Lagardère Group, a French multinational operating across publishing, media, and retail, owns Elle, one of the world’s most widely distributed fashion and lifestyle magazines.
Through licensing deals, Elle also operates branded apparel and intimate collections. Investigations have confirmed that Elle is a client of Delta Galil Industries, an Israeli textile manufacturer with production facilities in illegal West Bank settlements. These settlements violate international law and underpin a system of apartheid, forced displacement, and military occupation. Delta Galil continues to supply and manufacture for major global fashion brands including Nike, Adidas, Victoria’s Secret, Hugo Boss, Columbia, and Ralph Lauren.
By sourcing from Delta Galil, Elle is financially entangled in the economics of occupation. Production capacity built on stolen Palestinian land, combined with labor under military rule, embeds human rights violations directly into the supply chain. Despite years of evidence and advocacy, neither Elle nor its parent company Lagardère have taken steps to end these ties.
Boycotting Elle and Lagardère Group has a High Impact because Delta-linked brands provide ongoing economic lifelines to illegal settlements. Cutting support disrupts one of the commercial engines of apartheid and places pressure on both Western corporations and their Israeli suppliers to withdraw from occupied territories.