InStyle magazines November 2008

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**Beyonce for InStyle magazine November 2008**

US InStyle magazine presents issue with Beyonce on November 2008 cover. Beyonce talks about style and fashion.

Must-Have Accessory:

I’m not dressed unless I have earrings on, like big hoops. I’ve always worn big earrings. Off the red carpet, I don’t really feel comfortable with many rings and bracelets on. I love earrings though.”

Obsession with Chanel:

I am obsessed with vintage Chanel jewelry. I once bought all the Chanel pieces that were on display at an antiques store in New York.

Favorite Designers:

Alexander McQueen and Jean Paul Gaultier are two designers I love right now. Their clothes are feminine, sexy and modern. I just went to the Giuseppe Zanotti showroom, and he had the most spectacular shoes. It was like being in a candy store—I was obsessed with every shoe! Right now, I love anything with a high platform.”

Style Icons:

Charlize Theron is always beautiful and feminine. I love her couture looks and dramatic silhouette. Halle Berry is elegant and sophisticated. I love that in the seventies Cher and Diana Ross looked like superstars and never played it safe. When they were onstage, they gave you drama—and I love drama.”

Pre-Superstar Style:

Growing up, I was a tomboy. I refused to carry a purse and wouldn’t wear a dress. That was the eighties and it was all about the hip-hop influence—baggy jeans and big shirts. [Her mother, Tina Knowles] hated it! But then I started singing and ended up watching all of the footage of the Supremes and Tina Turner. And I thought to myself, ‘They’re so beautiful. I want to be like them.’”

Off-Camera Style:

I’m a lot more conservative in my personal life. But even when I’m dressed down, I wear a nice shirt, nice jeans and stilettos. Even when I go on vacation, where no one’s going to see me, I enjoy picking out new clothes, bathing suits and accessories. I do it for myself because I enjoy fashion. It makes me feel like me.”

Latest Look:

I was going to do the shorter hair [for her new album] that I had when I performed with Tina Turner at the Grammys earlier this year, which I loved. But I’ve decided to wear my hair straight instead. I’ve had so many different hairstyles, and I don’t want this project to be about my hair. With my makeup, I was doing a lot of liquid liner before. Now I’m into a gold smoky eye and natural-tone lip.”

Nicole Kidman for Australian InStyle November 2008

Nicole Kidman is a super cover girl in November 2008. She does US Elle magazine and now you can see the cover of Australian InStyle magazine with her interview and great photoshoot.

The cover picture is new but the pictures inside are from the Australian Harper’s Bazaar magazine from earlier this year.

Eight-year-old InStyle unveils its repair in its November issue, out today with Nicole Kidman on the cover.

The November issue of InStyle has 290 pages and represents the ‘in full bloom’ issue for new editor Kerrie McCallum, formerly of Shop Til You Drop (ACP).

The magazine has been renewed to McCallum’s taste (like Nicole Kidman’s face). Which is timely, given the expected launch of News Magazines’ Glamour in January 2009 and stablemate Marie Claire‘s recent redconstructed and downsizing/compacting.

When InStyle came out no one (else) was doing six pages of red carpet looks,” McCallum says. “But over time people take bits of a successful formula and apply it. Now everyone does them.

InStyle will always use celebrities as inspiration. But they have broadened their idea of what a celebrity is. InStyle now recognises that taste-makers have become celebrities in their own right. That might be a talented chef or a jewellery maker. It isn’t just people you see on the red carpet.”

Pacific Magazines’ InStyle is the latest women’s glossy to be revamped as new mags put pressure on old models to shape up.

The key change is a lesser focus on red carpet looks, in accordance with a directive to all international editions of InStyle issued from New York by licence-holder Time Inc.

Almost every page has been redesigned, McCallum says. Sections have been reorganised under three main headings: “The Look”, “Your Look” and “Shop It”. The beauty section has been expanded and now includes a page dedicated to perfume.