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ON THE 

COVER 

43 FASHION GETS FIERCE 

158 badass accessories 

74 EXCLUSIVE: 

TIM GUNN’S COLUMN 

111 MUST-READ 

“I was a mail-order bride” 

124 MONEY THERAPY 

Do you and your wallet 

need a shrink? 

148 REVEALING 

Victoria Beckham: “I look 

at David naked and I 

think, You done good, girl!” 

189 BUDGET BEAUTY 

57 smart buys to refresh 

your look—plus, sexy 

new short haircuts 

214 5 FOODS TO MAKE YOU 

LOOK YOUNGER 

BEauTy 

NEwS 

88 THIS MONTH’S BEST 

BEAUTY BUYS 

Double-duty mascara; 

edgy nail color; more 

90 BEAUTY MOMENT 

Disco-modern makeup 

92 BEAUTY SNOOP 

Christina Aguilera’s 

icon-making essentials 

94 FALL FORECAST 

Complexion perfection: 

makeup for your skin tone 

105 GREEN DAY 

Go natural: must-have 

organic beauty products 

STyLE FILES 

20 SHOP THE COVER SHOOT: 

VICTORIA BECKHAM 

22 INSTANT CLASSIC 

Falling prey to snakeskin 

24 FASHION RÉSUMÉ 

Rooney Mara revamps 

the classics 

43–82 BEHOLD, FLORALS 

AND STRIPES; SEDUCTIVE 

CHIFFON AND LACE; 

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YIGAL AZROUËL’S CHIC 

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28 THE MOOD 

Fashion’s Garden of Eden 

70 DESIGNER DOSSIER 

Victoire de Castellane’s 

inspired jewels for Dior 

74 GuNN lawS 

Tim Gunn’s tips: classics 

on a budget; making 

vintage modern; more 

78 SCHOOl OF PROJECT 

RUNWAY 

what our fave past 

contestants are up to now 

82 BIG GIRl IN a SkINNy 

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FEATURES 

148 VICTORIA’S SECRETS 

Victoria Beckham 

on fashion, family, 

and marriage to Becks 

By Kevin Sessums 

158 COLOR BY NUMBERS 

Fashion’s fabulous 

Rubik’s Cube palette 

166 BUDDING BEAUTY 

Modern-day Lolita 

Emma Roberts 

174 BIG IMPRESSIONS 

The littlest accessories 

make the greatest impact 

182 ShOP ThE ShOOT 

how to get the looks 

in our fashion stories 

FEATURES 

124 EARN BABY EARN 

Need a financial plan? 

MC’s money guide 

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132 ThE hUNGER DIARIES 

Are food- and fitnessobsessed 

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Oksana Makarova became 

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life—but she never 

expected a living hell 

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friendship; more 

120 ThE CAREERIST 

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137 RADAR 

Kelly Macdonald hits the 

big time; Rachel McAdams 

shines in her latest; 

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Martha Plimpton’s desertisland 

picks; more 

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The hilarious, crafty 

Amy Sedaris spills the 

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cONTENTS Actress 

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189 BARGAIN hUNTING 

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192 ChOP ChOP 

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199 MC MASTER CLASS 

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210 BEAUTY ROAD ShOW 

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coles & cuff: ben goldstein/studio d. affleck: a.e. rodriguez/getty images 

I’m so sick of being told that in order to save money i must 

skip my daily latte and by the end of the year i’ll have saved 

enough to buy a cashmere sweater. so you’ll find no such 

advice in this month’s money feature, “earn baby earn.” 

instead of teaching you how to scrimp, we 

want to inspire you to go out and earn 

more. and who better to tell us how 

than women who’ve already done just 

that. for their real-world advice, turn 

to p. 124. and when you’re done, 

send us your own money rules. 

WHAT I’M WEARING RIGHT NOW 

Less bangly than a bangle and less 

jangly than bracelets, my new favorite 

cuff is by Owen & Savary. Check out 

their website, owensavary.com, where 

you can customize your own cuff with 

colors, fabrics, and various skins— 

they are unlike anything else I’ve seen. 

In fact, Laura Linney admired 

it so much when I sat 

next to her recently, she 

ended up borrowing it 

for her appearance 

the next day on Regis 

and Kelly. They make 

great gifts, too. 

OK, now talk to me! Whatever concerns 

you, tickles you, or ticks you off about 

Marie Claire, i’d love to know. bear with 

us if you don’t hear back immediately. 

november 

I was fortunate enough recently to be invited to a small luncheon 

hosted by the energetic investor stephanie Whittier and the actor ben 

affleck. the subject was the appalling rate of rape in the eastern congo, 

a region whose troubles are often overshadowed by competing horrors 

in nearby darfur. i have met many celebs who profess to take up a 

cause only to drop it faster than an acid tablet, but affleck, having visited 

the ec several times and who now supports various locally run projects 

helping women recover, is both learned and hyperarticulate on a 

subject usually left to women. to find out more, go to easterncongo.org 

and stay tuned for future stories from him on the subject. 

My November must-read: Why Not Say 

What Happened?, ivana lowell’s brilliant memoir 

of growing up with a highly creative alcoholic 

mother and a large question mark over her real 

father’s identity. it wasn’t her sisters’ father, the 

composer israel citkowitz, nor her stepfather, the 

poet robert lowell, nor bob silvers of the New 

York Review of Books . . . i won’t spoil it, but the 

whodunit theme is superbly played out amid poignant details of 

ivana’s abuse at the hands of her nanny’s husband, a near-fatal 

accident, the inevitably ghastly english boarding school, 

her older sister’s overdose, and an extraordinary behindthe-scenes 

episode at the oscars. i met ivana’s mother, 

the writer lady caroline blackwood, in her latter years, 

and despite all her hard drinking and smoking, you could 

still see the faded beauty that inspired lucian freud to 

marry and repeatedly paint her. blackwood died in 1996 

without revealing to ivana the mystery of her father—but at 

least she left her daughter an astonishing tale to tell. 

joanna coles 

editor-in-chief 

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IN OUR INBOX 

Contributing editor Kimberly 

Cutter sat down with style maven 

Mary-Kate Olsen to talk fashion, 

Full House, and facing the future in 

“Mary-Kate: Singular Sensation.” 

>> I loved seeing Mary-Kate on this month’s 

cover. I’ve grown up admiring her, and I’m 

so glad to see her back in action. I respect 

her work ethic and her fashion sense— 

she’s never afraid to try something new. 

MK will always be someone I look up to. 

—SAMANTHA BENDESKY, Philadelphia, PA 

In “Still Waiting After All These Years,” 

writer Ralph Blumenthal investigated 

the hidden nationwide crisis of untested 

rape kits. 

>> Thank you for 

putting this article 

in your September 

issue. I was 

attacked in early 

June of this year, 

and there’s still 

no suspect. It gave me strength to read 

stories of other women who are still on 

the hunt for their attacker. Thank you for 

addressing a situation that deserves 

more media attention than it gets. 

—ELISABETH ROGERS, Chicago, IL 

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Sept issue of 

@marieclaire 

is great! Articles are 

thought-provoking + MK 

on the cover. Amazing. 

>> TheChicReport: How 

gorgeous is Mary-Kate 

MARIE CLAIRE / NOVEMBER 2010 

Olsen on the cover 

of @marieclaire? LOVE 

her style! 

>> JessicaAmento: Geeking 

out over @marieclaire’s 

new Snap to Buy feature. 

>> gstephaniemarie: I arrived 

home last night to find my 

we hear you 

Wherever you’re talking about MC— 

Twitter, Facebook, blogs, snail mail, or 

e-mail—we’re listening. Here’s how you 

responded to our September 2010 issue . . . 

Our inbox overflowed with letters from 

readers weighing in on Polly Vernon’s 

decision to remain “Childless by 

Choice—and Happy.” 

>> The “no kid for me, thanks” crowd is a 

very small group, and to hear from one of 

us in as widely read a publication as Marie 

Claire was amazing. I know all too well the 

awkward conversation that can ensue 

when I mention that I’m not really into having 

children. I had to break it to my mother, 

who really wants some grandchildren to 

spoil, that my brother will have to take 

care of that. I respect those who choose 

to have children and wish them well, but I 

deserve the same respect for my choice. 

—JENNIFER SLAUGHTER, San Diego, CA 

>> I take issue with Vernon’s comment 

regarding maternity leave. She should realize 

that covering a woman’s maternity leave 

is not a “scratch my back” scenario where 

her back never gets scratched. Remember, 

Ms. Vernon, you may not need your own 

kids to take care of you when you’re old, but 

you’re going to be depending on all of our 

children to run the countries of the world. 

—TARA HUTCHINSON, Roslyn Heights, NY 

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about this issue. Visit marieclaire.com 

to join the fray, or send your feedback 

directly to joannacoles@hearst.com. 

If you’re chosen as Reader of the 

Month, you’ll win a free beauty bag! 

Sept. issue of @marieclaire 

with one of my fave fashion 

icons, Mary-Kate. It was like 

X-mas morning. 

>> Minx_Malone: Reading 

@marieclaire “Look Like 

a Million for Under $100.” 

Bravo to MC for giving fashion 

ideas that are attainable! 

FROM FACEBOOK 

>> Krystal Lynn Hedrick: Feminine. 

Personable. Sophisticated. Just 

when I think it’s over, you’ve got 

more to give when I turn the page, 

in every issue, every month! It’s like 

you’re unstoppable!! I never make 

time to read a magazine coverto-cover 

as I do with Marie Claire. 

Thank you for showing me there 

really is one magazine out there 

that is the perfect fit for me. :) 

>> Kari Hinrichs: 

In the 

September 

2010 article 

“What Women 

Eat,” the 

woman 

representing 

USA is shown 

with all of her meals consisting of 

fast foods. Although a number of 

women do, the average woman 

does not eat fast food around the 

clock. I can’t believe Marie Claire, 

an American magazine, would 

choose to label us in this way. 

READER OF THE MONTH! 

Jenny Foust of Colorado 

Springs, Colorado, will 

receive an MC beauty bag 

because we liked her clever 

comeback: “Thanks for Polly 

Vernon’s article ‘Childless by 

Choice—and Happy.’ I’ve 

been married for four years, 

and I’m sick of hearing, ‘So 

when are you having 

babies?’ My response: ‘I’ll 

have a biological clock 

when I can buy it at Cartier.’ 

Thanks for 

challenging 

our cultural 

view of 

womanhood.” 

* 

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shop the cover shoot victoria beckham 

L.A. WomAn 

Cover star Victoria Beckham 

introduces high-stakes Hollywood 

glamour to the British countryside 

an esther williams bathing cap in cherry red, a sky-high 

pompadour to rival snooki’s—one doesn’t become a 

style-setting juggernaut without taking risks. on the set of 

our shoot in Burghfield, england, Victoria Beckham was up 

for anything. sequined pants, leopard prints, and a Victor, 

er, Victoria trenchcoat-cum-strapless dress set a vibe that 

was more Zsa Zsa than gaga—calculated and refined, not 

screaming for attention. it’s a look, often tailored within an 

inch of her life, that we’ve come to covet from the london 

expat turned los angeles soccer wife/mom. these days, 

you can take the girl out of Beverly Hills, but you can’t take 

the Beverly Hills out of the girl. 

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3 

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Beckham in 

omo Norma 

kamali bikini top, 

Naeem khan 

striped sequin 

trousers, and dior 

python shoes. 

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$88, express; express.com. 

3. Top $75, ak anne klein; 

anneklein.com. 4. Cap $988, 

allison parson for louise 

green; louisegreen.com. 

5. Bangles $29.50 each, 

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$150, Bebe; solutionsdenim. 

com. 7. Necklace $295, 

alexis Bittar; alexisbittar.com. 

8. Trenchcoat $129.50, 

tommy Hilfiger at macy’s; 

macys.com for stores. 

9. Bracelet $825, House of 

lavande; houseoflavande.com. 

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style 

the way 

they wore 

From left: Lindsay 

Wagner, 1977; 

Ursula Andress in 

What’s New 

Pussycat?, 1965; 

Marisa Berenson, 

1966; Marlon 

Brando in The 

Fugitive Kind, 1960. 

rInGS $95 & $115, 

kara by kara ross 

at scoop nyc; 

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Stool $495, 

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& garden; 

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garden.com. 

BAG price upon 

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gonzalez at 

elyse Walker; 

(310) 230-9911. 

MArie clAire / noveMBer 2010 

MichAeL KoRs 

instant classic 

Python 

Print 

Who’s charming whom? 

Fashion falls prey to the 

allure of exotic snakeskin 

It struck in the ’60s. A jacket worn by 

Marlon Brando in The Fugitive Kind 

introduced audiences to reptilian scales 

as a wardrobe staple. By the ’70s, 

snakeskin had become a coat of arms 

for the studio 54 set of rockers, vixens, 

and artists. today, the pattern carries 

a more sophisticated, luxe reputation. 

to add edge to a crisp trench or classic 

cardigan, sometimes you just have to 

show a little skin. —Elana Fishman 

Nicole 

Richie 

ShoeS $455, 

newbark at Maxfield; 

(310) 274-8800. 

BrAceletS $110 

each, louis Quatorze; 

louisquatorze 

paris.fr for stores. 

jAcket price upon 

request, gucci; 

gucci.com for stores. 

BAG $495, Meredith 

Wendell; meredith 

wendell.com. 

pAntS $242, 

Alice + olivia by 

stacey Bendet; 

aliceandolivia.com. 

still liFes: Ben goldstein/studio d, styled By kristy vAnt At MArk edWArd inc. jAcket: chArlotte jenks leWis/studio d, styled By julie Morrison 

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neCklaCe $175, 

j.crew; jcrew.com. 

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marie claire / november 2010 

fashion 

résumé 

Rooney maRa: she beat out natalie portman 

and scarjo for the title role in The Girl With the 

Dragon Tattoo—watch her every stylish move 

BraCelet $259, 

saskia diez; 

saskia-diez.com. 

shoes $278, 

cole haan; 

colehaan.com. 

top $155, 

robbi & nikki; 

(213) 628-2800 

for stores. 

shorts $149, 

club monaco; 

(212) 459-9863 


Coat $420, laundry 

by shelli segal at 

bloomingdale’s; 

bloomingdales.com 


Belt $49, banana 

republic; banana 

republic.com. 

Bag $79.95, h&m; 

hm.com for stores. 

Style tips: 

Go modest with high 

necklines and granny-chic, 

loose-fitting dresses. 

Tone down the color 

palette and focus on 

layers of textured fabrics 

like lace and pleated silk 

under a heavy wool coat. 

Look for jewelry that 

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flea-market treasure— 

nothing shiny and no bling. 

ring $1,125, annette 

ferdinandsen at 

ten thousand things; 

(212) 352-1333. 

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The Girl at the 

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Kenzo, 

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The mood 

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Backstage 

at Chanel. 

Nina’s chic list 

this resort season, it’s all about 

a luxe bohemian spirit. 

embrace the new worldly 

wears—from trinkets plucked 

from Marrakech to palm 

Beach pulitzer prints—that are sure to last a 

lifetime. here’s what to look for: 

>> Mixed patterns: go mad for polka dots, 

stripes, tie-dyes, and florals. 

shopping 

>> Easy-to-pack separates: stock your suitcase 

with slouchy trousers and drapey knits. 

>> Colorful classics: Venture beyond safe 

neutrals for a bright, multihued point of view. 

Fashion Director Nina Garcia 

NovemBer 2010 / marie Claire 43

In the MIx 

marrakeCh 

chillaxation starts with smooth geode 

accessories and easy, breezy sweaters 

12 

44 

8 

13 


proenza Schouler 

9 

4 

2 

10 

The red apartment 

in Dar Darma riad in 

Marrakech. 

5 

1. Ottoman $475, missoni Home; (212) 719-2338 for stores. 2. Sunglasses $325, balenciaga at 

bergdorf Goodman; (212) 753-7300. 3. Tanks $275 each, Jean Paul Gaultier at bergdorf Goodman; 

(212) 753-7300. 4. Bracelets $45 each, Domingo ayala; domingoayala-handmade.blogspot. 

com. 5. Bikini $550, missoni; (212) 517-9339. 6. Necklace $488, Dara ettinger; freepeople.com. 

7. Teapot $75, abc Home; (212) 473-3000. 8. Shorts $172, anlo at matti D; (858) 523-0693. 

Belt $220, Strenesse blue at Searle; searlenyc.com. 9. Top $295, Tory burch; toryburch.com. 

10. Pants $240, Sass & bide; shopbop.com. 11. Bag $355, olivia Harris; shopoliviaharris.com. 

12. Necklace $445, alexis bittar; alexisbittar.com. 13. Shoes $28, Soludos; soludos.com. 

6 

1 

3 

7 

Model 

Veruschka, 

1965. 

11 

STill lifeS: cHarloTTe JenkS lewiS/STuDio D, STyleD by Julie morriSon aT mark eDwarD inc. oTToman & TeaPoT: courTeSy of THe 

DeSiGnerS. PHoToS, clockwiSe from ToP lefT: courTeSy of THe DeSiGner, S. PiTamiTz/corbiS, conDÉ naST arcHive/corbiS

46 

chris benz 

In the MIx 

Photo by 

slim Aarons, 

1970. 

1 

palm beach 

channel grand floridian luxury in sprawling ’60s-era 

prints and stovepipe-legged pants 

9 10 

Marie claire / noveMber 2010 

5 

2 

6 

3 4 

7 

13 

Model in 

john cavanagh 

collection, 

1965. 

1. Brooch $190, ch carolina herrera; (212) 744-2076. 2. Shoes $225, kate spade new york; 

(800) 519-3778 for stores. 3. Dress $168, lilly pulitzer; lillypulitzer.com. 4. Book $69, house 

industries; houseind.com. 5. Top $340, Milly; millyny.com. 6. Necklace $118, Marc by 

Marc jacobs at bloomingdale’s; bloomingdales.com for stores. 7. Hat $185, cynthia rowley; 

cynthiarowley.com. 8. Sunglasses $187, super; oaknyc.com. 9. Vase $1,600, lladró; 

lladro.com. 10. Bangles $29.50 each, banana republic; bananarepublic.com. 11. Pants 

$148, anthropologie; anthropologie.com. Belt $68, white house black Market; whbm.com. 

12. Shoes $695, Marc jacobs; (212) 343-1490. 13. Bag $45, aldo; aldoshoes.com. 

11 

8 

12 

still lifes: charlotte jenks lewis/studio d, styled by anita salerno at r.j. bennett represents inc. Marc jacobs 

shoe: ben goldstein/studio d. brooch, vase, bag & kate spade shoe: courtesy of the designers. photos, 

clockwise froM top left: courtesy of the designer, j. french/getty iMages, s. aarons/getty iMages

48 

miu miu 

In the MIx 

san fran 

in the counterculture of polka dots and fruity 

motifs, colorful types are welcome 

10 

11 

Nina Ricci, 

1972. 

marie claire / NOVemBer 2010 

1 

5 

6 

Models in Betsey 

Johnson, 1966. 

4 

2 

1. Shorts $194, Tucker; tuckerbygabybasora.com. 2. Bracelets $285 each, PONO by Joan Goodman; 

(866) 336-PONO for stores. 3. Necklace $200, Tomoko igarashi; tomokoigarashi.com. 4. Shoes $665, 

Brian atwood; brianatwood.com. 5. Top $49.50, loft; loftonline.com. 6. Watch $175, marc by marc 

Jacobs; marcjacobs.com for stores. 7. Chair $255, moma Design Store; momastore.org. 8. Dress 

$530, Z Spoke by Zac Posen at Saks Fifth avenue; saks.com for stores. Camera $70, lomography; 

lomography.com. Camera strap $30, SFK; sarahfranceskuhn.blogspot.com. 9. Sunglasses price upon 

request, marc Jacobs; marcjacobs.com for stores. 10. Necklaces $298 & $328, Poppy by coach; 

coach.com. 11. Pants $70, motel; motelrocks.com. 12. Clutch $330, lulu Guinness; luluguinness.com. 

3 

9 

12 

7 

8 

4 

STill liFeS: STuarT TySON/STuDiO D, STyleD By aNiTa SalerNO aT r.J. BeNNeTT rePreSeNTS, iNc. chair & cluTch: cOurTeSy 

OF The DeSiGNerS. PhOTOS, clOcKwiSe FrOm TOP leFT: cOurTeSy OF The DeSiGNer, cONDÉ NaST archiVe/cOrBiS (2)

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marie marie Claire claire / november october 2010 

blue 

notes 

Cast in artist Yves Klein’s 

trademark cobalt: 

an ostrich duffel and 

barely-there flats 

Photographed by 

Richard Pierce 

Fashion editor: 

Taylor Tomasi Hill 

Bag $425, Kate 

Spade new York; 

katespade.com. 

Shoes $575, 

marc Jacobs; 

(212) 343-1490.

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Bag $1,295, 

marc Jacobs; (212) 

343-1490. 

Shoes $1,120, 

lanvin at Jeffrey 

new York; (212) 

206-1272. 

marie marie claire / november october 2010 

lady gray 

Feel the earth move 

under python 

wedges as the sky 

tumbles down on an 

overcast-hued bag 


Richard Pierce 


Taylor Tomasi Hill

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Shoes $475, 

Sigerson morrison; 

sigersonmorrison. 

com. Bag $1,350, 

Proenza Schouler 

at barneys new 

York; (212) 833- 

2800 for stores. 

salsa 

verde 

Dance through the 

daily grind in minimalist 

heels emboldened by a 

Kelly green carryall 

Photographed by Richard Pierce 

Fashion editor: Taylor Tomasi Hill

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it’s arrived! 

