In 1945, ELLE’s pioneering founder, returned to Paris from New York City to create a unique publication that grappled with the many forces shaping women’s lives. Women won the right to vote in 1944 and ELLE dove immediately into long-form “newspaper-like” features on women’s role in national politics and the growing feminist movement. ELLE would “celebrate a new type of woman: independent, modern, active, comfortable in her own skin and her time”.
At ELLE, style is about everything. From the way a woman lives to where she travels and her taste in music, art, food, cars and technology. Inspired to combine ELLE’s legacy with contemporary style. In the 80s, ELLE became a global fashion brand with its first ready-to-wear collection launched.
