Vogue articles from December 2004

Vogue archives from December 2004

kaffiyehs and cover lines; As a journalist, Vicki Woods supported her son's decision to go to Iraq to help launch a free press in Baghdad.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Vicki Woods In late June 2003, I walked into my study with something of a headache and opened my E-mail box for the millionth time. I had mail; thank God I had mail; I'd been sleepless and aching for mail for 48 hours straight. A...

girl of the moment sienna miller.
December 1, 2004... Ever since Jude Law declared his love for this beautiful actress, all eyes (and cameras) have been following the young Londoner, who walks her dogs in jeans and vintage sweaters and might spend an afternoon in the country wearing a summer dress...

TREND OF THE MONTH a look of one's own.
December 1, 2004... Whimsical dressing just comes naturally to some women, evoking the Bloomsbury group's elegant eccentricity. Vera Wang didn't think twice about wearing a fur shrug with strands of long beads, for instance, while Sally Albemarle accessorized her...

trend of the month society swans.
December 1, 2004... A vague idea of birds; birds of vanity, like peacocks, parrots, and swans" is how Miuccia Prada described the main inspiration for her spring collection. And so down the Milan runway came skirts of peacock plumes and dresses with digitalized...

PARTY OF THE MONTH young americans.
December 1, 2004... It was a night to remember as the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund celebrated a new generation of young designers. On hand was Mayor Bloomberg, who championed the idea from its inception, proudly presenting a generous check to winners Lazaro Hernandez...

much ado; It's been a season of high drama-both culturally serious and merely social.
December 1, 2004... Byline: William Norwich Social people are the sort of people who thrive on excitement and drama. Will the fog keep the private plane from taking off tomorrow? Will junior get into Buckley? Will Irina Medavoy have the last word in her Botox...

spring's leading ladies 1. daryl k; A rebel yell has turned into a mature voice.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger I've definitely softened up a bit," Daryl Kerrigan confesses, describing her breakthrough new spring line, a melange of gracefully draped jersey frocks, deconstructed shirtdresses, and slightly twisted wallpaper-print...

spring's leading ladies 2. jovovich-hawk; L.A. confidential: Actress Milla Jovovich teams with Carmen Hawk to create a cool, modern spin on the retro film-noir look.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Mark Holgate Stop right there, because we know what you're thinking: Celebrity with fashion aspirations slaps her name on a clothing line; milks said name for all it's worth; and the resulting line of clothing is something you'd...

memories; The Way We Wore is a treasure chest for heart-stopping vintage finds.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Irini Arakas Doris Raymond, owner of the recently opened L.A. vintage store The Way We Wore, has a confession to make: "I have been buying and hoarding clothes for the past twelve years, and I cannot stop. It's an illness!" Raymond...

spring's leading ladies 3. vena cava; With sophistication and hidden details, a young design duo champions a subtler sexiness.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Jane Herman The word modest has peppered colloquial fashionese for the past year. So it's not surprising that astute young designers would want to put their own spin on the modesty trend. "Modesty is modern," says Sophie Buhai, the...

spring's leading ladies 4. tess giberson; Soft-spoken excellence is what we've come to expect from this fashion intellect.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Irini Arakas Four years ago, newcomer Tess Giberson gave new meaning to the term capsule collection, producing eight pieces (four tops, three skirts, one jacket) out of her studio in New York's Meatpacking District. The line caught...

spring's leading ladies 5. twinkle; Wenlan Chia proves that it's possible to produce a sophisticated collection without losing your whimsy along the way.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Irini Arakas The fall of 2000 was when I had my first true fashion attempt. I was working in an art gallery, taking night classes at F.I.T., and hand-knitting very small-size sweaters with very large needles and thick yarn. It was...

my precious; Having traveled to the world's great museums for more than twelve years, Cartier's serotonin-boosting jewelry exhibit lands in Texas.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Mimi Swartz For two decades, Cartier has been buying back masterworks from the estates of women like Gloria Swanson and Daisy Fellowes, as well as various Vanderbilts and maharanis. Now the rest of us can feast our eyes on these...

lean, mean lovin' machine; Nicolas Taralis forgoes froufrou for a more streamlined spin of feminine charm.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Sally Singer One of the unexpected kicks of the Paris collections is when young designers make you suffer for their art. You find yourself, late at night, searching for a spot near the dance floor of an obscure seventies disco....

ask mrs. exeter; It's December-out with the old.
December 1, 2004... One of the mixed blessings of a large house in the suburbs with a grand attic is it can take forever before you notice that you have piled up a few decades' worth of apparel. I am thinking of purging my closets, sorting things, giving them...

the case for flats; Don't take the high road this spring.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Sarah Mower Walking down Fifth Avenue last July, I had a premonition. As I stomped hotly officeward in my box-fresh Jil Sander four-inch platform sandals (which I adore but which were raising blisters within four blocks), a voice...

sweet & low; Introducing Maloles, the chipper little slipper from Spain.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Sarah Mower If a pair of Maloles quilted satin ballet slippers, the ones with the drawstring keyhole decollete, could speak, they'd be trilling, "Come and chat while I fix dinner!" Pretty evening footwear perfectly suited to...

