W articles from November 2001

W archives from November 2001

The Wine Renaissance.
November 1, 2001... Italian vineyards have modernized and can now compete with the French. Here, choose from the best bottles During the last 20 years many American chefs have turned to Italy for inspiration. Italian cuisine, for all of its regional...

Trattoria Italiana.
November 1, 2001... A taste of the best eateries, coast to coast, that mix Old and New World techniques NEW YORK CITY BABBO 110 Waverly pl. 212-777-0303 It has been three years since the James Beard Foundation named Babbo best new...

Silent Might.
November 1, 2001... Piero Lissoni is not a fan of "noisy" furniture that screams for attention. But his understated, simply chic designs still cause a commotion If ever there were a modern Renaissance man, it's Piero Lissoni. Renowned as a furniture designer,...

Home Tour.
November 1, 2001... Discover where to buy Italian bathtubs, bar carts, bedsheets, and chaise longues NEW YORK CAPPELLINI MODERN AGE 102 Wooster St. 212-966-0669 Design fiends flock here like pigeons to St. Mark's Square. The store showcases...

Giovanni Ribisi goes the distance to portray a character--especially if it calls for a sun-drenched stint in Italy.
November 1, 2001... It's 10 P.M. The hushed hubbub of chatting diners in the chateau Marmont's tranquil courtyard makes the traffic on the Sunset Strip seem very far away. Then Giovanni Ribisi shows up. He's all energy, showing no sign of the wretched insomnia...

Natural Beauty.
November 1, 2001... An earthy art movement born in the '60s gains new ground in America Literally translated as "poor art," Arte Povera was first defined as a movement in 1967 by the Italian critic Germano Celant. "Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1962-1972" is...

That's Amore.
November 1, 2001... Style-setters have a passion for Italian fashion. Is it love, lust, or just plain obsession? Take a stroll down Madison Avenue, lunch at the ivy in L.A., or linger at the bar at the Sanderson Hotel in London, and you can't miss it. It's a...

Walking Tall.
November 1, 2001... Guido Bruno knows his customer. Now that his fanciful footwear can be found in luxe shops, she's beginning to know him, too Guido Bruno, 29, may live on Lake Como overlooking the bucolic village of Bellagio, but he has deep roots in Milan....

The A to Z Guide to Italian Style.
November 1, 2001... ALVIERO MARTINI Go on a style vacation with these exotic clothes and bags adorned with maps. Nationwide at select Bloomingdale's and Macy's, and at specialty boutiques. www. alvieromartini.it AVON CELLI Who says men aren't...

Can't Leave? Then Libro.
November 1, 2001... When life prevents you from boarding a plane, let these books be your ticket to Italy M: THE MAN WHO BECAME CARAVAGGIO, by Peter Robb (Picador USA) Art history has never been as bold, brash, and thrilling as it is in Robb's unorthodox...

The Month in Fashion.
November 1, 2001... Fashion's most important role: finding the bright spots in the darkest days. The creative spark dimmed in September, but not for long. The normally competitive fashion world banded together in an unprecedented show of resilience and...

Vive le Rive.
November 1, 2001... Tom Ford has never been one to dawdle. Since he became creative director of YSL Rive Gauche two years ago, the company's image makeover has been on overdrive. The latest manifestation of the new look is Rive Gauche's Madison Avenue store, which...

W Personal Shopper.
November 1, 2001... Need answers to your where-to-buy, what-to-wear or where-to-go in November questions? Contact me, W's Personal Shopper, at WPersonalShopper.com or call 1.800.428.1151. Have you started "making that list and checking it twice?" If not,...

Dynamic Duo.
November 1, 2001... Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren keep adding tasks to their to-do list. Now that the inventive Dutch designers have won the hearts and dollars of editors and retailers for their witty couture and ready-to-wear, they're Introducing shoes and...

Now and Zen.
November 1, 2001... Opening two stores within two weeks in New York is not an easy feat at any time. But this fall, Donna Karan made it happen. First came a new DKNY in SoHo, the second in Manhattan. Built in a long, narrow space that used to be the famed Leo...

