W articles from July 2006

W archives from July 2006

Label war.(The Month in Fashion)(Tarrant Apparel Group sues Jessica Simpson for breach of contract)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... As any careful reader of celebrity rags knows, Jessica Simpson likes to work the red carpet in Roberto Cavalli, Valentino and Michael Kors. Her wardrobe choices would not be a problem except for the fact that Simpson herself is also a...

Happy couple.(The Month in Fashion)(Link Theory Holdings Co. Ltd. appoints Nicole Colovos, Michael Colovos as fashion designers)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... When Link Theory Holdings Co. Ltd. bought Helmut Lang from Prada this past March, something major was missing: a designer. Lang left the label in 2005 and has no plans to return. Happily, it didn't take Link Theory long to fill in the blank. In...

The British are coming.(The Month in Fashion)(Philip Green plans to open an outlet of Topshop in US)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... While Buckingham Palace and Big Ben are no doubt impressive, fashion-conscious London tourists often make another attraction their first stop: Topshop. The chain's low-budget, right-off-the-runway offerings (including recent designer...

On your Honor.(The Month in Fashion)
July 1, 2006... A model moving to L.A. is nothing new, but when Honor Fraser went west seven years ago, it wasn't for showbiz-related reasons. She earned her degree from USC and went to work for the Beverly Hills branch of Gagosian Gallery. In 2005 she left to...

Surf's up.(Letter From the Editors)
July 1, 2006... July Just about three years ago W's Christopher Bagley moved to Los Angeles to become the magazine's West Coast Bureau Chief. Born and bred in Connecticut, he'd spent his entire adult life--save for a year's sojourn in Paris in the...

Crazy horse.(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... The Madonna photo portfolio ("Madonna," June) was the best you have put forth yet. The images were beyond anything I could have imagined. Photographer Steven Klein truly outdid himself this time. His pictures prove that Madonna will never lose...

Sweet on streep.(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... Your May cover with Meryl Streep and Lindsay Lohan ("Two Queens") was stunning and a milestone in the recent history of fashion magazines. Streep is a thinking beauty, and your decision to feature her only widens the gap between W and the rest...

Exercise addict.(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... Whitney McNally's "Class Struggle" (May) really hit home. I have been taking gym classes for 25 years, and I recognize every type of person she describes. Unfortunately, I may be one of them. A friend of mine who was once in a class with me...

Naming names.(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... As the president and owner of 1 Management in New York, I want to comment on the article featuring Lydia Hearst in last month's W ("A League of Their Own," June). I feel Lydia was unfairly shown in a subpar light. As you know, she has been...

Hail Britannia.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... I would like to congratulate you on the fabulous May issue, especially photographer David Sims's "Cornwall" shoot. The models Sims used were very interesting, and his shots of the rustic English countryside were beautiful. It's great to see...

Plane delicious.(UNCENSORED)
July 1, 2006... Airplane food is a dining experience more often suffered through than savored. But starting this murmur, Delta Air Lines is offering something worth digging your spork into. Passengers in the international BusinessElite class will be served a...

House keepers.(UNCENSORED)(renovation of masterpiece Singleton House )(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Given the prices of contemporary art these days, what's another $18 million to $20 million for an entire modernist home? That's the thinking in the Hollywood Hills, where Vidal and Ronnie Sassoon purchased Richard Neutra's masterpiece Singleton...

Bird brain.(UNCENSORED)
July 1, 2006... A newly minted Brit can't play lord of the manor without all the right paraphernalia. Soon after purchasing a 450-acre estate in the West Sussex countryside, Roman Abramovich, Britain's second-richest man (after steel baron Lakshmi Mittal) and...

Hair today.(UNCENSORED)
July 1, 2006... In France hairstyling is an art form, and in July fashion favorite Odile Gilbert will don her Chanel jacket to become the first coiffeuse to receive the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. But the award hasn't gone to her head--or...

