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Carrie Bradshaw Would Absolutely Drink Sarah Jessica Parker's New Wine


Sarah Jessica Parker and her Sex and the City character, Carrie Bradshaw, may seem similar, but the actress has said for years they’re really nothing alike. Not even their drink of choice is the same. Carrie, as fans know, was fond of the cosmopolitan but Parker prefers wine—so much so that she just launched her own sauvignon blanc with New Zealand winery Invivo, called “Invivo X, SJP.”

Adding another project to her resume is all in a day’s work for Parker, who most recently starred in and executive produced the HBO series Divorce, has a booming shoe business, and now can call herself a sommelier in the making. Below, we chat with the Emmy winner about her wine, her work, and whether Carrie might ever swap out her signature cocktail for a crisp glass of white.

Glamour: What initially made you want to get into the wine game?

Sarah Jessica Parker: I’d been contacted by Invivo well over a year ago, and I was sort of surprised by the inquiry because I had not ever pondered or fantasized about producing a sauvignon blanc, let alone any wine. And though it seemed far-fetched that I might be able to do it or contribute anything, I spent a lot of time talking to them and learning about their business. After many conversations, I decided I thought it would be a very interesting experience and a privileged opportunity to learn about a business that, beyond being a consumer, I was completely unfamiliar with.

What did you want your sauvignon blanc to taste like as you were making it?

SJP: I think I wanted to pay a nice amount of attention to the conventional idea of what a sauvignon blanc is. People are very serious about their wines, and particularly I think sauvignon blanc drinkers are very specific. So I wanted to apply some of those rules, but I also wanted to distinguish it in some way. And we got there. We got there in ways that I might never have imagined. It was just a wonderful process of blending and splitting that atom and getting it to where we really were excited about it, and that it felt uniquely different in the market, but still could be called, with authority, a sauvignon blanc.

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Yes, You Should Absolutely Have a Hot Girl Summer


When it comes to summer, people seem to divide into two camps: those who dread the heat, hibernating until September, and those of us who are right. We live for the shortened hemlines, the debauchery, the sweaty nights out spent talking to strangers. We are consumers of pizza-shaped pool floats and Instagram-photo-shoot enthusiasts. Some small part of us believes it’ll be hot and humid forever. And we have lived according to the “hot girl summer” constitution, long before it was ever given a name.

For the uninitiated, “hot girl summer” is the phrase that will soon appear below every single Instagram thirst trap on your feed. The definition is a little ambiguous, but here’s how Jordyn Woods used it in a sentence.

The concept can be traced back to Megan Thee Stallion, the Houston artist who’s known for rapping about subjects once reserved for men—sex, money, and confidence. She opened one of her most popular songs, “Cash Shit,” with the lyrics “real hot girl shit,” and she’s been known as “thee hot girl” ever since, a title she’s earned over and over. Take the cover of her recent album, Fever. Stallion is decked out in full leopard and almost engulfed in flames, looking like a mix between Jessica Rabbit and the baddest bitch in the wild, wild West. The text reads like a warning, “She’s thee hot girl and she’s bringing thee heat.”

Fans soon took Stallion’s title and turned into a humid, sweat-soaked rallying cry, and the idea of the hot girl summer was born. But much like 2018’s big dick energy (better known as BDE), which started with a tweet about Pete Davidson’s, well, D and quickly turned into a cultural phenomenon much greater than the comedian’s nether regions, hot girl summer is about more than Stallion. Because hot girl summer isn’t just cute Internet slang. It’s a lifestyle.

But how to explain hot girl summer? For starters, it’s useful to compare it to the aforementioned BDE. Not because the two are similar, but because they’re polar opposites. BDE is all about the casual confidence of being well-endowed. Think: that not quite hot but somehow oddly appealing dude who lived on your freshman hall, had off-beat taste in music, and still pulled a shocking number of girls. You saw his cute smirk, his swagger, and you just knew. That’s nice, but there’s nothing subtle about hot girl summer. Hot girl summer is all about oozing your hottest, loudest, most extra life—without apologies.

