What Is Glitter?

Each December, surrounded by wonderlands of white paper snowflakes, bright red winterberries, and forests of green conifers reclaiming their ancestral territory from inside the nation’s living rooms and hotel lobbies, children and adults delight to see the true harbinger of the holidays: aluminum metalized polyethylene terephthalate. Aluminum metalized polyethylene terephthalate settles over store windows like…

The Perfect: Gifts to Buy at the Mall

Getty Images Welcome to “The Perfect,” ELLE.com’s roundup of all the elements needed for a perfectly outfitted and executed fill-in-the-blank. Even people with the very best gift-giving intentions can lose track of time and suddenly realize online shopping is no longer an option. If you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place, don’t bypass…

ELLE Editorial: His and Hers

ELLE Editorial: His and Hers Today’s Top Stories 1 2 3 4 5 Photographed by Tom Schirmacher and Styled by Charles Varenne Dec 21, 2018 PHOTOGRAPHED BY TOM SCHIRMACHER and STYLED BY CHARLES VARENNE. Wool and leather coat, $2,200, houndstooth bustier, $950, cotton T-shirt, $390, wool trousers, $780, beret, $290, leather bag, $1,175, belt, $775,…

25 of the Biggest Celebrity Dresses of 2018

Sure, Rihanna’s massive bow jumpsuit or Lady Gaga’s Victorian-inspired get-up won’t help fix the political shitstorm blowing through the U.S., but I’d like to think that red carpet season offers us a momentary respite from the ills of the world. From Jennifer Lopez enlisting a large bus to transport her and her voluminous pink tulle…

20 Surprisingly Chic Gifts for Under $30

You don’t have to blow your entire paycheck to show your love this holiday season. Instead, give them something that’s high on thoughtfulness, but low on price from our edit of gifts under $30. With options like a chic jewelry box and earrings that imitate an Alexander Calder sculpture, they’ll never know you had a…

Front Burner: Meet Brut I.P.A.

It’s taken a little over a year for Brut I.P.A., a new style of India Pale Ale, to sweep through the craft-brewing community. The name is a reference to brut, a dry Champagne. By all accounts, it was created by Kim Sturdavant, the brewmaster of Social Kitchen and Brewery in San Francisco, who used amyloglucosidase,…