Innholdsfortegnelse for May 2019 i ELLE

Kicked off by actress-turned-duchess Meghan Markle, fueled by our “Yas Kween!” culture, and emblematic of minimalism burnout, the tiara has never been more in demand. Private commissions and sales of elaborately jeweled versions are up at major auction houses such as Christie’s and Sotheby’s (the paste tiara Audrey Hepburn wore in Two for the Road commanded nearly £44,000 at the former house, well over four times the sale estimate). And designers offered no shortage of elaborate toppers for spring 2019, from Gucci’s quirky, slightly askew versions to Rick Owens’s ultramodern, skyscraping sculptures and Simone Rocha’s sweet pink beaded crowns. Has the ultimate status symbol become the great leveler? You certainly don’t need to have a title to wear one, says jewelry specialist Geoffrey Munn, OBE. He’s spent nearly four decades…

Almost 20 years ago, Chanel’s groundbreaking ceramic J12 watch first hit the scene, a hyperluxe version of the chunky sports watches that dominated the early aughts. The J12’s monochrome palette and scratch-resistant surface would go on to win fans as varied as Hillary Clinton and Rihanna. The last two decades have seen several iterations of the timepiece, from a serpentine version boasting six bands (complete with pavé-diamond accents) to a celestial-chic design whose face, ornamented with moons and stars, pays tribute to Coco Chanel’s love of astronomy. But just like the house’s iconic quilted-leather goods, at once modern and timeless, the original black and white styles remain as fresh as the day they were born.…

HIGHLIGHTS Lash extensions—individual faux hairs attached to your natural lashes with semi-permanent glue—now come in edgy shades like teal and purple. “Adding color can enhance your natural eye color,” says Envious Lashes founder Clementina Richardson. To highlight green and brown eyes, she recommends adding a few subtle purple lashes to a set of black extensions; to make the whites of your eyes look brighter, opt for blue lashes. Or you can skip the salon and apply your own colorful faux-lash strips at home (try Lashify Prismatic Gossamer Lashes; $25). LASH LIFT Have superstraight eyelashes? Here’s an end to curler cramp. “A lash lift is the modern version of a lash perm,” says Toronto’s Pretty in the City salon founder Veronica Tran. The treatment uses thioglycolate—an ingredient that is safe when…

+ IMAGINE CUSTOM 3-D-PRINTED SHEET MASKS DELIVERED TO YOUR FRONT DOOR. MICRONEEDLING PATCHES In the popular clinical procedure called microneedling, supershort fine needles puncture the skin to prompt reparative collagen production. Now skin-care companies have given the technique an athome twist with single-use patches. Dissolvable, needlelike points embedded on one side of a patch break the topmost layer of the skin, and ingredients baked inside the points penetrate deeper. A variety of patches address different concerns: Exuviance HA100 Micro-Filler Patches ($88 for four plus a serum) infuse moisturizing hyaluronic acid (HA) to plump up lines. Shiffa Amuse Dissolvable Patches for Smile Lines ($75 for four) contain HA plus a vitamin C derivative to brighten, while ZitSticka’s KILLA patches ($29 for eight) flood the skin with acne-reducing ingredients like salicylic acid…

For years, New York dermatologist Ellen Marmur, MD, and Miami dermatologist Stacy Chimento, MD, would sometimes find themselves apologizing to patients of color—not because the lasers they used to fade spots and scars didn’t work, but because they might have done more harm than good to anyone with an olive-toned or darker complexion. “The old-fashioned [lasers] depended on wavelengths that backfired on skin of color,” Marmur says. To understand why, it helps to know that lasers work by seeking out contrast. For example, a laser designed to remove hyperpigmentation focuses energy on darker areas of the skin, heating up and eliminating those cells. For patients with fair skin, brown-pigmented melanin would be easy to spot and break up, according to Chimento. But when traditional lasers were used on darker skin,…

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Jamila Woods Don’t let her velvety vocals fool you. This poet, youth mentor, and neo-soul powerhouse is a fighter. Her lush music sounds sweet and tender, but lyrically she imparts harsh truths, whether she’s outing the patriarchy or railing against racial injustice. Noname A rapper and spoken-word poet with a soul-loving heart, Noname (aka Fatimah Warner) is a sharp and witty observer whose coming-of-age saga, Room 25, unpacks a world where confidence and scathing self-doubt are two sides of the same coin. CupcakKe Before she found her unapologetically sex-positive voice, this emcee was in and out of homeless shelters and reading religious poetry at local churches. Today she calls all the shots in crass, provocative, often comical songs like “Squidward Nose” and “Vagina.” Ravyn Lenae There’s a sublime self-assuredness—and an…

