!!️!!️!!️ It’s natural to kick off a new year by plotting out the future. This year the tension between wanting to spend our precious time clinging to joy and good news while also staying engaged in the social and political issues that grip (and sometimes, terrify) us is what inspired our making of the February Issue. Inside, we gathered designers, actors, writers and artists reshaping our world to explore how we can mentally navigate the year ahead. There’s Barbara Kruger, a woman whose iconic work around women’s equality, including her seminal ‘Untitled (Your Body Is A Battleground)’, is as relevant today as when she first began making art in the 1980s. Harris Reed on using his grand, romantic designs to challenge our ideas of gender. Our spring collections preview, starring fashion’s most unforgettable new faces, including cover model Sara Grace Wallerstedt, wearing the designers creating an immersive world filled with new ideas. And more. The February issue of ELLE UK is on newsstands nationwide January 5. ~ @walldamort wears @chanelofficial EIC @kenyahunt Photography @philip_messmann Styling @aureliadonaldson Styling Assistant gracejuliaclarke Make-up @pammycochrane Hair @mr.hiroshi.matsushita Nails @matteabout_nails Creative Director @tom_houseofusher Fashion Director avrilmair Casting @kincasting