As Stallion put it to The Root, “It’s about women and men being unapologetically them, just having a good-ass time, hyping up their friends, doing you. You definitely have to be a person who can be the life of the party and just a bad bitch.”





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Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 Recap: The Women Were Absolutely Savage


Game of Thrones returned last night for its season eight premiere, and so much went down: a long-awaited reunion between Jon Snow and Arya. And Sansa and Tyrion. And Yara and Theon. The list drags on. But, overwhelmingly, last night’s episode was about women. More specifically, women and their fatal glances and savage quips. If a female lead was on screen Sunday night, she was whittling us down to splinters without doing much at all. Between Daenerys Targaryen, Sansa and Arya, the ever-resilient Yara Greyjoy, and little Lyanna Mormont, I could barely go 10 seconds without involuntarily shouting “Step on me, mom!” at the TV.

I know “glances” might not sound like the most important takeaway from last night’s episode of Game of Thrones, but please understand that I’m gay. Glancing is the official mating call of queer women—and all queer women know the mammoth power a single female leer can hold. So, yeah, there were a lot of intoxicating women glaring at each other on Game of Thrones, and that’s what I cared the most about—I’m not sorry. In a show that doesn’t feature much explicitly queer female content, I have to make up for it in my mind. White Walkers are coming, yeah yeah, sure sure. But also, hear me out: glowering.

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When Daenerys finally met Sansa last night, which Twitter loved, glances were had. Sansa wanted her brother to be fair to Northeners, who named him King before he bent the knee to Daenerys, so she was chilly toward the Dragon Queen. And I know I was supposed to be like, “Oh no, Sansa doesn’t like Daenerys,” but all I could think about was how badly I wanted either woman to fillet me with a single scowl. During one particularly frigid standoff, Sansa jeered, “What do dragons eat, anyway?,” to which Daenerys replied, “Whatever they want.”

The roasts were on full display last night too. When the women weren’t leering, they were dropping hot fire on their male counterparts. Sansa made a major dig at Tyrion when she said, “I used to think you were the cleverest man alive,” and if you know and love Tyrion, then you know how personal that remark is. When Arya reunited with Jon, her opening line was “You used to be taller.”

Then Euron Greyjoy propositioned Cersei (for the thousandth time), and she said, “You want a whore, buy one. You want a queen, earn her”—which is iffy feminism in that it’s…uhh, not feminist, yet I still wanted Cersei to shove me off a castle wall. Lady Lyanna Mormont, who always keeps us humble, reprimanded Jon Snow upon his return to the North: She spat, “You left Winterfell a king and came back a—I’m not sure what you are now. A lord? Nothing at all?” And this chick can glare. Basically, everyone in Winterfell was shaking—and not just from the winter.

The first episode of season eight was jam-packed with reunions and character nostalgia, but it was slow overall. They’re definitely laying groundwork for the final five episodes and gearing up for the big fight between the living and the dead, which apparently will be the longest battle scene in the show’s history. Still, I was fully sated by the season premiere.

Lena Headey as Cersei on HBO's Game of Thrones
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Last season—season seven—was spilling over with powerful moments from the female leads, and if last night’s episode is any indication, we have so much to look forward to from these women. Plot-wise, of course I want to see Daenerys make the Iron Throne her bitch. I want to see Arya fucking flay Cersei. But mostly I’m looking forward to more devastating glances that cut through me like Valyrian steel, and way more shady quips from the women of Game of Thrones. Sic your dragons on me, Daenerys!

Jill Gutowitz is a writer and comedian in Los Angeles. Follow her on Twitter @jillboard.





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Tom Ford's $58 Liquid Eyeliner Is Absolutely Worth the Money


No hate on Dry January, but why does the New Year have to be all about self-deprivation? After months of spending our time, energy, and money on everyone else, we’re ready to treat ourselves. Welcome to our series To Me, From Me.

