Issue January 2017 - ELLE (2024)

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IN EVERY ISSUECALENDARJANUARY 1Get a metaphysical start to 2017: Jim Jarmusch’s film Paterson—about a New Jersey bus driver (Adam Driver) who writes poetry he only shows his wife (Golshifteh Farahani)— is suffused with a wondrous, dense stillness.JANUARY 3Bad Feminist writer Roxane Gay releases her short-story collection, Difficult Women, which covers everything from a girls’ fight club to inseparable sisters.JANUARY 8With Jimmy Fallon hosting the Golden Globes, expect less snark and more good-natured silliness than Ricky Gervais dished out as last year’s emcee. Fingers crossed that, like on The Tonight Show, there will even be puppies!JANUARY 13Indie rock quartet Colony House, whose sound is by turns surf-poppy and anthemic, releases its second album, Only the Lonely.JANUARY 13Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, and Danny DeVito trio up for, somehow, the first time ever in…2 min

IN EVERY ISSUEELLE.COM COACH OF THE MONTH: JULIE HELLERWhen Rihanna’s longtime stylist, Mel Ottenberg, shows up in your vintage store on the hunt for scarves for RiRi’s upcoming Saturday Night Live performance—as he did last year at Julie Heller’s by-appointment SoHo gem, EraLuxe—it’s a coup. When Ottenberg says, as Heller remembers, “Wait—she would like half of what’s in here,” it’s a major coup. And when he follows it with “Do you mind if we take it to her?,” you say, “Of course not.”Heller, who grew up in Potomac, Maryland, was working in sales at Manhattan’s original Intermix store in 2005 when she decided to set off for the great beyond of Los Angeles. It was there that she began her obsessive and exhaustive hunts through the city’s sprawling thrift scene, from the Sunday flea market at Fairfax High…3 min

IN EVERY ISSUEBETTER WITH AGE1 MODERN WOMANJanuary 2To avoid being mistaken for a retro-themed party guest, “pepper in pieces,” Heller says. Don’t do one decade head to toe; instead, start incorporating vintage accessories. Once that feels comfortable, she says, work in a jacket.2 SOURCE MATERIALJanuary 9Heller’s “If you like this, try that” guide focuses on vintage styles that are still hyper-current, like Yves Saint Laurent circa 1970. Saint Laurent has “a black hooded cape in their collection right now that is almost an exact re-creation of a piece they did in the ’70s—which I currently have at EraLuxe!”3 THE ESSENTIALSJanuary 16What to buy on every budget, whether it’s the perfect vintage band tee for $25 or a $750 classic Chanel tweed jacket. Pro tip for a long-range splurge: “Anything Chanel will last you—it’s a…1 min

IN EVERY ISSUEHOROSCOPECAPRICORNDEC 22–JAN 19 Capricorn season is in full swing until the 19th—and thanks to the influence of a spate of social planets, your extracurricular schedule won’t ease up. A creative collaborator (or potential business partner) could turn up on New Year’s Day. Just wait until Mercury turns direct on the 8th to propose any formal deals. The 12th’s Cancer full moon will cement a pairing that’s been percolating since summer—and that comes with a difficult choice, like dialing back the intensity of other relationships. Work demands heat up from the 19th on, but don’t overload your plate. Do less, but do it masterfully.AQUARIUS (JAN 20–FEB 18) January is the month of practical magic, enjoyed in small bites. By all means, drop into a dance class— especially on the 12th, with…6 min

IN EVERY ISSUEShop It Like It’s Hot“Need” is something my two teenagers and I discuss a lot: My older one constantly challenges me on our culture’s flagrant overuse of the term to justify what are really just desires, but especially as it applies to her younger brother’s often successful lobbying efforts, as he seems to really, really need a new pair of Nike LeBron Soldier 10s or Kyrie 2s each week. Our family is a microcosm of the contradictions in the American psyche, our Puritan suspicions of consumption and pleasure-seeking smacking up against our constitutional right to, damn it, pursue happiness: to work hard, make money, and then do, get, or go after anything we please—be it surfing lessons, Hamilton tickets (good luck), or a quality sneaker collection.But it wasn’t until we started the research for…3 min

FASHIONHOW TO GET DRESSED 2017SPECIAL SHOPPING ISSUE!The only time I buy clothes occurs twice a year, on the fly, in between fashion week shows (my secret’s out!). Over the last two decades, I’ve developed a two-track brain that enables me to navigate seasons with ease. Racing from fall runway shows in the freezing cold of mid-February to buy featherweight clothes I won’t wear until May, before rushing back to see models on the runway wearing tweed and knits the rest of us won’t sport for at least six months? No problem.But at the spring 2017 shows this past September, there was a whole new source of confusion to contend with. Designers adopting the new see-now, buy-now model showed clothes for fall, while those who were steadfastly sticking to the tried-and-true, six-months-ahead version—still in keeping…5 min

Issue January 2017 - ELLE (2024)

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