W articles from September 2008

W archives from September 2008

Scene and be seen.(W EVENTS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CAMPARI Over five hundred guests enjoyed the House of Campari Closing Night Event co-hosted by W in New York's Soho. On view was "Defining a Moment: 25 New York Artists," a lively exhibition featuring artwork by...

New edition.(The Month in Fashion)
September 1, 2008... The fashion industry, much like Broadway, loves a revival. The latest label to rise from the ashes: Thierry Mugler. In the late Eighties and early Nineties, Mugler made a name for himself designing insect-inspired dresses and bustiers with...

Bars and stripes.(The Month in Fashion)(Jacob Arabov)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The verdict's in: In June a U.S. District Court in Detroit sentenced Jacob "the Jeweler" Arabov to 30 months in prison and a $2 million fine. Arabov, best known as the hip-hop world's favorite source of bling, was...

Cashing in.(The Month in Fashion)(Bryan Bradley of Tuleh)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Consumers may be cutting back on spending, but private equity firms still seem to be splurging on fashion. In June, after 10 years of running Tuleh as an independent label, designer Bryan Bradley sold a 49 percent...

Bear market.(The Month in Fashion)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Leave it to Karl Lagerfeld to create a teddy bear that is imperious, lethally chic and yet totally endearing. Naturally it looks just like him, from the impenetrable black sunglasses and high shirt collar to the...

First look.(The Month in Fashion)(Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With presidential primary season finally finished, the fashion world turned its attention to potential first ladies Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain. In June Peter Sore, Tory Burch, Nicole Miller, Ralph Rucci and Iman...

Pulitzer pride.(The Month in Fashion)(Lilly Pulitzer Inc.)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lilly Pulitzer--the brand best known for its bright, preppy prints--got its moment in the sun, literally, when in May the label kicked off its yearlong 50th anniversary celebration at the Breakers hotel in Palm...

Romancing the stones.(The Month in Fashions)(Kelly Wearstler)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Interior designer Kelly Wearstler is a huge rock fan--and we're not talking about Led Zeppelin. During the past few years, she's developed an addiction to crystals and semiprecious stones, which she buys on her...

Vive la Roy.(The Month in Fashion)(Rachel Roy)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rachel Roy must like the sound of ka-ching. Last November the designer sold a minority stake in her ultrafeminine label to TSM Capital. Then, in June, came the news that Jones Apparel Group, which also owns Anne...

Proenza shoe-ler.(The Month in Fashion)
September 1, 2008... In May Proenza Schouler unveiled the next big, well, step for the six-year-old brand: an increased focus on footwear. The label's dynamic design duo, Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough--who sold a stake in their business to Valentino last...

Rah-rah, Roth.(The Month in Fashion)(Christian Francis Roth)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the early Nineties the industry had high hopes for Christian Francis Roth, who, along with Isaac Mizrahi, Victor Alfaro and Todd Oldham, was considered one of that decade's hot emerging talents. But like many of...

The memory keeper.(The Month in Fashion)(Ben Gorham)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ben Gorham--a native Swede born to an Indian mother and a Canadian father--graduated from the Stockholm Art School with a degree in fine arts, but a chance meeting with perfumer Pierre Wulff convinced him that he'd...

Schaden-Freund.(Flashback)(Susan Gutfreund)
September 1, 2008... In a 1994 interview with W, Susan Gutfreund surprised no one when she expressed empathy for Nicolas Fouquet, the wealthy French finance minister imprisoned after building Vaux-le-Vicomte, a chateau envied by Louis XIV, who one-upped him with...

Fizz kid.(Fast Forward)(Anders Eisner)
September 1, 2008... His father, Michael, ran Disney; his eldest brother, Breck, is a director (Sahara); his middle brother, Eric, is a producer (this summer's Hamlet 2). But Anders Eisner, 30, is staying far away from the entertainment business. "Ugh! I hated it,"...

Truth or dare.(Letter From the Editors)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If the presidential candidates' scramble for the middle--and the self-censorship that comes with it--has you craving some real straight talk, you've come to the right place. This issue of Wis a refreshing reminder...

Timeless beauty.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I've just received my August issue. Christy Turlington Burns withstands the test of time. In "Champion," she is simply beautiful. Shades of photographer Helmut Newton live through the pages of your July issue....

