ELLE November 2022

1 SPACE ODDITY If you’re an aficionado of ’60s fashion, you surely know Pierre Cardin for his wonderfully wacky space-age designs. (And if you’re an architecture buff, his Mod-tastic residence the Palais Bulles may ring a bell.) Pierre Cardin: Making Fashion Modern (Flammarion) digs into the rich oeuvre of the style innovator, who outfitted everyone from Jackie Kennedy to Jeanne Moreau and was an early pioneer of genderless design. rizzoliusa.com. 2 TICK, TICK…BOOM! Thirty-five years ago, Chanel’s Première watch made history as the first women’s timepiece that didn’t imitate a men’s design, but sat daintily on the wrist like a bracelet. Now the house is reissuing the style as the Première Original Edition. Its octagonal shape recalls both the stopper of the iconic N°5 perfume and the outline of Paris’s Place Vendôme. And as…

With midcentury style sweeping the runways at Balenciaga and the design world reexamining the work of the late decorator Carleton Varney (a Dorothy Draper protégé who dreamed up influential interiors for The Greenbrier and the Grand Hotel on Michigan’s Mackinac Island), the Hollywood Regency aesthetic is unexpectedly on the upswing. This season’s standout looks wouldn’t be out of place in a classic Slim Aarons photo—or in the case of Roger Vivier’s assemblage of multicolor heels, a Busby Berkeley film still. Moda Operandi honcho Lauren Santo Domingo set up an Aarons-worthy poolside showcase for Brandon Maxwell’s pre-spring 2023 show in Austin; to get the look at home, Giambattista Valli’s gilt champagne bowls for Augarten porcelain and theatrical outdoor decor from Boutique Tents are all you’ll need to make a glamorous big-screen…

This time every year, we pay tribute to women in Hollywood with covers, stories, and portfolios dedicated to an entire firmament of stars. T But in this moment, that celebration feels a bit more charged. In a year that’s been bruising for women as a whole, we’ve seen a welcome proliferation of female roles on- and off-screen, from Michelle Yeoh’s powerful turn in Everything Everywhere All at Once to Issa Rae’s entrée into what she has called her “mogul era.” It’s a testament to the power of representation: These women reflect the strength we all want to channel in our own lives. It’s also the five-year anniversary of the #MeToo movement, as Deputy Editor Kayla Webley Adler explores on page 106. Since then, changes have rocked the entertainment industry, opening doors…

THE FRENCH ARTIST DANIEL BUREN is famous for emblazoning canvases and spaces with bold stripes and vivid colors. His doublesided trompe l’oeil bag design for Louis Vuitton—part of the fourth chapter of the house’s ongoing Artycapucines collection, which has seen art stars from Urs Fischer to Vik Muniz reinvent the iconic style—incorporates the Modernist perspective that has become his signature. Spurred by Buren’s work, ELLE’s editor-in-chief Nina Garcia finds herself drawn to pieces with a similar impact, from a sculptural Stella McCartney skirt to sinuous lighting by Axel Chay and punchy 9 heels from The Attico. LIKE CHILD’S PLAY (2014) BY DANIEL BUREN: COURTESY OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE EXHIBITION DANIEL BUREN AND DAEGU ART MUSEUM; STELLA MCCARTNEY SKIRT: COURTESY OF MODA OPERANDI; REMAINING IMAGES: COURTESY OF THE DESIGNERS.…

1 The NECKLACE Part of Hermès’s Les jeux de l’ombre (“shadow play”) high jewelry collection, the Collier Fouet Ombré is inlaid with sapphires evoking a shadow, with a shape modeled after a horsewhip. Collier Fouet Ombré necklace, Hermès, select Hermès stores nationwide. 2 The BAG Fendi’s coveted Baguette style gets a new lease on life with this re-edition of a style from the spring 2013 collection. The geometric design incorporates over 104,000 beads embroidered by hand. Handbag, Fendi, fendi.com. 3 The BOOT Maria Grazia Chiuri drew on equestrian traditions for her Seville-set Dior cruise show. Naturally, the collection included the perfect riding boot. Empreinte riding boot, Dior, 800-929-DIOR.…

FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, the age-old craft of haute couture has been finding ways to keep itself in line with the zeitgeist—even bringing young brands like Area and Pyer Moss into the fold. But this season, a respect for tradition was at the forefront of some of the week’s major shows, which paid tribute to decades-past house history. At Balenciaga, among the boldface names (Nicole Kidman, Dua Lipa) walking the runway was a lesser-known figure who is nevertheless central to the brand’s history: Danielle Slavik, who served as a house model in the 1960s, in the Cristóbal era. The reverence for the archives extended to the designs, with their exaggerated midcentury-inspired silhouettes and bold feather embellishments. Of course, this being Demna, there were also shiny face shields and souped-up speaker…