Sarah Ellis

4 days ago | elitedaily.com | Sarah Ellis

Becca Moore is being a problem this summer, and by that, she means prioritizing herself. “I went on a first date recently with a boy, and he asked if he could kiss me. I was like, ‘You know what? I don’t want to kiss.’ So I said no,” the 27-year-old tells me over Zoom from her home in Los Angeles. “That felt so empowering because I wasn't worried about his feelings being hurt. I was more worried about myself.” To someone else, this may not seem like a problem.

4 days ago | elitedaily.com | Sarah Ellis

“After a glass of pinot, I’ll slide into anyone’s DMs,” Hallie Batchelder tells me, sipping an extra dirty martini as we sit at a corner table in Zero Bond, a private members club in the trendy NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. Her go-to message? The cartwheel emoji, sometimes accompanied by a simple “hi.” When I ask about her success rate, she shrugs. “It depends on whose DMs I'm sliding into. With athletes, it usually works.”I should have known her advice would be this straightforward.

6 days ago | elitedaily.com | Sarah Ellis

FashionFrom now until June 22, you can shop the brand IRL in SoHo, Manhattan. ASOSWe may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. Big news for shopaholics: Your favorite online retailer is now available to visit IRL (for a short time, at least). From June 13 to June 22 in New York City, ASOS is hosting its first-ever pop-up location in the U.S., spanning two floors of a sunny retail space in SoHo, Manhattan.

2 weeks ago | elitedaily.com | Sarah Ellis

In April 2024, something was in the air for Rachel Chinouriri. It wasn’t just the emerging spring weather in London, or the impending release of her debut album in the following month, What a Devastating Turn of Events. This was something less tangible but more powerful: a mindset shift. “It was the moment I stopped being like ‘I sing sometimes, please check me out,’ and started saying ‘I’m a singer,’” Chinouriri tells me on Zoom from her home in the U.K. capital. “Suddenly, everything changed.

2 weeks ago | elitedaily.com | Sarah Ellis

Emira D’Spain is clocking in — or, perhaps more accurately, she’s never really clocked out. We’re sitting in the Elite Daily offices on a Tuesday afternoon, the day after the Met Gala, and she’s paused our conversation to respond to TikTok comments on her latest GRWM video, dropping product details and a myriad of heart emojis to fans complimenting her look. “Duty calls,” she says, typing at a million words a minute. Within 30 seconds, she settles back in to listen attentively to my next question.