“I think that God is the greatest designer. All the beauty He created and which surrounds us in nature is overwhelming…. I have simply been copying nature, trying to get her beauty into fashion,” says Roberto Cavalli, in an exclusive interview with ELLE India. So, it felt rather apt to be shooting the July cover in the leafy outdoors of the Just Cavalli Café in Milan.

There is a natural uprising in the air. You see neon-green scarves over drab grey suits on the streets of Milan. In Paris, a shade that can only be called grass-green is seen in chic cocktail dresses. And in India, art meets colour to create a whole new design as seen in the feature, Some Kind of Wonderland.

The beauty palette mimics the sea by adding every shade of aqua to the make-up box.What makes this trend a perfect one for summer is the fact that these shades are just made for our skin.

This month we have another exclusive with my favourite star, Kylie Minogue. Voted as the celebrity most likely to age gracefully, the Australian singer has emerged from her fight with breast cancer with elegance and dignity. Instead of shying away from reality, she has used the opportunity to spread awareness about the disease. Which makes her ELLE India’s favourite celebrity –since we work towards the same cause.FLOWER

There is something about living life to the fullest that makes people more and more interesting. Like Salman Rushdie. He may not have matched the genius of Midnight’s Children, but then again – can anyone? With The Enchantress of Florence he proves he can still tell a fine tale.Similarly, watching Harrison Ford as the more mature Indiana Jones is like drinking very fine wine. You relish the story even more.

Look at the example of legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent. As we started to prepare a tribute to the genius, we discovered that he literally wrote the fashion lexicon as we know it today. The tuxedo for women, the safari jacket, the transparent blouse, the leopard print…need I say more? Even while he was alive, YSL was creating history. At 71, when he passed away, he was the legacy and literature of fashion. ELLE salutes his life and times.