“Does everybody know what dicked down means?” Erica Chidi Cohen surveys the room. Barefoot in a blue denim jumpsuit, her hair swirled into snug chin-length locs, she looks out at the group of women—rather, female-identifying people, to use her preferred term—who have come to attend the Thursday night adult sexed class at Loom, her Los Angeles–based education and wellness center. Sensing a flicker of incomprehension, Chidi Cohen continues, her tone neutral yet authoritative, like a sommelier introducing a wine some customers might find challenging. “I feel like dicked down can mean a lot of things to a lot of people,” she explains. “Like, if you are in a hetero partnership, it just means ‘getting fucked.’ Like, ‘Tonight I’m going to get dicked down by x, y, z.’” Or all three,…

DEAR E. JEAN: I’m scared to death of divorce—or rather, life after divorce. My husband is an active-duty army recruiter stationed in Florida. He wants me to continue living in Michigan, where I have a great job and my parents help take care of our three-year-old son. This past spring, he visited Michigan for a week. I was extremely excited, but he stayed with his mother. (He claimed he was helping with her roof.) My son and I hardly saw him. There was no sex. And actually, there never is. I’m writing because I’m supposed to visit him when I travel to Miami for my company’s national sales meeting. I’ll be 20 minutes away from where he lives. He just called and said he has several meetings during the time I’m…

In Joanne Ramos’s chilling debut novel The Farm, which explores themes similar to those in The Handmaid’s Tale, a young Filipina immigrant heads to a luxury retreat where women serve as surrogates for the ultrarich. But separated from her own daughter, she soon discovers the terrible costs that come with being considered a commodity rather than a person. The disappearance of two young sisters from a close-knit community in Russia serves as the impetus for a rumination on women’s lives in this debut novel by Julia Phillips. Through the perspectives of neighbors, mothers, siblings, and others, Disappearing Earth evokes the ways in which a single event can reverberate. The result is a book that Sloane Crosley declares is “a feat of literary suspense.”…

One of the highlights of my career has been having Karl Lagerfeld collaborate with ELLE. Just last year, he photographed Nicki Minaj for our July 2018 cover. It was an extraordinary pairing—the King of Fashion with the Queen of Rap. A few months later, Karl would shoot for ELLE again, this time a portfolio of Chanel’s cruise collection, photographed in his own garden outside Paris. At his urging, we included his colleague Virginie Viard, not knowing then that she would succeed him as the house’s artistic director upon his death last February. He also asked that we feature the young violinist Charlie Siem. For Karl, music was always crucial to telling a story. In his tribute to his late friend, ELLE’s creative director, Stephen Gan, recalls Karl’s talent for bringing…

I first met Karl in the late ’90s. It was a warm July night in Paris during Couture Week, one of those romantic evenings where you look back and think, That was so memorable and magical. It was Paris at the height of Paris couture. He wanted to invite some “cool younger people” to a dinner party at his home, so I was there, I guess representing in his mind a new up-and-comer. By pure coincidence, I had borrowed an evening suit from a friend, Hedi Slimane. It was a prototype for one of the first suits he made for Yves Saint Laurent—he was just starting out there as a menswear designer. I had tried it on and said to myself, It’s kind of flashy, but then I thought, If…

1. NANUSHKA The on-trend bucket bag meets the even-trendier belt bag in Nanushka’s Lubo design. The Budapest-based label has been making waves stateside since designer Sandra Sandor made her New York Fashion Week debut with sophisticated separates and vegan leather toppers. Sandor is well known for her dedication to sustainability, using REACH-certified materials (an EU imprimatur for products made without harsh chemicals) when possible in her collections. (nanushka.com) 2. RATIO ET MOTUS Recently launched as part of Net-a-Porter’s Vanguard incubator for emerging talent, Ratio et Motus (which translates to “sense and emotion” in Latin) offers abstract riffs on retro frame bags. Founders Angela Wang and Daniel Li only use leather that is a by-product of the meat industry, sourced from Italian tanneries with low carbon footprints and minimal water consumption.…

