W articles from August 2008

W archives from August 2008

Howard's end.(The Month in Fashion)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Istithmar, the investment firm owned by the Dubai government, snapped up Barneys New York last year, cynical fashion tongues wagged that it would only be a matter of time before a major management shake-up. Sure...

Blass off.(The Month in Fashion)(NexCen Brands Inc.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... The economy is heading south, and in mid-May Bill Blass felt the pinch. NexCen Brands Inc., which owns Blass, saw its shares tumble by a whopping 77.1 percent after the firm disclosed that it had failed to note in its annual report a $30...

Donna for all.(The Month in Fashion)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Donna Karan dresses both ladies of luxury (with her Collection line) and bridge shoppers (with DKNY). This July the designer is hoping to capture yet another tier of customers with her new line, DKNYC. While the...

Tod's in Tinseltown.(The Month in Fashion)(Gwyneth Paltrow's handbag )(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At the Cannes Film Festival in May, the cast of the new Indiana Jones movie hogged most of the attention. But a five-minute short film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and a Tod's nylon handbag got its own share of buzz--at...

Star patterns.(The Month in Fashion)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With Rachel Bilson doing a line for DKNY Jeans, Avril Lavigne creating one for Kohl's and Pete Wentz designing for his Clandestine Industries, one might think there were enough celeb fashion collections out there to...

They Lika Luca.(The Month in Fashion)
August 1, 2008... Luca Luca designer Luca Orlandi has built himself quite a reputation for his European charm and his va-va-voom dresses, wooing many New York socialites to his Madison Avenue boutique. The combination clearly appealed to Miami-based investment...

Harlequin romance.(The Month in Fashion)
August 1, 2008... For their spring 2008 collection, Viktor & Rolf took inspiration from Marcel Marceau and Commedia dell'Arte, rifting on Pierrot-style collars and Harlequin prints. Now, the avant-garde Dutch duo have teamed up with Shu Uemura on three sets of...

Yves Saint Laurent: fashion god Yves Saint Laurent is gone, but certainly not forgotten.(Remembrance)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Fashion lost one of its finest on June 1, when the legendary couturier Yves Saint Laurent, 71, died at his Paris home of brain cancer, according to his longtime business partner, Pierre Berge. He had quite a life....

Endurance test.(Letter From the Editors)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Long before the Internet and reality TV minted so-called "celebrities" at a split-second clip, a wise Roman by the name of Cato the Elder quipped, "After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument...

Crescent comeback.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At times, W's reality shoots lack emotion. However, April's mesmerizing "Come on Down to Nawlins" finally illustrated W's compassion and depth. Following Katrina, I found it difficult to imagine New Orleans regaining...

Cairo kudos.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2008... I am new to W. Until now, I have never grasped why people commended it so much. Your May edition definitely turned my opinion upside down. I loved all the photos in "Cairo." My compliments also go to the photographs in "Lights, Cameron,...

Unhappy camper.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2008... I am very disappointed in July's "Summer Camp" photo spread. I have always respected your magazine as one with artistic merit and high quality. This time around I've been let down thoroughly. W is hoping to do anything to draw a bigger crowd....

Uncompromised taste.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I was amused by the letters in the May issue. If readers are offended by artistic nudity, they are reading the wrong magazine. The photographers that shoot for W make images that allow high style to be seen from...

Face time.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Thank you very much for the June article "Fit or Miss." I really appreciate W's acknowledgment of Asian American women's plight of not being able to wear our dream sunglasses. GEMMA ARMAS SAN FRANCISCO,...

Mrs. President.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2008... I have always enjoyed Countess Esterhazy's well-written and amusing articles. In the June edition of the magazine, however, the Countess discussed the next generation of potential first ladies ('Louise's French Dressing'). But there was no...

Cranford charms.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2008... After watching the PBS miniseries Cranford, prompted by Jessica Iredale's superbly written preview of its charms in the May issue of W ("Good Old-Fashioned Fun"), I can say it was an appealing promise fulfilled. Ms. Iredale's coverage was a gem...

