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Past is Prologue

Pretty as a Picture Who’s to blame for today’s unattainable beauty standards? The original Renaissance women and the men who painted them

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Zoé Gillette’s Sketchbook

Gwyneth’s Body-Double Trouble

Paltrow’s stand-in for Shallow Hal, Ivy Snitzer, reveals what happened—22 years after the film’s release

Beauty and Wellness

Eye of the Beholder Longer, thicker, lusher—when it comes to hair these days, the overriding impulse is “more.” Why are women of all ages and persuasions going full-on Rapunzel? Our beauty-and-wellness columnist investigates

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Danielle Kosann’s Sketchbook

LOOK5: Danielle Kosann’s Sketchbook

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Sex Scene

Happy Threesome to You Would you prefer an orgasm or a gift card?

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You Don’t Know Bethenny

The RHONY star and margarita mogul has emerged as an outspoken beauty savant—and everyone is listening

Can You Hack It?

Bangs are back, but top stylists are wary. Chris McMillan gets to the root of the problem

Truer Words

“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.”


—Virginia Woolf

On the Scent

The World’s Most Expensive Insect Repellent It smells like a fine perfume

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Better off Red

Crimson hair, alabaster skin—Karen Elson’s singular look was both celebrated and ridiculed. How did the model, singer, and author learn to overcome her insecurities and love her differences?

Getting into Bed with Charlize Theron

The actress and Dior siren shares her evening routine in exquisite detail

Knives Out!

Out of Work and Under the Knife In Hollywood, the strike has proved to be the perfect opportunity to nip and tuck

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The Look From Here

Champagne Wishes and Caviar Creams The ingredients are mysterious. The benefits can be elusive. But the newest skin-care products are determined to prove their worth

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Beauty and Wellness

Eye of the Beholder In 1991, Bobbi Brown founded one of the most successful cosmetics businesses in history. Now, at age 66, she just might do it again, with her line, Jones Road

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Biohacker

God Among Men Want to live like a longevity expert? Andrew Huberman has a plan: cold plunges, hot saunas, light exposure, coffee regulation, and a whole lot of dedication

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Knives Out!

Forever Young Face-lift maestro Dr. Gerald Imber has been preaching the gospel of early intervention for decades. Now, thanks to TikTok, twentysomethings are actually listening

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What’s Up, Doc?

If up to 10 percent of women have polycystic-ovary syndrome, why is it taking patients years to get diagnosed?

The Secret Lives of Tanorexics

One drop of rain and they’re off to the sun. What drives these bronze obsessives? And why won’t they ever learn?

Celebrity Skin

Coming Clean People told her she was dirty. After years of frustration, Scarlett Johansson tackled the problem head-on—and now watch her glow

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Written in the Stars

Guerlain’s Les Météorites powder was always more than just makeup. For one woman, it marked the beginning of a beautiful life

Sober Sex

Abstinence makes life better—in all ways but one

Reflections

Looking Askance As a child, I wanted to “fix” my crooked nose and wandering eye. Now I see beauty in asymmetry

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Lights Out!

Getting into Bed with Tiffany Haddish The actress shares her evening routine in exquisite detail

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Angelica Hicks’s Sketchbook

Angelica Hick’s Sketchbook

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