Innehållsförteckning för April 2019 från ELLE

APR 1 VISIT There may be hot pants and miniskirts galore at the V&A’s Mary Quant show, but the exhibit is anything but abbreviated. Take in over 200 garments and accessories, some from Quant’s personal archive, from the color-loving British designer who launched the Mod fashion revolution. (April 6 to February 16, 2020; vam.ac.uk) 2 WATCH Hanna, the young title character of Amazon’s new series premiering May 29, was raised by her father in a remote forest to be the perfect assassin. Forced to reckon with their enemies, though, she begins to uncover secrets about her identity. The bingeable thriller, adapted from the 2011 film of the same name, stars newcomer Esme Creed-Miles and reunites Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos from AMC’s The Killing. 3 READ Through hugely successful benefit…

Laure Heriard Dubreuil says she’s been barefoot for the past two weeks. She was on vacation in Mustique; now she’s back in New York, at the Soho outpost of the Webster, the luxury boutique she cofounded in Miami in 2009 (other branches are in Houston; Costa Mesa, California; and Bal Harbour, Florida). We’re on the store’s top floor, a penthouse–turned–personal-shopping haven, complete with 1980s-style low couches and a glass table, that she jokingly refers to as the Scarface room. Dubreuil’s approach to retail is not to think of it as such. “It’s more about lifestyle for me,” she says. The New York store, which opened its doors in 2017, feels like a thriving scene compared to the empty storefronts that now dominate once-crowded shopping blocks. Part of the appeal is…

MAKEUP ARTISTS LEGEND Erin Parsons The Runway Maven A veteran of the air force and team Pat McGrath, Parsons can often be found with lipstick in hand, creating dramatic looks for your favorite supermodels. Location: New York City Hometown: Canton, Ohio A beauty myth I’d like to debunk: People often think that you can’t wear a lot of makeup and still give life to your skin. But I love layering creamy products and then setting with powder for a natural finish. Best beauty advice I’ve ever received: Listen to the person in your chair. When I work with Gigi Hadid, we often collaborate. She knows her face, so she’s superhelpful in showing me how I can accent certain features. It makes the look more powerful. Beauty today is all about:…

NIA DACOSTA WHEN NIA DACOSTA SET OUT to write a movie about American poverty, she looked for cities where abortions were the least accessible. (“Poverty is a gendered experience,” she explains. “And the cost of pregnancy is completely prohibitive.”) She found Williston, North Dakota, a former oil boomtown near the Canadian border whose closest Planned Parenthood clinic is over 300 miles away, in Montana. The town provided inspiration for her debut film, Little Woods (April 19), about a pair of financially strapped twentysomethings: a reluctant drug runner (Tessa Thompson) and her pregnant younger sister (Lily James). DaCosta, 29, uses this narrative to examine how poverty infects, well, everything: health, home ownership, job stability, and addiction. “Everyone I talked with [in Williston] either knew someone addicted to meth or prescription meds…

Four years ago, a 10-year-old girl marched into Universal Studios’ headquarters wearing a green floral blazer, her hair slicked back into a she-means-business actress, now 14. She had just wrapped her first season of ABC’s Peabody-winning sitcom Black-ish, in which she plays the Johnson family’s brainiac youngest daughter, Diane. At Martin’s side was series creator Kenya Barris. Earlier that day, they’d calmed their nerves and perfected her pitch over a breakfast of waffles. She was ready. This month, Martin’s idea—a timely twist on the body-swap genre—comes to fruition, making her the youngest-ever executive producer on a big-budget movie. Little follows Jordan Sanders (Regina Hall), a hotheaded tech mogul known as much for her ruthless leadership style as for her killer wardrobe. But when she happens to cross a 13-year-old girl…

Her hair is dark blond, maybe honey,” says Eve Polastri in the third episode of Killing Eve, the BBC America hit that returns for a second season this month. Eve (played by Sandra Oh) works for MI6 and has become obsessed with a terrifyingly efficient assassin known as Villanelle. Staring off into the middle distance, she continues describing her nemesis while a police artist sketches. “She had very delicate features. Her eyes are sort of catlike. Wide, but alert. Her lips are full. She has a long neck, high cheekbones.… She’s totally focused, yet almost entirely inaccessible.” “Uh,” the artist interrupts, “so is that like a square face, or an oval face?” In real life, Jodie Comer, 26, the actress who plays Villanelle, has a heart-shaped, luminous face. We meet…

