Innholdsfortegnelse for February 2020 i ELLE

SEE “Bad as it is, the world is potentially full of good photographs,” Dorothea Lange once said. “But to be good, photographs have to be full of the world.” Lange’s images, like Migrant Mother (above), invariably were, as a show at New York’s MoMA that opens February 9, Dorothea Lange: Words & Pictures, makes abundantly clear. SEE Denim devotees won’t want to miss Levi Strauss: A History of American Style at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum. From essential workwear for nineteenth-century miners to the height of modern-day fashion, the exhibit offers insight into the most democratic of garments, featuring items from the wardrobes of such varied fans as Albert Einstein and Lauryn Hill. (February 13–August 9; thecjm.org) SEE The Museum at New York’s FIT takes a closer look at ballet…

The VSCO girls are killing again. According to a story in Fortune, contouring is their latest victim: The financial magazine reports that T they’ve “traded in heavy makeup for Carmex lip balm, Mario Badescu rosewater facial spray and single-item, multi-use products from Glossier.” It’s just the latest evidence of the fashion and beauty industries bowing before the awesome—in the biblical sense—powers of the VSCO girl, named for the photo-editing app. Canonically a teen or tween, she can be identified in the wild by signifiers like Crocs, Hydro Flask water bottles, or bike shorts. But her undone, just-back-from-a-hike aesthetic has been bubbling up in fashion as well. Now you see as much tie-dye at Fashion Week as you do snakeskin, plus a healthy representation of Birkenstocks, Tevas, and other gear formerly…

INSTANT CALMING Clark’s Botanicals Smoothing Marine Cream ($115) After a spinal cord injury left him paralyzed and unable to sweat, Clark’s Botanicals founder and CEO Francesco Clark developed acute dermatitis. He asked his father, a doctor, to help, and after years of experimentation, they found their hero ingredient: a rare species of jasmine that grows in the Dolomite mountains of Italy. After using it on his own skin along with arnica, red algae, and vitamin B, Clark was so impressed, he rolled out a full skin-care line that now counts Julianne Moore and Sofia Coppola among its fans. This month, in celebration of its 10-year anniversary, the brand is getting a makeover. Every product is reformulated sans synthetic fragrances, and the new bright jade glass packaging, inspired by the stems…

A club soda with lime was my best bar mate through large chunks of my twenties. Sometimes that chunk would be one month, if, say, I was going Paleo, or six, if I was taking a drinking sabbatical for a mental-health refresh. I felt clearer and more energized and focused when I went dry. There’s a satisfying kind of high that adds up after 30 mornings in a row without a vague headache and puffy face—and also the unsettling realization that it feels so foreign. I was sober curious before sober curious was a thing with a hashtag and a book. But when it came to dating, my resolve was more conflicted. Liquid courage is essentially the only universally accepted icebreaker for life’s most awkward and humbling attempts at human…

In a photo studio high above midtown Manhattan, five of the most accomplished new voices I in young adult fiction have gathered. While getting glammed up, Tomi Adeyemi, Akwaeke Emezi, Elizabeth Acevedo, Angie Thomas, and Nic Stone chat about everything from preferred moisturizers to career updates, the latter of which there are several. Only yesterday, Emezi’s Pet was named a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature—a prize Acevedo nabbed the previous year with The Poet X. Stone was gearing up to release three newbooks (Jackpot, Clean Getaway, and Shuri). Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone, which reportedly landed her a seven-figure deal, was being adapted by Fox 2000/Lucasfilm. And Thomas’s The Hate U Give was holding strong at or near the top of the New…

DEAR E. JEAN: I want to make love to a woman, but I’m happily married to a man. I fantasize all the time about women! What do I do? —Curious Curious, My Kumquat: Don’t tell Auntie Eeee. Tell your husband. —Ravishing Regards, E. Jean DEAR E: Okay. I told him! I did not receive the response I feared. He was happy, almost relieved! —Curious Curious: Wonderful! Now, if you can be as enthusiastically agreeable when he tells you his desire, and if the two of you can draw up some sensible ground rules, together you may create a rousing, jubilant, difficult, intimate, messy-but-ethical non monogamous marriage. Good luck! Let me know how you’re doing! DEAR E. JEAN: Did I just commit career suicide? I’m a female engineer. At an off-site brainstorming meeting (4…

Every issue of ELLE is a labor of love, but this month it’s a bit more literal than that. (How appropriate, given that Valentine’s Day is just E around the corner.) Our February issue is a compendium of people, fashion, and ideas we just adore. Starting with our cover star, Zoë Kravitz, who epitomizes our philosophy: effortless, cool, earthy, rock ’n’ roll. If I had to think of the ideal ELLE woman, she’d be at the top of my list. Kravitz has become a bona fide force in Hollywood. She’s donning the iconic Catwoman mask for the upcoming film The Batman, and she’ll play the lead in a gender-swapped version of High Fidelity coming to Hulu. While she might not superficially have much in common with John Cusack’s brooding, record-obsessed…

