Fashion & Style

WIISSA There’s a special relationship between designer and muse. The relationship is almost always symbiotic, each giving inspiration to the other with every collaboration. For Celine creative director Hedi Slimane, Kaia Gerber is a muse of the Cali-cool chic he embodies in his collections, with the youthquake of Gen-Z silhouettes filtered through his signature French

With terms like vanilla girl, tomato girl, mob wife, and hot librarian being thrown around, it seems as if fashion is becoming more about cosplay than practicality right now, and that’s the fun part. If every item you wear becomes part of your character, that mindset can help make fashion less intimidating to some, and

Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Joseph Altuzarra was having a Devil Wears Prada moment, specifically the one in which fashion editors compare nearly-identical turquoise belts with a lament of “They’re SO different.” On TikTok, where he has over 56,000 followers, the designer was weighing the merits

Sonny Vandevelde, Ben Broomfield, Launchmetrics, Jacob Lillis, Shutterstock, Courtesy of Simone Rocha and Sandy Liang//Getty Images Girlbosses, girl math, girl internet, girl dinners, hot girl walks, It Girl lists. Take a quick spin around the internet or a trip to New York’s Lower East Side, and it’s impossible not to notice: Girlhood is having a

For those investing in a new luxury timepiece, the marriage of timeless refinement and contemporary style is no mere aspiration, but a necessity. Omega, a brand synonymous with sophistication and innovation, breaks ground in this regard with its new “Anytime. Anywhere” campaign, in collaboration with Tokyo-born ballet dancer Ai Shimatsu. Launched by Watches of Switzerland,

“Girlboss” is practically a dirty word nowadays, but it’s a label worth revisiting for Sam Abrahart. Even if you’re unfamiliar with Abrahart, you’ve probably seen her company, The Mayfair Group, on your Instagram feed—it’s the label behind those “Empathy” sweatsuits that have become so popular. And while at first glance, she could seem like another

On a recent morning, Anna Chiu, co-founder of the womenswear brand Kamperett, received an email from somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. An acquaintance from a few years back was on a flight to San Francisco, where she’d be hosting a TED Talk. Noticeably nervous and wanting to look and feel her best, her first order

Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. On the spring 2024 runways, you famously couldn’t go five feet without running into a ruffle, rosette, or bow. Now, the style is devouring TikTok too, with ribbons adorning everything from TV remotes to chicken tenders. Fashion’s wave of sweetness may

The Comme des Garçons (CDG) x Dover Street Market (DSM) Super-Market-Market sample sale in New York City is something like a fashion eclipse: It only comes around once every few years, and when it does, a select group of people completely lose their shit. The last time it happened, it was 2016. Discounts of up

Step inside the happiest place on earth: New York City vintage bridal salon Happy Isles. The newly opened SoHo shop is filled with racks of silky John Galliano slip dresses and dreamy Dior gowns that are threaded with history. As the wedding world continues to trend anti-bride, the soon-to-be-married are seeking out non-traditional wedding looks

I don’t know about you, but the gift cards I received yesterday for Christmas are already burning a hole in my pocket. Thankfully, there are plenty of end-of-year sales to spend them on. Call them after-Christmas sales, call them Boxing Day markdowns, call them what you will. I’ll simply call them a great deal. As

In fashion, the best 2023 trends came in as quickly as the months flew by. Whether those trends came in the form of an aesthetic, a brand, or even a specific item, they became hot commodities—just look at Lyst’s 2023 Year of Fashion, which breaks down exactly what shoppers were hunting for this year, according

A year and a half ago, I took up an entire page on this website waxing poetic about my love for Madewell jeans. And don’t get me wrong, though I’ve added a few other brands to my denim arsenal since then, I still highly recommend the Petite Curvy Perfect Vintage jeans and, more recently, the

There’s a certain type of adrenaline rush that comes with gliding down a fluffy, snow-capped mountain—you’re outside, breathing in the fresh alpine air, and taking in unparalleled views of the world around you, all while donning the best ski outfits for women. But how, exactly, does one get here? While one might need to endure

Welcome to Same Same But Different. As Gen Z and millennial fashion editors, respectively, we know a thing or two about shopping—for all ages, and especially our demographics. As we find the best products for you, we can’t help but do a little shopping for ourselves and build our personal (age-appropriate) wish lists. And now,

ATTENTION: If you haven’t written down your 2024 intentions yet, now is the time. While you’re at it, consider what the 2024 jewelry trends you want to wear throughout the next year. After all, the glimmering baubles a woman wears say a lot about her personality to both herself and the world. What’s her style?