Don't let them eat cake.(Uncensored)(Sarah Ferguson's health mission)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... After Sarah Ferguson split from PRINCE ANDREW in 1992 she famously campaigned for Weight Watchers in the U.S. Now the woman once dubbed the DUCHESS OF PORK is bringing her health advice home. She recently appeared in The Duchess in Hull, an...

1-800-Tinsley.(Uncensored)(Tinsley Mortimer)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Tinsley Mortimer gets closetfuls of swag in return for being a walking billboard for fashion labels like Dior and Samantha Thavasa, but recently she's been shilling for someone a bit less glamorous: her dentist,...

Chosen ones.(Uncensored)(Farhad Farman-Farmaian's Beauchamp Club)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... The last thing London needs is another private club--the city is already teeming with them, from the trendy Groucho Club to the venerable Boodle's and White's. But that's not going to stop Farhad Farman-Farmaian, a creative consultant who...

Ni hao, Boulud.(Uncensored)
August 1, 2008... To overcome language barriers at Maison Boulud, his new Beijing restaurant--and his first outside the U.S.--Daniel Boulud had the Chinese staff endure mandatory three-month courses in English end French. Meanwhile, the reined chef took a crack...

Tricky travel.(Uncensored)(Ananti hotel's package tours )(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... For a price, you can go nearly anywhere these days--even to a Stalinist state. Come September, the Ananti, North Korea's first modern luxury hotel, will open its doors to Westerners via tour company Remote Lands. For $20,000 per couple (which...

Trend: lace track: go to lace land this season in every thing from all-out gowns to sexy bedroom accoutrements.(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Few fabrics are loaded with as many meanings as lace. It evokes purity--a baby's christening gown--not to mention a certain grandmother y charm. Marriage and mourning) Check and check. And then there are those kinky boudoir moments: Nothing...

Sharper image: get an early bead on fall, an accessories season rich with spike heels, sculptured cuffs, ladylike bags and swirls of pearls.(Accessories Flash)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Stella McCartney's satin and metal shoe, $795, at Stella McCartney, New York, 212.255.1556, stellamccartney.com. Clockwise from far right: Bulgari's satin damask, bead and enamel bag, $3,800, at Bulgari,...

Rock show.(Shopping)
August 1, 2008... Go punk-chic for fall with leather and denim, deconstructed pieces and some seriously studded accessories-looks that would surely do Nancy Spungen proud. 1 Fendi Metal bag with studs and Swarovski crystals, $3,920, at Fendi,...

Garden variety: the newest antiaging wonders are harvested from nature and far from ordinary.(Beauty Flash)
August 1, 2008... For centuries, women have benefited from he beautifying powers of plants. The famously vain Cleopatra slathered her skin with aloe to protect it from the sun: today we use everything from acai berries to red rice to preserve our looks. But a...

Funny business.(EYE)(fashion designers)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] They say the best accessory is a smile, but try telling that to the poker-faced fashion players at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards in June. Not even industry jester Simon Doonan, who presented the...

Come together: in a rare doubleheader, Sir Paul and Stella McCartney rock Liverpool.(EYE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From Stella McCartney's perspective, spending a weekend in her famous father's hometown of Liverpool seems as unremarkable as Northern England's weather--and as normal as any what's-on-the-telly family gathering....

Performance anxiety.(EYE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The season's charity circuit was in full swing when the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center threw its first annual spring ball, sponsored by Bulgari. Jamie Niven called a live auction for the crowd,...

On with the show: Dustin Hoffman's latest role: cheerleader and fundraiser for a new theater in Santa Monica.(EYE)
August 1, 2008... For decades to come, Dustin Hoffman will be paid tribute at the Broad Stage, a dazzlingly modern new theater at Santa Monica College that he spent much of the past nine years raising money to build. "They wanted to name the theater after me,"...