Geoffrey Beene 1927- 2004; A look back at the incredible talent of an American classic.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Hamish Bowles, Alber Elbaz Geoffrey Beene presides over American fashion like the caretaker of some higher wisdom. He is the most original, idiosyncratic, autonomous creator in his field," wrote Joan Juliet Buck in Vogue in 1988 of...

on the rocks.
December 1, 2004... Carefully study, then commit to memory, the following mixology: Take one substantial gold setting, add a chunky-faceted absinthe quartz or limoncello citrine, and garnish, if desired, with diamonds. That's the perfect recipe for the perfect...

a little night music; Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler bring new energy to Joel Schumacher's film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera.
December 1, 2004... Byline: John Powers Ben Franklin once joked that the only sure things in life are death and taxes. These days we might add a third: The Phantom of the Opera. No matter where you've gone over the last fifteen years, from Seattle to...

love is a battlefield; This month's best foreign films feature gorgeous stars, fierce fighting, and unlikely romance.
December 1, 2004... When Bruce Lee first became a worldwide sensation back in the seventies, who could have guessed that kung-fu pictures would one day be ruled by women? Today our screens aren't merely overrun with kick-ass chicks, from Charlie's Angels to Kill...

living will.
December 1, 2004... Byline: John Powers The unexpectedly moving The Sea Inside stars the superb Spanish actor Javier Bardem as Ramon Sampedro, a quadriplegic fighting for his right to die with dignity through euthanasia. Normally, this is the sort of story...

un homme et un homme; As a splashy new La Cage aux Folles hits Broadway, Adam Green talks to the A-team who are pulling out all the stops.
December 1, 2004... If Jerry Falwell or Rush Limbaugh is on your annual Christmas list, you might want to think twice before getting either of them two on the aisle for this month's big-ticket revival of La Cage aux Folles, Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein's...

the girl from oz.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Adam Green On a smaller scale, that formidable, wisteria-haired dowager from Down Under, with the bejeweled glasses and sherbet-colored frocks, is once again barraging Gotham audiences with her signature mix of folksy wisdom and...

double exposure.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Ted Loos With his silver hair and slight British accent, the art dealer James Danziger is one of the few people who could play themselves in a movie. Now, after five years away from the New York gallery scene, he has reappeared in...

a hero for dark times; Give Kiefer Sutherland 24 hours, and he will save the world.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Joan Juliet Buck A black car pulls up in front of a Hollywood cafe and a cool blond man in sharp shades snaps open a silver cell phone while checking himself in the mirror. Kiefer? No. From around the corner comes a sweetly rumpled...

racing demon; The whirlwind adventures of a woman who took the French tracks by storm.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Hamish Bowles At a time when Formula One racing is widely recognized as a crucible of chauvinism, Miranda Seymour's Bugatti Queen (Random House) offers a salutary reminder of the giddy days when the sport had a place for daredevil...

THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Eve Macsweeney American women seem to have two modes: sitting or spinning." So teases Mireille Guiliano in her irresistibly titled high-end how-to book, French Women Don't Get Fat (Knopf). The president and CEO of Cliquot, Inc. in...

style & substance; The season's best gift books will smarten up any coffee table.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Leslie Camhi For three decades, while photographing women of unearthly beauty in exotic locations, Vogue's Arthur Elgort has stolen sly shots of people clutching cameras-everyone from supermodels and paparazzi to Chinese tourists...

over the tapas; To throw the most audacious holiday dinner, Jeffrey Steingarten devotes a month to learning the recipes of the greatest chef in the world.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Jeffrey Steingarten What an amazing New Year's Eve dinner it will be! I've been working on the menu day and night. Only one thing's been settled. We'll start off with a batch of amazing homemade foot-long potato chips. Our guests...

model, inc. Cindy Crawford brings Paris's most exclusive beauty secret Stateside.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Maggie Bullock Has it really been 21 years since Cindy Crawford first appeared on the supermodel scene-her athletic, mile-long legs, trademark beauty spot, and Illinois-bred good behavior earning instant household-name status?...

different strokes; With the new shadow transformers, lining your eyes like a pro has never been easier-really.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Sarah Brown Putting on a coat of mascara and a slick of lip gloss is simple enough. It's eyelining that has always separated the experts from the amateurs, the women from the girls. But whether it's smudgy and smoky or crisp and...

