Marie Claire articles from January 2007

Marie Claire archives from January 2007

Editor's note.
January 1, 2007... OH NO, YOU'RE THINKING--another January issue! Another New Year's-resolution theme with suggestions for exercise and diet so impossible no one can or will live up to them. Relax! Would we do that to you? This month, Marie Claire would rather...

A love divided.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... AS A GUY, I don't normally read Marie Claire. However, in the November issue, my girlfriend pointed out the article about Marine and Navy wives ("Love Is a Battlefield"). I must say it brought a tear to my eye, as a young veteran of the...

A public affair.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... "BOO-HOO, I'M A VICTIM." If Lynndie England didn't say it directly, then your story sure portrayed her as one ("A Soldier's Tale," Nov. 2006). This article is the opposite of feminism. England knew what she was doing. She was a trained U.S....

Money matters.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... "THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION" (Nov. 2006) served as a wake-up call for me. I, too, have been subconsciously operating under the Cinderella-Syndrome Backlash, and it's time to grow up and take financial responsibility for myself. Thanks for...

Beauty and the Borat.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... YOU MIGHT GET an avalanche of hate mail for the wonderful Borat Sagdiyev interview you have on marieclaire.com, but there are many of us who appreciate it immensely and do indeed have a sense of humor. And back hair. BETH HERZHAFT Los...

Jennifer Connelly: the A-lister gets into character nine times over for this month's cover story.(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... COVER GIRL Jennifer Connelly knows how to work it. With more than 20 years of performances under her belt, including her Oscar-winning turn in A beautiful Mind, this total pro drew from her vast moviemaking experience to strike a pose for each...

Getaway glam: whether bound for beach, big city, or big snow, fashion-wise, you're going first class. For the best trends for all temperatures, read on.(hot clothings)(Buyers guide)
January 1, 2007... MIAMI The tropics are a natural for all things '70s: hot pants, hot prints, metallics--did we mention temperature? 75[degrees] AVG. TEMP. $39 Spitfire; www.spitfiredesign.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] $194 T Bags at Em's;...

Sturdy pretty things: the bold new valises are vintage-style standouts at airport carousels.(suitcases)(Buyers guide)
January 1, 2007... * GONNA ROLL The highly competent new suitcases are all about compartments: pockets inside and out, plus detachable pouches so cute and convenient they'd make a marsupial swoon. If security forces you to check them, no worries--they're...

Shop talk: January's a clean slate: Strut your stuff with burlesque basics, graphic-art bikinis, and '07's up-and-coming designers.(Buyers guide)
January 1, 2007... The Grandmother Lode L.A.-based designer Juan Carlos Obando recently found a muse in his Colombian-born grandmother. Luckily, she wasn't a rocking-chair type but a world traveler who collected pins on trips taken from the '50s to the '80s....

Ask for a raise: open-toed treasures that just might drive a wedge between you and your style budget.(women shoes)(Buyers guide)
January 1, 2007... INCHES MAKE CHAMPIONS 1. Pearl-studded pumps, $1285, Chanel; (800) 550-0005. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Black slingbacks, $485, Miu Miu; (888) 977-1900. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3. Beige stingray pumps, $975, Dior by John...

Champing at the bid: a Marie Claire exclusive! We've gathered these lust-worthy pieces just for you--and negotiated amazing, below-retail opening prices. So bid now through 1/31/07.(jewelry auctions)
January 1, 2007... HOW TO SEX UP snooty, centuries-old auction houses like Sotheby's or Christie's in the era of the virtual marketplace? Go Hollywood, for a start. The $20.3 million that Christie's raked in last October from the auction of Ellen Barkin's...

Don't stop till you spend enough! These days, clothing stores feel more like dance clubs, with a pulsing beat urging you to buy. Cleo Glyde takes a spin on the selling floor.(SHOPPING)
January 1, 2007... IN THE POST-BLING age of designers with DJs, pop stars with labels, and hip-hop lyrics that squeeze Gucci, Fendi, and Burberry into one sentence, the relationship between fashion and music has never been stronger. On the catwalk, music decodes...

The filter: what all your friends will be (or should be) talking about this month.(CULTURE)
January 1, 2007... WE'RE FEELING ALL ambulance-chasey as the New Year unfolds. Even NAS is getting macabre with a new CD titled Hip-Hop Is Dead (someone get the paddles!). And when GWEN STEFANI samples Sound of Music-style yodeling on The Sweet Escape, all we can...