Sweet Berry.
November 1, 2001... These days Aerin and Jane, Samantha and Serena, and Paris and Nicky reign supreme, but in the early Seventies a very different sister act captured society's imagination. Berry Berenson, a blond, athletic photographer shooting for Vogue,...

"She has inner taste," Carrie Donovan. said of Berry Berenson in 1971.
November 1, 2001... "Berry is without a doubt one of the most marvelous people--of any age--I have known," said Carrie Donovan in 1971. "She has inner taste." Before long, Berry gave up the jet set and moved into Perkins' Chelsea brownstone, where they...

The Great Escape.
November 1, 2001... November In the aftermath of September 11, it was easy for anyone who wasn't a rescue worker, or perhaps one of the lucky few chosen from the rolls of would-be volunteers, to feel irrelevant, if not a little silly. What good is trading...

W Letters.
November 1, 2001... Readers React Naughty Gwyneth Thank you for the bold "Bad Girl" (September) pictorial featuring Gwyneth Paltrow. These are quite possibly the best photos of Gwyneth ever published in a magazine. Gwyneth is a beautiful and talented...

A Driving Passion.
November 1, 2001... Apparently, it isn't enough just to own a Ferrari these days. One now must have the proper shoes with which to punch the accelerator. Longtime buddies Diego Della Valle and Ferrari chief Luca di Montezemolo have teamed up to create footwear...

Battle of the Bulge.
November 1, 2001... "Fashion's a very shady business," says Michele Maher, a onetime Seventh Avenue sales exec and now a fledgling director, whose independent film Garmento, currently seeking distribution, concerns a fictional company that's brought to the brink...

Dear Santa.
November 1, 2001... When Blaine Trump began soliciting fashion-world friends for gift items to be included in this Year's God's Love We Deliver holiday catalog, they knew it would be tough to beat the Burberry apron that created a mini frenzy last year (and is...

Charmed, I'm Sure.
November 1, 2001... It may have been easy to break into the popular clique at Beverly Hills High, but at Guild Hall's August benefit at Club Colette in Southampton, Shannen Doherty wasn't exactly greeted with open arms when she pushed her way into the middle of a...

Gold Finger.
November 1, 2001... One of Italy's most notorious mob bosses, Toto Riina, seems to have been as adept at collecting jewels as he was at ordering hits Almost 10 years after Sicily's main Mafioso was sentenced to life in prison, more than 200 pieces of his jewelry...

Culture Vulture.
November 1, 2001... Until now, she's been best known for her highly publicized struggles with anorexia, but Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria has a new role these days--as the ambassador for Swedish culture. Having graduated from Harvard with honors last spring,...

Pink Ladies.
November 1, 2001... In this new era of ruffles and fluounces and dance-floor gypsies, and with his dresses figuring so prominently at big New York nights lately, Emanuel Ungaro couldn't have picked a beter time to throw a party. To celebrate the 35th anniversary...

Just Desserts.
November 1, 2001... From Pay Days to Pixy Stix, life is sweet for Dylan Lauren, the new countess of confection. It's a pleasant afternoon in early September, and although Dylan Lauren is set to open a multimillion-dollar, 5,500-square-foot candy emporium,...

Like a Rock.
November 1, 2001... "There's a huge difference between rock stars and actors," Mark Wahlberg said when Rock Star, his new movie, premiered in Los Angeles. "Rock stars can be very up front and open with the way they live their lives and conduct their business. But...

Bombay Watch.
November 1, 2001... Alexandra Shiva knows her eunuchs, and she's got a movie to prove it. "Bombay Eunuch," Shiva's documentary abosut hijras--the million-strong subculture of Indian eunuchs who for centuries have claimed mystical powers--begins a weeklong run at...

Pu1itzer's Prize.
November 1, 2001... With a little help from Tadao Ando, Emily Pulitzer is putting her world-class art collection on display. One evening in 1991, when the renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando was visiting St. Louis for the first time, he found himself at the...

The Lady Is a Vamp.
November 1, 2001... Jennifer Tilly may be Hollywood's favorite airheaded sexpot, but she's certainly nobody's fool. Even as a stripper, I was a clotheshorse," Jennifer Tilly says cheerfully, with the gusto of a woman who has not only come to accept her own...

