Innehållsförteckning för August 2017 från ELLE

AUGUST 4 “Am I the ripple that catches the glittering light?” This recent tweet from singer Briana Marela sums up the breathy, ethereal vibe of her excellent third album, Call It Love, dropping today. AUGUST 1 Shape-shifting artist Lady Gaga, who once hatched herself from an egg at the Grammys, shed a few avatars on her latest record, Joanne. Now, as she kicks off her 60-show world tour in Vancouver, anything is possible. AUGUST 1 Focusing on the murder of a friend, Carolyn Murnick’s The Hot One is at once a true-crime story and an exploration of the fault lines between beauty and female friendship. AUGUST 1 Jenny Zhang’s Sour Heart, published by Lena Dunham’s new imprint, Lenny, is a sly, brilliant debut made up of stories narrated by daughters…

DON’T BACK DOWN August 7 Compromise is great—unless it puts what you know is right in jeopardy. Boxer recounts a 1951 incident when, at 11 years old, she confronted a shoplifting friend. HOLD THE RAGE August 14 While outrage can be a useful driving force, Boxer documents how acting in anger will rarely get you what you want. Here’s how to keep your cool and be effective. ACCEPT THE BEST August 21 Never settle for less than love, Boxer advises. Speaking truth to power can lead to loneliness if you don’t have the right people by your side. Here’s how she’s always made sure that she did. SING IT LOUD August 28 Yes, sing! In office, Boxer was known for her political lyrics that fit famous melodies—whether chastising John McCain…

@Robbiemyers @Robbie_Elle ELLEness: The state of having ELLE. Obvious, yes? But it’s kind of like that old joke—ask 10 ELLE editors to define ELLEness, and you’ll get 10 different answers, no doubt based on what each one covers, what they spend their days immersed in. Chic, for sure. And smart. Inquisitive, in-depth, joyful, beautiful, fierce, funny.… Here’s me, trying again, late one night: The quality of having ELLE; a feeling of effervescence, of curiosity and appetites satisfied. Which appetites? We say we “open” women’s appetites—but which ones? To show women what’s possible, and that it’s okay to want, really want—then offer a path that leads them to fulfilling their desires. How to take—and give; how to be heard. Is the drive for recognition as strong as the drive for, say,…

+ First up: Miu Miu’s “sweatsuit” comes with a waist-defining self-tie belt and sportif varsity numbers, natch…

1 HOUSE PROUD Burberry’s tasteful new tophandle, the DK88—so named for the honey-colored gabardine from which the British house fashions its iconic trenches—is made of leather grained to mimic the fabric’s weave. It comes in seven styles and nine colorways, but we fell hard for the graphic yet discreet black and white (very The Crown!) Leather handbag, BURBERRY, $2,495, burberry.com 2 CURVES AHEAD In an effort to capture the backstage drama that precedes a fashion show—the lights! The nerves! The energy!— footwear maestro Giuseppe Zanotti found a new application for an old technique. This extra-hot-pink wedge (sure to draw glances with or without a runway or supermodel status) owes its ultrasaturated shade to its flocked texture. Sprayed-leather wedge sandal, GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI, $995, giuseppezanottidesign.com 3 MATCH POINT With power suits ruling…

MOVIES, BOOKS, MUSIC, +MORE! If we told you before this year’s Sundance Film Festival that 26-year-old Danielle Macdonald could spit with Nicki-level swagger, we’d understand if you didn’t believe us. After all, Macdonald, who grew up in a small Australian beach town and had never rapped a single rhyme, was barely known in Hollywood, her credits consisting of bit parts—such as a member of an anarchist group in the 2013 film The East—and being cast as the lead in ABC Family’s 2010 dramedy series Huge (until her visa didn’t come through). But when Macdonald debuted as MC-in-the-making Patti in director Geremy Jasper’s Patti Cake$—about a struggling Jersey bartender with rap-star dreams and a screw-the-haters attitude—she caused a who’s-that-girl frenzy on par with previous festival breakouts Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone) and…

