To Have And To Hold On To The new bridalwear is no longer just for one day. Instead, designers are banking on cool, contemporary pieces that will live in your wardrobe happily ever after At the end of last year, Pinterest – the modern bride’s best friend – announced that online searches for ‘low-waste weddings’ had increased by an impressive…
What, This Old Thing? Repeat-Wear Tips THE PIECE: VINYL TROUSERS The influencer, and repeat-wear expert, reveals how her wipe-clean trousers have become a wardrobe staple If you are one of the people in my life who raised an eyebrow when I bought these pretty-out-there PVC pants and warned me that I would never wear them, consider this a very public,…
Can A Red-Carpet Dress Ever Really Be Sustainable? BAFTA RIPPED UP the red-carpet rule book last week with its very 2020 dress code, requesting guests ‘make sustainable choices on the red carpet’. In other words, if possible, rewear an old dress. At the time of going to press, we don’t know how BAFTA’s goal of a carbon-neutral ceremony has worked…
Why We Should All Be Dressing Danishly WHAT DO YOU thinkthe’20saregonna be like?’ That was the question posed by Ganni ahead of its A/W ’20 show in Copenhagen last week. But at the start of a new decade, against a background of political, social and environmental tumult, Ganni is by no means the only one asking what the 2020s…
Art and Fashion “THE CONTRAST OF OLD AND NEW IS SO MODERN AND SO INDICATIVE OF THE ART SCENE COMING OUT OF BERLIN” Kiri-Una Brito Meumann, the Melbourne-based artist and ELLE List alumnus, attended the show and was equally impressed by Max Mara’s art-skewed setting. “The location really resonated with me,” she says. “I think the contrasting of old and…
IN FOCUS: Put It In Neutral CARBON NEUTRAL WAS THIS SEASON’S NEW BUZZ WORD. HERE’S HOW THE INDUSTRY IS MAKING GOOD ON THAT PROMISE Carbon neutrality is the new black in the fashion world. Achieving a zero-carbon footprint by balancing emissions with carbon removal (eg. by planting trees) or eliminating those emissions altogether has gone from the noble aim of…
Try This: Spruced-Up Shorts THE ALLURE OF LONGER-LENGTH SHORTS CAPTURED THE FASHION PACK AT THE RECENT SUMMER SHOWS. WE’RE FOLLOWING SUIT Not so long ago, the notion of wearing shorts to the office felt outlandish, but there’s been a shift of late. Fashion has started reconsidering the value of well-tailored versions, as evidenced by the recent summer collections’ ultra-stylish show-goers,…
Fashion Flipping Is A Thing And It’ll Make You Hella Rich Like house flipping but HGTV hasn’t caught on yet. General life announcement: There are real people out here turning the clothing-resell biz into a full-time job. Sure, they probably started out by purging their closets of the Urban Outfitters dresses they wore just three times (@ myself), but they…
Try before You Train Gym Bags Let team WomenElle carry the weight for you. Sweaty Betty Icon Running Backpack £90 This bag is sleek and designed with the Sweaty Betty “minimal fuss” aesthetic. The padding keeps the back comfortable, and the adjustable straps with additional buckles make it properly supportive, too. It is compact, but stylish and neat. …
Best Tunic Tops Under $30 A great tunic high could be surprisingly laborious to search out. Fortunately, I discovered 4! Three are from Amazon, and one is from Goal. All of them are below $30 which makes these “must-haves” that I feel you will love! For reference, I am 5’8″. The primary tunic high is a medium weight cotton…