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...carpet, stripped off her floor-length black coat to reveal silver hip huggers and a matching tube top and sang, "I think I did it again/I made you believe..." And for a few wondrous moments, Rachel and her 10 girlfriends did believe that Britney Spears was in the house, lip-synching in front of the marble fireplace and rocking chair in Rachel's North Salem, N.Y., living room. On this recent Saturday, Shannon Connor, 21, an impersonator in hot demand at birthday parties throughout the New York City area, chose one of her more modest costumes, opting against what...
...most of the time it makes us feel bad because we don't match up." She recalls that the pressure to look good began in fourth grade, when a lot of her peers started worrying about their weight. Now a sixth-grader, Sarah has a formidable collection of lip gloss, nail polish and eye glitter (the only makeup her mother allows her to wear). Yet even she believes there should be limits: she would never wear some of Britney's more daring attire, she says, because "there's a difference between looking cool and looking like a slut...
...When does the game of dress-up, which used to take place at home with Mom's red lipstick, become a worrying reality? Fira Cosmetics claims to target females ages 12 to 28, but girls as young as five are buying such products as the $12 Special Hits, 10 lip glosses and eye shadows contained in a CD case. "The music scene is driving the young scene," says president Ira Adler, explaining why his company packaged the makeup that way. "Britney and some of the other music groups are bursting with glitter and cosmetics." Kiss Products, a leading manufacturer...
Harvard, and other private universities, are now largely in the hands of baby boomers, whose generation paid lip service to the idea of open university governance in the 60s. Now they're in charge and they are passing on the same old habits to a generation already roundly criticized for its apathy...
...first solo sunset. "I married at 19 and had always traveled with my husband," she says. "I thought, How am I going to do this by myself?" Today Hannon can handle much rougher stuff. Her tip for dealing with the exotic bouquet of some foreign toilets? Dab menthol lip balm under your nose and journey...