HIGH LONESOME Actor, screenwriter (Hell or High Water, Sicario), and now big-time director Taylor Sheridan stages a taut contemporary tale of horror and vengeance on a Native American reservation in Wind River, amid a Wyoming landscape of devastating beauty and majestic desolation. A sultry, soulful Jeremy Renner plays a local game tracker who helps a seemingly out-of-her-depth FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) get the grim job done. LADIES’ NIGHT Toni Collette shines brightest among a quartet of un–Bad Moms (also including Molly Shannon, Bridget Everett, and Katie Aselton) in Fun Mom Dinner, which lifts our heroines from disenchantment with parenthood to high-spirited After Hours–style adventure, largely at the expense of good-humored hubbies (Rob Huebel, Adam Scott) and stray encounters (Paul Rudd, Adam Levine). GIANT LEAPS In the moving, mesmerizing documentary Step,…

“Most narrative is part purpose, part accident, and the messiness of life always pulses up against the myth,” writes Anne Gisleson in her affecting new memoir, The Futilitarians: Our Year of Thinking, Drinking, Grieving, and Reading (Little, Brown). This book’s narrative does just that, charting one year in the life of an unusual New Orleans–based book club, dreamed up by the author as a way to cope with personal tragedy (through literature, friends…and wine). Authors have used the book-club backdrop before—Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran on one end of the spectrum, Sophie Hart’s The Naughty Girls’ Book Club on the other. Gisleson’s Existential Crisis Reading Group, or ECRG, is made up of an eclectic crew of friends and relatives (among them a professor, a plumber, and a burlesque MC)…

ZOË KRAVITZ Chosen by Guido Palau, Redken Global Creative Director Sure, she has acting chops and eyeballscorching beauty, but part of Zoë Kravitz’s allure comes from her unique personal style. “She can do anything with her hair, from twisted locs to high-lift looks,” says Guido Palau, who advises platinum- obsessed clients (especially African Americans with fragile curl patterns) to investigate potential colorists on Instagram before booking an appointment, to make sure the pro is seasoned at bleaching textured hair. TIP: In addition to a weekly cocooning treatment—try REDKEN Extreme Mega Mask— white-blond strands benefit from a leave-in, such as VERNON FRANÇOIS Braids and Locs Spray. JOURDAN DUNN Chosen by Tippi Shorter, Aveda Artistic Director for Textured Hair Not everyone can add a silver tint to her hair and look impossibly…

ACTUALIZE Just a few years ago, the ELLE team’s new favorite verb sounded too hippie-dippie; it didn’t fit in with our scientificmethod mind-set. But what seemed crazy then (gut bacteria can affect the brain; sugar is more dangerous than fat) is now canon, and while some wellness fads still merit a dollop of skepticism, belief itself is a powerful thing, especially when it comes to fitness. BODY STICKERS Though the claims surrounding Body Vibes, holographic stickers made from carbon fiber, are dubious—they’re purported to emit bio-frequencies to reboot the mind and body or to trigger the release of glutathione, an antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals—at the very least, said stickers are cooler than temporary tattoos. CASHMERE Cashmere, which comes from the fleece of goats, lacks the sweat-wicking powers of traditional…

April 29, 2017: Climate change has sent an emissary to the 2017 People’s Climate March on Washington: a freakish, one-day heat wave. The temperature is 91 degrees as we march, 200,000 of us, sweating profusely but wary of hydrating too fully (because where would 200,000 people pee?), past the new Trump hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, on to the White House. Al Gore, the unofficial Moses of this march, is dressed in black jeans, black boots, a black polo-style shirt. He’s carrying not a staff but a banner for his Climate Reality Project. He can barely progress up the avenue, because every few paces people stop him to get a selfie, to hug him and shake his hand, or to tell him that they’re among the 10,000 people the former vice…

COVER Printed cotton-and-silk-blend dress by Dolce & Gabbana, $2,395, at select Dolce & Gabbana boutiques nationwide, call 877-70-DGUSA or visit dolcegabbana.com. Diamond and gold earrings by Van Cleef & Arpels, $18,000, at Van Cleef & Arpels stores nationwide, call 877-VAN-CLEEF or visit vancleefarpels.com. Studded leather belt by What Goes Around Comes Around, $148, whatgoesaround comesaround.com. STAR TECH VOYAGERS PAGE 58: Johnson wears: Wool jersey dress by Max Mara, $975, at Max Mara (NYC). Gold and pearl cuff by Mateo New York, $785, mateonewyork.com. Gold bracelet by David Yurman, davidyurman.com. Lee wears: Merino pullover, $450, skirt, $795, by Michael Kors Collection, michaelkors.com. PAGE 61: Bryant wears: Cotton jacquard jacket by Proenza Schouler, $2,490, at Neiman Marcus (Beverly Hills). Stretch-crepe belted dress by Bassike, $610, bassike.com. White gold and black diamond ring…

