Inhoudsopgave van June 2023 - ELLE UK

We’re heading into travel season – the days are longer and summer holidays are finally in sight. Meanwhile, my editor peers and I have a month of cruise runway shows in far-flung locations including Seoul, Mexico City and Los Angeles to look forward to. Escapism, of all kinds, is in the air. When I was growing up in Virginia, long before I crossed the Atlantic and eventually joined ELLE UK, fashion and its imagery were my gateway to the destinations I longed to visit. I’d see images of Naomi Campbell in Vivienne Westwood and imagine I was in London. Or I’d flip through archival Yves Saint Laurent and dream of Paris. Much like a great novel or art exhibition can introduce viewers to new worlds, there are many ways for…

listen: Cleo Sol The singer-songwriter makes her Royal Albert Hall debut on 25 May, after a sell-out show at Koko. Bask in her soothing vocals and let your worries melt away. play: Why I… Move Have you heard? We’ve launched a podcast with Nike, exploring how movement makes us feel. ELLE editors Hannah Nathanson and Natasha Bird are joined by guests including Clara Amfo and Munroe Bergdorf, and Nike trainers and coaches Dora Atim and Sam Vora, who’ll inspire you to leap off the sofa. buy: Ludicrously capacious bags Thank television’s ‘Succession’, and its now-notorious lampooning of outsized bags, for bumping statement totes to the top of our talking points this season. Serendipitously, designers have been blowing bags up to dizzying proportions, from monogrammed Vuitton to slouchy Chloé or the Loewe we…

It’s not a Noughties revival until boho is back – and now the most pivotal trend of the late 2000s is finally here. A flurry of fringed maxi dresses, patchwork denim jackets, suede trousers and bursts of colour is making its way onto the streets. Take a walk on the wild side and play around with Western elements, bold prints and feminine silhouettes.…

POP YOUR COLLAR HAUTE ACCESSORIES NEEDN’T STOP AT JUST THE ONE CONVERSATION-STARTING GEM. LAYER BOLD PIECES OVER DENIM FOR A HINT OF GLAMOUR. NEXT, ADD SPARKLING FINISHES TO EARS AND FINGERS ORION’S BELT MAKE THE MOST OF INVESTMENT PIECES BY GOING MULTIPURPOSE – WEAR SHIMMERING NECKLACES AS BELTS TO MAKE YOUR WAISTLINE SHINE SKIN IN THE GAME ELEVATE CASUAL WEAR WITH SHOW-STOPPING PIECES THAT WORK FROM DAY TO NIGHT – THINK CHUNKY NECKLACES AND EYE-CATCHING RINGS THAT SHINE BRIGHT STACK IT UP OPULENT WHITE-GOLD RINGS DESERVE A MOMENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT. WEAR AS MANY AS YOU CAN MANAGE: EVERY FINGER IS WORTHY OF EMBELLISHMENT DOUBLE TROUBLE THE MORE THE MERRIER: PILE ON BANGLES AND LAYER UP JACKETS FOR A FRESH TAKE ON THE RHINESTONE COWBOY…

HAIR: Yoshitaka Miyazaki. MAKE-UP: Mel Arter at Julian Watson Agency. MODEL: Steffi Cook at Storm Management. STYLIST’S ASSISTANTS: Clara Devillet and Gal Klein. FASHION EDITOR: Charlotte Deffe (ELLE International). PRODUCER: Yannick Selva (ELLE International). THANKS TO Hotel Can Simoneta Torre de Canyamel Group (torredecanyamel.com), with the help of Paraiso Productions…

1 FIND A PLACE IN NATURE WHERE YOU CAN STAY WITH MINIMAL DISTRACTIONS 2 CHOOSE ACCOMMODATION THAT’S COMFORTABLE AND PLEASING 3 EMBRACE NOT BEING CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET 4 PACK SOME BOOKS, PENS AND A NOTEBOOK 5 LISTEN TO PODCASTS OR THE RADIO SO YOU FEEL LESS ALONE 6 GO TO BED EARLY AND GET UP WHEN IT’S LIGHT 7 PLAN YOUR MEALS AND TRY TO AVOID ALCOHOL 8 SPEND TIME WALKING OUTDOORS 9 DECIDE ON YOUR OBJECTIVES BUT DON’T WORRY IF YOU DON’T COME UP WITH A ‘MILLION-DOLLAR IDEA’ 10 TREAT IT AS AN INVESTMENT IN YOURSELF – NOT A HOLIDAY…

