Elle UK – September 2019

ELLE’sdeputyeditor(backafter

havinghada babyboy,Bruno)

thankshermumandgranfor

herloveoffashion,recalling

a ‘coffeetablefilledwithcopies

ofELLE’athomeinVirginia.

Asa student,shefellinlovewith

thewritingofAudreLordeand

SusanSontag,andadmired

thegreatCathyHorynwhile

interningatTheVillageVoice

andVibeinNY.ALondoner

since2OO8,sherunsa mentor

schemeforaspiringfashion

creativesofcolour.Kenya

interviewsSusieCaveonp1O2

Asa LondonerinNewYork,themostexcitingchange

Lynettehasseeninfashionis:‘thetrueembracingofthe

newandtheunderdog.’NamedoneofForbes’ 3O

under3Oin2O17,Lynettestudiedfashiondesign

beforedecidingtobea writer.Shewasdeputyeditor

ati-DandTe e nVo g u e,beforejoiningAlexanderWang

asvicepresidentofContent.Lynetteinterviewsfellow

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

ELLEGuest List

THE INSIDER

LYNETTE

NYLANDER

Having studied history andpoliticsatTheUniversityof

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

THEWORDSMITH

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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