Not kidding around: designer Kidada Jones has found fulfillment in an unlikely role: making Disney cool for grown-ups.(EYE)(Disney Couture)(Interview)
August 1, 2008... Kidada Jones has loved Disney ever since she was a kid in Bel-Air, California, and 12 years ago, the elder daughter of music impresario Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton made it official. She got a tattoo of Tinker Bell from Walt Disney's...

Cannes do.(EYE)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The Cannes Film Festival is technically a cinematic competition, but that's of little consequence to the fashion brands and designers who spent the week throwing parties. First up was Chopard with its annual bash at...

Revisiting brideshead: British hotshot Ben Whishaw takes on aristo Sebastian Flyte in the latest screen version of Brideshead Revisited.(EYE)(Interview)
August 1, 2008... Ben Whishaw was only a year old when Anthony Andrews had fans swooning over his portrayal of floppy-haired, teddy bear-toting aristocrat Sebastian Flyte in the 1981 TV miniseries Brideshead Revisited. Television adaptations of great English...

Security breach: the user's guide to tastefully getting around town with your bodyguards.(EYE)
August 1, 2008... It was a typical night at Koi in Los Angeles. Mariah Carey was there. And Serena Williams. And Rick Fox, the former NBA star and ex-husband of Vanessa Williams. Interspersed among them were clusters of skinny women picking at their spicy...

Champion: one good classic deserves another. Iconic model Christy Turlington Burns works the warrior-goddess side of Greco-Roman influence.(Buyers guide)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BALENCIAGA'S BLACK AND WHITE SILK TAFFETA AND SILK VELVET TOP, BY NICOLAS GHESQUIERE, AT BALENCIAGA, NEW YORK. JANIS BY JANIS SAVITT CUFFS; BOY SHORTS FROM PURPLE PASSION SHOP, NEW YORK. RALPH LAUREN COLLECTION'S...

Art Qatar.
August 1, 2008... IN GLEAMING DOHA, THE ROYAL FAMILY HAS SPENT MILLIONS ON ANCIENT ISLAMIC TREASURES AND A BILLION-SOME MORE ON AN I.M. PEI-DESIGNED MUSEUM FOR THEM. RUNNING THE SHOW IS THE EMIR'S 25-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN-EDUCATED DAUGHTER. This page: A...

Kiss the sky.
August 1, 2008... THEY'LL FLY AWAY. PUFFY RUFFLED BLOUSES AND DRESSES IN CLOUDS OF TULLE, SATIN AND ORGANZA ALMOST LOOK READY FOR A LIFTOFF OF THEIR OWN. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ALEXANDER MCQUEEN'S SILK TULLE DRESS, AT ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, NEW YORK, LOS...

Cruz: for years, Penelope La Cruz was seen as little more than a quirkily beautiful, doe-eyed sexpot. Now, a string of high-profile roles is earning her strong reviews--and the respect of Hollywood.(Profile)(Cover story)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the annals of Hollywood success stories, Penelope Cruz's rise to stardom is typically described as quick and easy--maybe a bit too quick, and too easy. According to the standard version, Cruz, the daughter of a...

Swim: a little nudity goes a long way, especially in racy swimsuits. The dramatic cutouts are the message, framing a perfect body in geometric shapes, while studs and jeweling add to the glamour quotient.
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DANIELLE SCUTT'S NYLON MESH, LYCRA SPANDEX AND METAL SWIMSUIT, DANIELLESCUTT.COM. BEAUTY NOTE: CLARINS BRIGHT PLUS HP BRIGHTENING BODY VEIL SPF 20 KEEPS EXPOSED SHIN RADIANT AND PROTECTED. DSQUARED2'S NYLON...

W.
August 1, 2008... WANTED! THE SEASON'S MOST COVETED ACCESSORIES Art Frenzy: The Qatar Royal Family's Shopping Spree End of an Era: Remembering Yves Saint Laurent Flower Power: The New Breakthroughs In Botanical Beauty Security Breach: Bodyguard...