Jacobs' Ladder.
November 1, 2001... Andy Warhol had his Superstars, Bill Blass his Ladies. Nowadays, there's a group of women who revolve around Marc Jacobs with the same planetary regularity. Winona Ryder, Hilary Swank, Sofia Coppola, Zoe Cassavetes, Debbie Harry, Kim Gordon,...

Hot Rocks.
November 1, 2001... The fiercely competitive auction houses are gearing up for their "Magnificent Jewels" sales. The time may not be exactly ripe for selling a fortune in extravagant jewels, but, come what may, in late October, New York auction houses mean to...

Naughty by Nurture.
November 1, 2001... It's a given that Hollywood bombshells are born as much as they're built. So it came as no surprise that the starlets celebrating Laren Stover's The Bombshell Manual of Style at the Chateau Marmont could recite passages from the book better...

Giorgio Girls.
November 1, 2001... Sherry Lansing knows how to get Hollywood's power women to splurge. She had Lily Tartikoff, Barbara Davis and Irina Medavoy emptying the racks at Giorgio Armani's Rodeo Drive boutique for Stop Cancer, a favorite charity. "Let's face it, without...

MacBain Moves In.
November 1, 2001... Hard-charging international businesswoman Louise MacBain builds a beachhead in Southampton. Perhaps it's only appropriate that Louise MacBain arrived in Southampton on the heels of hurricane-force winds. Just as a wicked nor 'easter tore...

Golden Girl.
November 1, 2001... Melina Kanakaredes knows a thing or two about "prime time". With a blossoming career and a growing family, she's truly hit her stride. But if asked, this star of NBC's hit show Providence--and all-around Greek goddess--will surely tell you the...

Sail of the Century.
November 1, 2001... Boatloads of VIPs breezed into the Isle of Wight for this year's America's Cup Jubilee. The America's Cup Jubilee, held in late August in the tiny village of Cowes on England's Isle of Wight, was about two things--the size of your boat...

Cooking With Class.
November 1, 2001... Nigella Lawson, Britain's beloved "domestic goddess," brings her culinary artistry to America. Can I ply you with food and drink?" Nigella Lawson asks, flashing an alluring smile as she displays the contents of the huge, stainless-steel...

His Brother's Keeper.
November 1, 2001... Mario Sorrenti commemorates the life of his late brother, Davide, with a new photo book, The Machine. Maria Sorrenti, the photographer who created the signature images for Calvin Klein's Obsession, has an obsession of his own. But this...

Critical Eye.
November 1, 2001... The little ingenue that could... secrets of the Metropolitan Opera... jazz-age mystery revisited... Leonard Cohen returns from on high... and Ghada Amer follows a new thread. FILM \ These days, that odd feeling in the chest cavity one...

Baby Love.
November 1, 2001... Tiny tots are finally being lavished with products like the ones their mothers swear by. They may be small and deeply vulnerable, but newborns are far from powerless. Note their uncanny ability to transform almost any adult within a...

Well Healed.
November 1, 2001... Thanks to recent innovations, the recovery period is no longer the scariest part of a facelift. For most of us, committing to a facelift is pretty heady stuff, ranking high on the list of life-defining moments. Not only is it an admission...

Lighten Up.
November 1, 2001... A few years back, after pumping new life into Yves Saint Laurent's cosmetics line, makeup guru Terry de Gunzberg launched her own line, by Terry. Now, she's introducing by Terry Light, which is just what it sounds like: smaller, more simply...

Holy Water.
November 1, 2001... Many a beauty company has touted the restorative effects of purified water on the skin, but Alive Skincare uses Kabbalah water that's been treated according to principles espoused by the mystical Jewish sect. Working in conjunction with the...

Forever Kirsty.
November 1, 2001... The popularity of bespoke fragrances is on the rise, and, as usual, celebrities have been among the first to commission their own signature scents (for personal use, of course--you won't see these on QVC). Recently, Donovan Leitch and his wife,...

Back to the Future.
November 1, 2001... Chris McMillan, the Los Angeles hairstylist who has a way of getting starlets to chop it all off (Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and his latest work of art, Selma Blair, for example), is breaking out on his own to open Chris McMillan for...

