Jennifer Lopez covers the December issue of Glamour Magazine. I’m not in love with the cover shot or the bonus photo from the shoot – I don’t hate it or anything, and I guess it’s okay for Glamour. The best part of J.Lo’s appearance on the magazine is the interview, in which Jennifer tries to put herself out there as the kind of woman who doesn’t want to have every part of her life in the public eye. Now, I’m sure there are some secrets Jennifer would like kept private. But as far as love goes… she’s always going to be carrying on her relationships in the public eye.

Whoa, J Lo! Jennifer Lopez covers Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year December issue — and, in a low-cut skin-tight red top tucked into curve-hugging sailor pants, the star, 42, flaunts a lot more cleavage than she customarily does.

(The singer, actress and designer wears a red bustier by Chloë Sevigny for Opening Ceremony, pants and a Swarovski crystal anchor necklace by Salvatore Ferragamo, plus a Michael Kors gold necklace, Verdura gold bracelet, two Chanel Fine Jewelry gold, black onyx, and diamond bracelets, a Lorraine Schwartz white gold diamond bracelet, a Verdura gold, platinum, and diamond wide link bracelet and a Pomellato rose gold and diamond bracelet.)

Jennifer says about her style, “The things I liked when I was, like, 16 and in the Bronx – jeans, cut-up T-shirts – I still like. But I’ve been exposed to so much now from traveling the world and seeing couture clothes. I used all of that when I created my new line for Kohl’s. My style has come from everything, from where I started to where I am today.”

Inside the mag, star (who’s been dating Bradley Cooper of late) opens up about a new relationship in the wake of her split with husband Marc Anthony.

“I think to give something a chance, to really get to know somebody, you want to do it out of the public eye. You know the media—they want to rush everything,” muses the “I’m Into You” singer.

But, Lopez tells Glamour, she’s ready for whatever romance comes, thanks to some hard lessons learned during her painful split. “I think I’ve finally learned the biggest lesson of all,” she says. “You’ve got to love yourself first. You’ve got to be OK on your own before you can be OK with somebody else. You’ve got to value yourself and know that you’re worth everything. And until you value yourself enough and love yourself enough to know that, you can’t really have a healthy relationship.”

[From Glamour & Us Weekly]

The whole “You’ve got to love yourself first” argument is the same one she made in Vanity Fair when she was announcing her split from Marc Anthony. We can be snide and say that Jennifer’s problem has never been lack of self-love, but I’m reading more into her comments – I think she’s saying that she stayed with Marc for so long because she put so much focus on “them,” on the marriage, on the two of them together, as a couple, not on making herself happy. Which I buy – I think Jennifer shelved some of her desires and ambitions when she was with Marc, and I’m looking forward to seeing what post-divorce J.Lo does. Hopefully, this Bradley Cooper thing will die swiftly and she’ll find someone high-profile who enjoys her company.

Glamour photos courtesy of HuffPo.