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Katherine Bernard


Tim Walker, Vogue, September 2012It's time to talk a blue streak about baby-blue streaks-and similarly unexpected hues of dusty-orange, pale-violet, buttercup-yellow, or rose-gold hair color. Whatever the precise shade, the once rebellious beauty statement is stepping away from its aggressively punk roots-think DIY bathtub Manic Panic dye jobs and acid-bright Kool-Aid rinses-and into softer, more elegant territory these days.

Take, for instance, the sight of model Natalia Vodianova closing Givenchy's recent fall fashion show with a headful of blush-pink Victorian pin curls-and a sheer floor-length finale skirt with embroidery to match.

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Off the runway, too, the trend holds a powerful new grown-up appeal. "Many of my clients actually rocked colored hair back in the nineties, but now they want something that doesn't make them look too young and St. Mark's-y," says New York City-based colorist Aura Friedman of the sudden shift toward a quieter

Evelyn Crowley

Gravity: fundament of physics, foe of aging physiques. Those of us north of 30 must go the extra mile (literally) to maintain the sort of shape that, at nineteen, came with the territory. In Hollywood, especially, where youth and beauty are considered tantamount to talent, the pressure to stay toned and looking fit is enormous. Recently, however, several leading ladies seem to have cracked the code, debuting enviable proportions that aren't just on par with-but an actual improvement from-their days as dewy ingenues. Gwyneth Paltrow's sheer Antonio Berardi dress at this week's Hollywood Iron Man 3 premiere drew gasps not because it was risqué but because the 40-year-old star looked so phenomenal in it. And, at 47, House of Cards' Robin Wright's svelte arms and muscular calves are nothing short of inspirational. Here, Vogue.com takes a look at those whose bodies, like a fine cabernet, have gotten better with age.

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Jancee Dunn

At a recent art opening near New York's High Line, the air was practically opaque on the sidewalk, thanks to an assemblage of gallery sylphs, cigarettes dangling from their manicured fingers. At another event, at the Lever House on Park Avenue, it seemed like half the stylish crowd was huddled outside by the entrance, puffing away as they teetered on their stilettos. Didn't these people read the headline-making study in the New England Journal of Medicine? Earlier this year, it reported a steep increase in tobacco-related ailments among female smokers, who are now more likely to die of lung cancer than men who smoke. Equally bleak news came from a separate study published in the same issue of the NEJM: It found that women who smoke die, on average, a full decade sooner than nonsmokers.

Yet despite the warnings, one in five Americans still lights up. Fortunately, the same NEJM study found that kicking the habit at any age dramatically lengthens your life expectancy. In

Chioma Nnadi


Charlotte Rampling was shot by Helmut Newton multiple times in the seventies, often wearing little more than an alluring Mona Lisa smile. Yet there is one black-and-white Newton of the French bombshell taken for Vogue in 1978 in which she is covered head to toe, dressed in a handsome two-piece houndstooth suit by Yves Saint Laurent-and arguably at her most smoldering. "I actually think a really feminine body is the best foil to an androgynous wardrobe," says Vogue.com Contributing Photographer Rachel Chandler Guinness, who counts the actress as one of her style icons. "In some ways it's more sexy than a dress." Like Rampling, she is at her best in pants (she wore a wide-legged pair by Céline on her wedding day), regularly borrows button-downs from her husband (stylist Tom Guinness), and somehow doesn't quite fit the classic tomboy mold. "When you're wearing a masculine silhouette, there needs to be a contrast," says Chandler Guinness who keeps her nails polished, Manolos

Ning Chao

Low and swooping, Balenciaga and Calvin Klein Collection's plunging necklines for spring are destined to make the pulse race-but with their décolleté-revealing cuts, they may stir up a few butterflies, too. "Most women are religious about using sunscreen on their face, but don't apply anything to the neck," says New York City dermatologist Pat Wexler of the oft-neglected area, which, along with the chest, is among the first to show the early signs of aging. Long-term damage can result in sun spots, crepiness, wrinkles, and a loss of youthful definition, while post-winter dullness and patchiness leave skin looking uneven. Dior's satin organza spring runway scarves may offer quick camouflage. Come sundress season, however, chances are you'll need more help. Here's how to smooth and treat the area just in time for a little warm-weather exposure-from the best in-office treatments to the most transformative treatment serums and creams.

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Alexandra Macon

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Thick, swingy, extra-long hair is having a moment, if a look at the recent fall fashion collections is any indication. Bianca Brandolini and Tallulah Harlech were spotted front-row at the Giambattista Valli show with unprecedented waist-skimming lengths, while Gabriella Wilde caused a stir at Burberry with her center-parted blonde hair spilling down the back of her navy cape. The backstage scene was no exception, with runway (and street-style) favorites Caroline Brasch Nielsen and Tilda Lindstam sporting extra-long lengths-even by model standards. Also offering proof of its instantly youth-embuing effects: Los Angeles-based model Kirsty Hume, whose thick rope of honey-colored hair has been her signature since the early nineties, and actresses Sofía Vergara and Amanda Seyfried.

Around the Vogue offices, the look has long had a serious fan base, with too many die-hard devotees to count on one hand.

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"It feels very

In today's beauty tutorial, makeup artist Alice Lane dips into an arsenal of subtle, light-reflective creams-patting them along the cheekbones, bridge of the nose, and even the cupid's bow of the mouth in the service of creating supernaturally radiant skin. Here, Vogue's expanded guide to the products you'll need to get the look, from the right champagne-hued highlighting stick to the perfect just-pinched cheek color.

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The Duchess of Cambridge is known to repeat an outfit or two-recycling looks is practically her M.O. At five-and-a-half-months pregnant, her baby bump is only just now starting to show, and she's been spotted out and about shopping for new clothes that accommodate her burgeoning belly, in addition to reworking tried and true looks from her own closet. Since no one wants to spend a small fortune on maternity clothes they're never going to want to see again after the baby's born, we've taken a page from the Duchess's playbook and pulled together the necessary maternity wear that can go from day to night, from five months to due date, and versatile pieces that you can wear long past baby's first steps-because when a look works, you should work it hard.

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