Movies.(CULTURE)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... THE IT'S-SUBTITLED-BUT-WORTH-IT MOVIE: PAN'S LABYRINTH (STARRING IVANA BANQUERO AND SERGI LOPEZ) Remember Jim Henson's Labyrinth, circa 1986? Consider this movie the 20th-anniversary remix--sans David Bowie. (And it's in Spanish.)This...

Waste your time on these sites: logged on at your desk, but trying to avoid actually working? Five hot spots to surf this month.(WEB)(Website list)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... 1. superviva.com Having a bout of New Year's--resolution block? Get inspiration from this online community where users share life goals, and advice on how to achieve them. Keep your list private, or let it all hang out and learn from...

Two-minute date: Anthony Mackie.(CULTURE)(Interview)
January 1, 2007... ANTHONY MACKIE could never be a politician--he's way too honest. While most actors cite a deep passion for the craft as the catalyst of their career, Mackie, 27, admits the real reason he became interested in acting: girls. "In high school I...

Music.(CULTURE)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... THE CD FOR HIPSTERS IN TRAINING: WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY (SUB POP) Will THE SHINS change your life? If they didn't already when Garden State came out, well, they might now. With their third studio release, the phenoms go back to basics, making...

Books.(The Song Is You)(Hush, Little Baby)(Sex, Lies, and Handwriting)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... THE SONG IS YOU by Megan Abbott ($23,SIMON & SCHUSTER) TO SUM UP: A Hollywood actress mysteriously disappears in 1949, and a publicist searching for clues gets deep into the seedy underworld of sex, drugs, and glamour WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: Um,...

Q&A: in the studio with Faith Salie.(dialogue with Faith Salie)(Interview)
January 1, 2007... GOING TO MEET a girl who graduated from Harvard and has spent the past 10 years as a successful comedian, landing spots on Sex and the City and VHI's Best Week Ever, I expect a little more glamour than I get at the downtown New York building...

Global stress-busters: can watching jellyfish counteract a bad day at work? Would beating up a bartender (for a fee) make you relax about your credit-card bills? When stress hits women all over the globe, you'd be surprised by what they do about it.(EYE ON THE WORLD)
January 1, 2007... JELLYFISH-WATCHING IN ENOSHIMA, JAPAN * A SLEEPOVER AT an aquarium may seem more middle-school field trip than a means to greater well-being, but among Japanese women, demand for Enoshima Aquarium's $120 overnight package is so high, its 30...

Washington mommies: your 5-year-old is on line one. Cheney's on line two. Which call do you take first?(THE DC SCENESTER)
January 1, 2007... MY MOTHER AND I were wrestling with a temperamental umbrella during an East Coast monsoon. We struggled up the stone stairs of an Episcopal church to attend the funeral of a friend. She was 38, and left behind two toddlers. I was feeling...

What's it all about alpha? With women outearning, outpacing, outshining men like never before, it's no surprise our relationships are in upheaval. A special section on the alpha female/beta male conundrum.(WOMEN ON TOP)
January 1, 2007... "Why I Love My Alpha Wife" I WAKE EARLY TO get to my desk. I first grind the coffee beans, fill the espresso maker, ready the milk, empty the dishwasher while I'm waiting for the milk to heat, the coffee to come up. When she wakes I bring...

Can this woman save Courtney love from herself? Linda Perry, the creative force behind the fiercest divas from Christina Aguilera to Pink, is facing her greatest challenge: getting that train wreck called Courtney back on track.(PROFILE)(Biography)
January 1, 2007... "I GET THEM WEEPING," Linda Perry says, slouching her tawny, taut frame into an Aeron chair and kicking her chunky-heeled boots up onto the mixing board. "I get them telling me if they were molested, what their mother did, why this particular...

A different kind of love story: they waked down the aisle to the theme from The Road Warrior; driving around the city in a taxi was their idea of a good time. Then came 9/11, a midlife crisis, and the urge to do something meaningful. Lisa Ramaci and Steven Vincent thought they'd be together forever. But Iraq had other ideas.(DOMESTIC NEWS)
January 1, 2007... LISA RAMACI WAS SITTING AT HER antique oak kitchen table--the one she'd retrieved from an abandoned building next to her East Village walk-up--when the last bouquet of flowers arrived. They were sunflowers, her favorite. The card, dated...

