Innehållsförteckning för August 2023 från ELLE

What’s new? What’s next? Who is the future of our industry? These questions are perpetually on our minds at ELLE, and we have alwaysing an emerging designer or a pop star who’s about to be on the world’s radar. When I think of the future of fashion and beauty, Imaan Hammam is one of the first names that comes to mind—which is why the supermodel was the perfect choice to front our cover this month. While she’s walked numerous runways and anchored editorials, Hammam, now the first Afro-Arab face of Estée Lauder, is eager to do even more with her platform. “Nowadays with social media, you’re able to be more than just a beauty and a model,” she tells writer Leah Faye Cooper in our cover story on page 58.…

TOKYO, JAPAN The Aman (above) in the city’s Otemachi Tower might be the hotel group’s most serene location yet. Embrace a capsule wardrobe of Zen neutrals, and let the forest bathing begin. CAIRO, EGYPT Christian Louboutin shows us how to cruise the Nile in style. For designer Christian Louboutin, there’s no better way to explore Egypt than a trip down the Nile. Trendy Nour El Nil offers catered excursions on traditional dahabiya boats sailing from Luxor to Aswan. While Louboutin, who is part Egyptian and has two residences in the country, says the best meals can be found in locals’ homes, he recommends Abou El Sid for traditional food in Cairo—where he also loves to shop table linens from Malaika. At the end of a busy day exploring timeless monuments…

My 13-year-old daughter, Mia, is learning all the typical middle school stuff, her schooldays taken up by the ho-hum of algebraic equations. M But ask her about the hydrating properties of hyaluronic acid, and this is when she really understands the assignment. Her eyes light up—and it’s not just from the shimmery dots she’s placed on the inner corners. Mia is right on target with her fellow beauty lovers in Generation Alpha, roughly defined as kids born since 2010. At 10 years old, North West posts TikTok videos of her beauty routines. According to a spring 2023 report on teen spending from Piper Sandler, a financial services firm, girls spend an average of $123 a year on makeup and $119 on skin care, double-digit increases from the year before. While…

1 The BAG Named for the Milanese landmark that houses Prada’s flagship, the ’40s-inspired Galleria style gets an update with a zippy tricolored design. 2 The WATCH Sparkle plenty with Hermès’s Mini Médor bracelet watch in white gold, set with over 600 diamonds and featuring the house’s signature pyramid studs. 3 The SHOE The heel of this “Ferragamo red” mule mimics the one the house founder designed back in 1947—now updated with high-shine patent leather.…

Her hair woven into thin blonde braids, her face a sultry scowl, the model sported a cream sweater interwoven with waterfalls of yarn in Rainbow Brite–esque colors. The look was a clear offshoot of fashion’s current DIY/craft movement, and you could easily imagine a downtown It Girl like Ella Emhoff sporting the knitwear, which was paired with high-waisted leather shorts. The only wrinkle: Neither the model, nor the sweater, nor the runway, was real. All were AI creations of the Kazakh designer Alena Stepanova, as presented at AI Fashion Week, held in April at New York’s Spring Studios—the image as pie-in-the-sky as the Balenciaga puffer–clad Pope Francis that construction worker Pablo Xavier created when, according to the artist, he was tripping on shrooms. The event did replicate some real-world biases,…

“This month’s It List focuses on what I like to call ‘scent, etc.’—a collection of fragrant delights from unexpected sources, like a new oral care brand with perfumed products, some inspired by poet Frank O’Hara. A few of our favorite new pleasures, on the next page.” 1. SELAHATIN OF COURSE I STILL LUV YOU WHITENING TOOTHPASTE, $23, SELAHATIN.COM “Have you ever brushed your teeth and thought, ‘Hmm. Ambitious. Surprising.’ That’s the feeling I had trying Selahatin for the first time. Founder Kristoffer Vural had a stroke at the age of 25, and the experience sparked a hunger in him to optimize pleasure, even in simple acts, like brushing one’s teeth. The brand’s toothpastes (Rick Owens is a fan) contain a level of fluoride that’s dentist-recommended (to be safe, I checked…

Nayamka Roberts-Smith @labeautyologist Client: Cardi B “UV rays and free radicals from the sun cause cellular damage. Layer a hydrating serum with antioxidants, like Allies of Skin Multi Hyaluronic Antioxidant Hydration Serum ($84; us.allies.shop), after cleansing. The hydrating ingredients will reduce flakiness, and the antioxidants will help fight skin damage. Then your moisture barrier can start to function properly.” Biba De Sousa @bibalosangeles Clients: Miley Cyrus, Hailey Bieber “Hyaluronic acid (HA) is the best humectant for skin, but serums that only contain HA are not enough. Try a product where it’s paired with glycerin or aloe vera. I formulated The Hydrating Toner ($38; bibalosangeles.com) with that in mind; it has hyaluronic acid and lipids to help with water loss prevention. I also like the Merit Great Skin Instant Glow Serum…