Doctor who?(UNCENSORED)(Michael Gormley)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... When it comes to the British physician Michael Gormley, medicine is as much an art as it is a science. First, there is his claim to fame as the brother of sculptor Antony Gormley, a 1994 Turner Prize winner who has shown at the Tate and is best...

Novel gazing.(UNCENSORED)(Maura Moynihan novel Covergirl offers award-worthy dish)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Maura Moynihan's upcoming novel, Covergirl (ReganBooks), won't win any Pulitzers, but it will offer some award-worthy dish. Moynihan, the daughter of the late senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, made her mark as an Andy Warhol Factory girl,...

Before the fall: it may be fashion's best-kept secret: looks from the in-between seasons, including these pieces from prefall, are clearly very covetable.(W Fashion Flash)
July 1, 2006... Balenciaga's silk mouseline dress, by Nicolas Ghesquiere, at Carla Martinengo, Dallas; Kirna Zabete, New York; Blake Chicago. Chloe shoes. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Valentino's silk chiffon dress, at Valentino; valentino.com. Chanel...

Cruise directors: for two days in May, Chanel's Karl Laserfeld and Dior's John Galliano anchored their cruise ships in New York.
July 1, 2006... Constant motion. That singular goal propels the mighty ship of fashion. Those who follow its course know that, to a large degree, the spring and fall shows have become much ado about marketing and that what's on the runway represents only a...

Group effort: with a new creative director and a stylish Rodeo Drive boutique, the design collective Georg Jensen now has global ambitions.(Accessories Flash)
July 1, 2006... Is the land of red-carpet wow ready for a temple to understated Scandinavian cool? The brass at Georg Jensen are banking on it. In July the storied Copenhagen, Denmark, firm opens a 2,000-square-foot, Tadao Ando--designed jewelry store in...

Hollywood's diet drug: a pill for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may be the secret weight-loss weapon of Tinseltown's tiniest starlets.(Beauty Flash)
July 1, 2006... Something strange is going on with many of Hollywood's young starlets--namely that they've shrunken to the size of 12-year-old boys. Their weight-loss methods, however, have remained a mystery. If the steady flow of paparazzi shots is to be...

High drama: from a muddy face wash to mysterious hair crystals, some summer products are far from light and breezy.(Beauty Flash)
July 1, 2006... 1 Flower Power The world has evolved since Revlon introduced its wildly successful scent Charlie in 1973. For one thing, an ad featuring a woman patting her boyfriend on the bottom would hardly be considered controversial today. But...

Laser burn: these days, laser hair removal is as de rigueur as Botox. But is it as safe as it seems?(Beauty Flash)
July 1, 2006... Just weeks before her wedding a woman appeared in a panic at the office of New York dermatologist Roy Geronemus. After one round of laser hair removal at a Manhattan salon, she had developed scattered, crusted scabs on her arms. Several days...

The English roses.(movie stars attend AngloMania gala )(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... A cavalcade of stars, including Jennifer Lopes, Charlize Theron, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sienna Miller, Thandie Newton, Kim Basinger, Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barry. more, answered the call to attend the AngloMania gala at the Costume...

Bart appreciation: he's a champion of Czech design (and Anh Duong's husband-to-be).(EYE)(Biography)
July 1, 2006... It was only fitting that Grandmother Betty should throw the couple's April engagement party. After all, the grande dame had a hand in introducing her grandson Barton Quillen and his fiancee, artist Anh Duong. And Betty Evans, 82, couldn't help...

SITE specific: Laura Heon sharpens the edge of Santa Fe's art biennial, SITE.(EYE)
July 1, 2006... Laura Heon, director of the art space SITE Santa Fe, compares her first brush with contemporary art, in graduate school, to finding "weasels in your bed." It was scary, yes, but also invigorating for the Arkansas native, whose speech is a grits...

See it.(Michael Winterbottom, The Road to Guantanamo)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... [THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO] Fast on the heels of Paul Greengrass's United 93 comes Michael Winterbottom's phenomenal The Road to Guantanamo, which dramatizes the effects of the war on terror. Guantanamo's three central characters, British Muslims,...