Orient excess: solid-gold toilets, sports cars for kids, wall-to-wall Versace: is this really the People's Republic? Janis Vougioukas reports on the rise of China's nouveaux riches.(INTERNATIONAL REPORT)
January 1, 2007... * PARKING HIS SUBARU sports car, Jason can barely see over the steering wheel. He revs the engine one last time, then turns it off, climbs out of his seat, and slams the door. His mother, Shi Xiaoyan, is waiting with a proud smile on her face....

The rapist and me: after I was raped, everyone, including me, wished I could move on. But it was harder than anyone thought. Done with feeling helpless, I sought answers from an unlikely source: a convicted rapist.(FIRST PERSON)
January 1, 2007... AT NIGHT, I thought about his hands. I thought about the crimes they'd committed. I wondered if they resembled hams or spindly sticks, if they looked chapped and rough or soft and doughy. As I grappled with my motivation for wanting to meet a...

Horoscope.
January 1, 2007... CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19) Double the Mars, double the blood pressure. The fiery planet enters your sign on the 16th, trying to make you even more of a workaholic than usual. Two options for you: Pack an overnight bag for the...

Looking forward.(FASHION)
January 1, 2007... It's Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly's job to transform herself--and she lets loose on the next few pages. But with so many styles to choose from right now, you too can be mod, then menswear-inspired, then a sexy sports fan. Happy New You...

The actor's actor: with Blood Diamond, the latest in a long line of barrowing movies, Jennifer Connelly proves she isn't afraid of the dark.(FASHION)
January 1, 2007... "ARE YOU LISTENING TO THIS? The world's failing apart, and all we hear about is Blowjobgate." That's Jennifer Connelly, not the beautiful and seemingly demure woman sipping tea with skim milk across from me, but as Maddy Bowen, a journalist in...

Let's talk about flex: muscle in on an '80s favorite: Lycra-loving, neon-accented, sports-revved style. The 21st-century twist? Amazon-inspired platform shoes and shapes that champion all body types.
January 1, 2007... NAME: Leigh Yeager HOMETOWN: Chicago DISCOVERED HOW? I was working at The Sharper Image, and a man claiming to be a model scout came in four days in a row. I had him thrown out each time. I finally called the Better Business Bureau and...

101 ideas: hello, old chap: try ultra-feminine fabrics--brocade, satin, and chiffon--with a modern, masculine edge. (MANUAL OF STYLE.(clothing under $500)
January 1, 2007... BROCADE TOP: Dress, $323, Anna Sui; sweater, $170, Diesel; boots, $475, Stuart Weitzman; bracelet, $200, Argento Vivo; tights, $25, MaxMara. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SATIN CENTER: Trench, $225, Lacoste; leggings, $275, Daryl K;...

10 steals, 1 splurge: you walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht ... a Burbery peacoat mixed with fab-priced fare keeps you afloat financially.(Buyers guide)
January 1, 2007... * ROCK THE BOAT, BABY 1. THE SPLURGE Jacket, $1395, Burberry; (800) 284-8480. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Necklace, $49, Club Monaco; (212) 459-9863. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3. Blouse, $88, To The Max at Dillard's; (800)...

Snow yummies: winter winner-land! Visit marieclaire.com to score free snowy getaway and travel essentials, worth more than $9900!(LUXE LOTTERY)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... 5 to win! We're all ears when it comes to Adrienne Landau's Crystal Fox earmuffs, worth $95. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 5 to win! Look cool, be cozy in DKNY Active's cream-colored parka, worth $168. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Future chic.(BEAUTY)
January 1, 2007... Considering where beauty is headed, the space age-sleek hair in the spring collections is a blip on the screen. With skincare looking deep into your DNA, science has never been sexier. Turn the page and see why

Body evidence: just as the world's most popular show, CSI: Miami, uses advanced DNA techniques to crack murder cases, you can now solve your own beauty climes with the latest scientific breakthroughs. Had your skin profiled lately?(SKIN DEEP)
January 1, 2007... "I've been here twice," sneers a suspect on a recent episode of CSI: Miami, "and all you've gt is a Q-Tip." Cuto to: the bad guy being led to jail, the DNA swabbed from his mouth having matched blood spilled at a crime scene. "And that's all I...

"What I love about me".(BEAUTY ROAD SHOW)
January 1, 2007... What does gorgeous look like in the U.S.? We got 14 beauties in Phoenix, the fourth stop on our cross-county beauty road show, to explain ALEXIS SMITH, 15 "Underneath this smile lies a mouthful of metal, so I'd have to say my eyes are...

