Editor’s letter

With a flurry of hits and a flair for tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, the globetrotting singer has achieved the status of international icon. In-between stops on her whirlwind tour, she reflects on literature, letting love in and the transformative power of live performance

This autumn, the V&A unveils a captivating exhibition dedicated to Marie Antoinette, the ill-fated French queen whose brief yet eventful life continues to bewitch audiences and fuel the creative imagination. Marie-Claire Chappet traces her enduring influence on culture and fashion

The polymath ZOË KRAVITZ When Zoë Kravitz met ...

On the catwalk, this season’s most covetable prints are gallery-worthy. Naomi Pike traces fashion’s renewed love of wearable art

ALEXA CHUNG HAS BEEN MANY THINGS – MTV GIRL, CREATIVE DIRECTOR, BALLET-FLAT AFICIONADO – BUT SHE REMAINS, FOREVER, A BRITISH STYLE ICON. IN CONVERSATION WITH NICOLA COUGHLAN, SHE REFLECTS ON THE INDIE-SLEAZE ERA (’IT REALLY WAS AS FUN AS IT LOOKED’) AND REVEALS HER NEXT MOVE

SINCE 1985, ELLE UK HAS BEEN CELEBRATING FUTURE-FACING INNOVATIONS IN HAIR, BEAUTY, FRAGRANCE AND SKINCARE. BUT NOW, DIOR MAKE-UP’S CREATIVE AND IMAGE DIRECTOR PETER PHILIPS TAKES US BACK THROUGH THE DECADES, WITH MISS DIOR AMBASSADOR NATALIE PORTMAN