AUGUST 16 Levi’s Limited, a capsule collection of Woodstock-worthy jean jackets, fringed denim, and pearl-snap shirts, arrives today at macys.com. The best part: Prices range from $69.50 (cutoffs) to $148 (an embroidered jacket). AUGUST 1 SeaVees fan Derek Lam (5)—that’s him with Irish terrier Roscoe—is taking the 53-year-old seafaring staple into uncharted waters: His women’s collection, in leather or wool, comes in colors such as cognac, teal, and black and drops online today at dereklam.com and seavees.com. AUGUST 6 Happy birthday, Mr. Warhol! Celebrate with (a) a pilgrimage to the artist’s hometown museum in Pittsburgh; or (b) a flip through Taschen’s upcoming Andy Warhol: Seven Illustrated Books, 1952–1959 (6), featuring the illustrated volumes Andy created during his stint as a commercial artist. AUGUST 8 New York, London, Milan, Paris…Copenhagen? The…

The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is happening from July 21 to August 6—which means major savings on the season’s hottest and newest trends and the coveted essentials you need to complete the look. Here we break down the athleisure trend with 10 key pieces from this one-of-a-kind sale. Mix and match with your favorite wardrobe staples to put a casual-cool spin on the sporty trend— and take it to the streets and beyond! 1 TROUVÉ SWEATSHIRT Corset detailing adds instant edge to a basic long sleeve tee. $52.90 $79.00 2 TREASURE & BOND SNEAKER Make a shiny statement with metallic sneakers. $66.90 $99.95 3 HALOGEN ® DRESS Add a pop of prep to your wardrobe with a pinstriped shift dress. $65.90 $99.00 4 NIKE SWEATSHIRT Pair with high-waisted jeans for a casualcool vibe. $48.90 $65.00 5 HALOGEN® CORBIN LOAFER Add a…

LEO JULY 23–AUG 22 With the Sun and dynamo Mars together in Leo until the 22nd, you’ve got one goal this month: Represent like a trailblazing original. On the 21st, change sweeps in, ready or not, with a rare solar eclipse in Leo. Launch a business, or publicly debut your work; some Leos could even relocate! Love-wise, the lunar eclipse on the 7th may fill the vacancy on your adjacent throne—or help you start fresh with your royal mate. Spill a secret before Mercury turns retrograde from the 12th to September 5th (in Leo the final five days). Confessions, while embarrassing, are always better than scandals. VIRGO (AUG 23–SEPT 22) Escapist urges overtake you this August, but you’d be wise to decompress before an accelerated Virgo season begins on the 22nd.…

RUNNING CLUB The track-pant trend proves its endurance—here, the latest to take you from barre class to the bar STYLIST’S TIP To elevate the look, swap sneakers for super-pared-down slingbacks—nothing that competes with the pant. CARTE BLANCHE How to make the überclassic (and überessential) white shirt your own? Let us count the ways.… STYLIST’S TIP The devil’s in the details: Cuff it, tuck it, tie it—this top is a blank canvas for your personality.…

+ First up: Nicolas Ghesquière’s racingstriped moto for Louis Vuitton MOTORCYCLE DIARIES Luxe leather and fiery accents declare a need for speed BACK IN THE SADDLE Even non-equestrians will be champing at the bit COOL RUNNINGS Track-star staples and oversize fleece master the new cool HOOP DREAMS Throwback sneakers and team tees make a courtside statement…

In her latest novel, New People (Riverhead), Danzy Senna bores into the dynamics of race, identity, heritage, poverty, and privilege in contemporary America, exposing the pride and promises of change therein, as well as the pitfalls and pathologies. Agile and ambitious, the novel is also a wild-hearted romance about secrets and obsessions, a dramedy of manners about educated middle-class blacks—the talented tenth—that is Senna’s authorial home ground. One critic, in reviewing Senna’s 2009 memoir, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, about her writer parents’ marriage and divorce, and her father’s disappearance from her life, called her trenchant observations on America’s fixation with race “nod-inducingly brilliant.” That brilliance is on display in New People. Senna herself is mixed-race—her mother, a poet, is white and a Boston blue blood; her father, a…

