Innehållsförteckning för June/July 2021 från ELLE

SO CLUTCH Italian fashion house Valentino has entered the cosmetics arena with a 14-piece makeup line. The collaboration between designer Pierpaolo Piccioli and makeup artist Raoul Alejandre includes the Go Clutch ($235), a stylish-yet-logical accessory (first seen on the spring 2017 catwalk) that holds a miniature Rosso Valentino lipstick and powder. All of the products are lacquered in “Valentino Rosso”–colored packaging, including the refillable and reusable lipsticks and compacts. Valentino Beauty, starting at $25, valentino.com. KŌKI GOES GLOBAL When teen songwriter Kōki made her modeling debut in ELLE Japan in 2018, it was just the beginning. Today, she has 3.2 million followers on Instagram (@koki) and has been tapped by Chanel, Bulgari, and Coach. And as of July, she is a new global face of Estée Lauder makeup and skin…

There’s no better way to prep for summer than by waxing. For Katharine, enjoying wax services at European Wax Center is an essential and convenient part of her summer self-care routine. “I feel more confident when my skin feels smooth, silky, and fresh. And I’m always ready to hit the beach or sit by a pool instead of needing to use a razor at the last minute.” Get Bikini–Ready Katharine’s favorite summer European Wax Center services are bikini and underarm waxing. “I love that my skin looks and feels smooth after waxing, but even more importantly, it makes me feel great. And to be honest, waxing at European Wax Center doesn’t hurt a bit—even on my bikini area.” YOUR EASY SUMMER ROUTINE BY EUROPEAN WAX CENTER 1. BIKINI WAX Whether…

I worry that I’ve lost my muscle memory for live music. I’m at the point of withdrawal where I miss the sensory details with unnerving specificity: The strategic shifting of weight from one foot to the other. The craning left and right to avoid an obstructive gaggle of phones, or the tallest man in the room who’s somehow always in front of you. The purr of a strong bass reverberating between my ribs. The euphoria of relinquishing my personal space to the pit. Instead, my calendar is pocked with remote performances subject to the whims of internet connectivity, designed to be watched languidly without a thought to putting on outside pants. Yet, for all its physical inertia, the past year has been a time of considerable mental exercise: reimagining the…

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While Chanel N°5 celebrates its centennial this year, many would argue the scent is as resonant today as it was in 1921. In 2019, an item infused with its fragrance—a perfume, shower gel, or soap—was purchased in America every minute, either in person or online. So at a time when beauty trends come and go with the swipe of a thumb, it begs the question: What makes an icon everlasting? Chanel N°5 is both recognizable and unique to each individual. “It is not that certain notes [in N°5] smell differently on each woman’s skin,” says Olivier Polge, Chanel’s in-house perfumer creator. “It’s more about the complexity of notes that resonate in a very personal way according to the woman wearing them.” That nearly bespoke feel is due to a blend…

Ralph Lauren Lauren, $82, macys.com Launched in 1978, Lauren is soft and fresh. Its top notes are rose, lily of the valley, and jasmine, with hints of warm, rich cedarwood and vetiver accord. Dior Poison Eau de Toilette, $115, dior.com Headlining with a spicy floral elixir, Poison features notes of orange blossom, plum, and wild berries. Introduced in 1985, this fragrance packs a punch. Calvin Klein Eternity for Men, $85, macys.com A classic men’s juice of its era, this woodsy fougère launched in 1988, just around the time of Givenchy Xeryus (now discontinued)—making it a fitting replacement. Clinique Calyx, $60, clinique.com An icon created by now-shuttered cult brand Prescriptives in 1986, Calyx is a mix of fresh grapefruit, green leaves, mandarin, and other citric, floral notes. Bond No. 9 Park…

In mid-March of last year, with coronavirus cases spiking around the country, Amanda Kloots, a fitness instructor and online influencer, and her husband, the actor Nick Cordero, flew to Los Angeles from New York City. A few months prior, the couple had purchased a small three-bedroom fixer-upper in Laurel Canyon. While Kloots was reluctant to leave her life of 19 years in New York, where she had family and a thriving fitness business, Cordero had hopes of breaking into the music industry in L.A. In her new book, Live Your Life: My Story of Loving and Losing Nick Cordero, out this month from Harper, Kloots explains her mindset at the time. Like most of the country, she and Cordero thought the hysteria seemed “overhyped.” It is poignant to read her…

