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1 RIDE ALONG Make the morning commute more bearable by bypassing some of the traffic on two wheels— National Bike to Work Day is May 15. Just beware helmet hair. 2 BIG EYES Fashion fanatics, rejoice: Iris Apfel (above), the whimsical 93-year-old bespectacled style icon, is the subject of Iris, a documentary by late filmmaker Albert Maysles, opening this month. 3. PARTY CITY This year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (April 24 to May 3) has two things we love: John Legend’s swoon-inducing sound and beignets all day. 4. BIKINI BABE Hit the beach looking like a Mad Men extra with Rebecca Taylor’s ’70sinspired swimwear—the capsule collection, a collaboration with Giejo, hits stores this spring. (Bikini top, $125, bottoms, $104, Rebecca Taylor x Giejo; rebeccataylor.com) 5. A DIFFERENT WORLD…
GET FRESH OUR MAY COVER STARS MIGHT BE RELATIVELY NEW TO HOLLYWOOD, BUT THESE FRESH FACES ARE BRINGING THE IT FACTOR IN SPADES. GO BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE SHOOT TO SEE WHAT WE MEAN. MARIECLAIRE.COM/FRESH-FACES INSTA-BEAT OUR PHOTO-HAPPY EDITORS HASH(TAG) IT OUT THE BEST WEEKEND Memorial Day weekend: a gift from the gods (and the federal government). Make sure you get everything out of your extra 24 hours with these genius ideas. MARIECLAIRE.COM/LONG-WEEKEND THE NO E-MAIL EXPERIMENT That constant nagging knowledge that no matter how on top of your inbox you are, you’ll never be on top of it enough. Know the feeling? Yeah, same here—which is why we went without e-mail for an entire week. It was … scary? Freeing? Amazing? Read our report at MARIECLAIRE.COM/NO-E-MAIL. CH-CH-CH-CHANGES WORRIED…
Welcome to our Global Beauty Issue, an annual celebration of beauty customs, rituals, and dream products from around the world—which also happens to have the longest cover (36 inches) ever produced in magazine history! I hope you enjoy getting to know this year’s Fresh Faces— Iggy Azalea, Zoë Kravitz, Hailee Steinfeld, Felicity Jones, and Kate Upton—as much as we did. Each one is a revelation in her own way. Iggy moved from Australia to Miami on her own at 16. Actress/musician Zoë may soon become a triple threat, now that she’s writing screenplays. Hailee recorded her first song at 13, which should come in handy for this month’s Pitch Perfect 2. Thank God Felicity picked acting over law, and Kate, an accomplished equestrienne, isn’t just competitive in horseback riding, but…
IN OUR INBOX MARGOT’S MOMENT Margot Robbie is my new girl crush, so I loved seeing her on the cover [“Mad About Margot”]! She is crazy-talented and has this Old Hollywood glamour about her. It’s great to see her get the fame she deserves and still remain so poised and elegant. She truly is remarkable. —Tiffany Baxi, Troy, MI Wherever you’re talking about MC—Twitter, Facebook, blogs, snail mail, or e-mail—we’re listening. Here’s how you responded to our March 2015 issue … TECH SUPPORT I love your features on women in the world. The tech story in the latest issue has been my favorite by far [“Tech Influencers”]! I love knowing there are women out there I can look up to who haven’t necessarily made headlines. —Jesi Stuvek, Lynnwood, WA CONSCIOUS…
PHOTOGRAPHER DAN MARTENSEN @danmartensen (Instagram) “Once you spend a few minutes with any of them, you understand why you’ve been asked to put them on the cover of a magazine,” says Martensen, who shot May’s Fresh Faces cover stars (“Brave New Girls,” p. 144). “I wanted the photos to feel easy and cool—to connect the girls with the reader without too many bells and whistles. It’s always nice to feel like you’ve met the person you’re looking at in a magazine, right?” Secretly obsessed with: Real estate. Style icon: “My wife!” CONTRIBUTING EDITOR ALEXANDRA ROBBINS @AlexndraRobbins “There’s so much the public doesn’t know about nurses, who are egregiously underappreciated,” says Robbins. The D.C.-based writer used her new book, The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes…
IGGY AZALEA Instagram:@thenewclassic HAILEE STEINFELD Instagram and Twitter: @haileesteinfeld ZOË KRAVITZ Instagram: @zoeisabellakravitz FELICITY JONES KATE UPTON Instagram and Twitter: @kateupton…