The season’s most 

anticipated collaboration— 

Lanvin for H&M—hits 

stores on November 20. If 

it’s anything like the luxe 

French label’s resortwear 

(above), you’ll want 

to camp out overnight. 

fashionalert 

Style newS you need to know now 

hero pieces 

To celebrate Tommy Hilfiger’s 

25th anniversary, the designer 

revamps 25 of his all-time 

favorite classics (jeans, 

$128, scarf, $88 for similar 

styles, bag, $248, Tommy 

Hilfiger ICON; 212-223-1824). 


size matters 

CH by Carolina Herrera’s 

Matryoshka bags take 

inspiration from Russian 

nesting dolls—fitting into 

all occasions great and 

small ($940 & $640; 

212-744-2076). 

the eyes have it 

teaming with mykita 

eyewear, brazilian phenom 

alexandre herchcovitch 

debuts a line of eclectic- 

cool shades this month 

($475 each at opening 

ceremony; 212-219-2688). 

hot ticks 

Every hour brings 

something new 

with Fendi’s 

gem-changing 

Crazy Carats watch 

(price upon request; 

212-759-4646). 

like a 

virgin 

He made Madge’s 

cone bra, but Jean 

Paul Gaultier never 

officially designed 

lingerie, until now 

($393 & $523, Jean 

Paul Gaultier for La 

Perla; 877-305-7872 

for stores). 

strings attached 

frieda & nellie’s handmade 

friendship bracelets 

bedecked with vintage 

rhinestones are like happy 

meal toys—you’ll want to 

collect them all ($130 to 

$250; friedaandnellie.com). 

small 

wonder 

The Cube coat by 

‘S MaxMara is named 

for the ease with which 

it’s packed into its 

small cube carrier— 

perfect for maximizing 

luggage space ($295; 

212-879-6100). 

Still lifeS: charlotte jenkS lewiS/Studio d, Styled by julie morriSon at mark edward inc. Photo, watcheS & tommy hilfiger itemS: courteSy of the deSignerS

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givenchy 

7 

12 


8 

1 

Look Like a 

Million for 

under $100 

under a veil of shadowy 

chiffon and lace, dark 

glamour reclaims the night 

13 

3 

MC 

exclusive 

steal! 

Zoe 

saldana 

2 

9 

4 

5 

1. Ring $38, lowluv by erin wasson; shopbop.com. 2. Bracelet $58, sequin; (212) 398-7363. 

3. Belted skirt $94.40, bcbgeneration [use coupon code fallintofall10]; bcbg.com. 4. Watch 

$95, tommy hilfiger; amazon.com. 5. Bracelet $94, lydell nyc; lydellnyc.com. 6. Dress $59.95, 

h&m; hm.com for stores. 7. Necklace $50, m style lab at macy’s; (800) 343-0121 for stores. 8. Top 

$79, rachel rachel roy; rachelroy.com. 9. Vest $68, victoria’s secret catalogue; victoriassecret. 

com. 10. Rings $36 each, rachel rachel roy at macy’s; (800) 343-0121 for stores. 11. Skirt $98, 

erin kleinberg at saks fifth avenue; saksfifthavenue.com for stores. 12. Shoes $99.95, two lips; 

twolipsshoes.com. 13. Clutch $88, armani exchange; armaniexchange.com. 

10 

6 

anne grey, 

1932. 

11 

still lifes: ben goldstein/studio d, styled by kristy vant at mark edward inc. necklace: courtesy of the designer. 

photos, clockwise from top left: givenchy by riccardo tisci, getty images (2)

62 

louiS vuitton 

splurge 

TOTAL LOOK: $15,015 


splurge 

vs. steal 

steal 

Step outside the solid box: Within 

every color family, there’s a stripe 

and floral match made in heaven 

Top From left: $29.99, american living for JcPenney; jcpenney.com for stores. 

steal $65, Saint James; saintjamesboutique.com. $14.50, old navy; oldnavy.com. 

Sunglasses From left: $65, eyebobs; eyebobs.com. $98, marc by marc Jacobs at Solstice Sunglass 

boutiques; solsticesunglasses.com for stores. $70, Guess; guess.com. Eyeglass chains $20 each, 

corinne mccormack; (212) 868-7919 for stores. 

Skirt From left: $68, necessary objects by ady Gluck; necessaryobjects.com. $196, 

steal corey lynn calter; coreylynncalter.com. $19.80, Forever 21; forever21.com. Belt From 

left: $69, Streets ahead; (800) 669-8218 for stores. $29.50, Gap; gap.com. $29.50, Gap; gap.com. 

Shoes From left: $160, Zalo at Galo; (212) 744-7936. $325, Pour la victoire; 

pourlavictoire.com. $129.95, Steve by Steve madden; (800) Sir-maDD for stores. 

Still liFeS: ben GolDStein/StuDio D, StyleD by kriSty vant at mark eDWarD inc. runWay: courteSy oF the DeSiGner

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5 

fashionomics 

this 

Just in 

cut25 by yigal azrouël: 

a study in cool luxury 

at an attainable price 

it’s a word yigal azrouël uses far too 

often: cut. when paired with the 

designer’s lucky number 25, the result 

is a secondary line that’s every bit as 

chic as the israeli’s eponymous collection. 

the only difference? cut25 won’t 

break the bank. despite being rich with 

sexy draping and shine, nearly every 

piece in the resort 2011 collection is 

less than $500. go ahead and let 

these looks be deceiving. no one has 

to know the truth. —Katie L. Connor 

4 

3 

1. dress, $250 

at max; maxfashion. 


2. Jacket, $875 at 

switch; (310) 860-1650. 

skirt, $280 at intermix; 

intermixonline.com for 

stores. 3. top, $180, 

pants, $575 at bergdorf 

goodman; bergdorf 

goodman.com for 

stores. 4. top, $290; 

(212) 929-7525. 

pants, $195 at intermix; 

intermixonline.com 

for stores. 5. dress, 

$295 at wynn; (877) 

321-9966 for stores. 

photographed by 

Henry Hargreaves 

fashion editor: Dania Ortiz 

2 

1 

for accessories, see shopping directory. 

hair: david cruz for redken/cutler nyc at raybrownpro.com. makeup: shawnelle prestidge for christian 

dior at raybrownpro.com. manicure: dida at raybrownpro.com. model: daniela s. at img models

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CHAir $295, 

from the source; 

fromthe 

sourceny.com. 


NApkiNS 

$76 each, 

ortolan; ortolan 

organic.com. 

VASe $125, 

from the source; 

fromthesourceny.com. 

feel-good fashion 

forces 

of nature 

the ultimate home remedy: 

decor that captures the 

beauty of the great outdoors 

Blue plATe $65, 

BroWN CoASTerS 

$59 (for set of four), 

viva terra; vivaterra.com. 

fashion editor: Amanda Hearst 

Wood SpHere $19, 

west elm; westelm.com. 

pilloWS $159 each, 

abc carpet & Home; 

abchome.com. 

TerrArium price 

upon request, 

Paula Hayes; marianne 

boeskygallery.com. 

still lifes: stuart tyson/studio d, styled by kristy vant at mark edward inc.

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STYLE 

Charlize Theron 

in Bois de Rose 

earrings. 

marIe claIre / noVember 2010 

Victoire de Castellane/Dior 

Designer 

dossier 

S 

he started early. with charms purloined from 

one of her mother’s cherished bracelets, 

5-year-old Victoire de castellane made her first 

pair of earrings. mom was not happy. but from childhood 

folly would come de castellane’s greatest fortune. 

as creative director of dior haute Joaillerie since 1998, 

she’s set out to remove the “special occasion” stigma 

attached to fine jewelry. “I love parisian women who 

wear their fine jewelry whenever the moment strikes,” 

she says. preferring to work with gems in intense candy 

colors, she maintains a childlike approach to design. 

yellow beryl and peridot-scaled snakes star in a 

bollywood-inspired collection, while dior’s classic 

rose, in pavé diamonds, appears to shimmer with 

morning dew. It’s a distinctly de castellane world, 

of which everyone wants a piece. —Katie L. Connor 

A beautiful jewel is an eternal pleasure. It’s like a 

treasure that can protect you in difficult times. You can 

pass it down and it keeps its symbolism forever.” 

all items price 

upon request; 

(800) 929-dIor 


It felt right to create the stem 

of the rose. Since it’s the thorn that 

pricks you, I find it to be a very 

beautiful expression of romance.” 

still from Le 

Tombeau Hindou, 

1959. 

an illustration 

from Les Roses 

by pierre-Joseph 

redouté. 

de castellane: daVId VasIlJeVIc. Jewelry: courtesy dIor, except top mIddle rIng: charlotte Jenks lewIs/ 

studIo d. rose: fIne art photographIc lIbrary/corbIs. theron: d. sardella/wIreImage

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and the creatiVe proceSS. 

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I remember walking into the workroom the day of the hP/Intel 

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creating my own pattern for the hP/Intel challenge was a very 

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l how did it feel to see your own design come 

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l What was your favorite part about the 

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STYLE 

Gunn l aws 

Tim gunn, Project runway menTor and faShion 

guru, SolveS all of your STyle conundrumS 

I am a recent college graduate looking to work for 

the government. I’m a bit of a fashionista, on a budget, 

and would like to channel more feminine features 

into the masculine looks, which seem to be Capitol Hill 

staples, without breaking the bank. Where should I shop?” 

I’ve spent a fair amount of time on Capitol Hill—I’m an ardent 

advocate for the Design Piracy Prohibition Act, which will give 

fashion designers intellectual property rights, and I’m working 

with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) to put 

the DPPA before Congress. I’ve seen a lot of positive fashion 

changes since the Obamas have come to town. Now, I believe in 

being budget-minded when shopping. I find that more fashion 

mistakes are made by people with deep pockets than by those 

who shop more thoughtfully and strategically when adding new 

items to their wardrobe. Investigate the private labels of the 

major department stores (they’re fashionable and more affordable 

because they’re developed within the company) along with 

J.Crew, H&M, and other accessible and attainable retailers. 

vanessa 

paradis 


dkny 

jACket $249, 

club monaco; 

clubmonaco.com 


pAnts $99.50, 

esprit; esprit.com. 

top $59.50, 

banana republic; 

bananarepublic.com. 

DRESS $110, BB 

Dakota; modcloth. 

com. SHOES $1,515, 

Tabitha Simmons at 

Bergdorf Goodman; 

(212) 753-7300. 

CLUTCH $295, 

Malini Murjani; 

malinimurjani.com. 

past perfect 

I love vintage dresses from the 

1950s—they’re flattering and really 

cute. How can I wear them in my daily life 

without feeling like I’m in a costume?” 

I’m delighted by your question because it’s an 

extremely relevant one. The key to keeping 

great, stylish dresses looking modern is to use 

on-trend accessories when putting together your 

look. Furthermore, your hair and makeup need 

to be current as well, or you’ll risk going full-tilt 

Dita Von Teese. My good friend and coauthor of 

Gunn’s Golden Rules, Ada Calhoun, is a die-hard 

vintage shopper who has a reverence for ’50s 

style. She always looks relevant by styling 

vintage dresses with wide patent belts or a chic 

jacket. Carry an on-trend handbag and wear 

contemporary shoes and you’ll look fabulous! 

golden lobes 

I have keloid skin 

and can’t have my 

ears pierced. I never 

really wear earrings 

because most of the 

clip-ons I find are 

dowdy and matronly. 

Any advice to help 

me accessorize 

my wardrobe with 

chic earrings?” 

My sister doesn’t have pierced ears, 

either, and like you, she bemoans the dearth of 

options in stores. I’ve been buying her clip-ons 

from Monet, which has everyday hoops as 

well as flashier pieces for special occasions. 

I also urge you to explore vintage styles 

with screw backs. They may not be the most 

comfortable, but vintage pieces can be quite 

exquisite and are often one of a kind. For more 

subtle, comfortable studs, consider magnetic 

backs. The impact of a pair of pearl earrings, 

no matter how they’re attached to your person, 

will always be timeless. 

eva 

longoria 

parker 

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STYLE 

A Neitzel look 

from Project 

Runway. 

School of Project Runway 

A look from 

Whitfield’s 

PR finale 

collection. 

Perfume 

$35, MajK; 

mychael 

knight.com. 

Leather vest 

$795, cropped 

shrug $425, 

Logan Neitzel; 

loganneitzel.com. 

What’s life like post-auf’ing? Project Runway grads make their way in the real world 

78 

Logan 

neitzel 

at a model 

fitting. 

Carol Hannah 

Whitfield 

neW YorK, nY SeASon 6 

After the show finale, the 

Charleston, South Carolina, 

gal moved to nYC and set up 

shop with fellow PR designer 

Logan neitzel (see above). 

“We’re just friends,” she insists. 

Starting in December, her 

comfy draped jersey dresses 

will be sold exclusively at Bella 

Bridesmaids stores. Bridesto-be 

can pick up a Whitfield 

original at carol-hannah.com. 

MArIe CLAIre / noveMBer 2010 

Logan Neitzel 

neW YorK, nY SeASon 6 

“Dirty pretty” is how neitzel 

describes his spring 2011 

collection. It’s a look similar 

to the designer himself. 

the heartthrob of season 

six still fights rumors of a 

romance with designer Carol 

Hannah Whitfield (the two 

share a studio in nYC). 

“It wasn’t a negative,” he 

says of the portrayal. But 

now it’s his work that’s 

wooing the ladies. 

Michelle 

Williams 

in Mychael 

Knight. 

Mychael Knight 

AtLAntA, GA SeASon 3 

He counts Michelle 

Williams and Jennifer Hudson 

among his fans and has his 

own unisex fragrance, MajK. 

But what Knight is most 

excited about is the two 2 —a 

signature dress unveiled at 

new York Fashion Week in 

September. “It’s for me what 

the wrap dress is for Diane 

von Furstenberg,” he says. 

the best part: the versatile 

frock will cost less than $100. 

»Get the behind-the-scenes scoop on the show’s current crop of designers and 

your all-time favorite contestants at marieclaire.com/projectrunway. 

pHotoS & SKetCHeS: CourteSY oF tHe DeSIGnerS AnD LIFetIMe netWorK

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STYLE 

Jay Nicolas sario 

SAn frAncIScO, cA 

SeASOn 7 

After finishing fourth, Sario 

returned to his job as a visual 

merchandiser for the Gap. In 

between opening the company’s 

1969 boutiques across 

the nation, he works on his 

own eponymous label. His 

spring 2011 collection bowed 

last month at Portland fashion 

Week alongside Sario’s friend 

and season seven champ, 

Seth Aaron Henderson’s. 

MArIe clAIre / nOVeMBer 2010 

A look from 

Uli Herzner’s 

spring 2011 

collection. 

Uli herzner 

MIAMI, fl SeASOn 3 

last year she hosted her 

own Web series, It’s Very Uli, 

on PlumTV. now the Germanborn 

runner-up (to winner 

Jeffrey Sebelia) works as a 

freelance stylist while furthering 

her design portfolio to 

include jewelry, resortwear, 

and one-of-a-kind dresses sold 

at such high-end boutiques 

as Oxygen in Bal Harbour and 

next in Palm Beach, as well 

as online at uliherzner.com. 

Looks and 

sketches by 

Jay Nicolas 

Sario. 

A Chris 

March look 

from Project 

Runway: 

All-Star 

Challenge. 

A Herzner look 

from Project 

Runway: 

All-Star 

Challenge. 

Herzner 

on the All-Star 

Challenge. 

One day Meryl Streep looked at me and said, 

‘I wish I could just take my face off and go out 

today.’ Because of Project Runway, I knew exactly 

what she meant.” —Chris MarCh 

Chris March 

neW yOrk, ny SeASOn 4 

March has parlayed his 

lovable personality and 

costume skills into the selfpublished 

book I Heart Chris 

March, a line of greeting 

cards, and a forthcoming TV 

show. But the PR alum and 

All-Star Challenge contestant 

isn’t all outrageous. Meryl 

Streep personally requested 

that he design her dresses 

for both the 2010 Golden 

Globes and Academy Awards. 

I Heart Chris 

March, $45; 

chrismarch 

design.com.

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SIZE MATTERS 

Big girl 

in a 

skinny 

world 

Dare to wear stripes, belts, even skinny jeans! Style 

expert Ashley Falcon shares her tips for turning 

notorious plus-size no-no’s into yes-you-cans 

Big girls are forever being told what 

not to wear: Shiny fabrics add bulk; 

pleats make your hips look huge. 

Even my slimmer friends, self-conscious 

about this or that, are slaves to these rigid 

fashion diktats. One size-8 colleague looked 

like I’d splashed paint on her Louboutins 

when I suggested she rock a pair of booties 

with a shirtdress. “Booties?! They’ll make my 

calves look like pork chops!” she shrieked. 

While it’s true that many fashion rules are 

based on a kernel of fact—shiny garments 

made of cheap fabrics will accentuate every 

roll—most are just guidelines 

and can be tweaked. Take 

skinny jeans. No question, 

these are less flattering on 

bottom-heavy women. One 

saleswoman had the gall to 

sniff, “These jeans aren’t for you,” as I was 

buying a killer pair of size-18 dark-rinse 

skinnys. “Tell that to my AmEx,” I told her. 

Here’s my no-fail antidote to the thunderthigh 

effect: Pair skinny jeans with a tailored 

blazer, longer shirt, and towering heels. 

You’ll look like a glamazon in them, trust me. 

Another notorious plus-size no-no: horizontal 

stripes. Rummage through the drawers 

of a thousand full-figured fashionistas, 

and you’d sooner find sequined hot pants 

than a striped sweater or tee. It’s true, thick 

stripes call attention to your width. If you’ve 

got a paunch, you could look like you’re 

wearing a stack of Goodyear tires. But, 

in fact, the opposite is true for thin stripes 

stacked close together, which actually 

create a slimming optical illusion. 

MARIE clAIRE / novEMbER 2010 

“Disregard everything 

you’ve ever heard 

about the plumping 

effect of belts. 

Disregard everything you’ve ever 

heard about the plumping effect of 

belts. The secret is wearing them above 

your natural waistline (also the smallest 

part of your torso), which helps even 

apple-shaped bodies cut an hourglass 

figure. This only works with flouncy 

shirts. Cinch a tight spandex number 

and brace yourself for some serious 

muffin top. As for accessories, experts 

(like me!) constantly plug chunky necklaces 

to balance an outfit far better 

than, say, a dainty necklace strand. Still, 

if you’re jonesing for something 

subtler, I suggest 

layering several strands or 

adding a pendant to 

achieve a look that is ladylike 

and trendy, minus the 

heft of a big statement piece. 

These days, I’m experimenting with 

menswear. While my wafer-thin friends look 

instantly chic matching their boyfriends’ 

button-downs with jeans, oversize shirts 

tend to make me look, well, oversized. Here’s 

how I combat the Roseanne-and-Dan 

effect: I look for fitted women’s shirts 

with masculine touches—pinstripes, 

French cuffs—then buy them in a size 

or two larger than my own. The result 

is a sophisticated, relaxed look that 

complements my curves. 

Got tips for turning a big-girl fashion 

don’t into a do? Don’t be stingy! Share 

them at marieclaire.com/ashley. 

next month 

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Compass neCKlaCe 

$39, Silent gypsy; 

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Ditch the 

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belts 

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lane bryant; 

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top $24.99, 

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jcp.com. 

jeans $32.50, 

old navy; 

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shirt $23.90, 

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beautybuys 

love it, need it 

i’m obsessed with 

Tom Ford’s Black Orchid 

trio, $140—the striking 

eggplants, the smoky, floral 

scent (with its wonderfully 

subtle shimmer)! it’s like 

they’ve been plucked 

out of a 1920s Parisian 

cabaret. who says your 

lipstick can’t match your 

nail polish—and perfume, 

too? speaking of the 

city of light, if you’re there 

this month, you must 

check out “Brune/ 

Blonde,” a show at the 

cinémathèque française 

exploring hair color in art 

and film. stuck stateside? 

go to cinematheque.fr to 

order the exhibit’s book. 


Beauty Director 

Ying Chu 

+ = 

subtle scents 

no more perfume headaches! 

these discreet diffusers fill 

small spaces with just the right 

amount of scent. sPlurGe: 

frédéric malle diffuseur 

solitaire, $120. steal: mark 

comfy cozy diffuser oil, $15. 

this 

month’s 

best 

two-timer 

this genius double-decker 

tube has two “wipers,” 

which control how much 

mascara lands on the 

brush. the result: dramatically 

different lash effects. 

mac haute & naughty 

lash mascara, $18. 

Pretty as a Picture: Dior tailleur Bar 

eye shaDow, $90, anD Victoria’s secret 

eye shaDow QuaD in Peek-a-Boo, $17. 

geisha glam 

my vanity essential: nars’ 

stunning bento box set, 

$125, equipped with two 

high-impact lipsticks poured 

into japanese bowls and 

a kabuki lip brush. there 

are only 1,000 in the u.s., 

so add this to your holiday 

wish list, stat! 

THE TIP-OFF 

rescue beauty’s jane 

polish, $18, is my new 

mani obsession. pale 

and pearly with a cool 

hint of lavender, it’s the 

perfect edgy-but-stillpretty 

neutral for the 

season’s winter whites 

(and creams and grays). 

for information on where to buy, see shopping directory. 

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top: jason lloyd evans, ben goldstein/studio d

MARY KAY 

be radiant 

baked powder 

in dusk, $18. 

Jerry Hall holds 

court at Studio 54 in 

1981; strapless, silver 

lamé at Carolina 

Herrera (right). 

BARE MINERALS 

sprinkles 100% natural 

lipgloss, $54 with 

Shimmer & Shine Kit. 

REVLON colorstay 

12 hour eye 

shadow in #20 

sunrise, sunset, $7. 

EMILIO PUCCI 

miss pucci 

perfume, $89. 

beauty moment 

disco Inferno 

Don’t panic, but disco is back. with an emphasis on 

glam (not necessarily glitter), designers mercifully avoided 

polyester bell-bottoms and added gloss to hair and 

makeup this season. on the runway, polished waves and 

shimmering eyelids—reminiscent of a studio 54–era 

jerry hall—accessorized fall’s silky bronze shirts, cognac 

leathers, and the occasional swish of slinky lamé at 

carolina herrera and chloé. celebrity makeup artist 

carol shaw suggests building a beauty wardrobe around 

these earthy golden tones: “luxe, warmer hues make your 

eyes sparkle in a sexy way.” to avoid any resemblance 

to a leftover party fixture, stick with strategic glitz. “this 

look should be refined, not retro,” explains revlon global 

artistic director gucci westman, who gilded inner-eye 

corners and layered clear gloss on top of chocolate 

lipstick backstage at oscar de la renta. “sheer, 

glossy lips are fresher and more wearable. i call it 

disco modern.” —Ning Chao 

YVES SAINT 

LAURENT rouge 

pur couture in 

blanc, $30. 

BEYONCÉ heat 

solid perfume 

ring, $35. 

