Marie Claire Marie Claire Marie Claire is an international monthly magazine first published in France in 1937, followed by the UK in 1941. Since then various editions are published in many countries and languages. The feature editions focuses on women around the world and several global issues. "Marie Claire" magazine also covers health, beauty, and fashion topics. "Marie Claire" was founded by Jean Prouvost and Marcelle Auclair. Its first issue appeared in 1937, and it was distributed each Wednesday until 1941 when it handed out its shares to open in London, going international for the first time. In 1976, Prouvost retired and
Marcelle Auclair Lourdes (1957). She also published biographies of Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca, whom she knew personally (1968), and of the early 20th century pro-peace French socialist Jean Jaurès (1954). Auclair's first original publication was "Transparence", a book of original poetry in Spanish, published when she was 20 years old, and living in Santiago, Chile. Another early publication, in French, was Auclair's novel, "Toya", published in 1927. In 1937, Auclair and founded the fashion magazine "Marie Claire". Auclair wrote many articles for "Marie Claire", extending over a period of several years. In "A History of Private Life" (1991), writing