W articles from January 2008

W archives from January 2008

American anthem.(The Month in Fashion)(Thakoon Panichgul gets contract from Tod's)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Diego Della Valle, Tod's charismatic chief, seems to have developed quite a fondness for American designers recently. After naming Derek Lam creative director of Tod's in 2006, Della Valle announced in October that...

Kiss me, Kate.(The Month in Fashion)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Who in the world could possibly replace Kate Spade at Kate Spade? That was Spade parent Liz Claiborne Inc.'s dilemma when the designer left in July. The company found a solution in October, naming Deborah Lloyd,...

Carry on.(The Month in Fashion)(Hans Ulrich Obrist choose John Armleder to design a silver leather sack)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Forget the It bag. Today it's all about the art bag. After Louis Vuitton's collaborations with Takashi Murakami and Richard Prince comes Puma's new Reality Bag, created with London's Serpentine Gallery. The gallery's director, Julia...

Fuzzy logic.(The Month in Fashion)(Lutz and Patmos contracted with Richard Meier for his help in designing clothes)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sharply tailored clothing has often been described by those in the industry as "architectural," but Lutz & Patmos designers Tina Lutz and Marcia Patmos have taken the term to a new level with their latest...

Lucas films.(Fast Forward)(character of Jessica Lucas in Cloverfield)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Closed sets, fake movie titles, confidentiality agreements and a covert marketing campaign have kept a seductive veil of secrecy over Cloverfield, a creature-attacks-New York thriller from mega-producer J.J. Abrams that's set to open in...

Merit badges.(Editorial)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's easy to get the impression in this country today that you don't stand much chance of reaching the top unless you're a son of or a daughter of. The Oval Office is occupied by a man who'd be selling car parts in...

Art for all.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Thank you for dedicating the entire November issue to the art world and the people who keep it flourishing. Art's recent emergence into the commercial realm has critics complaining that it is "losing its integrity"...

A grande dame.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Like the movie Rashomon, there are, of course, almost as many versions of any subject as there are people considering it. I was a longtime friend of the late Sao Schlumberger's ('Portrait of a Lady," December), and...

Novel advice.(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2008... October was my third issue of W, and I have to agree with a number of your forthright letter writers. I'm disappointed that you seem more into the arty side of the demimonde than in presenting information on style trends. Prurient nudity isn't...

Wing men.(Uncensored)(Nicolas Sarkozy brings in his sons)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] France's glamorous first lady, Cecilia Sarkozy, may have fled the Elysee Palace, but President Nicolas Sarkozy has wasted no time recruiting some alluring stand-ins: his handsome blond sons from a previous marriage....

Party on.(Uncensored)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's been four decades since Truman Capote's Black and White Bull, but now that the Plaza hotel's $400 million renovation is complete, its newly restored neoclassical ballroom is poised to once again become the...

Starck-struck.(Uncensored)(Philippe Starck)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... There's no escaping Philippe Starck these days--not on the ground, in the air or at sea. In addition to his countless designs for hotels and restaurants around the world and his spaceship concept for Richard Branson, the ubiquitous...

Maternal instinct.(Uncensored)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New York moms, hold on to your kids. Bad-girl artist Delia Brown--known for borrowing the mansions of patrons for her campy "Guerrilla Lounging" series (showing the painter and her friends engaged in illicit...

Forget pomegranate-tinis.(Pop Cult)
January 1, 2008... The latest cult cocktail comes courtesy of Sharelle Klaus, a 38-year-old mother of four who couldn't find an alternative to wine during her pregnancies. So in August 2005 she launched DRY SODA nonalcoholic drinks infused with lavender,...

Opening act: a sexy-sweet seventies vibe informs the pre-spring collections.(Fashion Flash)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] D&G's beige cotton and silk henley at D&G, 800.979.3038. Eugenia Kim hat; necklace from Screaming Mimi's: vintage belt from South Paw: Balenciaga by Nicolas Chesquiere boots. Balenciaga's cotton belted vest by...

Hat tricks: heads up: the fashion world's newest milliner is hardly run-of-the-mill.(Accessories Flash)(Justin Smith)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ask Justin Smith where he gets his inspiration and he'll shrug and offer a rather ambiguous response. "I don't know. It comes from my brain somewhere," says the Devon, England, native. Perhaps Schiaparelli, I ask,...

