Vogue articles from August 2005

Vogue archives from August 2005

A ripe old age; Who, me retire.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Judith Jones Some years ago at a Century Club gathering of members of the Kennedy cabinet, I heard John Kenneth Galbraith speak. An elegant, wonderfully articulate, and witty octogenarian, he knew whereof he spoke when he warned,...

Girl of the moment Vera Wang.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Eaven at my age, dreams really do come true," said Vera Wang when she accepted her CFDA Award for Womenswear Designer of the Year. Wang, who was a fashion editor at Vogue before shifting gears to design for Ralph Lauren and later launch her...

SEEN AROUND TOWN summer hits.(clothing trends)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... The season's biggest trends? Crisp, knee-length shorts, decorated tunic tops, and delicate white dresses. These fresh day pieces have been showing up everywhere, from city streets to charity lunches, and on everyone. Even actresses like Nicole...

Wings of desire; Social butterflies are flying high this season.(Council of Fashion Designers of America awards dinner )
August 1, 2005... Byline: William Norwich Butterflies by the millions flock to Mexico each November and return north in April, because warmth is essential to their survival. Alas, three of the last five winters have been so cold south of the border that the...

Nola Kambanda; The Burundi-born, 34-year-old Boeing NASA Systems space-shuttle engineer dreams of blasting into Donatella Versace's closet.(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Irini Arakas PERFECT CONDITIONS No jeans at work! For a meeting in Houston, I usually wear a fitted Giorgio Armani suit or a Donna Karan dress. On other professional occasions, I will wear a pair of Maxstudio trousers or a...

Marie Donnelly; At 55, this worldly art collector has honed a quirky style combining radical designers and choice vintage pieces.(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Jane Herman ESTABLISHING ROOTS My look is architectural and strict, but it must have a twist-I like looking a little on the edge. I love Yohji Yamamoto and Comme des Garcons because their collections have elements that throw your...

Alexia Kondylis; A 28-year-old decorator redefines hi-lo, snapping up both 18th-century french diamonds and kitschy 1980s charms.(Interview)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Irini Arakas RENOVATIONS I let my summer plans dictate my dress code. Last year I spent the summer months at my farmhouse on Long Island in a very Katharine Hepburn mood. I wore fitted men's shirts from Marc Jacobs and Brooks...

Ilene Chaiken; As a writer and executive producer at Showtime, this 48-year-old casts a wardrobe of stars from Mouret to McQueen.(Interview)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Florence Kane CONFIDENCE WOMAN I hope I speak for a lot of us in our 40s when I say that I dress pretty much exactly as I did when I was in my late teens and early 20s. But there's more confidence that comes with being this age. I...

Handling it; Drawn by Mulberry's bohemian roots, Stuart Vevers takes the reins of the venerable British leather-goods house.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Mark Holgate Before beginning as design director at Mulberry, Stuart Vevers did some ending. First he terminated his Louis Vuitton consultancy. Then he dissolved, for the time being, his bag collaboration with Luella Bartley....

Ask Mrs. Exeter; If you're old enough to have worn retro looks the first time round, are you too old to experiment with today's youngest designers.(Column)
August 1, 2005... Question Ever mindful of the mutton-dressed-as-lamb concerns of a woman of a certain age, should I consider any young designers for fall, Mrs. Exeter? Or should I just stick to the tried-and-true? Answer Of course there are young designers...

Pilgrim's progress.(cinema fashion)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... There are certain cinematic fashion statements so momentous that they're stamped for decades into the public's consciousness-and referenced again and again on the runways. There is usually an illustrious designer behind these watershed movie...

Boys in the 'hood; The three young stars of Billy Elliot, writes Hamish Bowles, are lighting up the London stage.(Theater Review)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Hamish Bowles Stephen Daldry's 2000 coming-of-age film Billy Elliot charted one boy's struggle with the boxing lessons and drunken belligerence of dour, North of England, working-class manhood over his desire to express himself...

Come as you are; Bill Murray plays an easygoing rogue in Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers, while Michael Pitt is Kurt Cobain in Gus Van Sant's Last Days.(Movie Review)
August 1, 2005... Back in the eighties, when Bill Murray was America's favorite smart aleck, who would ever have guessed that he'd become an icon of middle-aged soulfulness? He taps that well once again in Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers, an enjoyably bittersweet...