Think about your most exciting purchase or gift this year. It was a chic designer bag, wasn’t it? Well, it’s time to take that excitement into 2024 because there will be plenty of trends to help spice up your life in the new year. Textures, silhouettes, and color palettes are poised to make the next

In ELLE.com’s monthly series Office Hours, we ask people in powerful positions to take us through their first jobs, worst jobs, and everything in between. This month, we spoke to Emily Hikade, who left her career in the CIA to start a pajama brand after a near-death experience on an airplane. “I was heading to

Once upon a time, there were rules in fashion—like, say, giving white clothing a full stop after Labor Day. Our attitudes have since changed into a new modus operandi: anything goes. Henceforth, the new style manifesto—in both the fashion industry and social media—is an open call for everyone to wear whatever, whenever. Birkenstocks, once viewed

You know what they say—new year, new shoes (well, that’s what I say, at least). If one of your resolutions is to embrace your inner sneakerhead, I’ve got you covered with the best 2024 sneaker trends to look forward to come January. From the spring/summer 2024 runways to the streets of New York City and

Kerby Jean-Raymond knows how to send a political message. The Haitian-American designer of Pyer Moss regularly takes cues from his revolutionary roots in order to disrupt the world around him. In 2016, his spring menswear line called attention to police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement. Three years later, his collection shown at Brooklyn’s

When Guido Conti Caponi goes to work each day at Loretta Caponi, where he is the company’s chief operating officer, he is fulfilling a grand family tradition. The fashion and lifestyle brand was founded by his grandmother in 1967, and he recalls being a young boy in 1992 when the Florence boutique first opened. “My

The flashing of lights, the brightest smiles, the swish of gowns, the sky-high heels, and the sparkling, gleaming, glamorous gems—this can only be one place, the red carpet. Celebrated across the globe for their unparalleled beauty and spectacular influence, red-carpet events are the pinnacle of chic style and fashionable grace. And one single brand shines

It finally happened: All over the spring 2024 runways, there were polos with popped collars, leggings, and, most of all, belts on every single thing, every single way, from Miu Miu to Ralph Lauren. Maybe you remember the heyday of this style. It’s so oddly specific not just of Y2K, but of early to mid-2000s

Matthew Welch In ELLE.com’s monthly series Office Hours, we ask people in powerful positions to take us through their first jobs, worst jobs, and everything in between. This month, we spoke to Karla Welch, the celebrity stylist behind some of Hollywood’s buzziest looks, from Justin Bieber’s oversized Balenciaga suit at the 2022 Grammys to Tracee

’Tis the season for winter fêtes, and ELLE editor-in-chief Nina Garcia has some choice picks for celebrating in style—from a festive take on the LBD to a showstopping necklace. Shop her current must-haves below, guaranteed to arrive by December 25. Nina Garcia’s Favorite Holiday Gifts Nina Garcia is the editor-in-chief of ELLE. She is the

The halls are decked with Christmas decorations, last-minute shoppers are bustling to find the best gifts on Amazon, and the Home Alone franchise is playing on cable twice a day, every day. Yes, that’s right: The holiday season is here. It’s a time when festive fashion is heavily calculated, including the coup de grâce of

Countless origin stories are set in garages. The germ of the idea for Apple came while the founders were hanging out in Steve Jobs’ garage. Bands from Weezer to the Ramones used them for early jam sessions. For Anine Bing, her Silver Lake garage space generated not a personal computer or a series of radio

Après-ski attire can best be described as cozy, but that doesn’t keep the street style-savvy on the mountain from looking their best. Case in point: Kendall Jenner, who gave the wintry aesthetic her own personal twist at the opening night of FWRD’s new pop-up shop in Aspen, Colorado over the weekend. The model, who walked

Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Stepping into the Musée des Arts Décoratifs’ exhibit “Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses,” you might be forgiven for thinking you’d stumbled upon the museum’s natural history wing by mistake. Yes, there are mannequins in van Herpen’s designs, but there’s also