Sunday, February 27, 2011

10 highlights from allure's beauty timeline

Yes, I did go out and buy the March (20th anniversary) issue of Allure.  And I love the fold out cover to set it all off with a timeline of the past 20 years of beauty.
Remember back in ...
  • 1991, when Demi Moore was featured "very pregnant and very nude" on the cover of Vanity Fair, causing many to stir?
  • 1992, when Veronica Webb became the first African-American to have a cosmetics contract (with Revlon)?  
  • 1999, when Felicity star Keri Russell cut off her long curls and the show dropped 20 spots in the Nielsen ratings? (Really, America?)
  • 2000, when David Sedaris popularized the term "tanorexic" with the publication of  his book Me Talk Pretty One Day
  • 2003, when model Gisele Bundschen turned down a multimillion-dollar offer to become the face of cloning service Clonaid?
  • 2005, when Dove's Real Beauty campaign featured women who weren't professional models (and caused sales to jump)?
  • 2006, when Kevyn Aucoin's Making Faces (still one of my favorite makeup reference books!!) shared the New York Times best-seller list with Angela's Ashes?
  • (also in) 2006, when black nails became such a "hot trend" that Chanel's Black Satin polish, normally $18, could be found on eBay for $50? (?!!?)
  • 2007, when a photo of Jennifer Love Hewitt in a swimsuit hit the internet, and some folks felt the need to comment negatively, causing her to respond "To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini--puit it on and stay strong." (yes, hello!)
  • 2008, when Helen Mirren was photographed in a bikini, just before her 63rd birthday looking hawt?
Now, those were just the things that jumped out at me, but check it out for yourselves.  Which are your favorite moments of beauty past?

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