The last seduction.(2046 )(Movie Review)
August 1, 2005... Byline: John Powers The deliriously glamorous 2046 is Wong Kar Wai's follow-up to his art-house hit In the Mood For Love. Wearing a Clark Gable mustache, the Hong Kong actor Tony Leung stars as Chow, a caddish writer whose romantic sadism...

The new wave; As a struggling young wife in Junebug, Amy Adams is a revelation.(Biography)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Jeffrey Frank Actors are terribly sneaky: Just when you think you know who they are, they become someone else. Consider Amy Adams, whose previous screen incarnations include the scheming stepsister in Cruel Intentions 2 and a...

He's the one; Lou Taylor Pucci has the makings of an indie idol-and a Hollywood star.(Brief Article)(Biography)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Caroline Palmer Thanks to his role in Thumbsucker, Lou Taylor Pucci has become the newest darling of the independent-film world. Part Rushmore, part pseudo-documentary, this disarmingly realistic coming-of-age tale is set in a...

Private property; Discreet travelers can now rent the ultimate in luxury villas.(Carpe Diem Luxury Travel Ltd., luxury vill rental)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Richard Alleman Debuting in the American market this summer, the ultra-exclusive British villa-rental firm Carpe Diem Luxury Travel Ltd. and its companion company, Five Star Greece, provide access to a collection of properties so...

Choice words; The preppy protagonist of Benjamin Kunkel's first novel can't seem to make up his mind.(Indecision)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Megan O'grady In literature, as in life, 30 seems to be the age limit for socially acceptable aimlessness. Rapidly nearing the deadline is 28-year-old Dwight Wilmerding, the preppy, good-natured underachiever in Benjamin Kunkel's...

Hot pursuit; In Cormac McCarthy's riveting new novel, a modern cowboy goes on the run.(No Country for Old Men)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Taylor Antrim Cormac McCarthy's celebrated trilogy, All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, and Cities of the Plain, presented an American frontier of restless mid-century cowboys, dark-eyed senoritas, and horses loyal as family. Just...

Call to arms; The latest cosmetic procedure promises to deliver the slim, tight, toned arms of our dreams.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Julia Jones At mile 24 of the New York City Marathon, my ensemble is still remarkably impressive: a curve-clinging sleeveless shell with my name emblazoned in sequins; snug boot-cut running pants; waterproof jet-black mascara...

Message in a bottle; The scent inside is only half the story.
August 1, 2005... Byline: John Brodie Some designers are egomaniacs, but Paul Poiret and Elizabeth Arden were two of the worst," says Christie Mayer Lefkowith by way of explaining why a bottle of perfume is never just a bottle of perfume. The red-haired...

Coming of age; Women become sexier as they get older, insists Dr. .(Patricia Allen)(Interview)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Jean Hanff Korelitz This is what 57 looks like? I think the first time I meet Patricia Allen, M.D., in her upper east side office. A whippet-thin woman with gleaming copper hair, a seamless, glowing face, and the bounce of a girl...

The age issue.(clothing according to age)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... How do you wear fall's major statementpieces? Like choosing the right haircut or investinga work bonus, well, it all depends on your age and stage of life. That's why we've broken down the trends with how-to-wear advice for all decades....

In her 70s Jane Goodall; An inadvertent icon of grace and heroism, this primatologist turned environmental campaigner blazes an inspirational trail around the world.(Interview)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Alexandra Fuller In the flesh, Dr. Jane Goodall, Dame of the British Empire, looks exactly as you would expect, only more so-a rare experience with people whose images are doggedly repeated in photographs or on screens. Hers is not...

In her 50s Gayfryd Steinberg; The children have flown, her time is her own-what does a woman her age do.(Interview)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Eve Macsweeney Gayfryd Steinberg is sitting at her regular table at an Upper East Side Italian joint that acts as a semi-private dining club to its devoted patrons. She's dressed in a simple but sophisticated black skirt and blouse...

In her 20s Coco Brandolini; As this 26-year-old Parisian proves, when you're young, gifted, and gorgeous you can get away with wearing almost anything.(Interview)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Mark Holgate Beneath the stack of bags-Prada, Chanel, Oscar de la Renta-that are strung, as if in a souk, on the Indian carved wooden screen that stands in Coco Brandolini's bedroom, there is a hidden gem. It's vintage Yves Saint...