A little help from my friends: Behnaz Sarafpour made her wedding ensemble one haute collaborative effort.(Bridal Flash)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Still lifes by JOHN LAWTON An off-the-rack gown is pretty much out of the question for a bride-to-be who happens to be a designer. But Behnaz Sarafpour went above and beyond just designing a dress for her...

Wedding bell blues: an age-old tradition gets a tony twist.(Bridal Flash)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... As bridal rites go, "something blue" is tried and true, but it needn't be a cliche of the garter belt or embroidered hankie ilk. Precious gems and exquisite objets offer an unconventional, not to mention upscale, take on the custom. Consider...

Emerald aisles: go green for the day.(Bridal Flash)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] No woman wants to overwhelm her wedding ensemble with excessive flash. But bridal jewels shouldn't be limited to low-impact solitaires and studs. Delicate diamonds mixed with less traditional emeralds make a...

Secret ingredients: the beauty world's latest discoveries--from the precious (jade powder) to the prosaic (alfalfa).(Beauty Flash)
January 1, 2008... 1 Perfect Match Complexions invariably get lighter or darker depending on the season. So each bottle of Revlon Custom Creations Foundation lets users blend two pigments to create the ideal match for their skin. In six shades. $13.99;...

Stay a while: the next generation of fountain-of-youth fixes just loves to linger.(Beauty Flash)
January 1, 2008... It's easy to forget, in this age of Botox parties and lunchtime Restylane, that injecting one's way to a youthful visage is not exactly a walk in the park. True, a few syringes can iron out forehead creases, fill frown lines and deliver a...

Close encounters.(EYE)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... "I'm thrilled to be here tonight, because it proves I'm still breathing," said Lauren Bacall at the Women in Hollywood dinner in Beverly Hills. "A lot of people think I'm dead." Guests Kate Bosworth, Jennifer Connelly and Amy Adams were on...

God bless Larry: the director of Borat achieved Hollywood megasuccess by the skin of his teeth.(EYE)(Larry Charles )(Occupation overview)
January 1, 2008... AS he stood in front of a packed movie theater with his long beard and longer hair, sporting a porkpie hat and tinted glasses, Larry Charles looked like a lost member of ZZ Top. It was August 2006 in Traverse City, a resort town in northern...

Truffletopia: a mushroom-mad scientist is on a quest to turn Oregon's Willamette Valley into truffle-town U.S.A.(EYE)(Charles Lefevre )
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Charles Lefevre is traipsing through a thicket of Douglas firs in Oregon's Willamette Valley in search of buried treasure. Beneath these forests, he explains, lies his quarry: the wild Oregon truffle. Four species of...

w.01: sinister or sophisticated.(briefs)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Hilary Swank... wicked? She seems to be, in the fashion feature WAIT UNTIL DARK this month, which shows her dressed in a variety of witchy lingerie, accessories and dresses and found in flagrante with a blond ephebe who seems a little, well,...

Wait until dark: Hollywood heavy hitter Hilary Swank steams up the lens with an erotic fashion fantasy--and opens up to W about her new life and latest film role.(Cover story)
January 1, 2008... DON'T EXPECT TO SEE HILARY SWANK CHECKING HERSELF IN AT PROMISES ANY TIME SOON, BUT THE ACTRESS DOES SEEM TO HAVE A BIT OF A PILL PROBLEM Sitting in a white terrycloth robe at her W photo shoot, her eyelids caked with smoky shadow and her...

Major Tom: for decades Thomas Nozkowski has held the cultish status of artist's artist. Now, at 63, his masterly abstract paintings are attracting big-time attention.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Somewhere amid the wooded hills of upstate New York, on the far side of the Shawangunk Ridge and past a shed with an American flag painted on it, stands a modest white farmhouse. It lies less than two hours' drive...

The Rothschilds: in the former studio of John Singer Sargent, Sir Evelyn and Lady de Rothschild have built their London "love nest"--a house stocked with artworks old and new.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] When Sir Evelyn de Rothschild was going over the plans for his new London house, a renovated 19th-century artist's studio once owned by John Singer Sargent, he decided that there were a few modern conveniences he...