Elle Canada March 2025

The Ice Cube collection loves to play with light. It will light you up inside and out with its 100 percent ethical gold. You can wear a chic jewellery stack by mixing the three different golds and the diamond pieces. The square geometric design is inspired by ice cubes. Caroline Scheufele, the creative soul of Chopard, dreamt up the collection, and her workshop brought it to life. A TRUE FASHION STATEMENT Bold and versatile, Chopard’s Ice Cube jewellery—bracelets, rings, pendants, earrings—goes with everything, whether day or night. Wear it over a sexy-chic black turtleneck like Bella Hadid, in casual mode with jeans and sneakers or with a designer suit, because great jewellery is the fashion linchpin of any look. Add an Alpine Eagle watch to the mix for a refined…

EVERY MORNING WHEN I READ THE NEWS, a little grey cloud forms over my head—when there’s not a lump settling in my stomach. With everything going on in the world, it’s hard to resist the urge to wrap myself in a blanket and hide from it all (especially during our cold winter). But since I have to make a living, (try to) inspire my staff and manage a household, surrendering to my anxiety is not an option. To offset what I read in the newspapers, I look for what is beautiful and make the conscious decision to turn my gaze to what elevates me instead of dwelling on what weighs me down. In a time that’s saturated with images and events that are often anxiety-provoking, cultivating a state of mind…

CREATIVE RESILIENCE When Montreal gallery Bradley Ertaskiran first brought Dominican-born, New Jersey-based artist Bony Ramirez to town in 2021 for a show, art fans were immediately struck by his distorted and stylized depictions of black and brown bodies situated among symbolic Caribbean flora and bathed in the bright colours of the region. This winter, Ramirez has returned to the gallery for a second solo presentation, LE GRAND CORAIL, which runs until March 1 and includes about 30 new paintings and smaller works on marble tile. The exhibition explores how outsiders perceive the Caribbean through colonial and often sexualized stereotypes. “His work reminds us that the body, like the land, carries histories of violence and beauty, of resilience and exploitation,” says Auttrianna Ward in the gallery’s press release. “It demands we see…

WITH VALENTINE’S DAY ON THE HORIZON—a time for love notes sent, sweet nothings spoken and thoughtful gestures made—YSL Beauty is shedding light on a critical but often shrouded element of some romantic relationships: intimate-partner violence. This focus is part of a global education program and awareness campaign called Abuse Is Not Love, an essential initiative that the French beauty brand has embarked on since 2020. With a staggering statistic—one in three women will experience intimate-partner violence in their lifetime—driving its efforts, YSL Beauty has committed to supporting non-profit organizations around the world to help as well as educate two million people on the signs of abuse by 2030. Last year, the scale of this life-changing cause reached our country, bringing a wide range of meaningful endeavours with it. Perhaps the…

SPRING DRESSING IS ALL ABOUT COMPROMISE. With warmer temperatures just around the corner but not quite here yet, stylish layering of sturdy, weather-ready fabrics is a natural wardrobe solution. For the spring/summer 2025 season, designers brought cargo details and khakis back to the fore, adding an androgynous edge to light, feminine pieces. Of course, barn jackets, Barbours and shackets—updated with various cultural references—have become synonymous with gen-Z cool kids of late. And pocket-heavy combat trousers and drawstrings may well take you back to some questionable wardrobe choices of the ’90s, but for new-season layering, such associations aren’t necessarily a bad thing. Fuss-free army-style and workwear neutrals don’t have to be saved for weekendwear, either; the spring/summer runways offered these references on office-worthy garb and even potential partywear, suggesting that utility…

IN ONE OF MANY VIDEOS OF CONTENT CREATORS OBSESSIVELY documenting Coach bags, TikToker Carly Rivlin holds up the brand’s viral Swing Zip shoulder bag—a reissue of a minimalist style from 1998—and gushes, “The first thing I will say is I fucking love this bag.” She has accessorized the black leather version with an oversized cherry charm, has stuffed it with everything from an e-reader to a water bottle and is fawning over its stylish practicality. It’s Mary Poppins’ carpet bag but built for the scrolling era—indeed, more than five million users stopped to marvel at its magical powers. Elsewhere on the app, you’ll find rapper Cardi B bringing her followers (and her Birkin bag) along for a shopping spree at her local Coach store, singer PinkPantheress gifting her quilted Coach…