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One of the least fun parts of being a lady is the constant barrage of media that insists that there are products to be purchased that might help you overcome your crushing lack of Pretty. A new survey reveals that while some women are internalizing this message, one group is rejecting en masse it and declaring themselves awesome: black women. Come on, the rest of you jerks! Get higher self-esteem! More »
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The woman who plays Betty Draper says: "I'll stop at McDonald's and get a strawberry shake and fries and not feel guilty at all, because I deserve it." More »
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Twenty years ago this month, Allure editor Linda Wells founded the magazine that we credit with teaching us how to shower and how to rub sunscreen on our bodies. So, how is she marking this auspicious occasion? With an outdated defense of uniformly thin models! More »
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• For years, Jennifer Aniston had an extremely famous haircut, which she didn't like one bit.

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• Chanel is apparently turning the Musée D'Orsay in Paris into a giant, sparkly, 2,890 square foot billboard for No. 5 perfume. We hope the museum is being rewarded handsomely for its services as a host for corporate messaging. [WWD]

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This year you may have asked yourself, why the hell are the Kardashians on so many magazine covers? The answer is simple. More »
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• David Walliams says Stone asks, "'What time are you home because I want to know what time to put the shepherd's pie on?' I never thought I'd have that. An international supermodel who can make a great shepherd's pie." [Sun]

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Fashion folks in Paris are all a-Twitter over Sarah Burton's first collection for McQueen. It features models with woven hair, deconstructed tailoring, feathers, Anna Dello Russo in a centurion's helmet, and a bustier that looks like a golden chest plate. More »
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In fall 2007, WWD and The New York Times published pieces about the absence of black models on the fashion runways. We did our own tally of black models in fashion magazines, and came up with some shocking statistics. More »
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• Vogue Paris picked Marion Cotillard for its September cover, and bleached her eyebrows. Strangely enough, the French actress has never been on the cover of Vogue Paris before, though she made American Vogue's cover last November and this July. [@VogueParisLive]

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Here are 29 covers from the hallowed, heavy September fashion issues (click to soak it all in). So how do Vogue, Elle, and the smaller titles stack up? Let's put September to a full statistical analysis. More »
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• Mike "The Designer" Sorrentino had his buddy Jonny "The Unit" Manfre model a bedazzled wifebeater from his soon-to-be-released "clothing" line. [Facebook]
• Jackie O's triple-strand of faux pearls is up for auction, and may fetch as much as $55,000. [LATimes]

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Who's more likely to say they groom themselves to attract the opposite sex — men or women? More »
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The June issue of Allure is all about you, dear reader. You, and the self-diagnosed OCD sufferer, mommy-figure, nerdy girl, and contradiction-in-every-possible-term sexyface expert Megan Fox. And if that isn't enticing enough, Eli Roth reveals his beauty secrets. The horror! More »
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• Carrie wears a $50,000 karaoke outfit, and there are lots of Maybachs. "Like in the Great Depression, I thought Hollywood should take people on a big vacation that maybe they couldn't afford themselves," says writer Michael Patrick King. [WWD]

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"This is a sickness, I have an illness," she tells Allure. On her squick list? Restaurant silverware. "Putting my mouth where a million other mouths have been, just knowing all the bacteria that you carry in your mouth? Ucch!" [People] More »
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This month in Allure, a writer describes how being incarcerated taught her some life lessons — about the importance of makeup! Meanwhile, the editors explain the key to looking good naked is to lose weight and get more beauty treatments. More »
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• Pictures of a 15-year-old Angelina Jolie modeling for photographer Harry Langdon will be auctioned in California on Friday. [Vogue UK]
• Karl Lagerfeld dressed Simone Veil in Chanel for her induction into the Académie Française. [WWD]

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In the March issue of Allure, Jessica Simpson reveals filming her docuseries The Price of Beauty has given her more confidence. Allure's editors are confident too... that their readers are idiots. More »
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Question: How can we possibly drag out the John Mayer Playboy controversy? E! Online has the answer: Make something up. More »
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Quoth Beyonce: "The thing that's interesting is I don't need Sasha Fierce anymore, because I've grown, and I'm now able to merge the two. I want people to see me. I want people to see who I am." [JustJared, PopSugar] More »
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"That wasn't me. I had to work at it, but I knew that once I had achieved it, people would respond to me in a certain way." — Jennifer Lopez on her singing, to Allure. [The Life Files] More »
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If you've got a green-skinned friend with limited understanding of earthling manners, a copy of December's Allure may be just the gift for her. More »
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In Fashion Week Daily's imagined interview with Allure, the mag reveals she'd "love to do more stories on religious cults and Sudan," but must keep using the word "sexiest" on the cover lest the tabloids outsell her. [FWD via Fashionista] More »
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The November Allure has hit newsstands, and as usual, it's full of obvious instructions and beauty advice. But as a bonus, it also includes "information" on the season's most ill-conceived and inadvisable diets. More »
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Allure's editors have made a shocking discovery: Whether you're slim or overweight, at some point, your face will start looking older. This month, they tried to recapture their youth by giving a Disney star and self-proclaimed "nice girl" the cover. More »
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A Glamour poll about the most "totes hot" guys on late night TV sent Stephen into a Ben & Jerry's-fueled shame spiral yesterday evening. More »
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The folks over at The Wrap weighed the September issues in 2008 and in 2009 and found that last year, the magazines weighed in at more than 21 pounds — this year just 15. Thin is in! [The Wrap] More »
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The documentary Youth Knows No Pain, which premiered on HBO last night, featured Allure editor-in-chief Linda Wells, who says it's OK that anti-aging creams don't do what they claim, since they make women feel better about losing their looks. More »
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Do you feel like your mother just doesn't critique your appearance enough? The September issue of Allure provides a rundown of her classic beauty nags so you can enrage yourself between her visits and phone calls. More »
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Today on Today, an Allure editor discussed an article in the September issue that makes the argument that Michael Jackson didn't have body dysmorphia, but instead altered his appearance because of fallout from treatments of his various medical problems. More »
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The New York Times is reporting that the September Allure "includes a timeline of Mr. Jackson's evolving images printed over two pages." Verdict: Probably similar to the timeline most news outlets featured when MJ died two months ago! [N.Y. Times] More »
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Hopefully, President Obama reads Allure, because this month the mag presented shocking new economic data: since 1992 the Dow Jones Industrial Average has mirrored the ups and down of David and Victoria Beckham's hairstyles. More »
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The September issues are typically the biggest for the fashion and ladymags, and this year, expect some familiar, safe faces on the covers: More »
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Reading this month's Allure will only make it harder to feel confident in a bikini, unless like Fergie, you're planning on standing in front of a hip-obscuring beam of light at all times. More »
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We know we shouldn't expect a beauty mag to advocate the "natural" look, but couldn't Allure's tips for saving money on one's skin regimen be a little less ridiculous? More »
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Biel adds that her good looks often are a drawback when it comes to casting. "It really is a problem," she says. Please. Tell it to Charlize, Penelope or Halle. [People] More »
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The month the editors at Allure tried to make us more beautiful, but our naturally disgusting bodies fought them every step of the way. More »
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Chelsea Handler was on Leno last night, where she complained about being bumped by that "attention whore" Barack Obama, then distributed uncensored photos from her nude Allure shoot to Leno and Michael Douglas. More »
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In the March issue of Allure Julia Roberts tells a lengthy tale about separating her eyelashes with a pin. But that's not the part that makes us want to poke our eyes out. More »
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