Arielle la belle: Cabaret star Arielle Dombasle on l'amour and lip gloss.(BEAUTY SNOOP)
January 1, 2007... THANK HEAVEN FOR 48-year-old French girls like Arielle Dombasle. Without them, what would generations of grown-up Frenchmen do? The ultimate international gamine in a series of '80s movies directed by Eric Rohmer (Pauline at the Beach is...

Makeup or makedown: how exciting to meet a natural beauty--especially when it's you. Makeup's new manifesto? "Less is marvelous." It's a minimal look that's gorgeous to the max.(BEAUTY 101)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... UNDERCOVERED GIRL: Skip foundation, suggests celebrity makeup artist Laura Mercier. Just dab concealer on rogue blemishes or under-eye circles. MC RECOMMENDS: Laura Geller Caulk Concealer Pencil GLOW EASY: Self-tan with light applications...

News: get a piece of the rock, live large, and fake a flush.(BEAUTY)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Chip Off the Old Black Much as we love the season's Goth-tinged black and plum polishes (such as Lippmann Collection Dark Side of the Moon, shown here), they take forever to dry and show chips and smudges like no one's business. The pros...

Great skin trade: smart girl: you scored on eBay with a way-affordable Chanel skirt--so celebrate with a little Chanel squirt! Offset the luxury of the latest N[degrees]5 lotion with some priced-too-good-to-be-true skin treats.(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... SPLURGE The world's most popular parfum at less than a quarter of the price. (You smooth operator!) The iconic Chanel glass bottle--sexily supersized--adds a touch of classic to every modern dressing table. In fact, when empty, it's reborn...

Lotsa pluck.(tips for regrowing brows)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Q: IT WAS LATE, I WAS BORED, AND GOING TO TOWN WITH THE TWEEZERS SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME. ANY TIPS FOR REGROWING MY BROWS?--Carolyn Garrick, Brooklyn, NY A: Jamie Yee of Kate Somerville Skin Experts in L.A. (Jessica Alba is a...

Glands to yourself.(controling profuse perpiration)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Q: WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT PROFUSE PERSPIRATION? IT'S THE PITS!--Jamie Heist, Placerville, CA A: There are quite a few new options. David E. Bank, M.D., a dermatologist in Mt. Kisco, NY, steers us to the local drugstore for Certain Dri, an...

Invest in blondes.(beauty tips)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Q: I'M DARK-HAIRED WITH A SERIOUS CASE OF BLONDE AMBITION. IF I GO FOR IT, HOW CAN I MAKE SURE IT LOOKS NATURAL?--Kari Muench, Summerfield, NC A: Start by thinking of your hair-hue change as an evolution--not a revolution. "It's really a...

No strings.(skin care tips)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Q: I'VE GOT "MARIONETTE LINES"--AND I AIN'T LAUGHING. HELP!--Karen Hannah, Ontario, Canada A: We appreciate your sense of humor about this not-so-funny by-product of the facial thinning (due to collagen loss) that comes with aging. To look...

No strings.(choosing appropriate lipsticks)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Better off red Q: I'M LOVING BOLD RED LIPS, BUT I CAN'T FIND A HUE THAT SUITS MY OLIVE SKIN.--Jessie Braden, New York City A: The password is: under-tones. As an "olive" you've got warm undertones, so you'll find blue-based reds the...

10 best beauty: our maquillage collage of must-haves.(cosmetics and skin care products)(Buyers guide)
January 1, 2007... 1. Glow getter: Ditch dull skin with Dior DiorShow Powder in Porcelain Pink, $39. 2. A lash riot: Rev up eye fringe with Chanel Mascara Base Beaute Lash Enhancing Base, $24. 3. Get plumped: Boost lips with Shu Uemura Lipstick in PK...

Total body reboot: new year, new you--for real this time!(Cover story)
January 1, 2007... Sure, we have the easiest starvation-free, hassle-free eating and exercise program ever. But your body won't stay strong and lean unless your mind tells it to. Our three-part plan puts all the pieces together 1 PART ONE USE YOUR MIND...

What we talk about when we talk to ... Dr. Jane Aronson: the "orphan doctor" who helped Angelina's baby speaks out on Madonna and the world's 150 million children without parents.(Interview)
January 1, 2007... Q: WHY DID MADONNA'S ADOPTION OF DAVID BANDA, A LITTLE BOY FROM MALAWI, CAUSE SUCH A HUGE UPROAR? A: It's silly, the whole thing. Because what she did was right. She decided to do humanitarian work in Africa, she's pumped more than a...