CLÉ DE PEAU 

limited edition 

holiday Vintage 

palette, $125. 

L’ORÉAL PARIS 

professionnel lumi 

contrôle defining 

polish for medium 

hair, $24. 

VICTORIA’S 

SECRET Very sexy 

now shimmering 

body lotion, $20. 

SMASHBOX o-gloss 

gold lip gloss, $49 

with Wish List kit. 

BATH & BODY WORKS 

signature collection black 

amethyst triple moisture 

shower cream, $11. 

Calvin Klein and 

Brooke Shields at 

Studio 54 in 1978. 

MARK lip to be 

square lip tint in 

sheer peach 

and sheer red, 

$7 each. 

REVLON 

nail enamel 

in belle, $5. 

Disco influences 

at Oscar de 

la Renta (above 

and far left). 

SEPHORA 

boo boo bling 

bandage covers, 

$6 for six. 

90 marie claire / noVember 2010 for information on where to buy, see shopping directory. 

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BEAuTY SNooP 

92 

Gone 

PLatinum 

Christina Aguilera, star 

of the hot new movie 

Burlesque, talks sexy 

scents, red lips, and why 

you’ll never see her 

in beige By Courtney Dunlop 

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Siren’S StaSh 

1. maC SuperSlick 

Liquid Eye Liner in on 

the hunt, $18. 2. Latisse 

Eyelash kit, $120. 

3. Christina aguilera 

Eau de Toilette, $39, 

and By Night Eau de 

Toilette, $39. 

I get my roots touched up every 

few weeks, so I try to keep my hair 

as conditioned as possible. During the 

movie shoot I wore a wig, so I was 

able to give my hair a 

genuine break. 

And one is for day and one for night— 

what’s the difference? My debut fragrance, 

Christina Aguilera, is an embodiment 

of everything that makes me smile and 

relax, like tuberose candles. I find 

male colognes to be sexy, so I incorpo- 

4 

rated musky tones. By Night reflects 

my passion for nighttime, which is my 

You seem right at home in your new favorite time of day. I’m a bit of a 

movie, Burlesque, with the splashy night owl because that’s when I feel 

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slip into the role naturally? I’m used to Do you have any memories of loving 

being able to express myself in music, but fragrance as a kid? My mother wore 

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acting is all about becoming someone perfume—I think it was Poison. I used 

5 

IMAgES, 

else and experiencing her pain, so I to try it on, so that might be where I got 

AP 

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LEFT: 

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CLoCkwISE 

sometimes I layer a couple of MAC lip- confident and sure of herself. 

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fragrance always top off an outfit for me. never wear again, but I wouldn’t take them 

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like madonna, kate hudson, rashida jones, and halle berry) translates this season’s 

biggest trends to suit your unique complexion. 

deep 

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Johansson 

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fair: Pale skin can 

pull off most shades, 

but a soft purple is 

especially flattering. 

Just conceal bluish 

veins before applying 

shadow to avoid the 

sleep-deprived look. 

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meDium: Blue 

looks dated on fair 

complexions, but 

a rich metallic 

cobalt flatters 

medium faces. 

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Naomi 

Campbell 

36. BENEFIT Velvet eyeshadow in Gimme some plum, $18. 37. MAKE UP 

FOR EVER aqua cream in shade 18, $22. 38. L’ORéAL PARIS studio 

secrets professional ready-to-wear shadow single in Violet petal, $5. 

39. ILLAMASQUA liquid metal in superior, $26. 40. STILA convertible eye 

color dual shadow and liner in indigo, $22. 41. ESSENCE metal Glam 

eye liner in on-the-Go, $2. 42. SONIA KASHUK enhance eye shadow in 

Night-42 matte, $6. 43. URBAN DECAY eye shadow in revolver, $17. 

44. AVON Glimmersticks in saturn Gray, $6. 45. BLACK OPAL mineral 

mosaic eye shadow in Zanzibar, $9. 46. TARTE emphaseyes in plum, $18. 

47. VICTORIA’S SECRET minerals luminous eye shadow in divine, $10. 

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Perfume Phthalates, synthetic 

chemicals, and petrochemicals 

can run rampant in fragrances, 

so look for all-natural perfumes 

made from florals, herbs, amber, 

vanilla, or resins. try: agape & 

Zoe Naturals in Peace, $20. 

At-Home Peels New green 

technology means at-home peels 

correct sun damage with potent fruit 

acids and enzymes. try: origins 

brighter by Nature High-Potency 

brightening Peel, $38; tata Harper 

resurfacing mask, $55. 

natural beauty 

Green day 

eco-enthusiasts, rejoice! We 

found the green beauty 

products you didn’t think existed. 

(organic self-tanner, anyone?) 

by Courtney Dunlop 

sunsCreen Zinc and titanium dioxide 

sunscreens that don’t leave you with 

a geisha mask? yes, they exist. you 

won’t get sky-high sPF numbers with 

naturals, but don’t let that stop you— 

zinc paired with titanium dioxide 

offers the most complete uv coverage 

available. try: lavera sun 15 

anti-ageing sun milk, $25; badger all 

Natural lip balm with sPF 15, $4. 

HAnD sAnitizer 

ditch products that 

contain chemical 

standby triclosan for 

a germ-busting blend 

of natural botanicals. 

try: tammy Fender 

the Purist antibacterial 

dry Hand Wash, $14. 

Colorful mAkeuP 

it’s easier to rely on 

synthetic dye and 

mineral oil to create 

makeup—especially 

the tricky-to-formulate 

bright shades, 

says Karim orange, 

cofounder of natural 

products consulting 

service better organic 

choice. but thankfully, 

a few brands have 

stepped up to create 

great colors with no 

toxic ingredients. 

try: 100% Pure Pink 

Grapefruit Glow lip 

& cheek tint, $15; 

Zuzu luxe eyeliner 

in iguana, $14; 

shobha brow Pencil 

in sand, $16. 

nAil PolisH remover 

an odorless, nondrying 

remover made from 

plants, not acetone. 

try: G2 Nail Polish 

remover, $16. 

self-tAnner Hot off 

the shores of the u.K. 

comes a self-tanner 

that uses ecocertapproved 

dHa (the 

stuff that tans your 

skin) made from sugar 

beets in an all-natural 

lotion base. try: the 

organic Pharmacy 

self tan, $60. 

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Natural beauty 

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DeoDoranT as if it wasn’t bad 

enough that most “natural” 

deodorants don’t work, many of 

them contain propylene glycol. 

lavanila makes a truly chemicalfree 

deodorant that gets rid of 

bothersome odor using proprietary 

beta-glucan technology that 

works at the molecular level. Try: 

lavanila the Healthy Deodorant 

in vanilla lavender, $18. 

super MoisTurizer 

an earth-friendly 

lotion that keeps skin 

moisturized for up to 

24 hours and is free 

of petrochemicals and 

perfume. Try: burt’s 

bees Fragrance Free 

Shea butter & vitamin e 

body lotion, $8. 

Makeup priMer 

you wouldn’t think 

that a primer made of 

organic, natural ingredients 

would smooth 

your skin as well as 

one with silicone and 

synthetic filler—but 

it does. Try: vapour 

Stratus instant 

Skin Perfector, $44. 


pore cleanser Deep 

cleansers typically rely 

on synthetic chemicals, 

but nature lovers can turn 

to charcoal, which pulls 

toxins out of your pores. 

anything else you put on 

your skin won’t work if your 

pores are clogged, says 

Deborah burnes, author 

of Look Great, Live Green. 

Try: Sumbody coal train 

charcoal cleanser, $26. 

anTiflake Mascara makeup 

artist tina turnbow says it’s the 

only natural-formula mascara 

(made from vegetable wax!) 

that won’t smudge on bottom 

lashes. Sold. Try: no-miss 

natural mascara in black, $15. 

HairsTyler Good 

hold and glossy shine 

usually require strong 

chemicals, plasticizers, 

and loads of silicone, 

but a new generation 

of stylers uses natural 

waxes, plant proteins, 

and organic oils to 

tame frizz and keep 

strands in place. Try: 

aveda light elements 

Shaping Wax, $24; 

aubrey organics 

nuStyle organic 

Hairspray regular 

Hold, $10; intelligent 

nutrients certified 

organic Finishing 

Gloss, $29. 

get outta here 

ingredients to avoid if you’re going green 

Diazolidinyl urea and imidazolidinyl urea: 

these may release formaldehyde, a known 

carcinogen. 

Diethanolamine (Dea), monoethanolamine 

(Mea), and triethanolamine (Tea): already 

restricted in europe due to a link to kidney 

and liver cancer. 

silicone, dimethicone, and cyclomethicone: 

they never biodegrade and 

can disrupt healthy skin functions. 

parabens: they’re being studied for 

possible hormone-disrupting properties. 

Toluene: often used in nail polish. may 

negatively affect the central nervous system. 

petroleum byproducts (paraffin, mineral 

oil, petrolatum): they slow down skin function 

and pollute the environment. 

phthalates: they’ve been linked to 

impaired fertility and polycystic ovarian 

syndrome but are not always listed on 

fragrance labels. Seek out products that 

say they’re phthalate-free. 


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pamela hanson/trunkarchive.com 

Are you a 

SelfiSh 

Girlfriend? 

You know what you want 

and how to get it. so 

where does he fit in? 

for years now women have been 

told to be more assertive in their 

relationships, that in the healthiest 

partnerships, you and your man contribute 

equally—be it around the house 

or in bed. But that mind-set can cause 

one-for-me-one-for-you accounting, 

which ultimately breeds resentment. 

“The ‘I’ll see your stress, and raise it’ 

game is a no-win one,” says psychologist 

Jane Greer, author of What About 

Me? Stop Selfishness From Ruining Your 

Relationship (Sourcebooks). “It’s just 

evidence of selfishness, on both partners’ 

parts.” And nothing will tank 

your romance faster, she warns. We 

talked to Greer about why it’s critical 

that we quit keeping score and start 

finding ways to compromise. 

MC: why do you say selfishness ruins 

relationships? 

JG: Everybody thinks that they are 

right, and they’re invested in defending 

their point and securing their 

needs, no matter what. So when people 

enter relationships, the interaction 

is often positioned as combative and 

oppositional. This dynamic has 

become increasingly intense because 

our culture conditions and reinforces 

instant gratification over the hard 

work of getting along. Everyone has 

become emotionally grabby. 

MC: But what if your 

grabbiness is legit—he wants 

to get married but you’re not 

ready; you love oral sex but 

it’s not his thing? How does 

everyone get their needs met 

LOVE/SEX 

“Almost all selfish people think 

other people are selfish because they 

don’t provide everything big takers want.” 

without either side feeling as if they’re 

losing themselves? 

JG: Start by not taking your partner’s 

behavior personally. It’s about his 

fears and anxieties; it’s not about you. 

He may say, “If you loved me 

you’d do blank”—but that’s 

not helpful. Instead, you 

compromise. The willingness 

to try to please your partner 

is what matters. If you don’t 

like a penis in your mouth, 

make it something that’s a treat for a 

birthday or anniversary—but get it in 

the repertoire. 

MC: what if only one partner is 

willing to try to please? 

JG: Most relationships have one 

person who is a little more dominant 

than the other. No two people can 

come first at the same time. It’s 

difficult—you’re afraid that if you 

assert yourself, your guy is going to 

get angry with you. But if you 


LOVE/SEX 

don’t assert yourself, you feel 

miserable and trapped. So you’ve got 

to take a leap of faith, to speak your 

truth and negotiate. The goal is to 

find the middle ground, to please 

your partner and, in turn, be equally 

pleased by him, which is why you are 

with him in the first place. 

MC: But if selfishness is ruining 

Young & 

Reckless 

a new documentary tracks 

teenage sex habits 

according to photographer James 

Houston’s new documentary, Let’s Talk 

About Sex, 10,000 american teens catch 

an STD every day (55 of them Hiv) and 

2,400 girls get pregnant. Houston 

contrasts these disarmingly high figures 

with those in the netherlands, where 

the rates of infection and pregnancy are 

significantly lower. one Dutch teenager 

110 marie claire / november 2010 

relationships, should the goal really 

be for the selfless partner to be more 

selfish, or for the selfish partner to 

be less so? 

JG: You want to develop your sense 

that you have a right to meet your 

own needs—to take care of yourself 

without feeling guilty or bad. That 

will immediately push back upon 

the other person’s selfish behavior. 

MC: What if we are the ones who do 

most of the taking? What if we’re 

being selfish because it gets us a 

whole lot of what we want? 

JG: First, you’d be about the first 

person who walked into my office 

and admitted to being selfish. 

Almost all selfish people think other 

people are selfish because they 

don’t provide absolutely everything 

really big takers want. Still, my goal 

is not to show you how selfish you 

are. It’s “let me show you how 

unhappy your partner is feeling, and 

if your goal is to please your partner, 

then you’re going to have to 

change your behavior.” There is 

usually motivation to renegotiate 

because it’s no fun to be tied to a 

miserable person. —Amanda Robb 

american teens (right) 

are more leery of 

condoms than their 

Dutch counterparts. 

gives a clue as to why: When asked 

how she’d feel about a guy who wants 

to have sex without a condom, she 

pulls out one of her own. “if a guy 

doesn’t carry [one],” she says, “it’s like, 

‘Sorry. bye. nice to meet you.’” Stateside, 

however, college girls say they feel the 

opposite about a guy who’s packing 

latex. “i’d run,” says one student in 

Portland, oregon. “i’d think he was a 

pervert.” To find out where this arresting 

doc, out this month, is playing near 

you, visit letstalkaboutsexthefilm.com. 

—Judith Ohikuare 

dating/diary 

Airport Pickup 

Nicole, 25, Web editor, 

Los Angeles 

MONDAY 6:15 a.m., airport: Checking in 

for a flight to NYC for a job interview. 

Deeply regretting my decision to fly at this 

ungodly hour just to save $100. 

6:18 a.m.: Sifting through my bag, I realize 

that I forgot my phone. Ugh! Supposed to 

call the friend I’m staying with in New York! 

6:19 a.m.: Tap the shoulder of the guy in 

front of me and ask to borrow his cell. He 

turns his cute face to me. Note to self: It’s 

never too early for eyeliner. 

6:46 a.m.: Flirting with my handsome 

travel partner, I learn that his name is 

Tyler, he’s 33, and he’s a TV exec. 

4 p.m., deplaning: Wish our seats had 

been closer together. Must buy new cell 

and get to baggage claim, pronto. 

4:30 p.m., baggage claim: Running to catch 

up with Tyler and trying to program my new 

phone, I crash into the now-abandoned 

baggage claim. Why didn’t he wait? 

4:35 p.m., taxi line: Spot Tyler near the 

front of the line. I suggest we share a cab. 

5:30 p.m., friend’s apartment: After an 

hour and many funny travel stories, I leave 

the cab with my bag, my new phone, and 

a date for Tuesday night. 

TUESDAY 10 p.m., Tyler’s hotel: Meet Tyler 

at his hotel rooftop bar. Flirting is way more 

fun when I’m wearing mascara and heels. 

12:15 a.m.: We kiss. Hallelujah!! The 

warmth of the city, the champagne buzz, 

the view of Central Park: Nancy Meyers 

couldn’t have staged it better. 

2:04 a.m., his hotel room: It’s clear neither 

of us plans on getting any shut-eye. 

THURSDAY 5 p.m., home in L.A.: Get a 

text from Tyler. So it wasn’t a one-night 

stand! Agree to meet him for dinner the 

next night, when he returns from NYC. 

FRIDAY 10 p.m., restaurant: Sharing 

a plate of blowfish, which can be toxic 

if prepared incorrectly, we laugh about 

“risking our lives together.” 

11:30 p.m., home: Agree via text to go to a 

BBQ with him on Sunday. Fall asleep 

dreaming of the story I’ll tell my kids about 

how I met their father. 

SUNDAY 11 p.m., Tyler’s friend’s house: 

I’m the youngest at the party—and the 

most mature. Tyler’s playing beer pong. 

Not what I signed up for—I’m out. 

11:05 p.m.: Tyler sees me leaving and 

plants a wet, boozy kiss on my mouth. 

I can hear the air fizzling out of our 

fling. A 30-something man-boy is more 

baggage than I care to claim.

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Would you 

sleep With a 

stranger? 

To escape an 

impoverished life in 

Ukraine, Oksana 

Makarova became 

a mail-order bride, 

marrying a Florida 

doctor who could 

give her son a 

future. She knew it 

wasn’t true love— 

but she didn’t 

expect a living hell 

as told to Kira Zalan 

safe at last: 

oksana Makarova 

at home today 

in Kentucky. 

The night i met my husband, in 

the port city of Odessa, Ukraine, 

in late 2000, I stood against the 

wall in a restaurant at the Black Sea 

Hotel along with 200 other young 

women. They were decked out in their 

fanciest dresses, their faces caked with 

makeup. Dressed conservatively in my 

dark-gray pantsuit, I felt invisible in the 

sea of ball gowns. The two dozen men 

seated before us—all from America, 

mostly in their 50s or 60s—had come 

to find wives. 

My best friend had begged me to 

come, and we’d ridden for 12 hours on a 

train from our small town on the 

Crimean coast. I thought it would be an 

adventure, if nothing else. Sure, maybe 

some small part of me entertained the 

idea of meeting someone interesting, 

but it didn’t seem very realistic. 

While the women met with their 

eager suitors, I leafed through a 

Russian-language brochure about the 

marriage broker hosting the event. 

The Atlanta-based company, European 

Connections, explained that after 

decades of feminism, American women 

had become undesirable partners for 

marriage, uninterested in having children. 

Russian women, it said, are more 

feminine, with old-fashioned family values. 

I knew nothing about America 

except for what I’d seen on TV, like old 

dubbed episodes of Beverly Hills 90210. 

It seemed plausible enough. 

When I noticed a short, stocky man 

grinning at me, I thought, Oh, no, and 

quickly turned away. But his interpreter 

was already walking toward me. “How 

old are you?” she asked. I said I was 25. 

“Would you like to talk to my client?” 

she asked. I shook my head no. “What 

do you have to lose?” she prodded. 

His name was Carl, I learned, and he 

had a full head of black hair, which 

made him look younger than the other 

men, who were fat and bald. I sat at his 

table, and he asked me questions from 

a prepared list, speaking to me through 

the translator. I could understand 

some English from what I’d learned in 

school, but didn’t speak it very well 

myself. 

“Do you have kids?” he asked. 

“Yes, a 2-year-old son.” 

“Do you like dogs?” 

“Sure.” 

“Do you believe in prenuptial 

agreements?” 

“Yes.” 

I learned that he was a 50-year-old 

Filipino-born emergency-room doctor, 

now living in Cape Coral, Florida. I felt 

no immediate attraction to him, but 

when he asked if I’d like to give my son 

a father, a life in America, and a college 

education, I had to seriously think 

about that. I was a single mother, working 

at a local post office and living in a 

tiny apartment with no hot water or 

heat, and sometimes no electricity. 

Ukraine is a relatively poor country, 

and the infrastructure was never fully 

developed outside of major cities during 

the Soviet years. I’d become pregnant 

at 22 by my boyfriend, who had 


LOVE/SEX 

then disappeared. And here was an 

educated man from America, promising 

my child the world. In return, he 

wanted a family. I thought, Maybe I 

owe it to my son, Dimitri, to try. 

When Carl asked me to have breakfast 

with him in the morning, I accepted. 

For the next week, he treated me to lavish 

dinners, booked me a private room 

in his elegant hotel, and bought me a 

proper black dress to wear to my first 

opera, Carmen. He was an absolute 

gentleman: He never touched or tried 

to kiss me. It was a wonderful fairy tale 

of a week, and I was taken by how 

respectful he was. A translator came 

along on our dates, and on our last day 

together, Carl asked me to come to 

America. I would get a three-month 

“fiancée visa,” he said, and then we 

would marry. (The visa arrangement 

was legal, I learned, since Carl had met 

me in person; a man can’t just pick a 

photo of a woman and get her a visa.) 

I thought about my son and the new 

future he could have. I didn’t expect to 

fall madly in love with Carl, but he 

seemed like a kind man. In Ukraine, 

women don’t necessarily expect to 

marry the man of their dreams; it’s a 

hard life, and marriage is often more 

about security and stability than love. 

I confided in my mom, 

who worked as a postoffice 

manager, and my 

dad, an instructor at a 

driving school, and they 

agreed: The opportunities 

for my son were too 

good to pass up. 

Over the next 10 

months, I took English 

lessons and e-mailed with 

Carl about the plan for 

my trip to the States. In 

the fall of 2001, feeling 

both nervous and excited 

about my new life, I 

arrived in Florida. Cape 


“When I 

threatened to 

leave—and 

sleep on the 

streets if I had 

to—Carl 

had a new 

threat in return: 

He would 

deport my son 

but keep 

me here.” 

From top: oksana, briefly blonde, after 

leaving her husband; in darker days with 

her husband (his face blurred for privacy) 

and kids. 

Coral seemed like paradise—the sun, 

the palms, the orange and lemon trees. 

As we turned into the driveway at 

Carl’s house, it looked like a palace to 

me: a four-bedroom Mediterraneanstyle 

home with a sunroom that was 

bigger than my entire apartment. 

Carl, however, did not complete the 

pretty picture in the way I’d hoped. 

The polite, generous man I’d met in my 

homeland seemed more 

distant here. The first 

thing he did was to introduce 

me to a cousin, an 

older woman who showed 

me how to cook and clean 

the way Carl liked. Next 

Carl made it clear that he 

wanted to start working 

on a family immediately. 

Indeed, the first time we 

had sex, it felt perfunctory 

and calculated, 

devoid of any passion. 

Yes, I felt disappointed, 

but I decided to look at 

the act as just another 

chore that would be required of me in 

my new role. Soon after, Carl brought 

home an ovulation test kit so he could 

start charting my cycle and focus on 

getting me pregnant. At one point, Carl 

even tried to make Dimitri look more 

like a son of his own by dyeing Dimitri’s 

blond hair black. Shocked, I shaved my 

son’s head; Carl just laughed. 

Carl’s behavior became controlling 

in other ways, too. He said it was too 

expensive for me to call my family, so 

he gave me one 10-minute calling card 

per month. When I wanted to send an 

e-mail, he’d privately enter his computer 

password, then press Send for 

me and log off. Needless to say, I was 

having doubts about this arrangement. 