Summertime blues.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... I am very disappointed in W's July issue. What were you thinking, having a fashion spread of models with no clothes on ("Summer Camp")? That is not fashion. I am sure that most of your readers are women who certainly do not want to see nude or...

Raise the flag.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... I was very disappointed to see the American flag incorrectly displayed on page 46 of the July issue ("Party Time"). The field (the blue part) should always be on the left, whether the flag is shown or flown horizontally or vertically. ...

Not laughing.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... I have to say that I was disappointed after reading Louise Esterhazy's "The Countess's Confession" in W's July issue. There were multiple negative barbs at Hillary, and none for McCain or Obama. Most troubling was Louise's sweeping and...

Perfect fit.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... I absolutely loved Venessa Lau's article "Fit or Miss" (June). I am mixed race and have the same "lower nose bridge and higher cheekbones" issues when shopping for sunglasses. For years I've opted for fashion over comfort and ended up with the...

Charlize, please.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... Wow! I cannot help but write about your June cover featuring South African actress and former fashion model Charlize Theron ("Charlize Theron"). Over the years, she has evolved into not only an Academy Award-winning actress but also someone...

Supper club.(Uncensored)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Legendary Parisian jewelry firm Mauboussin is coming to America--and its Madison Avenue store, opening this fall, has a secret tucked within its top floor. The loft space will hold monthly, intimate dinners for...

Exposed.(Uncensored)
September 1, 2008... The fashion industry's most unabashedly press-hungry member tells W that just because she didn't score a slot in the tents this Fashion Week doesn't mean she isn't gunning for a spot in February. To that end, bikini designer Ashley Paige...

Sugar lush.(Uncensored)
September 1, 2008... Dylan Lauren's sweets mecca, Dylan's Candy Bar, is finally living up to its name. This fall an actual bar will open on the third floor of the fashion heiress-turned-Willy Wonkette's flagship in Manhattan. During "Sweet Hour"--starting at 6:30...

Bon appetit.(Uncensored)
September 1, 2008... Collectors weary of trolling for Louis XVI armoires and Picassos at September's 24th Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris will have a magnifique spot to refuel. For each day of the antiques show, one of France's most celebrated chefs will be at...

Cult scent.(Uncensored)(candles by Ramdane Touhami)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... The notoriously colorful co-owner of Cire Trudon candle company, RAMDANE TOUHAMI, has turned the candles favored by Napoleon and Marie Antoinette into a modern-day cult obsession. Cire claims it is now the supplier of every Paris cathedral...

Trend: stripe tease: lights, color, action! The runways were lit up in a big way for cruise.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Resort collections aren't always about breezy living and far-flung wanderlust. This season, designers also flaunted a love affair with stripes in vibrant fluorescent hues a la artist Dan Flavin. Dior's John Galliano kicked off the festivities...

Retro action: an expansive vintage auction at Christie's marks a coming-of-age for Resurrection.(Fashion Flash)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The man had a serious stutter but was saying something about selling clothes that once belonged to his friend s famous father. Mark Haddawy, co-owner of Resurrection, didn't ask questions and simply offered the...

Class act: San Francisco's sprawling Academy of Art University looks to compete as a serious school of fashion.(Fashion Flash)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For a legion of devoted reality-television fans, the Academy of Art University in San Francisco is known not as the country's largest private art school, but rather as the place where the publicity-crazed Heidi...

Purl, interrupted: curiouser and curiouser--meet Tom Scott, fashion's newest knit wit.(Fashion Flash)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] For his first presentation at New York Fashion Week in February 2007, funded by an Ecco Domani award, Tom Scott was inspired by installation artist Ann Hamilton. It seems that a particular self-portrait of hers had...

Comme and go: bridging a conceptual gap, Comme des Garcons' Rei Kawakubo teams up with H&M for a onetime collaboration.(Fashion Flash)
September 1, 2008... If Swedish fashion chain H&M, with its affordable duds for the whole family, is from Mars, then Rei Kawakubo--maverick Japanese maker of clothes with humps and of fragrances named Tar and Garage--is most certainly from Venus. So if their work...

