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…

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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…

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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,…

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Q&A: Seafood, in the Pink

Image CreditVictoria Roberts Q. How does frozen salmon lose its pinkish color? A. What you are observing may be temporary color loss because of light scattering by ice crystals. Researchers in Norway have used microscopy to study the size of ice crystals in frozen salmon at varying temperatures. The study measured the size of the…

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