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...traditionally tailored clothing takes on a whole new allure. "Many people are out of work. They're looking for jobs, going on interviews," notes Colleen Sherin, fashion market director of Saks Fifth Avenue. "A jacket and the idea of protection and security that it brings can really give a woman confidence...
Piety alone is not the explanation for the change in dress. "The veil is the mask of Egyptian woman in a power struggle against the dictatorship of men," says Nabil Abdel Fattah of Cairo's al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies and author of The Politics of Religion. "The veil gives women more power in a man's world." Ziada, the human-rights activist, says the hijab--her headscarves are in pinks, pastels, floral prints and plaids, not drab black--provides protective cover and legitimacy for her campaigns...
There's no milewide grin in sight. She just wants to pick up her 4-year-old twins in peace and quiet. But seeing her in the role of a real-life 41-year-old woman who radiates confidence even while shaking with justifiable outrage is enough to make you fall in love with her all over again. Even the snarkiest bloggers declared themselves wowed. (See the top 10 movie performances...
Motherhood, by the way, looks good on her. Onscreen, she's lush and full: any woman who has breast-fed will recognize the source of her Duplicity cleavage. Her Claire makes Owen's Ray even more swoon-worthy; we know he appreciates a real woman. If you're nostalgic for the pretty woman in pink-and-black spandex, too bad. Roberts isn't shoehorning herself back into a prostitute's work outfit. She's too sensible to even try. All the more reason to hope she's still a trendsetter...
...document also laid out the idea that Benedict seemed to be alluding to on the papal plane. "To control the pandemic [of AIDS], it is necessary to promote responsible sexual behavior that is inculcated by means of authentic sexual education, that respects the dignity of man and woman, and that does not consider others as mere instruments of pleasure," wrote López Trujillo. " 'Safe sex' campaigns have led not to an increase in prudence, but to an increase in sexual promiscuity and condom use. Human behavior is an important factor in the transmission of AIDS. Without adequate education aimed...