Still, I was willing to sacrifice for my 

son, who loved his fancy, rambling new 

house, full of new corners to discover. 

By the third month, I was pregnant. 

Carl and I got married in a courthouse 

in the fall of 2001; he said he would file 

for green cards for Dimitri and me. I 

thought Carl might be happier with a 

child of his own on the way, but as the 

weeks wore on, he grew increasingly 

possessive. I had no driver’s license or 

even a key to the front door. When I 

asked for a key, Carl said I had nowhere 

to go. He had a point: I had no money, 

no friends, and no idea how to navigate 

this foreign country. He would say, 

“Oksana, I thought you’d be obedient. 

This is the impression you gave me in 

Ukraine.” I felt like a child, and quickly 

became withdrawn, mostly staying 

indoors taking care of the house. 

Carl grew increasingly domineering 

toward my son, too. One time, when 

Dimitri ripped the wallpaper in his 

bedroom, Carl grabbed him and 

spanked him so hard, there were full 

red handprints on his backside. After 

that, I told Carl I wanted to leave. But 

Carl begged Dimitri and me for forgiveness, 

saying he hadn’t had any 

experience with children. And he 

refused to pay for my ticket home. 

Not long after, we moved to the town 

of London, Kentucky, where Carl had 

taken a new job in a hospital. “It will be 

a fresh start for us,” he said. But his 

usual behavior soon resumed. Saying

he was concerned about 

the water bill, he insisted 

that Dimitri flush the toilet 

only once a day, so my 

son had to pee in an 

empty milk jug all day 

and flush it down at 

night. Carl also began 

hitting my son again and 

dyeing his hair black. 

When I threatened to 

leave—and sleep on the 

streets if I had to—Carl 

had a new threat in 

return: He told me that 

he had not, in fact, filed 

paperwork for Dimitri’s 

green card. He would deport my son, 

he said, but keep me here. (My own 

green card was still in the works, as I 

awaited an interview with immigration 

officials.) I felt trapped. I didn’t know 

where to turn; in Ukraine, there were 

no shelters or social services for 

women, and the police were corrupt. 

Our son, Giovanni, was born on 

Independence Day, July 4, 2002. 

Thankfully, he was a healthy baby 

boy, even though Carl hadn’t taken 

me to a doctor for prenatal care until 

seven months into my pregnancy. In 

those first few days with my newborn 

son, I would look at him and try to 

imagine that his father was someone I 

loved. Staring out the kitchen window 

at the golfers on the lush green course, 

I dreamed of escape. Carl, meanwhile, 

wanted to start working on more 

babies as soon as possible. So I lied 

about my menstruation days to throw 

off his charts. 

Just when I felt on the verge of an 

emotional breakdown, something happened 

that would change everything: I 

was at the local Walmart one night 

with Carl and the kids, who were then 

9 months and 4 years old, when Dimitri 

got lost in the store. When we found 

him, Carl twisted Dimitri’s ear so hard 

that my son let out a terrified shriek. A 

shocked bystander called the police, 

who arrived with a social worker. She 

talked to us in the store, then came to 

our house the next day. With Carl 

away at work, I told her my story. 

“I had no 

driver’s license 

or even a key 

to the front 

door. When I 

asked for a key, 

my husband 

said I had 

nowhere to go. 

He had a point: 

I had no money 

or friends.” 

On the morning of 

May 5, 2003, nearly two 

years after I’d come to 

America, I packed a few 

things, per the social 

worker, and called her 

while Carl was at work. 

A policeman drove the 

kids and me to a shelter; 

Carl filed for divorce the 

next day. The shelter 

connected me with pro 

bono lawyers from a 

domestic-violence association. 

They would help 

me obtain child support, 

finalize my green card, 

and fight for custody of Giovanni. 

After three months in the shelter, 

the kids and I moved into low-income 

housing, and I saved everything I 

could from child support to buy a used 

car. Eventually I got a job at a Pizza 

Hut and began attending community 

college to train as a dental lab technician. 

During this time, my mom came 

from Ukraine to help with the children. 

In November 2004, I was 

awarded custody. But for the next six 

years, Carl dragged me back to court 

on technicalities and appeals. 

Today, I live and work in Louisville, 

Kentucky, and am in a relationship 

with a wonderful man I met at a 

friend’s Thanksgiving dinner. Dimitri 

and I are U.S. citizens. I bring Giovanni 

to visit his father every week, but Carl 

and I do not speak. He is allowed to file 

for a custody review every two years, 

so I’m expecting a new court summons 

any day. Still, I no longer fear 

that my children will be taken from 

me, and we have a good life. Would I 

do it all over again? No. But I don’t look 

at life in terms of what I should have 

done differently. I hope that by telling 

my story, I can help another woman 

like me. Perhaps the most important 

thing I’ve learned is that there are 

options for women in America: You 

don’t need to stay in an abusive situation. 

You can get help. 

Kira Zalan is a freelance writer based in 

Washington, D.C. 

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BULLETIN 

tRENDS, tRavailS, thE StatE of thE woRlD . . . youR watERcoolER chEat ShEEt 

meet the new IdentIty thIeves 

The people you trust most in 

the world—your parents—might 

be ripping you off by Jenny Deam 

WhEN thE DEbt collector first called 

last fall, Dani, a college senior in New 

York City, was sure it was a mistake. 

After all, she’d never even applied for the two 

credit cards that the caller said were in her 

name. And she certainly hadn’t racked up a 

combined balance of $23,000. 

Dani, who asked that her last name be kept 

private, called home to Southern California in a 

panic. To her shock, her mother casually admitted 

that she’d opened the accounts using Dani’s 

Social Security number and passport, but 

promised she would pay them off. Six months 

later, the debt collectors were still calling. Dani 

eyed her credit report and couldn’t believe what 

she found: Over the past four years, her mother 

had secretly opened nearly a dozen credit cards 

and credit lines in Dani’s name, charging up 

$100,000 in debt. 

In one of the worst and most hidden forms of 

identity theft, parents are increasingly taking 

out credit cards and loans in their children’s 

names. “It’s in a large part tied to the economy,” 

says Steven Toporoff, an attorney at the Federal 

Trade Commission, noting that while the government 

doesn’t specifically measure theft at 

the hands of parents, the agency has seen a 

recent surge in cases. The hardest-hit victims? 

People under 29. Just as 20-somethings are 

striking out on their own—buying first cars or 

renting first apartments—many are discovering 

that their credit history has already been 

trashed by Mom or Dad. 

“The parents have ruined their own credit 

rating, so they move on to the person whose 

Social Security number they can easily access,” 

says Linda Foley, who runs the nonprofit Identity 

Theft Resource Center in California. She adds 

that the problem for the victims isn’t just financial, 

but personal: The kids are faced with having 

to decide whether to prosecute their parents. 

In fact, that’s why the crime often goes 

unreported. Many victims, unwilling to file 

charges, either take on the debt themselves or 

decide to go bankrupt. But bankruptcy is no 

easy fix: The black mark of a bankruptcy 

moms Gone mad 

The ultimate 

out-of-control 

mother (Toni 

Collette) in United 

States of Tara. 


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stays on a person’s credit report for 

a decade. One Alabama woman, who 

asked that her name be withheld, 

learned that the hard way. She was 18 

when she came home from college to 

find her name on a fistful of new credit 

cards taken out by her mom. Facing 

$30,000 of debt, she couldn’t bring 

herself to report her mother to the 

police, opting instead for bankruptcy 

when she was 21. A decade later, she 

expects to finally see her credit report 

dispatch 

Condoms With Teeth 

mariE clairE / novEmbEr 2010 

Sonnet Ehlers 

with her spiky 

invention. 

A controversial new anti-rape 

tool is born in South Africa 

in South africa, one out of every 

two women will be raped during her 

lifetime. but a new tool is designed 

to change that. a medical researcher 

in Johannesburg has created a latex 

female condom—called the rapeaXe—fitted 

with internal barbs that 

hook into a rapist’s penis during 

penetration, causing him, in theory, 

to withdraw in searing pain. 

“the woman inserts the rape-aXe 

like a tampon,” explains Sonnet 

Ehlers, the condom’s creator. “it is 

soft, leakproof, and smooth on the 

outside, so it causes no damage to 

her.” once attached to a man’s 

penis, the rape-aXe can be removed 

only by a surgeon, who would 

contact the police, says Ehlers. 

but wouldn’t a rapist unleash 

more violence after being snared? 

Ehlers, who’s in her 60s and spent 

40 years developing the condom, 

says the surprise factor buys women 

time to run. “i went to prisons to 

cleared this winter. (She no longer 

speaks to her mom.) 

Dani, however, did file a police 

report against her mother—not 

because she wants her to go to jail, but 

because credit counselors said it was 

the best way to prove the charges 

weren’t hers. “It’s the hardest thing 

I’ve ever done,” she says. “It’s so sad 

that money had to ruin my relationship 

with my mother. If you can’t trust your 

mom, who can you trust?” 

canvass the opinions of rapists— 

most said they’d be so shocked, 

they wouldn’t react,” she says. 

the rape-aXe is not yet on the 

market, but Ehlers says she has 

started working with a medical supply 

company to sell the device 

worldwide. “i’ve been bombarded 

with interest from distributors and 

women’s groups,” she says, adding 

that her website (antirape.co.za) gets 

18 million hits a month. “i’ve also 

had many e-mails from female soldiers 

in the u.S. military who want to 

protect themselves from rape by the 

enemy in countries such as iraq and 

afghanistan.” and also, she adds, 

from fellow american male soldiers. 

rapists beware. —Abigail Haworth 

Q 

A: 

Mean Girls 

An angsty book 

explores the dark 

side of female 

friendships 

When Kelly valen was 

Kelly Valen 

a freshman in college, 

she got seriously 

drunk one night and found herself being 

“ledged”—date-raped on the terrace of a 

fraternity house, where other members 

could watch. When valen told her sorority 

sisters what had happened, she expected 

an outpouring of sympathy. instead she 

was voted out of the house. that experience 

inspired a lifelong interest in the 

meaner aspects of female relationships 

and, eventually, the new book The Twisted 

Sisterhood: Unraveling the Dark Legacy 

of Female Friendships. We asked valen, 44, 

who surveyed 3,000 women for her book, 

to explain her theory on women and claws. 

Q: Women can be tough on each other, 

but female friendships can also be a 

great source of support, right? 

a: many of us derive great benefits from a 

very few close girlfriends, and not just 

emotionally: Studies show they’re better 

than marriage in helping us survive cancer. 

but i wanted to explore why many of 

us keep those circles so tiny and tight. So 

with a sociologist and a gender-studies 

specialist, i constructed a survey asking 

women about how they felt about womankind 

in general. i learned that most of 

us do almost everything we can to keep 

the majority of womankind at a great, 

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safe distance. Why? Because nearly 90 

percent said they feel currents of meanness 

emanating from other females; 

about 75 percent reported having been 

targets of rumor-spreading and duplicity; 

and about 60 percent felt victimized by 

female rejection and shunning. 

Q: Aren’t men just as bad? 

A: possibly. But the lingering effects from 

my betrayal by my sorority sisters was 

ultimately a lot harder to deal with than 

the rape itself, probably because i had 

higher expectations of my friends. i 

believed that when i was hurting, my girlfriends 

would be kind and helpful. 

Q: Your case was 

extreme. Is gossip and 

mild cattiness such a 

destructive force? 

A: a third of the women 

in my survey said 

Bring it On 

Meet india’s first and only 

female sumo wrestler, 

hetal dave, who competes 

in women’s bouts around 

the world. the 22-year-old 

Mumbai resident is among 

a small but growing group 

of global women tackling 

the traditionally male sport. 

she grew interested in 

wrestling when she started 

taking judo classes and 

saw some boys practicing 

sumo; she jumped in the 

ring and beat them. as for 

eye 

on the 

world 

that famous thong the 

men wear, yes, she has to 

wear it, too. “it’s not easy 

to walk in!” she says. But, 

mercifully, she gets to wear 

a leotard underneath. 

—Abigail Pesta

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they’ve struggled with depression or 

sought counseling as a result of intrafemale 

trouble. We’ve all read about 

15-year-old Phoebe Prince, who hanged 

herself in massachusetts this year after 

being viciously taunted by other girls in 

her school. 

Q: Any theories on why women can be 

so vicious? 

A: i think we have a greater evolutionary 

need to fit in, and it can make us behave 

awfully to each other. evolutionary 

psychologists tell us that when men went 

out hunting and gathering while women 

huddled in groups doing the nurturing, it 

would literally mean death to a woman 

cAn you feAr 

me now? 

thanks to GPs chips, 

cell phones are a stalker’s 

new weapon 

Mary Beth Kopsovich, a director at 

the SafeHaven domestic-violence shelter 

in Arlington, Texas, remembers the 

day last fall when a young woman 

appeared at the door carrying her small 

child. Immersed in a nasty custody 

battle, the frightened mother was trying 

to escape an increasingly abusive 

ex-husband. Later that evening, the guy 

showed up at that very shelter—hiding 

in the bushes. How’d he find her? He’d 

been tracking her every move through 

the GPS chip in her cell phone. 

Since 2005, all cell phone carriers, by 


if she were ostracized. today, things aren’t 

so different: We’ll throw just about anyone 

else under the bus to keep ourselves 

from being thrown out of the group, too. 

Q: Do you think you’ll ever get over your 

sorority experience? 

A: ten years after college, i saw my rapist 

on the street, and it drummed up bad 

memories. Years later, i ran into one of 

my sorority sisters and was so upset, my 

twin daughters had to prod me to answer 

the woman’s attempts to say hello. i’ve 

spent too many years feeling anxious 

and emotionally unsafe with women. this 

project has helped, but i still feel that way 

at times. —Amanda Robb 

law, have installed GPS chips in their 

phones in order to aid 911 emergency 

responses. But carriers are increasingly 

using those chips to offer GPS tracking 

services to customers. The services, 

which allow an account holder to track 

the whereabouts of other phones on the 

plan in real time, may be great for keeping 

an eye on kids, but they’re less great 

for women whose husbands or boyfriends 

turn stalkerish. Case in point: A 

recent study found that nearly 25,000 

adults in the U.S. are now tracked by 

stalkers using GPS technology. 

The GPS plans—such as Sprint’s 

Family Locator, AT&T’s FamilyMap, 

and Verizon’s Family Locator—cost as 

little as $5 a month and provide a virtual 

map that shows a phone’s exact 

locale. The problem for women being 

stalked is that they sometimes forget 

the tracking service is activated; also, 

the service isn’t necessarily easy to turn 

off. On most plans, the account holder 

is the only one who can deactivate it. 

These services aren’t the only tool 

for stalkers. Men can also buy GPS software 

online—Mobile Spy, GPS Spy, 

FlexiSpy—and install it on a woman’s 

phone when she’s not watching. Says 

Carrie Smart, director of community 

programs at Rose Brooks Center, an 

anti-domestic-violence agency in Kansas 

City, Missouri, “Women come to our 

shelter and have no idea that this could 

be on their phone.” —Jihan Thompson 

The Bottom Line 

butt pads hit the big time 

Marie Claire’s Anna 

Maltby gets a boost. 

forget about spanx. bootylicious 

babes like beyoncé and Kim 

Kardashian have inspired an array of 

underthings designed to make your 

butt look bigger—and the undies 

are flying off shelves. 

among the hot sellers: booty Pop 

padded panties ($20), which are 

now available at mass retailers like 

Walgreens and bed bath & beyond, 

as well as target online and the 

booty Pop site (buybootypop.com). 

the company says it has orders for 

nearly a million pairs so far this year. 

but competition is stiff: frederick’s of 

hollywood is selling the booty boy 

short ($28, fredericks.com), while 

victoria’s secret is peddling a bum 

booster ($34) in select stores. 

but can the panties really turn you 

into j.lo? We put them to the test. the 

results of our (highly subjective) study: 

the booty Pop pair felt a bit “warm,” 

our tester found. the victoria’s secret 

pair, which resembles a girdle with 

removable butt pads, felt rather gutconstricting, 

but certainly created lift: 

“my butt shot out like a shelf,” our 

tester noted. the silky frederick’s of 

hollywood pair looked rotund but reasonably 

natural. all three pairs created 

visible panty lines when worn under 

leggings, so wearers would want to 

go with more forgiving clothes. 

at least the underpants provide 

an alternative to a surgical butt-lift, 

which 5,000 american women opted 

to have last year. —Abigail Pesta 

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work life 

Gear and get-ahead tips—the cool girl’s employee handbook 

Make over your home 

office! Take charge of your 

life with these easy—and 

cheap—fixes to make your 

workspace pay off 

Photographed by Perry Hagopian 

when 29-year-old alice engel was laid off 

from her job as a textile designer in the summer 

of 2009, it opened her eyes to the possibilities 

of freelancing. Three months later she launched 

her own company out of her modest apartment 

in brooklyn, joining the estimated 3 million 

americans who work from home. She’s since 

moved to an even tighter space in the hip 

manhattan neighborhood of chelsea. while the 

move has put her closer to the design-world 

action, she’s had to give up space in exchange 

and now lives in just 120 square feet. The 

MC TIP: The bed should 

also function as a sofa. 

Rosen positions it so it 

runs the length of one 

wall and adds two chunky 

bolsters. A neutral canvas 

covering keeps things 

light and uncluttered, 

while three cheerful throw 

pillows pick up the new 

pale-blue wall color. 


challenge: maintaining a professional-looking 

environment that still feels like home at the 

end of the workday. 

MC hooked up engel with new York city– 

based interior designer Jonathan rosen, an 

expert in the fine art of the home makeover 

(or, as he puts it, “ransacking a place and putting 

it back together”). because engel is on a 

tight budget, rosen’s challenge was less one 

of replacing pieces (engel favors a pareddown 

aesthetic since her work involves so 

much color and pattern) than it was in finding 

cost-effective ways to maximize engel’s precious 

space using items she already owned. 

rosen suggested zeroing in on the specific 

upgrades needed to make the space serve its 

intended function—in this case, a home office 

that doubles as both a bedroom and a living 

room. Here, his no-fail tips for making even the 

tiniest, hardest-working space live large. 

Work your 

SpaCe 

The 

Careerist 

@home 

MC TIP: Keep the gear 

together. Rosen groups 

Engel’s AV equipment 

on an inexpensive TV 

cart, eliminating clutter 

and freeing floor space. 

The cart’s casters 

maximize flexibility 

(critical in a small 

room), and its white 

color blends right in.

hair & makeup: stephanie flor for 

artistsbytimothypriano.com 

MC TIP: Repurpose items from other 

areas. Rosen converts a whitewashed 

trunk (originally used for storage) into the 

perfect bedside table—an ideal place 

to show off Engel’s collection of art 

books. A small cactus adds some life 

without impinging on elbow room. 

MC TIP: Accentuate 

the positive. By 

moving the desk 

from the back of the 

room and placing it 

perpendicular to one 

of the side walls, 

Rosen ensures that, 

while Engel works, 

she can capitalize 

on her apartment’s 

best asset: a pair of 

light-filled windows. 

MC TIP: You can’t have 

too much storage. A 

bookcase appropriated 

from the apartment’s 

narrow kitchen gives 

Engel easy access to her 

reference books. The 

addition of two storage 

bins offers a handy place 

to stow loose papers 

and fabric swatches. 

MC TIP: Use mirrors to 

“enlarge” small spaces. By 

placing a mirror against 

the back wall, Rosen took 

advantage of the room’s 

natural light. The addition 

of a pendant shade bathes 

the space in an inviting 

glow during the workday, 

while a dimmer switch 

offers a lower-key atmosphere 

during off-hours. 


Work liFe 

Dress the part— 

from home 

Ditch the yoga pants 

for a wardrobe that means 

business by Sarah kennedy 

not long ago, several months after 

i’d given up my job as a magazine editor 

to go freelance, i bumped into a former 

colleague at Starbucks. She was decked 

out in a balenciaga jacket, cigarette 

pants, and a killer pair of stilettos. i hadn’t 

even showered that morning and was 

dressed in Uggs and my favorite velour 

tracksuit. i could tell that my old cubemate 

was mentally comparing my visage 

to Paris Hilton’s mug shot and wondering, 

What the hell happened to you? on the 

way home, it dawned on 

me: my sloppy wardrobe 

was symptomatic of my 

slipping career. i rarely 

checked in with my contacts 

anymore and was 

out of the loop on industry 

gossip. i felt like a loser. 

Worst of all, i was starting 

to look like one, too. 

Truth is, dressing for 

a home-based career is 

harder than dressing for a 

bona fide desk job. every 

item in your wardrobe 

needs to be versatile 

enough for a morning 

spent running errands or 


Work your 

style 

Fashion CheCklist 

For the Home- 

Based Alpha Girl 

an afternoon wooing potential clients. 

my closet was a mishmash of mid-priced 

footwear, shapeless knits, and ill-fitting 

jackets. i ended up tossing most of it. but 

what remained were absolute keepers 

that i wear to death, like slim-fit, darkwash 

jeans, white button-down shirts, 

and tweed skirts. These days, i get a lot 

of compliments on my smart wardrobe. 

more importantly, i get a lot of freelance 

work, too. Here’s my no-fail cheat sheet 

for dressing like a pro when you’re your 

own boss. commit it to memory. 

Time is money—so quit wasting 

yours thinking about what to wear. 

Your closet should be about fast, 

easy choices. if you haven’t worn it 

in six months, get rid of it. Stock your 

closet with classics that are never out 

of season, like a designer trenchcoat. 

Though it cost me a fortune, my burberry 

“mac” pairs with everything. even if i’m 

dashing out in jeans and a tee, that 

blessed trench somehow lends instant 

smarts and panache. 

Stand out professionally, blend in 

sartorially. nothing screams amateur like 

showing up to a meeting in leggings while 

everyone else is in a suit. Do research on 

what to wear beforehand. a lawyer friend 

who landed a freelance gig with a small 

publishing house once staked out the 

firm’s nearest coffee shop to gauge typical 

office fashion. “Sounds stalkerish,” she 

confessed. “but it helped me suss out their 

look so i was able to dress accordingly.” 

