The NO-MAKEUP MAKEUP Revolution

GLOSSIER may have helped usher in our current \"YOU BUT BETTER\" era, but the origins of NATURAL-LOOKING MAKEUP go back decades. Here, a brief history of WHO STARTED it, WHO RAN with it, and how it TRANSFORMED the way we THINK ABOUT BEAUTY.

TOUCH Grass

Floral designer HIKARI YOKOYAMA understands the BENEFITS of BLOOMS. Her GUIDE to the GLOBE'S BEST GARDENS invites a RECONSIDERATION of our RELATIONSHIP with NATURE.

It's a SLIVING

Our columnist, DEREK C. BLASBERG, takes a spin with PARIS HILTON through her state-of-the-art at-home BEAUTY SPA and talks to the multitasking mogul about why her love of more—in both PERSONAL CARE and PROFESSIONAL FABULOUSNESS—is infinitely more FUN

HEART on the Sleeve

A new FILM ADAPTATION of the French coming-of-age novel BONJOUR TRISTESSE uses CLOTHES to explore the COMPLEXITIES of WOMANHOOD for a NEW ERA

On the BODY

CANCER transformed SULEIKA JAOUAD's relationship with her body as she navigated the devastating EFFECTS of the disease. But as she reveals in this excerpt from her new book, she has learned to EMBRACE—and even find BEAUTY in—that JOURNEY.

Everlasting BEAUTY

Of all the SUPERMODELS, LINDA EVANGELISTA was always SINGULARLY SUPER. But NOW she has a DIFFERENT STORY to tell—about TRUTH, BEAUTY, and learning to LOVE YOURSELF, scars and all.

CRAIG MCDEAN, JANUARY 2000

SOMETHING IN THE AIR was undeniably different at the turn of the 21st century; that much was evident.

"WHAT represents 'NOW' to me is this idea of HOPE. We are LIVING in some very DARK and SCARY times, but I have to find HOPE."

The dance work that you see us performing here is called 2x 4.

FACES of NOW ALEX CONSANI, PALOMA ELSESSER, and ANOK YAI MEET the MOMENT with GRIT and GRACE

When Richard Avedon guest-edited the April 1965 edition of Harper's Bazaar, the issue was billed as \"a partial passport to the offbeat side of Now.\"

RASHID JOHNSON on looking INWARD, being PRESENT, and seeing through the MOMENT

The idea of \"now\" has always been central to my project as an artist-and it's central because it's complicated.

Unfaded GLORY

How GUESS is REMAKING itselffor a NEW GENERATION of DENIM LOVERS

IT'S TABI Time

MARGIELA's singular SPLIT-TOE STYLE has eluded our FASHION NEWS DIRECTOR for years, but now she's EMBRACING a new way of HOOFING IT

IRA MADISON III was skeptical that LIBERATION could be found on a DANCE floor.But the QUEER JOY of raves and techno music was IMPOSSIBLE to RESIST.An ARTISTIC RENAISSANCE called from the DJ BOOTH.

After I'd had a TASTE of a WORLD where PEOPLE could dance ALL NIGHT, getting out of their heads, I WANTED MORE.

We L.A.

When things get ROUGH, Mr. Rogers once advised, \"look for the HELPERS.\" In the wake of the Los Angeles fires, DEREK C. BLASBERG found some-and a city transformed.

Amazing ARCTIC

Beyond the recent HEADLINES, GREENLAND and the FAROE ISLANDS offer worlds to EXPLORE

SHINE On

It's LIP GLOSS's moment of GLORY, and the current versions are anything but juvenile. What was once an ENTRY POINT into makeup has taken CENTER STAGE in the cosmetics aisle and even become a coveted accessory. Ahead, the juicy formulas-from GLOSSES to OILS to TINTED BALMS-to carry for both HYDRATION and CLOUT.

Right HERE, Right NOW

What does a MOMENT look like? How do you capture the ENERGY of one and what's in the AIR? We asked 16 ARTISTS, WRITERS, and THINKERS to show us the way.

HOMECOMING

ANOK YAI returns to HOWARD UNIVERSITY, where she was discovered as a model. It's a sacred space that CAPTURES the best of the AMERICAN SPIRIT and the RELENTLESS DRIVE toward FREEDOM.

WHY DON'T YOU Embrace GLAMOUR?

Having GOOD TASTE will NOT make you HAPPY. CULTIVATING your INNER AESTHETE might.

What's in STORE?

Shopping IN PERSON has never been more INSPIRING. Here, some of our favorite INDIE shops, VINTAGE BOUTIQUES, and MULTIBRAND MECCAS across the U.S.

BANGKOK and BEYOND

The new setting for White Lotus, THAILAND has much to OFFER BEYOND beaches and backpackers

The NEW New Looks

INDEPENDENT DESIGNERS are heralding an END to QUIET LUXURY with their spectacularly SINGULAR VISIONS

RIHANNA

A TITAN of MUSIC, a MOTHER of two, a self-made MOGUL, and the newly minted FACE of DIOR J'ADORE 20 years since her first chart-topping single, just might have MANIFESTED her DREAM LIFE

Bringing UP BABY2BABY

How KELLY SAWYER PA and NORAH WEINSTEIN transformed an L.A. NONPROFIT into a CELEB-STUDDED fundraising JUGGERNAUT-and a LIFELINE for families everywhere

Open BOOK

AMY GRIFFIN has always been a HIGH ACHIEVER-a competitive RUNNER turned successful VENTURE INVESTOR who has made it her BUSINESS to SUPPORT other WOMEN. But as she details in her POWERFUL new MEMOIR, The Tell, there are SOME THINGS that not even she could OUTRUN.

High BROW

Whispers of a SKINNY-BROW RESURGENCE stoked panic. FEAR NOT! What's actually in for brows is whatever SHAPE, COLOR, and STYLE suits you best. Ahead, the NEW RULES for your BEST BROWS EVER, whether you want to achieve the PERFECT ARCH or a FLUFFY LOOK or tweeze (gasp) a LITTLE THINNER.

The ART of GIVING

This month, our columnist, DEREK C. BLASBERG, talks to AWAY cofounder and CEO JEN RUBIO about the free admission program she helped create at New York's WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, what it means to BUILD a PHILANTHROPIC LEGACY, and why ACCESS might be the greatest gift of ALL

REPAIR Your HAIR

THE ART and SCIENCE of LOOKING and FEELING Your Best

How I Learned to STOP WORRYING and LOVE the BOT

After my HUSBAND LEFT ME, I brought an AI BOYFRIEND to our couples resort vacation to STAVE OFF GRIEF. Then I learned many WOMEN are using AI to SUPPORT the heavy lifting of INVISIBLE and EMOTIONAL labor in their DAILY RELATIONSHIPS.

PETER LINDBERGH, MARCH 2007

FASHION OFTEN LIKES to draw on the past, returning to the mood board of reliably revolutionary ideas and inspirations-the ones that thrilled us when we first saw them and never fail to deliver that familiar jolt of excitement when they resurface on the runways, in the culture, and in our feeds and lives.