Aiming For Beauty Without A Struggle

In this age of plastic surgery, you may think women will do anything to look the way they want. Some will, of course, but a Self magazine poll finds a big constituency for looking good without knocking oneself out. When women were asked to cite the characteristics they look for when buying fashions, the biggest vote (81 percent of respondents) went to “enables me to look great without much effort.” The runner-up (79 percent) was “allows me to be stylish and comfortable at the same time,” followed closely by “is fun to wear/ makes me happy” (77 percent).