Vogue articles from February 2006

Vogue archives from February 2006

on the fly; As a waitress at Max's Kansas City in the late sixties, writer Joan Silber floated among the stars of art and rock.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Joan Silber When I first came to New York, I knew I wanted to write, but I didn't know much else. One evening, a sculptor boyfriend took me to Max's Kansas City, and watching those waitresses whiz by in their miniskirts, I saw the...

from poland with love; At first, they literally didn't speak the same language.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Megan O'grady He was born and raised in Communist Poland; I grew up in suburban Kansas City. He was sent to the store with the family ration card to wait in line for Cuban bananas; I argued with my parents over making my bed. His...

trend of the moment women in white.
February 1, 2006... I see a girl in her gown running down the beach," says Peter Som of the showstopping linen-and-gold-leaf dress that Ziyi Zhang wore at a recent Los Angeles premiere. Ethereal and free-spirited, sweeping white dresses are making a seamless...

big kiss; New York newlyweds were feted on Park Avenue with violins, caviar, and a thousand society smooches.
February 1, 2006... Byline: William Norwich It was a dark and stormy night, and as devoted romantics from here to Hollywood know, dark weather can really set the mood. Some enchanted evening? Let me try to do justice to the dinner and dance that Samantha...

le freak, c'est chic; Rick Owens has always been a bad boy, but four years in Paris have superrefined his rebellious aesthetic.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Sarah Mower As big and buff as he is, Rick Owens, standing in the gardens of the Palais Royal in Paris, is suddenly dwarfed. Model Jade Parfitt, coiling herself into a palely sinuous S-shape beside him, measures a full...

nightie nights; Vera Wang debuts lingerie that deserves an evening out.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Irini Arakas Best known for dressing women for their wedding days, Vera Wang has more recently taken to outfitting their everydays. With her ready-to-wear, home, and fine-jewelry collections, she has appropriated the classicism and...

new york story; Lucy Sykes Rellie is making sweet, sophisticated clothes for the women of her adopted city.(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Florence Kane I always thought I never, ever wanted to do designing," says Lucy Sykes Rellie, "probably because when you're little, you don't want to do what your mum does." Mum, of course, is the British designer Valerie Goad,...

gilt by association; Long before Calvin, before Tom, a couturier named Lucien Lelong discovered the value of friendship with celebrities.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Hamish Bowles The couturier Lucien Lelong deserves to be better known. Lelong pioneered the concept of luxury ready-to-wear in the thirties; he nurtured an impressive roster of design assistants (Dior, Balmain, and Givenchy, among...

long live kal; Up and down Seventh Avenue and all along the Great White Way, Bloomingdale's creative force Kal Ruttenstein was beloved for his enthusiastic contributions to fashion and the arts.
February 1, 2006... Byline: William Norwich The news that Bloomingdale's beloved fashion director, Kal Ruttenstein, had died was met with great sadness and disbelief in December. How could such a bright, eternal front-row presence be dimmed so suddenly? ...

picture this; Fashion photographs by Mario Testino and Annie Leibovitz go off the page-and on display at two NYC art galleries.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Jane Herman The work of two Vogue photographers goes on view in New York this month. The auction house Phillips de Pury & Company is hosting a selling exhibition of Mario Testino's prints, titled "Out of Fashion," in its...

rock candy.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2006... The 1860s were a big decade for Valentine's sweets. Cadbury introduced the first chocolates specifically made for the romantic day, and during the Civil War here in America, Necco started making their pastel-colored candy hearts. Instead of...

blithe spirit; Actress Lena Headey brings her irrepressible charm to a romantic comedy with a twist.(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Boris Fishman After four hours of modeling "frock coats and frilly dresses" for a photo shoot, the British actress Lena Headey has returned to her natural state-torn jeans, striped tee, and pigtails-and is working through a piece...

american dreams; Terrence Malick envisions our country's beginnings, while Lars von Trier conjures up a nightmare South.(The New World)(Manderlay)(Movie Review)
February 1, 2006... One of the most ambitious Hollywood movies in years, Terrence Malick's love-or-hate-it The New World offers nothing less than an origin myth of America. Colin Farrell stars as Captain John Smith, an ardent but unreliable adventurer who falls...

