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You would be hard-pressed to find someone more determined than Lalisa Manobal. Better known to her fans as Lisa, the K-pop star and Blackpink member learned to rap flawlessly in Korean (not her first language) and underwent intense dance and vocal training on her path to global superstardom. Now she is striking out on her own as a solo act, complete with an arena-ready look: “Big, big earrings. Silver accessories. When I wear it, I just feel like, ‘Okay, I’m a rock star.’ ” Head to ELLE.com to see Lisa take our Ask Me Anything challenge. Our fall fashion issue rounds up the highlights of a brilliant season, from Brigitte Niedermair and Patti Wilson’s tribute to Gothic glamour to Bobby Doherty and Herin Choi’s celebration of statement-making accessories. Olivier Kervern and…

And this light, above all else, is why only Rome could be the setting for the stories you are about to read, those of extraordinary women of different ages, backgrounds, and cultures united by style and creativity, courage and self-consistency, and their ability to change. We interviewed these seven women—Kyra Kennedy, Susanna Lau, Yoshie Nishikawa, Aya Mohamed, Elisabetta Dessy, Lucia Silvestri, and Sabine Marcelis—to celebrate an important day: the 140th anniversary of Bvlgari, founded by Sotirio Bulgari in 1884 when he opened his first store in Via Sistina above the Spanish Steps. The celebration attracted celebrities and international stars including Anne Hathaway, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Liu Yifei, who flocked to Rome for the unveiling of the new Alta Gioielleria Aeterna collection. Arriving in Rome was a turning point for Sotirio—of…

The BAG Inspired by turn-of-the-century cruise ship luggage, Louis Vuitton’s City Steamer style gets an update with chic shearling trim and a ridged padlock. Handbag, Louis Vuitton, $9,300, louisvuitton.com. The WATCH Cool down with Rolex’s latest edition of its Perpetual 1908 timepiece, complete with a textured guilloche face in ice blue. Watch, Rolex, rolex.com. The SHOE For his final women’s show, Dries Van Noten leaned into his signature Belgian eccentricity with pieces like this checkered wedge sabot. Wedges, Dries Van Noten, $770, driesvannoten.com. PHOTOGRAPHED BY ELI SCHMIDT; SET DESIGN BY MIAKO KATOH.…

BACK TO SCHOOL For Wales Bonner’s fall 2024 collection, designer Grace Wales Bonner collaborated with Howard University’s Moorland-Springarn Research Center to create clothes that channel 1990s collegiate life. Varsity sportswear influences come through in leather aviator jackets, while utility pockets also echo the era. Sweater, $1,234, trousers, $912, earrings, $681, slingbacks, Wales Bonner, walesbonner.com. SOMETHING BLUE Van Cleef & Arpels assembles every piece in its Alhambra collection by hand. Now the house is incorporating blue agate, first introduced in the line in 1989, into two new creations: the Vintage Alhambra reversible ring and the signature Sweet Alhambra Watch (shown here). The ring made its debut in 2023, and the new colorway serves as only the second iteration of the piece. Created in a 15-step process, the watch is set by hand with golden…

Surely, many eldest daughters can relate to Diane Keaton’s style origin story. As the firstborn, she says, “you are essentially your parents’ first doll.” Keaton’s book Fashion First, out this month from Rizzoli New York, is an elevated scrapbook of sorts that begins with her early days in ruffled Shirley Temple dresses, home-sewn by her mother, and careens through what, in 2024 parlance, you might call her fashion “eras.” There were sartorial detours aplenty along the way: a leopard-print DVF wrap jumpsuit worthy of Studio 54, mod minis, and even a short-lived blonde moment. But soon, the style Keaton would become known for crystallized into an iconic silhouette: menswear suiting in the mode of Dietrich and Hepburn. In the foreword to the book, Ralph Lauren says, “I am often credited with…

The look, in all its bossed-up glory, spoke for itself: a leather suit with a cropped vest, oversize trousers, and square-toed boots made for stomping. Kelsey Plum, guard for the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces, walked the tunnel dressed to kill. It was championship ring night, and Plum and her teammates had come to claim what was rightfully theirs. “Kelsey is just that b-i-t-c-h,” Sydney Bordonaro, Plum’s stylist, said of the viral look—a coy twist on the Princess Diana revenge dress and a subtle way for Plum to assert her dominance following a public divorce filing. That tunnel fit joined a rapidly expanding roster of styles worn by the current crop of WNBA stars, proving that the league is as fun to watch when the game clock is ticking as it is…