What Makes You Feel Beautiful?(female celebrities on the red carpet)

Byline: Jeffrey Slonim PHOTOGRAPHED BY PATRICK McMULLAN

Depending on whom you askand whenbeauty either comes from within or is only skin-deep. We spoke to stars at a CFDA dinner, the CondA[c] Nast Fashion Rocks concert, and a Cinema Society screening of The Wackness about what makes them feel most attractive.

Many said that the right treatment can make a world of difference. "A haircut and a peel," said Lazaro Hernandez, one half of Proenza Schouler. "Visine," added Jack McCollough, his codesigner.

Others needed something more extravagant. "I have to have bling," said Miley Cyrus, while Hilary Duff said she enjoys the process of getting ready for the red carpet: "I guess you feel glamorous when people are working on you."

A number of stars attributed their own sense of beauty not to jewelry, clothes, or eyedrops, but to something more profound. Kim Raver felt radiant when her husband told her, "I love you for who you areall the good, all the rest of it." And Sir Ben Kingsley credited his wife with helping him feel his best: "She is the reward for all those years of therapy."

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