W articles from January 2004

W archives from January 2004

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2004... On page 276 of the December issue ("Nicole"), a line was omitted because of a production error. The last sentence on the page should read: "After all, we haven't seen Reese Witherspoon undressing onstage (as Kidman did in The Blue Room), or...

Kiss and makeup.(The month in fashion: perelman to the rescue (again) ... designer deals ... and Anna's home sui home.)
January 1, 2004... Revlon's troubles are far from over, but its white knight isn't ready to give up the battle. Just when debt analysts were predicting that the company would have insufficient funds to operate beyond the end of 2003, billionaire financier Ronald...

The big Basso.(The month in fashion: perelman to the rescue (again) ... designer deals ... and Anna's home sui home.)
January 1, 2004... More than 20 years into his career as the leading furrier to Upper East Side socialites, Dennis Basso has finally landed his Madison Avenue dream boutique. Basso pulled out all the stops when he opened the doors to the 3,000-square-foot store,...

On the block party.(The month in fashion: perelman to the rescue (again) ... designer deals ... and Anna's home sui home.)
January 1, 2004... It used to be that when designer brands were in need of a cash infusion, it was a hush-hush affair. But these days, given the cutthroat competition, there may as well be FOR SALE signs hanging in windows along Seventh Avenue, where several...

Executive Sui.(The month in fashion: perelman to the rescue (again) ... designer deals ... and Anna's home sui home.)
January 1, 2004... There's nothing messier than a designer's office, so when Anna Sui had the chance to relocate her studio within Manhattan's garment district, she hired a professional to bring some order to her office. Enter architect Brad Floyd, who has...

Rites of passage.(Letter From the Editors)
January 1, 2004... January It's a truism to say that fashion is about change. By now we should be used to trends disappearing in a flash or designers jumping houses. Yet sometimes a story breaks that still sends a jolt through the otherwise jaded industry,...

Garnering attention.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2004... Jennifer Garner is spectacular ("Jennifer's Prime Time," November)! Now I understand why my husband is hooked on Alias--good taste, darling. It's refreshing to see a beautiful woman who is sexy and wholesome gracing your cover. Jennifer L....

Beauty bust.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2004... As a longtime subscriber to W, I like to think of myself as a reader with a rather well-developed sense of humor and one who can take a beauty article in the spirit in which it was written. But Barbara Guggenheim's self-involved, navel-gazing...

Portrait of a lady.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2004... Kevin West has written the best thing I have ever read in W.' his recent piece on Ariane Dandois ("Madame Dandois," November). All the people are three-dimensional and none of the nuances of the complex scene are lost. England, France, the high...

Holed up.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2004... I adore the Countess, but after reading her November column ("Louise's Piercing Problem"), I felt compelled to write a letter in defense of those of us who choose to get tattoos and piercings. I do agree that fashion has taken a turn for the...

Executive class.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2004... Your article on television executive Jamie Tarses ("Battle of the Network Stars," November) only rehashes the media-created propaganda that surrounds her professional past. To perpetuate this image of a bitchy, conniving female executive is to...

A British invasion.(Uncensored)
January 1, 2004... After Luciano Pavarotti, Cecilia Bartok is undoubtedly Italy's most famous musical export. Yet for her first concert in the opera capital of Milan in 10 years, the mezzo-soprano opted to forgo the requisite Italian designer ensemble. Instead,...

Tears for Tom.(Uncensored)
January 1, 2004... When Harvey Weinstein rushed toward Naomi Watts and Rita Wilson at November's American Cinematheque gala honoring Nicole Kidman, guests wondered which of the two stars the Miramax honcho was so eager to see. But Weinstein offered his hand to...

Calling all midriffs.(Uncensored)
January 1, 2004... The search is on for the next Britney Spears--and Spears herself is one of the searchers. Many in Hollywood had assumed the pop star would play the lead in the upcoming film version of "A Mother's Gift," the treacly novel she cowrote with her...

Stop the press!(Uncensored)
January 1, 2004... In the old days, when courtiers attended their most intimate offices, royals knew there was no such thing as privacy. Today, Caroline of Hanover continues her full-blown battle against the press. After years of suing French magazines, Caroline...

Valley of the kings.(Uncensored)
January 1, 2004... Kings Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clint Eastwood and Robin Williams all have their own homes in Sun Valley, Idaho, but come December 31 in that snowy mountain town, there's only one place anybody wants to be: at ketchup heiress Teresa...

A Nobel act.
January 1, 2004... So much for the idea that only socialites and movie stars get free clothes. When J.M. Coetzee's editor, Kathryn Court, called Tuleh designer Bryan Bradley to say she needed a party dress, he jumped at the chance. (For those who read only...

