Category: Fashion and Beauty

  • Column: Your insecurities are fair game for the beauty industry

    Column: Your insecurities are fair game for the beauty industry

    Scrolling on social media, window-shopping downtown and even walking through UNC’s campus lately, there is one overwhelming message: there’s a product out there that will fix your biggest insecurity. There is a magical ingredient you’ve been missing in your already endless skincare routine. Just another tiny, miniscule $50 and you will be as confident and…

  • The ELLE Backstage Beauty Kit Has Landed – Here’s How To Get It

    The ELLE Backstage Beauty Kit Has Landed – Here’s How To Get It

    Every March and September, the ELLE beauty team head backstage at fashion weeks around the globe to discover the looks and trends that will carry us through each season and beyond. We pride ourselves on getting insider beauty intel straight from the professionals, and are privy to exactly what elevates a look to camera-ready heights…

  • Filippo Grazioli to exit Missoni, succeeded by a veteran of the Italian house

    Filippo Grazioli to exit Missoni, succeeded by a veteran of the Italian house

    With barely a moment for the dust to settle on fashion month – which ended this past Tuesday in Paris – this week has proved one of industry shake-up, as the game of designer musical chairs continues. Yesterday was the announcement that Hedi Slimane was to leave Celine, replaced by Polo Ralph Lauren’s Michael Rider,…

  • WATCH: Feathers fly as Chanel returns to Paris fashion week

    Chanel returned to the Grand Palais — scene of the late Karl Lagerfeld’s most legendary triumphs for the first time in four years Tuesday with a birdcage-themed Paris Fashion Week show that recalled the label’s past glories. The famed French house turned the newly refurbished Belle Epoque edifice into a giant aviary, with a white…

  • What colours to wear this autumn according to Fashion Week

    What colours to wear this autumn according to Fashion Week

    With spring/summer runways having drawn to a close in Paris this week, the star-studded front rows were littered with a wealth of colour inspiration for the autumn season. With that in mind, here are the colours you should be donning this season according to autumn/winter runways. Burgundy and plum Plum, burgundy, aubergine and cranberry –…

  • Direct-to-consumer challengers are still outplaying fashion’s stalwarts

    Direct-to-consumer challengers are still outplaying fashion’s stalwarts

    Direct-to-consumer brands have shaken up the fashion industry with innovative, social-led marketing. For The Drum’s Fashion and Beauty Focus, Luke Jonas of Nest Commerce showcases the best examples. The fashion industry is rightly famed for its innovative designs on the catwalk. However, it often falls short when it comes to digital marketing. Legacy retailers all…

  • Coperni’s Disneyland Paris Runway Show Healed My Inner Child

    Coperni’s Disneyland Paris Runway Show Healed My Inner Child

    If you had major FOMO scrolling TikTok watching influencers and fashion-goers on Space Mountain… same. And if you were wondering when every single person you follow on Instagram became a Disney adult, let me explain. Last night, Coperni debuted its Spring/Summer 2025 collection at Disneyland Paris, complete with Sleeping Beauty’s Castle and fireworks. Coperni became…

  • 5 Striking Beauty Trends From Paris Fashion Week

    5 Striking Beauty Trends From Paris Fashion Week

    The spring/summer 2025 shows in Paris were dominated by a plethora of noteworthy, viral moments – including Kylie Jenner’s Coperni debut – intermixed with an air of carefree creativity. As for the beauty of it all, Dries Van Noten presented us with colourful mascara, Balmain showcased the silkiest of blow dries, while Dior’s low-key ponytails…

  • Beauty buzz: Olaplex No.5 Moisturize + Mend Leave-In Conditioner, Vichy Minéral 89 100h Moisture Boosting Cream Rich and Paula’s Choice Skin Perfecting Liquid Exfoliant

    Article content Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Olaplex No.5 Moisturize & Mend Leave-In Conditioner They say: A leave-in hair conditioner that features the brand’s Bond Building Technology as well as a high-adhesion sealing complex to repair…

  • Chanel Wants You To Wear Sequins On Your Eyes Next Spring

    Chanel Wants You To Wear Sequins On Your Eyes Next Spring

    As the final stop on a four-city tour that spans two continents, the designers who show at Paris Fashion Week always serve up the most dramatic and breathtaking runway moments. The beauty looks created to fully realize the vision of the collections are equally major, often serving as a trend forecast on the next set…