W articles from July 2005

W archives from July 2005

The flip side.(Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren in fashion world)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Dutch design duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren are known for turning convention on its head: They've staged a tap-dancing fashion show, made bridal gowns from bed comforters, and created a perfume bottle shaped like a grenade. The first ever...

Sales fever.(The Month in Fashion)(mergers and acquisitions - the trend)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Mergers and acquisitions are emerging as key fashion trends this year. Saks Inc. announced that it was selling its Proffitt's and McRae's divisions to Belk department store group for $622 million in late April. Just a few days later, private...

Playing to Wynn.(Steve Wynn's Wynn Las Vegas resort's shopping facility)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Though tuxedo T-shirts and mullet haircuts are still de rigueur on the Strip, Las Vegas is shaping up to be something of a fashion capital, with designer boutiques quickly overtaking the all-you-can-eat buffets. Steve Wynn's new $2.7 billion...

P. Diddy's feminine mystique.(The Month in Fashion)(new women's clothing designs)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Speculation about a women's offshoot of Sean "P. Diddy" Combs's successful Sean John men's line has been swirling almost since the label's launch seven years ago. In April the music and fashion mogul finally made his intentions clear,...

In the naum of fashion.(The Month in Fashion)(Naum clothing collection launched by Waleed Khairzada and Julia Jentzsch )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... When designers Waleed Khairzada and Julia Jentzsch met at Soho House last summer they immediately clicked, talking the night away and discovering that they shared mutual creative obsessions: Richard Serra sculptures and Martha Graham...

Michael Kaplan.(Behind the Scenes: Contributor)
July 1, 2005... Unlike, it seems, everyone else these days, Michael Kaplan is sick of hearing gossip about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. "Everybody keeps asking me about them and I don't know why," says the costume designer who styled the pair for their new...

Let's talk about sex.(Letter From the Editors)
July 1, 2005... July An eminent literature professor at a vaunted university once confessed to me that he'd become addicted to the soap opera All My Children one summer while working on a book. Seems he took his lunch break at the same time every day, and...

Nuts for Natalie.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... Bravo for putting Natalie Portman on your cover ("La Belle Natalie," May). I cannot think of a better person for the spot. Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott's sexy and sophisticated photographs proved how versatile her look is. Natalie possesses a...

Pale by comparison.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... Please forgive me for my tardiness, but it does take one a substantial length of time to peruse your 456-page March issue. Having finally done so, I feel I must lodge one small complaint regarding the undeniably beautiful photos of Kate Moss...

Funny business.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... I felt punk'd when I opened up your May issue and found an article on Ashton Kutcher ("Lights, Camera, Ashton!")! I read W to escape into the rarefied world of haute couture, not hot (pop) culture. Anne Sloan Portland, Ore. It...

Some like it hot.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... Juergen Teller's "Hothouse Flower" photographs (June) of Gisele are truly a vision. Gorgeous Gisele is hot from head to toe. Cheers to Juergen! Pamela de Benedictis Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. The "Hothouse Flower" spread was reason enough...

The long and short.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... I was excited to learn about the Jiminy Glick movie in the works from Christopher Bagley's profile of Martin Short ("Short, Not Sweet," May). As Bagley pointed out, Jiminy Glick is "corpulent and clueless," but Short is clearly the opposite. I...

Charmed.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... I enjoyed learning about jewelry designer Aaron Basha ("The Chain Gang," May). I am the proud mother of five daughters as well as the owner of five Aaron Basha baby-shoe charms. Each shoe is as unique as each daughter. Many people admire the...

Miss understood.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... It's surprising to see that W has received so much backlash from readers for putting Lindsay Lohan on its cover ("Lindsay Lohan," April). Although I am not a huge fan of Ms. Lohan's, I understand that young stars such as she are trendsetters...

On the Waterfront.(UNCENSORED)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... If development plans proceed, a dilapidated stretch of Nantucket wharf known as the Grey Lady Marine will soon become a glittering yacht club replete with 40 boat slips, squash courts, a swimming pool, a restaurant and an initiation fee of more...

Shots in the dark.(UNCENSORED)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Young Hollywood has a new favorite drink: High-end tequila is suddenly everywhere on the A-list party circuit, with the Gran Centenario and Corzo brands locked in a Mexican standoff for dominance. Corzo might have the edge since Luke Wilson...

Miller time (again).(Alex Miller abandons London for Los Angeles.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Is Alex Miller finally stepping out of the fog? The youngest of the three Miller sisters has decided to abandon London for Los Angeles, where she's renting a house in Coldwater Canyon, above Beverly Hills, right up the street from Barry Diller...

Palazzo Pinault.(UNCENSORED)(Francois Pinault invests in Palazzo Grassi.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Francois Pinault usually gets what he wants, but after investing an estimated $26 million in the planning phase of a museum on an island in the Seine, designed by architect Tadao Ando, the lusty goods billionaire has been forced to dump his pet...

