Month: July 2024

Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh, consider a recommendation from the writers in our series, who, like you (since you’re here), love books. Perhaps one of their favorite
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Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Just as a photographer scours for fresh talent, the fall 2024 runways were all about the discovery of what’s new and exciting. Photographed by Mario Sorrenti. Styled by Alex White. Published:
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You’re pouting for dear life, squeezing in the cheekbones, squinting those eyes like Jon Kortajarena doing a sudoku and yet when your mate turns the camera around you’re confronted by an image of your constipated, bloated, and worryingly wired face. And that’s before you’ve clocked your old-man hand limping in the corner looking as awkward as a
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Misconceptions about Black skin and the sun have existed for as long as we can remember. For years, I convinced myself that because of my melanin, I didn’t need to wear sunscreen, and that sunless tanning—think spray tanning and self-tanner—added no value to my beauty routines. However, over the years, both myths have proven the
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MP3 vs vinyl, digital photography vs film, texting vs catching up down the pub. There’s no denying technology has made many of life’s little details more convenient, but the problem is that it all too often tears the heart out of them in the process. Clothes shopping is another prime example. Thankfully there is still
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From Winston Churchill to Malala Yousafzai, history is awash with inspirational speeches spoken by great men and women. Naturally, though, not all speeches are created equal. You need only look at the orations of certain current political figures to notice that sometimes, when people speak, they really aren’t saying anything at all. Luckily, everyone on
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Colman Domingo’s star continues to rise, with his upcoming role in musical adaptation The Color Purple and his scene-stealing turn in HBO’s Euphoria. Fans are curious about the Fear the Walking Dead actor’s personal life, but he has been in a very steady romance for nearly two decades. Colman married Raúl Aktanov, or Raúl Domingo
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We’ve all been there – you’ve been playing in the school playground, tripped, tore your trousers to smithereens, went home with your head down only to get fiercely rebuked by your mother when she found out you ruined your ‘only pair’. “But you don’t understand, mum,” you plead, “ripped jeans are cool.” Which is true
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