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THEY’RE SURPRISING, SCANDALOUS, INCENDIARY—LITERALLY, IN ONE CASE.
A NUMERICAL PEEK INTO SOME OF THE MOST EPIC FEUDS OF ALL TIME. —AMBER ANGELLE
50: Approximate
number of years
cosmetics magnates
Elizabeth Arden and
Helena Rubinstein were
professional rivals.
(The two likely never
met in person.)
1: Rumored instance
of Coco Chanel guiding
Elsa Schiaparelli into
a chandelier of candles
at a party. Guests
kindly spritzed her with
soda water to quash
the flames.
1,000,000: YouTube
subscribers beauty
vlogger James Charles
lost in one night after a
video from his former
mentor, Tati Westbrook,
went viral. The
core of their argument:
He promoted her
competitor’s gummy
vitamin line.
50,000,000+:
Number of views of
Westbrook’s video
before it was taken down.
(Almost three times
the audience of the
Game of Thrones season
8 premiere.)
1,140: Light-years from
Earth that researchers
discovered a pair of
feuding stars. The fight
probably began when
one of the stars
blocked the other from
expanding—now they’re
both stripped down
to mostly helium gas.
1962: Premiere of What
Ever Happened to Baby
Jane? Unbeknownst
to star Bette Davis, the
curly-haired wig she
wears throughout the
film is a piece previously
worn by her longtime
nemesis and costar,
Joan Crawford.
BEAUTY BY
Famous enemies
Bette Davis and Joan
Crawford, all (forced)
smiles, in 1962
on the set of What
Ever Happened to
Baby Jane?