Elle is one of the world’s largest fashion and lifestyle magazines, published in more than 40 international editions. Owned by Lagardère Group, Elle extends its brand through global licensing deals that include apparel and intimates. Investigations have confirmed that Elle-branded apparel is manufactured through Delta Galil Industries, an Israeli textile firm with operations in illegal West Bank settlements. These settlements are built on expropriated Palestinian land and violate international law, embedding apartheid and forced displacement into the supply chain.
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.