Innholdsfortegnelse for June 2016 i ELLE

JUNE 3 Emilia Clarke ditches Khaleesi’s gowns for polka dots in Me Before You, in which she cares for a disabled man (Sam Claflin) determined to die. For more melancholia: Alt-pop duo Cat’s Eyes give ’60s girlgroup grooves a Lou Reed–esque edge on their second album, Treasure House. JUNE 7 The titles of Guardian columnist Jessica Valenti’s past books, like Full Frontal Feminism, leave no question of her politics. In her latest, Sex Object, she explores how the male gaze has shaped her self-perception. JUNE 10 High-stakes heists abound in Now You See Me 2, in which the illusionists from the original (Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson) are joined by Lizzy Caplan and Daniel Radcliffe, who plays against type as a man bad at magic. JUNE 14 Beloved stand-up…

Years ago, in the middle of a breakup, a man Angela Duckworth once dated asked her, “Why would I want to marry Hillary Clinton?”—a catty reference to Duckworth’s drive. “I said to him, ‘Maybe because you want to be the fucking president,’ ” she recalls. “And now I wish I could go back in time and be like, ‘Or maybe so you could be the first husband.’ ” “A lot of people think ambition is a bad thing,” Duckworth says. “I think it’s great.” No surprise there, coming from a Harvard alum with a masters in neurobiology from Oxford and a psychology PhD from Penn who not only has advised the White House and the World Bank but also was granted a 2013 MacArthur “genius” fellowship. There is some irony…

IN MARCH 2015, I HAD THE honor of hosting a dinner in Washington, DC, for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, along with nine other formidable power brokers—including PBS Newshour’s Gwen Ifill, current White House Communications Director Jen Psaki, and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser—in our nation’s capital. The justice was a convivial seatmate, and we talked politics, law, jewelry, offspring, and legacies. This year we honored 10 more DC standouts—my seatmates were Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser Lisa Monaco, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Ambassador-in-Residence Capricia Marshall, Psaki, and Attorney Karen Dunn, partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP—on an unseasonably warm and lovely March evening. It was our sixth year publishing ELLE’s Women in Washington power list,…

G L Askew II HOME BASE: Los Angeles PROFESSION: Photographer BONA FIDES: Work has appeared in Rolling Stone, the New York Times, Maxim, Billboard, and Complex. THIS MONTH: “Women in Tech” (page 52) BEGINNINGS: “I was going through the teen doldrums and my mom was like, well, maybe he needs to read more. She signed me up for subscriptions to all of these kinda girly magazines like YM and Seventeen, but they all looked cool and way more exciting than my life in Forest Park, Georgia. I went to a pawnshop and bought a camera, and the next thing my friends knew, they were all having to pose like Ralph Lauren Polo ads for terrible underexposed photos I took and developed with money from my job at Chick-fil-A.” Anna Clarke…

RALPH LAUREN POLOTECH SHIRT $295, RALPHLAUREN.COM The Promise: A machinewashable, “second skin” T-shirt that tracks biometrics— heart rate, breathing depth, balance—plus what the company calls your “push” score, i.e., how much effort you’re putting into each rep. The shirt only works on men—pec biometrics being easier to measure without pesky breasts getting in the way. Ralph, ELLE women want to know: When are you going coed? The Tech: Silver fibers woven throughout the shirt collect data; a small, detachable Bluetooth “black box” streams it directly to the PoloTech app, which is available for both iPhone and Apple Watch. The Experience: This is what you get when a fashion brand does wearables: The shirt accentuates the parts I want it to (arms, shoulders, chest) and not the ones I don’t (tummy).…

URBAN ESCAPE Mixed with raffia accents, city-slicker black hits la plage LIFE’S A BEACH Kick back Caribbeanstyle with bold tie-dyed leather and charming, homespun textiles COMING UP ROSES Accessories and bijoux are blooming with floral embellishments…

EDITORS’ TIP With the one-anddone ease of a dress and the practicality of shorts, the romper is as easy as summer gets. But play it cool: Keep a denim jacket handy and opt for simple, flat sandals— no heels allowed. Fringe Benefits Lean into the boho vibe with flora, fauna, and tassels aplenty…

