I have been a subscriber for 3 years. Specifically I have been getting Cosmo/Marie Claire combo subscription for $20. If not for that I don't know if I would read Marie Claire. I prefer Cosmo, but I do like Marie Claire. I like their feature stories & their reviews of best music/books/DVD every month. A good read. It's true that now you can get it for $5 a year. I'm not a big magazine person, but I like this one.

Before kids, I would read Cosmo, Vogue, Vanity Fair, etc. Once kids came along it changed to Parents, Parenting, and Child magazines. Needless to say, my fashion sense went down the toilet. Well, I'm getting that back now that I have Marie Claire. It's not quite as young and trendy as Cosmo, but for the real woman in everyday situations. I also love the reading about the newest makeup/hair products as well as the latest fashion trends.

I agree that this magazine has improved over the years...it sets itself apart from other magazines like Allure, Glamour, etc. b/c it actually has insightful, interesting articles. Don't get me wrong -- I like beauty & fashion advice, but I also like to learn something every once in awhile, so Marie Claire meets that need nicely. Also, I recently subscribed via their website and received a 2 year subscription for only $10, which is insanely cheap.

Imagine one of your favorite magazines delivered to your house for the price of only 8 dollars! Its filled with hundreds of stories from women just like you. Topics like romance, love, sex, shoes, dresses, and many more overflow these pages. Find out what's new and hot every month, don't miss one update. Never be bored with this in your drawer!

There is so much content to the magazine. If you are interested in the few main articles that month. There is so much there.

Marie Claire [1-year subscription]

Could not believe the price of this 1 year subscription which I bought last month for one of my friends in USA. Only cost $8 and with added special offer of $5 off before end of the month the total cost was incredibly only £3.
My only complaint is - why can't the UK amazon do special deals like this.?
No wonder we refer to " Rip off Britain".

This magazine has improved a lot in the last couple of years with their new editor. It's gone from 'fashion' magazine that tried to be interesting to something with articles Really worth reading. Buy it if you are especially interested in international and / or women's issues. Each issue does have beauty, clothes, career, fitness and celebrity articles as well. My favorite pages are the music, books and movie reviews and the articles about women abroad. Buy the whole year, I have resubcribed every year since I first got an issue 4 years ago, and I've given it as a gift subscription too.

On Dec. 24th I entered a Marie Claire magazine sweep: http://www.marieclaire.com/hair/shopping/giveaway/

It didn't display well in Safari so I couldn't read anything except the fields to fill in. Upon hitting the submit button I got a message thanking me for Subscribing and saying I'd get my magazine soon.

I IMMEDIATELY tried to find contact information to fix this.
I was unable to use their "unsubscribe link" because it couldn't find me (I guess I was too new to be in the system yet). And you need a code on the magazine itself for the other option.
I found no phone or email addresses.
After about 15 frustrating minutes I found an email for customer service that worked. (Several of their posted email address got rejected & came back to me: magcustserv@hearst.com, customerservice@email.hearstmags.com, thankyou@hearstmags.com)

I sent them an email explaining what had just happened and that I did NOT want a subscription.

Since then I've gotten TWO email bills and a MAILED bill for the magazine (which ironically hasn't come, so I can't use the code on the front to use their auto-unsubscribe link) - but no response to my email.
I've sent several more follow up emails and have heard NOTHING from them.

I'm currently trying to track down a phone number for them, but I wanted to warn others about how unhepful they are.

I ordered this November 27, and still have not seen any magazine show up. And according to Amazon's eta it should have started a month ago...Always fun to pay something for nothing.

I ordered this in Nov.22th. I haven't received any Marie Claire from Amazon until now.

I purchased this magazine through Amazon. The magazine got sent to the incorrect address because of how many different hands it goes through before the publisher gets the address. Publisher doesn't have any of my information on file because I purchased through Amazon. Amazon customer service is a call center in India with employees who have a sheet in front of them with the solution to all problems, the solution to magazine subscription problems is to give you the publishers phone number. You cannot get refunded, you cannot get the problem corrected. You can however call the publisher directly and ask for the same price Amazon sells the magazine discounted for and receive your magazine a lot faster.

This magazine is just full of advertisement after advertisement. Loaded with them. Boring, incomplete, magazine full of perfume samples and nothing else. Waste of money. Not what it used to be at all!!

I ordered this subsciption in June, and it's now mid-September....I have yet to see a single magazine.

This magazine is perfect. Fashion and Make Up of course but no other magazien will give you reports on women around the world, In depth articles on celebrities and what they are doing to make the world a better place, Opportunities to donate to fantastic organizations, Relationship not just sex advice, and a true look at what concerns woman.

