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Editor’s letter

Contributors • The creatives behind this issue tell us the goals they are setting for 2026

Make An Entrance

A bigger splash • CHANEL’S CRUISE 2026 REPLICA SHOW MADE AN IMPRESSION IN SINGAPORE. ELLE’S EDITOR, JESSICA BAILEY, WAS ON THE GROUND — AND GOT ACQUAINTED WITH HOUSE AMBASSADOR TILDA SWINTON

A perfect symmetry • EDITOR JESSICA BAILEY TRAVELS TO BEIJING WITH CARTIER AND SOON UNDERSTANDS THE TRUE IMPORTANCE OF BALANCE

No Wallflowers • DEMNA MAKES FLORALS FOR SPRING TRULY GROUNDBREAKING IN HIS DEBUT AT GUCCI

Agenda

The New Nepo Babies • A FRESH COHORT OF CELEBRITY OFFSPRING ARE FOLLOWING IN THEIR FAMOUS FAMILIES’ FOOTSTEPS (AND THEY DON’T CARE WHAT YOU THINK)

Eyes On The Prize • GUCCI’S LATEST EYEWEAR COLLECTION CAPTURES THE KIND OF EFFORTLESS ATTITUDE THAT’S DEFINING THE MOMENT

The moment After dark • MESH, MICRO-MINIS AND METALLICS — AFTER YEARS OF DRESSING DOWN, THE NIGHT OUT HAS RETURNED. SARAH NOONAN DEFINES THE NEW CLUB CODE

Got too much stuff? • WHAT BETTER WAY TO START THE NEW YEAR THAN WITH A CLOSET CLEAN-OUT? ELLE’S CONTRIBUTING SUSTAINABILITY EDITOR, LUCIANNE TONTI, IS HERE TO HELP YOU GET STARTED

Forbidden Fruit • A CENTURY AFTER CARTIER INTRODUCED ITS TUTTI FRUTTI MOTIF, THE MAISON PROVES EXUBERANCE CAN BE REFINED — AND ENTIRELY CONTEMPORARY

Here Comes The Sun

Some Like It Haute • YOUR SKIN IS SALTY AND YOUR TOES ARE SANDY BUT YOUR FASHION GAME IS ON POINT

State Of Play • THIS SUMMER, WE’RE RELIVING OUR CHILDHOODS BY STAYING OUT UNTIL DINNER TIME. ADVENTURE AWAITS, DRESS ACCORDINGLY

Elle Reads

We belong together • NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO, SOCIAL MEDIA SPLINTERED THE MONOCULTURE INTO INFINITE SUBCULTURES. BUT LATELY, A SERIES OF MASS POP CULTURAL EVENTS HAS BEEN BRINGING US BACK TOGETHER. SO ARE WE FINDING A DIGITAL CLOSENESS OR IS IT JUST THE ALGORITHM AT PLAY?

The rise of shamelessness • WHILE A BLATANT LACK OF SHAME HAS BEEN MOST PREVALENT IN POLITICS, IT’S NOW ON SHOW EVERYWHERE, FROM PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TO SUPER-RICH WEDDINGS. AS WE SOAK IT UP, LOTTE JEFFS ASKS: ARE WE BECOMING TONE DEAF?

Oh, Oh, Odessa • FAR FROM BEING AN ‘OVERNIGHT SUCCESS’, ACTOR ODESSA A’ZION’S BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT HAS COME AFTER A DECADE OF HARD WORK

Get cultured Listen

Read • WHY WASTE WORDS ON YOUR COVER WHEN YOU CAN LET THE STORY SPEAK FOR ITSELF? HERE, THE NEW ONE-WORD WONDERS

Subscribe • YOU’VE GOT MAIL! THESE PEN PALS ARE BRINGING THE JOY BACK INTO CHECKING THE LETTERBOX

Watch • THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS ARE ALL ABOUT AIR-CON AND POPCORN

The Elle It-Girl Quiz

What lies ahead • BE PREPARED FOR A MILESTONE YEAR. SATURN AND NEPTUNE CONJOIN IN EARLY 2026, MAKING IT A POINT WHEN A NEW CHAPTER WILL BEGIN FOR ALL OF US, WHEREVER WE MAY BE IN OUR OWN LIVES

Elle Fashion

Jessie, the chameleon • AS THE STAR OF HAMNET, JESSIE BUCKLEY DELIVERS AN UNVARNISHED PORTRAYAL OF GRIEF — ONE THAT IS THE TALK OF THE TOWN THIS AWARDS SEASON

In Bloom • JISOO CATAPULTED TO FAME AS PART OF BLACKPINK. BUT, AS ELLE KOREA’S FEATURES EDITOR JEON HYEJIN DISCOVERS, THIS SUPERSTAR IS JUST GETTING STARTED

Cruise control • ACHOK AKOI MODELS THE BEST OF RESORT 2026, EMBRACING THE STRONG AND THE SOFT AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

Elle man

Game. Set Felix • IN OUR FIRST ELLE MAN PROFILE FOR 2026, AUSTRALIAN...