COVER KACEY MUSGRAVES Dress by Atelier Versace, versace.com/it/it-it/atelier-versace/. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 22: T-shirt by AllSaints, nordstrom.com. Jeans by Celine Homme, celine.com. NINA’S EDIT PAGE 25: Ring by Jennifer Miller Jewelry, $10,450, jennifermillerjewelry.com. NEW ARRIVALS PAGE 29: Timepiece pendant necklace by Van Cleef & Arpels, $31,000, vancleefarpels.com. ACCESSORIES PAGES 42–46: Handbags by Louis Vuitton, louisvuitton.com. LOSING NICK PAGE 68: Dress by Agua by Agua Bendita, aguabendita.com. Sandals by Ancient Greek Sandals, similar styles at ancientgreeksandals.com. PAGE 72: Dress by Silvia Tcherassi, silviatcherassi.com. Bracelet by Tamara Comolli, $20,350, Tamara Comolli, Southampton, NY. IN THE HEIGHTS: WHERE THE STREETS ARE MADE OF MUSIC PAGE 83: Jacket, vest, pants by Dolce & Gabbana, select Dolce & Gabbana boutiques nationwide. Dress by Oscar de la Renta, Oscar de la Renta boutiques nationwide. PAGE 85:…

The perfect song can crystallize emotions you didn’t even know you were feeling. And with her unfiltered lyrics, our cover star, Kacey Musgraves, has mastered the art of connecting with her audience on a visceral level. Her upcoming album channels complicated feelings of heartbreak and isolation—but also the beauty of what it means to be alive right now. After achieving incredible success and winning the Grammy for Album of the Year, she says, “I felt, in many ways, on top of the world in my career, but in my personal life, I felt like I was dying inside… I felt broken.” She tells Fashion Features Director Véronique Hyland that she found her catharsis through creation, making music that spoke to both her highs and lows. After all, “You can’t really…

1 The TIMEPIECE The ultimate fashion hybrid? Jewelry that doubles as a watch. Van Cleef & Arpels cleverly hid one inside its new diamond, mother-of-pearl, and lapis lazuli Alhambra Secret pendant. 2 The BAG Going seamlessly from weekend to workday, Loewe’s boho drawstring tote just might be the season’s most versatile carryall. 3 The SANDAL Leave it to Chanel to put a sophisticated spin on a hippie classic, elevating the humble rope sandal with the house’s signature gold chain details.…

Picture this: It’s early March 2020. You’re in the 187th row (it’s all you could afford, but you’re just happy to be there) at the first stop of Billie Eilish’s world tour. You’re wearing a vintage *NSync tee celebrating the anniversary of their pop classic No Strings Attached. Your best friend is beside you, wearing a throwback Selena Quintanilla-Pérez shirt. Neither one of you has a care in the world. Though rock merch (think CBGB, the Rolling Stones, and Metallica) won’t ever go out of style, Gen Z has recently done an overhaul of the industry, swapping out their parents’ dusty favorites for new—well, technically old, just less old—totems of eras past. As we’ve all adapted to a life spent in sweatpants and slippers, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin tees…

Contemplating a new cut for your return to social life? Consider the showstopping bangs seen at Chanel fall 2021, which recall the signature styles of Jane Birkin and Françoise Hardy. “It’s inspired by the ’70s, but very wearable now,” says show hairstylist Damien Boissinot of the look, shown here on model He Cong. Long, thick bangs—achieved by casting or cut—were also spotted at Victoria Beckham, Dior, and Givenchy.…

Hair is composed of a protein called keratin, held together by chemical bonds. But if you dye, treat, or heat-style your hair, the bonds snap, leaving you with two possible fixes: a haircut, or mending the damage with a bond-building treatment. Cult brand Olaplex launched the first bond builder in 2014, and the category has been booming ever since. New athome bond builders claim to be more high-tech: Amika The Kure Collection rebuilds bonds through a four-part system, including an innovative 60-second rinse inspired by Korean splash masks; Redken Acidic Bonding Concentrate uses citric acid in three products to repair breakage and add shine; and pH Plex’s under-$15 system includes four malic acid–spiked weekly masks. Sound too good to be true? “I don’t know too many hard-core hair scientists who…

My cystic acne started in my early twenties. On what had been an impossibly clear complexion throughout puberty and high school, deep pimples started forming almost every day, leaving my face riddled with red scars alongside fresh angry bumps. I spent countless evenings in my bathroom poking, treating, or just staring at the breakouts from my cheekbones to my jawline. This continued into my thirties. (Though I was never diagnosed with body dysmorphic disorder, I may well have suffered from it; a 2020 study showed a high prevalence in those with acne.) Each morning, I layered on makeup. I avoided eye contact with coworkers and even my friends. Back then, I felt alone, but I wasn’t. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, up to 15 percent of women have…

