative consultancy La Marque HER SIGNATURE: Stripes. “With so many shows, so many trends, it got to a point where I felt like, ‘God, wouldn’t it be nice to just have something you could count on?’ That’s what stripes represent to me: a neutral.” HER WAY: “With a floral slipdress, I’ll tie a striped sweater around my waist or put a big striped coat on top.”GO-TO LABELS: Victoria Victoria Beckham, Rosie Assoulin MUSES: Jean Seberg in Breathless; Kate Bosworth in And While We Were Here GARANCE DORÉ Photographer and author of the 2015 personal style guide Love Style Life HER SIGNATURE: White button-downs. “I honestly think I’ve worn them for as long as I’ve dressed myself. I remember stealing my stepdad’s.…

There’s a scene in the first season of Mad Men in which Don and the rest of the Sterling Cooper team gather in their wood-paneled boardroom to pitch Abraham Menken, owner of Menken’s department store, their vision for the future of shopping. With great pride, they present storyboards depicting sleek glass display cases, glamorous mannequins, and—the pièces de résistance—a beauty parlor and a tea room “with modern signs and champagne linens.” Menken, an old-school New Yawka if ever there was one, is not impressed. “Thirty peh-cent of my ground floor is dedicated to...the restaurant business?,” he spits out, incredulous. Fast-forward to 2017: Faced with the radical convenience of online shopping, plus rapidly evolving consumers—simultaneously more informed, less brand loyal, more impatient, less invested in “stuff,” and more invested in “ideas”…

Rare is the garment—be it jeans or jumpsuits—that fits perfectly off the rack. After all, womankind is not a cast of mannequins, but rather a glorious range of shapes and sizes. A simple inch off the shoulder or a slimmed pant leg can immeasurably boost both the quality of your clothes and how great you feel in them. Here’s how to get it right. BE COMMITMENT-PHOBIC Try several tailors until you find The One. “Start with a test garment—jeans or a T-shirt,” says ELLE senior accessories editor and tailoring diehard Jennifer Gach. Does the tailor take time pinning? Are hems even? Does she seem well versed in construction, able to tell how an alteration will affect the way a garment falls? Ask about her training, where she’s worked, and the…

By now the notion of “retail therapy” has become a modern cliché. And yet it’s the rare popular idea that is actually backed by scientific evidence. As usual, the brain chemical to credit or blame for our pleasure—in this case, the pleasure of shopping—is dopamine. The neurotransmitter surges when you’re considering buying something new—anticipating a reward, in other words. Sales, by the way, give us an even harder kick. “We’re constantly comparing what we expect with what we actually perceive,” says Columbia University professor of neurobiology David Sulzer. So when an unforeseen benefit enters our cognitive field—30 percent off!—the dopamine really spikes. The biological point isn’t to land you in debtor’s prison; dopamine encourages exploration by rewarding us when we stumble upon something salutary. This chemical response is commonly called…

“For as long as I can remember, I have been held hostage by the vagaries of mood. When my mood is good, I am cheerful, productive, and affectionate. I sparkle at parties, I write decent sentences…. When my mood swings, however, I am beset by self-loathing and knotted with guilt and shame. I am overtaken by…hopelessness, a grim pessimism about even the possibility of happiness.” So what did Ayelet Waldman, the author of Bad Mother and Red Hook Road, among other books, and the wife of fellow best-selling writer Michael Chabon, do? She took multiple doses of liquid LSD! It’s all chronicled in A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life (Knopf), a wildly brilliant, radically candid, and rigorous daybook…

KATRINA FILIPPIS Ulta Beauty Naperville, Chicago FAMOUS FOR: A FOOLPROOF CAT-EYE “Create the wing first; for a daytime look, angle it out enough so that the eye looks lifted. Then go to the inner corner and do about four short strokes over to connect. It ends up being a perfect line. Tarte (3) has an amazing marker—but unless you know calligraphy, you’re not going to get it in one stroke. Primer keeps the liner from smudging. Add champagne eye shadow on the lid for day—the Modern Renaissance palette by Anastasia (1) is really versatile. ” Can’t Live Without: Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara (2). “I prefer a full brush because it gives more volume.” STEPHANIE McCORMICK Nordstrom flagship, Seattle LOVED FOR: CREATING PHOTOSHOPPERFECT SKIN “I love a polished natural…

In this moment when acknowledging badly bruised feelings and mending fences seems imperative, both at a national political level and among neighbors, we can all be glad that psychologist Harriet Lerner is stepping up to help us. The author of The Dance of Anger, the best-seller on the importance of acknowledging rather than ignoring resentment—a book whose superfans include shame expert Brené Brown— has turned her eagle eye on saying sorry well and deciding which apologies we should accept in her latest work, Why Won’t You Apologize? Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts (Touchstone). After all, she writes, it’s part of the human condition to “take turns at being the offender and the offended.” ELLE: Women often hear that we apologize too much—what’s up with that? Harriet Lerner: It’s true…

