Elle (magazine)

 Elle (stylized Elle (stylized as) is a world-wide women's publication of French origin. It offers a mix of beauty and fashion-related content, together with culture, society and lifestyle. Elle is a French word meaning "she" or "her" in French. According to whom, Elle is the largest fashion magazine around the globe. ], with 45 publications across the globe and 46 local websites. It has 21 million users and 100 million unique visitors every month. The majority of the readers is female. The magazine was created by Helene Gordon-Lazareff, her husband Pierre Lazareff in Paris in 1945. The readership of the magazine has steadily expanded since its beginning and grew to reach 800,000 readers across France by the 1960s. Elle editions have since grown exponentially to create a global community of readers and publishers. Elle's Japanese magazine first appeared in 1969. This began the process of expanding internationally. Its first issues in English (US and UK) were launched in 1985.Previous editors of Elle include Jean-Dominique Bauby, well known for his memoirs, and Roberta Myers, the longest-serving editor-in-chief of Elle. After Myers' departure, Nina Garcia is currently the editor-in-chief for Elle. Elle also includes 33 websites that reach across the globe, and get 370,000,000 monthly views. Elle is owned by the Lagardere Group of France. The Elle headquarters are in Paris. There are licensed publishers in numerous cities around the world.