“Girl meets girl. Girl loves girl, maybe,” Robin Wasserman writes in her new novel, Girls on Fire (Harper). “Girls link fingers on a dark night and whisper their secret selves, girls swear a blood oath of loyalty and silence.” This summer, two hotly anticipated novels—Emma Cline’s The Girls (Random House; it sold for a rumored seven figures at auction and Scott Rudin has acquired the film rights) and Girls on Fire (in development at Warner Bros. TV)—push youthful female friendships to bloody extremes. Girls on Fire follows the alternating viewpoints of quiet Hannah and manipulative Lacey, who grow close in the months following their high school classmate’s mysterious suicide. The Girls is heavily influenced by the Manson Family killings and centers on the fictional relationship between the narrator, Evie, and…

1 APPROVAL JUNKIE FAITH SALIE (Crown Archetype) Readers went wild for this Type A comic’s ability to write about everything—from struggling with anorexia to the travails of eyelash extensions to her mother’s death—with a magic mix of vulnerability and jest. Salie’s succeeding despite the so-called impostor syndrome that many women unfortunately feel is, as one reader noted, a much-needed reminder to ignore “that doubting voice inside your head.” 2 “IF YOU LEAN IN, WILL MEN JUST LOOK DOWN YOUR BLOUSE?” GINA BARRECA (St. Martin’s Press) Barreca’s mix of personal essays, lists, and advice column–style interludes is laugh-out-loud funny (literally: One juror’s bedtimereading– induced giggles woke up her husband), whether she’s citing “Ten Reasons to Thank the One Who Walked Out” (number four: There’s such a thing as an insignificant other)…

ONE NIGHT LAST FALL, I kayaked with about 15 other tourists out into an empty bay on Vieques, an island off Puerto Rico, to see some famous glowing microorganisms. The bay was large, the moon small, the blackness almost total. I shared a boat with my husband and toddler, trailing a logorrheic guide who stopped periodically to expound in broken English on the dinoflagellates’ life cycle before disappearing again into the mist up ahead. Our paddles pierced the water in delicious sunbursts of bright bluish-yellow; we chatted with some newlyweds from Chicago. I congratulated myself for being the kind of parent who lets her kid stay up past ten to witness miracles of nature. And then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw something flash white on the…

COVER Viscose knit bodysuit, $1,300, calfskin eyelet belt, $1,355, wool knit eyelet beret, $1,470, by Azzedine Alaïa, collection at Barneys New York, Hirshleifers (Manhasset, NY). Nylon elastane tights by Wolford, $57, visit wolford.com. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 18: Shorts by Araks, visit araks.com. Coat by Roberto Cavalli, $15,790, at Roberto Cavalli boutiques nationwide, visit robertocavalli.com. Necklace by Harry Winston, at Harry Winston boutiques nationwide. Socks by Falke, collection at The Sock Hop (NYC). WOMEN IN TECH PAGE 52: Sweater by A.L.C., collection at Barneys New York. Skirt by Altuzarra, collection at saksfifthavenue. Earrings by Sarah Chloe, visit sarahchloe.com. Ring by Jennifer Fisher, visit jenniferfisherjewelry.com. PAGE 54: Wolfe wears: Dress by Fendi, visit fendi.com. Earrings by Lele Sadoughi, collection at Bloomingdale’s (NYC). Bath wears: Dress by Femme d’Armes, collection at shopbop.com.…

JUNE 15 Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer joins the ranks of Emily Blunt and Chloë Grace Moretz as this year’s recipient of the Max Mara Face of the Future Award— presented in L.A. tonight at the Crystal + Lucy Awards, honoring women in film. JUNE 12 Los Angeles’ Hammer Museum highlights the city’s best and brightest at its third Made in L.A. biennial, including design duo Eckhaus Latta and conceptual artist Mark Verabioff, who layers provocative words over images of Hollywood legends (3). JUNE 13 Photographer Ward Roberts is now serving up his pastel-pigmented Courts 02 tennis series (2) as a book. Score yours today at Colette. JUNE 16 Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei’s contorted 24 karat gold “rebar” bangles (5)—debuting at the Design Miami/Basel fair in Switzerland—recall the…

JUNE 6 STAYING POWER 101 Test yourself with a version of Duckworth’s tried-and-true Grit Scale, and learn what your score says about what kind of worker you are. JUNE 13 IT’S HABITUAL Positive change doesn’t have to be hard—with Duckworth’s gentle guidance, it can be positively pleasant. Form these good habits now to reap the benefits, well, forever. JUNE 20 QUALITY OVER QUANTITY Good news: “First one in, last one out” does not a perfect worker make. Learn how to let go of personal pressure to always be on— you’ll be stunned at how much you accomplish, and in how little time. JUNE 27 THE CALL Haven’t realized your passion yet? Never fear! This guided exploration will get you one step closer to figuring out your purpose—or refining what you…