De-bag, lady. For years i collected 

inexpensive handbags for every 

occasion. How foolish. The thousands 

of dollars i spent could have 

gone toward an 

a timeless designer 

sheath dress 

Dark-wash jeans that 

work from day to night 

a dark-brown 

leather belt that gets 

better with age 

an oversize statement 

necklace 

luxe long-sleeve T-shirts 

custom-tailored 

trousers 

all-weather, all- 

occasion designer 

purse, like a 

Fendi tote. 

BlackBerry on your 

own time. i always keep 

a Smythson notebook 

and pen in my purse. it 

may seem quaint, but 

it’s far more functional 

than fishing out my 

blackberry from my big 

bag and fiddling with it 

just so i can punch 

in a phone number 

or e-mail address. 

never keep decision-makers waiting 

while you have a techno-fumble. 

Leave the trends to the trendsetters. 

my drawers are always stocked with fashion 

staples that pair well with jeans, pencil 

skirts, and trousers, like cashmere cardigans 

in camel, gray, and navy. if i’m itching 

to try something bold, i opt for well-made 

patterned skirts, which make me feel 

hipper than i am. When in doubt, i wear an 

always-appropriate, always-chic sheath 

dress with a statement necklace. 

TreNcHcoAT 

price upon 

request, gucci; 

gucci.com 


Sarah kennedy is a freelance writer 

who has worked for british MC and 

Madame Figaro in Paris. She is 

the author of The Swimsuit: A History 

of Twentieth Century Fashion. 

Who’s the Boss? 

Whether you’re picking up the 

dry cleaning or courting clients, 

you can’t go wrong with these 

wardrobe staples 

NeckLAce $295, 

ben-amun by 

isaac manevitz; 

ben-amun.com. 

BAG price upon 

request, Fendi; 

(212) 759-4646. 

TopS $145 

each, J.crew; 

jcrew.com. 

DreSS $79, 

United colors of 

benetton; 

(800) 535-4491 


SkirT $595, 

escada; 

(877) 206-4135 


BooTS $498, 

cole Haan; 

colehaan.com. 

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your home into an office at marieclaire.com/homeoffice. 

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Photographed by Bill Diodato 

Great Recession be damned—women 

are on a tear right now, shrinking the wage 

gap and even outearning men at the 

entry level. Still, we’re also riddled with debt 

and often clueless about financial planning. 

Here, MC’s must-read guide to finally getting 

what you’re worth, hanging on to what 

you need, and growing what you’ve got 

MONEy ShrINk MAkEOVErS! 

Think you have issues with money? 

Meet a pair of successful professionals 

with serious wallet woes. We sent 

them to NYC-based money therapist 

Lora Sasiela for some tough love 

about their freewheeling financial 

ways. As told to Lauren Iannotti 

i’m SiX FiGUreS in THe reD! 

Danielle Liss, 34, lawyer, las vegas 

INCOME: $100,000 plus bonus 

SAVINGS: $0 DEBT: $142,000 

I’m a stress shopper, 

and I’ve always had 

a thing for shoes. 

When life got crazy, I’d 

hit DSW on the weekend 

and buy a few new pairs. Then two 

years ago, my grandmother, with 

whom I was very close, suffered a 

massive stroke. After getting the news, 

I found myself at Saks, where I spent 

$1,300 on a pair of Valentinos, Cole 

Haans, Kate Spades, and two Choos. 

Two days later, I bought another 

pair of Spades and some Stuart 

Weitzmans. Thanks to shopping trips 

like that, plus student loans, I’d 

racked up $167,000 in debt. Just think 

about that number—it’s a monster. 

But I didn’t think about it much 

because when I did, I’d start shaking 

and get a stomachache. Though I 

never missed a minimum payment— 

not once—I just couldn’t admit to 

myself what I knew deep down: I was 

a shopping addict. 

A few months later, after I visited 

my grandmother in the hospice, I 

went on another shopping binge. 

I went directly to DSW because I just 

had to have a pair of gold peep-toe 

slingbacks. It was urgent; they would 

complete my collection. I was deeply 

grieving, and all I could think to 

do was buy shoes. Walking out of the 

store with them, I felt relief. 

But it wouldn’t last. Soon after, 

Citibank sent me a notice: They were 

tripling my interest rate to 27 percent. 

I couldn’t pay it, even though I was 

making $100K plus bonuses as an 

attorney. I created a budget spreadsheet, 

but looking at it made me sick. 

Then a friend challenged me to blog 

about the entire experience. I realized 

then that if I was ever going to get out 

of this mess, I had to be honest with 

myself. So I started “The Danielle 

Deficit.” Blogging about my spending 

problem was therapeutic and a really 

great way to hold myself accountable. 

My friends tracked my progress and 

cheered me on. I got credit counseling 

and learned to cut out shopping, vacations, 

and other frivolous expenses. 

I replaced my shoe-buying high with 


the debt-killing high. Last year, 

I paid off $20,000. 

I still treat myself now and then at 

Kohl’s (with coupons!). I feel so much 

happier and more alive now than 

when I dulled all my feelings with 

shopping trips. But now I’ve grown so 

obsessed with killing my debt that I’m 

not saving anything. My husband and 

I had a leaky sink a few weeks ago, 

and I was panicked because, dear 

God, what if we needed a plumber?! 

We should be saving for an emergency 

fund and retirement—and, someday 

when this is all over, for a nice 

Mediterranean cruise together. 

The shrink says: Danielle is a 

compulsive shopper. If she goes right 

from the hospice to a shoe store, 

that’s a clear attempt to self-soothe, to 

distract from an emo- 

Danielle is at 

high risk for 

relapsing. It’s 

like going on 

a strict diet— 

it’s not long 

before your 

face is in 

a chocolate 

cake.” 

moneY maTTerS 

tionally intolerable 

place. We talked 

about how she’s made 

a lot of strides, but 

because she’s whiteknuckling 

it, she’s at a 

high risk for relapsing 

if she doesn’t explore 

what’s behind the 

behavior. It’s like 

going on a strict diet—it’s not long 

before your face is in a chocolate cake. 

Danielle needs to start putting away a 

small sum each month, as little as $25, 

to establish the habit. She should read 

about compulsive shopping, to reflect 

on how she got here. And she needs 

a support network she can call when 

she’s tempted to hit the mall. 

Danielle’s takeaway: I want big 

savings and big debt payoff—right 

now! But I know I can’t have both, so 

I’m going to start small and save 

$100 each month. I’ve tried Debtors 

Anonymous, and it didn’t resonate 

with me because it felt too remedial. 

But I will explore joining a local money 

club. I also bought a book Lora 

recommended, April Benson’s I Shop, 

Therefore I Am, about compulsive 

shopping. I’m going to start on it right 

after I finish the latest Jennifer 

Weiner, which just arrived in the mail. 


Boost Your 

Bottom Line 

No raise this year? 

These financial gurus 

share their ideas for 

how to score extra 

cash outside the office 

Freelance on the 

side. one unintended 

upside of the recession: 

lots of freelance work. 

alexa von Tobel, 

founder and ceo of 

learnvest.com, a personal 

finance site for 

women, recommends 

betterfly.com, where 

you can post your skills 

and link up with clients 

who want to be “better” 

at things you already 

know how to do. 

Be prepared. ramit 

Sethi, author of I Will 

Teach You to Be Rich, 

calls it the “briefcase 

trick.” Whether you’re a 

budding stylist or 

dog walker, if a client 

lowballs you, reach 

into your bag and pull 

out a typed, one- or 

two-page proposal of 

your services. “They 

will start drooling over 

your action plan, and 

the cost will become 

trivial,” says Sethi. “i’ve 

seen clients negotiate 

from $40 an hour 

to $90 just like that.” 

Raid your 

bookshelves. admit it: 

many of your books are 

either holdovers from 

college (Jane Eyre, anyone?) 

or throwaways 

you’ll never miss. von 

Tobel suggests unloading 

them on half.com, 

where you can also 

sell your old DvDs, cDs, 

and video games. 

Sell your iPhone. if 

you’re looking to make 

a fast buck, personal 

finance expert 

Farnoosh Torabi points 

to gazelle.com, which 

will estimate the value 

of your gadget, buy it 

from you, then resell it: 

“When the iPhone4 

came out, they were 

buying 3Gs for $250,” 

says Torabi. 

—Jihan Thompson 

i Haven’T PaiD TaXeS in SiX YearS! 

Maureen Tkacik, 32, freelance finance writer, 

new York city INCOME: $50,000? (“i guess it could 

be a lot more”) SAVINGS: $0 DEBT: $20,000 

I’ve never had a lot of money, and I 

never wanted it. I spent some time 

growing up in China in the ’80s, 

where life for most was incredibly spartan. 

I often wondered how little I really needed 

to get by on. I worked hard, got into a great Ivy League 

school, but quit two years in when I ran out of money. 

When I considered the tuition bill, it dawned on me: 

There’s no way I’m going into that kind of debt. It may 

have been the only fiscally responsible decision I’ve 

ever made. I wasn’t worried about succeeding without 

a degree. I was a quick study and was already getting 

stories published. 

I love my work. I’m at my most engaged when I’m 

obsessing over a story. When you’re like that, money 

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money matters 

french 

lessons 

what living in the style 

capital of the world 

taught one american 

about scaling back 

by Janine di Giovanni 

It’s sale time at the 

very chic, very tiny, 

and very expensive 

Eres shop in Paris—the 

moment when cool 

French women lose their heads. Eres 

makes the most beautiful and flattering 

bikini in the world. It’s a French 

institution, like the YSL Muse bag or 

K Jacques sandals. But even if Eres is 

renown for coaxing impressive cleavage 

and bums from even the most, 

ahem, intractable figures, here in 

France, we are, like everyone else, in 

the midst of a bleak economic crisis. 

Unemployment hovers around 

10 percent, and there are rumors of a 

double-dip recession. Sound familiar? 

So how does a chic French woman 

weather the storm? She waits in line, 

carefully sorting through boxes of 

silky maillots and elaborate bottoms, 

until she finds the one perfect bikini, 

unlike me, the American next to her, 

waiting to pay for three, none of which 

I’m entirely happy with. 

giovanni: 

di kohen/wireimage. j. 

got a no-money-down mortgage for desperately 

hefner: 

a Notting Hill apartment and lived 

inc. 

on overdraft for years—it has been seeking cfp 

a steep learning curve. But in some do you want kids someday? dream of a 

edward 

ways, I’m grateful for it. I own my fixer-upper in maine? how you gonna pay 

mark 

own home in Paris; I’m not in debt 

for that? only 1 in 10 women ages 25 to 34 

for 

has a financial plan, according to a recent 

as badly as some of my American 

chu 

survey by prudential financial. here’s why 

friends. I stopped spending wildly a 

kim 

your next big relationship should be with a 

while ago. 

certified financial planner (cfp): 

Years ago I remember walking 

manicure: 

into the Azzedine Alaïa boutique 

Can I even hire a CFP if I’m practically 

broke? absolutely. a cfp can guide you 

and snapping up two dresses, a 

even if you’re saddled with student loans, 

pair of trousers, and a skirt. I 

a haphazardly allocated 401(k), or a pal- 

cannot remember what it cost, but 

try savings account. the goal is to get on 

I am sure that it would have fed the path to financial security. 

my household for six months. 

How do I find the right one? forget 

artistsbytimothypriano.com. 

That’s the secret of 

Now I think carefully 

looking up candidates online at registries 

for 

the credit crunch in The secret of and actually write down 

like the national association of personal 

wood 

France: What you surviving the (sometimes) what I 

financial advisors. (you wouldn’t even 

don’t have in the bank, credit crunch in spend. “Shop in your hire a hairstylist that way, right?) like 

rachel 

you simply don’t France? What cupboard,” my mother most referrals, word of mouth is key. ask 

spend. Last year you don’t have always told me, looking relatives and colleagues for names. 

in the bank, 

makeup: 

President Nicolas 

in dismay at my endless 

you simply 

What kind of credentials should I look 

Sarkozy bragged that don’t spend.” 

shopping bags. “You 

for? three letters after the name: cfp. the 

France would weather 

will be happier. It’s 

designation, conferred by a board, certifies 

the economic crisis better than the less complicated.” 

that she’s met the education, exam, and 

Anglo-Saxons. He was right. Credit The current situation has made ethics requirements. ask to see her adv 

donniemyersstudio.com. 

cards don’t really exist here—it’s me realize just how right she was. form (parts i and ii), which explains her 

more of a debit-card nation. Which Somehow the streamlined eco- background, services, and fees—and if 

stylist: 

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prop 

friend of mine calls it, “on the never ting dressed in the morning when So I have to pay for a CFP? yes. you 

never.” You buy one timeless Prada you have fewer clothes, but you like want a “fee-only” planner who earns a 

saratsis. 

dress on sale instead of a truckload of all of them. Who needs 10 pairs of per-hour fee and won’t take commissions 

junk that will last one season. 

jeans and 40 white shirts, anyway? on investment products. you could 

christina 

For an American who has lived most Or, as the case may be, a dozen pay as little as $80 an hour. visit 

of her life in Britain—where in 1991 I expensive bikinis, none just right? costhelper.com for the going rate in your 

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The 

Hunger 

Diaries 

132 

marie claire / november 2010

Six popular bloggers 

advocate healthier living— 

but are they putting readers 

(and themselves) at risk? 

By Katie Drummond Photographed by Stephen Lewis 

This past August, 200 women descended on the Congress Plaza Hotel 

in Chicago for a “Healthy Living Summit.” The weekend conference, 

the second annual convention for members of an insular food- and 

fitness-obsessed blog world, was organized by the community’s photogenic 

young founders: Kath Younger (who blogs at katheats.com), 

Tina Haupert (carrotsncake.com), Meghann Anderson (graduate 

meghann.com), Caitlin Boyle (healthytippingpoint.com), and Heather 

Pare (hangrypants.com). (A sixth founder, Jenna Weber, who writes eatliverun. 

com, was absent.) Dubbed the “Big Six” by fans, the women hail from all over the 

U.S. Younger is a registered dietitian, and most of the others have day jobs. But 

online, the women are cyber-celebrities whose wholesome personas and fitness 

advice generate hundreds of thousands of monthly page views, attracting a rapt 

reader base that’s caught the eye of big food and wellness corporations. 

Those companies—including Stonyfield Farm, Quaker 

Oats, Arnold, and Oroweat—are wooing the Big Six, hoping 

to score mentions online and reach their readers: a gold 

mine of young, educated women hellbent on achieving sylphlike 

physiques. Publicityhungry sponsors offer the bloggers 

travel, swag, and cash, even ponying up $49,000 for the 

Summit to cover the organizers’ airfare and hotels, an openingnight 

cocktail party, catering, and conference space. 

Now the blogs are even turning the women into national 

brands. Haupert and Weber have book deals with Sterling 

Publishing; Boyle’s body image guide, for Gotham Books, 

came out in August. Haupert writes for health.com, and 

Weber and Anderson offer “slimspiration” tips in magazines. 

Between book advances, sponsorships, and royalty checks 

from online aggregators (netting Anderson around $10,000 

a year), the women are cashing in on mainstream success— 

even though only one has universitylevel nutrition training. 

But behind the cutesy titles and sloganeering (Summit 

motto: “Bloggers for a Balanced Lifestyle”) lies an arguably 

unhealthy obsession with food, exercise, and weight. The 

blogs’ pages of meticulous food photographs and descriptions 

are often updated several times a day and immediately 

dissected by readers. A typical morning post documents 

breakfast with a photo and description—say, a smoothie of 

raw spinach and rice milk—followed by an afternoon report 

on the day’s herculean exercise and an evening update on perfectly 

portioned snacks and dinner. Pare once chased a 10mile 

run with a flourless, lowfat, blackbean “brownie.” Boyle ran 

exclusive 

22 miles and, after a day of light eating, 

signed off with, “I am so hungry!” 

Several of the women were out of 

shape in college and lost weight after 

graduation, an experience ecstatically 

detailed on Boyle, Younger, and Anderson’s 

blogs. The sites feature weightcontrol 

tips and even cover “food 

sabotage” (spoiling treats to avoid eating 

them). Weeks before the 2009 San 

Diego Marathon, Anderson ate some 

coconut mousse cake, then destroyed 

the rest. Younger, who wrote about netting 

out at 1,100 calories one day, trying 

to maintain her “happy weight,” has described pouring salt on 

desserts after one bite. In a post about whether this kind of 

food destruction was “disordered eating,” Pare recalled trashing 

an entire batch of cookies after craving “just one more.” 

At the Chicago Summit, fruit and fatfree yogurt vanished 

from the catered breakfast buffet; mini croissants and mini 

muffins languished. “We told them not to serve that stuff,” 

said Boyle of the carbs. Several women there appeared emaciated. 

Despite training for a December marathon, Boyle 

ditched her breakfast dish—piled with fruit, bagel thins, and 

fatfree yogurt—after a few bites. Later, she posted a picture 

of her full plate online, raving about the “amazing” food. 

Many of the bloggers post their heights and weights and 

share weightloss goals and eating plans. On Pare’s site, a 

debate exploded over whether her “typical day of eating”— 

including servings of oats, peanut butter, flax, and a mini 

Lärabar—was “a lot.” Occasionally, the women describe desserts 

or frosty mugs of beer, but New York–based sports nutritionist 

Marissa Lippert is skeptical. “I’m concerned they’re 

touting treats but not comfortable enjoying them because of 

their extreme mentality and low body weights,” she says. Last 

year, Anderson blogged that she lost her period thanks to what 

her doctor said was “amenorrhea due to my intense, highmileage 

running”—a red flag for low body fat and a risk factor for 

osteoporosis, says Lippert. Assessing Anderson’s posts during 

marathon training, Lippert estimates 

Anderson ate about 1,400 calories a 

day—600 to 800 under the minimum 

she needed, based on her training.

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Doctors consulted by Marie Claire supported the women’s 

aim to be healthy, and said certain meals seemed more nourishing 

than others, but found aspects of the blogs alarming. 

“People can dabble in eating-disordered behavior without quite 

meeting the diagnostic criteria for an eating disorder,” says 

Dr. Ovidio Bermudez, medical director of the Eating Disorders 

Program at Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital in Tulsa, 

Oklahoma. Bermudez has seen an uptick in patients with 

“subthreshold symptoms,” who show some eating- or exercisedisordered 

behavior without having a full-blown illness. The 

blogs appear “pro-healthy eating,” he says, but “the compulsiveness 

and lack of self-care” they exhibit are worrying. 

Then there’s the effect on readers. “The sheer number 

of food images and intense exercise descriptions can be particularly 

triggering to eating-disorder-prone followers,” says 

Dr. Robyn Silverman, a developmental psychologist in Mount 

Freedom, New Jersey, whose book, Good Girls Don’t Get Fat 

(published in October), addresses influences on female body 

image. Silverman worries readers could log on and “push their 

bodies to the extreme to match the workouts or eating habits 

of their idols, when it may be inappropriate.” A disclaimer 

which ran on Weber’s blog directed readers with eating disorders 

to a doctor, implying sick women read her site. And the 

bloggers inspire copycats. When Boyle announced a two-part 

fitness challenge—tackling Jillian Michaels’ “No More Trouble 

Zones” program and training to beat her 5K record—116 

commenters responded, many pledging to join her. 

Reached by Marie Claire, the six bloggers denied having 

eating or exercise disorders. “The vast majority of Americans 

aren’t anorexic or bulimic. They’re overweight and have no 

idea how to eat healthy,” says Boyle. “If they read blogs like 

mine, maybe they’d learn something.” Anderson—who blogged 

about running a 5K, a 15K, and a marathon race in one weekend—says 

some readers have told her they’ve gotten hurt 

imitating her workouts. “I just assume people have common 

sense,” she says. However, several commenters have questioned 

her lack of rest days during her training schedule. 

Sari Shepphird, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist based in 

West Los Angeles who specializes in eating disorders, can’t 

diagnose the women via their blogs. But generally, she says, 

exercising despite injury, illness, period loss, on “rest” days, 

or to compensate for calories are all signs of “exercise dependence,” 

a condition found in half of eating disorders, and 

which, combined with an eating disorder, can lead to osteoporosis, 

hormone imbalances, and risk of cardiac arrest. 

Feeling guilty on days off is another clue, she says. Many of 

the bloggers do exercise when sick or “resting.” Even Weber, 

whose posts feature recipes for cookies and pizza, can overdo 

it. Waking up early one day, she wrapped her blistered feet in 

moleskin for a run. Forced to stop after two miles because of 

her “shredded” feet, she wrote she was “so mad I started to 

cry.” Haupert blogged about “exercise guilt” after three days 

without a workout; many readers sympathized. 

“I’m disappointed to hear some of this,” says Sarah 

Badger, communications manager of Stonyfield Farm. “We 

do due diligence in finding blogs with healthy messages.” 


The sites even cover “food 

sabotage,” the process 

of spoiling treats to avoid 

eating them. 

“We can’t comment on the perspectives of the bloggers,” says 

Candace Mueller Medina, a Quaker Foods & Snacks spokeswoman. 

In a statement, Bimbo Bakeries, owner of Arnold and 

Oroweat, says, “We don’t support extreme lifestyles.” (The 

company brought a registered dietitian to the Summit.) 

Miriam Rich, Boyle’s editor at Gotham, says she doesn’t 

know as much about Boyle’s blog. “The book [Operation 

Beautiful, based on a trend Boyle started, asking women to 

stick Post-its with body affirmations out in public] celebrates 

positive notions of natural beauty.” 

Vulnerable readers might be getting a different message. 

In January, Liz Stark (online alias: veggiegirl), a Big Six follower 

who blogs about her diet and her Crohn’s disease, 

posted a haunting video of herself, gaunt, with protruding 

cheekbones and thin hair. On the advice of her counselor, 

Stark said she was giving blogging a break; she had 20 

pounds to gain. “The last thing I need to worry about is how 

to eat less and move more,” she said. When we e-mailed her, 

she wrote tersely that blogging helped her “form friendships 

and learn new information.” 

“Sometimes concern is appropriate,” says Anderson of 

the video. But “the blogger is making the choices that are 

right for her.” Meanwhile, discussion of the 2011 Healthy 

Living Summit has already begun. 

Katie Drummond is a new york–based journalist who covers health and 

science for aol news. 

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kelly macdonald, 34, breaks 

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James Franco 

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24 Cocky 

pharmaceutical 

salesman Jake 

Gyllenhaal falls for 

free spirit Anne 

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November 9 

The album Coal 

Miner’s Daughter: 

A Tribute to Loretta 

Lynn celebrates the 

country legend’s 50th 

anniversary with a 

star-studded lineup. 

