French Icon Laetitia Casta Covers ELLE Russia September 2020 by Studio L'Étiquette

French Icon Laetitia Casta Covers ELLE Russia September 2020 by Studio L'Étiquette

French icon Laetitia Casta covers the September 2020 issue of ELLE Russia, styled by Yulia Labouva-Harfouch in-ode-to-nature images lensed by Studio L'Étiquette. / Hair by valentin Mordaq; makeup by Gregoris Pyrpylis

In her editor-in-chief letter Ekaterina Mukhina reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic and spending almost two months time with her close friend in Crimea. Her mother “Valentina Kuzminichna (and for friends just Valyusha) brews tea, famous all over the region, which she collects and dries with her own hands, and knows by sight every ground beetle and blade of grass within a radius of one hundred kilometers.”

Speaking about new inquiries around the values of “female happiness”, Mukhina touches on the resurgence of a connection to country gardening and cooking. On a related note, The Hollywood Reporter noted this week the emergence of beekeeping in Los Angeles, because “It’s the Most Calming Experience.”