Elle 140301 224423715 2008-07-08T19:56:45Z AurelieM 7254876 {{Cleanup|date=September 2007}} {{Infobox Magazine | title = Elle | image = [[Image:French Elle cover.jpg|200px]] | editor = Robbie Myers | frequency = Monthly | circulation = 1.1 [[million]]/[[month]] | category = [[Fashion magazine|Fashion]] | company = [[Hachette Filipacchi Media]] | firstdate = 1945 ([[France]]); 1985 ([[United States|U.S.]]) | country = {{Flag|France}} | language = [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Croatian language|Croatian]], [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[English language|English]], [[Finnish language|Finnish]], [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Serbian language|Serbian]], [[Slovene language|Slovene]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Swedish language|Swedish]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]] | website = [http://www.elle.com/ Elle.com] | issn = }} :''For the Heroes character, see [[Elle Bishop]].'' :''for the town in Central African Republic see [[Elle, Central African Republic]]'' '''''Elle''''' is a [[worldwide]] [[magazine]] that focuses on [[women]]'s [[fashion]], [[beauty]], [[health]], and [[entertainment]]. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in [[French language|French]], means "[[wiktionary:she|she]]". ''Elle'' was founded in [[France]] in 1945. In 1981, [[Daniel Filipacchi]] and [[Jean-Luc Lagardère]] purchased [[Hachette Filipacchi Médias|Hachette magazines]], which included the then-struggling ''Elle''. ''Elle'' was then launched in the [[United States|U.S.]], followed by 25 foreign editions. It is now the world’s largest [[List of women's magazines|fashion magazine]], with 39 international editions in over 60 [[Country|countries]].<ref name=fhm_overview>{{cite web|url=http://www.hfmus.com/HachetteUSA/page.asp?site=elle|title=Elle overview|publisher=Hachette Filipacchi|accessdate=2007-11-11}}</ref> Technologically speaking, the ''Elle'' brand is a [[global]] [[Entrepreneurial network|network]] encompassing over 20 [[website]]s. ''Elle'' [[reader]]s have a median age of 34.7 years.<ref name=fhm_overview/> [[Subscription]]s account for 73 percent of readers. With the remaining 27 percent purchasing single issues, ''Elle'' is the only fashion magazine to have increased its newsstand sales in the past five years, most notably with an 18 percent increase in the first half of [[2006]]. There are 27 ''Elle'' websites globally, which collectively attract over 1 million visitors and 26 million page views per month<ref>[http://www.mediaweek.com Media News - TV Ratings - Television Programming<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''Elle'' reaches over 4.8 million readers. The vast majority (82 percent) of ''Elle'''s audience are women between the ages of 18 and 49. Forty percent of readers are single, and the [[median household income]] is $69,973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hfmus.com/HachetteUSA/Page.asp?Site=elle&Page=Demographics|title=Elle reader demographics|publisher=Hachette Filipacchi|accessdate=2007-11-11}}</ref> "Our readers are young enough to think about [[Personal life|life]] as an [[adventure]] and old enough to have the means to live it," said Robbie Myers, [[editor in chief]].<ref>[http://www.brandweek.com Branding - Corporate Branding - Internet Brand Marketing<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''Elle'' is [[Ownership|owned]] by the [[Lagardère Group]] of [[France]]. It is published in the US by [[Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.]], in [[Canada]] by [[Transcontinental Media]], in [[Brazil]] by Grupo [[Editora Abril]], in [[Mexico]] by Grupo Editorial Expansión, in [[Argentina]] by Grupo [[Clarín (Newspaper)|Clarín]], in [[Singapore]] by [[Mediacorp]] and in [[Germany]] by [[Hubert Burda Media]]. The first [[United Kingdom|UK]] edition was published in [[November 1985]]. The winners of ''[[America's Next Top Model]]'' from cycles 3-6 have each appeared in a fashion spread shot by fashion photographer [[Gilles Bensimon]], including [[Eva Pigford]], [[Naima Mora]], [[Nicole Linkletter]], and [[Danielle Evans]] respectively. The winner of ''[[Project Runway]]'' gets a spread in this magazine. ==See also== *[[Elle Girl]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *Madjar, Robert (1997). [[Daniel Filipacchi]]. 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