February Covers

February 1994

WHO Kirstie Alley, 43
WHY The actress recently starred in Look Who's Talking Now, and with Cheers ending its run, Alley was taking a much-needed break in Maine.
NOTABLE QUOTE "I've achieved a lot of goals in my life. I'm happily married and I'm happy in my work. But, being a mother has given me a whole new purpose."

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February 1995

WHO Sally Field, 48
WHY The Oscar-winning actress had recently appeared in Forrest Gump and was starring in the TV miniseries, A Woman of Independent Means.
NOTABLE QUOTE "I have always kept boundaries for myself," she says. "It's been one of the things in my life I felt I couldn't quite overcome, a flaw in my nature. Katie [Capshaw] and Goldie [Hawn] have been really instrumental in teaching me how to have friends, what you're supposed to do. I was always working, and I lost out on that part of life."

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February 1996

WHO Demi Moore, 34; Elizabeth Hurley, 31; and Michelle Pfeiffer, 38
WHY These three actresses were prime examples of how Hollywood stars transform their looks over the years. Moore went from slightly pouty girl next door to buffed and self-possessed stripper next door. Hurley traded in her English punk-princess look for a more polished cover girl and Estee Lauder "face." And Pfeiffer went from California beauty queen to sexy screen siren.

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February 1997

WHO Paula Abdul, 35 and [former husband] Brad Beckerman
WHY InStyle featured celebrity weddings in this issue, including the intricate details of Abdul's star-studded affair.
WEARING A Badgley Mischka wedding gown.
NOTABLE QUOTE "I'm the first bride of Badgley Mischka."

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February 1998

WHO Kevin Bacon, 39 and Kyra Sedgwick, 32
WHY The married couple talked about their real-life love story, and were starring in the films Wild Things and Critical Care, respectively.
WEARING A Calvin Klein tank on Bacon and a Dolce & Gabbana top on Sedgwick.
NOTABLE QUOTE Bacon insists, "our life isn't as nauseatingly perfect as it seems. We have our problems." "Absolutely," nods Kyra. "It's a constant struggle to keep things balanced. We work at it."

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February 1999

WHO Cindy Crawford, 31 and Rande Gerber, 36
WHY The model couple kicked off another celebrity weddings issue, sharing photos from their hush-hush ceremony in the Bahamas.
WEARING Crawford wore a John Galliano slip dress.
NOTABLE QUOTE "I chose the Galliano [dress] and had it lined, because it was very see-through. I also had a Valentino dress I loved, but in the end I wore the Galliano. Rande liked it better because it was shorter! So that's what he got."

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February 2000

WHO Winona Ryder, 28
WHY The doe-eyed actress was starring opposite Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted and Richard Gere in Autumn in New York.
WEARING A blue sequin Badgley Mischka dress.
NOTABLE QUOTE "Living in the computer age, I'm just terrified that we're never going to have human contact ever again. I love the idea of touching the paper, feeling the texture of [a book]. It's so much more romantic."

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February 2001

WHO Jennifer Lopez, 30
WHY Lopez was releasing her second album, J.Lo and starring alongside Matthew McConaughey in The Wedding Planner.
WEARING A silver tulle halter Randolph Duke dress and Fred Leighton N.Y.C. earrings.
NOTABLE QUOTE "I like things sexy but comfortable-nothing black. Black is drab. I enjoy softer things: light, bright, shimmery. I don't like to wear black leather-I think it looks hard on me."

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February 2002

WHO Michelle Pfeiffer, 43
WHY The star was appearing in I Am Sam with Sean Penn and Dakota Fanning.
WEARING A printed top and pink suede jacket by Louis Vuitton and 7 For All Mankind jeans.
NOTABLE QUOTE "Balance is not in my nature. It was always all or nothing for me. Now I think I'm more apt to make mistakes. But I'm also more apt to surprise myself."

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February 2003

WHO Drew Barrymore, 28
WHY Barrymore was starring in her 35th and 36th films, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Duplex.
WEARING An Emanuel Ungaro silk jersey dress with detachable silk-georgette rose.
NOTABLE QUOTE "Marriage is definitely not a goal right now, but I still want to have fun and be alive," she says. "I am so in love with love."

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February 2004

WHO Liv Tyler, 26
WHY After completing her role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Tyler returned to a more earthly part in Jersey Girl.
WEARING A red Vera Wang draped silk jersey gown.
NOTABLE QUOTE "My career has never been a calculated thing," she says. "I wouldn't know how to live like that. I just follow my heart."

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February 2005

WHO Nicole Kidman, 38
WHY The Aussie actress was starring in The Interpreter with Sean Penn and Bewitched with Will Ferrell.
WEARING A silver beaded gown by Chanel, Neil Lane diamond necklaces and a Fred Leighton diamond bracelet.
NOTABLE QUOTE "I heard about a study that says that men speak 1,500 words a day and women speak 5,000, and I said, 'Well, then I'm a man,' because sometimes I'd just rather be quiet and still."

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February 2006

WHO Uma Thurman, 35
WHY The Kill Bill star was filming Super Ex-Girlfriend, co-starring Luke Wilson.
WEARING A red dress by Donna Karan Collection and a Stephen Dweck cuff.
NOTABLE QUOTE "By the time I was 27, when I had my daughter, I felt I had danced on every tabletop-which I hadn't. Now I know that I hadn't. At all. There are plenty of tabletops left, should I wish to dance on them."

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February 2007

15 Years of InStyle - Oscar Highlights - Cover Girls - Hilary Swank - Halle Berry - Barbara Streisand

WHO Hilary Swank, 32
WHY The Oscar winner was starring in the film Freedom Writers with Patrick Dempsey.
WEARING A pleated Oscar de la Renta dress.
NOTABLE QUOTE "I absolutely couldn't have made it through the last year without my friends. It was hard for me to say, 'Yeah, I need help.' But I did let go, and it was a relief."

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February 2008

WHO Halle Berry, 41
WHY The Oscar winner got personal, touching on everything from the arrival of her first child to the storage of her orange Bond bikini.
WEARING A Donna Karan Collection dress, Lorraine Schwartz earrings, and bracelets and rings by Cartier.
NOTABLE QUOTE "My skin is aglow from all the hormones. I actually wear less makeup now, which is really good. I want to stay pregnant forever."

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February 2009

WHO Kate Winslet, 33
WHY The double Golden Globe winner is starring in Revolutionary Road and The Reader.
WEARING A Herve Leger by Max Azria dress, Cartier earrings, a ring by DVF by H. Stern, Fred Leighton cuff, and bangles by Cartier and David Yurman.
NOTABLE QUOTE "I don't feel like a movie star in my life at all... I don't have my own plane. I don't have a chef or a trainer. It's very much a hat that you wear, and as soon as the event's over, the hat comes off. I'm back to being me and being Mummy, and that's my priority."

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