Haunted house.(purchase of residential house)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... So what does Prince Charles plan to do with the stretch of rolling countryside he recently acquired in Herefordshire, near the Welsh border? Insiders say he's readying it for a future king: Prince William. The young prince recently paid a visit...

Toga party: Donatella Versace is the perfect choice to costume a short remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula.(Fashion Flash)(remake of Gore Vidal's film Caligula costume design)
July 1, 2005... Their empire lasted almost 500 years, they built the Colosseum and relaxed in luxurious public baths, yet the Romans, Donatella Versace claims, weren't sexy--at least in the way they dressed. So Versace, who designed the costumes for the main...

Grape expectations: multitasker Karl Lagerfeld just shot a steamy ad campaign for the latest Dom Perignon vintage.(Karl Lagerfeld advertising)(Dom Perignon)
July 1, 2005... Karl Lagerfeld is never far from a glass of bubbly, but it's not what you might think. Pepsi Max, the French equivalent of Diet Pepsi, is his favorite drink, day or night. In fact, alcohol almost never crosses Lagerfeld's lips. "It makes me go...

Hide and chic: leather has rarely looked more fabulous than it does this fall. Three noted Italian design houses, especially, are pulling out all the stops.(Accessories Flash)(La Pelle Guccissima)(accessories at design houses)
July 1, 2005... Stamp of Approval When Frida Giannini decided to lift Gucci's two iconic motifs, the double G's and the bridle bit, from their customary home on canvas bags and silk ties and reimagine them on leather, she didn't realize that she was...

An ounce of prevention: has SPF had its moment in the sun? Scientists are searching for better protection.(Beauty Flash)(sun protection factor)
July 1, 2005... When it comes to safeguarding her skin from the ravages of sunlight, Manhattan dermatologist Amy B. Lewis insists on a multiplatform approach. She coats her face with a green-tea antioxidant cream every morning, followed by a thick layer of SPF...

The best in day spas and skin care salons.(Elizabeth Grady Skin Care Salons)(CenturySports Club & Day Spa)
July 1, 2005... East Coast: Elizabeth Grady Skin Care Salons (800) FACIALS 40 salons in 5 states: CT, MA, NH, NY & NC website: www.elizabethgrady.com "Business is beautiful[R]" - John P. Walsh, President Word of mouth--that's how we got to be...

Cool aids: with Popsicle-hued lipsticks and refreshing scents, it's easy to beat the heat.(Beauty Flash)
July 1, 2005... Bright Eyes Wearing oversize shades 24-7 might work for the supremely famous, but most of us must face the world without. A far more wearable-and equally chic-alternative for disguising tired eyes is Payot's Lotion Bleue, which tones down...

Star wattage.(art museums parties)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... A torrential rainstorm couldn't deter the Hollywood pack from glamming up the Costume Institute gala at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Selma Blair jetted in from Vancouver, Hayden Christensen came in from Italy and Jake Gyllenhaal flew...

The good witch: in Bewitched and at home in New Mexico, Shirley MacLaine puts her superpowers to the test.(EYE)
July 1, 2005... Oigey boigey," says Shirley MacLaine. "Deboy debahum deboy. Juji bahi? Juji bahi?" MacLaine is sitting in her Santa Fe living room, dressed in a patchwork leather vest, snakeskin pants and amber jewelry she designed herself. On her lap,...

Love letters: three new books tackle affairs of the passionate (and legendary) kind.(EYE)
July 1, 2005... Diana Widmaier Picasso "When you want to f--k," Pablo Picasso scrawled in Spanish across a drawing of a female nude, "then f--k." While the artist famously satisfied his voracious appetite with a lifetime of sensual encounters, such...

Duff jam: famous Democrat and divorcee Patricia Duff re-emerges with her own political talk show.(EYE)
July 1, 2005... A couple of months ago, Patricia Duff was thumbing through a copy of Jane Fonda's recently published memoir when she spied something thrilling. "I couldn't believe it, says Duff. There was a picture of me in there. It's easy to see why...

String fellow: he made art history with his flags and targets, at home in Connecticut, Jasper Johns talks about his latest paintings--with string as a central motif--and about the old days with Rauschenberg and Castelli.(Jasper Johns art exhibition)
July 1, 2005... Jasper Johns is standing over a long worktable in the studio on his rural Connecticut estate, his longtime assistant by his side. Two prints, seemingly identical, are laid out for him. On closer inspection, one has a splotch of purple where the...

Domestic bliss.
July 1, 2005... Take an impeccable modernist house in California, fill it with an ideal American family--Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their five blond, mini-Brad sons--and the fantasy of domestic perfection should be complete. So why is Mom often passed out...

A+B: the world's two hottest stars discuss love, marriage and playing house in Palm Springs.(DOMESTIC BLISS)
July 1, 2005... SOMETIME LAST YEAR, BRAD PITT BEGAN GIVING A LOT OF THOUGHT TO UNHAPPY MARRIAGES. The actor was in Los Angeles filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Doug Liman's thriller about a glamorous husband and wife who are secretly hired to assassinate each...