THE OVERNIGHT FACE MASK Medik8 HEO Mask, £57 If you’re not familiar with the meaning of HEO (humectants, emollients, occlusives), don’t worry. It means hydrated, healthy, happy skin. Step one delivers moisture and step two locks it in, working while you sleep. ‘FROM THOUSANDS OF PRODUCTS WE SEE, THESE ARE THE TRUE STARS’JENNIFER GEORGE BEAUTY EDITOR THE FACE TOOL Ziip Beauty Nanocurrent Device, £425 This is the first nanocurrent app-controlled tool to sculpt and the next best thing to a facial with its creator, Hollywood’s ‘electrical aesthetician’ Melanie Simon, who works with the likes of Margot Robbie. THE MOISTURISER Beauty Pie Youthbomb Biologic Collagen Peptide Cream, £175 (£44 for members) Much more than just a day cream, this is made with the brand’s C18 Complex, aka 18% active and super-charged…

NAM VO MAKE-UP ARTIST Hourglass Equilibrium Resurfacing Retinoid Treatment, £99 ‘I love how non-abrasive this is while still giving you the results you’re looking for in a retinol product. It’s fast, too! I noticed improvement in the texture, tone and radiance of my skin after just one week.’ JULIA DIOGO MANICURIST Chanel L’Huile Camélia Hydrating & Fortifying Oil, £28 ‘This cuticle-oil pen is my favourite product. It’s a non-greasy yet hydrating tube of goodness that penetrates into cuticles, leaving them plump, hydrated and cared for.’ DANIEL MARTIN MAKE-UP ARTIST Iconic London Super Smoother Blurring Skin Tint, £27 ‘This is a great formulation if you want something that is light but has coverage you can build on. The shade range is also brilliant for those with a light-medium to deeper skin…

KATY YOUNG: MAKE-UP MINIS THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MY LUGGAGE REAL ESTATE WAS reserved for make-up. Where others fought for shoe space, my suitcase struggle saw bronzers, powder brushes the size of small rodents and a foundation series to match my ever-deepening tan all battling for room. But that was when sunbathing was popular (in 2023, UVA damage isn’t the one), and before Muji made it into our travel vernacular. Now, my kit has been edited, streamlined and repotted into a few teeny-tiny containers. The move to cream blushers and bronzers has helped – not just because the texture works so much better on warm-weather skin, but also as I can pack a pea-size portion of every favourite. Using a spatula, I slice samples from each before putting them…

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WHEN YOU’RE AS DANGEROUSLY OBSESSED WITH FOOD AS I AM, it’s easy to pinpoint those moments you ate something life-changing, and I’ll never forget the first dish I fell truly, madly, deeply in love with. Twenty-nine years later and I’m still obsessed with penne all’Aconese, which is up there in my top three favourite dishes of all time. It’s served at the Ristorante Pizzeria Acone in the village of Acone, Tuscany. The recipe is a secret that the restaurant has been closely guarding for nearly 50 years. It’s complex, earthy and deeply umami; ingredients like ground pork, dried chillies, porcini, black pepper, cream and tomatoes are easily detectable, but it also contains magic and wizardry. As such, the restaurant has become a site of pilgrimage for this pasta of dreams.…

PAGE 118 DR EWOMA Award-winning medical and cosmetic doctor, and founder of aesthetics clinic Skndoctor, Dr Ewoma Ukeleghe left the NHS in 2018 to pursue her own practice. As she trained at the University of Liverpool School of Medicine, her work is rooted in science. She sums up beauty as being ‘a collection of self-care rituals that make you feel your most gorgeous self, inside and out’. Also an ELLE contributing editor, she joins our judges for the Future of Beauty Awards. PAGE 140 IXTA BELFRAGE The cook and ELLE contributing editor Ixta Belfrage is the bestselling author of Mezcla: Recipes to Excite, which contains an ELLE team favourite – prawn lasagne with habanero oil. With influences from England, Italy, Brazil and Mexico, she believes cooking should be free from…

‘I‘D CLIMB A MANGO TREE AND EMBROIDER UP THERE FOR HOURS,’ says Kingston, Jamaica-born Rachel Scott, describing her favourite pastime growing up. The founder of emerging brand Diotima attributes her love of fashion to her mother – ‘She had a boutique named Gaychel’ – but it was her own aptitude for making that provided her with a gateway into the industry. ‘As a teenager, I’d sew myself the tiniest skirts and shorts,’ Scott says. ‘Style is part and parcel of growing up in Jamaica.’ This year – just shy of Diotima’s third anniversary – the brand is one of the semi-finalists for the prestigious LVMH Prize, and has already won fans including singer Ari Lennox, ELLE cover star Letitia Wright and tastemaker Marjon Carlos. The label celebrates Scott’s heritage: the…

