Lagardere SCA subsidiaries Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, the publisher of women's fashion magazine ELLE, and Lagardere Active North America, have announced the introduction of ELLEgirl.com, a global
online style destination for teens that is the first of several multi-platform initiatives encompassing the ELLEgirl brand. The site is the first online medium to be launched prior to its print
publication whereby users will have the opportunity to provide feedback via the web in a number of areas for the magazine, scheduled to launch on August 28, 2001.