Isn’t this how we’d all like to feel? Whether your style lends itself to blush-pink, flowy Chloé, slick suits, or futuristic silver leather (why not!?), wear it the way eternal fashion muse and this month’s cover girl Michelle Williams would: With conviction. Authenticity, after all, is the very definition of personal style.…

COVER Cashmere sweater by Michael Kors Collection, $995, at select Michael Kors stores nationwide, call 866-709-KORS or visit michaelkors.com. White gold and diamond earrings by Cartier, $12,700, at Cartier boutiques nationwide, call 800-CARTIER or visit cartier.com. Leather dress by Louis Vuitton, price on request, at select Louis Vuitton stores nationwide, call 866-VUITTON or visit louisvuitton.com. White gold and diamond earring by Chopard, price on request, at Chopard boutiques nationwide, call 800-CHOPARD or visit chopard.com. White gold and diamond bracelet by Cartier,at Cartier boutiques nationwide, call 800-CARTIER or visit cartier.com. SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME PAGE 31: Shirt, skirt, brass and crystal earring, cotton and leather belt, silk tights, leather pumps by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, visit ysl.com. Pink gold, diamond, sapphire crystal, and black onyx watch by Bulgari, $61,000,…

1 MODERN WOMAN January 2 To avoid being mistaken for a retro-themed party guest, “pepper in pieces,” Heller says. Don’t do one decade head to toe; instead, start incorporating vintage accessories. Once that feels comfortable, she says, work in a jacket. 2 SOURCE MATERIAL January 9 Heller’s “If you like this, try that” guide focuses on vintage styles that are still hyper-current, like Yves Saint Laurent circa 1970. Saint Laurent has “a black hooded cape in their collection right now that is almost an exact re-creation of a piece they did in the ’70s—which I currently have at EraLuxe!” 3 THE ESSENTIALS January 16 What to buy on every budget, whether it’s the perfect vintage band tee for $25 or a $750 classic Chanel tweed jacket. Pro tip for a…

SPECIAL SHOPPING ISSUE! The only time I buy clothes occurs twice a year, on the fly, in between fashion week shows (my secret’s out!). Over the last two decades, I’ve developed a two-track brain that enables me to navigate seasons with ease. Racing from fall runway shows in the freezing cold of mid-February to buy featherweight clothes I won’t wear until May, before rushing back to see models on the runway wearing tweed and knits the rest of us won’t sport for at least six months? No problem. But at the spring 2017 shows this past September, there was a whole new source of confusion to contend with. Designers adopting the new see-now, buy-now model showed clothes for fall, while those who were steadfastly sticking to the tried-and-true, six-months-ahead version—still…

BELLS WILL BE RINGING The shape of the future is the shape of the past: the wider, the better (to cover the skyscraping platforms you’ll also crave soon) OPPOSITES DAY Phoebe Philo turns the absentmindedprofessor look into a bold fashion statement Stretch-leather ankle boots, CÉLINE, $1,190, collection at Barneys New York THE PROCLAIMERS Tell ’em how you really feel in an inescapably bold top Printed sweatshirt, PALM ANGELS, $359, collection at Saks Fifth Avenue stores nationwide SWING LOW Chandeliers are back—and if they’re not grazing your shoulders, you’re not thinking big enough…

“Is it about the dress?” The voice, emanating from the bunk bed below me, belonged to my friend Judy, with whom I was sharing a tiny one-room flat in London during our junior-year study-abroad program. It was the middle of the night, and I had hoped she wouldn’t hear me sniffling into my pillow. Why was I crying? Well, I was homesick. I was hormonal. I was worried about final exams. But, yes, it was mostly about the dress. Judy and I had spotted it at exactly the same time, fluttering on the end of an alfresco rail. It was black, subtly shiny, and sleeveless, with a slightly dropped waist above two tiers of gently flaring ruffles that ended just above the knee. We reached for it simultaneously; Judy’s hand…

NASIBA ADILOVA @naseebs Cofounder of the mother-and-baby content and e-commerce site The Tot “When I moved here five years ago, there were rules of style—that’s changing,” says Russian transplant Nasiba Adilova. “Women are wearing furry slippers and gravitating from cocktail dresses to separates from new designers.” Jeweler Sue Gragg “embodies Dallas.” Adilova got one of her delicate gold nameplate necklaces when her son was born; now “I give one to all my friends when they have babies.” When fashion folk flew in for Chanel’s western-themed Métiers d’Art show in 2014, “they went crazy!” at East Dallas vintage emporium Dolly Python. Designer pal Mary Katrantzou found printed circle skirts there that served as inspiration for her next collection. TAYLOR TOMASI HILL @ttomasihill Vice president, creative director, and fashion director for Dallas…