5,064 STUDENTS Attending John F. Kennedy High School, the story’s location 13 TRUNKS Filled with readyto-wear clothes and accessories, like a Chanel floor-length leather skirt and Louis Vuitton lace-up boots 1 GIRLS’ SOFTBALL GAME Being played on the school’s field while ELLE’s team prepped to shoot 14 HOURS It took to capture the schoolyard romance, which involved more than a dozen wardrobe changes…

MARCELA SAPONE Cofounder and CEO, Hello Alfred Marcela Sapone, 30, spent spring break of her first year at Harvard Business School in 2013 on “startup lockdown,” a project she’d thought up that involved her and four other students testing five business ideas over five days. The concept that seemed least feasible, conceived by her classmate Jessica Beck, was a subscription service that allowed busy professionals to outsource household tasks such as grocery shopping and cleaning. “We couldn’t get the economics to work,” Sapone says. But she and Beck knew there had to be a market, particularly after calling high-powered businesswomen (Sapone, who grew up in Copenhagen and Paris, had previously done a two-year stint at consulting firm McKinsey) and discovering almost all had live-in nannies or housekeepers. “But if you’re…

LONDON Beginning with her prefall collection, Alexander McQueen designer Sarah Burton pays homage to her predecessor’s love of heirlooms with Obsession, a range of bejeweled top-handle bags and knuckle box clutches loaded with charms—beetles, hands, eyes, skulls, and other talismans—to have and to hold. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA Jeff Koons’s latest canvas: Google’s Nexus phone, for which he created three case designs featuring images of the classical-atfirst-glance sculptures from his Gazing Ball series. Pictured, the artist’s Diana sculpture, balancing a blue mirrored ball that’s perfectly positioned over the phone’s camera lens. Not just a pretty face, the technology syncs with the phone to bring users exclusive Koons content and wallpapers. ST. PETERSBURG It’s safe to say that having a tête-à-tête with a cleric who has ties to Al Qaeda and having…

“You’ll never catch me walking into the office in a floral dress. It just will never happen! My summer uniform is pants and a long-sleeve cotton top, with feminine details like eyelet and lace to soften the look. I learned when I traveled to India years ago that you stay cooler when you’re protected from the sun. For evening, a styling trick I use is layering a black maillot under a jean jacket with high-waisted pants. And then I switch up my shoes. I love an open-toe sandal, but I also love a boot in summer. I know that sounds crazy! But take this slouchy Gianvito Rossi: You can wear it with loose trousers and it looks like an ankle boot, or you can tuck a jean into it. And…

“It’s a book about sex, drugs, hair, hot pants, tax, technology, class, race, gender, and foolishness,” is how British music writer and media correspondent David Hepworth describes Never a Dull Moment: 1971—The Year That Rock Exploded (Henry Holt). Cleverly crafted chapters form a glittery, boisterous month-by-month calendar of the “annus mirabilis…the busiest, most creative, most innovative, most interesting, and longestresounding year” of an era that produced music we are still listening to. The Beatles had disbanded, Elvis Presley was consigned to Vegas, and Beach Boy Brian Wilson was no longer feeling the good vibrations. But Hepworth argues that the end of the pop era marked the beginning of rock’s reign, having merged with an excess of sex and drugs to create a coveted new lifestyle of elegant decadence. In this…

SPOT PATROL For: Acne, Oily Skin A 2015 study conducted by La Roche-Posay confirmed a longheld anecdotal truth: People prone to breakouts or oily skin are hesitant to use sunscreen for fear of adding excess shine. Turns out their skin types may need SPF the most, for three key reasons—acne stems from a compromised skin barrier, which can be further weakened by UV exposure; some acne treatments, such as retinol and the prescription drug Accutane, increase photosensitivity; and sun exposure can darken acne scars. Stick to noncomedogenic formulas, and consider switching to a facial sunscreen to protect specific blemish-prone areas, such as the chest. “Sunscreens for the body have more emollients in them because they’re meant to cover larger areas,” says dermatologist Annie Chiu, MD. Another option: gel-based products, such…

Skin-perfecting ingredients can be a bit like pop stars. New sensations are constantly grabbing headlines with much-vaunted potential—but while a precious few are worthy of long-term acclaim, others vanish quickly into obscurity. Our thirst for novelty may never fade, but remember this: Just because a snake venom or snail slime comes along, that doesn’t mean it should replace the time-tested ingredient that may already be in your arsenal. “People think that whatever is newest is going to be better than what we’ve already been using, but often that isn’t the case,” says Jami Morse Heidegger, whose family launched Kiehl’s beauty in 1921 and who recently created her own skin-care line, Retrouvé, in Paris. “The older ingredients may not be as sexy, but they have a proven track record of efficacy,…