Limited Edition.
November 1, 2001... Just as the addition of freshly picked herbs enhances a meal like nothing else, imagine how wonderful a moisturizer would make your skin feel if it were whipped up only after you phoned in the order. Elixir des Glaciers, a treatment cream for...

Preservation Society.
November 1, 2001... ROBERT HASKELL Today's young society ladies maintain their looks by starting early and--gasp!--working at it. Oh, to be young, beautiful and rich. These days, the society girls who light up a room when they walk in--skin flawless,...

French Flair.
November 1, 2001... The Paris-based perfumer Diptyque, famous for its scented candles, has promoted another of its fragrances to spray-on status: Called Oyedo, the scent joins 12 others in the company's line of eaux de toilette. Oyedo's blend of citrus and rich,...

Turning Japanese.
November 1, 2001... Lafco New York, known for its fetchingly packaged lotions and soaps, decided to dress up its new collection in colorful Far Eastern garb. Although the three scents in the Kimono collection--Citron, Honeysuckle and Wild Pansy--are nothing less...

Haute Housework.
November 1, 2001... Bloom/Archive brings beauty to the more mundane aspects of life with Prairie Chic, home-care products that are the perfect accent to that country house. Wouldn't you pay $22 for laundry detergent and $16 for dish-washing liquid if you could get...

Kissing Pretty.
November 1, 2001... It's never been a better time to treat lips to some TLC. Pevonia's Youthful Lip Line Treatment, given in spas, gently removes dead skin cells (800 PEVONIA). Both Thibiant Beverly Hills' Plumptuous (www.aidathibiant.com) and Calrins'...

Head Cases.
November 1, 2001... Tula has found a cheeky way to present its new line of hair-care products. The cleansers and moisturizers (Tula-speak for shampoos and conditioners) come in plastic pouches that look as though they belong on a space shuttle, and the styling...

Love Oils.
November 1, 2001... Given how passionate Christina Bornstein (of Tony & Tina fame) is about most New Age concepts, it's high time that she bottled some of that positive energy for the rest of us. And why not target stuff like cellulite and stretch marks while...

Wave Runner.
November 1, 2001... Note: The word "perm" might not appear on the bottle, but Iso Neo Texture does exactly that; this one-step, do-it-yourself potion gives tresses a modern wave. Two other ways Neo Texture is different from your mother's perm process: It's...

Vitamins and Minerals.
November 1, 2001... Mineral makeup is the beauty world's equivlent of health food. Made from all-natural pigments, it has no oil, talc, fragrance or dyes. La Bella Donna, a mineral-based cosmetics company, is introducing its cream eye shadow in 20 vibrant colors....

Sensory Reception.
November 1, 2001... Guerlain's new Aroma Allegoria scents contain botanicals aimed at delivering specific moods. Vitalising Aromaparfum is a spicy-citrus scent meant to release happiness and laughter. Woody-spicy Exalting Aromaparfum contains neroli and vanilla...

Inspiration Point.
November 1, 2001... Perfumer Jo Malone has gained quite a loyal--and sometimes royal--following, but only now is she revealing which of her scents she herself prefers to wear: her newest fragrance, 154, named for the address of her very first shop on London's...

Comfort Zones.
November 1, 2001... Today's most indulgent--and wonderfully exotic--spa treatments hark back to ancient times. With the seemingly endless supply of exotic new spa treatments that have cropped up over the last few years, it would be easy to conclude that the...

Luxe Life.
November 1, 2001... What are the greatest luxuries in the world? To find out, W canvassed the eonnoisseurs. A few decades ago, if you'd asked some of the world's tastemakers to name their favorite luxuries, you would have heard a lot of safe, predictable...

Fashion Regroups.
November 1, 2001... The season was interrupted, but many designers found that the show could go on. It's Monday night, and the New York fashion crowd squirms in collective annoyance. Everyone has been in place for an hour, awaiting the start of the Marc...

Generation Next.
November 1, 2001... Fur is often a family business, and members of the new generation have ideas of their own. It happens in many family-run establishments. For generations, things run smoothly, until Junior decides that Father doesn't know best anymore. Out...