7 8 

November 24 A cocktail waitress 

(Christina Aguilera) vows to make it to 

the main stage of a flashy cabaret— 

under the tutorship of Cher!—in the 

so-awful-it’s-awesome Burlesque. 

November 2 Oh, Randy Newman, 

just stop manipulating our 

feelings, would you? The surprisingly 

emotional Toy Story 3 arrives on DVD. 

5November 9 

No one ever said 

Brooklyn real estate 

was easy: Get ready 

to squat among 

artists in Paul 

Auster’s insightful 

new novel about 

the scrappy nabe 

Sunset Park. 

November 3 PBS presents 

Circus, a six-hour doc that goes 

behind the scenes and on the 

road with the Big Apple Circus. 

Spoiler alert: The lion tamer 

always gets the chicks. 

November 16 Kanye “I’m humble 

now” West takes a break from 

his prolific Twitter account to release 

a hits-swollen new album. 

9 

November 25 Thanksgiving dinner 

with the fam! (Yes, you do have to.) 

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at age 28 (ouch). When 

she takes an offer to produce a 

fourth-place network’s floundering 

morning show, how will she 

juggle her extreme work schedule, 

the bickering talent, and a 

messy personal life? 

But as serious as Becky is 

about her ambition, she’s not a 

smidge as self-involved as her 

battling colleagues—the movie’s 

major laughs come as she 

tries to corral a daytime diva 

(Diane Keaton) and her sneering 

coanchor (Harrison Ford), a 

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once-legendary reporter turned 

has-been. Ford is a terrific crank, 

whether skewering fluff-ball 

television—Easter chicks!—or 

snarling at Becky, “You’ve got 

this repellent moxie.” The film’s 

bite comes from savvy The Devil 

Wears Prada screenwriter Aline 

Brosh McKenna, who doesn’t 

sugarcoat working-world politics: 

When Becky sarcastically 

wonders whom a bubbleheaded 

reporter slept with to land her 

job, she actually gets a name as 

an answer. But even as Becky 

earns her anchors’ confidence, 

her disastrous dating habits 

aren’t as easily tamed—even 

when she falls for hunky producer 

Adam (Patrick Wilson). 

Notting Hill director Roger 

Michell maximizes McAdams’ 

effortless charm, and understands 

that the answers to the 

movie’s questions—can Becky 

save her show from cancellation? 

Will she let Adam hide 

her BlackBerry in the fridge for 

longer than 10 minutes?—are 

less important than watching 

this vibrant heroine chase her 

dreams. —Caryn James 

“i need a Dollar,” Aloe BlAcc. A recession 

you can groove to—Blacc’s gritty, funky soul 

takes its sound from the hard times of the 

’70s, a vibe that, as it turns out, is perfect for 

these times, too. 

“Patterns,” AtlAntic/PAcific. Brooding 

dudes are all romantics. Here, mellow 

chimes, pitter-pat drums, and breathy 

vocals coalesce into a love song ringing 

with passion and hope. 

“Sing Me to Sleep,” frAn HeAly feAturing 

neko cASe. A bough-broken lullaby. Healy’s 

warble never quite matches that of the 

incomparable Case, which is kind of the 

point of this duet about a sunset that 

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“cameras,” MAtt AnD kiM. The 

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her floor-shaking beats, and a pep rally’s 

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dUe date Zach Galifianakis 

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ictoria Beckham throws 

open the paneled 

Giambattista Valli coat 

draped around her shoulders 

to reveal what is hidden 

underneath: her whippetlike 

body encased in a kind of dominatrix corsetcum-bustier 

rigged with bad-girl garters. “Take 

the pic-cha! Take the pic-cha!” she coaxes— 

akimbo now—tossing her cell phone to an assistant. 

It is the exact coax—part dare, part 

demand—that Audrey Hepburn calls out to 

Fred Astaire in Funny Face as she descends the 

stairs of the Louvre in a red Givenchy gown, her 

reluctance to being a model giving way to an 

infectious giddiness. Beckham, on the other 

hand, is on the portico of a folly of a mansion on 

the outskirts of London. We’ve gone from 

Givenchy to gee-she’s-fun. 

When she was a cog in the wheel of the Spice 

Girls pop-culture juggernaut in the ’90s, 

Beckham carried off the name “Posh” with an 

ironic wink, since the little black dress she wore 

while performing was more High Street than 

haute couture. But her poshness is no longer 

ironic. Since leaving the Spice Girls, Beckham, 

now 36, has carved out a place on the pop- 

cultural landscape all her own, at that busy 

roundabout where celebrity and show business 

and fashion all converge. After she married 

David Beckham on July 4, 1999 (with their 

4-month-old son, Brooklyn, as ring bearer), she 

became part of another cultural phenomenon: 

Posh and Becks. Each augmented the other’s 

fame until they were more popular as a couple 

than they had ever been as individuals. They 

became a two-headed, paparazzi-hunted Hydra 

of Headlines. 

I stare at the “pic-cha” that she is now more 

closely examining on her cell phone screen. “I’m 

going to send this to David and see what he 

thinks,” she whispers. 

“Thinks?” I ask. “His brain is not the body 

part that is going to respond to that image. 

You’re really e-mailing it to him? I mean, one 

would assume he’s seen you like this before.” 

Beckham laughs as she pushes the Send button. 

Yes, laughs. Though she doesn’t often smile 

in public, in private she’s generous with her 

humor. “Contrary to the rumors of my wearing 

sweats around the house, this is how I greet 

David when he comes home each day,” she 


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Down the 

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Hermès; sunglasses, $449, 

Victoria Beckham Eyewear; 

bracelet, price upon request, 

Diane von Furstenberg by 

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says, her voice losing its burnished Hepburn purr and taking 

on a fake hauteur. “The only difference is that I have a 

leashed Doberman in each of my hands. And when dressed 

like this, I insist my children call me Mommy Dearest.” With 

that, she strides, in character, out onto the folly’s lawn and 

begins to pose. 

n almost completely different person 

greets me the next morning for breakfast 

in her temporary apartment at the 

Metropolitan hotel on London’s Park 

Lane. Beckham is barefoot on the floor 

in a pair of ripped jeans and a tank top 

through which a lime-green bra peeks out. Her hair is 

pinned haphazardly atop her head. Busy untangling her 

travel jewelry—mostly strands of gold necklaces and bracelets—she 

tosses each untangled strand into a small, nondescript 

cardboard box. 

“I look a bit different than yesterday,” she says, smiling at 

my reaction to how fresh she 

looks so early in the morning, 

how un-made-up. But she’s 

already been awake for several 

hours, having seen David and 

their boys off to the airport for a 

camping trip back home in 

America where they have lived— 

in Los Angeles—since 2007, 

when her husband signed a 

record-shattering $250 million 

contract to play for the city’s 

Galaxy soccer team. “There are 

“I do often 

look like a 

miserable 

bitch in 

photographs, 

but you have 

to have a 

tough side.” 

rumors that we want to move back to the U.K., but we’re so 

happy in America I actually can’t see us ever leaving . . . 

People ask me how long it took to adapt. Twenty minutes. 

I’m a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I’m a spiritual 

person as well. I believe in creative visualization. So for 

me to go to America—which I find such a positive place— 

well, I took to it like a duck to water. 

“In England, David and I are big fish in a small pond. But 

in L.A., we are tiny, tiny, tiny fish in a big pond. I mean, let’s 

be honest about it. When you’ve got Tom Cruise and Katie 

Holmes living down the street as your neighbors, who gives 

a shit about Victoria and David? Bottom line: I can relax in 

L.A. I think I’m the only person in that town who doesn’t 

want to act,” she says. “I was an OK singer. I was an OK 

dancer. But acting? Never could do it.” 

She has happily discovered where her real talents lie. She 

has more than just a knack for wearing clothes; she has a 

gift for designing them. Beckham is not a celebrity dilettante 

dillydallying in her latest hobby. Deadly serious, disciplined, 

she has decided to channel all of her creative energy 

into her fashion company, named Victoria Beckham. She is 

determined to make it a worldwide presence. Her business 

partner is her old Spice Girl Svengali, Simon Fuller, and 

together they are meticulously building her “brand,” a word 

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she intones often in conversation as if it were an incantation. 

It—along with her creative visualization—must be 

working. Executives at Range Rover recently cold-called 

her, asking if she’d collaborate with them on a special- 

edition SUV. She quickly agreed and could not get to the 

company’s headquarters in Oxfordshire fast enough. “When 

I was meeting with the men down there, and I was tottering 

around in my little skirt and high heels and Birkin bag, I 

thought, I’m the luckiest person in the world.” 

Creative visualization sounds like something out of the 

Church of Scientology, but while the Beckhams hang out 

with quite a few Scientology-friendly people, Beckham says 

they are not adherents. Though they might now consider 

themselves tiny fish in the big pond of L.A., they still would be 

quite a catch for the church. “We aren’t Scientologists,” she 

says. “We really don’t know very much about it. I mean, Tom 

and Katie—they’ve mentioned it to us. But, no, they didn’t try 

to hook us and reel us in. It never really crops up. I’m very 

close to Katie, but with us, it’s all about girl talk . . . Katie is so 

talented and such an incredible 

mother, spinning plates like all 

us working mums do.” 

Indeed, the only subjects 

that Beckham speaks about 

with more passion than she 

does her burgeoning fashion 

brand—which includes categories 

for dresses, denim, sun- 

David and 

Victoria 

in Milan. 

glasses, fragrances, and an 

upcoming capsule collection of 

handmade handbags—are her 

children (Brooklyn, now 11; 

Romeo, 8; and Cruz, 5) and her husband. “First of all, I have 

to say this: My children are full-on Americans. Friends of 

mine from Britain come over, and they go, ‘My God! You 

have American children!’ Hell, yeah. They picked up the 

accent very quickly.” 

She tells me that what initially drew her to David was 

how close he is to his own family; she knew instinctively that 

he would be a great father. But how does she cope with the 

incongruity of a celebrity marriage? When one falls in love, 

one feels soft and vulnerable, but if the two people in love 

are as colossally famous as the Beckhams, they have to 

toughen themselves at the same time for their tabloid fate. 

Beckham obviously knows how to keep her balance in a pair 

of high heels, but how has she been able to strike this soft/ 

tough balance in her private life? 

“I have found a way to make it work. This is the first time 

I’ve ever admitted this: When I’m working, I purposefully 

close my office door. I mean, I do have a very, very soft side to 

me. I’m very loving. David and I are very affectionate. People 

don’t think of me that way because I do often look like a miserable 

bitch in photographs. But—you’re right—you have to 

have a tough side, especially when you’re a woman running 

your own business with so many different categories. I am 

not going to lie about it. I have a very tough side, but I don’t 

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Model: Hana Soukupova 

Hometown: Karlovy vary, 

czech republic 

Discovered: i sent pictures in 

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i was 14. 

Silliest thing I’ve worn on a 

shoot: a sheer bunny rabbit 

jumpsuit and every other 

animal costume you can 

imagine. once, i was a giraffe 

in a victoria’s Secret show. 

Last book I read: Invisible 

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On my bucket list: To skydive— 

jumping out of a plane seems 

like a great high. 

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aunt Julia. Hitting Michigan’s Mackinac Island in carefree prints 

and retro party dresses, the 19-year-old It’s Kind of a Funny Story 

star alights as an American sweetheart in the making 

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Historical landmark 

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$750, Reed Krakoff; 

necklace, $450, Proenza 

Schouler. 


Shopping Directory. 

Hair: Dennis Lannis at Art 

Department. Makeup: 

Eric Polito for Neutrogena 

at Community. 

Accommodations provided 

by the Grand Hotel on 

Mackinac Island, Michigan, 

grandhotel.com. 

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The littlest add-on 

can make a world 

of difference. 

This resort season, 

toile prints and 

megawatt color 

combos refashion 

winter vacations 

Big impressions 

Photographed by Ilan Rubin Fashion editor: Taylor Tomasi Hill

Luxe Laces 

This page: Shoes, $375, 

Sigerson Morrison. 

Opposite page: Bag, 

$780, Céline. 


Woven 

Wonders 

This page: Shoes, $695, 

Marc Jacobs. 


$3,400, Chanel. 

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Fancy 

Canvas 

This page: Shoes, 

$720, Prada. 


$1,150, Bottega Veneta.

Bold 

Texture 

This page: Bag, $1,950, 

Balenciaga by 

Nicolas Ghesquière. 

Opposite page: Shoes, 

$1,445, Balenciaga 

by Nicolas Ghesquière. 


Shopping Directory.


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Shop the shoot 

big 

impressions 

bright weaves and playful 

prints declare a color war on 

the season’s accessories 

bag $165, 

master-piece; 

mspc-product.com. 


clutch $165, 

serpui marie at 

verve shoes; 

(212) 675-6693. 

laptop case 

$135, diane 

von furstenberg; 

dvf.com. 

scarf $460, prova; 

kirnazabete.com. 

bag $188, marc 

by marc jacobs at 

saks fifth avenue; 

saksfifthavenue.com 


bag $445, 

cs works at 

julianne; 

(516) 883-0678. shoes $195, 

belle by sigerson 

morrison; 

(212) 941-5404. 

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Shop the shoot 

color by 

numbers 

taking a cue from painter 

ellsworth kelly, primary hues 

unite in modern minimalism 

necklace $250, 

made her think; 

madeherthink.com. 


jenni kayne; 

jennikayne.com. 

White Watch $495, 

movado bold; (888) 

4-movado for stores. 

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top $79 each, 

kenneth cole New york 

at bloomingdale’s; 

bloomingdales.com 


shorts $495, 

escada; escada. 


black 

Watch 

$55, Nixon; 

nixonnow. 

com. 

bag $475, kate 

spade New york; 

katespade.com. 

cuff $475, 

tom binns design; 

(917) 475-1412. 

shoes $138 

each, dulce; 

(858) 454-4826. 

Dress $252, torn 

by ronny kobo; 

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Shop the Shoot 

budding 

beauty 

retro polka-dot prints and candycolored 

baubles bridge the gap 

between young and old souls 

shoes 

$79.50, Gap; 

gap.com. 


shorts 

$45, motel; 

motelrocks.com. 

skirt $98, 

fumblin’ foe; 

fumblinfoe.net. 


white house 

black market; 

whbm.com. 

Bracelets 

$65 each, 

this n that; 

(212) 255-0727. 

dress $212, hype; 

hypestyle.com. 

rings 

$85 each, tre; 

kirnazabete.com. 

sweater 

$78, ann taylor; 

anntaylor.com. 

shoes $595, 

alexandre birman; 

alexandre 

birman.com. 

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jasoN lloyd evaNs 

No need to break 

the bank over your 

routine. Makeup, 

skin, and hair pros 

help you navigate 

the shelves to get 

the most out of your 

beauty Benjamins 

By Lizzie Dunlap and 

Courtney Dunlop 

NoveMBer 2010 / Marie claire 189

Beauty 

roberto cavalli 

190 

splurge 

Face time with your dermatologist 

or aesthetician means money well 

spent. “The skin cycles once every 

28 days, leaving complexion-dulling 

dead cells in its wake,” says Chicagobased 

dermatologist Dr. Carolyn 

Jacob. “Monthly dermabrasion or 

facial appointments are ideal to 

slough away the cells and keep the 

skin looking as fresh as possible.” 

If monthly appointments are too 

much of a commitment, “going once 

every two to three months also has 

benefits,” she adds. 

As for at-home products, growth- 

factor-rich eye creams and 

moisturizers are expensive but 

can be beneficial for reversing 

the signs of aging in post-20s skin. 

Jacob recommends investing in 

pharmaceutical-grade omega-3 

fish-oil gel caps and vitamin D 

supplements. “These strengthen 

the skin and promote better internal 

health, too,” Jacob explains. 

MARIE CLAIRE / NOVEMBER 2010 

steal 

splurge 

You can do easy root touch-ups at 

home, but “when you’re making a big 

shade change, like brunette to blonde, 

there’s no substitute for the salon,” says 

Aura Friedman, a Wella colorist who 

routinely helps M.I.A. switch shades. 

Investing in a great haircut that grows 

out without losing its shape can mean 

less time and money spent on products 

and maintenance. Keep in mind that 

“regular trims are imperative for women 

with finer hair to prevent split ends and 

limp strands,” says San Diego salon 

owner Jet Rhys. 

Strategically placed color will grow in 

better, meaning fewer touch-ups. “For 

fall, I prefer to paint deeper tones on 

the underside of hair so that it looks 

natural as it grows out,” says Friedman. 

“Or if you love a celebrity’s hair in a 

photo, only a professional colorist will 

know where to apply highlights and 

lowlights. You can’t get that from a box.” 

“I don’t think you have to buy fancy 

products,” says dermatologist 

Dr. Debra Jaliman. “use the money 

you save to treat yourself to a 

treatment or filler.” In particular, she 

recommends buying inexpensive 

cleanser because it spends very 

little time on your skin before it 

washes down the drain. “I put my 

cheapo cleanser in a crystal pump 

so it looks beautiful.” 

MC reCOMMeNDs: Skin Effects 

by Dr. Jeffrey Dover glycolic Cream 

Cleanser, $13. 

At drugstores, look for proven ingredients 

like retinol, antioxidants, salicylic acid, 

niacinamide, soy, and sunscreen with 

uVA/uVB coverage. 

MC reCOMMeNDs: Advanced home Actives 

Brazilian Peel, $78 for set of four. 

We found skin-plumping, ultra-nourishing 

power in these under-$40 bottles. 

MC reCOMMeNDs: Kaé Vitality Day Serum With 

Rose, $38; Melvita Calendula Oil, $19; Pratima 

Kapha Essential Oil for Oily Skin, $34. 

steal 

“Blowdry your bangs as you would 

normally, twist hair in 2-inch sections, 

and snip the ends until you’ve reached 

your desired length,” says Rhys. 

“If you take care of your hair health, 

you can go longer between salon visits,” 

says Rhys. Fine or color-treated hair 

types should use gentle, sulfate-free 

shampoos. Medium to thick hair needs 

moisturizing ingredients like glycerin 

and proteins. 

MC reCOMMeNDs: Pantene Beautiful 

Lengths Replenishing Mask, $5; 

Avon Advance Techniques 

Color Protection 

Lock-In Treatment, 

$8; L’Oréal Paris 

Ever Strong 

Bodify Shampoo, 

$7; TRESemmé 

Naturals 

Radiant 

Volume Con- 

ditioner, $5. 

JIL SANDER 


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If you’re going to drop some dough 

on new makeup, plan on spending 

your money strategically— 

investing in great foundation, 

primer product, and tools can 

actually save you money and time 

in the long run because you’ll find 

you don’t need as much other 

makeup. “People use the wrong 

basics, and then they pile on 

other makeup trying to find balance,” 

explains NYC makeup artist 

Rebecca Restrepo. “Your foundation 

shade needs to be perfect.” 

MC RECOMMENDS: Yves Saint 

Laurent Teint Radiance Radiance- 

Enhancing Flawless Foundation SPF 

20, $55; Shiseido Pore Smoothing 

Corrector, $30; Chanel Natural 

Finish Pressed Powder in Beige 

Clair, $44. 

High-quality makeup brushes can be 

pricey, but, as Los Angeles–based makeup 

artist Sarah Lucero points out, “You can 

extend the use of your foundation by 

applying it with a pro foundation brush— 

it will create an airbrushed look, and you’ll 

use less product than if you used your 

fingers.” Cleaning your brushes once a 

month will help them last a long time— 

Restrepo recommends washing them with 

dishwashing soap, then air-drying the 

bristles by letting the ends hang off a table. 

MC RECOMMENDS: Sephora Blending 

Makeup Brush 237, $24. 

StEal 

“With mascara, it’s easy to 

find great formulas that you can get 

away with buying at the drugstore,” 

says Lucero. She also points out 

that since you’re supposed to toss 

your tube every two to three months, 

cheapie mascaras won’t put as big 

a dent in your wallet. 

MC RECOMMENDS: Rimmel London 

volume Flash Bold Curves Mascara 

in Black, $7. 

“For bright, fun makeup, massmarket 

companies have great colors,” 

explains Restrepo. For instance, 

“CoverGirl’s Liquiline is genius. It has 

the ease of a pencil with the drama 

and staying power of a liquid.” And go 

ahead and experiment with this fall’s 

in-your-face lip colors—you won’t feel 

guilty when you use that $5 fuchsia 

lipstick only three times. 

MC RECOMMENDS: Topshop Lip Stick 

in Rosa, $14; CoverGirl LiquilineBlast 

Eye Liner in violet voltage, $8; Revlon 

ColorStay 12 Hour Eye Shadow in 

Silver Fox, $7; Sinful Colors Nail Polish 

in Fiji, $3; New York Color Rose Lip 

Gloss in Peony Kiss, $3. 

carolina herrera 

karl lagerfeld 

NovEMBER 2010 / MARIE CLAIRE 191 

MaxMara

CHOP 

CHOP 

Short is chic. and sexy. 

and smart. hair virtuoso Sally 

hershberger reinvents classic 

cuts with a cool, graphic edge 

Photographed by Tesh 

192 

marie claire / month november 2010 2010 

the bob 

“Short hair 

screams for 

attention, 

so you have 

to dress the 

part. I love the 

Louise Brooks 

shape, but not 

as perfect.” 

—Sally Hershberger

the shag 

“With a shag, 

I don’t like the 

hair to get too 

slippery or 

silky. Coloring 

it actually 

helps bulk up 

the style with 

texture.” 

—S.H. 

MC ReCoMMends: 

Clairol Nice ’N Easy 

Perfect 10 Hair Color.

the pixie 

“I approach 

cutting with the 

precision of 

Vidal Sassoon. 

But then you 

need to go in 

and wreck it with 

product. That’s 

what gives the 

hair guts.” 

—S.H. 


Sally Hershberger 

Shagg Style Primer.

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“Think the 

Beatles and 

Peggy Moffitt 

in the ’60s. 

And never be 

afraid to bring 

your stylist a 

photograph.” 

—S.H. 