Revival instincts: Brian Atwood, Bally's new creative director, injects a dose of glamour into the venerable label.(Fashion Flash)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On a cool spring morning in midtown Manhattan, Brian Atwood is sitting on a couch in the Bally showroom, sipping water and fondling a shoe. Distractingly handsome--Atwood's first foray into fashion, after graduating...

Duchess treat: move aside, Marie Antoinette, and make way for the enchanting Georgiana.(Fashion Flash)(Georgiana Spencer Cavendish)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] According to Amanda Foreman's Whitbread Prize-winning 1998 biography of the fifth Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish had a bridal trousseau consisting of 65 pairs of shoes, 48 pairs of stockings and...

Spin masters: inhabit has just about everyone in its stitches.(Fashion Flash)(Susie Cho)
September 1, 2008... Thirty-one floors above Seventh Avenue's garmento grind sits a minimalist mecca of sunlight and cashmere cashmere that reduces two saleswomen to baby talk. "Yummy" is their adjective of choice. As the creative director of the all-knit...

The name game: on racks and Web sites throughout the land, it's the era of the sartorial head-scratcher.(Fashion Flash)(Michael Mente of Revolve Clothing)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] He's a busy guy, with overall purchasing responsibility for some 500 (mostly tiny) fashion collections, so one can forgive Revolve Clothing co-owner Michael Mente for not being up to speed on some of the new labels...

The English channel: Erdem Moralioglu is the latest It Brit.(Fashion Flash)
September 1, 2008... Erdem Moralioglu is a mouthful of a name. It doesn't roll off the tongue the way, for example, Christopher Kane or Gareth Pugh does. But Moralioglu is the best young British designer people should be talking about. Though he arrived on the...

Lady in waiting: Elizabeth Banks takes on her biggest role yet: the woman in the White House.(Fashion Flash)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wearing a lavender tennis skirt, a collared shirt and clean-as-a-whistle Sportmax sneakers, her streaked blond hair tucked under a feathered brunette wig, Elizabeth Banks bounds into a Shreveport, Louisiana, hotel...

Bloom day: Chanel's jeweled fleur is a brilliant bolt of blue.(Accessories Flash)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The white camellia may not conjure the drama of a rose or the playfulness of a daisy, but the frothy blossom was nonetheless Coco Chanel s favorite. Today, the namesake French house has created a 40-piece collection...

House proud: for the seasoned design team at Valentino, craftsmanship and couture flourishes are key.(Accessories Flash)(Pier Paolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri)
September 1, 2008... Still life by CHARLES MASTERS In the nine years they've spent forging the template for Valentino's accessories division, designers Pier Paolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri have gone to great lengths to translate such iconic house...

Small wonders: bright, tiny bags make a big statement.(Accessories Flash)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Who says bigger is always better? Petite shoulder bags with lanky straps upstage their larger counterparts this fall. Donna Karan's raspberry-hued ruched creation is designed for the urban gal on the go. "My handbags...

The bold and the beautiful: Versace's exotic costume jewelry line is fashion's next big thing.(Accessories Flash)
September 1, 2008... With Versace's new baubles, less is most definitely not more. While the house has dabbled in costume jewelry in the past, it ups the ante with this resort stash sprung directly from Donatella Versace's simple credo: "If one chooses to wear...

Go for the gold: lavish watches hit prime time.(Accessories Flash)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Olympic champions aren't the only ones sporting gold, The luxe metal is sure to adorn many a wrist by way of the watch, with no physical exertion required. Opting for a graphic approach, Gucci flaunts sexy curves...

Portrait of a lady.(Accessories Flash)(Monica Rich Kosann)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Fans of Monica Rich Kosann's vintage-inspired line of keepsake items--jewelry, tabletop items and minaudieres, most with attached picture frames--will have a one-stop shop for their various nostalgia needs this fall...

If she builds it.(Accessories Flash)(handbag designer Katherine Fleming)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... She considers herself a small-scale architect, yet Katherine Fleming prefers to work with calfskin and python rather than brick and mortar. "The secrets and treasures women carry deserve a secure and stylish home," says Fleming, a handbag...

Get lucky.(Accessories Flash)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The penny loafer is receiving a luxe upgrade this fall, courtesy of the folks at Cole Haan. To celebrate its 80th anniversary, the company has teamed up with designer Anna Sheffield on a limited-edition collection of...

