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A New Look That Feels Just Like Home

In Paris, Chaumet’s headquarters at place Vendôme reopened in march after a year-long major renovation. As the world comes to a complete pause and the doors to the maison temporarily close, there’s no better time to take an illustrated tour of the jeweller’s house

The (Upgraded) Skincare Edit

These are the burning beauty questions that one beauty writer always had, now answered

How Will The Coronavirus Impact The Future Of Fashion?

With the global health and economic catastrophe putting the brakes on the pace luxury fashion orbits at today, creating time and space for the industry to reassess its modus operandi, it’s possible that fashion can now tweak its systems for the better — shaping a brave new world, post-pandemic

ACE THAT BASE

A GOOD FOUNDATION can MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE NOTHING COULD BRING you DOWN. HERE, SIX NEW LAUNCHES FOR DIFFERENT LIFESTYLES, TRIED and TESTED

LIFE, Interrupted

THE CORONAVIRUS has PROVEN ITSELF A THREAT NOT JUST TO OUR HEALTH, BUT ALSO a MAJOR DISRUPTION to SOCIAL HABITS, WORK FLOWS and THE ECONOMY. AS WE ISOLATE OURSELVES in A BID TO FLATTEN THE CURVE, ELLE SINGAPORE ASKS a SOCIOLOGIST, CEO, and FINANCIAL EXPERT (OVER EMAIL) HOW the GLOBAL PANDEMIC is IMPACTING US. AND in BEING FORCED TO ADAPT, THE LESSONS WE can GLEAN FOR LIFE HEREAFTER

Infinite Pursuit

TWO DECADES on FROM THE PIVOTAL TV ROLE that LAUNCHED HER CAREER, SONG HYE KYO is UNSTOPPABLE — and READY FOR new CHALLENGES

10 QUESTIONS WITH GUCCI WESTMAN

THE INFLUENTIAL MAKEUP ARTIST, COSMETIC DESIGNER, and MOST RECENTLY, BRAND OWNER of BEAUTY BRAND WESTMAN ATELIER, on CREATING MAKEUP THAT’S EMPOWERING, RESPONSIBLE, and LIFE-CHANGING

High Stakes, Big Trade

Swapping convenience for conscious actions, the Elle Singapore team gives up habits detrimental to the planet for two weeks. Going without fast fashion, food delivery services or single-use beauty products, here are our accounts — unfiltered

Where We Stand

Wildfires, hurricanes, floods and heat waves. These past few years have seen a dramatic increase in natural disasters, and with the grim predictions for the future, it’s impossible to doubt the effects of global warming. Elle delves into the state of the planet and the crucial role women play in its outcome. From the indelible women leading climate action across the globe to the inspiring ideas already in motion, now is the time to take a stand for our planet

Skin Saviour

After creating the world’s first skincare for the hypersensitive skin of cancer patients, rovectin’s founder lee sungsoo takes its ultra-healing benefits and extends them into everyday products for everyday people

The Best In Beauty

If you’re planning to get yourself a beauty treat that actually works, let it be one of these 16 tried-and-true makeup, skincare, haircare and bodycare products that have gone through the hands of elle’s beauty editors around the world, before earning a place as a winner in the elle international beauty awards 2020

Can You Bottle Nature?

Our edit of nature-smelling products certainly proves it’s possible. To go the extra mile for earth day this month, we’ve included sustainable brands in this curation too

Saving Plastic

A partnership between two local brands sparked an environment saving process that’s ground breakingly simple

Swiping Away The Skincare #shelfies

We hate to break it to you, but skincare ain’t like shoes. The more isn’t merrier — it generates more waste, and might even cause skin sensitivity

The Shades And Silhouettes Of Eco-Friendly Fashion

From emerging designers and veteran stalwarts to the internet’s biggest e-tailers, luxury fashion is racing to quell its effects on our planet. But what is the green standard it’s defining, and who are the people setting the bar?

Is Fashion Finally Going Green?

Even if 2019 saw a huge shift towards “GOING GREEN”, fashion remains one of the MOST POLLUTING INDUSTRIES on the planet. How is the textile industry reacting to the CLIMATE CRISIS? What are luxury giants, fast fashion veterans and newcomers doing to change their ways? Here are their plans for 2020

GREEN me UP SCOTTY!

TRANSPORTING YOURSELF to ANOTHER COUNTRY SOON? ELLE has THE LIST OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY HOTELS ACROSS the GLOBE YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. NOT LACKING in UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES – OR COMFORT – THESE VERY SUSTAINABLE SPOTS go BEYOND THEIR DUTIES TO THE PLANET, AND to YOU, THE GUEST

The Bright Side

Freckles are not perceived as a facial blemish anymore —they’re even an Instagram filter, but as someone who grew up with them, I am at the crossroads of wanting to keep my freckles lighter while not removing them

In Tandem With

Born of Global Cultural Movements and a seismic shift in what women wanted to wear in the ’60s, what is sportmax if not a sign of the times? Maria Giulia Prezioso Maramotti — granddaughter of its founder — on the world, fashion and its consumers, then and now

The New Power

The Industry’s best-selling philosopher Alessandro Michele is wondering if fashion can rally the people to rage against the machine. Here’s how Gucci’s ss’20 runway was his stage

Batting For Baseline

Is fashion tired of using a loudhailer to make an entrance? On the ss’20 runways, there seems to be a consensus

The Beauty Game Changers

These three under-30 Singapore brand founders are the movers and shakers of new-age beauty. In light of international women’s day, we’re celebrating grit in the face of grime (of starting a business, that is). These girls may be young, but they’re capable as hell

Your Skin, When You Sleep

Billie eilish once sang: when we all fall asleep, where do we go? We now have answers, when it comes to our skin, at least

How To Win (Famous) Friends & Influence (Powerful) People

He hangs out with Gigi, parties with Kendall and persuaded naomi to launch a youtube channel. But who is derek blasberg? And how did he become the most connected man in fashion?

Take the LEAD

...IN GETTING the PROMOTION AND PAY RAISE YOU DESERVE, and DEFINING YOUR NEEDS in THE WORKPLACE. WE WANT it ALL, AND THROUGH PERSONAL ANECDOTES, WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN THERE and DONE THAT, TELL US HOW

SAVAGE BEAUTY

A COLOURFUL LISBON APARTMENT REFLECTS its VIVACIOUS OWNER, Design Consultant FILIPA DE ABREU

In The Flesh

A new frontier in he body positivity movement goes beyond plus-size. Ere a look at the history of body image, the social media looking glass, and the next wave of representation

Forward Facing

In Beijing’s Chaoyang District, one mall’s vision is resolutely tinted with gentle monster’s future-centric lenses, together changing how we shop and experience retail in artistic new ways

In Her Shoes

For SS’20, Boss’s Ingo Wilts brings clarity and the beautifully fuss-free to a chaotic world

Naomi Watanabe Is Perfectly Peculiar

With nine million followers on Instagram, comedian Naomi Watanabe is Japan’s most-followed personality for her Effortless Funnies and Magnetic Personality that transcends language barriers, cultural nuances, and the act of being self-deprecating. In all seriousness, she discusses why being Weird is her weapon