Innehållsförteckning för June 2019 från ELLE

“Fashion and flowers are so closely linked. When Tom [Ford] would receive floral deliveries at the office, you could tell who sent them the moment they came through the door,” says Flowerbx CEO and cofounder Whitney Bromberg Hawkings. After spending 18 years working for the designer, eventually becoming SVP of communications, she knew everyone’s signature blooms. Fifty white calla lilies? Calvin Klein. One hundred white roses? Riccardo Tisci. Massive white orchids? Karl Lagerfeld. Bromberg Hawkings hit on the idea of launching her own floral business and, in true start-up fashion, began Flowerbx in her London home (where she favors ranunculus). This May, her now four-year-old direct-to-consumer venture heads to the U.S. “Tom always stressed to me the importance of having a 10-year plan,” she says. “In my twenties, it was…

WHAT IT IS Like an indelible tint, lip blushing leaves you with a semipermanent, custom shade, such as a subtle pink, red, or coral. It can make your mouth look fuller and younger, or disguise asymmetry and uneven color. The technician uses a smooth, quiet digital tattoo machine and organic pigments—a far cry from the permanent makeup of decades past, which required a harsh traditional tattoo gun to embed long-lasting synthetic pigments. Blushing can be applied in fine lines or in wider brushstroke-like sweeps for shading, lining, and pixilating (creating undetectable dots) with one or a combination of the machine’s 15 needles. Results can last up to two years. COST At PFrankMD Skin Salon, where aesthetician Christopher Drummond—who is specifically trained in semipermanent makeup tattoos—blushed me, the procedure costs between…

1 MASK INSTEAD OF AUTOMATICALLY USING CONDITIONER AFTER SHAMPOO, SWAP IN A DEEP TREATMENT, LIKE PANTENE PRO-V INTENSE RESCUE SHOTS ($6 FOR THREE). 2 LEAVE-IN RIGHT OUT OF THE SHOWER, AFTER GENTLY TOWEL DRYING, PREP HAIR WITH A LEAVE-IN CONDITIONER. ORIBE PRIMING LOTION LEAVE-IN CONDITIONING DETANGLER ($38) IS SPECIFICALLY FOR CURLS. 3 CREAM FORM INDIVIDUAL CURLS WITH A CREAM THAT DISTINGUISHES EACH SECTION FROM THE REST. APPLY RIZOS CURLS CURL DEFINING CREAM ($22) FROM ROOTS TO ENDS. 4 GEL LOCK IN MOISTURE AND THE NATURAL CURL PATTERN THAT EMERGES POSTWASH WITH AN ALCOHOL-FREE GEL, LIKE BOTÁNIKA BEAUTY THE PROTECTOR STYLING GEL ($11). 5 OIL HAIR ONCE YOUR HAIR HAS DRIED, PREVENT FRIZZ BY CAREFULLY SEPARATING CURLS WITH A HAIR OIL. TRY SILICONE-FREE PLAYA RITUAL OIL ($38).…

Lyric McHenry celebrated her twenty-sixth birthday last year as any other exceedingly social Leo from Los Angeles would: by stretching one day of celebration into one exuberant week. She began the affair in New York City, spending two days and nights meeting up with old friends and colleagues, crashing at her younger sister Maya’s apartment on the Upper East Side. Sitting on Maya’s bed, the sisters—three years apart—talked until they couldn’t keep their eyes open. On McHenry’s actual birthday, August 6, about a dozen friends threw her a dinner party at Lucien, a casually glamorous bistro in the East Village. Her L.A. crew coalesced with her New York crew, bookended by her classmates from Stanford, where she’d earned a degree in comparative studies in race and ethnicity in 2014. One…

DEAR E. JEAN: I’ve fallen for my boss. I’ve fallen so badly in love that I can’t sleep. I have no way of expressing these emotions, because my workplace is so strict that I’d get fired for even telling him. Plus, my husband has no clue that I love someone else. My boss is in his forties, and I’m 25. Age doesn’t matter, and I just want to start getting some sleep at night. Please help! My career is going well. Should I quit my job, find a new one, and then tell him I love him? Or should I stay where I am and embarrass him in front of his coworkers? Either way, I need to say something. —Sleepless in San Diego Sleepless, My Turnip: Let Auntie E get this…