CYPRESS HILLS Bottega Veneta Parco Palladiano II, inspired by Italy’s Veneto region, blends crisp cypress with spicy pink pepper. CALI KISS Katy Perry teamed with CoverGirl on Katy Kat Matte Lipstick in Kitty Purry, a highly pigmented, shine-free aloe and shea butter formula that’s as moisturizing as a balm. PINK LIGHTNING Like the magic hour in a palette, Sisley L’Orchidée Rose Highlighter leaves cheeks radiantly flushed 24/7. TIPPING POINT Stay chip-free for up to two weeks with Essie Gel Couture Nail Polish, shown from left in Take Me to Thread and Sew Me—hues inspired by designer fabrics. ENTER SANDMAN Fake the eight-hours look with Kate Somerville Goat Milk De-Puffing Eye Balm. Tuberose, alfalfa seed extract, and white lupine protein minimize under-eye bags, while lactose moisturizes. STANDARD POUR The pigments in…

Zac Efron, a man whose face has adorned countless pillowcases, has pulled off a wellearned Hollywood reinvention, emerging from a High School Musical coma to become our favorite Everybro. Neighbors—in which Efron played the leader of a perma-drunk fraternity moving next door to a young family—earned more than $270 million worldwide and introduced Efron as the sliest member of Seth Rogen’s comedy family. (The sequel, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, is out now, and a third collaboration with Rogen, The Disaster Artist, just wrapped.) But the transition from teen dream dating Vanessa Hudgens to leading man dating everybody (Lily Collins, Michelle Rodriguez, and current girlfriend Sami Miró) is never easy. A battle with alcohol and drug addiction led to a stint in rehab in 2013. But his hard-won sobriety (and literally…

X Factor It took Olivia Munn five months of training to shape up to play ninja-assassin Psylocke in the newly released X-Men: Apocalypse. To get the actress superhumanstrong, husband-and-wife duo Karine Lemieux and Ken C. Tran of Dax Gym in Montreal employed a multidisciplinary approach. Check out the entire routine— from a new diet (80 percent vegetables and fruits; 20 percent anything else) to core-whittling maneuvers (Munn wrapped her legs around a punching bag during planks)— only at ELLE.com/XWomen. PRESENTED BY DSW PRESENTED BY GOOD SPORT Lace up Adidas’s on-trend NEO Baseline sneaker to lend an air of street-style cool to everything from summery dresses to distressed denim. Adidas NEO Baseline leather sneaker, $59.95, visit dsw.com ABOVE THE FOLD Feeling less than productive these days? Let Carly Zakin and Danielle…

Like bringing vinyl to a DJ gig, toting a paper calendar might seem like a retro-chic move. Eliana Lauder, age 19, is out to disprove that notion with her start-up, Binderchecked. The line of organizers, made in the U.S. from recycled paper, was inspired by a fact Lauder heard in class: You’re 43 percent more likely to complete a goal if you write it down. Lauder balances school, work, and college life using daily to-do lists that map her time visually. “Ignore planners with inspirational quotes,” she advises. “Write down your day. Cross it off as it happens.” Her ferocity may be partly genetic: Her lineage boasts, as she says, “badass women who made things happen”—including, yes, her great-grandmother, Estée. “She taught me, ‘Don’t be satisfied with the way things…

With Gemini season in swing until the 21st, curiosity is your calling card. Be a dabbler and a dilettante, coasting like Kerouac on a voyage of self-discovery (with zero pressure to join anything). Despite your independent groove, summer love will go from simmer to boil when, on the 4th, the annual new moon in Gemini glides into Venus. Just wait until the 20th’s full moon to agree to “next steps.” Mars is retrograde until the 29th, slowing career plans to a crawl. Use the lull for savvy systematizing and assessing the competition, so you can rise even higher in July. CANCER (JUNE 22–JULY 22) Supporting your tribe has exhausted you, Cancer, so fold up the social butterfly wings, snap open the beach umbrella, and slip off the grid to gaze…

