Innholdsfortegnelse for Spring 2025 i Cosmopolitan

DEAR READERS, As I write this, I’m two months into my role as editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, a title that has meant so much to me throughout my life. I can still remember begging my older sister to let me borrow her Cosmos as a teenager. At the time, I had Taylor Swift’s Cosmo Quiz (her love advice still holds true) taped to my wall next to a picture of my three best friends from middle school. This was before Instagram, before I could meet people around the world online, before I could google questions about my sexuality. I didn’t know who I’d become, but I knew I’d always have Cosmo to guide me. I’ve spent the past several weeks listening to stories from longtime readers who feel the same way.…

TANNER FLETCHER Founders: Tanner Richie and Fletcher Kasell Aesthetic: 19th century meets Y2K Fan Favorite: Laurence Pussybow Shirt, $490 (right) Before they were busy creating custom looks for celebs like Bad Bunny, Kacey Musgraves, and Troye Sivan, this design duo (and romantic couple!) spent much of 2020 hand-embroidering bags and t-shirts in their apartment. Now known for their embellishments like over-the-top bows, they’re looking back while looking forward: “We pull inspiration from interior design and historical time periods,” says Kasell. “Because of old class systems and lack of diversity and LGBTQ+ acceptance, most of the population never got to enjoy some of the details of the past. It’s fun to bring back petticoats and bloomers and make them applicable to today’s customer.” And even though working with your significant other…

When starting a new book like Gifted & Talented, what do you create first: plot, characters, or setting? I am what’s called a pantser, very character-first. I also started out as a fan fiction writer, a medium that’s 100 percent character. The book, about three siblings fighting for control of their father’s company, officially comes out in April but is already getting a lot of buzz. How do you decide what to share in advance to excite your fans? I love to keep twists a surprise, but I don’t mind showing my hand a little bit. Ideally, readers just get so drawn into the story that even knowing things in advance won’t change the experience of the read. Your protagonist, Meredith, has a very distinct voice. But (and speaking of…

Classic Martini INGREDIENTS 2½ oz. gin (Monkey 47 is great)½ oz. dry vermouth (I like Martini & Rossi or Dolin)½ oz. olive brine (optional)Lemon twist or olives for garnish PREPARATION 1. Fill your martini glass with ice to get it frosty. 2. Fill your mixing glass with the gin, dry vermouth, ice, and olive brine, if you like it dirty. Stir vigorously for at least 30 seconds. 3. Remove ice from your martini glass and strain the mixture into the glass. Garnish with lemon twist or olives. “Cooking is how I like to show love to anyone in my life—it can be deeply intimate.” Caramekized Fennel and Clam Pasta INGREDIENTS 12 littleneck clamsSalt2 tbsp. olive oil (plus extra for garnish)3 tbsp. butter8 oz. fennel, sliced into ¼-inch-thick pieces5 oz. shallots, thinly…

SAY HI TO FACE JEWELRY Just like a metallic necklace or a set of dazzling earrings… but for your skin. Don’t sparkles make everything instantly more fun? EVERYTHING AND MORE For her 4 million social media followers, Aliyah’s Interlude needs no introduction. For everyone else: The artist’s maximalist personal styling (otherwise known as #AliyahCore) helped her go viral in 2022. These days, she’s out here performing and acting and being the epitome of a modern multi-hyphenate It Girl. It’s pretty easy to see the appeal—just look at how she owns this feathery eye and glossy lip combo (you can replicate the latter with a few swipes of Dior’s newly formulated Addict Lip Glow in 073 Blackberry, $42). WHEN YOUR EYES ARE THE STATEMENT PIECE The trick is lots of shimmery…

ARTHUR + TAYLOR 27, YOGI AND MODEL + 26, ST YLE INFLUENCER Years together: 5 Taylor: I’m a Simmer. I play The Sims. Arthur: We love playing our games together but separate. Taylor: His are at the front of the house and I’m in the back. Arthur: We’ll just shout, “LOVE YOU!” Taylor: And then he’ll bring me snacks. SOFIA + ANGEL 24, MODEL + 31, MODEL Years together: 1 Angel: We met at a casting for Tom Ford. Sofia: She booked it, because she’s that girl. Angel: We exchanged Instagram handles, and I DMed her as I was walking to go get sushi after. By the time I was done eating, we had plans for our first date. Sofia: I knew there was a vibe. KIMBALL + SARAH 28,…

