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1204-GL-WE018 CAN YOU SAY SEXY? Destiny’s Child sure can! Reunited after three years,Beyoncé, Kelly and Michelle talk about lifelong friendshipand show you how to work some of the hottest dresses of the season. Photographs by Mark Abrahams

“We saw these dresses and were like, ‘Whoa!’” says .“I love that they’re similar but not matching. And the different styles work for each of our body types— that’s exciting!” If you’re wearing busy prints like these, keep accessories to a minimum. From left: ON BEYONCÉ Dress, Missoni; sandals, Dolce & Gabbana. ON KELLY Dress, Missoni; sandals, Gina. ON MICHELLE Dress, Missoni; sandals, Gina. 1204-GL-WE017

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hen Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child went their separate ways in 2001 to pursue solo careers, word was the R&B phenom- enon was over, kaput, done— divorced, –style. But the women of D.C. swore theirs was just a short-term separation; they vowed they’d eventually get back together to make more music. They have kept their word—a new , , and the first single Wfrom it, “,” were just released. It is, says Knowles, “a powerful record.” Adds Rowland: “We’ve grown so much. We’re women now.” To say the best friends who sold 40 million records together—and rocketed into stardom with female- power songs like “Inde- pendent Women Part 1,” “” and “Sur- vivor”—have been busy in the past few years There isnothing would be an understate- ment. Knowles, 23, hit the like having big screen and moved into the single-name status your sisters with reserved for pop culture phenoms when her 2003 you.It makes album, , went triple plat- inum and earned her five everything so Grammy Awards. Row- land, 23 (who grew up much more fun living with Beyoncé’s fam- ily), also dabbled in film andexciting. and released a solo album; a single from it, “Dilem- —BEYONCÉ KNOWLES ma,” featuring a with , hit number one. And Williams, 24, starred on Broadway in Aida and released two solo . “It was a good thing for us to each go out and do our own thing,” says Williams. “When you’re in the studio by yourself, you have to grow musically and learn to depend on yourself. So when we got back to- gether, we knew how we each wanted to sound.” §

“I grew up a plain Jane, but now I’m drawn right to these Gucci dresses!” says Williams. “The way they fit! The color!” Look for similar hot hues at all price points at the mall—especially chic now with metallic sandals. From left: ON MICHELLE Dress, Gucci; sandals, Manolo Blahnik. ON KELLY Dress, Gucci; sandals, Manolo Blahnik. ON BEYONCÉ Dress, Gucci; sandals, Dolce & Gabbana. All jewelry here and on following pages: Lorraine Schwartz.

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Recorded sporadically over most of just a month last summer—“the first day we didn’t get anything done; we just talked and laughed and felt like we were home,” says Knowles—the album is about love, self-esteem, loyalty and growing up. “We’re not singing about anything we haven’t gone through,” says Williams. Adds Knowles, “It’s a great album for women. It makes you proud to be a wo- man because it makes you feel like you can go through anything and be OK. It’s comforting.” But most important, We’ll be the album is a testa- ment to friendship. Destiny’s “There is nothing like having your sisters with you,” says Knowles. “It Grannies! What makes everything so much more fun, enjoy- we have is real. able, exciting. There’s someone there to help We are glad, glad, you keep the energy up; to catch you if you’re falling. That’s why I’ve glad to have loved being in this group since I was nine eachother! years old. It doesn’t —MICHELLE WILLIAMS seem like work; it seems more like fun.” Rowland’s eyes immediately well up when she’s asked to describe her relationship with Knowles and Williams. “They’re my blessings, definitely,” she ex- plains, wiping away the tears. “Our relationships are deeper than Destiny’s Child. We’ll still be with each other when we’re having babies; we’ll be at each other’s weddings.” “Oh, we’ll be Destiny’s Grannies!” says Williams with a whooping laugh. Then, turning serious, she adds: “We know that what we have is real. I mean, I learned how to be cute, to be funky, from these girls. We are glad, glad, glad to have each other!” —MARYELLEN GORDON

“We’ve outgrown having to dress exactly alike,” says Knowles. “We want things that reflect our personalities but that still have some harmony. Like these dresses; they’re beautiful together.” From left: ON KELLY Dress, Walter; sandals, Manolo Blahnik. ON BEYONCÉ Dress, A.B.S by Allen Schwartz; sandals, Dolce & Gabbana. ON MICHELLE Dress, Laundry by Shelli Segal; sandals, Dolce & Gabbana. See Go Shopping for more information. Editor: Maggie Mann; Hair: Kimberly Kimble for margaretmaldonado.com; Makeup: Mally Roncal for Contact; Makeup: Rudy Sotomayor for Epiphany Artist Group Inc.; Manicure: Deborah Lippmann for JGK.

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