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First Hollywood Fitness Issue

In June '95, three years to the month before Sex and the City first aired, Sarah Jessica Parker(demurely) showed off her bikini bod.

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First Shoe Featured

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These Manolo Blahniks started it all in September '94, but thousands have followed in their sexy footsteps.

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First "What's Sexy Now"

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Cindy Crawford's

turn-ons in September '95? Silk nightgowns, caviar and champagne, Prince's "Little Red Corvette." And don't forget the back rub!

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First Celebrity Profile

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For our premiere, Barbra Streisand invited us into her Malibu house to see all the work she'd done over 20 years. "You can't control life; you can control movies and interiors," she said.

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First "Look" Designer

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"Poetic tailoring!" raved InStyle fashion director Hal Rubenstein of Richard Tyler's "unfailingly flattering" trademark jackets in June '94.

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First Man of Style

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"I'm a suit guy," Michael Jordan told us in December '96. "I have anywhere from 100 to 150."

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First Lipstick Featured

We showcased Kiss My Face's preservative-free Starlet Scarlet in our first issue (June '94). Hey, we were ecoconscious before it was trendy!

Tell us! What's the best fashion or beauty tip you've taken from the pages of InStyle? Your answer may be featured on InStyle.com.

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First Dog on the Cover

In March '95 Heather Locklear appeared on the cover with her white Maltese, Harley.

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First Stars in Jeans on the Cover

Goldie Hawn

and her 17-year-old daughter, Kate Hudson debut denim on the August '96 cover.

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First International Edition

Gwyneth Paltrow

appeared on the cover as In Style's first international edition launched in Germany in March '99.

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