Bauble on.(Accessories Flash)('Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry: Exquisite Objects From the Cradle of Civilization' by the National Jewelry Institute)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... The name of the new National Jewelry Institute exhibition pretty much says it all: "Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry: Exquisite Objects From the Cradle of Civilization." The show, which runs from September 26 to December 31 at the Forbes...

Razzle-dazzle.(Shopping)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... All that glitters isn't gold--it's also prettily sequined or embroidered. Either way, the season is full of some seriously sparkled wares. Blumarine Sequined silk tank top, $2,165, blumarine.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Roger...

Twinkle, twinkle: shimmering rocks add a dash of excitement to the big day.(Bridal Flash)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Forger the diamond solitaire. Glistening accessories offer a new take on brilliance for the fashion-loving bride. Jimmy Choo's Tamara Mellon has dreamed up a modern matrimonial shoe with a stiletto that's equal parts romance and drama: A...

In charms' way: sentimental trinkets that the bridal party will truly treasure.(Bridal Flash)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Skip the predictable pearls and engraved picture frames. By shopping for special pendants in myriad shapes and colors, a bride can give each attendant something just for her. A friend who loves to travel? Ivanka...

Ultra violet: the season's prettiest palette comes in delicate regal hues.(Beauty Flash)(Buyers guide)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Underneath the feathered caps at Marc Jacobs's fall show, models' cheekbones glowed with lavender blush. Girls at Bottega Veneta showed off shimmering lilac lids--a fitting complement to the house's slim sheaths....

Docs Hollywood: armed with the latest high-tech tools, Beverly Hills dermatologists Peter Kopelson and Sheri G. Feldman are the A-listers' secret weapon.(Beauty Flash)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ask dermatologist Peter Kopelson what it takes to run a successful practice in Beverly Hills replete with A-plus-list Hollywood patients, and, as is his way, he'll tell it to you straight. One must, of course,...

Platinum status: La Prairie discovers promising skincare benefits in a precious metal.(Beauty Flash)
September 1, 2008... In the highly competitive beauty business, brands are in a never-ending contest not only to best one another but also to one-up themselves. If last year's moisturizer contained hyaluronic acid, this year's version must add stem cells to the...

Water works: the glam Budapest couple behind skincare line Omorovicza are expanding their reach.(Beauty Flash)
September 1, 2008... When Margaret Dickerson moved to Budapest to act as chief of staff for the U.S. ambassador to Hungary in 2001, she had little time to explore the city, let alone socialize or date. But that all changed when her boss, Nancy G. Brinker, and...

Uncommon scents: among fall's array of new fragrances, some clear trends have emerged: spicy, earthy, sweet and even manly. Take your pick.(Beauty Flash)
September 1, 2008... Earthy Elegance Like steak tartare and designer logos, patchouli fragrances are something you either love or hate. If you're in the latter camp, you might want to check out the newer, "cleaner" versions of patchouli, which smell...

Object lessons: Paris design lab Galerie Kreo brings the avant-garde to its new space in Saint-Germain.(Home Flash)
September 1, 2008... Didier Krzentowski freely admits that he doesn't like spending too much time at his Paris design gallery, Kreo. He prefers to be out, roaming around. "When I'm in the gallery, I'm not seeing things or hearing ideas," he says. But that...

Dolce Vita: after buying an entire village in Tuscany, a London couple have become accidental hoteliers.(Travel Flash)(Joy and Max Ulfane)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Driving up the winding dirt road that leads to the Tuscan hamlet of Fighine, one can barely discern a hint of the modern world. The surrounding groves of cypress, chestnut, pine and oak trees are lush and overgrown,...

Sicilian soiree.(EYE)(Luisa Beccaria and Lucio Bonaccorsi dei Principe di Reburdone)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Sicily didn't know what hit it when fashion designer Luisa Beccaria and her husband, Don Lucio Bonaccorsi dei Principe di Reburdone, marked their 25th wedding anniversary with an extravagant three-day celebration...

Grand illusion: in her home as in her art, Tara Donovan creates a world of wonders.(EYE)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sculptor Tara Donovan has made a career out of seeing the marvelous in the mundane, and so it was that in a ramshackle auto-body garage in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, she glimpsed her dream house. Feisty, earthy and up...