The supermodel has changed what beauty looks like. That’s just the beginning. Taped to Imaan Hammam’s refrigerator, along with photos of friends and family and snapshots from her world travels, is a piece of graph-lined paper with “2023” written at the top, then a list of the things the 26-year-old model hopes to do this year: learn a new language (she already speaks Dutch, Arabic, and English); apply for Global Entry (underlined twice for emphasis); look for a therapist (“I’ve done it and I think it’s time for me to do it again,” she tells me). I am only privy to this list because the handyman assembling Hammam’s new dresser is taking longer than expected to finish; we’ve nixed our plans to meet at a coffee shop, and Hammam has…

Not even the Zoom screen can dull the sparkle of Victoria Reynolds’s Tiffany & Co. egg necklace, designed by French jewelry legend Jean Schlumberger. The piece, explains Reynolds, the house’s chief gemologist and VP of global merchandising, high jewelry, was “inspired by Russian Easter eggs and is a wonderful natural introduction to his love of color and gemstones.” Reynolds is a Schlumberger evangelist who has been collecting the egg-shaped baubles, charm bracelet–style, over the 36 years she’s worked for the firm—one of the many reasons she is the ideal person with whom to discuss the 186-year-old American jeweler’s revamped flagship and its renewed focus on the legacy of one of its most celebrated collaborators. The imposing building at 727 Fifth Avenue played host to one of the most iconic moments…

When I hop on the phone with Willy Chavarria, the acclaimed menswear designer rocking New York City with his audacious glamour, W I’m surprised to hear that about 35 percent of his clients identify as female. “Gender identity is something to just enjoy and have fun with,” he says. “[My] collections are designed for anyone to wear.” Increasingly, menswear designers are catering to people across the gender spectrum looking for innovative designs that don’t fall on one side of the binary. The movement parallels the increase in womenswear designers translating their clothing for male-identifying customers, with recent entrants including Simone Rocha and Chopova Lowena. Since starting his brand LGN in 2017, Paris-based Louis-Gabriel Nouchi has placed an emphasis on dressing every body—male, female, and otherwise—to critical and commercial acclaim. His…

On July 1, 2021, Louisiana State University gymnastics star Olivia Dunne was in Times Square staring up at a 73-foottall version of herself. A video clip that played on the massive billboard above showed the most-followed athlete in college sports starting a flip on a beach on TikTok and transitioned to her sticking a landing in LSU’s arena, her arms lifted triumphantly overhead. The campaign, which was paid for by LSU and spotlighted other university athletes as well, was a victory lap following the NCAA’s decision to overturn its 115-year prohibition on student athletes earning money for their name, image, and likeness (NIL). “That was the moment my life changed forever,” Olivia tells me as she sips a drink outside a campus Starbucks on a sunny spring day in Baton…

COVERS Imaan Hammam: Bralette and earrings, Fendi Couture. Corset (worn as skirt), New York Vintage, newyorkvintage.com. Simone: Coat, blouse, $1,350, boots, $1,950, Celine by Hedi Slimane, celine.com. Fernanda: Sweater, $1,790, slingbacks, Prada, prada.com. Tights, Wolford, $40, wolfordshop.com. Stella: Dress, $6,800, tights, $320, slingbacks, $1,270, Miu Miu, miumiu.com. Betsy: Bodysuit, Missoni. Remington: Coat, $6,500, sweater, $1,790, Prada, prada.com. Nicho: Coat, $3,800, shirt, $790, Celine Homme by Hedi Slimane, celine.com. Luca: Coats, from $6,800, pants, $1,420, Miu Miu, miumiu.com. Rio: Coat, Celine Homme by Hedi Slimane, $5,900, celine.com. NINA’S EDIT PAGE 25: Earrings, Selim Mouzannar, $11,710, selimmouzannar.com. NEW ARRIVALS PAGE 27: Watch, Hermès, $278,300, hermes.com. SHOP PAGES 33–35: Bangle, Boochier, $6,760, twistonline.com. Clutch, Bottega Veneta, $3,800, bottegaveneta.com. Ring, Loev, thefuturerocks.com. IT’S LIVVY’S WORLD PAGES 52–55: Courrèges, courreges.com. Et Ochs, etochs.com. Cartier, cartier.com.…