Glamour USA - September 2016

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What comes to mind when you think of rose
perfume? Grandma? Laura Ashley? Underwear-drawer
sachets? I’m telling you, forget
all that. The new rose blends are less stuffy
and more like perfume’s equivalent of
second-day hair—dirty, but in a good way.
Here’s why: These perfumes mix rose not
with classic fruit and powder notes but with
unexpected, sensual ingredients like musk,
oud, sea salt, and earthy patchouli. (My faves
include Elizabeth and James’ Nirvana Rose
and Molton Brown’s Rosa Absolute.) “Dirty
rose” is suddenly unapologetically sexy, and
the only way I’ll be wearing floral this fall.
—Katheryn Erickson, beauty writer
Nothing grosses me out
more than bugs. But that was
before I saw the scarab collection
from fine jeweler Bibi
van der Velden, based on the
iridescent insects revered
by ancient Egyptians. Other
brands are making beetleinspired
bling too (like this
$25 Banana Republic pin),
and now my worst nightmare
actually looks…elegant.
—Elissa Velluto, senior
accessories editor
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When @glamourmag posted this photo of
me wearing an Eloquii dress, I was excited
to read the comments. I loved the bright,
f louncy number for its curve-boosting
factor, but I get that taste is personal. So
I wasn’t at all offended when—an hour
later—the dress had been deemed “ugly,”
“terrible,” and “no bueno.” What did cause
me sudden-onset anger? The number of
women who called it “unflattering,” as in,
“this is the most unflattering thing I’ve ever
seen.” Here’s where I call bullshit: Unflattering
is just a code word for “not slimming,”
and shocking as it may seem, this size 12
The
Rant
woman doesn’t choose clothes for the sole
purpose of appearing elongated, slimmer,
or sucked in. Curves are all well and good,
these commenters seemed to be saying, as
long as you wear Spanx and head-to-toe
black and stay away from stripes (never
mind stripes and ruffles). In other words,
while we’re embracing women of all sizes
as never before, we’ve yet to accept that successful
dressing doesn’t mean minimizing
our bodies. So know this: If you hate what
I’m wearing, I can take it! But I like my curves,
and I don’t want to “f latter” them away.
—Lauren Chan, associate fashion writer