This month we looked back at the highlights of the '00s. We examined the words that conjure up images of popular culture (just) gone by, celebrated our favorite female writers, and got inspired by 10 preeminent women of the decade.
But it wasn't all pretty.
Beauty, pharmaceuticals and cosmetology seemed to collide this decade with the invention of many new beauty treatments. Everything from highly concentrated serums, to lip plumpers, safe forms of botulism injections we've come to know as botox, makeup made from pure minerals, meat preservatives that can be used to make your skin look tan, at home teeth whiteners and laser hair removal have become accessible to us. This has certainly been a banner and exciting decade to be a beauty junkie!
Best of 2009 Slideshow: Hot New Couples!
Best of 2009 Slideshow: Shirtless Brits!
Best of the Decade Slideshow: Britain's Biggest Stars!
As a new decade inches closer, I'm still reminiscing about all the highs and lows in the entertainment industry over the past 10 years. Now that I've shared my favorite movies, TV shows, and albums, here's a list that's a little more personal: my biggest guilty pleasures. Truth be told there are many indulgences beyond this list, but here's a little compilation of some of my favorites in the sillier side of entertainment.
Each month we bring you the best new books with the Must Reads, but we rarely talk about the writers behind them. Check out some of our favorite contemporary female writers of the decade, and vote on your favorite at the end.
Don't forget to check out the rest of our Best of Decade and Best of 2009 coverage, and defend your favorites in our Best of 2009 group!
The '00s gave us the forever-evolving, instantly gratifying Internet, but not without hacking away at our beloved magazines. From 2000 through 2009, we watched some of our favorite glossies make one last print run. And as much as we love the Internet, it will never tie pop culture up each month, wrap it in plastic, and wait, to thrill us, in our mailboxes.
Without the designers who defined the decade, the models of the decade would be naked. Here are 15 renegades who stand out as artisans and advocates of our favorite industry. These are the tastemakers, trendsetters, troublemakers.