ENGLISH ROSE Pass the Pimm’s Cup—classic chintz and breezy silks call for an impromptu garden party. STYLE NOTE Soft edges aren’t just for floaty hemlines. Up the romance quotient with scalloped sunnies and calla lily earrings. BEAUTY PICKS MEDITERRANEAN MUSE Boldly printed and intricate lace blossoms lend a bohemian feel to seaside essentials. STYLE NOTE Embrace red-hot, saturated hues—and gold, of course—for a bold statement. BEAUTY PICKS ’60S SIREN Conjure Slim Aarons vibes at your next backyard BBQ with psychedelic swirls and retro floral prints. STYLE NOTE Ground the moreis-more vintage-inspired look with a sensible block heel. BEAUTY PICKS…

+ STUDIES SHOW THAT IT TAKES UP TO 30 MINUTES FOR SOME SUNSCREENS TO FULLY BIND TO SKIN, SO APPLY WELL BEFORE YOU STEP OUTSIDE. DRY OIL PRIMER In the wake of its foundation launch last year, makeup sponge giant Beautyblender created a sunscreen soul mate: Selfie Shield SPF 38 ($32). The primer is a fast-absorbing dry oil that leaves an almost indetectable residue after soaking in for about a minute and helps your makeup last throughout the day. Also inside are oil-soluble vitamin C and microalgae, which can protect the skin from damage caused by blue light (the type emitted by your cell phone and laptop screens). EYE LUMINIZER Between 5 and 10 percent of all skin cancers are found on the eyelid, so it’s vital to pay special…

From the tiny envelope inked on my nape to the tube of lipstick above my right ankle, I have 15 tattoos in total. At least, I’m pretty sure I do. I’m starting to lose count. As a writer, I blame my body art obsession on my natural inclination to tell stories. When something interesting happens, I use it as the inspiration for a pitch…and then for a tattoo. I teamed up with my childhood best friend to get my first one: To celebrate our eighteenth birthdays, we each got one side of a set of curly brackets (I got the left side, and she got the right). The day after Donald Trump won the 2016 election, I walked the two blocks to my neighborhood parlor and asked for the letters…

SWEET THINGS Beauty Editor Kate Foster’s dreams are made of these whimsical pastel products. POP STARS Bright, graphic picks that have Assistant Beauty Editor Erin Reimel feeling extra sunny. 24K SKIN Executive Editor Emma Rosenblum swears by these complexion indulgences.…

I used to work with a surly charge nurse who loved to put his hands on his hips and joke, “Are you crying? There’s no crying in nursing!,” in imitation of Tom Hanks’s character in the film A League of Their Own, some of which was filmed in Evansville, Indiana, where I was living and working as a trauma nurse in 2005. I’d been a nurse for five years and a nurse aide for two years before that, and much of my tenure had been spent traveling, working on contract—the nursing equivalent of a scab. Temp agencies dropped me as if by parachute into hostile, perpetually understaffed, and virtually lawless emergency rooms. Administrators overpaid me in the short term so they could, in the long term, underpay, underinsure, and…

Richard Madden is giddy at the prospect of going dark. Hunched attractively in a leather chair at a Beverly Hills hotel, the 32-year-old Scotsman, known for playing doomed scion Robb Stark on Game of Thrones and the trauma-stricken David Budd on the BBC’s Bodyguard, is eager to shed his brokengood-guy image. “I really enjoyed being a bastard,” he says, punching his right fist in his left hand like a ball in a mitt. He’s referring to his role as John Reid, the firebrand manager and former lover of Elton John (played by Taron Egerton) in this month’s fantastical and much-anticipated Rocketman biopic. “He just loved fighting people,” Madden says. Reid also had moments of charm and generosity, the actor acknowledges, but his manipulative side was much more fun to play.…

THE VIRAL RAP SENSATION When Saweetie first recorded “Icy Grl,” a 2016 freestyle she spitballed in her car, she was at her “tipping point,” as she puts it, hopping between rented rooms she’d found on Craigslist. Then she hit Share on Instagram. Three years later, the now fully produced song—an addictive blend of clever rhymes and bougie boasts over the beat from Khia’s “My Neck, My Back”—has earned the Los Angeles rapper more than 150 million streams, 68 million YouTube views, and a Warner Bros. record deal. This spring, she released her debut EP, Icy. “The new songs have the ‘Icy’ [vibe], but you’ll see growth in my tone and delivery,” says Saweetie, née Diamonté Harper (her stage name is a riff on Sweetie, her grandmother’s nickname for her). In…