ARIES Mar 21–Apr 19 Birthday season begs the question: Are you living your best life, Ram? On the 5th, the annual new moon in Aries guides you toward a soul-nourishing opportunity, and partnering with savvy collaborators could turn a profit after the 20th. Romantically, a monthlong “will they/won’t they” situation stabilizes by the 19th’s full moon. TAURUS Apr 20–May 20 Reaching up the ladder for mentorship wisdom speeds your ascent this month, and a well-deserved offer may arrive with the 19th’s full moon. (Taurus season kicks off on the 20th, so be ready to leap.) Love could be tested after the 10th, when free-spirited Jupiter turns retrograde in your intimacy zone for four months. GEMINI May 21–June 21 Flamboyant Mars struts through Gemini all April, bringing momentum to your personal…

Later this year—December 13, to be exact—Taylor Swift will turn 30. For this issue, she wrote about the lessons she’s learned, and is still learning, on her life’s journey thus far. At Taylor’s request, every word (and a few fire emoji) is presented completely raw and unedited. The ALL CAPS for emphasis? That’s 100 percent Taylor. And speaking on a personal level, I can relate to the desire to control one’s narrative. During the planning of this issue, I made the extremely difficult decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy. A series of genetic tests had shown that I carry a mutation to the BARD1 gene, which interacts with the BRCA1 gene and may increase one’s chances for breast and ovarian cancer. My surgery was scheduled for the very beginning…

Co-washing, or ditching shampoo in favor of conditioner alone, isn’t new. “It originated in the textured-hair community,” says Wes Sharpton, hairstylist at New York’s Hairstory. “People with this hair type realized that many traditional shampoos, full of harsh detergents, made hair dry and hard to manage, so they started washing with conditioner instead to define curls and tame frizz.” The trend hit a snag when it became clear that conditioner wasn’t designed to sanitize hair. Forgoing shampoo led to smoother locks, but it also resulted in unwanted side effects, like a buildup of product, dead skin cells, and follicle-clogging sebum, says Anna Guanche, MD, a dermatologist at L.A.’s Bella Skin Institute. This buildup can even contribute to hair loss in some cases, adds Sharpton. Thankfully, product technology has since caught…

About half an hour into our conversation, Sally Rooney and I begin talking about the end of the world as we know it. But maybe it’s best to rewind a bit. When I arrive at the Library Bar, in Rooney’s adopted hometown of Dublin, the 28-year-old author is waiting for me in a low-slung reading chair, politely having chosen a spot next to a window and facing the entryway to avoid any possibility of us missing each other. Hidden on the second floor of the Central Hotel, the bar is unassuming, the kind of place Dubliners know about and tourists miss entirely. It’s cozy. We say hello and order lunch—a steak sandwich and fries for her, tomato soup for me. It feels appropriate to offer congratulations, since just two days…

DEAR E. JEAN: I’m a smart, attractive, interesting single 27-year-old. But New York is 99 percent beautiful, lonely single women, and just 1 percent straight single men. When my friends and I go out to a bar, I feel the tension as we all pounce on the same cute guy without a ring, girlfriend, or boyfriend. Often we all go home alone, frustrated, tired, and full of competitive spite. Ever optimistic (and on the advice of my mother), I joined a big, bro-y gym and signed up for a class that has nothing to do with work. My coupled-up female friends have promised to introduce me to gentlemen, “if they ever meet one who is single.” I haven’t had much luck on the dating apps. Are there any boxes I haven’t…

COVER Gown by Burberry, $4,550, us.burberry.com. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 31: Dress, hat, scarf by Erdem, erdem.com. PAGE 34: Jacket, bra top, shorts by Alexanderwang, alexanderwang.com. Bracelets by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, at Saint Laurent (NYC). Belt by Frame, frame-denim.com. Boots by Golden Goose Deluxe Brand, goldengoosedeluxebrand.com. Page 38: Handbag by Alexander McQueen, alexandermcqueen.com. NINA’S EDIT PAGE 50: Watch by Piaget, $58,000, piaget.com. Painting by Jeremy Annear, $14,500, at 8 Holland Street (London). Earrings by David Webb, $24,000, at David Webb (NYC). FRONT ROW PAGE 74: Necklace by Irene Neuwirth, $128,040, ireneneuwirth.com. ACCESSORIES PAGES 78–79: Cases (throughout) by Pelican, pelican.com. Bag by Tod’s, tods.com. Handbag by Chanel, at select Chanel boutiques nationwide. PAGE 80: Sandal by Giuseppe for Christian Cowan, giuseppezanotti.com. PAGE 86: Mickey Mouse case by Gucci, gucci.com.…