The Month In Fashion.
August 1, 2008... Byline: Marc Karimzadeh Barneys exit...Blass woes...Tod's on film. Comings, goings, rises and falls. Could it be a sign of the times? HOWARD'S END When Istithmar, the investment firm owned by the Dubai government, snapped up...

Tod's In Tinseltown.
August 1, 2008... Byline: --MARCY MEDINA At the Cannes Film Festival in May, the cast of the new Indiana Jones movie hogged most of the attention. But a five-minute short film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and a Tod's nylon handbag got its own share of buzz--at...

Harlequin Romance.
August 1, 2008... Byline: --ELIZABETH SIEGEL For their spring 2008 collection, Viktor & Rolf took inspiration from Marcel Marceau and Commedia dell'Arte, riffing on Pierrot-style collars and Harlequin prints. Now, the avant-garde Dutch duo have teamed up...

Yves Saint Laurent.
August 1, 2008... Byline: JESSICA IREDALE with contributions by Katya Foreman, Ellen Groves and Robert Murphy Fashion god Yves Saint Laurent is gone, but certainly not forgotten. Fashion lost one of its finest on June 1, when the legendary couturier...

Endurance Test.
August 1, 2008... Byline: --JULIE L. BELCOVE August Long before the Internet and reality TV minted so-called "celebrities" at a split-second clip, a wise Roman by the name of Cato the Elder quipped, "After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have...

Readers React.
August 1, 2008... Crescent Comeback At times, W 's reality shoots lack emotion. However, April's mesmerizing "Come on Down to Nawlins" finally illustrated W 's compassion and depth. Following Katrina, I found it difficult to imagine New Orleans regaining...

Uncensored.
August 1, 2008... Don't Let Them Eat Cake After Sarah Ferguson split from PRINCE ANDREW in 1992, she famously campaigned for Weight Watchers in the U.S. Now the woman once dubbed the DUCHESS OF PORK is bringing her health advice home. She recently appeared...

Trend: Lace Track.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Byline: VENESSA LAU PHOTO BY ANTHONY COTSIFAS; STYLED BY MARCUS TEO Go to lace land this season in everything from all-out gowns to sexy bedroom accoutrements. Few fabrics are loaded with as many meanings as lace. It evokes purity--a...

Sharper Image.
August 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by JASON PIETRA Styled by BROOKE MAGNAGHI Get an early bead on fall, an accessories season rich with spike heels, sculptured cuffs, ladylike bags and swirls of pearls. CAPTION(S): Stella McCartney's satin and...

Rock Show.
August 1, 2008... Byline: Photographs by GEORGE CHINSEE and THOMAS IANNACCONE Go punk-chic for fall with leather and denim, deconstructed pieces and some seriously studded accessories--looks that would surely do Nancy Spungen proud. Fendi Metal bag with...

Garden Variety.
August 1, 2008... Byline: ELIZABETH SIEGEL Photograph by ZACHARY ZAVISLAK The newest antiaging wonders are harvested from nature and far from ordinary. These botanicals may be new, but the concerns they address are as old as Father Time. F or...

Funny Business.
August 1, 2008... They say the best accessory is a smile, but try telling that to the poker-faced fashion players at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards in June. Not even industry jester Simon Doonan , who presented the International award to...

Come Together.
August 1, 2008... Byline: --MILES SOCHA In a rare doubleheader, Sir Paul and Stella McCartney rock Liverpool. Miller, dressed in a navy peacoat, calls out, "Granddad, 'Yellow Submarine'!" And, of course, Granddad obliges. F rom Stella McCartney's...

Performance Anxiety.
August 1, 2008... The season's charity circuit was in full swing when the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center threw its first annual spring ball, sponsored by Bulgari. Jamie Niven called a live auction for the crowd, which included Muffie Potter...

On With The Show.(Dustin Hoffman)
August 1, 2008... Byline: KEVIN WEST Photograph by JOAO CANZIANI Dustin Hoffman's latest role: cheerleader and fundraiser for a new theater in Santa Monica. F or decades to come, Dustin Hoffman will be paid tribute at the Broad Stage, a dazzlingly...