A few weeks after her ELLE shoot in Malibu, Talita von Furstenberg couldn’t be further away from her beachy West Coast roots. She’s prepping for midterms in a Georgetown University library. The 20-year-old American fashion royal (her grandmother is Diane von Furstenberg) is pursuing studies in social justice, rather than taking the expected design route. “It may seem inconsistent,” she says. “But I am as passionate about helping people as I am about making them feel beautiful in what they’re wearing.” In April, she unveiled her capsule collection, TVF for DVF, after growing up fully immersed in the industry. (She began assisting Von Furstenberg at her runway shows at the tender age of nine.) For her first foray as a designer, the Angeleno looked homeward for inspiration: “Growing up in…

JOIN THE CLUB. SHARE YOUR VOICE. Product Samples, Fashion and Beauty Surveys, Discussions and more. Learn more at ELLEinnercircle.com GET TANGOED IN LOVE THIS SUMMER Meet essie’s hottest shade of the season ‘tangoed in love’ from the new limited edition summer collection. This vibrant purple polish will make your heart skip a beat. Learn more at essie.com READY TO BE TRANSPORTED? Our New Paradise Strut™ line will take you away, with notes of coconut water, passion fruit and marine accord. The entire collection is made with our exclusive hair-minimizing technology. Exclusively at European Wax Center. Learn more at waxcenter.com WOMEN ON A MISSION Conservation International and ELLE honor Women in Conservation. Please join us for a celebratory evening toasting the women at the forefront making change. For more info and…

Portofino, Capri, Cannes: These might sound like ports of call on the world’s most glamorous sailing trip, but in fact, they’re some of the locations you’ll be able to pick up Loro Piana’s linen collection this summer. The Italian textile behemoth has been long beloved for its ultraplush Mongolian cashmere. Now it’s aiming to outfit you for warmer weather with its linen collection, out this month. The line was built with jetsetters in mind. “For today’s international adventurers, there is always summer—with its colors and joyfulness—somewhere,” says Fabio d’Angelantonio, the brand’s global CEO. For that reason, the five-piece collection is exclusively available at popular resort locales as well as at the brand’s global flagships. It features comfy-chic white tunics, drawstring pants, and cinch-waist frocks. And the fabric is treated with…

Usually, there aren’t many expectations placed on fashion show attendees. Sit still and chronicle the proceedings on Instagram Stories, s’il vous plaît. But at Stella McCartney’s fall 2019 show, the guests (who included Oprah Winfrey and Karlie Kloss) were asked to do something for the planet. Specifically, to dedicate a tree through the designer’s #ThereSheGrows initiative, part of a continuing collaboration with Canopy, an environmental NGO. McCartney’s aim with the project, which went wide on Instagram before the show, is to safeguard the Leuser Ecosystem, a 6.5 million–acre rain forest in Sumatra, Indonesia. It is, the designer tells me, “one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, which needs to be protected.” (Go to green.stellamccartneycares.org to dedicate your own.) The sustainability bona fides didn’t end there. McCartney showed earrings…

POOLSIDE POLISH From boudoir lace to evening sparkles, glamour doesn’t need to wait until sundown. ATHLETIC APPROACH Hang ten or simply hang out in color-blocked rash guards and full-coverage suits.…

MOSCHINO TOY 2 Expert: Laura Fiorvanti, MS, owner of Corkbuzz Wine Studios Notes: “At first, this reminded me of a Riesling or muscat, but it gets deeper and more tropical. As it opens up, I think those grapes are too lean for this reference. It smells fuller bodied, like a California white wine with oak.” What’s inside: Mandarin orange, Granny Smith apple, jasmine, peony, and sandalwood. Wine pairing: California Viognier DOLCE & GABBANA DOLCE PEONY Expert: Mia Van de Water, MS, Eleven Madison Park Notes: “This is intensely floral with some citrus undertones. The scent is elegant but still fresh and vibrant, reminding me of a highly aromatic and aristocratic grape, like Riesling from the Mosel River Valley in Germany.” What’s inside: Pink pepper, white bergamot, Bulgarian rose, freesia, and…

SPOT CHECK While freckles and sunspots don’t generally become cancerous, moles can, and it can be hard to distinguish between them. Keep an eye on all your spots, and if you notice any of these five signs, see a dermatologist. A – Asymmetry: When the halves of a spot don’t match up, it may be a sign of irregular cells. B – Border: Malignant moles tend to have uneven, notched, or bumpy edges. C – Color: Inconsistent color in the mole signals a possible issue. D – Diameter: Anything bigger than 1/4 inch could be cancerous. E – Evolving: It’s important to report any changes in size, shape, color, or elevation to a doctor. FIRST, FRECKLES ARE NORMAL Along with hair makeovers and baby bumps, the barefaced freckle reveal has…

