Before The Hot Pink Party earlier this year, I had a chance to talk fashion and beauty with the always-elegant Evelyn H. Lauder, senior corporate vice president of The Estée Lauder Companies and published photographer. I asked her if, as head of one of the largest cosmetics companies in the world, she had a beauty philosophy. Her response: Beauty is all around us, if we take the time to notice it. It was no surprise, then, that she took her fashion cue that night from the natural world—looking like an exotic butterfly in a diaphanous Alexander McQueen printed dress, and looking completely like herself. We are all at our most beautiful when the fashion we choose reflects our true natures.

With this Fall Fashion issue, we moved some of the season’s edgiest looks into nature, showing off wools, silks, fur, leather and feathers in the parks of the city’s Emerald Necklace. Actress Rebecca Hall, who stars in Ben Affleck’s latest movie, The Town, models tailored men’s looks. We loved seeing her and Ben filming in Copley and around Boston last year, and this September we’re excited to see the results on-screen. We also devote an entire feature to health and wellness, uncovering some of the Hub’s hidden beauty secrets, amazing spas outside the city, the most exclusive fitness programs and skincare, and the top cosmetic dentists, surgeons and treatments—all the things we’re most passionate about. Because beauty and passion are always in fashion.

JANICE O’LEARY
EDITOR IN CHIEF

	Rachel Leigh
	Meichi Peng

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