In Ellen Ullman’s world, code isn’t merely keystrokes; it’s personality, creativity, innovation, and life. To read it is to “get a glimpse of the person on the other side,” she writes in her new memoir–meets– cultural history, Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology (MCD). Ullman is a rare breed, a writer and former software engineer (her first book, Close to the Machine, is a techy cult classic), and she offers a vivid, gripping window into what it is to be shaped by keyboard characters and machine, in which a single wrong tap can bring entire systems crashing down. “Women were just starting to poke their shoulder pads through crowds of men,” Ullman has written of the early 1980s, when she was one of a very few women in…

SHIFT TO NEUTRAL Dr. Dana’s newest shades of polish are named for six inspirational women (shown, from left, Quincy [Davis] and Gayle [King]). Part of the proceeds from each purchase go to a charity chosen by each muse. FINGERS GLOSSED L.A. fine jeweler Ariel Gordon interprets her delicate, multihued, semiprecious pieces in five shades of polish (shown in Candy Crush)—“the ultimate complement to a great ring stack,” she says. SUGAR BE Prada Candy Gloss, the latest to join the fragrance family of all things pop, favors orange blossom and tart cherry for a bright and sunny scent. MOTHER, MAY I? In homage to the matriarch of Sisley’s D’Ornano family, Izia incorporates Isabelle D’Ornano’s beloved roses with accents of white bergamot and freesia. LIP FLIP Up the ante of any lip…

MAKE IT MERMAN SMOOTHIE FROM HONEY HI IN LOS ANGELES 8 ounces nut milk 1½ frozen bananas 1½ ounces frozen coconut 1 teaspoon spirulina 1 teaspoon chlorella algae 6 or more mint leaves 1 tablespoon cacao nibs 2 tablespoons collagen powder Garnish with granola and fruit. RED FOR SKIN FROM ELLE CAFÉ IN TOKYO 1 beetroot 2 oranges ½ red bell pepper ½ thumb-size piece of ginger LES CONTES DE L'OREILLER ("PILLOWTALK") FROM ICI -SELFCARE IN PARIS 1 cup warm water 1 teaspoon beetroot powde 1½ teaspoons coconut butter 1 teaspoon coconut sugar ¼ teaspoon Shatavari CAP BEAUTY ELIXIR FROM CAP BEAUTY IN NEW YORK CITY ¼ teaspoon He Shou Wu 1 tablespoon coconut butter 1 tablespoon tocos 1 cup warmed almond milk, coconut water, or purified water GOODNESS GREENS…

S he wasn’t the first choice to play Daenerys Targaryen. The part supposedly called for a tall, willowy blonde, but when the pilot episode of Game of Thrones ran into problems, Emilia Clarke, a then-22-year-old Londoner—petite, curvy, and blond only by dint of that now-trademark platinum wig— dove headlong into her audition. “We intentionally chose heavier scenes requiring a bold, Joanof- Arc faith in herself that extends beyond the bounds of reason,” wrote the show’s cocreators, David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, via tandem e-mail from Los Angeles, where they were adding final touches to the seventh and penultimate GOT season, which begins airing July 16. “We watched her audition on a tiny, two-inch-by-two-inch video window on a computer in David’s kitchen. Then we met her in London—this fun, friendly,…

@ellemagazine @elleusa @elleusa ELLE Magazine (US) STAFFER SPOTLIGHT NICOLE CLIFFE As Game of Thrones returns and the mother of dragons covers ELLE, ELLE.com’s resident GOT expert and Nicole Knows advice columnist Nicole Cliffe enlightens us. WHICH GOT CHARACTER WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE DINNER WITH? Sharp-tongued matriarch Olenna Tyrell. I’d bring a recorder and a pitcher of margaritas and say, “Tell me about your whole life.” WHICH ARE YOU MOST LIKE? Stark survivor Sansa. I’m desperate for approval, and I love nice things. But push me far enough, and I’ll watch while animals eat you, then sleep like a baby. AN ELLE.COM PRIMER HOW TO LIVE LIKE ’70S ICON EVE BABITZ Go to the party. Make friends with celebrities: Jim Morrison, Steve Martin, and Harrison Ford are fine for a…