“ELLE HAD A VERY TRAUMATIC CHILDHOOD, BUT SHE’S A FIGHTER.” Anna Sawai smiles when she recalls telling a friend as a teenager that she wanted to become an actress. Her friend told her, “You look like you could be in Fast & Furious.” Little did Sawai know she’d one day land the role of Elle, a mysterious girl who loses her parents at age 11 in F9: The Fast Saga, out June 25. “Elle had a very traumatic childhood, but she’s a fighter,” says Sawai over Zoom from Tokyo. The 29-year-old actress grew up between New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Japan due to her father’s job with an electronics company. Meanwhile, her mother, who studied opera, taught her to sing, which helped her secure the title role in…

This is a story about control. Kacey Musgraves thought she had it. She describes the moment when she felt “on top of the world” in 2019, when her record Golden Hour was named Album of the Year at the Grammys. After about 30 seconds of sitting in the audience dumbfoundedly mouthing “What?” she took the stage, wearing bright-red Valentino ruffles, and thanked her husband, fellow singersongwriter Ruston Kelly, saying, “This album wouldn’t have been created without you.” Now, she says ruefully, “If you would’ve told me the night of the Grammys, ‘Hey, in two years, you’re going to be divorced and have a whole ’nother album written,’ I would have been like, ‘Fuck off. No. No way.’” Musgraves is lying in bed, wearing the kind of waffle-weave robe you associate with…

GEMINI MAY 21–JUNE 21 Change accelerates with the Gemini solar eclipse on June 10—but embargo big news until June 22, when Mercury ends its retrograde in your sign. On June 11, Mars activates your sociable third house, sending you into the field—perhaps on a postponed trip near the July 23 full moon. CANCER JUNE 22–JULY 22 Flirt, brag, and seduce while Venus sashays through your sign from June 2 to 27. Break from a draining alliance near June 14, freeing you for someone new around the June 24 and July 23 full moons. This birthday season, invest in something lasting. LEO JULY 23–AUG 22 With Jupiter in your partnership zones starting on June 20, you’ll be ready to cut loose the slackers. Activator Mars powers into Leo from June 11…

“It’s not historically accurate; it’s very designed,” explained dress historian Bernadette Banner to her more than one million YouTube subscribers in a year-end video ranking 2020’s spate of costume dramas on their accuracy. Still, anachronisms like Queen Charlotte’s “random mid-eighteenth-century gown” in a sea of late-eighteenth-century Empire numbers certainly didn’t stop some 82 million viewers from tuning in to the Regency-era antics of the show she was discussing, Netflix’s Bridgerton. You’d be hard-pressed to find a better deterrent to a sedentary life in sweats than a fantastically costumed romantic series. And, fortunately for our collective sartorial pleasure, fashion has fallen in line. It started at Dior, with Maria Grazia Chiuri hinting at what her spring 2021 couture collection would hold with a chiaroscuro-heavy spring ready-to-wear campaign lensed by Elina Kechicheva…

“WILL THE POOL make us cleaner or dirtier?” I asked my husband, lying in the shade and clocking how grimy he and the kids and I all were after two days of no power or running water. It was the summer of 2020, and—after being cooped up in the city for the first few months of COVID—we were living with his parents in the rural Berkshires. That night, Jake slept upstairs with our two young boys in case of bats. (Keeping one lamp on keeps the bats away. Alas, there was no light, and so my father-in-law had chased one out with a broom the night before.) It’s hard to deny that this was a low point: We had been living with my in-laws for going on three months, with…

From hits like “I Say a Little Prayer” to “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” Dionne Warwick has inspired many throughout her musical career, spanning over 60 years. The pop and R&B vocalist started out singing with The Gospelaires along with her sister Dee Dee, before releasing her first solo single in 1962, “Don’t Make Me Over”—a song that foreshadowed her lifelong commitment to remaining true to herself. Today, the Twitter community has welcomed the 80-year-old “Auntie Dionne,” celebrating her wisdom and witty tweets. Here, Warwick talks about her life in the music industry, the power of confidence, and being happy in her own skin ELLE: You are absolutely hilarious on Twitter! Did it offend you when people started to think you weren’t writing your own tweets? DIONNE WARWICK: No.…

FOR GOING OUT DREAM GIRL, BY LAURA LIPPMAN (William Morrow, June 22) Lippman returns with a new thriller, this one about the startling relationship between an author bedridden after an accident and a mysterious caller who makes the shocking claim that she’s the protagonist of his most popular novel. This metafictional take on psychological suspense reckons with questions of gender and agency, making it both an effective response to the #MeToo movement and the ultimate page-turner for fans of complex horror. WHILE WE WERE DATING, BY JASMINE GUILLORY (Berkley, July 13) Guillory has turned many a romance-novel skeptic into a true believer, and her newest release will garner even more converts. Set in Hollywood, it follows Anna, an actress determined to make it big, and Ben, an ad exec, who…