Elle UK - 09.2019

ELLE’s deputy editor (back after

having had a baby boy, Bruno)

thanks her mum and gran for

her love of fashion, recalling

a ‘coffee table filled with copies

of ELLE’ at home in Virginia.

As a student, she fell in love with

the writing of Audre Lorde and

Susan Sontag, and admired

the great Cathy Horyn while

interning atThe Village Voice

andVibein NY. A Londoner

since 2OO8, she runs a mentor

scheme for aspiring fashion

creatives of colour.Kenya

interviews Susie Cave on p1O2

As a Londoner in New York, the most exciting change

Lynette has seen in fashion is: ‘the true embracing of the

new and the underdog.’ Named oneofForbes’ 3O

under 3O in 2O17, Lynette studied fashion design

before deciding to be a writer. She was deputy editor

ati-DandTe e n Vo g u e,before joining Alexander Wang

as vice president of Content.Lynette interviews fellow

Brooklynite Elaine Welteroth on p136

ELLE.COM/UK September 2O19

Words: Becky Burgum. Photography: Quentin Jones, Rémi Pujol, Karen Collins, Rex Features Gett y Images.

ELLEGuest List

THE INSIDER

LYNETTE

NYLANDER

Having studied history and politics at The University of

Manchester (and thinking she might go into law), it wasn’t until

her mid-twenties that ELLE’s new beauty director decided to turn

her make-up obsession into a career. Her beauty icon is Helena

Christensen, while Chanel perfume forever reminds her why she

fell in love with the industry: ‘Cristalle takes me right back to my

GCSEs – my uniform was drenched with the stuff.’ Katy directed

the monochrome shoot on p228 and her first column is on p246

THE WORDSMITH

KENYA

HUNT

Originally set on becoming a writer, Karen

credits her art-director husband with opening

her eyes to photography. She describes her

home state of Michigan as ‘the most boring

place in the world’, but its plainness drives her

imagination. Based in Tribeca, New York, she

flits between London and Paris, shooting for

Numéro and Rollacoaster. The one thing

she’d tell her 16 -year-old self? ‘You’re never

going to have boobs, so stop waiting.’ Karen

photographed the Soft Power shoot on p184

THE IMAGE-MAKER

KAREN

COLLINS

The first and only fashion journalist

awarded a Pulitizer Prize, Robin is a

leading cultural voice and fashion

critic for The Washington Post. The

Princeton graduate believes real

power ‘is based on truth and the

people you can reach with it’.

Recently, she’s given up sugar in

solidarity with her overweight

pooch, Oscar. ‘I say, “Buddy, I feel

your pain.”’ Robin introduces the

Fashion Power List on page p142

THE CRITIC

ROBIN

GIVHAN

THE BEAUTY EXPERT

KATY

YOUNG

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