Dorothy Parker maintained that “brevity is the soul of lingerie,” but Charlotte Knowles and Alexandre Arsenault might beg to differ. For their first show at London Fashion Week D in September, they presented what they called “militarized” lingerie- and corsetry-influenced looks for a woman who is, as Arsenault puts it, “ready to fight.” The show began with Lily Mc-Menamy striding out in an underwire bustier and bike shorts that felt more like tactical wear than lingerie, a spandex riposte to those who’d say that dressing in the post-#MeToo era means covering up. “People are tired of [the idea that] the only way to empower women is with big suits,” says Arsenault, who was inspired by the girls he grew up with in the hard-core punk scene in Montreal. “They would…

Since the 1950s, Bulgari has pushed the boundaries of high jewelry, unapologetically mixing precious and semiprecious stones long before the term “high-low” came into being. For spring, creative director Lucia Silvestri continues that independent streak with the house’s Rebel collection, featuring studded versions of Bulgari’s iconic B.zero1 range of rings. The latest iterations are every bit as iconic as their predecessors—but a lot more rock ’n’ roll.…

Since she was discovered 26 years ago in São Paulo, Gisele Bündchen has been the face of many campaigns. But today the global goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme might be best described as the face of change, championing causes from endangered wildlife protection to clean water access. And now, as the spokesmodel for Dior Capture Totale, the 39-year-old is bringing her eco cred to skin care: The new Capture Totale C.E.L.L. Energy antiaging line has the highest percentage of natural ingredients the brand has ever used. In a round of ELLE’s word-association game, Bündchen sounds off on her motivations, perfectionism, and the law of attraction. START YOUR FIRST WORD IS… GARDEN “It’s amazing to go in your garden with your kids and say, ‘We’re going to have…

Sonoya Mizuno has been shat upon. Some leaky sparrow shit, now on her navy trousers, has interrupted the Brit midsentence. It’s a warm late-September morning, and we’re seated outside an East Village café. As the 33-year-old actress excuses herself to clean up in the bathroom with a good-natured shrug, the feathered culprit dances around. “It’s supposed to be good luck, right?” she says. Many will remember Mizuno as the bride in Crazy Rich Asians or the chain-smoking neuroscientist Dr. Fujita in Netflix’s Maniac, but before all that, she spent nearly a decade at London’s Royal Ballet School, where she witnessed her fair share of proverbial crap. “Ballet school is a strange, amazing place,” she says, likening the school to a mash-up of Hogwarts and the military. “But it fucks you…

I’VE MADE ZOË KRAVITZ CRY. I’ve only been sitting with her for three minutes, and tears are trickling down her unbearably beautiful face. It’s an unusual way to start an interview. When Kravitz arrived for afternoon tea at the Rose Bakery nestled at the top of London’s coolest store, Dover Street Market, full of instant hugs and apologies for being a bit late due to oversleeping from jet lag, I told her that we shared a sentimental connection. Around 30 years ago, I was staying on Harbour Island in the Bahamas with a boyfriend who had a young daughter back in London named Zoe. While we were there, we made friends with a fellow guest, a warm and friendly woman named Roxie who was thrilled to have just become a…

POLKA DOTS 1 THE BAG Guaranteed conversation piece: Alessandro Michele takes an otherwise serious silhouette—the classic top-handle—and adds a healthy dose of whimsy. Handbag, Gucci, $2,700, gucci.com. 2 THE PUMP The brown-and-white polka dot pattern instantly conjures up Julia Roberts’s iconic polo match ensemble in Pretty Woman. Sandal, Michael Kors Collection, $695, michaelkors.com. 3 THE EARRING In a colorful riff on the asymmetric jewelry trend, Bulgari groups three button studs to form one of the most covetable ear cuffs around. Ear cuff, Bulgari, $1,950, bulgari.com.…

The British tradition of “make do and mend” originated in the World War II era, long before upcycling was a term in anyone’s vocabulary. This season, the house’s creative director, Sarah Burton, carried on that legacy of creative repurposing with impressive panache. Among the spring 2020 standouts: a paneled ivory dress with reworked lichen lace, cotton tulle, and washed organza from previous seasons; a black wool silk tailored jacket (above) featuring a dramatic ivory ruffed tail in those same fabrics; and a showstopping corset gown (left) made from repurposed silk jacquard. Sustainable fashion has never looked so good.…

