Vanity Fair articles from September 2008

Vanity Fair archives from September 2008

The Music Dude.(George W. Bush)
September 1, 2008... Byline: --GRAYDON CARTER In the years leading up to the invasion of Iraq, the president was the Harold Hill of international affairs, sharing the contents of his sample bag (W.M.D., mushroom clouds, fear) to sell an unnecessary war to a...

The Bill Clinton Show.(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... Readers cry foul; Nancy Dowd's letter sparks outrage; busting the man crush; R.F.K. memories; Saint Angelina; and a lopsided history Other than the snappy title, I found Todd S. Purdum's lengthy analysis ["The Comeback Id," July] of Bill...

V.F. Classic.(Vanity Fair)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... In 1965, Bob Guccione launched Penthouse magazine, a glossy mix of tabloid headlines, muckraking journalism, and dirty pictures that turned into one of the world's most successful erotic empires. But by February 2005, when VANITY FAIR...

More From The V.F. Mailbag.(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... When you're in this particular line of work--mailbagging--you soon come to cherish letters that are genuinely, unself-consciously out of deep left field. And so it is with this verdict rendered by Jeff Turbin (no address given, but presumably...

Postscript.
September 1, 2008... Byline: --RICHARD PYLE In December 1999, I wrote about the four top photojournalists killed in the February 10, 1971, shootdown of a South Vietnamese helicopter over the Ho Chi Minh Trail, in Laos ("Saigon Quartet"). The article described...

Fanfair.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY PATRICK DEMARCHELIER 30 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE SEPTEMBER 2008 HANG IN THERE This photograph of Bonnie Berman, which appeared in the May 1983 edition of British Vogue, is one of more than 400...

The Cultural Divide: September.(Calendar)
September 1, 2008... 23 Our Town Snapping back to a simpler time, the work of the late American photographer Rudy Burckhardt captures the lyrical and blithe of everyday New York City living in a 67-image exhibition, "New York, N. Why? Photographs by Rudy...

Jack Of The Trade.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: --LISA EISNER UNSPOOLING THE LIFE OF BEVERLY HILLS' MOST FAMOUS TAILOR Getting buried in a bespoke suit might be the biggest compliment you could ever pay a designer. Jack Lemmon and Frank Sinatra were laid to rest in Jack...

This American Wife.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Byline: --ELIZA GRISWOLD PREPPING FOR THE WEST WING 'Have I made terrible mistakes?," Alice Blackwell, Curtis Sittenfeld's latest prim heroine, asks at the start of this venture into the netherworld of Wasp culture. In American Wife...

My Desk.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Christopher Bailey PHOTOGRAPHS BY LUKE WHITE One of the youngest and most influential creative directors of a major fashion label, 37-year-old Christopher Bailey has taken Burberry from a multi-million-dollar company to a...

Hot Type.
September 1, 2008... Byline: ELISSA SCHAPPELL This is your life! Obsessed with measuring your self-worth by age? Gird your loins for Eric Hanson's A Book of Ages (Crown). To wit: Steve Jobs co-founded Apple at 21, and Edison dreamed up the lightbulb at 32....

Swedish Sleuths.('The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' by Stieg Larsson)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Byline: --ELISSA SCHAPPELL Already a blazing literary sensation internationally, Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson's dark-hearted thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Knopf) is now poised to burn up best-seller lists in America. ...

Art Of Couture.
September 1, 2008... One of the 28 inspired illustrations in Michael Roberts's book Fashion Victims: The Catty Catalogue of Stylish Casualties from A to Z (Collins Design), in stores now. N.Y.C.'s Hasted Hunt Gallery hosts Michael Thompson's debut exhibition....

Luau.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: --PUNCH HUTTON In 1950s Los Angeles, mid-century modernism collided with tiki primitivism, and a bevy of tiki bars and restaurants--Luau, Tiki Ti, Trader Vic's, Bali Hai--became favored watering holes. This month, Andrew...

Delfina's Jewel Box.(Delfina Delettrez)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: --JESSICA FLINT A fourth-generation Fendi, Delfina Delettrez recently launched a dazzling Goth-romantic jewelry line. Her whimsical collection of rings, bangles, earrings, and necklaces--many in the form of insects, reptiles, or...

Going Dutch In Tribeca.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: --MATT TYRNAUER B en van Berkel, of the Dutch design firm UNStudio, thinks of architecture in terms of fashion. Clothing design is more immediate, allowing innovative ideas to take hold more quickly, says van Berkel, who was a...

