"One of the first dramatic signs of liberation," Afghan Communicator, and English-language magazine, reported, "was the return of Afghan women to beauty salons." Backed by more than a million dollars from Revlon, Clairol, L'Oréal, Mac, and America's leading fashion magazines, "beauticians without borders" made repeated pilgrimages to Kabul to train a new generation of hair and makeup stylists. (...) Vogue contributed $25,000 to the effort and bestowed the "Anna Wintour Award" (a $500 pair of scissors) on one of the beauty school's graduates (...)

- Susan Faludi (The Terror Dream, p41)