Jezebel: Cindi Leive

Sarah Burton Pulls Off McQueen Without McQueen

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:30:00 EDT

Reactions to the first McQueen show mounted since the designer's suicide have been overwhelmingly positive. Style.com says "Sarah Burton proved herself a very worthy successor to Alexander McQueen." Glamour's Cindi Leive says she "loved this beautiful, emotional debut." More »

Crystal Renn On Skinny Pics: "I Don't Look Like That"

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:45:00 EDT

When photographs of Crystal Renn looking slimmer than usual hit the web, critics called it a "bummer," assuming that she'd lost weight. But new shots offer proof that the pictures — like most fashion images — don't reflect reality. More »

Julianne Moore And Lion Cubs Is The Cutest Thing You Will See Today

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:30:00 EDT

Julianne Moore is returning as the face of Bulgari for fall. With baby lions. Baby lions that make it very difficult to even think about the handbags. Baby lions! Lion babies! [Frockwriter]

Meet The Man Behind The Plus-Size Revolution

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:00:00 EDT

The increasing visibility of models like Crystal Renn, Tara Lynn, and Ashley Graham isn't just a fluke: Each is represented by Gary Dakin, a man who's been trying to re-make the plus-size modeling industry for over a decade. More »

Real Women Have Curves? Glamour Editor Asks & Answers The Wrong Question

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:40:00 EDT

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Glamour editor Cindi Leive took to her blog yesterday to defend against, as she sees it, outlandish claims from the blogosphere that her magazine hasn't been doing enough to show actual plus-sized women. More »

Spot The Plus-Size Model In Glamour

Irin Carmon — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:20:00 EST

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How's that "body image revolution" going for Glamour? Baby steps, but moving forward. More »

Ungaro: Lindsay's Fashion Line "A Disaster"; Banana Republic Clerks Too Bouncy

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST

Lindsay Lohan's first collection for Ungaro has been derided by yet another industry heavyweight: Emanuel Ungaro himself. The designer, who sold the business that bears his name in 2005, says Lohan's work was "a disaster" that left him "furious." [Independent]

Glamour Celebrates Women Of The Year (Plus Steven Tyler)

Sadie Stein — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:30:00 EST

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Rihanna. Serena. Maria. Stella. Iman. Padma. Emme. Estelle. Gabby Sidibe. These were just a few of the boldfaces who bib-and-tuckered it at Carnegie Hall last night to honor Glamour's Women of the Year. And, yes, dude looked like a lady. More »

Glamour's "Plus-Size" Model Photo Unveiled On Ellen

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:20:00 EDT

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Models from Glamour's plus-size spread will be on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today with editor-in-chief Cindi Leive. In the preview clip after the jump, we get our first look at the photo, which Leive pledges is only the beginning. More »

Glamour's Plus-Size Model: "I'm Not Saying Size 2 Isn't Normal, But My Normal Is This"

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:00:00 EDT

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On Today editor Cindi Leive and model Lizzi Miller discussed the huge response to Glamour's picture of Miller's belly. "The first thing I thought was 'OK, not the most flattering picture,'" says Miller, "But that's real." Clip at left. More »

Glamour Editor Reveals Hidden Expertise In Mixed Martial Arts

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:40:00 EST

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Glamour's Cindi Leive played Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me's "Not My Job" last Saturday. She talked about inaugural fashions, and the importance of resisting the temptation to use her pages to nominate bogus trends. More »

MagHag

Jessica G. — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:20:00 EST

In a transparent bid to get a ladymag Sarah Palin exclusive, Glamour EIC Cindi Leive says Palin is a "great communicator," and "great for women," despite that icky rape kit business. In addition, she compares women disliking Palin to their disliking Martha Stewart. "Back in the day when she first had her TV show, there were a lot of women who just loved to hate on Martha Stewart. And on some level it always seemed like they were feeling put down by her choices... Why do you feel like that’s a referendum on how you live your life? Women take Sarah Palin’s choices really personally. And I think that real progress for women will be when there’s just enough of us out there that you don’t feel like every woman’s behavior is some kind of referendum on you and your choices." Well, last time we checked, Martha Stewart never tried to pass a law forcing anyone else to stencil her mantle. [NY Mag] More »

