Vanity Fair articles from February 2009

Vanity Fair archives from February 2009

V.F. Classic.
February 1, 2009... The international fashion world was shocked when vivacious American model-muse Wallis Franken, the 48-year-old wife of the openly gay designer Claude Montana, died after plunging from the second-story kitchen window of her Paris apartment, in...

Fanfair.
February 1, 2009... Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY KURT MARKUS 28 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE FEBRUARY 2009 'PEZ DISPENSING A year ago they were 19-year-old sophomores on Stanford's men's basketball team, leading the Cardinal to the Sweet 16. Now the...

West Side Glory.
February 1, 2009... Byline: PATRICIA BOSWORTH A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE INCOMPARABLE JEROME ROBBINS On February 18, PBS's American Masters presents "Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About," a remarkable documentary on the legendary director-choreographer...

My Stuff.
February 1, 2009... Byline: Alicia Keys HOME WHERE DO YOU LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY. FAVORITE ART ANYTHING ERTA. SHEETS EGYPTIAN COTTON. COFFEE-MAKER I DRINK TEA. STATIONERY ANYTHING FROM PAPYRUS. PETS STUFFED ANIMALS. FAVORITE FLOWERS SUNFLOWERS. FAVORITE...

We're Into You.
February 1, 2009... Byline: BRUCE HANDY PHOTOGRAPH BY PEGGY SIROTA Discerning television viewers know Ginnifer Goodwin as Margene, the youngest, most sexually inventive "sister wife" on HBO's Big Love, which launches its third season this month. For filmgoers,...

Intoxicating Beauty At The Plaza.
February 1, 2009... Byline: A. M. HOMES For Eloise, life at the Plaza hotel, in New York City, is about to get a whole lot better with the opening of the first Stateside branch of Mathilde and Bertrand Thomas's European-based CaudalA-e spas. Famous for using...

Fairground.
February 1, 2009... Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY JONATHAN BECKER CURTSY AT THE CRILLON , PAGE 70. Twenty-three young ladies, representing countries such as Italy, the Philippines, Egypt, Senegal, and America, made their international debut at Le Bal Crillon des...

Curtsy At The Crillon.
February 1, 2009... CAPTION(S): Sokhna N'Dour (in Franck Sorbier haute couture) with escort Papou Ndiaye. Anouchka Delon (in Elie Saab haute couture), center, with her parents, Rosalie van Breemen and Alain Delon. Violet Hesketh (in Vivienne...

Fannie Mae's Last Stand.
February 1, 2009... Many believe the government-backed mortgage giants known as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were major culprits in the economic meltdown. But, for decades, Fannie Mae had been under siege from powerful enemies, who resented its privileged status,...

Miss January.
February 1, 2009... Byline: JAMES WOLCOTT As the most desperate (and desirable) housewife on TV, Mad Men' s January Jones has earned critical acclaim. Now, with Richard Curtis's upcoming comedy, The Boat That Rocked, she'll escape the miasma of suburban woe,...