FEVER DREAM Matthew McConaughey continues his onceimprobable campaign to be the most consistently interesting actor in Hollywood as the magnificently seedy, balding prospector Kenny Wells, whose daddy’s Reno-based mining company is running on fumes in Gold, a 1980s tropical treasure hunt based on a true story. As Wells’s sweetheart, Kay, Bryce Dallas Howard radiates a movingly loyal naïveté that honors Wells’s monomaniacal dictum, “If you sell your dream, what do you have left?” MADE MAN IN MIAMI Renewing his fruitful collaboration with novelist Dennis Lehane (Gone Baby Gone), and armed with a killer cast (Sienna Miller, Brendan Gleeson, Zoe Saldana, Chris Cooper, and more), Ben Affleck directs and stars in the rollicking, old-fashioned Mafia drama Live by Night, which traces the perilous path of ambitious Prohibition-era goodfella Joe Coughlin from…

If you are cruising for a quality read that’s also an unputdownable quickie, reach for Lindsey Lee Johnson’s debut novel, The Most Dangerous Place on Earth (Random House). It’s a high-wire high school drama, set in Northern California’s Marin County and inspired by Johnson’s experiences teaching in the wilds of this privileged, tumultuous, secretive community. If your desire to be awestruck by the universe we inhabit needs refreshing, theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli (his Seven Brief Lessons on Physics was a best-seller last year) is up to the task with Reality Is Not What It Seems (Riverhead Books). Rovelli’s lucid prose crosses the millennia of thinkers (from Aristotle to Einstein and beyond) who have advanced our understanding of the mysteries of time and space and arrives at Rovelli’s own pioneering work…

$5 STOCK-UP OPTIONS Accessible skin fix extraordinaire: Run two tea bags—a box of 40 Lipton Green Tea sachets will set you back $4*—under cold water, then place them on your lids as a mask, or roll them over your face as you would a toner-soaked cotton ball. “They’ll depuff eyes and tighten skin,” says L.A.-based derm Annie Chiu, MD, who credits the benefits to tea’s anti-inflammatory tannins plus the vasoconstricting, firming properties of both cold temperatures and caffeine. Equally budgetfriendly: A few dabs of tried-and-true Aquaphor Healing Ointment Advanced Therapy under or in lieu of makeup ($4 for 1.75 oz.) “looks glowy on eyelids and is basically the cheapest skinbarrier repair you can find,” Chiu says. Meanwhile, a face lotion— even a low-cost one—may have benefits that far exceed…

Risa Hoshino has some sage advice for cutting bangs to best suit the shape of one’s face. “They have rules for that, but you don’t have to follow them,” says the jet-setting hair and makeup guru, whose Oahu upbringing more than a little inspires her laid-back-with-atwist aesthetic. “I have these ridiculous short, crooked bangs that probably don’t match my face shape. But, whatever!” It’s this “whatever” ethos, fused with a unique dexterity, that is the 33-year-old’s spark plug. It’s also the secret of her artistic range—why she’s able to cater to those who “like to do that club makeup thing” but just as easily embellish a no-makeup makeup look with a featherlight dusting of bronzer over eyelids for a burnishing flourish. And, yes, of course she can ace a beach…

MAYBE IT’S THE FADING LIGHT, or the rain streaking the windows that face New York harbor, but Michelle Williams hardly resembles the delicate waif evoked by directors, paparazzi, and my predecessors in profiling. Thirty-six years old, two decades into an ever-expanding career, eight years past a public family tragedy, and probably on the cusp of her fourth Oscar nomination, she still has those apple cheeks and that broad, tight smile. But her face is lean, her hair a jagged bleached bob, her laugh a little brassy. Her gaze is more direct than demure, except when she clamps her eyes shut to craft an answer more careful than the one she’d rather give (or ends up giving anyway). We were supposed to do something fun out here in Red Hook, an…

In ABC’s Black-ish, Anthony Anderson leads the rare network comedy that dares to drive the national conversation, devoting full episodes to topics like Black Lives Matter while delivering feel-good laughs. The show, written and created by Kenya Barris, and for which Anderson serves as an executive producer, was partly inspired by Anderson’s own life: His son came home from school one day and told his dad he didn’t feel black. Then he asked if he could have a bar mitzvah. (Anderson, 46, has two children with his college sweetheart, Alvina, but divorced in 2015.) Anderson’s own childhood was different. He grew up in Compton, California, in the ’70s and ’80s; his father owned women’s clothing stores, and his mother was a telephone operator. Anthony went to Howard University but dropped…