A Nonpartisan, Ladies-Only Look At Political Fashion On Today

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:30:00 EDT

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Glamour magazine's editor-in-chief Cindi Leive and the Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic Robin Givhan were on the Today show this morning for a female-centric "Political Fashion" segment. The ladies discussed Jackie Kennedy, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush before moving on to Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain and, of course, Sarah Palin. Seeing a veritable rainbow of Hillary's Traveling Pantsuits was amusing, as was Ms. Givhan's take on Governor Palin's ensemble: "You don't really notice what she's wearing." Yeah, not with all the other crap going on! Clip above. More »

Just Don't Go There

Megan Carpentier — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:30:43 EDT

In an interview on Glamocracy (also known as "the other place I blog") with Glamour's Cindi Leive, Barack Obama said that he's infuriated by right-wing attacks on his wife. Maybe he and Bill will actually have something to talk about next time they talk. [Glamocracy]
The Nation has a new sex columnist, JoAnn Wypikewski. JoAnn thinks that there are "legions of little girls jumping out of their panties" for Obama, which manages to be stupid, demeaning, creepy and sexist all at the same time! "Ugh" is right. [The Nation, Salon]
Oh, and conservative talk show host Michael Savage thinks that autistic children are just "[brats] who [haven't] been told to cut the act." Why the fuck do people listen to this asshole again? [Media Matters]

The National Magazine Awards: 3 Hours Better Spent Reading Magazines

Moe — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:40:00 EDT

Cindi Leive, the editor-in-chief of Glamour and president of the American Society of Magazine Editors, is very attractive. She is very well-liked. She is, by all accounts — and I have more accounts of Leive's bedside manner than I ever asked for — a terribly nice, and intelligent, person. But Glamour is a essentially dumb and frivolous magazine and that fact, coupled with its nomination in the largest-circulation General Excellence category, probably inspired me to pay particular attention to her speech at last night's generally boring National Magazine Awards. And Cindi obliged my cynicism, opening the ceremony with comment to the effect of thanking all the ASME judges for all the many thousands of hours they put in reading magazines. "Thousands of hours of work," was, I believe, the phrase she used, followed by something to the effect of said "work" being performed, voluntarily, by very high-placed and important editors. More »

Will Italian Vogue Break With Fashion Mag Tradition, Feature Black Models?

Jennifer — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:30:00 EDT

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Europeans are always more progressive than Americans. Rumor is, Italian Vogue may be producing a cover featuring only black models. [Fashionista]

Magazine Editors "Consider" Discussing Airbrushing Guidelines

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:00:00 EDT

As previously reported, there's talk of banning magazines in the UK from digital photo enhancement. Meanwhile, The American Society of Magazine Editors is considering a "panel discussion" about retouching guidelines, reports Folio. Cindi Leive, ASME president and editor in chief of Glamour, says there will not be a ban. "Given the ubiquity of retouching technology these days—think of brides and their wedding photos—it seems unrealistic to forbid all digital manipulation of photos in any magazine." Wait, brides are doing it, so it's okay? Folio points out that Leive is no stranger to PhotoShop controversy. Still, she says, "Readers should never be misled about what they're looking at." And yet! More »

Glamour editrix Cindi Leive was speaking...

Jessica G. — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:20:00 EDT

Glamour editrix Cindi Leive was speaking at the Magazine Publishers of America's 2008 Retail Conference earlier this week, and she attributed some of the success of her magazine to its "upbeat" and "positive" message. "[Our] headlines don't talk down or blame or accuse women," she said. "Most are complimentary and positive messages." Right after Bill Mickey from Folio magazine reported these comments, he snarked, "Despite the positive cover lines, Glamour's single copy sales (747,014) dropped 13.2 in the second half of 2007 compared to second half 2006, according to ABC Fas-Fax numbers." Ooooh BURN. [Folio] More »

Nothing Comes Between Kate Bosworth And Her Calvins

Jennifer — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:00:00 EST

Kate Bosworth is the new face of Calvin Klein jeans. Looks good enough to make us forget another girl named Kate who once was the face of CK jeans. [Vogue UK]

Glamour Attempts To Negotiate Peace Between Blacks, Bitchy Redheads

Moe — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:30:00 EST

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Not only did the Israelis meet with the Palestinians yesterday! Glamour Magazine met with black people. The topic at hand was Ashley Baker, the white former fashion blogger-editor from Kansas who told a bunch of lawyers that Afros and dreadlocks were a corporate "don't", although maybe she didn't exactly say that but either way now she's gone like Yasser Arafat, and yet institutional racism remains. Which is why, as many of the people who attended yesterday's event pointed out, Ashley's alleged statement was actually fairly accurate and pragmatic advice. What to do? No one knows! We weren't invited, but the reviews are in and it sounds like an amiable star-studded gabfest, replete with Veronica Chambers and Court TV's Jami Floyd and moderated by NPR's Farai Chideya, with one notable exception, chronicled by (white) blogger Girlbomb.