Fashion front: it's the fashion story of the year-Tom Ford and Domenico De Sole are leaving Gucci Group.(Fashion Flash)
January 1, 2004... It is with great sadness that I contemplate my future without Gucci Group." With that powerful single sentence, Tom Ford made his sole public comment to date on his resignation from Gucci Group, in a statement released at the time the...

Points of light: jewels join gowns as Fred Leighton and Miuccia Prada put on a show.(Accessories Flash)
January 1, 2004... Razzle-dazzle 'em. Miuccia Prada and Fred Leighton have both been doing it for years, in very different ways: she, with the wonderfully lyrical clothes and accessories that have long captivated and influenced fashion lovers the world over, and...

White heat: who says bridal gowns can't be steamy? Turn up the temperature in the season's sultriest looks.(Bridal Flash)
January 1, 2004... Badgley Mischka's white mink vest, $2,300, at Badgley Mischka, Los Angeles; Penny Preville's white gold and diamond tiara, convertible to necklace, $20,870, at 866.PENNY4U, www.pennypreville.com; Jean Yu's white silk bra, $138, at 37=1 Atelier,...

On the verge: the secret's out on these 20 up-and-coming beauty pros. Whip out the PalmPilot.(Beauty Flash)
January 1, 2004... Finding the very best in the beauty business is all about word of mouth. A fabulous signature haircut can turn a new name into a Sally Hershberger--end there once was a time when Marcia Kilgore's facials were New York beauty editors' best-kept...

Party all the time.(Eye)
January 1, 2004... Invitations arrived by the bushelful this fall, for galas, for dinners big and small, for cocktail parties, for long lunches--and even for breakfast. Karl Lagerfeld, Jean Paul Gaultier, Emanuel Ungaro's Giambattista Valli and Nina Ricci's Lars...

Black out: with his media empire crumbling around him, Lord Conrad Black sings the praises of FDR.(Eye)
January 1, 2004... It's a week and a half before an escalating scandal will force the newspaper baron Lord Conrad Black to step down as chief executive of Hollinger International, the media conglomerate he has controlled since founding it in 1981. But to judge by...

Curb appeal: HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm has a secret weapon: the sublimely serene Cheryl Hines.(Eye)
January 1, 2004... As the long-suffering fictional wife of the most socially inept man on television--Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David--Cheryl Hines regularly endures all sorts of indignities. But few can compare with the real-humiliations she experienced...

The liars' club.(Eye)
January 1, 2004... In the Paddington, London, office of Debrett's Ltd., one of several outfits devoted to cataloging Great Britain's titled aristocracy, there resides a collection of note cards--numbering in the hundreds--neatly filed away in a set of drawers...

Imagine.(January)
January 1, 2004... Did you ever see a fantasy walking? Well, one perambulates in "Dreamscape," a feature with a romantic, slightly Fellini-esquebent, starring a young woman in spring finery in a setting reminiscent of La Strada. Then it's on to "Gisele," a...

Gisele.(Cover Story)
January 1, 2004... Does anyone need more proof that Gisele Bundchen is the photos by Craig McDean should put any questions to rest. Gisele said after a first glimpse of the pictures. "They're not world's greatest cover girl? If so, these candid "These are just so...

Dressing the part: play any role perfectly, from debutante to torch singer. Do it up with feminine clothes, sharp shoes and petticoats galore.
January 1, 2004... Nina Ricci's yellow and white linen tweed suit with yellow tulle bra, at Bergdorf Goodman, New York; select Neiman Marcus stores; Stanley Korshak, Dallas; www.nina-ricci.fr: Wolford fishnet socks. Calvin Klein Collection's tan cotton strapless...

Deep blue scene: with the opening of the Maritime Hotel in New York, partners Sean MacPherson and Eric Goode mix nightlife with the luxe life.
January 1, 2004... Eric Goode and Sean MacPherson have been on a lot of planes lately. To tile conventions in Florida, garden suppliers in Philadelphia, even a hectic five-day tour of three Brazilian cities to view every architecturally relevant Oscar Niemeyer...

Glam slam: revved up on Red Bull, drop-dead glamour and fashion frenzy, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana cross the Atlantic to take Manhattan by storm.
January 1, 2004... Outside the international terminal at JFK, Stefano Gabbana, gray-faced and scowling, waits in a daze for his car. He quit smoking three days ago and has picked up a cold. Domenico Dolce looks ready to visit Johnny at the St. Regis barbershop...

Great dame: with wit, style and a no-nonsense approach to the good life, social star and American fashion icon C.Z. Guest led the way. Friends from Alexis de Rede and Oscar de la Renta to Carolina Herrera and Bruce Weber remember her singular star power.(Tribute)
January 1, 2004... She could have been a real bore. But C.Z. Guest was too stubborn for that. Instead, Guest, the American aristocrat and social star who died in November at age 82, invariably played against the image of the stuffy, rule-bound woman she could...