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The enemies-to-lovers trope is one of the best in romance. It features two characters who hate each other, but over the course of the plot, that sizzling hatred turns into affection — then love. This trope was on full display in Bridgerton season two, with Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) and Kate (Simone Ashley), who begin the…

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Jamie McCarthyGetty Images The Met Gala is an illustrious evening, made for the express purpose of showing off. The Oscars or Grammys can claim to be about uplifting their individual art forms, but the Met Gala knows its purpose in the realm of star-studded events: This is a night about being seen — and not…

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A trip to London may conjure up two different and somewhat competing vacation fantasies: the first, a more royal-inspired vision., with fancy tea parties, shopping at Selfridges, and photos outside Kensington Palace, and the second somewhat grungier, filled with smokey camden bars and vinyl shopping in Soho. Why not do both? For ELLE Escapes, we…

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CoffeeAndMilk If you ever stare into the abyss that is a magnified mirror, odds are you’ve had the horrifying thought, “Have my pores always been this big?” I would love nothing more than to magically erase my pores, but I’m sorry to tell you, that’s just not possible. What is possible is to gradually shrink…

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If you’re seeing red this spring, it could be the bright blooms of Kenzo’s limited-edition Poppy capsule collection. But near midnight on May 15/16, you will likely be witnessing the Total Scorpio Full Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse, putting on its own runway show in the sky. Most years bring us two lunar eclipses (and two…

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Flo Ngala fully admits to being a crier. On what may very well be the biggest day of her career — Met Gala Monday — she’s already crying for the second time, and it’s only morning. Turns out, a few drops of boiling water accidentally fell on her back from the bowl carried by her…

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Courtesy Oh, how we’ve missed parties! Nothing beats being surrounded by loved ones (who might be a little sweaty if you’re making use of the dance floor), a spirited toast, and of course, an enviable outfit. We’re all overjoyed to have a brimming social calendar again at long last. But let us not forget to…

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For Sylvie Chantecaille, founder of the eponymous botanical skincare and makeup brand, Chantecaille, roses intertwine generations. As a little girl growing up in France, she and her mother spent hours caring for the roses in their garden. “I woke up to the scent of roses every morning,” she says. You could say it was her…

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Collages of posters, magazine clippings, and Polaroids that often plastered the walls of teenage bedrooms in the aughts hinted at what the younger generation deemed “cool” at the time — most likely, XYZ celebrity, band, movie, artist, or designer. Today, a cohort of digitally-savvy users replicate that very same level of obsession on Instagram via…

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Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. “It feels like 2007 again,” Mark Hunter, the photographer known as The Cobrasnake, tells me. It’s the second time during our conversation that he’s uttered those exact words, but his enthusiasm is understandable. “Indie sleaze,” AKA the sweaty, Four Loko-assisted excess…

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