KALI UCHIS – RED MOON IN VENUS Uchis embodies the Divine Feminine in a genre-defying album – named after the blood moon, which astrologers believe spins our emotions out of control – that is an ode to love in all its aspects. MILEY CYRUS – ENDLESS SUMMER VACATION New tracks that inspire nostalgia while keeping you buzzing for the summer ahead. Whether you need energy to pump you up for a party or something chilled to background a picnic, there’s a song here for you. ALISON GOLDFRAPP – THE LOVE INVENTION Executive produced and co-written by Goldfrapp herself, her first solo release seamlessly melds pop, disco and house. Euphoric tunes for grooving to. YAEJI – WITH A HAMMER A deep dive of self-exploration and anger, this debut from singer-DJ-producer Yaeji…

THE HAIRDRYER Hershesons The Great Hairdryer, £295 In the race to be the best hairdryer, the front runner is this newcomer, which is no heavier than your iPhone 13 and dries hair 30% faster than rival dryers. It’s the best frizz-fighter out there. THE SHAMPOO Pattern Cleansing Shampoo, £20 A deep clean for curly hair that also moisturises? A tough ask. Pattern leads the way in positive conversations around curly hair while developing products such as this cleanser, which strengthens and refreshes type 3 and 4 curls. THE SCALP TREATMENT This Hair Of Mine Scalp Serum, £46 This Hair Of Mine’s Cyndia Harvey looks to traditional treatments to help textured hair. This scalp-soothing serum uses plant-based technology to create a haircare ritual in a bottle. THE HAIR COLOUR The Unseen…

Neon jungle Whether it’s a subtle liner flick or a vivid swipe of shadow, make a splash in electrifying, vibrant hues. Seen at DSquared2 and GCDS, high-octane tones are an easy way to dress up a bare, tanned complexion. ‘Less is more, so do your eyes first to avoid going overboard,’ says Stila’s Sascha Jackson. Colour never looked so cool. Skin school Getting that ‘two weeks on the Riviera’ glow is now a lot more achievable, no matter where you are. St Tropez’s body serum, £35, delivers a healthy colour while boosting elasticity and brightness. Dior Solar’s tanning gel, £37, with its silky texture and buildable formula, makes bronzing feel highly enjoyable. Prolong and enhance the radiant results with Tan-Luxe’s nourishing skin-finishing oil, £29. Laguna beach Nothing captures the holiday…

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RENOWNED TRAVEL WRITER SARA Wheeler’s brilliant new memoir Glowing Still, she unearths the notebooks in which she has recorded her far-flung trips over the years. The diaries are battered, with destinations scrawled on the spines (China, Serbia, Fiji, Norway). She writes: ‘Sensations rose like milk to the boil when I re-read the tattered notebooks, and I found it tender to be in the company of my younger self.’ I experienced a similar feeling on a recent visit to my storage unit in highly unexotic Hoxton, in east London. Looking for a coat that I could not find (inevitably, I am sure, at the bottom and in the back, such are the rules of Sod’s Law), I ended up rummaging through boxes where it definitely would…

ARLO PARKS IS IN LOVE. YOU CAN HEAR it in the gentle juxtaposition of sultry, daydreamy pop and unexpected rock-infused moments that permeate her second album, My Soft Machine. (‘I really wanted to hold up a mirror to people,’ she says. ‘I want someone in their sixties to listen and think, “Oh my god, I remember the first girl I fell in love with!”’) But it’s also in her voice today – softly-spoken but assured – as she contemplates what love means. ‘To me, it is this sense of support. It’s moving through life with somebody and feeling understood by them. It’s about light and shade: you grow together, while allowing each other the freedom to be their own person, to have their own dreams.’ Towards the end of last…

THE BRIGHT SIDE BALANCE RAINBOW KNITS AND MULTICOLOURED JEWELS WITH UTILITARIAN WHITE DENIM. FUNCTIONAL OUTERWEAR IS A MUST FOR THOSE UNPREDICTABLE SHOWERS – BUT MAKE IT BOLD A RELAXED STATE REFRESH YOUR DENIM OUTFITS BY PAIRING DISTRESSED, BAGGY AND CARGO SILHOUETTES WITH VINTAGE-STYLE TOPS AND STATEMENT SHELL JEWELLERY HALCYON DAYS TAKE INSPIRATION FROM 1990S SUBCULTURES WITH GRUNGE-INSPIRED KNITS, BABY TEES, BUCKET HATS AND DUNGAREES LIGHTEN UP TIE-DYE NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE FOR FESTIVAL SEASON. TEAM IT WITH FUNCTIONAL WATERPROOF PIECES AND SPARKLING ACCESSORIES HAIR: Johanna Cree Brown at Gary Represents. MAKE-UP: Oonah Anderson, using Shiseido. NAILS: Chisato Yamamoto at Caren, using Chanel Le Vernis in Ballerina and Chanel La Crème Main. STYLIST’S ASSISTANT: Freya Watson. MODEL: Riley at Select Models…