It’s 8 p.m. at Pioneer Works, a 25,000-squarefoot, hipper-than-thou art space in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and the evening’s show—a hard-topin-down amalgam of light and sound featuring a quadraphonic cello and music amplifiers made of wired abalone shells—is about to begin. Indeed, some guests are wondering if it already has begun, for amid the uniformly dressed crowd (understated denim, blackon-black), one dress stands out. Is it an art piece? Part of the performance? The thing is lit up like a neon Christmas tree, for starters, and, as anyone within a five-foot radius can hear, it’s also emitting the kind of ominous buzz— caused, perhaps, by a dying battery or delicate wiring—one associates with flickering streetlights in horror-movie alleyways. Tonight, it’s a sound that says, “Let’s get this party started!” At least,…

TECH EXTRA! Beach-proof tech essentials keep vacationers on the grid…

EDITORS’ TIP Think fire-engine red gives off too much heat for your office? Paired with a neutral vest or blazer and a tailored shoe, the unexpected tone delivers just enough drama. Commuter Benefits Everyday essentials to get you to and from the office in style…

On July 3, 1996, Roland Emmerich’s alien-invader blockbuster Independence Day landed in theaters, taking Will Smith from Fresh Prince to box-office king in a matter of a weekend. Twenty years later, the extraterrestrials are back in Emmerich’s long-awaited sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence, and though the film is missing Smith as the hotshot fighter pilot Steven Hiller (he died testing the first alien-technology hybrid jet), audiences will hardly notice— thanks to Jessie Usher. “A lot of people say I have his laugh,” says the 24-year-old, who plays Dylan Hiller, Steven’s son and an equally expert wingman tasked with saving the planet alongside Liam Hemsworth. Oh, and he’s also grappling with that hero-fatherpaternal-legacy thing: “It’s those things that [Emmerich] wanted to come out, but we wanted to make a point of not…

LEARNING THE MOVES You can scarcely take your eyes off tomboy Toni (11-year-old Royalty Hightower in her acting debut) in The Fits, director Anna Rose Holmer’s mesmerizing and original first feature. Shortly after Toni joins a step-dance drill team at a rec center in Cincinnati’s gritty West End, her teammates start having convulsive episodes. Are these due to tainted water? A psychosomatic group delusion? The wary, self-sufficient Toni finds herself both repelled by and drawn into the mysterious goings-on. CHRIS’S WORLD The great UK director Terence Davies’s Sunset Song centers on Scottish lass Chris Guthrie (Agyness Deyn, a former top runway model, style icon, and face for Shiseido and Burberry, among others), whose fate, while firmly bound within her tragic, tumultuous family and tiny rural community, is forever changed when…

LIFE DURING WARTIME In The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches From Syria (Liveright), Janine di Giovanni, the brilliant National Magazine Award–winning Vanity Fair correspondent and Newsweek editor, and one of a few female war reporters, has written a book about the conflict in Syria that is destined to become a classic. Her trademark is to document the human costs, and she talks to students, physicians, bakers, and others, all living through what began as a revolution and “has since spiraled into a gruesome, a brutal, a seemingly forever war.” MELVILLE’S MUSE “[Herman] Melville’s most passionate relationship— the powerful key to unlocking his secrets— has been missing from the story of his life,” writes Michael Shelden in Melville in Love (Ecco). This is a mesmerizing portrait of the married Melville’s…

Two years ago, my friend, Girls producer Jenni Konner, said she wanted to set me up with someone from work. When you’re single, everyone—friends, friends of friends, parents’ friends you’ve never met—wants to set you up. Approximately one out of every 27 materializes into a date. This one, however, did. And it went pretty well, because one year later, almost to the day, Murray Miller and I found out we were going to have a baby. Three weeks later, he proposed. We decided to get married before the baby showed up in June. Five months seemed like plenty of time to plan. And it would have been—if you don’t factor in morning sickness, the December holidays, and a heap of writing assignments. By the time we started planning our March…

EARLY on the morning of her ELLE cover shoot, just a few hours before she was due at a Williamsburg, Brooklyn, photo studio, Bella Hadid posted a single, plaintive tweet that read, in part, “let me sleeep jetlag gods” [sic, of course, throughout] and that was punctuated by an aggrieved-looking emoji best known, according to the Internet, as the “weary face.” For this, she was rewarded with more than 1,200 likes and 50 personal responses, which ranged from the constructive (“Put on some white noise”) to the reassuring (“You don’t need any beauty sleep”) to the purely, if quirkily, affectionate (one fan wrote, simply, “mom”—which, as no less an expert on today’s youth than Lorde has explained, “jokingly means ‘adopt me’ ”—while another noted “ily bae!!!,” i.e. ,“I love you,…