I’ve always been a sucker for eyeliner. When I first started wearing makeup, I didn’t get the memo on any other eye products. Mascara? Can’t tell a difference. Eyelash curler? Torture device designed for ants. Eyeshadow? Too complicated.

I got everything I wanted out of eyeliner, like easy definition, a little drama, and a whole lot of look. By high school, my signature makeup was a 10-minute application of the following: emerald-green liquid liner from the inner corners to the center, blue liquid liner from the center to a slight wing, and a healthy sweep of silver glitter liner over both. It looked great with my Catholic school uniform. (In my defense, this was 2004, the same year Britney Spears released Toxic—so, really, I’m just a product of my environment.)

Now, as an adult, I know better. So while I’ll still mess with a cobalt wing, my daily go-to is black liquid liner—specifically, Tom Ford’s Eye Defining Pen. If I ever have to testify for anything, they’d have to swear me into the proceedings with my right hand on this thing. It’s a dual-ended liquid liner; one end has a shorter, finer stroke, like a calligraphy pen, while the other is a longer brush. I use both ends indiscriminately (whichever cap I happen to pop off first) and the result is always good.

First, it deposits so much ink that there’s never any skipping or uneven spots that force you to double up on applications. And the pigment itself dries down to this rich, satin-y black that looks luxurious and won’t budge, even if your eyelids are oily (a real thing, folks). The color is so impactful that with a single sweep, you don’t need any other eye makeup. To be fair: It is high-maintenance, since it’s so pigmented that you have to wait a few seconds for it to dry before blinking. But hey, so am I.

What I used to achieve in three separate liners, I can now get in one. It makes all the difference between looking like I just woke up and looking like I’ve been awake for hours and, in that time, have gone for a run, showered, and enjoyed a breakfast date with my husband, Dev Patel. It makes me look and feel…ready. For the day. For anything.

And the best part? That $58 isn’t going to waste, because this won’t dry out for years. (Years!) I’ve been using the same pen since 2014, and only now is the ink starting to look half-hearted. And when I can’t get any more out of it? No sweat: I’ll put all the money I’m not spending on other makeup towards it. For me, it’s a worthy tradeoff.

Tom Ford Eye Defining Pen, $58, sephora.com



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28 Party Makeup Ideas That Are Absolutely Worth Copying


Yes, we love the poppers, the champagne, and the glittery decorations. But the best part about party season? Going all out with makeup we normally wouldn’t wear on the regular. Whether you’re feeling smoky glitter lids or gilded lips, we scoured the runways, red carpet, and social media for the coolest party makeup ideas out there. And even if it takes a little extra time to paint it on, isn’t getting ready half the fun? Scroll on for the best party makeup ideas for New Year’s Eve, birthdays, or—really—any other time you feel like celebrating. Do you need an excuse?



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Sparkly Barrettes, Leopard Pants, and Other Fall 2018 Non-Essentials I *Absolutely* Need


Seasonal fashion guides tend to focus on “essentials,” pieces that have longevity, are trend-agnostic, and are considered to be worth spending money on because of the wear you’ll get out of them. For fall, that means the black ankle boots, the camel coat, the thick-knit sweater… All really useful parts of any wardrobe, but not particularly fun to shop for. As satisfying as it is to take those purchases out of the bag/box/envelope they came in and wear them out for the first time, there’s a unique thrill to those non-essentials you see all over Instagram, street style, or on that one very well-dressed neighbor of yours—oversized jelly hoops, a slick coated trench, rhinestone barrettes. Could you get through the season without them? Yes, absolutely. But can you also convince yourself that fall dressing will feel that much more fun if you throw leopard-print trousers into the mix? Also yes.

Ahead, check out 20 of these fall non-essentials I nonetheless want in my life for the cold months.

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