A deep dive into Cosmopolitan’s 60-year past is both a nostalgic and complex experience. There’s the ahead-of-its-time reporting, the of-the-moment cultural coverage, the then-radical sex positivity, the emphasis on style. But also, well, some questionable (misguided, even—we’ll own it) messaging around who exactly to center in your life. Still, there are plenty of moments that hold up—and we’ll be highlighting them right here this year—including Rihanna’s 2011 cover story. Back then, the artist was touring with now-classics like “S&M” and “What’s My Name,” filming a role in Battleship, and sharing the spotlight with LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” and Instagram’s launch. She was also busy using the latter to shift perceptions. Long before Chappell Roan would stand up to invasive photographers, RiRi showed the world that female artists could defend themselves—without editing…

LOUIS PARTRIDGE AND OLIVIA RODRIGO GEMINI + PISCES Olivia’s and Louis’s birth charts are as different as the sides of the road they drive on. Yet their unique signs fit together in all the right ways: Her sensitive Pisces Sun shares an emotional water element with his moody Cancer Moon, while his mischievous Gemini Sun helps her lively Libra Moon come out to play. Meaning, they bring out a deeper, more personal side of each other’s personalities that the public doesn’t get to see. “Both also have Venus, the planet of love and pleasure, in earth signs—and earthy Venus people create relationships that last,” adds astrologer Jake Register, who took a close look at all of these couples’ charts. Yet as always—because the universe is gonna universe—not everything points to…

Serena Page is laughing at Kordell Beckham in a way that’s making me wonder if I should leave them alone. We’re on a date at The Riff Raff Club in Manhattan, drinking French 75s and admiring the skyline view. Well, they’re on a date that I’ve crashed in the name of asking questions. My first was going to be something about whether the couple who captivated millions of Love Island USA fans is truly in love. Real love, not reality TV love. But then Kordell fails to remember the name of their song—you know, the kind couples adopt as their own romantic theme—and Serena starts giggling (“It’s ‘California King Bed’ by Rihanna,” she says), and I already know the answer. This is an unproduced connection. In my defense, being suspicious of…

ONE DAY last July, I went to dinner with a man who had sent me death threats. “I’ll kill you slowly…” he’d emailed me repeatedly several years ago, when I was working as a magazine editor covering, among other things, sexual assault and abortion rights. Like many women on the internet, I didn’t know if he was fixated on me specifically or if mine was just an email an angry man found on 4chan. Now, years later, I recognized his email address after we matched on a dating app. Did he remember? Did he recognize me? Was that why he wanted to go on a date? I had no idea. I only knew why I was there: In a sincere attempt to not only date but understand men like let’s-call-him-Jared*,…

Any tips on flirting if I’m not out yet? I was nervous to hit up my current partner, so I did what any young queer woman would do—I slid into their DMs. We’d never met before, but after a few back-and-forth messages about menswear, our respective workdays (we’re both writers), and some pointed emojis ( ), I felt confident enough in our virtual flirting to ask them out. In my case, I was already publicly out as queer, but you certainly don’t have to be. Flirting on Instagram or TikTok can be a place to explore your fluidity without the in-person pressure of what to do with your sweaty hands (speaking from experience here). And if it turns out that DM flirting with your queerness doesn’t feel right, you’ll at…

Is it fair to say that we’ve reached peak poly? Nearly half of dating-age Gen Zers are open to the idea of a non-monogamous setup, according to a recent Tinder survey. Sixty-two percent say that they’ve actively fantasized about being in an open relationship, per a Feeld x Kinsey Institute poll. (The latter also found up to 80 percent of millennials, Gen Xers, and boomers fantasizing about the same.) And data aside, it honestly seems like everyone is suddenly talking about or curious to try polyamory. Of course, the practice of having multiple romantic partners at the same time isn’t exactly new, but the way it’s evolving, especially when it comes to its lexicon, is. Hence the importance of this handy cheat sheet for keeping you up to date. Unicorn…