ELLE UK has appointed nine new Contributing Editors: fashion writer Susie Lau, poet and model Kai-Isaiah Jamal, fashion editor Eni Subair, make-up artist Ngozi Esther Edeme, author and broadcaster Candice Brathwaite, beauty editor Joanna Ellner, presenter Nikki Lilly, journalist Andrea Cheong and activist Cora Corré.

• Susie Lau launched influential fashion blog Style Bubble in 2006 and was previously Digital Editor at Dazed. She has written for The Guardian, 10 Magazine, Pop and ELLE.
• Candice Brathwaite is a Sunday Times bestselling author whose debut book I Am Not Your Baby Mother documented Black British motherhood. She also hosts podcast Closet Confessions.
• Kai-Isaiah Jamal is a poet, model and musician who became the first Black trans model to walk for Louis Vuitton. Kai has worked with Burberry, Calvin Klein and Fenty, and was the ICA's first poet in residence.
• Nikki Lilly began documenting her life with chronic illness online at eight years old. She is now an award-winning presenter and the youngest ever recipient of the Bafta Special Award.
• Eni Subai started her career as an intern at ELLE, worked at British Vogue, then returned to ELLE as Fashion Features Editor before becoming Senior Fashion Features Editor at The Face.
• Andrea Cheong is a journalist and host of Kering's sustainability podcast Fashion Our Future. Her debut book Why Don't I Have Anything to Wear? was published in 2023.
• Ngozi Esther Edeme, known as Painted by Esther, is a Nigerian make-up artist whose signature 'Barbie blush' look has brought her work to clients including Tyla, SZA and Naomi Campbell.
• Cora Corré is the granddaughter of the late designer Vivienne Westwood. She assists in developing the Vivienne Foundation and has modelled for Mulberry and Michael Kors.
• Joanna Ellner is an award-winning beauty editor and founder of skincare brand REOME. She has a degree in Chinese Medicine and western biology.