American Fashion's New Guard.
September 1, 2008... Byline: PUNCH HUTTON PHOTOGRAPH BY JENNY GAGE AND TOM BETTERTON From Parsons to St. Martins, the new class of design darlings. FIND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO AND MORE PHOTOGRAPHS AT VF.COM. CAPTION(S): BRIAN REYES LAUNCH:Spring...

Eighty-Five Years Of Moviemaking Magic.
September 1, 2008... Byline: --PATRICIA BOSWORTH 'At the center of all good movies, there's human conflict and there's entertainment. That's what good movies are about, and Warner Bros. did it better than anybody. Warner's movies assert a kind of power over...

Sketchy Blokes.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: --JONATHAN KELLY Way back when, British comedy connoted primitive dental habits and a laissez-faire attitude toward cross-dressing. But the success of Da Ali G Show and The Office, among others, has kept American networks turning...

Lady And The Vamp.(True Blood)(Television program review)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: --JOHN ORTVED HBO has managed to make a funeral home and a therapist seem sexy, so why not the undead? More grown-up than Buffy and less sweeping than the works of Anne Rice, True Blood tells the story of the virtuous and virginal...

Captured Moments.(Lacombe: Anima/Persona)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Byline: --INGRID SISCHY BRIGITTE LACOMBE'S INTIMATE EYE B rigitte Lacombe has been at it long enough that her consistent, no-frills portraiture could be taken for granted. Mistake. As demonstrated by Lacombe: Anima/Persona...

My Stuff.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Minnie Mortimer Twenty-eight-year-old Minnie Mortimer has turned her breezy, elegant style into an eponymous clothing line--which includes her signature shirtdresses and sweet blouses. Married to Oscar-winning filmmaker Stephen...

Signature Scents.(Victoria Beckham' Signature for Him and Signature for Her fragrances)(Interview)
September 1, 2008... VICTORIA BECKHAM ON HER NEW FALL FRAGRANCES DO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT SCENT PREFERENCES SINCE MOVING TO L.A.? My fragrance choices always tend toward floral and fruity; however, since moving to Los Angeles I seem to be favoring lighter scents....

Stila Backstage.
September 1, 2008... Byline: --LINDSEY KEENAN The gorgeously whimsical palettes and powders created by cosmetics company Stila were inspired by the dreamy, feminine confections of Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman's fall 2008 collection. For fall faces Stila...

Hot Looks.
September 1, 2008... Byline: --LAURA KATZENBERG Go bold this fall with Chanel's Le Vernis Nail Colour in Fantastic.... Play up your sensual, seductive side with YSL's Golden Gloss in Golden Purple.... Command attention as the audacious, mysterious,...

Fairground.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: PHOTOGRAPH BY HANNAH THOMSON AROUND THE WORLD, ONE PARTY AT A TIME SEPTEMBER 2008 ITALIAN RESORT, PAGE 252. Diane von Furstenberg presents her 2008 holiday/resort collection, followed by dinner at Giardino Torrigiani,...

Model Behavior.
September 1, 2008... CAPTION(S): Alberto Moretti Runway models Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg Massimo and Wanda Ferragamo Natalia Vodianova Michele Viggiano and Andrea Compagnone Chiara Clemente and Lapo Elkann Giardino...

Private Dining.
September 1, 2008... CAPTION(S): The Waverly Inn Hilary Rhoda, Edward Chapman, and Georgina Chapman Lauren Santo Domingo and Amanda Brooks Carolyn Murphy Michael Kors Aerin Lauder and Todd Meister Jack McCollough Elizabeth...

On The Limits Of Self-Improvement, Part III.(Essay)
September 1, 2008... Byline: PHOTOGRAPHS BY ART STREIBER As his thoughts turned from vanity to mortality, the author found that a gleaming new smile helped him vanquish his deadliest habit. Wrapping up a year-long overhaul, he gets his locks freshly sculpted by...

Animal House.(Deyrolle)
September 1, 2008... Byline: BY OLGA OF GREECE When Deyrolle, one of the world's greatest taxidermy establishments, went up in flames last February, Prince Louis Albert de Broglie, who had revived the fabled Paris firm in 2001, vowed to revive it again--with...

Day Of The Crocodile.(Viewpoint essay)
September 1, 2008... Byline: BY PETER GODWIN PHOTOGRAPHS BY JEFFREY BARBEE Zimbabwe's longtime ruler, Robert Mugabe, made a brutal sham of recent elections, after banning Western journalists. The author, a native, reports from the inside on Mugabe's campaign of...