In her 60s Elaine Wynn; The unofficial queen of Las Vegas oversees everything from the chocolates to the uniforms to the shoppers' paradise at her husband Steve's groundbreaking resort.(Interview)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Julia Reed It is early June, a little more than a month after the opening of the Wynn Las Vegas Resort and Country Club, the most expensive hotel the city has ever seen, and Elaine Wynn is taking me on a tour of the shops. She is...

In her 30s Phoebe Philo; How has a fashion-world It girl made Chloe into one of the hottest labels of the moment.(Interview)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Sarah Mower Phoebe Philo is doing her best to project her new, soignee image in her backyard in suburban London. The dress-a treasured seventies Ossie Clark-matched with a pristine ballerina bun, is managing beautifully,...

Like a duchess; In her 40s-author, songstress, actress, filmmaker-Madonna has influence and reach that may be global, but her base for family and friends is focused on an English country estate.(Interview)(Biography)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Hamish Bowles Who would have thunk it?" says Madonna with a laugh. "The last thing I thought I would do is marry some laddish, shooting, pubgoing nature lover-and the last thing he thought he was going to do was marry some cheeky...

Going public; Why are women turning up on the streets of major metropolises black-and-blue, but otherwise smiling.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Elisabeth Robinson Remember the 1997 film L.A. Confidential? Russell Crowe plays Bud White, a fifties Los Angeles detective with an avenging temper when it comes to wife abusers. When he sees, in the back of a parked car, a woman...

Stretching the limits; Why are women turning up on the streets of major metropolises black-and-blue, but otherwise smiling.(Interview)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Ying Chu A famous author and New York social fixture ducks into a hidden exam room for her standing Restylane tune-up. The phone rings. It's Carolina Herrera, who has called to work out the details of a fall cocktail party. A VIP...

Brave heart; Living with cancer, the former model turned photographer then fashion executive Lynn Kohlman realized that she had a choice: to wallow in self-pity or to fight.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Lynn Kohlman Five months after my breasts were removed in a radical double mastectomy, I went to the Caribbean for a weeklong yoga retreat with my good friend the designer Donna Karan. At the end of a class, I was lying on my back...

The age of the dress; Perfect timing.(fashion)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Fashion teaches us an interesting lesson this fall: It takes less time to slip into one of this season's essential dresses than it does a suit. Need more convincing? What else can take you from brunch downtown to a museum uptown and a break for...

directory.
August 1, 2005... Page 56 (cover look): Cardigan, $815. Alexander McQueen, NYC; in October at Nordstrom. Silk dress, $1,264. Bergdorf Goodman; Emphatics, Pittsburgh. Above, left: Roland Mouret dress. Cartier necklace. Fred Leighton earrings. Fred Leighton, NYC....

Ruling class.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Anna Wintour Every year I find inspiration in the women we feature in our Age issue. This time I was grabbed by Gayfryd Steinberg's revelation that, at 55, she has forsaken suits in favor of more feminine, nuanced, and informal...

FEELING HOT, HOT, HOT.(fashion designers)
August 1, 2005... Byline: Andre Leon Talley Who are fashion's heirs apparent? Who are the headliners of the future? Judging by the collections I've just seen for resort 2005, it is a talented cadre of former design assistants who will soon be taking all the...

Welcome to my parlor; With Madonna as a role model, Jennifer Rubell set out in her late teens on a quest to find herself.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Jennifer Rubell May 1989. I'm eighteen years old, finishing up a year off between high school and college, getting ready to leave for Harvard in the fall. I should be excited, but the truth is, I'm terrified. I think of Cambridge...

PICTURE THIS.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Anna Wintour Lust last week I stopped by a cocktail party for a group of Columbia School of Journalism students and had the pleasure of talking to them about the professional world they will soon enter. The question I'm always...

Positive feedback; On eBay, where buyers are quickly becoming sellers and sellers are turning into online boutique owners, fashion follows its own rules.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Irini Arakas Carolina Herrera, Jr.'s, first time was in South America. "I was on winter holiday," she recalls, "and very bored. I logged on to eBay and discovered the most exquisite nineteenth-century settee." It now lives in her...