THE POWER of change
“We’re all driving change in our own individual ways, BIG and SMALL” When I began preparing for my new job as Editor-in-Chief of ELLE UK, I encountered a quote about its launch that stuck with me. Sally Brampton, the late founding editor, described the magazine she first introduced to readers in 1985 with a clear-eyed sense of promise, honesty and urgency: ‘There was a whole new generation of women fumbling its way towards tomorrow. ELLE was the first mainstream magazine to act as a voice for that generation.’ In 2022, as we settle into this second decade in a new era in which there are so many firsts that the word ‘unprecedented’ borders on cliché, her remark takes on a new meaning. Today’s generation looks different, and the whole world is now…