A few months before my wife, Val, and I got married, we decided to see a couples counselor to prep us for a life together. We wanted to start things off right—look for what we were missing, gather tools to help us succeed. Our therapist, an astute, hysterically funny woman named Michelle, was, I thought, precisely what we needed. She was thoughtful and found a way to artfully cut through each of our defenses—Val’s emotion, my retreat from it. (Recognizing what two oldest children needed from her, she gave us endless praise for our hard work, and a certificate when we graduated.) When we came to the discussion about children—there was an entire session dedicated to it, the premarital counseling version of Shark Week—I was taken aback when I found…

“How do you like your eggs?” Dua Lipa asks me, standing in the kitchen of the West Hollywood Airbnb she’s calling home this month. “I boil them, but I can soft-boil them if you prefer.” We’ve just finished a light (for her) circuit workout with Swedish trainer-to-the-stars Magnus Lygdback by the pool. And now Lipa, wearing a Balenciaga T-shirt and baggy Y-3 sweatpants, her short hair pulled up in a cheetah-print scrunchie, is making breakfast. She loves eggs. Eats them throughout the day as snacks on tour. Back home in London (a rarity these days), she’ll buy hard-boiled loosies. In the States, however, “they do them in weird vacuum packs, and I don’t fuck with those.” At the moment, packaging of any sort is challenging for Lipa, due to the…

Hair by Dennis DeVoy at Ion Studio NYC; makeup by Yuki Hayashi for Laura Mercier; manicure by Michina Koide for Chanel Beauty; casting by Richard Blandino; models: Briggs Rudder at Wilhelmina and Selena Johnson at New York Model Management; location: Studioteria.…

NEWSSTAND COVER Embroidered bathing costume; painted sequin veil; stone, bead, and feather embellished hair slides by Chanel Haute Couture, 800-550-0005. SUBSCRIBER COVER Brooches, metal and strass choker by Chanel, 800-550-0005. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 41: Dress by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Saint Laurent (NYC). Necklace by Bulgari, 800-BULGARI. PAGE 44: Dress, bodysuit, belt by Dior, select Dior boutiques nationwide. Jacket, pants by Chanel, select Chanel boutiques nationwide. Earrings by De Beers, debeers.com. NINA’S EDIT PAGE 54: Bangle by Brent Neale, $14,850, Barneys New York. NEW ARRIVALS PAGE 63: Bracelet by Pomellato, $29,600, pomellato.com. FRONT ROW PAGE 73: Mule by Wandler, matchesfashion.com. Bucket bag by Aquazzura, aquazzura.com. Watch by Hermès, hermes.com. Sunglasses by Barton Perreira x Spinelli Kilcollin, bartonperreira.com. PAGE 76: Sunglasses by Balenciaga, balenciaga.com. Football helmet, soccer ball by…

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1. THE IT MULE Amsterdam-based bag label Wandler has quickly emerged as a favorite among editors and influencers. For spring, founder Elza Wandler adds shoes with the same clean lines and unexpected colorways. The ankle-showcasing kitten heels make the ideal match for the cropped-trouser trend. 2. THE BEACHSIDE ESSENTIAL For jet-setting designer Edgardo Osorio of Aquazzura, inspiration is just a flight away. Capri was the theme of his latest collection, Escapes, with shoulder-grazing coral-shaped earrings (in collaboration with Rebecca de Ravenel) and a tasseled basket bag (created with Le Ninè) that elevates the humble Cypraea shell to luxury status. 3. THE HAUTE TIMEPIECE The perfect Derby Day accessory? Hermès’s appropriately named Galop d’Hermès watch. Its face, set in a diamond-encrusted gold “stirrup,” nods to the French house’s equestrian origins. Minimalists…

