Elle UK - 04.2020

One of the top 5O highest-earning models last year, Alicia originally won Pulse

Models’ Caribbean Model Search in 2O14 and has since fronted campaigns for

Tom Ford and Gucci. This month, she appears in our summer dressing shoot on p162.

ONE ITEM YOU COULD NEVER THROW AWAY?‘My grandma’s pink silk nightgown.

It keeps me connected to home in Jamaica.’WHAT’S THE MOST SURPRISING

ITEM IN YOUR HANDBAG?‘Hot sauce. I need those spicy Caribbean flavours.’

Th e face ALICIA BURKE

Charlotte’s interest in fashion began with her grandmother’s vast jewellery collection.

She studied Fashion Styling and Production at London College of Fashion before becoming

ELLE’s fashion assistant and co-ordinatingCity Slickeron p162.WHAT WAS THE FIRST ITEM

OF CLOTHING THAT HAD AN IMPACT ON YOU?‘The Avril Lavigne-inspired buckle miniskirt

I wore with a one-shouldered vest top on my 1Oth birthday.’MOST VALUABLE STYLE LESSON

YOU’VE LEARNED?‘If you can’t find it, make it. My nan taught me to be creative.’

The stylist

CHARLOT TE HARNEY

After graduating from Central Saint Martins, Becky joined ELLE as features

assistant and foundedGalchester, a magazine celebrating the creative women

in her hometown of Manchester. This month, she profiles fashion’s most stylish

women on p94.GREATEST STYLE TIP?‘Never wear a bra. Comfort is the boldest

statement you can make.’THE FIRST ITEM OF CLOTHING THAT HAD AN IMPACT

ON YOU?‘I begged my mum to collect me daily from primary school in her

red leather Karen Millen jacket. It started my eBay addiction with the brand.’

Th e i nte r vi e w e r

BECK Y BURGUM

Hannah taught Renaissance Literature at the University of Oxford, before moving to London at age

28 to become a journalist. Now an award-winning writer, she explores how much ambition one

relationship can take on page 1O2.STRANGEST WRITING HABIT?‘I wear noise-cancelling ear

defenders to drive others away. Looking like a lunatic is great for scoring double seats on trains.’

WHAT MOTIVATES YOU ON A BAD WRITING DAY?‘Getting to ask questions about peoples’

lives and learning from them. Talking to Jennifer Petriglieri for this feature proved life-changing.’

The writer

HANNAH BET TS

ELLE.COM/UK April 2O2O 37

Compiled by: Becky Burgum. Photography: Tom Schirmacher, Connor Langford.

As a 15 -year-old growing up in Connecticut, Tom bought a camera to photograph his

friends skateboarding. Twenty years later, he has gone on to shoot Shailene Woodley

and Michelle Dockery, plus campaigns for La Mer and Tommy Hilfiger. Tom shootsCity

Slickeron p162.TOP PHOTOGRAPHY TIP?‘Don’t be afraid to get things wrong. The most

amazing moments happen by mistake.’ADVICE YOU’D GIVE TO YOUR YOUNGER SELF?

‘Be critical of yourself, but don’t let that keep you from putting photographs out in the world.’

162

94

The image maker

TOM SCHIRMACHER

Elle GUEST LIST