Someone dropped the ball - this never arrived 8 months later. Maybe you shouldn't get it through Amazon?

I don't like this magazine. It often features "do good" articles and features about poor and abused women from third-world countries, but then contradicts itself. For example, in the latest issue I read, an article highly suggests fur as having its "comeback." Hello Marie Claire -- don't we already know how extremely cruel and heartless the fur industry is? If you hurt animals, who are weak and helpless, then don't expect that women, who are weak and helpless in our patriarchal-dominated societies, will find freedom and liberation! How stupid can you get?! I think Marie Claire is actually the type of magazine that appeals to narcissistic women who want to feel good about themselves by reading articles that supposedly have a "conscience," then these same women go out and buy furs, without thinking about the actual global impact that partaking of any type of cruelty against those weaker and helpless has as a whole. I will NEVER buy this magazine again!

Marie Claire claims to be written for "Women of the World," but the changes that the magazine has undergone since the new editor entered have taken this publication far from their self-proclaimed audience.
The stories have become increasing vapid and sensationalized. Worse, the quality of the writing has greatly decreased overall. How sad that the editors think that a mainstream Women's magazine has to be written on the level of Seventeen Magazine!
Hopefully the magazine will get through their current growing pains and become an informative and fun fashion magazine again.

I do not recommend buying magazine subscriptions from Amazon. I subscribed to this magazing through Amazon on 3/31. It has been almost 2 months and I still haven't received any copies of this magazine.

This is under my husbands name because he ordered it for me. Compaired to the other mags in this area it falls short.

I recieve different magazines over the course of a year. i don't know why. It simply happens that way. Marie Claire is a pleasant surprise. I found in the first issue I read, a group of writers, editors and all involved with this magazine, not just writing about issues, but being proactive. Everyone on the street in NYC in bikinis and whatever each individual felt comfortable with, to bring awareness to skin cancer. Really cool! Each issue has write ups on a certain amount of relevant international and national news for women and other sexes too. they are adding the right amount of consciousness to an otherwise totally fashion magazine which also i have found surprisingly refreshing and fun. Ace Job Marie Claire staff!!!

I enjoy Marie Claire but they could "step it up" a bit. Splurge vs. Steal probably sells their magazine for them. Often I notice repeat information, or feature products that appear in 4 other fashion magazines. More originality would be helpful. And it really pissed me off that the fengshui article was such a limited target market. (I'll still read next month's addition. I have to find out the best "steal"!)

I have always enjoyed Marie Claire. I don't know why I took so long to actually get a subscription. It's a well rounded magazine, and well suited for women who are younger and older.

I ordered this magazine as a way to inspire me to lose weight. However it was the wrong thing. It is way too young - geared for no one older than 30 and that may be pushing things. Lots of ads, lots of skinny young blondes, teeny bopper stuff. I share this magazine with younger coworkers at my job.

Every issue of Marie Claire covers everyhting: fashion, makeup, beauty, men, events, how people live around the world, and ways you can help other women suffering from abuse, natural disasters, etc. I hate magazines that only shows clothes and models, and this is not one of them. Marie Claire covers everything and every month, I learn something new after reading it.

As women's magazines go, Marie Claire is definately the best of the bunch. It focuses on more than just fashion. It has serious articles and some cute fun ones, besides.

They have had articles on:

A woman who obeys an 8-ball for a month
A man who wears make-up for a week
Thai prostitution
Self-image
Stress
What women around the world keep in their underwear drawers
And lots and lots on fashion

They have a nice mix of articles. You can always find an article or two that you really like in each issue.

DO NOT BUY THIS MAGAZINE! FOR ANY PRICE, IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE. MARIE CLAIRE HAS HARASSED ME REPEATEDLY TO PAY FOR MY SUBSCRIPTION. IT WAS PAID FOR IN ADVANCE THRU AMAZON. I HAVE SENT THEM COPIES OF MY AMAZON RECEIPT TWICE. THEY ARE REPORTING ME TO A CREDIT AGENCY FOR NON-PAYMENT. AVOID THEM, AVOID THEM. THEY ARE SCAM ARTISTS AND WILL FALSELY AND WITH MALICE DESTROY YOUR CREDIT RATING.

Still think that Marie Claire is a cut above most women's magazines.

If I could only subscribe to one magazine, I'd pick Marie Claire in a heart beat. It offers everything other women magazine have, including love life, diet, beauty, fashion and celebrity. In addition, Marie Claire focuses on issues larger than the domestic US. Being an educated young woman, I am interested in real life issues that other magazines tend to ignore.

