Marie Claire: Bling On Your Pants, Swank In A Lake

Why does Hilary Swank look so worried on the cover of the November Marie Claire? Maybe because she got a look at the obnoxious questions MC editor in chiefJoanna Coles was about to ask her. More »

Lindsay Lohan, Couturiere; People Are Angry At Ralph Lauren

• Lindsay Lohan, finally addressing her disastrously received first Ungaro collection, says, "I am learning." But she will be back in Paris for the next show! "It's already in January. I thought it was in March." January? January means couture.

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'Marie Claire' Editor Joanna Coles Has Huge Handwriting, Frontal Lobe

Time for another incredibly revealing look at women's magazine editor signatures. Next up: Marie Claire editor Joanna Coles, who took over the helm of the Hearst magazine 15 months ago. After the jump, graphologist Sheila Kurtz weighs in on the blonde British import, suggesting that perhaps that despite her magazine's steadily-declining September ad pages, Coles' good intentions and big ideas (maybe even the plagiarized ones?) might save 'Marie Claire' after all. More »

Is A Pair of Jeans 'Ever' Worth $555? 'Marie Claire' Sure Isn't Saying!

Of all the women's 'service' magazines, Marie Claire seems the most well-meaning. Unlike its competitors, the magazine has none of those Jekyll & Hyde-type "Love Your Body... But Lose 10 Lbs. Fast" sorts of stories. No ridiculous tips on incorporating foodstuffs into sex play. And it has a global perspective often missing among its competitors (in the August issue the magazine reports on the disturbing trend of Western women who 'outsource' their pregnancies to women on the Indian subcontinent). But the good intentions only go so far — especially when fashion editors and prickly advertisers are involved! More »

We Feel 'Marie Claire' Editor Lucy Kaylin's Pain

Just a few minutes ago, Marie Claire executive editor Lucy Kaylin said something to which we can totally, not at all relate! Visiting with NYC public radio host Brian Lehrer to plug her new book, The Perfect Stranger: The Truth About Mothers and Nannies, Kaylin let it slip that "If I wasn't getting paid, I wouldn't be there." "There", meaning, well, Marie Claire! Well, we sorta sympathize. After all, it's been a little over a year since Joanna Coles took over as editor-in-chief at the magazine, and the "smart girl's book" still seems to be finding its footing, a fact to which we can relate! But when it comes to women the magazine loves and women it doesn't... well, it's time for Marie Claire to stake a position, and fast. From what we can tell after looking at the July issue, the magazine's editors don't much like boozed-up Hollywood brats like Paris Hilton, Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan; in fact, in the space of just 41 glossy, full-color pages, the aforementioned "celebutantes" are held up as cautionary tales in stories regarding pride in the female gender (Page 108: Paris Hilton's no Joan of Arc!); sex tapes (Pages 135-6) ; and the virtues of abstinence until marriage (Pages 142, 147: Some girls don't give it up as easily as Lindsay!). But then, bam! More »