Skip it.(Loverboy)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... [LOVERBOY] In 2004 Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon costarred in The Woodsman, about a convicted pedophile (Bacon) who tries to rejoin society with Sedgwick's sexual healing. Now the pair has birthed the odd Loverboy, with Bacon in the director's...

All too true.(television programming)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... If shows like "Ivana Young Man" still haven't convinced you that truth is way weirder than fiction, then take a look at the latest crop of reality series. Listed below are concepts for five new programs. Four are actual shows in production or...

Photo play.(FIRST LOOK)
July 1, 2006... THE RIGHTS TO DIANE ARBUS'S LIFE STORY AND PICTURES HAVE BEEN CLOSELY GUARDED BY HER ESTATE, BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED NICOLE KIDMAN FROM PLAYING A FICTIONALIZED VERSION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE FILM FUR, DUE OUT IN NOVEMBER. THE PLOT FOLLOWS...

Dream girl: all dressed up with no place to go, Naomi Campbell gives all-out glamour a sad, wistful edge.
July 1, 2006... Versace's silk satin and wool crepe dress, at select Neiman Marcus stores; Versace, versace.com. Christian Louboutin shoes. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Prada's wool and raccoon coat, at select Prada stores, 888.977.1900; Blumarine's leather...

Cafe De L'Artiste: at 11 The Quay, his restaurant on the quiet Coast of Devon, England, a newly sober Damien Hirst is serving up simple fare and audacious art.
July 1, 2006... IN 1995, WHEN HARD-PARTYING ARTIST DAMIEN HIRST WAS awarded Great Britain's prestigious Turner Prize, he spent his roughly $30,000 in winnings on, of all things, kitchen appliances. "I bought a huge fridge and a massive oven," says Hirst,...

Relax: the latest way to layer is with bold knits that co to great lengths or pump up the volume.
July 1, 2006... Louis Vuitton's light gray cashmere dress, at select Louis Vuitton stores, 866.VUITTON. Louisvuitton.com: Nina Ricci's charcoal merino cardigan, at Stanley Korshak. Dallas. 214.871.3512 Maxfield. Los Angeles. Louis Vuitton hat. ...

Louisville sluggers: Kentucky power couple Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson are bringing new life to both downtown Louisville and their 19th-century farmhouse.
July 1, 2006... In Kentucky horse country, it's nearly impossible to discern a man's social standing by the car in his driveway or the watch on his wrist. The region has its own set of status symbols, which, though no less powerful, aren't obvious to the...

Flying high: it's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Kate Bosworth, who shoots for superstardom this summer as Lois Lane in superman returns. But can the ingenue next door handle the hype?(Profile)(Biography)
July 1, 2006... LIKE MANY HOLLYWOOD STARS WHOSE RISES TO THE TOP HAVE BEEN REDUCED by the media to a few short anecdotes, Kate Bosworth has nuggets of lore that follow her everywhere she goes. First, there is the physical oddity: She has heterochromia iridium,...

Surfing in style: the luxe resorts and perfect waves of Indonesia are luring a new crop of wealthy surfers. But the pampering stops once they get in the water.(Travel)(Country overview)
July 1, 2006... "GOOD MORNING, SIR. SMALL WAVES TODAY." It's my first day at the Istana, a cliff-top villa overlooking Bali's legendary Uluwatu surf break, and the butler, dressed in a batik sarong the color of grape juice, greets me with a polite bow and...

The Russians are coming: on holiday in Baden-Baden, the Countess espies the newly moneyed tourists and studies their gold-plated habits.(Last Laugh)
July 1, 2006... I've taken to vodka. As I write this, I am sipping Gorbatschow Platinum 44 at one of the finest hotels in the world, the Brenner's Park on the edge of the Black Forest in Baden-Baden, Germany, and staring out at its beautiful gardens all...