Suffering fools: with his affection for bumbling, imbecilic characters, Brit actor Steve Coogan is poised to crack up America.(EYE)
September 1, 2008... As soon as the credits began to roll on Hamlet 2 at its Sundance premiere this past January, director Andrew Fleming knew he had a hit. The studio executives who scour the festival each year looking for films to buy had become such a nuisance...

Display cases.(EYE)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] At the Museum of Modern Art's 40th annual Party in the Garden, the garden in question felt more like a sauna than a cool oasis, but that didn't stop New Yorkers such as Agnes Gund, David Rockefeller, Evelyn and...

Out of the picture: after more than three decades as its director, Philippe de Montebello is exiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a life in academia.(EYE)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Philippe de Montebello, the velvet-voiced, impeccably patrician director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, seldom appears in anything other than a suit, on the left lapel of which is often fastened a tiny red pin in...

Making a racquet.(EYE)(Richard Prince)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The Serpentine Gallery always hosts some of London's biggest summer parties. The posh set recently came out for Richard Prince, whose line of bags for Louis Vuitton, the evening's sponsor, has made him fashion's...

Elegant prose: in her latest novel, master satirist Francine Prose reveals her softer side.(EYE)
September 1, 2008... Gliding into a coffee shop in New York's Greenwich Village on a rainy June day, her tall, lean figure clad all in black, Francine Prose is the very picture of serenity. But in this case, it becomes dear almost as soon as she starts talking,...

Party animals: from Georgetown's ultraexclusive conservative bars to U Street's liberal haunts, socializing in D.C. is more politically polarized than ever.(EYE)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the spring of 2007, after the Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives, Dem staffers audaciously started to frequent Republican hangout Capitol Lounge. Soon fights began to break out, often over...

Andree the giant: for the second time in 24 years, grande dame Andree Putman redesigns Morgans hotel.(EYE)
September 1, 2008... In 1981, when Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager got the idea to turn a flophouse in New York's Murray Hill into a luxury hotel, the world was a much different place. Upscale hotels were stiff, old-fashioned affairs. The city had long ago learned to...

High society.(EYE)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] When Damian Woetzel danced his last pas de deux with New York City Ballet, balletomanes and power players including Anne Bass, Michael Eisner and Barry Diller packed the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center for...

The son also rises: can Justin Trudeau live up to Canada's most enduring political legacy?(EYE)
September 1, 2008... Born on Christmas Day, 1971, nine months after his debonair dad, Pierre Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada, surprised the nation by secretly marrying a 22-year-old flower child 29 years his junior, Justin Trudeau has lived much of his life...

Through the roof: architecture guru Aaron Betsky looks beyond buildings.(EYE)
September 1, 2008... It's not unusual for house hunters to start their search with a list of must-haves--four bed. rooms, two baths and a good school district, for instance. But two years ago, when his appointment as director of the Cincinnati Art Museum forced him...

Ladies first.(EYE)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] At a time when starlets are getting more attention for their rehab stints than for their work, it's nice to see an event celebrating actresses' professional achievements. In anticipation of Women in Film's Crystal +...

Winging it: Craig Ferguson abandoned talk-show traditions and became the dark horse of late-night TV.(EYE)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hanging on the wall of Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show office in CBS's Los Angeles production complex is a large painting, done by his ex-wife's mother, of a nighttime view from a jet cockpit. It's been there since...

Family style: Nicola Maramotti emerges as a public face of a very private fashion clan.(EYE)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For most newlyweds, moving in with the in-laws would be a nightmare, but in Nicola Maramotti's case, the scenario had a very happy ending. For one thing, her husband's family, among the wealthiest and most private in...

Euro stars.(EYE)(Reconstruction #3, Artists' Playground)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] "I got three kisses off her, how many'd you get?" joked Benicio del Toro upon receiving a continental welcome from Petra Nemcova at the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation Gala, held at the Stud House at Hampton Court...

Mr. know-it-all: a novel approach to the Web has brought Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales a unique sort of fame.(EYE)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A nondescript man with thinning brown hair and a slight paunch is minding his own business at an airport. He is oblivious to a nearby stranger who is excitedly alerting the Web site Twitter to the man's presence. "I...