The 69th Annual: International Best-Dressed List 2008.
September 1, 2008... The 2008 vote is in--for the style elite, at least. V.F.' s post-election analysis covers Angelina Jolie's machine-gun necklace (designed by her son Maddox), Morley Safer's polka-dot cravat, Michelle Obama's power belt, and other highlights...

Masters Of Photography: Mark Seliger.
September 1, 2008... THE LATEST IN V.F.' S 25TH-ANNIVERSARY PARADE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC STARS, MARK SELIGER TAKES EVERY SHOT AS IF IT WERE HIS LAST. INGRID SISCHY EXPLAINS WHY Had you somehow been able to tell Eugene Atget, the impoverished 19th-century street...

All Is Vanities ... Nothing Is Fair: Vanities.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: KRISTA SMITH PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTHEW ROLSTON Carla Gugino AGE: 37. PROVENANCE: Sarasota, Florida. ON HER BRIEF, CELEBRATED STINT AS VINCENT CHASE'S TEMPTRESS-AGENT: "My first scene [in Entourage ] was on the floor of a Lakers...

A Seat At King's Court.(Billie Jean King)(Interview)
September 1, 2008... Billie Jean King ON INSPIRING ELTON JOHN AND THE MERITS OF FORGIVENESS "Billie was gushing like a Texas oil well! What with all the kudos tossed this way, I forgot to ask if she had ever considered launching a fabulous line of snap-on...

Frontispiece.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: ILLUSTRATION BY MICHAEL ROBERTS September is the relieved return to routine. The welcome restoration of order, school days, and Cowboys versus Packers. The reconvening of Samberg, Schaffer, and Taccone at 30 Rock. The chance at...

Paris Match.
September 1, 2008... Byline: PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ * STYLED BY MICHAEL ROBERTS Just months after his May 2007 election, French president Nicolas Sarkozy faced growing criticism over his stalled reforms, flashy style, and stormy divorce. The last straw...

The King Of Central Park West.
September 1, 2008... Byline: PHOTOGRAPHS BY TODD EBERLE The highest-priced new apartment building in the history of New York--indeed, at roughly $2 billion in sales, the most lucrative in the world--isn't a sleek, one-of-a-kind glass tower. It's architect...

A League Of Their Own.(Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, Stephanie Seymour and Christy Turlington)(Interview)
September 1, 2008... Byline: STYLED BY MICHAEL ROBERTS The term "supermodel" belongs to them: six glamazons who hung out together, watched one another's back, and won first-name, goddess status (and stellar paydays) in the 1990s. Today, when every new face...

Truly, Madly, Nicky.
September 1, 2008... Byline: PORTRAITS BY JONATHAN BECKER From the moment he left Eton, Nicky Haslam was the life of the party, a dazzling young charmer who enchanted the good and the great--Joan Crawford, the Rolling Stones, Cecil Beaton, Bill Blass, etc.,...

An Immovable Feast.
September 1, 2008... Byline: PHOTOGRAPHS BY JONATHAN BECKER Outlasting the Soviet Union, network-TV dominance, and all of New York's other grand French restaurants, La Grenouille still delights the palates of the city's elite. Though its story is in many ways...

Less Is Maier.(Tomas Maier)
September 1, 2008... Byline: PHOTOGRAPHS BY TODD EBERLE Bottega Veneta was hovering on the brink of bankruptcy when Tomas Maier took the helm as creative director. In six years he has pulled off a stunning $575 million turnaround at the venerable Italian...

The Newman Chronicles.
September 1, 2008... Paul Newman saw his movie-stardom as a trap and worked to find his way around it--to keep fame from corroding his life. He succeeded beyond measure, as a distinguished actor, award-winning director, dedicated philanthropist, entrepreneur,...

Credits.
September 1, 2008... FASHION COVER: CARLA BRUNI'S HERMS jacket, shirt, pants, boots, and watch from Hermes stores nationwide, or call 800-441-4488, or go to hermes.com. PAGE 50: STEPHANIE SEYMOUR'S PRADA top from selected Prada boutiques, or call 888-977-1900;...

Carolina Herrera.(Interview)
September 1, 2008... Byline: ILLUSTRATION BY RISKO Having dressed style icons from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to Renee Zellweger, the Caracas-born designer has defined elegance for three decades. Here, her sense and sensuality are on display as she ponders...