THAT ’70S PAIR The Me Decade’s favorite flare gets a tomboyish update with a more relaxed silhouette. Team with a navy blazer and canvas sneakers for a master class in American sportswear. SKIRT THE ISSUE In any wash, the midi length reigns supreme—the better to show off a statement mule—while a higher waist is the perfect foundation for the season’s romantic blouses. ONE - PIECE WONDER Fashion’s boilersuit fever hasn’t waned, but for spring, designers took a more feminine approach. Getting the look is as simple as unfastening a few buttons and adding a delicate lace cami. THE LONG AND JORT OF IT Long misunderstood, denim shorts shed their unfortunate reputation with a sophisticated new length, best coupled with tasteful, resort-friendly nautical accents. PUMP UP THE VOLUME Acid-wash denim begs…

THE SCREEN STARS AUDREY HEPBURN REVLON SUPER LUSTROUS LIPSTICK IN PINK IN THE AFTERNOON ($9) PRIYANKA CHOPRA CHANEL ROUGE COCO FLASH IN NOIR MODERNE ($38) Since the early days of cinema, top actresses have relied on lipstick to make a statement. In the ’60s, the elegant look of Holly Golightly—Audrey Hepburn’s iconic character in Breakfast at Tiffany’s—was punctuated by a rose pink. As she stood outside the legendary store with a Danish and takeout coffee in the opening scene, her delicate lips defined her look as much as her oversize sunglasses and updo. It was especially noteworthy at the time because most lipsticks came only in red; today, you can find a similar rosy shade in Revlon’s Super Lustrous Pink in the Afternoon. Actresses like Priyanka Chopra still gravitate toward…

When we were young, my sister Amy and I used to pretend that we had a hospitality show. I don’t remember if we were supposed to be man and wife, or if we were just W friends. Lex and Germalina, we called ourselves. I wish they’d been better names, but we were only 8 and 12 at the time. “Today we’re going to make fried chicken,” Amy would say in an artificially bright voice. “And if your family is anything like mine, they’re guaranteed to lllllove it.” “And how!” I might add, or “Who doesn’t like chicken?” She was at ease in front of the nonexistent cameras, while I tended to freeze up, qualities that would continue into our adulthoods when the cameras became real. I go on talk shows…

ANJULA ACHARIA Tech Investor WHEN ANJULA ACHARIA BECAME PRIYANKA CHOPRA’S MANAGER, she was the CEO of the entertainment company DesiHits, while Chopra was a wildly famous Bollywood actress, still relatively unknown in the U.S. Now, in addition to being a global star, Chopra is a seasoned tech investor, while Acharia has built a name for herself in the venture capital sphere. “She was my first investment, and I invested in her because nobody else would at the time,” Acharia says. Chopra’s Hollywood dominance has come at a time when the image of a typical tech investor has shifted dramatically. While working with her, Acharia became the first investor in ClassPass, following that with investments in several other, largely female-founded, start-ups, like Bumble, The Muse, and the baby food company Yumi.…

COVERS Newsstand Cover: Dress by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, $5,490, Saint Laurent (NYC). Stud earrings by Roberto Coin, from $49,440, robertocoin.com. Subscriber Cover: Headband by Sophie Buhai, $1,475, similar styles at sophiebuhai.com. Necklace by Prada, prada.com. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 26: Dress by Simone Rocha, Simone Rocha (NYC). Bikini by Triangl, triangl.com. PAGE 28: Dress, handbag, sandals by Prada, select Prada boutiques nationwide. EDITOR’S LETTER PAGE 32: Top by Mugler, net-a-porter.com. Shorts by Chanel, select Chanel boutiques nationwide. Headpiece by Khaite, khaite.com. NINA’S EDIT PAGE 33: Ring by Cartier, $30,800, cartier.com. Dress by Rosie Assoulin, rosieassoulin.com. ACCESSORIES PAGE 48: Necklaces, bracelets, rings by Bulgari, bulgari.com. Jacket by The Kooples, thekooples.com. PAGE 53: Cuff by Brent Neale, $38,000, twistonline.com. Watch by Omega, $26,500, Omega boutiques nationwide. SHOPS PAGE 55: Skirt…

THE RED LIP Christened “lipstick red” in our March 1995 issue, slick, bright crimson clothing and accessories dominated the season at Dior, Helmut Lang, and Paco Rabanne—and looked even more striking with matching lips. Fashions may have changed, but the cardinal appeal of a bold pout is everlasting. (For proof, see Read Her Lips on page 68, where we delve into the signature lipsticks of famous women.) Find a 2020 version of the look above with Chanel Rouge Allure Luminous Intense Lip Colour in Rouge Noble ($45).…