“As a writer, vintage clothing holds special value, there are stories embedded in the seams,” the acclaimed author Ottessa Moshfegh explains in her excellent essay, The Sense Of A Journey, which opens our September issue of @elleuk. She has always used vintage clothing to shape and reveal her identity. But now, against the backdrop of a resale boom, climate crisis, and nostalgia for simpler times, the novelist considers how garments from the past can help us decide where we’re going. On newsstands now #summerreads#elleuk#septemberissue#buyamagazine