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Flights of fancy • An epic fashion fantasy for the ages, John Galliano’s Maison Margiela Artisanal show was a reminder of how powerful it can be to escape into unfettered creativity

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Art school • Relish the fuss-free this season by looking to the clean lines and bold colours of the Bahaus movement. Designers leaned into the 20th-century German design school’s legacy for spring/summer 2024, with saturated primary and monochrome hues sweeping the collections at Givenchy, Acne Studios, Chloé and Proenza Schouler. Whether you go head-to-toe Yves Klein blue or juxtapose a pop of crimson against sunshine-yellow suiting, pass up ornamentation for function and simplicity, and let your avant garde palette do the talking

In conversation: Miranda July • Her new novel is a fierce coming-of-middle-age story, five years in the making. Here, the artist explains why she wrote the book for all women

The big sunny reads • Nothing ruins a trip like the wrong book – make room in your suitcase for ELLE’s pick of the blockbuster pairings of the summer

DESTINATION BOOKSHOP • Leave your novels at home for an excuse to make dipping into a store part of your sight-seeing must-dos

CARRIED AWAY • Bags to fill to the brim with summertime reading

Debut discoveries • Women’s communes, queer love now and unrequited passion… these first novels deserve space on your bookshelf

WHAT ARE YOU READING NEXT?

Introducing: Super Yaya • Meet Rym Beydoun, the designer celebrating West Africa with garments that are chock-full of colour and packed with personality

Summertime soirées • From mood lighting to French fries served on silver platters, this is how to host the ultimate summer party, according to the fashion set. The decadence is in the detail

BOOK EDIT • Aja’s recommended reads

Threads of change • Introducing our new monthly column dedicated to the creatives, innovators and thought leaders who are pushing sustainability back to the top of fashion’s agenda. To kick us off, author Aja Barber tells how she reshaped the way she consumed fashion – and why her wardrobe has never looked better

CLOTHING EDIT • Aja’s picks

The skinny-jean comeback • Are you ready to plunge into something a little tighter? The denim gods have spoken and the Noughties’ most divisive trend is officially back. The models kicked it off, with Emily Ratajkowski, Bella Hadid and Lila Moss all seen on the street in skin-tight drainpipes. Then fashion’s greatest arbiter, Miuccia Prada, weighed in, sending tighter-than-tight denim down Miu Miu’s AW24 runway, teamed with office-appropriate loafers. Now, TikTok feeds are rapidly filling with content suggesting myriad ways to style the skinny for 2024 – with ballet flats, power blazers or tucked into cowboy boots, in case you were wondering. It seems there is truly no escaping them – it’s time to embrace the spray-on style

Stack it up • Statement jewellery is taking the spotlight this season. Look to decadent drop pendants, multi-layered ear cuffs and mixed-metal rings to illuminate the Nineties-minimalism revival unfolding this summer. Wear with white vests, crisp cotton shirts and body-con dresses

The finer details • Elevate your everyday with delicate gold and diamond jewellery. Pieces from Bulgari, Tiffany & Co and Cartier promise to deliver timeless elegance with minimal...