LINDA WELLS

The habits of the American consumer are changing; that's a reality.

Potatoes are to food what sensible shoes are to fashion.

This is such a different time, and we are such a different-sized magazine. And yes, today the average reader is older, but we have a wide span of ages. You can enter 'Allure' as a 14-year-old and read about acne, and then in your 60s you can read about face lifts and injections and everything in between.

Tom Ford once told me that he found French women sexier than American ones. He said, 'Americans are too clean...' I took no offense.

A hairdresser holds a trusted place in a woman's life

This is such a different time, and we are such a different-sized magazine. And yes, today the average reader is older, but we have a wide span of ages. You can enter 'Allure' as a 14-year-old and read about acne, and then in your 60s you can read about face lifts and injections and everything in between.

The habits of the American consumer are changing; that's a reality.

Tom Ford once told me that he found French women sexier than American ones. He said, 'Americans are too clean...' I took no offense.

A hairdresser holds a trusted place in a woman's life

Potatoes are to food what sensible shoes are to fashion.