CRAYOLA BRIGHTS Whether it’s a single full-body hue or the complete spectrum, embrace the rainbow with abandon. STYLE NOTE Use primary colors as the building blocks for a fully saturated ensemble. BLACK AND WHITE GRAPHICS Subtle gold details, logos, and slick leather make this throwback combination shine. STYLE NOTE Lean all the way into the ’80s in a high-waisted mini and streamlined bomber jacket. EASY NEUTRALS Basket-weave textures and wooden accents bring a beachy spirit to everyday dressing. STYLE NOTE Striped suiting in relaxed silhouettes offsets the bohemian feel of woven-straw accessories. ALLOVER PRINTS From tapestry to chintz to gingham, more is more when it comes to layering patterns. STYLE NOTE A neutral jacket ties two wildly different prints together. MINI BAGS Slung around waists, wrists, or shoulders, small utilitarian…

About halfway through Gloria Bell, the title character, a woman well into middle age, is enjoying dinner with the man she’s been seeing when his phone begins to ring. On the other end of the line, she knows, is either his ex-wife or two grown but dependent daughters. That he cannot extricate himself from their lives—even during a romantic trip to Las Vegas—is the major conflict in their relationship. Finally, she grabs the phone, and with one deliberate, almost seductive motion, drops it into his bowl of soup. Gloria, played with radical unselfconsciousness by Julianne Moore, does this kind of thing often, but she’s also, like anyone, full of contradictions. She’s spontaneous but afraid of losing control; she’s wide open to experience but lonely. Which is why so much rides…

In the graphic memoir Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations (March 26), author-illustrator Mira Jacob wrestles with post-9/11 racism—and how to best explain its danger and absurdity to her inquisitive six-year-old. As President Obama’s senior adviser and longtime friend, Valerie Jarrett has accumulated countless insider stories, many of which she unloads in her much-anticipated memoir, Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward (April 2). Angie Kim’s engrossing debut novel, Miracle Creek (April 16), turns a courtroom murder trial into a page-turning exploration of parenting, experimental therapies, and the emotional toll of immigration.…

On September 13, 2017, Jemele Hill found herself among the growing list of journalists targeted by President Donald Trump and the White House. The reason: Hill, an anchor of ESPN’s SportsCenter at the time, had tweeted criticism of Trump, calling him a white supremacist. Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called Hill’s tweet “a fireable offense.” ESPN issued a statement that it did not share its anchor’s views. “With Jemele Hill at the mike, it’s no wonder ESPN’s ratings have tanked.…” Trump tweeted. Debate raged about whether sportscasters should be allowed to address politics, even in a climate that saw Colin Kaepernick and other athletes protesting the national anthem. A year later, after 12 years with the company, Hill amicably parted ways with ESPN. Born in Detroit and a graduate of…

ACCORDING TO MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE, I TURN 30 THIS YEAR. IT’S WEIRD BECAUSE PART OF ME STILL FEELS 18 AND PART O F M E FEELS 283, BUT THE ACTUAL, FACTUAL AGE I CURRENTLY AM IS 29. I’VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT YOUR THIRTIES ARE “THE MOST FUN!” SO I’LL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU POSTED ON MY FINDINGS ON THAT WHEN I KNOW. BUT UNTIL THEN, I THOUGHT I’D SHARE SOME LESSONS I’VE LEARNED BEFORE REACHING 30, BECAUSE IT’S 2019 AND SHARING IS CARING. 1. I learned to block some of the noise. Social media can be great, but it can also inundate your brain with images of what you aren’t, how you’re failing, or who is in a cooler locale than you at any given moment. One thing I do to…

Few elements are as essential to ELLE’s style DNA as a generous dose of extras. In celebration of our Accessories Issue, we look back to a November 2000 shoot styled by diehard maximalist Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele. The force behind many classic ELLE looks, Cerf de Dudzeele is known for incorporating gold chains (both fine and costume) into her daily uniform. For our story, photographed on the Amalfi Coast, the stylist outfitted model Ana Beatriz Barros in Pucci prints with chunky bangles, rings, and earrings. The result: a resort-friendly ensemble befitting Beyoncé on a yacht, both then and now.…