Over the weekend, as Paris Fashion Week entered its final days, a colleague on one of the rough wood benches that is today’s equivalent of the gold ballroom chairs of the past leaned over and huffed, “But where’s the politics? Does no one care about what’s happening to women around the world?” It was a…
These days, narrative theater — the kind that involves characters and stories and spinning out entire fantasy scenarios that require costumes — has largely fallen out of fashion. Or fashion weeks, to be specific. Left behind as relics of a more self-indulgent, lawless (less corporate, depending on your point of view) time when the artistes…
Every late September, when the style mavens descend on Paris for fashion week, they envision enjoying buttery post-show croissants and the occasional pack of Vogue cigarettes savored guilt-free at after-parties. But this season, it’s a bit different: Paris is infested with bedbugs. Videos shared on social media show bedbugs crawling over seats of the Paris…
It’s usually not a good sign when video of a senior government official singing goes viral on social media, where the crowds are as tough as they come. But when Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken picked up a black Fender guitar at a State Department event on Wednesday night and joined a band for…
The best time of year is upon us. It’s the season for candy corn, slasher flicks, and letting cobwebs pass as decor (when really, you just need to dust). If you haven’t sorted out your Halloweekend outfits yet, don’t fret. We have lots of cute costume ideas here at ELLE, but I’m here to break…
Next time I attend Paris Fashion Week, remind me to take a page from Madelyn Cline’s book and do it with the same laid-back enjoyment that the actress emanated ahead of Rabanne’s spring/summer 2024 show. “The environment is best described as chaotic good,” she tells me from her Paris hotel room, where she’s preening and…
What happens when you skip the small talk during a date and go straight to hand-holding? For roughly 50 people meeting for the first time inside a candlelit loft in Brooklyn on Wednesday, the gathering was a chance to explore attraction and desire not only with someone new, but also within themselves. Their goal: to…
A young woman crouched in the tall grass, waiting for her moment to strike. It wasn’t until seven models stalked past her hiding spot that she emerged, taking one big step over the grass and onto the runway. Wearing a black dress, winged eyeliner and a septum ring, she broke up a sequence of models…
It was a standing-room-only crowd gathered in the aisles of a New Jersey Transit train from New York’s Penn Station to New Jersey at 5 p.m. on Sunday evening. Multiple groups of friends were overheard asking the same question: Was this because of Taylor Swift? By now most Americans are well-versed with the Ms. Swift…
In 2021, Manolo Blahnik introduced a virtual archive on its website where you can freely explore the world of the luxury shoemaker, from the eponymous designer’s first-ever silhouette to his muses and inspiration throughout the decades. And today, the brand adds a new room—The Craft Room—which showcases the incredible craftsmanship that goes into each covetable…