My Thai.
November 1, 2001... Banish the winter blues with accessories inspired by Bangkok, Bali and beyond. This time of the year, we all could use a trip to some place warm, tropical and colorful--somewhere like Thailand. The country is justly celebrated for its...

Head Coach.
November 1, 2001... Art and commerce sometimes do mix, and Coach president Reed Krakoff is living proof. When Coach president and executive creative director Reed Krakoff accepted the Council of Fashion Designers of America award for Accessories Designer of...

Flex Time.
November 1, 2001... Watch designers are making the idea of diamonds in the rough more stylish--mixing sleek rubber bands with sparkling stones. Diamonds and rubber might not seem to have anything in common except, perhaps, durability. Gemstones are meant for...

True West.
November 1, 2001... With two restaurants, a bar and a mini hotel, West Street brings full-service chic to London. Christopher Bodker isn't worried that West Street, his new restaurant/bar/hotel, is right next door to the Ivy which remains the chic set's...

Food Network.
November 1, 2001... Phil Suarez's growing restaurant portfolio includes the blue-chip Jean Georges and Patria. Tasting a spoonful of Peekytoe crab with cucumber gelee--an amuse-bouche, or gift, from the chef--Phil Suarez utters the unthinkable: "Terrible,...

Light but Strong.
November 1, 2001... Designer Giovanni Pagnotta, born in Naples and educated at Yale, is launching one of the most original collections around. The Z chair, shown here, is 100 percent carbon fiber. Less than half an inch thick, it is many times stronger than steel...

Eastern Chic.
November 1, 2001... "I don't understand anything about fashion or clothes," admits textile designer John Robshaw. "I could never figure out what girls would wear." Despite Robshaw's ambivalence toward what's hot, his collection of Asian- and Indian-inspired...

Boy Wonder.
November 1, 2001... Eric Villency is like a kid in a candy store when it comes to his furniture showrooms. "You could put a Buick on that!" he declares proudly, tipping over an armchair to reveal the solid-steel support underneath. Villency's boyish enthusiasm for...

Happy Landing.
November 1, 2001... You never know what you're going to find when you walk into Cove Landing, Angus Wilke and L.A. Morgan's jewel box of a shop. Nothing is ordinary, and everything is likely to he the best of its kind. Wilke and Morgan--who opened this Manhattan...

CITY OF HOPE.
November 1, 2001... Altman, but it took The Lord of the Rings to unleash her inner hippie chick Even in the wake of tragedy, life goes forward--d W moves ahead this month with a typically broad range of offerings, from "Dreamgirl," a look at Liv Tyler at her...

THIS OLD HOUSE.
November 1, 2001... Looking for a fairy-tale castle? There are bargains to be had, but those who've bought a dream chateau find that they don't always live happily ever after. The Chateau de Veauce, with its fierce battlements, perches atop a forested...

Inner Spacey.
November 1, 2001... Kevin Spacey dials down the sarcasm, sings Simon and Garfunkel tunes for charity and becomes the sweetheart of the holiday movie season. Really. An audience with Kevin Spacey can feel like something of a mixed blessing: You revel in the...

Senor Smooth.
November 1, 2001... Give the Ladies what they want--that's been Oscar de la Renta's mantra for years. He's done it in both work and life, displaying a chic urbanity, along with remarkable charisma and charm. Sarah Jessica Parker, unusually elfin with her newly...

Horoscope.
November 1, 2001... Sagittarius November 22-December 20 Difficult situations arose in August, then vanished. Now they're resurrected around early November's clash between the stern Saturn and uncompromisingly truthful Pluto, which is in your sign. For you,...

Major Mayor.
November 1, 2001... Geminis love juggling several tasks at once. However, in Rudolph Giuliani's case, the complex problems that have come with eight years as New York's mayor were just the beginning. His handling of the World Trade Center attack and resulting...

Petal Pusher.
November 1, 2001... C.Z. Guest has written another garden book, "Garden Talk: Ask Me Anything," out in November. She's on the cover amid peonies and freesia, photographed by Bruce Weber, wearing one of those creamy cashmere sweaters she is known for, holding a...