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BOXeD IN 

don’t be overwhelmed by endless drugstore 

haircolor aisles. “save yourself a lot of time 

and money by first ruling out what won’t work 

for you,” advises pastor. if you’re changing 

your color more than two to three shades, 

trying lowlights, adding highlights to red or 

brunette hair, or have extremely damaged 

strands, leave the heavy lifting to the pros. 

other tips to keep in mind: permanent dyes are best for 

covering grays, but sheer glosses are ideal for brightening 

your shade or adding a new tint—blondes can go strawberry 

blonde with a red gloss; 

brunettes can warm up 

with a blonde gloss. 

3 

aPPlICatION FOrMs 

“using a mixing bowl and brush instead 

of prepackaged wands and bottles gives 

you more control when applying color,” 

explains pastor. focus on one quadrant 

of hair at a time and paint the front 

and back of small sections of hair. pay 

extra attention to the hair around 

the face, and don’t dye your 

ends when doing touch-ups— 

you always want your roots a little 

darker than your tips. 

MC TIP: When covering grays, wear a 

shower cap as you wait for the dye to set. 

The heat from your head will naturally 

expedite color processing. 

MC TIP: Manage your expectations 

and focus on color swatches, not hair 

models, when selecting a shade. 

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dye for 

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you banish gray—or switch 

shades—like a pro 

“From single-process butter blondes to rich mahoganies, 

the latest color trends are easy upgrades for women who 

want a little change this fall,” says Pepper Pastor, owner of an 

eponymous NYC salon. “These looks aren’t complicated and can 

be easily executed at home—provided you know what you’re 

doing.” Here, Pastor offers up her insider advice. 

2 

tINteD lOVe 

“damaged hair grabs on to color and 

creates uneven patches,” warns pastor. 

when possible, stick to gentler demipermanent 

formulas. pamper processed 

strands with a weekly hydrating hair 

mask, and shampoo as little as possible. 

“the thicker your hair is, the more you 

can skip washings—dry shampoo is 

your color’s best friend,” adds pastor. 

Beauty 

DIVIDe & CONQUer 

“properly sectioning off your hair 

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really thick hair, create a separate 

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after hair is pulled back, prevent 

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along your hairline with Vaseline. 

MC TIP: Before applying dye, smooth 

lavender oil on the ends of your hair to 

mask the scent of the hair dye later. 

MC TIP: To fade a color that’s too dark or too 

bright, create a paste with one part shampoo, 

one part powder bleach from a highlighting 

kit. Comb it through wet hair and rinse out 

when you start to see the color changing. 

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Beauty 

The 

Firm 

it was bound to 

happen—her onceyouthful 

skin was 

starting to slump. 

determined to stop 

the clock, antiaging 

virgin Ariel Leve signs 

up for a complexion 

pick-me-up 

Nearly a decade has passed 

since a dermatologist 

advised me to wash my 

face with Cetaphil cleanser 

because it was good for my dry skin. 

Turns out my fanatical devotion to this 

drugstore staple is one of the longest 

and most successful relationships I’ve 

ever had. It is also a stubborn (albeit 

cost-efficient) reminder of how resistant 

I am to change. 

In spite of the passing years, or maybe 

because of them, skincare is the one area 

of my life that has remained unequivocally 

low-maintenance. I wash my face 

and use a moisturizer with SPF. That’s 

it. Naturally, I’ve seen some changes 

when I look in the mirror. But whenever 

I spot them, I do what any selfrespecting 

woman in denial would do: I 

remove the lightbulb in the bathroom 

and replace it with a lower wattage. 


mc recommends: 

Dr. Brandt time arrest 

crème de luxe, $200; 

RéVive serum pressé, 

$295; Estée Lauder 

re-nutriv ultimate lift agecorrecting 

crème, $250. 

I’m not sure when exactly it happened, 

but one day it hit me: Those 

lines that I see on my face aren’t going 

to go away. In fact, they’re going to get 

deeper and more noticeable. And when 

I wake up in the mornings, the tic-tactoe 

creases from my pillow take longer 

to disappear. I assumed it must be the 

linen. Then it occurred to me—it wasn’t 

the quality of the sheets, it was the 

quality of my skin! Suddenly, a whole 

new world opened up. A world filled 

with words like firming and sagging, 

peptides and serums. And worst of them 

all—jowly. No woman should ever have 

to share a description used for an 

English bulldog. 

It was impossible to avoid the truth. 

Every time I’d see Andie MacDowell in 

a commercial, I’d instinctively pay 

attention. I shunned the magnifying 

mirrors in hotel bathrooms—having 

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204 

decided to not see my face that close 

up again, ever. Confronting the truth 

meant facing the antiaging creams and 

lotions and serums and treatments 

that went with it. When I walked 

through department store skincare 

sections, it seemed as though I was 

wearing a sandwich board reading: 

Getting Older! It was a real test of my 

self-esteem. Every other question 

addressed my aging concerns as 

women with samples of creams called 

out to me and attempted to slather 

them on me as I passed by. By the time 

I reached the elevators, I felt like I 

resembled the Elephant Man. 

So I had to ask myself why I was so 

resistant to all these treatments in the 

first place. It’s not that I was afraid 

they wouldn’t work. It’s that I was 

afraid they would. Because then what? 


‘‘ It was apparent that once I took that 

first step, it would be a commitment. 

And not just for the next few months, 

but for the rest of my life. What’s more, 

I’ve never tried Botox, or lasers, or 

Restylane, or even chemical peels. I 

was an antiaging virgin. The most 

extreme thing I’ve had is a facial. Once. 

And I broke out afterward. 

But people say change is good. And 

since my skin wasn’t going to firm 

itself, I decided to test the waters of 

this antiaging universe. I had nothing 

to lose except lines and wrinkles. 

I began with what seemed like a 

manageable and affordable option: 

Jowly? No woman should ever 

have to share a description used for an 

English bulldog.” 

Olay’s Pro-X Intensive Firming 

Treatment, a mask and skin-tightening 

serum that work in tandem over five 

days. The mask—made of a flexible 

material that’s saturated with moisturizer—stretched 

over the contours of 

my face and made me resemble 

Hannibal Lecter. I applied it before bed 

for about 15 minutes, let the cream 

soak in overnight, and in the morning 

noticed my skin was softer. The overachiever 

in me liked the idea of something 

productive happening while I was 

asleep. And by day four, my skin felt 

hydrated and more elastic. Ultimately, 

though, wearing the mask five nights 


La Roche-Posay 

redermic + intensive daily 

anti-wrinkle firming fill-in 

care, $48; Garnier ultralift 

anti-wrinkle firming 

night cream, $15; Roc 

complete lift eye cream, 

$23; Peter Thomas Roth 

instant firm temporary 

face tightener, $48. 

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mc recommends: 

StriVectin instant Facial 

Sculpting cream, 

$79; Sisleÿa Global 

Firming Serum, $498; 

Olay Professional 

Pro-X intensive Firming 

treatment, $62. 

in a row proved too much of a commitment 

(and lonely). 

So I moved on to something that 

promised even speedier results: Peter 

Thomas Roth’s Instant Firm. It doesn’t 

get quicker than that. After applying a 

thin layer of the translucent gel to my 

face, I tried to remain “expressionless” 

for three to seven minutes, as the 

instructions say, while it dried. I 

attempted to watch the news on TV, 

but since I wasn’t allowed to get angry, 

I had to turn it off. I ended up calling a 

friend who loves to talk, and I could feel 

my face being pulled and tightened. 

It was easy to remain motionless while 

I listened to her—interjecting every 

few seconds with “huh” and “really” 

until eventually the seven minutes had 

passed. Once I rinsed off the mask, 

my forehead looked as smooth as an 

ice-skating rink. Instant, indeed, and 

the firming lasted for most of the 

day, but by dinner, back to normal. A 

minor setback. 

With a taste of what these potions 

were capable of, I sought out longerlasting 

results, promised mostly, it 

seemed, by treatments that not only 

cost more but required a bioengineering 

degree to decipher their ingredients 

(platinum heptapeptide? Mamaku 

essence?). As I sat there reading 

through the colossal list of components, 


I could feel myself getting older by the 

second. I figured out that the best 

approach to determining what works 

was based on tactile things I understood: 

how it felt and how it smelled. 

In my search, two products stood 

out. The first was Estée Lauder’s 

Re-Nutriv Ultimate Lift Age-Correcting 

Crème. I was apprehensive about the 

cost ($250). However, after using it for 

two solid weeks, my skin looked better 

and I’d barely dipped into the pot; it’s 

so rich that I only needed tiny dabs. 

Also, it smelled euphoric. I’ve been 

opening up the jar several times a day 

just to sniff it. A friend asked me to 

describe it, and, unable to place the 

scent, I told her, “It smells like youth.” 

I also fell for Sisleÿa Global Firming 

Serum with botanical extracts like 

dill—an herb that worked as well on 

my jawline as it does on my poached 

‘‘ salmon. Aside from how much I 

enjoyed the fresh scent, the texture 

was light and silky on my skin, making 

me want to pile it on every morning. 

As I waited for my new investments 

to go to town on my slumping skin, I 

considered stepping things up with a 

visit to a cosmetic doctor’s office. 

(Apparently, I’m the last woman in 

Manhattan without one on speed dial.) 

Among the latest no-knife firming procedures 

are Ulthera, which uses ultrasound 

for tightening and lifting lax 

skin, and Pelleve, a radio-frequency 

treatment new to the U.S. but already 

popular in Europe and Japan. This, 

along with the fact that Pelleve requires 

no anesthesia and no recovery time, 

sparked my interest. 

It turns out Pelleve uses radiofrequency 

technology to precisely heat 

deep layers of the skin and painlessly 

tighten the tissue and stimulate the 

growth of collagen—all within six 

weeks. “An analogy would be if you have 

a balloon filled with air and the balloon 

starts to deflate,” explained Dr. Philip 

Miller, a board-certified facial plastic 

surgeon in Manhattan. “You can only 

inflate a wrinkled balloon so much with 

fillers, or you can contract and tighten 

the skin—which is what Pelleve does.” 

Treatments are recommended every 

six months, and prices range from $500 

(eyes) to $1,500 (full face) per session. 

Depending on how much work is 

needed, one or two sessions (with a few 

weeks between visits) will suffice. 

A commitment, in every sense. And 

after thinking it through, my hang-ups 

with cosmetic procedures trumped my 

hang-ups with my lines and sagging, 

and characteristically, I was too nervous 

to try it. 

But Melissa, a friend who is far more 

adventurous and fearless when it 

comes to skin treatments, volunteered. 

A few days later, she went to see Miller. 

He performed the procedure by put- 

Once I rinsed off the mask, my 

forehead looked as smooth as an ice-skating 

rink, but by dinner, back to normal.” 

ting a cool gel on her face, and then for 

45 minutes, Miller moved a metal 

wand-like instrument (which transmits 

the radio-frequency waves) back and 

forth over her lines, ironing them out. 

She emerged from the “painless” session 

refreshed and optimistic. “It was 

like having the warmth of the sun on 

my face,” enthused Melissa. “My skin 

felt a little tingly and pulled, but I saw 

an instant improvement.” 

Tempting. But while I was thrilled 

that the treatment had worked so well 

for my friend, I still wasn’t ready to go 

for it. Instead, I’m sticking with the 

age-defying creams that can be used in 

the privacy of my home. Will the results 

sustain? I’ll let you know in 10 years. 

But in the meantime, I feel good knowing 

I’ve deviated from my old routine 

and am doing something different: 

shaking it up on the inside and firming 

it up on the outside. 

Ariel Leve is a london- and new 

york–based writer with The Sunday 

Times Magazine. Her latest book, 

It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me, 

was published in the u.S. earlier this year. 


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road show 

210 

Monal Desai, 31 

“i used to hate the 

birthmark on my neck 

because it looked 

like a burn, but now 

i see it as an accent.” 


Tyla 

Abercrumbie, 39 

“My big hair 

shows that I’m not 

a conformist.” 

Beverly Tsai, 22 

“i love my long, 

slender arms so 

much that i wear 

short sleeves in 

the fall!” 

What I love 

Tiffany 

Conrad, 26 

“I’m lucky 

that I don’t 

have to do a 

lot to style 

my thick hair.” 

The lovely ladies 

in the Windy City 

of Chicago 

blew us away 

interviews by Lizzie Dunlap 

Photographed by Tim Klein 

Britta 

Vantrease, 25 

“Someone once 

asked if i was 

native american 

because of 

my high 

cheekbones— 

turns out i am 

a little bit on my 

mom’s side!”

about me 

Nell 

Lawson, 29 

“My eyes have 

a natural 

catlike shape 

to them.” 

Shaggy 

Bajrami, 26 

“People can never 

pinpoint my ethnicity 

because of 

my exotic look. 

My parents are 

Yugoslavian.” 

WHAT WE LOVE 

ABOUT CHICAGO 

Thirty-three beaches. This 

American Life is recorded here. 

Birthplace of house music, 

Cracker Jack, and the Ferris wheel. 

Millennium Park’s hyper-reflective 

Cloud Gate sculpture (aka “The Bean”). 

Backdrop to iconic flicks like Ferris 

Bueller’s Day Off and The Blues 

Brothers. Former stomping ground of 

the Obamas. The Steppenwolf 

Theatre Company. The Second City, 

comedy training grounds of 

Stephen Colbert and Tina Fey. 

Laura 

McGrath, 23 

“A lot of people 

dislike their 

noses, but I’m 

lucky to have 

a tiny one.” 

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Mary 

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“I love my full, 

pillowy lips. I 

never need to 

wear lipstick.” 

Lisa Caronia, 

25 (left) 

“The three sisters 

in our family 

all have a bit 

of a booty.” 

Laurie 

Caronia, 29 

“And whenever 

we visit each 

other, we still 

borrow each 

other’s clothes.”

214 

Beauty 

shrink 

MC’s resident dermatologist and psychiatrist, Dr. Amy 

Wechsler, on scientific super-meals for permanent baby face 

Meet the next generation of 

“super” foods. Aside from 

keeping you fit (and full), they’ll 

also help turn back the clock 

on aging 

Chia SeedS: The New Flax I used to scatter 

flaxseeds on my cereal in the morning. 

Now I’ve heard chia seeds—you can eat 

them!—are a great way to get omega-3 

fatty acids. Those essential oils increase 

fat-burning enzymes; moisturize skin; 

help the body absorb key vitamins like A, 

D, and E; and may even have benefits for 

the heart, according to new research. 

They also keep longer than flax and can 

be added to water, juice, or salads. 

waTerCreSS: The New SpiNaCh Spinach has 

long been hailed as a free-radical-buster. 

But a recent study on U.K. breast cancer 

patients suggests watercress—which is 


Forever 

Young 

packed with iron, vitamin C, and calcium— 

may suppress tumor development by 

limiting blood supply. Plus, cress’s phytochemicals 

promote the liver’s detoxification 

processes, and its iodine, vitamin B1, 

and magnesium maintain metabolism. I 

like it raw or in soups for an added kick. 

piSTaChioS: The New almoNdS My 

nutritionist, Tanya Zuckerbrot, is a fiber 

fanatic: She says the more fiber in a food, 

the fewer overall carbs are converted into 

sugar, which keeps blood sugar stable so 

you don’t develop cravings. Foods with 

fiber also sit in the stomach longer, so you 

feel full. Almonds are touted for their 

fiber content, but try pistachios, among 

the highest-fiber nuts. You get twice as 

many—49 pistachios and 24 almonds 

both have 170 calories and 3 grams of 

fiber. (Tanya’s high-fiber line of foods, 

“F-Factor,” hits stores this fall.) 

probioTiC ChoColaTe bar: The New dark 

ChoColaTe Dark chocolate’s concentrated 

flavonoids protect against cell and tissue 

damage, and chocolate may even help 

lower blood pressure. But a better choice 

than caloric truffles: prepackaged probiotic 

bars like Attune’s. Most of the bars 

are less than 100 calories, and probiotics’ 

benefits—they regulate digestion and 

studies show kids taking them healed better 

from inflammatory skin conditions— 

are included. I have one as dessert; 

the dark-chocolate and raspberry-darkchocolate 

flavors (with real chocolate!) 

are great. 

whole berrieS: The New SmooThie Whole 

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health benefits, like açaí or pomegranate. 

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of four boxes of berries! And there’s 

often added sugar. Instead, sprinkle 

pomegranate seeds, fresh raspberries, or 

blueberries on a cup of nonfat yogurt. 

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Health 

218 

Health 

Monıtor 

Your monthly Rx for 

eating, thinking, and 

living strong By Joanne Chen 

Eat and 

be merry 

Diet’s off—doctor’s orders! A 

Journal of Nutrition paper suggests 

taking a hiatus from dieting just prior 

to and during flu season to stave off 

nasty bugs. That’s not to say stuff 

yourself with cupcakes. But, explains 

coauthor Elizabeth Gardner, Ph.D., 

if you’re usually calorie conscious 

(for the average woman, consuming 

1,200 calories or fewer a day), eating 10 

percent more will help fuel a healthy 

immune response and cut the chances 

of complications if you get sick. 

50 

% 

MARiE CLAiRE / NOvEMBER 2010 

Fitness Files 

Happy Feet 

Are shoes addictive? 

it’s not all in your head. 

Manchester Metropolitan 

University scientists 

report that heels that are 

2 inches or higher 

are. The more you wear 

them, the more you 

yearn to wear them— 

though not in a Carrie 

Bradshaw way. 

The explanation: it’s 

pure anatomy. Heels 

can shorten the calf 

muscle by 13 percent 

over a two-year period. 

What’s more, your 

Achilles tendon can 

also become stiffer 

and thicker (hello, 

cankles!). So flats, which 

don’t compensate for 

the constricted gams, 

eventually feel 

uncomfortable. 

your only rehab 

option? Kick off the 

Louboutins at the 

end of each day and 

stretch your calves— 

prop the ball of one 

bare foot against a wall 

and lean into it; repeat 

on the other side. it’ll 

give a lengthening 

effect and keep your 

tired dogs happy on 

ballet-flat days. 

THE iNCREASE iN yOUR LiFESPAN THANKS 

TO FRiENdS ANd FAMiLy, COMPAREd 

WiTH iF yOU HAd NONE, ACCORdiNg TO 

A BRigHAM yOUNg UNivERSiTy STUdy. 

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spawned a small design renaissance, not 

to mention a bit of acronym frenzy. 

The stainless-steel-lined, ultra-stylized 

ALEX (“Always Live Extraordinarily,” $26; 

alexbottle.com) screws apart in the middle 

for all-access deep cleaning. 

Sigg’s Wide-Mouth ($25; mysigg.com) 

features dual lids: one for drinking, another 

for filling up with ice cubes or fruit slices. 

Nalgene OTF’s (“On the Fly,” $12; nalgene- 

outdoor.com) lid opens with the press of a 

button, leaving you with a free hand—a huge 

plus if you’re cycling or rock climbing. it also 

keeps your chai steamy in chillier climes. 

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WHy: Studies say charity boosts mood. And the 

discounted room rate ($225) makes it easier to 

be virtuous. BONUS: With a minimum of three 

hours’ service (you decide how long), there’s plenty 

of time to jog, bike, or boat on Lady Bird Lake. 

EAT THiS now: 

Seeing Red 

we’ve heard about the health benefits of 

pomegranates—the latest being that a daily 

dose decreases post-workout soreness by 

28 percent. But the tart juice never quite hits 

the spot, and the fruit itself has always been 

a roll-up-your-sleeves cutting-board affair— 

and who’s got the time? To the rescue: POM 

Wonderful’s soon-to-be-launched, ready-to-eat 

arils ($4.99 per 6-ounce box). A new extraction 

technology plucks out the gems and discards 

the duds, so pomegranates are now as easy to 

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HealthQ&A 

Kathleen 

sebelius, set for 

her daily jog. 

What does health-care 

reform mean for 

women? Abigail Pesta 

went for a run with 

health secretary Kathleen 

Sebelius to find out 

It’s 7:30 a.m. on a sizzling August day in 

D.C., and Kathleen Sebelius is ready 

to run, security guards in tow. Earlier 

in the morning, she was busy lifting 

weights at the gym. Later, she’ll do a 

series of satellite-TV interviews, followed 

by a national press conference. She’s just 

back from a visit out West, hitting a state 

a day—Oregon, Montana, Colorado, 

California—to address everything from 

antismoking efforts to Medicare fraud. 

As President Obama’s Secretary of 

Health and Human Services, Sebelius 

manages her day with military precision. 

She has to. After all, the former Kansas 

governor is charged with implementing 

the nation’s Affordable Care Act, after 

fending off a tsunami of opponents. For 

breakfast today, she barely had time 

for a banana. But the 62-year-old mother 

of two made time to tell Marie Claire 

readers what they need to know. 


Q: there’s a lot of confusion about 

health reform. What’s the single most 

important thing women should know? 

a: Being a woman will no longer be a 

“pre-existing condition.” In the current 

market, women are penalized in many 

ways: For instance, we’ve all heard 

about how health insurance companies 

can deny women coverage if they’re 

pregnant, deeming pregnancy a preexisting 

condition. That’s changing in 

2014. Also, starting this year, moms 

who have children with pre-existing 

conditions won’t have to worry about 

finding plans that will cover their kids. 

Q: Rape, domestic violence, and 

C-sections have also been considered 

meet the woman who’s 

changing your life 

pre-existing conditions by some health 

insurers. Will that change as well? 

a: Yes, those rules are changing in 2014. 

Domestic violence has been used against 

women in other ways, too: For example, 

in some states, it can be considered a 

pre-existing condition in life insurance 

plans. So there’s a contradiction: Wom- 

en are encouraged to report abuse to 

police, but those police reports can be 

used by life insurers to deny coverage. 

That’s an issue I took on as governor of 

Kansas, and we made some progress, 

but there’s more to be done. 

Q: about a third of women in the U.s. 

are obese. How are you tackling this? 

a: For starters, beginning next year, 

chain restaurants must post calories on 

their menus. Also, the FDA is working 

on front-of-package labels for grocerystore 

foods, listing things like sugar, 

salt, trans fats. And moms should know 

that we’re providing bigger budgets for 

school lunches, as vegetables are more 

expensive than processed foods. It’s a 

big step forward. It 

wasn’t too long ago 

that ketchup was 

declared a vegetable. 

Q: Currently, a woman 

can pay up to 150 percent 

more for health 

insurance than a man if she’s not on an 

employer plan. Is this changing? 

a: Yes, this will be a dramatic change 

in the rules. In 2014, insurers won’t be 

able to charge women more than men. 