In a city where most fashion show venues are drafty piers or repurposed photo studios, holding your défilé at the Temple of Dendur is what you might call a flex. But the setting, in a courtyard of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, couldn’t have been better suited to Chanel’s Métiers d’art show, which, with the possible exception of Couture Week, is a festival of craft like no other. The annual event, held in December, relies on the contributions of Chanel’s artisan partners, including the Lesage embroidery and Barrie knitwear ateliers, to create unbelievably intricate pieces. It’s traveled everywhere from a symphony hall in Hamburg, Germany, to the Dallas park that hosts the Texas state fair to a pontoon in Shanghai. This past winter, the Chanel train pulled into Manhattan,…

Everyone is born with a hair texture and hue as unique as their DNA. But most products lump hair into a relatively small number of types. Now the hyper-individualization obsession that has turned services like 23andMe into a cottage industry has reached beauty. A handful of start-ups are using algorithms and AI to create personalized hair-care formulas. One such disrupter, Function of Beauty, was founded by a team of MIT engineers and data scientists. After clients fill out an online quiz about their hair type and top five goals (from reducing brassiness to soothing the scalp), they choose a color and scent for a custom-made shampoo, conditioner, or leave-in treatment—and can even have their name printed on the bottle. It sounds simpler than it is: Function of Beauty’s proprietary algorithm…

MICRO These supershort bangs sit between your hairline and brows for a Bettie Page–gone–punk vibe. But be prepared—they’re a commitment. “Once you make the cut, it takes so long to grow out,” says New York hairstylist Jennifer Yepez, who styled Laura Harrier’s baby bangs. She recommends testing the waters first with a set of clip-ins. Once you’re sold, ask your stylist to trim your bangs as wide as the ends of each brow, letting the rest of the hair remain long. Add texturizing spray and loosely tousle. CURLY Forehead-grazing curls are deceptively easy to pull off. New York–based hairstylist Nai’vasha (the woman behind Yara Shahidi’s style) says the key is to know exactly where you want your bangs to fall. “They should be cut dry with zero tension for the…

This season, fashion is about bright colors, pops of pattern, playing with texture, and having fun with tech gadgets. Simply put, it’s about discovering what’s new and fresh. And when it comes to Beauty, Dove Go Fresh is your go-to accessory. In both a dryspray and stick, with 48-hour antiperspirant protection and caring moisturizers for soft, smooth underarms, there’s no better tool to keep in your beauty arsenal. Red HotNights From a stiletto or lipstick and everything in-between, red is the ultimate color for taking it next-level when it comes to beauty and style. For a night out to remember, kick off your pre-game with Dove Go Fresh in Apple and White Tea. The new intoxicating scent has crisp apple notes and subtle hints of floral that will have you…

WHAT IT IS Emsculpt is an in-office body-contouring treatment that targets fat and muscle in the stomach, buttocks, and thighs (with other areas in line for FDA approval). The Emsculpt machine’s paddle transmits high-intensity focused electromagnetic energy (HIFEM) through the skin, which induces approximately 20,000 muscle contractions—far more than you’d get from doing regular crunches or sit-ups at the gym. “This overload of activity in the muscles leads to effective muscular growth and burns local fat stores,” says New York City dermatologist Arash Akhavan, MD. But it’s not as simple as snapping your fingers and dropping two dress sizes. “The ideal Emsculpt candidate is of average weight and has a stubborn area of fat that does not benefit from exercise,” explains New York City–based dermatologist Patricia Wexler, MD. When it…

Singer-songwriter Rosalía Vila Tobella first heard flamenco when she was 13, hanging out after school at a park in her hometown, Sant Esteve Sesrovires, near Barcelona. That classic Spanish music of handclaps, stomps, acoustic guitar, and fluttering vocals was blaring out of a friend’s open car doors. “It blew my mind,” she says. “The melodies are not simple, but I understood the soul of this music.” She enrolled in the Catalonia College of Music to study under a flamenco virtuoso for nearly nine years. “I had to work hard to become the musician I am now,” the 25-year-old says. In 2017, she released her debut album, Los Ángeles, a mostly traditional interpretation of the form. But it was her 2018 record El Mal Querer, which loosely translates to “toxic loving,”…