Not Kidding Around.(Kidada Jones)
August 1, 2008... Byline: MARSHALL HEYMAN Portrait by MONICA MAY Designer Kidada Jones has found fulfillment in an unlikely role: making Disney cool for grown-ups. K idada Jones has loved Disney ever since she was a kid in Bel-Air, California, and 12...

Cannes Do.
August 1, 2008... The Cannes Film Festival is technically a cinematic competition, but that's of little consequence to the fashion brands and designers who spent the week throwing parties. First up was Chopard with its annual bash at the Carlton, where Gwyneth...

Revisiting Brideshead.
August 1, 2008... Byline: SUSAN WELSH Photograph by RONALD DICK British hotshot Ben Whishaw takes on aristo Sebastian Flyte in the latest screen version of Brideshead Revisited. B en Whishaw was only a year old when Anthony Andrews had fans swooning...

Security Breach.
August 1, 2008... Byline: DANIELLE STEIN Illustration by MATT COLLINS The user's guide to tastefully getting around town with your bodyguards. I t was a typical night at Koi in Los Angeles. Mariah Carey was there. And SerenaWilliams. And Rick Fox, the...

Strong Suits.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... In CHAMPION , iconic model Christy Turlington Burns takes a turn as a warrior princess in classical garb and hairstyles with a bit of a tough-girl edge, sometimes juxtaposed against ancient sculptures. ART QATAR , set in a land where falconry...

Champion.
August 1, 2008... Byline: PHOTOGRAPHED BY MICHAEL THOMPSON STYLED BY CAMILLA NICKERSON ONE GOOD CLASSIC DESERVES ANOTHER. ICONIC MODEL CHRISTY TURLINGTON BURNS WORKS THE WARRIOR-GODDESS SIDE OF GRECO-ROMAN INFLUENCE. CAPTION(S): BALENCIAGA'S BLACK...

Art Qatar.
August 1, 2008... Byline: BY JAMES REGINATO PHOTOGRAPHED BY JUERGEN TELLER IN GLEAMING DOHA, THE ROYAL FAMILY HAS SPENT MILLIONS ON ANCIENT ISLAMIC TREASURES AND A BILLION-SOME MORE ON AN I.M. PEI--DESIGNED MUSEUM FOR THEM. RUNNING THE SHOW IS THE EMIR'S...

Kiss The Sky.
August 1, 2008... Byline: PHOTOGRAPHED BY MERT ALAS & MARCUS PIGGOTT STYLED BY ALEX WHITE THEY'LL FLY AWAY. PUFFY, RUFFLED BLOUSES AND DRESSES IN CLOUDS OF TULLE, SATIN AND ORGANZA ALMOST LOOK READY FOR A LIFTOFF OF THEIR OWN. CAPTION(S): ...

La Cruz.(Penelope Cruz)
August 1, 2008... Byline: BY CHRISTOPHER BAGLEY PHOTOGRAPHED BY MERT ALAS+ MARCUS PIGGOTT STYLED BY ALEX WHITE FOR YEARS, PENELOPE LA CRUZ WAS SEEN AS LITTLE MORE THAN A QUIRKILY BEAUTIFUL, DOE-EYED SEXPOT. NOW, A STRING OF HIGH-PROFILE ROLES IS EARNING HER...

Swim.
August 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed By Paolo Roversi Styled By Alex White A LITTLE NUDITY GOES A LONG WAY, ESPECIALLY IN RACY SWIMSUITS. THE DRAMATIC CUTOUTS ARE THE MESSAGE, FRAMING A PERFECT BODY IN GEOMETRIC SHAPES, WHILE STUDS AND JEWELING ADD TO THE...

Car And Driver.
August 1, 2008... Byline: --LOUISE J. ESTERHAZY The Countess discovers the Ladies of Vroom-Vroom, women who don't need to stop and ask for directions. W e've been through women's lib, feminism and the Equal Rights Amendment. But now we're going through...