Bold notions: the architecture, seafront and boats of the Istanbul mirror the bold, geometric shapes of cocktail and evening looks.
September 1, 2008... There's nothing quite like dash and drama, and they're definitely present in this issue. In ISTANBUL, for instance, dresses and suits with striking geometry stand out against the evocative environment of that Turkish city. Next comes SOCIAL...

Istanbul: the architecture, seafront and boats of Istanbul mirror the bold. Geometric shapes of cocktail and evening looks.
September 1, 2008... NARCISO RODRIGUEZ'S BLACK WOOL DRESS, AT BARNEYS NEW YORK, NEW YORK; BERGDORF GOODMAN, NEW YORK. WOLFORD HOSIERY; LANVIN SHOES. LANVIN'S BLACK SILK TAFFETA TOP AND BLACK WOOL SKIRT. AT BARNEYS NEW YORK, NEW YORK: BERGDORF GOODMAN, NEW YORK;...

Tilda Swinton:the screen's most beguiling change agent, isn't afraid to go all the way.(SOCIAL STUDIES)(Interview)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LOOKING ONE MOMENT LIKE A PARK AVENUE MATRON AND THE NEXT LIKE A PUNKED-OUT ARTIST, TILDA SWINTON IS DOING WHAT SHE COMMONLY DOES WHEN SHE ALIGHTS IN A CITY FROM HER HOME IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS: GALLERY HOPPING....

Hammam.
September 1, 2008... IN THE STEAM OF A TRADITIONAL BATHHOUSE, KATE MOSS EVOKES A STORM OF SENSUALITY, WEARING SLINKY EVENING DRESSES AND LINGERIE THAT LEAVE LITTLE TO THE IMAGINATION. J. MENDEL'S SILK CHIFFON CAPE, AT J. MENDEL, 800.JMENDEL, JMENDEL.COM;...

Liza Lou: once ostracized because she dared to use beads instead of paint, artist Liza Lou is now a favorite of collectors and curators. Here, a visit to her South African studio.(Profile)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] During the five years that Liza Lou spent making her first major artwork--a life-size replica of a suburban kitchen, in which she hand-glued millions of glittering glass beads onto every surface, from the appliances...

Kate Hudson: she's known as Tinseltown's resident hippie chick, but this fun-loving, flaxen-haired beauty turns out to have an unexpected side.(Profile)(Interview)(Cover story)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Kate Hudson has just tumbled into the backseat of her SUV, narrowly escaping the small swarm of paparazzi awaiting her outside the downtown Manhattan spot where she was having lunch. The driver is pulling a series...

Network: what a tangled Web we weave.... Drapped in fishnet, Stella Tennant shows off a considerable amount of skin.
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] COMME DES GARCONS' BLACK ACETATE SATIN DRESS, AT SAKS FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK AND CHICAGO; COMME DES GARCONS, NEW YORK, AND WHITE ACRYLIC AND POLYESTER FAUX FUR BRA, AT COMME DES GARCONS, NEW YORK; SUSAN, BURLINGAME,...

Editor's letter.(FASHION ROCKS 5 ANNIVERSARY)(Editorial)
September 1, 2008... Fashion Rocks was conceived as a television special with pop's biggest stars performing mini-sets and strange duets as a way to bring together musical genres and generations, In other words, the Grammys meets MTV's VMAs. minus all the awkward...

The sound and the fashion: Lynn Yaeger on why music and style have always been in sync.(REMIX: INFLUENCES)
September 1, 2008... It is a glorious day in 1975, and I am clutching la ticket to see Patti Smith at the Bottom Line, on Fourth Street, a few blocks from my $115-a-month tenement apartment in tile resolutely ungentrified East Village. I should be beside myself...

Head trip: from girl-group bouffants to New Wave dye jobs, rock-inspired hair is back--in a big way.(REMIX: HAIR APPARENT)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] It's not often that a fashion movement is so huge it actually storms through your front door, but this is exactly what's been happening at my house lately. Every day after school the doorbell rings, and a posse of...

Independent spirit.(REMIX: MUSIC STYLE)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] THE SIRENS OF non-mainstream rock are as adventurous stylistically as they are sonically--and in this age of viral videos and iTunes, their influence on both fronts is getting louder. Blonde Redhead lead singer Kazu...