Not only does Marie Claire have the guts to discuss issues that are hard to read at times (domestic abuse, prostitution in Asia, weight discrimination, etc.), but they actually tell you HOW you can help. By listing numerous websites and phone numbers along with their article, it allows me to research the topic further and makes taking action just that much easier.

The cover of Marie Claire may not look any different than any other women magazine, but open it up and I guarantee you will see a difference.

For my money, "Marie Claire" is the best of the women's fashion magazines. Other reviewers have compared it to "Cosmo," but "Marie Claire" has got a lot more depth to it. Yeah, the fashion spreads and fun articles are there, but this magazine goes beyond the usual fashion mag drivel to actually talk about real issues that affect women all over the world--things like forced arranged marriages, the international trade in sex slaves, how caste affects women in India, etc. etc. Even the fluff pieces are written with a certain amount of insight. The bottom line is that "Marie Claire" actually treats its readers as intelligent beings rather than just consumers of trendy fashion items.

this magazine is great if you are interested in social issure concerning women. I am a women's studies major, and i always use the special report section of this magazine for sources for my research

Every issue is like a night out for drinks with the girls! It covers everything we talk about from men and sex to fashion and beauty, even health tips, and especially what's going on in the world today! Everything that effects a woman in today's society.
It's honest, earnest and fun to read.

Marie Claire is my best friend and my best friend's best friend. Keep up the good work.

Marie Claire is the best womens' general interest magazine in the U.S. today because:

1) It still has the fluffy/girly "Cosmoesque" articles we can't help loving (i.e. "What are his p.j.'s telling you?") -- which the upscale fashion magazines (such as Vogue) won't cover -- but it presents these in a much more respectful way than Cosmopolitan (or even Glamour) would. ~For example, in an article entitled, "How long should you wait to get married?", a handful of couples of differing experiences simply explain what worked for them. There is absolutely no commentary; readers are to take these first-hand accounts and decide how they feel about the issue for themselves. (This is how Marie Claire does most of its articles.) This is in direct contrast to the Cosmo approach which, no doubt, would have included a timetable to follow and games to play to make it happen, all under the authoritative voice of some quacky, pseudo-"expert".
2) It has intelligent stories about women around the world. These are very eye-opening and mind-expanding, and often offer information on how the reader can get involved with the issue presented.
3) Its fashion coverage is extensive and top-notch for a magazine that is not solely dedicated to fashion. It presents trends and how to wear them in the real world, as well as a wide array of pieces for every shape and budget. (For my purposes, it serves me better than the upscale fashion magazines.)
4) It only uses models for (some of) the fashion spreads. All other articles feature the ("real") people who are explaining their experiences in relation to the articles' topics. This provides for a much more realistic perception of the body.

Considering the above, I still find it amazing that Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan are published by the same group!

I have just recently begun to read Marie Claire regularly, and I must say that it is refreshing compared to most other magazines. In the past I had to buy several magazines to cover what I wanted to know, but MC covers fashion (including both high priced items as well as items that a poor college kid can afford-a big plus since this is a large market for beauty mags) and it also covers important issues from around the world. Although I wish it had a little more on fitness and health it still keeps me coming back to the newsstand every month.

Whenever I'd finish reading a magazine like 'Cosmo', I'd feel guilty for indulging in a magazine so obsessed with sex. But whenever I'd finish 'Marie Claire', I felt like I'd read something with quality without loosing any of the fashion and beauty advice (and even a little dating) that I love. The articles range from lingerie to skin care to guns to third world countries. It's the one magazine I can always read cover to cover. I feel as though I've actually learned something about life in other places and at the same time learned how to apply eyeliner more easily. While some magazines pride themselves on featuring models who are (gasp) size 4, 'Marie Claire' shows women with real bodies (there was a woman who was size 20 and proud) which makes me want to appreciate my body that way. The bottom line is the magazine has class and intelligence and plenty of it. If you get this magazine, you're not only getting fashion, dating and beauty, you're also getting a magazine with mind, soul and heart. And isn't that what we're all looking for?

This magazine has really grown on me of late, for a lot of reasons. Glamour and Cosmo don't appeal to me as much, partly due the the drop in their quality, and partly just due to the fact that I'm not in their target age group. Marie Claire has far more articles that are in line with my interests. They attempt to cover real issues that have an impact on women's lives. They are able to write stories about the status of women in the world (i.e. their Taliban articles) in a way that makes the information accessible without treating the reader like you are stupid and totally oversimplifying. I also like that not all the models look anorexic, and they don't inundate the reader with diet advice, or articles on sex and how to find/get/keep a man. This is still a light beach read compared to a hard new magazine, but it's far better than most other magazines in this genre.