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A Study in Scarlet

MATISSE, PLEASE • ELLE Editor-in-Chief Nina Garcia’s spring moodboard is full of bold movement, inspired by the newly opened Matisse’s Jazz: Rhythms in Color exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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New Arrivals

The Artist Is Present • Fashion, art, and design converge in must-see exhibitions, collaborations, and new releases to usher in spring.

Julian Klausner Steps Up • With reverence to spare, the designer gives a beloved fashion house a new spin.

GEOMETRY CLASS • At only 25, Zane Li has already won critical acclaim—and a Hollywood following—for his avant-garde designs.

Screen Time • With Brunello: The Gracious Visionary, the Cucinelli women get a moment in the spotlight.

Blue Horizons • The youngest member of the Chrome Hearts family is finding a lane of her own.

FOUND OBJECTS • Just like covetable pieces of art, the season’s best accessories deserve their own spotlight.

BLOCK Party • Take a page from Michael Rider’s playbook at Celine: Saturated shades with neutral basics make for the perfect spring palette.

MADRID AS MUSE • For Carolina Herrera’s first show in Europe, creative director Wes Gordon found inspiration in a favorite city.

The BIG MOUTH MOMENT • Chalk it up to too many hours spent analyzing reality TV teeth, the rise of charming cosmetic dentists, or an influx of enticing products, but we are deeming 2026 the year of oral care. ELLE’s first-ever Lip Service Awards honor the very best buys for your lips, teeth, tongue, and gums. (For more winners, visit ELLE.com.)

SMILE, IT’S ON TREND • Our oral fixation has never been so obvious.

BETTER SUNSCREEN IS ON THE WAY • Why has it taken so long?

Sparking JOY • Anya Taylor-Joy talks scents.

Women Want to Live Forever, Too • How longevity became women’s business.

Golden Hour • For Maggie Kang, creator and a director of KPop Demon Hunters, a lifetime has led up to this moment.

Jill Scott Would Do It All Over Again • The legendary neo-soul star is back with a new outlook and her first album in over a decade.

Sharing Her Song • The Portuguese singer Carminho is bringing fado to the world, with a little help from Rosalía.

Odessa A’zion Is a New Kind of Movie Star • The Marty Supreme and I Love LA breakout has arrived in an industry desperate for fresh talent like hers.

LARGER THAN LIFE • Supersize your style with spring’s exaggerated motifs, statement headwear, and dramatic silhouettes.

The Dreamers • With luxurious silks and satins and relaxed silhouettes, the spring season is full of clothes too good to get out of bed for. Our cast of characters channels fashion’s languid new mood.

The Textural Landscape • Artist Conie Vallese shows the softness of spring looks set against one of Marcel Breuer’s famed Brutalist buildings.

Country Girl • Go west, young woman. Prairie style gets a 2026 spin with tiered skirts, apron dresses, rough-and-ready denim, and touches of fringe and lace.

DIVE RIGHTIN • Carefully engineered runway creations call for an equally architectural backdrop. And what better setting to showcase spring’s most immersive fashion—from Area’s otherworldly metallic gown to Dior’s riff on 18th-century finery—than a palatial Parisian water park?

MARCH • One step forward, two back? We’re all ready to race ahead, but Mercury retrograde snarls traffic. A total lunar...