Kicked out of prime seat by A/V guy; denied alternate seat by snotty redhead, "waiting for [her] friend."

Posh Gets Glamour Editor Cindi Leive Thrown Out Of Boutique

Jennifer — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EDT

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Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive learned what it really feels like to be "just like us" when she got booted out of Parisian boutique Colette because Victoria Beckham had arrived to shop. And uh, Leive was in the middle of getting changed in the dressing room. Ouch. [Fashion Week Daily]

Glamour "Racist" Ashley Baker Calls Us, Sets Nappy Hair Story Straight

Moe — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:30:14 EDT

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Ousted Glamour "racist" Ashley Baker just called me, and as I expected, turned out not to be a racist. No, for real, when you hear the full story, which I'm not going to repeat because I'm going to ask you to trust me on this one, you think, well for one, not only is Ashley Baker not a racist, but it is kind of racist how other people at Glamour are using her public shaming as an opportunity to say "OMG Ashley is such a bitch and I hate her so much" as if it makes them official point guards on Team Nappy Hoes. But Ashley was in a tough position. "My experience is that when something like this happens, if you just come out immediately and tell the truth and say you're sorry, people will accept that," she said. "That's what I wanted to do" — and what she asked to do as soon as she saw the original post. Of course she couldn't, because working at Conde Nast magazines is really official and important and every statement needs to be parsed and vetted because they're like the National Security Agency that way. More »

'Glamour''s Suze Yalof Schwartz Hates Black Butts, Cannot Lie

Moe — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:00:36 EDT

Remember when that Glamour editor told luncheon full of lady lawyers that like, having black hair is one thing if you're, like, Allen Iverson or Sir Mixalot or whatever, but in the corporate world you needed to keep your politics out of your hair i.e. not be black? Okay, so then, remember how our sister site Gawker outed Glamour "Suze on Style" blogger and executive fashion editor Suze Yalof Schwartz as the probable culprit? So guys! Today on "Suze On Style"

I think I've truly seen it all now - check this out: The Brazilian Butt Enhancer. Seriously, I've never met someone who wanted a larger rear, have you?

Ha ha ha ha so you're blogging to us from the year 1957, Suze? Anyway, we consulted the writer of the original American Lawyer piece, Vivia Chen, on the incident for a reaction as to, you know, WTF. More »

'Glamour' Editor Cindi Leive: Smart, Sensitive...OMG We're Really Trying Hard Not To Judge!

Moe — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:05:29 EDT

Cindi Leive was the daughter of a scientist mom who attended the nation's nerdiest and most self-serious liberal arts college and interned at the Paris Review ... all so she could grow up to edit Glamour? Where her crowning achievements include... the online Do's And Don'ts forum, Alyssa Shelasky, Edgy English Teacher. We're not going to editorialize on this matter, because according to Sheila Kurtz's handwriting analysis, she's "exquisitely sensitive" to criticism and very easily "wounded." Also: no one we know has told us she's a bitch. Yet! More »

Omaha, Nebraska: Underground Fashion Capital

Jennifer — Tue, 01 May 2007 10:49:20 EDT

Indie pop band Tilly and the Wall announces Nebraskan style-revolution from the stage of the Coachella Music Festival, saying of their home state: "...you don't really have anywhere to buy clothes except for thrift stores so you just create it yourself, which has led to a ton of crazy style in Omaha." [WWD]

"Glamour" Editrix Cindi Leive Feels No Need To Exploit Her Motherlessness This Mother's Day

Moe — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:04:42 EDT

Sometimes we wonder why many of the tips so breathlessly recounted in Glamour — like "eat vegetables" (p. 154), "sunburns are unhealthy" (p. 129-146), and "if you have really big tits you will look kind of slutty in a string bikini" (p. 106) — are the type of things you our moms told us when we were like, ten*. We wonder no more. The gimlet eyes here at Jezebel have detected evidence in the latest issue — HOT OFF THE PRESSES, MIND YOU! — that suggests Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive is motherless, like Brooklyn! More »

Talking About Weight In Black And White

Anna Holmes — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:15:38 EST

The Huffington Post's Hannah Seligson published an interesting piece today on the issue of women — particularly those in the public eye — and their weight. More »