Get To Know Model Turned Le Cordon Bleu-Trained Chef Tess Ward

Here she talks food fads, wardrobe staples, and being slutty for pastry

New Year Detoxing – The Honest Truth

New Year Detoxing – The Honest Truth

Can PLENISH convert this long-time cleansing sceptic? I have a confession to make. I’m a beauty and skincare journalist and all-round lifestyle obsessive, and I’ve never done (well, completed) a juice cleanse. I am an all-out, uncompromising diet and detox sceptic....

Noah Bambauch Premiere To Open Glasgow Film Festival

Noah Bambauch Premiere To Open Glasgow Film Festival

Glasgow's eleventh film festival looks to be the best yet The European premiere of Noah Bambauch's While We're Young - a bittersweet comedy starring Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts - will open the eleventh Glasgow Film Festival next month, setting the standard for a...

News | Antony Vaccarello Takes On Versus Versace

News | Antony Vaccarello Takes On Versus Versace

Sex kittens, prick your ears Few fashion partnerships feel as instant or natural as that between Anthony Vaccarello and Versus Versace. From his earliest collections, the Belgian-born designer has shown an aptitude for wearable sex - think monochrome palettes,...

Opinion | Should Feminism Be Fashionable? 

Opinion | Should Feminism Be Fashionable? 

On 29th October 2014 Harriet Harman tweeted: "This is what a feminist will look like at Prime Minister's Questions today @ELLEUK @fawcettsociety #ellefeminism".  She then proceeded to sit in the House of Commons clad in the pro-feminist T-shirt, silently rubbing it in...

Three Ways To Beautify Your Life This Week

Three Ways To Beautify Your Life This Week

January – by all means, the worst month of the year. Not only are you on a post-Christmas comedown, during which you are forced to accept that watching sixteen hours of telly and eating calendar chocolates all day is not acceptable behavior, but it’s also the start of...

Today You Should Dress Like…A Gunslinger

Today You Should Dress Like…A Gunslinger

Be inspired by our bespoke daily Polyvore outfit. Reece Hudson's simple black leather clutch gets a graphic makeover with a floral-print gun motif. Preen's Line stretch cotton biker pants look good paired with a washed-coral burnout vest from Zadig & Voltaire, and...

How The Internet Reacted To Kurt Cobain’s Death In 1994

How The Internet Reacted To Kurt Cobain’s Death In 1994

With the death of a well-known person, a journalistic trend of recent years has been the publication of a “Social media's reaction to...” article, summing up the mood of the emotionally and digitally connected. I would like to apply such a trend retrospectively if I...

PHOENIX’s Top Texturising Sprays For Summer Hair

PHOENIX’s Top Texturising Sprays For Summer Hair

With summer on the horizon, PHOENIX tests a line-up of texturising sprays, seeking undone waves and a good measure of beach-blown volume... Label M Texturising Volume Spray, £12.50 If you often use a spritz of dry shampoo as a substitute for texturising spray, you'll...

Today You Should Dress Like.. Batgirl At The Prom

Today You Should Dress Like.. Batgirl At The Prom

Be inspired by our bespoke daily Polyvore outfit. Prom is here, Batgirl. Your sartorial mission? Ditch the wet-look jumpsuit. You've been working Marvel comic-book chic for too long. With its pale pink, mauve and grey all-over bat print, structured bodice and full...

Richard E Grant Launches JACK Perfume At Liberty’s

Richard E Grant Launches JACK Perfume At Liberty’s

Having been led by his nose all his life, the self-proclaimed 'perfumed ponce' and forthcoming resident of Downton Abbey Richard E Grant began the official launch party for his debut fragrance by explaining that the idea for the scent popped into his head when...

Today You Should Dress Like…A Cubist Classic

Today You Should Dress Like…A Cubist Classic

Be inspired by our bespoke daily Polyvore outfit. Ostwald Helgason's pleated silk skirt has blue degradé embroidery and silk-blend waistband that creates a ultra-feminine fit with a slightly sheer finish, and Stella McCartney's simple stretch-knit shows it off to the...

Today You Should Dress Like…An Off-Duty Star

Today You Should Dress Like…An Off-Duty Star

 Be inspired by our bespoke daily Polyvore outfit.  The press are hungry for you. You're seeking some sun-soaked down-time. Shade your eyes with Lennon-shaped sunglasses from ASOS and team IRO's monochrome tweed shorts (a chic alternative to ubiquitous denim cut-offs)...

The BBC Needs A New Late Show, Not Safe White Art

The BBC Needs A New Late Show, Not Safe White Art

It was with sadness, and yet some relief, that the BBC announced on the 27th that The Review Show is to be cancelled. The programme was once the Thursday iteration of The Late Show, a rather brilliant programme which went out for four nights a week on BBC2 and, for...

Kings Of Fragrance Byredo Craft A New Bouquet

Kings Of Fragrance Byredo Craft A New Bouquet

Since their inception 7 years ago, Stockholm-based perfumers Byredo have reigned as the leaders of the cult fragrance scene. This success is largely owed to the genuine originality of each scent - it has always proved impossible to provide a ‘smells like’ comparison...

Today You Should Dress Like… A Charlie’s Angel

Today You Should Dress Like… A Charlie’s Angel

Be inspired by our bespoke daily Polyvore outfit. Stella McCartney's denim dungarees are a modern take on a 70s classic, especially when worn with this soft leather black camisole from T by Alexander Wang. These Giuseppe Zanotti peep-toe sandals with leopard-print...

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