modern english; A hip new hair salon-complete with in-house DJ and chef-opens across the pond.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Christine Samuelian The UK-London, specifically-is known as much for its avant-garde hairdressing as its break-all-the-rules street style. So making a splash there, hair-wise, is all the more impressive. The latest arrival is...

get a grip; The solution to improving your workout could be in the palm of your hand.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Robert Sullivan The trend in fitness right now is a kind of retrenching. This is not to say that we won't see the continued proliferation of "new and improved" exercise regimens and devices that promise to "boost your burn," so to...

stretched out; For back arches and neck rolls, timing is everything.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Adena Spingarn To get more out of your workout, skip the pre-sweat stretch. A recent review of studies published in September's Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine found that stretching right before you exercise can actually keep...

ticket to paradise; On a private island in the South Seas, makeup mogul Francois Nars has created his own blue heaven.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Hamish Bowles When Francois Nars, the star makeup artist turned cosmetics king, sought a serious retreat from his lightning-paced working life, it was perhaps inevitable that fantasy would be the keynote of his quest. For Nars,...

coconuts; What was once a nutritional pariah is now being touted as a miracle weight-loss tool.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Elizabeth Horton I can remember the days when I would never order dessert (unless it was some wimpy fruit sorbet) for fear that some skinny girl would report me to the fat patrol. That paranoia lingered long after I'd become a...

pale perfection; With 24 films behind her, this shape-shifting star is an icon of style and beauty, a mother of two, and a master of transformation on both stage and screen.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Joan Juliet Buck At the other end of the world the half moon rises on its back over a series of bays crusted with beaches and harbors that make up the city. The pink people speak English, the skyscrapers could be anywhere, but...

marriage of the century; She was a rising young reporter devoted to her career.
December 1, 2004... Byline: John Seabrook When I was very young, I listened to the story of how my parents met as if it were the story of the creation. I suppose it was, in a way, the story of my creation, but that wasn't what I found so enthralling....

hope wanted; Exacerbated by stigma and denial, India's mounting AIDS catastrophe may now be the biggest in the world.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Janine Di Giovanni One night in April 1986, Suniti Solomon, M.D., an American-trained microbiologist working for the Indian government in Madras, received a late-night phone call. She assumed it was an emergency for her husband, a...

supreme court; With Roger Federer playing what may be the best tennis in history, Robert Sullivan discovers the champ's winning style.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Robert Sullivan Perhaps you think that Roger Federer, the tennis player playing the greatest tennis in the world today, is dying to talk about tennis. Well, he is not. Today, in Los Angeles, in his denim blazer over a hooded...

51 great gifts; From an exclusive, extravagant mink blanket (you'll have to be quick to get one.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Namehere When it comes to the perfect present, that old adage "It's the thought that counts" still holds true. Which is why we polled everyone from Proenza Schouler to Frankie Rayder on what they think makes for the most magical...

51 inspired gift ideas.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Namehere texthere

horoscope.
December 1, 2004... Byline: By Athena Starwoman DECEMBER An out-of-phase Mercury (the communication planet) is this month's main bump in the astro-road through December 20 and will cause all kinds of confusion with invitations, messages,...

STAR TURN.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Anna Wintour Congratulations to Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough-i.e., Proenza Schouler-for winning the inaugural CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Prize. What made their victory all the more special was the fantastic quality of the...

step into liquid.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Andre Leon Talley The weather outside couldn't make up its mind. Was it Indian summer, with cumulus clouds blithely floating over the gilded domes of the Tuileries gardens? Or was it a typically brisk Parisian autumn, with...

BREAKING THE WAVES; Lanvin dives into fresh proportions, a new softness.
December 1, 2004... On the very last day of the Paris ready-to-wear, Alber Elbaz at Lanvin defined the entire spring/summer 2005 season as I saw it. Lanvin was classical, elegant, and modern; an ode to the essence of fine French dressmaking. These were alluring...

cherchez madame gres; Snag the hottest vintage couture at Lily et Cie, Beverly Hills.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Andre Leon Talley Madame Gres is all the rage in vintage right now- as proved in October, when Aerin Lauder of Estee Lauder arrived at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards wearing a brilliant plum kimono-sleeved dress...

PRINCE OF TIDES; Yigal Azrouel's Horatio Alger career catapults him to Paris.
December 1, 2004... Yigal Azrouel, like Alber Elbaz of Lanvin, is from Israel, where he spent his entire three-year army stint sketching dresses. Azrouel-who has a very attractive store in New York's Meatpacking District-made his first foray into the Paris scene...

CANDY KISSES; Chloe's show was as wickedly smooth as French dark chocolate.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Andre Leon Talley The Chloe invitation was the most original of the week in Paris: elegant chocolates, two thin slivers, arranged in a gold-heart box. Somehow, that terribly elegant, and yet decadently self-indulgent, invitation...