Dress, Loewe. Choker, Vex Latex, $125. Schlumberger ring, Tiffany & Co. Ring, Louis Vuitton.Mark Seliger After Phoebe Dynevor delivered the final line in the erotic corporate thriller Fair Play, a satisfying mic drop from her character Emily, and the film cut to black, audience members inside the premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in […]
Continue ReadingErotic finance thriller Fair Play starts with a period sex scene, one featuring Phoebe Dynevor’s character Emily hooking up with her fiancé Luke (played by Alden Ehrenreich) at a wedding. Period blood is shown all over her pale pink dress and Luke’s mouth, but is treated like normal bodily fluid. There’s no disgust, no shock, […]
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This story contains references to sexual assault and abuse. If you or someone you know needs support, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-HOPE (4673) or visit rainn.org. Spoilers below. Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, and Cindy Crawford have been everywhere since their fashion domination in the ’90s, from runways and magazine covers […]
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When you think of Kelela, what image comes to mind? Maybe it’s the cover of her breakout mixtape, Cut 4 Me, with her then-signature undercut, or maybe it’s her in a blonde wig in the now-cult music video for “LMK”? Perhaps it’s her in a luscious strawberry red wig at a Bottega Veneta show, or […]
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Luxury is often associated with unattainability—high cost, utmost quality, and opulence. What if it didn’t have to be quite so impossible to achieve? Since the onset of the pandemic, the cost of a classic Chanel flap bag has gone up from $6,500 to over $10,000. Other classic luxury labels like Hermès and Dior have also […]
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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. Ahead of fashion month, we spoke with Rajni Jacques, Snapchat’s global head of fashion and beauty, who, after getting her master’s from Columbia Journalism School, has had a wide-ranging career […]
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brandstaetter images//Getty Images A girl in her twenties basks in an apartment in New York City and ruminates on heterosexual love, further intensifying her sense of ennui. She is flooded by one of the following dilemmas: a) existentialism, b) declining mental health mixed with crippling emotional distress, c) alcohol and drug usage, or d) all […]
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Before this week, I had never been to a Selkie NYFW show. I’d seen the brand come across my timeline with images of women dressed in Bridgerton-esque dresses and styles that are most likely plastered across cottagecore Pinterest boards everywhere. As I stood backstage observing the room, waiting to speak with Kimberley Gordon, the designer […]
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If you’ve been feeling increasingly nostalgic lately, the good news is that you’re not alone—Luar’s Spring/Summer 2024 show is right there with you. On the final day of New York Fashion Week, the models embodied a cool that was reminiscent of ’90s supermodel favorites, such as Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, and Cindy Crawford. Courtesy of […]
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A bleak, grey gloomy sky hovered over NYC’s Spring Studios, the nucleus of NYFW shows and events, on the last day of the NY circuit. The Blonds—the quirky brand founded by David and Phillipe Blond—had the antidote: fantasy. Each season, The Blonds takes us deeper into their fantasy world where sex, party, and glamour collide, […]
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