Alison Roman is taking her aggression out on the aioli. In her airy apartment kitchen on the top floor of a Brooklyn brownstone, she’s whisking egg yolks A and oil and garlic until they’re the color and texture of fresh cream while chatting about how it sucks, at times, to be best known as a creator of viral recipes. Her most recent hit was a chickpea and coconut milk stew she created for the New York Times that became known on social media simply as “#thestew,” prompting a Slate article headlined “Is #TheStew Actually That Good?” Roman knows that she should ignore this kind of trollery. She knows it’s not a good use of her time and energy to engage with her detractors, and she understands that this kind of…

The figure gliding like a lioness through a Rite Aid in Manhattan’s Lower East Side would turn heads, if there were any heads to turn here, two minutes from midnight. Indya Moore’s hair isn’t as Afro-tastic as the wig she wears to play Angel, a sex worker longing for love on FX’s Pose—which dives deep into New York’s late-1980s LGBTQ black and Latinx ballroom community—but her curls are magnificent. Some fall in her face, some stand at attention, as if keeping watch over their owner, who has both a smile that makes you want to hug her and a Bronx-bred air of being able to hold her own in a fight if she has to. (A note on gender pronouns: Indya is nonbinary and prefers to use “they” and “them,”…

Fifty years ago this month, police raided the Stonewall Inn. Instead of going quietly into the night, patrons of the Greenwich Village gay bar fought back, declaring, “No more!” No more being targeted by law enforcement for simply existing. No more living in the shadows. And no more being treated like second-class citizens. From that uprising, the gay rights movement was born, and on June 30, the streets of New York City will be flooded with rainbows and revelry. Today we’re at another flash point for human rights. Trans visibility is at an all-time high as transgender and nonbinary individuals like Pose actress and model Indya Moore bravely share their stories. But with awareness has also come a rise in anti-transgender violence. Moore, ELLE’s first transgender cover star, spent several…

The French answer to The Official Preppy Handbook is a slim, late-’80s volume titled Bon Chic, Bon Genre (meaning “good style, good class,” emphasis on class). In the mode of the American preppy or the British Sloane Ranger, the cornerstone of BCBG dressing is its very inoffensiveness, its unobtrusiveness. Think of the boarding-school kids who ripped out the breast-pocket croc mascots on their Lacoste polos, leaving only telltale threads in the shape of the familiar reptile. Or the logo-avoidant, but always perfectly turned-out, French ladies clad in camel and cream who populate the Right Bank. You might expect Hedi Slimane, a man enamored of thigh-skimming minidresses and slick leather, to be the last person inspired by the BCBG ethos. His tendencies tack toward the other side of the Seine, populated…

For a long time, beauty brands seemed to think that everyone using a bronzer fell in the middle of the skin-tone spectrum. Faux-glow makeup specifically designed for pale and dark skin was pretty much nil. Celebrity makeup artist Ashunta Sheriff (the genius behind Taraji P. Henson’s stellar red-carpet looks) even resorted to creating her own concoctions of brown eye shadow and blush to give her clients a natural-looking sun kiss. This year, finally, bronzers are launching that complement a wider range of skin tones. “What really matters is the undertone,” says Priscilla Ono, who helped develop Fenty Beauty’s eight inclusive shades of matte powder bronzers (RiRi wears the one called Bajan Gyal), which sync up with the brand’s famed 50 foundation and concealer shades. Below, learn how to find your…

I had just started my second trimester when I shared a pregnancy factoid with my mother. “Mami, the babies are growing hair this week,” I said into the phone. “Ay, Dios mio!” she responded. “Let’s pray that they don’t have pelo malo.” I wish I could say she was kidding. Or that I reprimanded her. Instead, I laughed it off, even though I knew better than to acquiesce to the “bad hair” stigma. I was carrying a boy and a girl, and while their health was top priority, I can’t lie—I was hoping that at least one, ideally the girl, would be spared pelo malo. I had had enough of it to last me a lifetime. Pelo malo: Its literal translation is “bad hair.” The term, embedded in black and…

By the time I was old enough to ask my grandmother questions about her life, it was too late. All I had were skeletons of stories I heard from my mom. I knew that it had been difficult for my grandmother when her parents, Irish immigrants on the vaudeville circuit, left her behind to help care for her younger brother when they traveled. But who cared for her? I heard about how, after her parents became successful radio stars, she was once set up on a date with Frank Sinatra, but when he arrived, with my grandmother waiting to make an entrance, he used language she didn’t like, so she sent word that she wouldn’t be going. But what had he said? I knew that she and my grandfather divorced…