Billie Eilish has to watch The Office while she does everything. “When I wake up, I put on The Office. If I’m making a burrito, I turn on The Office,” she says. The only scenario in which the 17-year-old singer-songwriter might not be streaming an episode is while working. “I need the distraction so I don’t think,” she says. “It’s like therapy for me. I have way too much to think about and people [I don’t want] to disappoint.” When asked whom, specifically, she is worried about letting down, she says, “Myself, mainly…and the whole world.” She’s being hyperbolic, of course, but not by much. Eilish has 14.1 million followers (and counting) on Instagram. Her songs, including those from her 2017 debut EP, Don’t Smile at Me, have been streamed…

On New Year’s Day, 2013, Danish scientist Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard felt unnaturally cold. Less than 24 hours later, as the 38-year-old was ambushed by a deadly strain of bacterial meningitis, her heart stopped. And then began again. Her husband and three children circled her hospital bed as she slipped into a coma. Kjaergaard’s new book, The Blink of an Eye: A Memoir of Dying—and Learning How to Live Again, begins at the point when her life nearly ended. Two weeks later, she emerges from her coma, her mind a foggy, slippery thing. As soon as she’s able to grasp her situation—her body is paralyzed, her family is in mourning—she succumbs to slumber again. Kjaergaard relives this horror of realization over and over, remembering and then forgetting. Doctors say her chances…

A my Poehler has made drinking wine a professional requirement. Kind of. Her latest project, Wine Country, sees the comedian joining her close friends and former SNL colleagues Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer, and Tina Fey, among others, in Napa, California, to celebrate a friend’s fiftieth birthday. She both stars in and directs the film, out May 10 on Netflix. It’s the first time she’s helmed a full-length feature, thus she barely had a sip herself: “I was teetotaling because I wanted to be a proper captain of the ship.” On the day the Oscar nominations were announced, she spoke to ELLE in New York, where she’d recently opened a wine shop with friends in Brooklyn. ELLE: Let’s start with the Oscars. There were no female nominees for best…

UGBAD ABDI Somalia-born model Abdi, who wears a hijab in keeping with her Muslim faith, cannot be seen by a male without her head covered. So on set, she gets her hair and scarf perfected by a female stylist behind a privacy screen. “It can be difficult for some to understand my modesty,” she says. But her confident grace has prompted those in the industry to open their minds to under-represented cultures. “If I inspire even one person to feel comfortable and beautiful in their own skin, that would make my job worth it,” she says. “She is a mix of strength and sensitivity,” Violette says of Abdi. So the makeup artist chose a statement-making look that still feels soft. She traced the inner corners of the eyes with aqua…

ADRIA ARJONA In Amazon’s apocalyptic sci-fi series Good Omens, Adria Arjona plays a witch who must decide if she should alter the world with her awareness of centuries-old prophecies. “I love that she has the courage to question things,” says Arjona, 27. “She has an intellectual bravery.” The actress’s high-octane résumé includes two Netflix action films (the heist drama Triple Frontier and Michael Bay’s thriller Six Underground) and the forthcoming Marvel spin-off Morbius, in which she stars opposite Jared Leto. With breakout turns in Narcos and True Detective, Arjona has often been the outlier in a boys’ club, both on camera and behind the scenes. “I’ve never been directed by a woman,” she says. “And it’s not by choice. But it’s made me want to produce. I need to see…

TAURUS Apr 20–May 20 With five heavenly bodies roaming the Taurus pasture this month, it’s time to take calculated risks. People will acknowledge your genius around May 15, when Venus (your galactic guardian) takes up residence in your sign. Near the 18th, a social media post—or a fateful right swipe—attracts a promising virtual connection. Worth noting: Be conservative with your budget this month. GEMINI May 21–June 21 Five planets buzz through your decluttering zone. New adventures will spark joy this month, not material objects. With daredevil Mars in your sign until the 15th, lean in to the Marie Kondo craze. When Gemini season begins on the 21st, your independent spirit takes hold. Cut off energy vampires and prioritize your passions. Even healthy relationships may need to take a back seat…

The world lost a legend when Oribe Canales passed away last December, but the star hairstylist lives on in the iconic looks he created for the pages of ELLE. Among them, this fresh, shaggy crop for supermodel Linda Evangelista. For celebrities and supermodels, the Havana-born Canales was more than a hairdresser-he was a de iend. “Oribe’s hands were the hands of an artist and a magician,” ELLE’s Nina Garcia wrote in a tribute on Instagram. “His creativity was always on full display on the runway and in so many photo shoots…. He is and always will be apt of our heritage…. RIP.”…