Elle

Angela Lindvall on the cover of Elle France
Editor	Robbie Myers, U.S.; Valerie Toranian, France Lorraine Candy, U.K.
Categories	fashion
Frequency	Weekly (France only) Monthly (worldwide)
Circulation	6.6 million/month
First issue	1945 (France); 1985 (U.S.); 1987 (Sweden); 1994 (Thailand); 2005 (Serbia)
Company	Hachette Filipacchi Media
Country	France
Language	Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Website	www.elle.fr, www.elle.com, www.elle.no, www.elle.rs, www.elleuk.comothers

Elle is a worldwide lifestyle magazine of French origin that focuses on fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's best selling fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".

History [edit]

Elle was founded in France in 1945. In the 1960s, it was considered to "not so much reflect fashion as decree it", with 800,000 loyal readers and a then famous slogan: "Si elle lit elle lit Elle (If she reads, she reads Elle)".^[1] In 1981, Daniel Filipacchi and Jean-Luc Lagardère purchased Hachette magazines, which included the then-struggling Elle. Elle was then launched in the U.S. (News Corporation owned a stake in the US edition until 1988, followed by 25 other foreign editions.^{[citation needed]} Among its past editors was Jean-Dominique Bauby, who became known for writing a book after suffering almost total paralysis.^[2]

Today, it is the world’s largest fashion magazine, with 43 international editions in over 60 countries.^[3] Technologically speaking, the Elle brand is a global network encompassing over 33 websites. Subscriptions account for 73 percent of readers. There are 33 Elle websites globally, which collectively attract over 25 million unique visitors and 370 million page views per month^[4] Elle reaches over 21 million readers. The vast majority (82 percent) of Elle's audience are women between the ages of 18 and 49. Elle readers have a median age of 34.7 years.^[3] Forty percent of readers are single, and the median household income is $69,973.^[5] "Our readers are young enough to think about life as an adventure and old enough to have the means to live it", said Robbie Myers, editor in chief.^[6] Elle owes its graphic signature to Art director Peter Knapp^{[7][not in citation given]}

Elle is owned by the Lagardère Group of France. It is published in the US by Hearst Magazines, in Canada by Transcontinental Media, in Brazil by Grupo Editora Abril, in Mexico by Grupo Expansión, in Argentina by Grupo Clarín, in Singapore by Mediacorp, in Serbia by Adria Media, in Turkey by Doğan Burda Magazine, in Germany by Hubert Burda Media, in Romania by Ringier and in other countries including Portugal and Spain. The first UK edition was published in November 1985.

As an international magazine, Elle has its headquarters in Paris, France as well as licensed publishers in New York City, London, Toronto, Mexico City, Istanbul, Brussels, Tokyo, Warsaw, Belgrade, Oslo, Helsinki, Bucharest, Athens, Delhi, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Jakarta and other cities.

See also [edit]

• Elle Girl
• Elle (India)
• List of Elle (India) cover models
• List of fashion magazines
• List of women's magazines

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Official website
• Elle Belgium
• Elle India
• Elle Italia
• Elle Norway
• Elle Romania
• Elle Serbia
• Elle Spain
• Elle Turkey
• Elle UK
• Elle USA
• Elle International websites
• ELLE back issues