Women can go to the site healthcare. 

gov for a great snapshot of the insurance 

plans available to them. 

Q: and women will no longer have to 

pay deductibles or copays for preventive 

services, right? 

a: Yes, that will hit this year and will 

include screenings for things like 

breast cancer and cervical cancer. 

Q: What about birth control—will that 

be considered a preventive service? 

a: It’s possible. Our agency has asked 

the Institute of Medicine to look into 

additional preventive services for 

women. We expect to get their recommendations 

next summer. 

Q: What’s the biggest myth regarding 

health-care reform you’d like to dispel? 

a: During the debate around the health 

insurance reform law, some people 

incorrectly said that the new law would 

lead to a government takeover of health 

care. This couldn’t be further from the 

truth. The Affordable Care Act 

strengthens our private health insurance 

system by making coverage more 

affordable, and by putting Americans— 

not health insurance companies—in 

charge of their own health care. 

Q: On a lighter note, you were number 

57 on the Forbes “most Powerful Wom- 

en in the World” list last year. are you 

gunning for 56? 

a: I didn’t even know I was on the list! 

Q: What’s your guilty pleasure? 

a: DQ Blizzards with Heath bars. 

Q: Rumors swirled in the past that you 

were a potential running mate for John 

Kerry and, later, for Barack Obama. 

Will you ever run for president? 

a: I love what I’m doing. I’m really up 

to my eyeballs in trying to do one of the 

most exciting jobs I’ve ever had. I’m not 

thinking about next steps right now! 

In 2014, insurers 

won’t be able to 

charge women more 

than men. 

photographed by melissa golden/redux

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newyorkcolor.com for stores; No Miss, nomiss.com; NYX, nyx 

cosmetics.com; Olay, olay.com for stores; Organic Pharmacy, 

organicpharmacy.com; Paco Rabanne, sephora.com; Pantene, 

pantene.com for stores; Peter Thomas Roth, peterthomasroth. 

com; Philosophy, philosophy.com; Pratima, pratimaskincare.com; 

Pucci, sephora.com; Rescue Beauty, rescuebeauty.com; RéVive, 

reviveskincare.com; Revlon, revlon.com; Rimmel London, 

rimmellondon.com for stores; ROC, rocskincare.com for stores; 

Sally Hershberger, sallyhershberger.com; Sephora, sephora.com; 

Shiseido, sca.shiseido.com; Shobha, myshobha.com; Sinful 

Colors, sinfulcolors.com; Sisleÿa, bergdorfgoodman.com; Skin 

Effects, cvs.com; Smashbox, smashbox.com; Sonia Kashuk, 

target.com; Stila, stilacosmetics.com; StriVectin, strivectin.com; 

Sumbody, sumbody.com; Tammy Fender, tammyfender.com; 

Tarte, tartecosmetics.com; Tata Harper, tataharper.com; Tom Ford, 

Saks Fifth Avenue stores nationwide; Too Faced, toofaced.com; 

Topshop, us.topshop.com; TRESemmé, drugstore.com; Urban 

Decay, urbandecay.com; Vapour Beauty, vapourbeauty.com; 

Victoria’s Secret, victoriassecret.com; Wet n Wild, drugstore.com; 

Yves Saint Laurent, yslbeautyus.com. 

FAShiONOmiCS 

64: Dinosaur Designs FAN ChOKER NECKLACE, $345, 

WiShBONE PENdANT NECKLACE, $195; (212) 680-3523. 

Cara Croninger SPiKE NECKLACE, $2,800, WhiTE CUFF, 

$600, at Ten Thousand Things; (212) 352-1333. Camilla 

Skovgaard ANKLE ShOES, $590; camillaskovgaard.com. 

Pyrrha SiLVER CUFFS, $402 & $990; (323) 424-4807. 

FRiNgE BOOTS & gLOVES, editor’s own. 

ThE CAREERiST AT hOmE 

120-121: Ralph Lauren ROmAN ShAdE FABRiC, COVERLET 

& BOLSTERS, ralphlauren.com for stores. Samuel & Sons 

ROmAN ShAdE TRim, samuelandsons.com. Cowtan & Tout 

STRiPEd PiLLOWS, cowtan.com. Prestige Furniture 

Restoration UPhOLSTERY, (718) 721-2200. Senid Muratovic 

PAiNTER, (718) 532-6100. Manhattan Shade & Glass ROmAN 

ShAdE & COVERLET, (212) 288-5616. Farrow & Ball PAiNT, 

farrow-ball.com. Howard Schell Wireless Interiors WiRiNg, 

wirelessinteriors@xemaps.com. De Falco Electric ELECTRiCAL, 

(718) 392-8314. 

FAShiON OPENER 

147: Bottega Veneta dRESS, $1,750; (877) 362-1715 for stores. 

Ralph Lauren Collection BELT, $495; ralphlauren.com for stores. 

ViCTORiA’S SECRETS 

148-149: Jean Paul Gaultier TRENCh dRESS at Bergdorf 

Goodman, (212) 753-7300. Soma Intimates PANTY, soma.com. 

Christian Louboutin ShOES, (212) 255-1910. Hermès 

SCARF, hermes.com for stores. Victoria Beckham Eyewear 

SUNgLASSES, net-a-porter.com. 150-151: Monique Lhuillier 

dRESS at Neiman Marcus, (800) 937-9146 for stores. 

Christian Louboutin ShOES, (212) 255-1910. Headcovers 

CAP, headcovers.com. Lai BELT, (212) 794-3874. Robert Lee 

Morris CUFFS, (212) 431-9405. Cara Croninger CUFF at Ten 

Thousand Things, (212) 352-1333. Vita Fede RiNg, vitafede.com. 

152-153: Dior COAT, (800) 929-DIOR for stores. Jean Paul 

Gaultier SWimSUiT at Bergdorf Goodman, (212) 753-7300. 

Pandora CUFFS, pandora.net. 154-155: Giambattista Valli 

COAT at Tootsies, (713) 629-9990. Bordelle dRESS at Coco 

de Mer, (212) 966-9069. Azzedine Alaïa ShOES at Barneys 

New York, (212) 450-8300 for stores. Hermès SCARF, hermes. 

com for stores. Victoria Beckham Eyewear SUNgLASSES, 

net-a-porter.com. Diane von Furstenberg by H.Stern BRACELET, 

(800) 7-HSTERN for stores. 157: Victoria Beckham dRESS 

at Neiman Marcus, (800) 937-9146 for stores. Brian Atwood 

ShOES, brianatwood.com. Victoria Beckham Eyewear 

SUNgLASSES, net-a-porter.com. Anndra Neen CUFFS 

at Roseark, roseark.com. Rina Limor RiNg, (800) 999-0583 


COLOR BY NUmBERS 

158: Céline TOP & PANTS, (305) 866-1888, ShOES at 

Barneys New York, (212) 450-8300 for stores. Alexis Bittar 

NECKLACE, alexisbittar.com. 159: VPL by Victoria Bartlett 

JACKET, vplnyc.com. Calvin Klein Collection TANK & SKiRT, 

(212) 292-9000. Alexis Bittar CUFFS, alexisbittar.com. 160: 

Michael Angel TOP at Louis, (617) 262-6100. Allen B. by 

JCPenney TOP, (877) FIND-JCP for stores. Narciso Rodriguez 

ShORTS at Serenella, (617) 262-5568. Nicole Miller Collection 

ShORTS, nicolemiller.com. Céline ShOES at Barneys New York, 

(212) 450-8300 for stores. Alexis Bittar CUFFS, alexisbittar.com. 

161: Yves Saint Laurent BRA & SKiRT, (212) 980-2970 for 

stores. Bottega Veneta ShOES, (877) 362-1715 for stores. Jil 

Sander Navy BAg, (212) 925-2345. Alexis Bittar NECKLACE 

& CUFFS, alexisbittar.com. Gucci WATCh, gucci.com. 162: 

DKNY TOP, dkny.com for stores. Cacharel PANTS at Opening 

Ceremony, (212) 219-2688. Reed Krakoff ShOES, (877) 733- 

3525 for stores. Alexis Bittar NECKLACE & CUFFS, alexisbittar. 

com. 163: Pret-a-Surf TOP at Opening Ceremony, (212) 219- 

2688. Alexis Bittar NECKLACE & CUFFS, alexisbittar.com. 

164: Lauren by Ralph Lauren JACKET at Macy’s, macys.com for 

stores. Vena Cava TANK, lagarconne.com. Gucci PANTS, gucci. 

com for stores. Céline ShOES at Barneys New York, (212) 450- 

8300 for stores. Alexis Bittar NECKLACE & CUFFS, alexisbittar. 

com. 165: Reed Krakoff TOP, (877) 733-3525 for stores. 

Roberto Cavalli SKiRT, robertocavalli.com for stores. Céline 

SUNgLASSES at Kirna Zabête, (212) 941-9656. Alexis Bittar 

NECKLACE & CUFFS, alexisbittar.com. Tom Binns Design 

RiNg, (917) 475-1412. 

BUddiNg BEAUTY 

166-167: Stella McCartney dRESS, (212) 255-1556. Diane von 

Furstenberg SUNgLASSES, (646) 486-4800. Gucci WATCh, 

gucci.com for stores. Chanel RiNg, (800) 550-0005 for stores. 

168: Moschino JACKET, (212) 243-8600. Ave Swimwear 

SWimSUiT, aveswimwear.com. Borsalino hAT at JJ Hat Center, 

(800) 622-1911. Hermès WATCh, hermes.com for stores. Poppy 

by Coach RiNg, coach.com. Chanel RiNg, (800) 550-0005 for 

stores. 169: Miu Miu TOP & ShORTS, miumiu.com for stores. 

Robert Lee Morris EARRiNgS, (212) 431-9405. Gucci WATCh, 

gucci.com for stores. Stephen Dweck RiNg at Bergdorf 

Goodman, (212) 753-7300. Valentino dRESS, (212) 772-6969 for 

stores. Louis Vuitton SUNgLASSES, louisvuitton.com for stores. 

170: Chanel dRESS & CUFF, (800) 550-0005 for stores. 

Hermès WATCh, hermes.com for stores. 171: Oscar de la Renta 

JACKET & BRACELET, oscardelarenta.com for stores. Dior 

dRESS, (800) 929-DIOR for stores. Salvatore Ferragamo ShOES, 

(800) 628-8916 for stores. Giles&Brother by Philip Crangi 

CUFFS, giles&brother.com. 172: Prada dRESS, prada.com 

for stores. Moschino Cheap and Chic ShOES, (212) 243-8600. 

Tucker BELT, tuckerbygabybasora.com. Circa Sixty Three 

BANgLE, (904) 346-3914. Marc by Marc Jacobs BANgLE, 

marcjacobs.com. 173: Missoni TOP, (212) 517-9339. Fumblin’ 

Foe SKiRT, fumblinfoe.net. Reed Krakoff ShOES, (877) 733- 

3525 for stores. Proenza Schouler NECKLACE at Barneys 

New York, (212) 450-8300 for stores. 

Big imPRESSiONS 

174: Céline BAg at Barneys New York, (212) 450-8300 for 

stores. 175: Sigerson Morrison ShOES, sigersonmorrison.com. 

176: Marc Jacobs ShOES, (212) 343-1490. 177: Chanel BAg, 

(800) 550-0005 for stores. 178: Prada ShOES, prada.com for 

stores. 179: Bottega Veneta BAg, (877) 362-1715 for stores. 

180-181: Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière BAg & ShOES, 

(212) 279-4440. 

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think that is particularly attractive to a man. So when I work, 

I close the door. Literally—not in some metaphorical sense. 

I close my door so David can’t see me and I can be focused 

and get on with it. Because you do have to be tough. You do.” 

But doesn’t she have to call upon this toughness in her 

private life as well? “The tabloid press—and the vast, 

untamed frontier for gossip on the Internet—can play Loos 

with the truth, no pun intended,” 

I say, alluding to Rebecca Loos, 

David’s assistant when he played 

for Real Madrid, who alleged 

that she’d had a four-month 

affair with her boss in 2004. 

A smirk disguised as a smile 

crosses Beckham’s face. 

“Brilliant,” she deadpans. She 

takes a breath. “That part is difficult. 

There is no law about what 

the Internet can print, and our 

children do go on the Internet 

“I don’t really 

notice that 

he’s got a 

high-pitched 

voice. I just 

think he’s so 

goddamn 

perfect.” 

when they’re doing their homework. It does concern you, what 

your kids are reading and what they are hearing. But you can 

only be the best parent you can be. I mean, David and I take 

our responsibilities as parents incredibly seriously. But you 

have to live your life, too, or you’d be completely paranoid.” 

The Beckhams weathered that tabloid storm, and they 

seem stronger for it. There’s just one more question about 

the marriage I’m dying to ask. “Did you have to get used to 

his voice when you first met him?” I ask. “It is a bit disconcerting 

when you first hear it, coming, as it does, out of the 

mouth of such a strapping athlete. It’s a bit pip-squeaky.” 

Beckham knowingly smiles. This time no smirk needs to be 

disguised. “I don’t really notice that he’s got a high-pitched 

the Beckham 

family in 

the French 

riviera. 

voice. I just think he’s so goddamn 

perfect that people have 

to find something wrong with 

him. We were about to go out 

somewhere the other day, and he 

was sending an e-mail. He was 

sitting at the end of the bed, and 

he had no clothes on whatsoever. 

I was getting out of the shower, 

and I just stood there looking at 

him. He was all tan. Has all those 

tattoos—which I love. Hadn’t 

done his hair. He just naturally 

looks good all the time. He never looks like shit in the morning. 

Never. So he’s sitting there sending his e-mails, all ripped. 

Not an ounce of fat on him. And I thought, You done good, 

girl. I sure wasn’t thinking of his high-pitched voice.” 

News 

Kevin Sessums is the author of the best-selling memoir Mississippi Sissy. 

He lives in New york City. splasH

horoscope 

November puts a damper on party plans for Geminis like Bar Refaeli, 

while Cancers have all the fun (live it up, M.I.A.!) 

SCORPIO 

(October 23-November 21) 

The forecast: With persuasive 

Pluto ruling your sign, you’ll 

use your cosmic influence 

to weasel favors out of pals. 

Work mode: advantageous. 

career-related issues will follow 

you home for the holidays, 

and you could make a lucrative 

business contact over turkey. 

Love life: relationship deadlines 

approach after the full moon 

on the 21st—time to cut bait? 

*Power Day: 8th 

SAGITTARIUS 

(November 22-December 21) 

The forecast: mischievous mars 

kicks your trademark, fun-loving 

attitude into overdrive. 

Work mode: appreciated. You’ll 

raise your profile with superiors 

when you mentor a promising 

underling. 

Love life: Falling in love around 

the holidays could lead to tricky 

scheduling conflicts when 

family-only events interrupt your 

dating routine with a steamy 

new prospect. 

Power Day: 29th 

CAPRICORN 

(December 22-January 19) 

The forecast: introspective 

mars uncovers deep-seated 

resentments that you’ll finally 

confront head-on. 

Work mode: manipulated. a 

scheming boss will capitalize 

GOOD MONTH FOR . . . 

CANCeR 

M.i.A. 


on your eagerness to please 

and pile on the oT. 

Love life: Thanks to the full 

moon, a just-for-fun fling could 

get serious, fast. 


AQUARIUS 

(January 20-February 18) 

The forecast: Say hello to 

a debt-free holiday season 

when Jupiter hangs out in your 

house of assets. 

Work mode: Unstoppable. 

When the sun gives you a taste 

of success, your hungry ego 

will get a boost to propel you 

through your next big project. 

Love life: a mars-inspired girls’ 

night out could lead to a surprising 

love connection when a 

bFF acts as your wingwoman. 


PISCES 

(February 19-March 20) 

The forecast: When pals start 

taking you for granted, selective 

Saturn will urge you to be a bit 

more choosy about whom you 

keep in your inner circle. 

Work mode: Tense. maniacal 

mars wreaks havoc in your 

house of achievement—work 

twice as hard to avoid a tonguelashing 

at a project postmortem. 

Love life: if a cold front has put 

a chill on romantic dealings, 

passionate venus will reignite 

the spark. 

Power Day: 3rd 

BAD MONTH FOR . . . 

GeMiNi 

BAR ReFAeli 

ARIES 

(March 21-April 19) 

The forecast: This will be your 

most sexually charged month 

yet as the sun lingers in your 

house of sensuality. 

Work mode: in transit. if you’ve 

been itching to relocate, a business 

trip may be an opportunity 

to explore gigs in a new city. 

Love life: an ex could offer 

much-needed perspective 

about your current situation. 


TAURUS 

(April 20-May 20) 

The forecast: as neptune 

emerges from a retrogradeinduced 

fog, your career forecast 

will become far clearer. 

Work mode: indispensable. 

When a former boss tries to 

poach you, you’ll find out just 

how valuable you are to your 

current employers. 

Love life: Want to take your 

relationship to the next level? 

Putting in oT between the new 

moon on the 8th and the full 

moon on the 21st will pay off. 


GEMINI 

(May 21-June 20) 

The forecast: When serious 

Saturn meddles in your social 

life, you’ll trade casual happy 

hours at your neighborhood bar 

for stuffy work-related events. 

Work mode: compensated. 

rewards could come in the 

form of extra wages or advice 

that’s worth a million bucks. 

Love life: Your man is aiming 

to please when he steps up 

the romance, courtesy of mars. 


CANCER 

(June 21-July 22) 

The forecast: Whether you’re 

serving turkey at a local shelter 

or organizing a winter-coat drive 

at your office, mars awakens 

your do-gooder side. 

Work mode: in training. 

Prospects for success will hinge 

on brushing up on the latest 

technology—time for an iPad 

prep course, perhaps? 

Love life: When the Sun moves 

into your house of fun, you’ll 

enjoy a wild spurt of out-on-thetown 

action. 


LEO 

(July 23-August 22) 

The forecast: When neptune 

moves into direct motion on 

the 7th, life-changing romantic 

questions you’ve been dodging 

will finally get answered. 

Work mode: lucky. The full 

moon on the 21st will make 

sure you come out on the right 

side of a staff-wide shake-up. 

Love life: busy. Your 

match.com profile has never 

seen this much action. 


VIRGO 

(August 23-September 22) 

The forecast: Domestic bliss 

will reign when family-focused 

mercury inspires QT with loved 

ones weeks before mandatory 

holiday dinners. 

Work mode: refreshed. after a 

stretch of inactivity, neptune will 

breathe new life into a project 

you had nearly given up on. 

Love life: When troublemaking 

Uranus interferes on the 16th, 

an ex could create an emotionally 

volatile situation. 


LIBRA 

(September 23-October 22) 

The forecast: The sun radiates 

prosperity in your house of 

finances, so expect last month’s 

windfall to rage on. 

Work mode: back on track. 

an old coworker could offer 

a tough-love critique of your 

work ethic—or lack thereof—to 

restore your can-do attitude. 

Love life: Thanks to ruling planet 

venus, you’ll exude charm 

that could bring past suitors 

back into the fold. 


By Luna C. 

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Lockbox: “If I’m 

on a book tour, I 

bring a bank with 

me because I sell 

my crafts on the 

road. If there’s an 

audience, I have 

to make money. 

and if you wanna 

make money, you 

gotta have change.” 

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Sock: “Sometimes 

I’ll carry a loose sock 

if I need a pencil 

case, or I’ll put my 

glasses in it.” 

book: “my bag is 

big enough to carry 

a book, so there’s 

usually one in 

there. I just finished 

reading rebecca 

Skloot’s The 

Immortal Life of 

Henrietta Lacks. 

my God, what an 

excellent book.” 

Nail file: “I’ve been working 

and I moved recently, so my 

hands are a mess. but I like 

to have a file on me.” 

fInal look 

In the bag 

Hand lotion: “my 

hand lotion changes 

a lot, but the one 

I have now is 

elizabeth arden’s 

eight Hour cream 

Hand treatment. ChapStick Classic: 

I’ll typically “the cap is white, 

use something and if you suck it 

unscented.” up on your lip, it 

makes the perfect 

bucktooth, and 

that’s always a 

crowd-pleaser.” 

Excedrin: “It’s the best. 

I like it because it has 

caffeine in it—65 milligrams 

in each tablet.” 

marIe claIre / november 2010 

this month, the kooky, thrifty comedian amy Sedaris 

peddles her new book, Simple Times: Crafts for Poor 

People. Here, she spills the contents of her purse 

Photographed by Jeffrey Westbrook 

LeSportsac wallet: 

“It’s cute and has bunnies 

on it. the pouch has three 

zippers so I can keep my 

money in one, receipts in 

another, and, finally, my 

duane reade card and 

whatever coupons I have.” 

Perfume: “If I 

carry anything 

perfumey, 

which is rare, 

it’s c.o. 

bigelow’s 

Perfume oil in 

amber that 

I keep in a 

rolltop bottle.” 

The Bag: “I just bought a new blue-jean 

bag from 45 rpm because my rabbit, 

dusty, chewed the shoulder strap 

on the first one. I love shopping there— 

everything in that store is like 

puppet or glorified bum clothing.” 

Pencils: “my new book, 

Simple Times, is coming out, 

so I had some pencils made 

with the title on them.” 

Stamps: “If someone wants 

something, like a tissue or aspirin, 

I’m the person who has it. I’ll have 

stamps for people who are like, ‘I’ve 

gotta go get a stamp.’ I’m like, ‘all 

right. I’ve got ’em, and for 50 cents— 

two quarters—you can buy one.’” 

Lip salve: “I always have to 

have vaseline or rose Salve 

or something on my lips. 

I’m a fanatic about it.” 

Crafting needle: 

“I carry it because I sell 

pot holders, and it’s easy 

to make ’em on a plane. 

So I pack all my loops 

with me, and slip my 

needle in with my pens.” 

Eyeglass 

repair kit: 

“the screws 

are often 

loose on my 

glasses, 

and this kit 

has a mini 

screwdriver 

to tighten 

them.” 

Toilet-paper tube: “for a while 

I carried around a toilet-paper 

tube in my purse, and I’d 

keep a fresh pair of underpants 

in it, just in case. Seriously. 

It’s a good little trick.” 

Key ring: “my key 

ring has a gold 

peanut that my 

brother david 

gave me—I think 

he got it in japan.” 

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