Ever wonder why the hairstyles of female politicians seem stuck in the suffragette era? Here’s your answer: The first job of candidates and elected officials is to represent huge swaths of incredibly disparate people. Conventional wisdom holds that challenging one’s audience via personal style is counterproductive to the role. It’s not all that different for political staffers, lobbyists, and people like me—whose job is getting politicians elected, advocating for issues, speaking on behalf of marginalized communities, and generally convincing the media (and thereby the public) that X organization/cause/politician is great. According to the caption on the bottom of the screen when I appear on, say, MSNBC, I am one of those creatures variously known as a political consultant, a Democratic consultant, a strategist, or—my least favorite—a pundit. When we’re not…

LNDR Like supermodels, athletic brands are nothing without a cult following. So frequently has Gigi Hadid been spotted in her favorite sports bra, a racer-back by London-based label LNDR—known for minimalist color blocking and “smart” fabrics that boast temperature-regulating technology and antimicrobial properties—what else could it be called but the “Squad Bra”? It’s the perfect way for Hadid to show off the abs she sculpts (in New York City, at least) with Gotham Gym founder Rob Piela. (Complete the pugilist-chic effect with Reebok’s Noble Fight Trainer boxing boot.) The perfect recovery meal for the LNDR girl? Hadid swears by Noho fave The Smile’s protein-packed all-American breakfast: scrambled eggs, toast, and, yes, bacon! P.E NATION What’s a reality star–turned– beauty entrepreneur to do when it’s time to maintain her worldfamous, er,…

If you ever thought Lizzie Borden was framed, you’ll dig See What I Have Done (Atlantic Monthly Press), Sarah Schmidt’s recasting of one of the most fascinating murder cases of all time. If Hollywood’s treatment of women leaves you wanting, you’ll find good, heady company in Carina Chocano’s essay collection, You Play the Girl (Mariner). Why, Chocano asks, does the ingenue have to choose between marriage and death? If 1970s Greenwich Village is a magical place and time for you, read Tamara Shopsin’s memoir, Arbitrary Stupid Goal (MCD). One letter between Shopsin’s parents: “Kenny, I love you! Please stop being angry at me. I promise never to put gum in your armpit again. I can’t sleep without you. Eve.” If road trips transport you, jump into Sara Taylor’s dazzling novel…

ASHLEY LYNN HALL @hairbyashleyh L.A.-based Ashley Lynn Hall received her first curling iron in first grade, and the rest is history. The hair savant’s tastes range from “supersmooth and slickedback with a center or deep side part” to rich-with-whimsy fishtail braids to billowing, wild curls. To keep flyaways at bay, Hall loves Oribe Superfine Hair Spray. “It sprays a perfect mist every time and has amazing hold ,” Hall says. Between washes, she works a few drops of Bumble and bumble All-Style Blow Dry into oily roots and then blasts hair with a dryer. “It removes all the oil, as if your hair were freshly washed. RUBI JONES @rubi_jones “I grew up in a big, tight-knit Mexican family in San Diego and Tijuana, and just about every family gathering at…

“This is an experiment—a laboratory. It’s an opportunity for us to learn as much about our customer as possible, to interact with them intimately,” Modak says. A couple of months ago, Rachel Cohen and Andres Modak threw a dinner party at their New York apartment to celebrate Cohen’s birthday. The spread was what one would expect from a designconscious, well-heeled, thirtysomething Manhattan couple: The 35 guests were served buffet-style at the dining table—a sleek ebony wood affair outfitted with chic, no-frills white serving platters and meticulously lined stacks of matching dinner plates. A friend came over beforehand to mix a special cocktail, which was doled out in ontrend stemless cocktail glasses. The only difference: The plates, the glasses, the napkins, and every fork and knife were all for sale. Welcome…

“There’s almond milk and normal milk—do you want sugar?” asks Scottish designer Jonathan Saunders, as he bustles about the light-drenched open kitchen of his dreamy new threestory, ivy-covered, Greek Revival slice of prime West Village real estate. (“My wedge of cheese,” Saunders calls the triangular building, which itself has an impressive fashion pedigree: It once belonged to Annie Leibovitz, and now to David and Lauren Bush Lauren.) “Banana bread—look at me!” the designer adds in a gravelly Glaswegian lilt—voted by Americans in a recent poll as the sexiest of British accents, and with good reason. Saunders, who not so long ago was living and working in gentrifying-but-still-edgy east London, seems acutely aware of the almost-too-Instagram-perfect nature of the moment. Staring in amazement through six oversize south- and westfacing windows at…