‘MAYBE YOU COULD END THE ARTICLE with something about how I proved everyone wrong. But I want it to be positive: like, this is only the beginning.’ In the 15 or so years I’ve been interviewing famous people, I don’t think anyone has ever before offered me advice on how I should conclude my profile of them. But then 19-year-old Yasmin Finney, the British star of Netflix’s wildly successful series Heartstopper, an adaptation of the bestselling graphic novels by Alice Oseman about queer love at a British secondary school, isn’t like other celebrities. And that is a huge part of Finney’s incredible charm. She smiles and tosses her braids. ‘I’m not a writer though,’ she laughs, and eventually agrees she’ll leave it to me. By this point, two hours after…

A YEAR’S WORTH OF NEW BEAUTY PRODUCTS, 50 GAME-CHANGING WINNERS. HERE IS ELLE’S EDIT OFTHE LAUNCHES THAT PUSHED THE BOUNDARIES FOR YOUR HAIR, MAKE-UP, SKINCARE AND BODY ROUTINES, EARNING THEIR PLACE AS NEW CLASSICS THE FAKE TAN Isle of Paradise Self-Tanning Oil Mist, £21.95 Searching for an effortless streak-free self-tan that won’t compromise your clean sheets? Look no further than this nourishing, moisture-rich mist, which gives your skin a flattering, tone-correcting post-holiday colour. THE MOISTURISER Sol De Janeiro Bom Dia Bright Body Cream, £48 Fans of the original Bum Bum Cream will swoon over the scent of this body whip (think black amber, vanilla and plum), while fruit AHAs and vitamin C are a dream duo to combat dark spots, texture and ingrown hairs. THE DEODORANT Nécessaire The Deodorant Gel,…

THE FOUNDATION Jones Road What The Foundation, £42 Jones Road’s WTF might look like the stuff of matte-mousse nightmares, but the ‘foundation meets moisture balm’ formulation is actually the key to ultra-healthy-looking skin in a pot. THE SKIN TINT Westman Atelier Vital Skincare Complexion Drops, £62 A true two-in-one product, this has the skin-boosting powers of a serum (with natural ingredients like ginseng to brighten), while giving radiant coverage. The finish is delightfully dewy. THE CONCEALER Dior Backstage Face & Body Flash Perfector Concealer, £27 Inspired by artists at fashion week, the applicator mimics the experts, without need for an extra brush. The caffeine-infused, waterproof formula means dark under-eye circles look refreshed, even in bleak British weather. THE MASCARA MAC MACStack Micro Mascara, £26 Layer after layer, the formula builds…

WITH THE FLOW The new blow-dry has a softer, airier look and feel. Wiggle a straightener through lengths to create soft waves and movement. CITRON PRESSÉ Pale lemon is tipped to be this season’s go- to manicure shade – sunny, fresh and chic. PICK UP STICKS Put candles on the back burner – diffusers are the way to scent a room in the warmer months. Try Jo Malone Silk Blossom Diffuser, £72 DE-INFLUENCING Anti-haul videos are taking over TikTok… but are technically still a form of influencing. SCALPFOLIATING Overusing scalp scrubs can lead to irritation and throw the skin’s pH off-balance. Three times a month is enough to clarify build-up and oils, says trichologist Hannah Gaboardi. NO-ZEMPIC The diabetes-turned-celebrity-weight-loss medication Ozempic is the talk the UK right now. Appropriate medical…

I’M LYING ON A YOGA MAT IN A DARKENED, womb-like wellness space (you know the vibe – sheepskins, crystals, floor-length white drapes, blonde wood, decorative dried grasses) while undulating electronic music washes over me. In my mind, though, I am not in the room. I am standing inside my brain – a pitch-black cave where familiar yet unbidden images appear before me: my daughter on a skateboard; my son reading a book and telling me to read mine; an old work friend; a bonfire (triggered, I later realised, by some palo santo being burned)… I am in the middle of an hour-long ‘psychedelic meditation’ at the spiritual emporium She’s Lost Control in east London. Except there are no psychedelic drugs involved: I have been guided into an altered state of…

TO SAY VIBRANT SHADES ARE WOVEN THROUGH EVERY FIBRE of Berni Yates’ being might be a poetic cliché, but it’s not far from the truth. ‘My dad worked for an French spinning company that collaborated with Oscar de la Renta,’ she says. ‘Our house was full of brightly coloured yarns and garments. Colour, colour, colour – that’s what I remember.’ Despite being Yorkshire-born and Cheshire-raised, the knitwear designer and ELLE UK contributing editor admits she wasn’t made for the countryside. ‘You looked out of the windows and saw nothing but fields. I couldn’t wait to get away,’ she says of her childhood. ‘I was arty, a little bit weird. I used to make little dens and doll houses.’ It was this creative flair that later saw her study fashion and…