What is Elle (magazine)?
[[File:ELLE Magazine Logo.svg|thumb|''Elle'' logo]] '''''Elle''''' is a worldwide lifestyle [[magazine]] of [[France|French]] origin. It looks at [[fashion]], [[beauty]], [[health]] and entertainment. ''Elle'' was created in 1945 by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in France.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elle|publisher=France Soir|url=http://archive.francesoir.fr/loisirs/litterature/%e2%80%9cpierre-et-helene-lazareff-couple-hors-normes-%e2%80%9d-sophie-delassein-38180.html|access-date=November 22, 2017|archive-date=June 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601115642/http://archive.francesoir.fr/loisirs/litterature/%E2%80%9Cpierre-et-helene-lazareff-couple-hors-normes-%E2%80%9D-sophie-delassein-38180.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first international ''Elle'' was sent out in [[Japan]] in 1969.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Western and Asian Models in Japanese Fashion Magazine Ads|journal=Journal of International Consumer Marketing |date=17 April 2009 |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=173–187 |publisher=Journal of International Consumer Making|doi=10.1080/08961530802202701|s2cid=167309890|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08961530802202701|access-date=November 22, 2017|last1=Morimoto |first1=Mariko |last2=Chang |first2=Susan }}</ref> The [[United States]] and [[United Kingdom]] versions were first sent out in 1985.<ref>{{cite book|title=Design for Media-A Handbook for Students|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317864028|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UrAABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA8|access-date=November 22, 2017}}</ref> ''Elle'' is said to be the world's largest fashion magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=The World's Largest Fashion Magazine|url=http://www.hfmus.com/HachetteUSA/page.asp?site=elle|access-date=November 22, 2017|publisher=Web Archive|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071028130827/http://www.hfmus.com/HachetteUSA/page.asp?site=elle|archive-date = 2007-10-28}}</ref> == History == ''Elle'' was launched in many other countries between 1987 and 1996. In 1987, Elle was fir