It’s easy to mistake Melissa Barrera for her onscreen character, Lyn, of Starz’s television series Vida, now in its second season. “But I’m not Lyn!” the actress insists, mainly as a plea to fans to stop conflating them on social media. “I love her, but she’s a hot mess.” In fact, Barrera, 28, who hails from religiously conservative Monterrey, Mexico, initially wasn’t even going to audition for the role since it called for full nudity. But she was a longtime admirer of creator Tanya Saracho’s work as a playwright, and the premise was just too good to resist. The first prime-time cable show with queer Latina protagonists, Vida follows Lyn and her polar-opposite sister, Emma (Mishel Prada), who return to their East Los Angeles hometown after their mother’s death. While…

Amy Klobuchar announced her run for president last February while standing outside in the middle of a snowstorm. It was a badge of honor for the third-term Minnesota senator and native of the state, a metaphor for her midwestern common sense and effectiveness during one of the most unsettling times in American political history. A graduate of Yale and the University of Chicago Law School, Klobuchar served as prosecutor for the most populous county in Minnesota before becoming the state’s first elected female senator in 2006. Her ability to reach across the aisle to target the opioid crisis, inflated prescription drug costs, and sexual harassment led Vanderbilt University to hail her as the most effective Democratic senator last Congress. Meanwhile, her affable, folksy charm (she encourages constituents to call her…

Céline Dion is writhing on the floor, her reptilian impulses activated by a second-skin glittering emerald-green dress with matching thigh-high sock boots. “I’m a chameleon, whoa oh oh oh,” she’d sung to the tune of Donna Summer’s “On the Radio” during her brief walk between the dressing room and now the studio floor of her ELLE photo shoot. This is the Céline Dion that memes are made of. For suburban teens in the ’90s, Céline was a regular amid car visor CD sleeves. She was as likely to be sandwiched between Shania Twain and Mariah Carey as she was, more covertly, between the Fugees and Radiohead. Even the most pretentious music snobs had to admit her octaves-spanning vocal range was pretty impressive. But was it cool to love her? Let’s…

STYLE NOTE Channel the local mood with bold ruffes, seashell motifs, and dance-floor-ready heels.…

GEMINI May 21–June 21 It’s Gemini season until the 21st. Invest in personal-growth experiences, revamp your look, and take a solo sojourn. With enchanted Venus buzzing into your sign on the 8th, you’ll magnetize admirers galore. Don’t rush to enlist a “twin” before you’re clear about what sparks joy for you. At work, the full moon on the 17th blesses you with the upper hand in all negotiations. CANCER June 22–July 22 With energizer Mars zooming through your sign all month, stalled missions take off at lightning speed—especially once Cancer season begins on the 21st. Before that, tie up loose ends. On the 17th, wellness goals get a lunar lift from the full moon. Dial down stress by eating clean and recommitting to regular workouts. LEO July 23–Aug 22 Your…

NEWSSTAND AND SUBSCRIBER COVERS On Indya Moore: Embroidered dress, earring by Louis Vuitton, louisvuitton.com. SUBSCRIBER COVER On Céline Dion: Embellished dress by Valentino Haute Couture. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 22: Cardigan, swimsuit by Lisa Marie Fernandez, lisamariefernandez.com. Watch by Rolex, $29,650, rolex.com. Bracelet by Dior, 800-929-DIOR. Bracelet by Carolina Bucci, carolinabucci.com. EDITOR’S LETTER PAGE 30: Dress by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Saint Laurent (NYC). NEW ARRIVALS PAGE 40: Watch by Ralph Lauren, RalphLauren(NYC), 212-434-8000. FRONT ROW PAGE 43: Top, pants by Loro Piana, loropiana.com. Ring by Verameat, verameat.com. PAGE 51: Earrings by Emmanuel Tarpin, $53,000, emmanueltarpin.com. ACCESSORIES PAGE 58: Narwhal necklace by Venyx x Muzo, $31,000; ring by Wilfredo Rosado x Muzo, $180,000; bloom earrings by Coomi x Muzo, $69,000; ring by Selim Mouzannar x Muzo, $11,530; muzostore.com. SHOPS…

In February, Christy Turlington Burns made a triumphant return to the runway, appearing on the catwalk for the first time since the ’90s. Her finale look at Marc Jacobs, a dramatic black feathered gown straight out of Swan Lake, immediately called to mind her December 1987 ELLE cover, on which she wore a hot-pink avian ensemble by Yves Saint Laurent. Turlington wrote on Instagram that her 15-year-old daughter was part of her decision to walk the show: “I desperately want [her] to see and hear me, and this is a medium that speaks to her.” These days, the supermodel, who celebrated her fiftieth birthday this year, is equally well known for her work helming the charity Every Mother Counts and championing maternal health, thus guaranteeing her legacy both on the…