POLITICS AS USUAL.(Sophie Scholl - The Final Days)(Movie Review)
February 1, 2006... Byline: John Powers _Boasting a magnetic lead performance by German actress Julia Jentsch, Sophie Scholl-The Final Days celebrates the great heroine of the famous anti-Nazi student group, the White Rose. When 21-year-old Sophie is arrested...

music man; Harry Connick, Jr.(Interview)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Adam Green According to the gifted director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall, if you want to put on a musical, "you need someone with that unabashed thing who's going to send it into the audience and belt it out to the last row...

DIVINE SANCTUARY.(L'Abbaye-Chateau de Camon)(Hotel Review)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Richard Alleman When British hotelier Peter Lawton, former manager of the stylish Samling in England's Lake District, decided to strike out on his own in France, he bypassed Provence and headed for the still-unspoiled Languedoc in...

cloak and dagger; Julian Barnes's new novel looks at the real-life case Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tried to solve.(Arthur & George)(Book review)
February 1, 2006... Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is recognized, of course, for _creating the world's best-known fictional detective. But what many fans of Sherlock Holmes may not know is that Conan Doyle once tried to solve a real-life whodunit, an event Julian Barnes...

the ties that bind.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Florence Kane With the new year comes an engaging array of familial tales. In A Family Daughter, Maile Meloy continues the emotional saga of the Santerres, focusing on Abby, whose incestuous affair at 21 threatens her chances at a...

home again; Hosting a real party chez vous for the first time ever.
February 1, 2006... Whether it happens in your 20s, 30s, or even 40s, there comes that seminal moment: You want to entertain at home. But while the spirit may be willing, the process can be daunting-especially for perfectionists. Before you even begin to...

inspiration all in the family.
February 1, 2006... Byline: William Norwich 1) If elegance is restraint, a monochromatic centerpiece of snow-white roses is the height of chic. Miho Kosuda arrangement, $350; (212) 922-9122. 2) Set a buffet with your own dinnerware, even for a catered...

bright ideas; This season, pucker up with a power pout.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Ying Chu Yves Klein blue. Hermes orange. Christian Louboutin red. Few colors have achieved icon status. But this season, as Miuccia Prada unveiled her spring collection in Milan, a new shade-_custom-blended on the spot by P&G...

d is for daria; Lancome unveils its new leading lady.(model Daria Werbowy endorses Lancome Parfumes et Cie.)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Jane Shin Park _It was two years ago that a 20-year-old Canadian with a beguiling feline gaze made her first solo splash in Vogue. No one would have guessed that Daria Werbowy, the model kicking up her YSL ribbon-tie heels, was...

the korner connection; From the Australian desert comes the most glamorous skin care to hit dressing tables in years.(Korner Skincare)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Sarah Brown With names like Feel Legendary Night Cream and Be Tender Toning Lotion, Korner Skincare is easy to love right off the bat. Upon using the Appear Complex Eye Cream you will "Appear Complex. And Gorgeous." "It's highly...

spring training.
February 1, 2006... Got the dead-of-winter blues? Planning your first spring-fashion purchases should cheer you up! Start with the sunshiny season's most important pieces: a pretty, knee-baring statement coat (Coat Check, page 182), to be worn with a big,...

american idol; Drew Barrymore is one of today's ten highest-paid actresses, a blockbuster producer, and a woman who's lived her whole life in the limelight.(Interview)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Van Meter About an hour into what turned into a nearly four-hour marathon dinner, I start to count the thank-yous. Drew Barrymore, the most grateful person on Earth (or, at the very least, in Hollywood), says it more...

great dana; Twenty-nine-year-old Dana Schutz's wildly inventive work explodes with color, pop culture, and political comment.(Interview)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Dodie Kazanjian The Gowanus section of Brooklyn, where the artist Dana Schutz works and lives, is so foreign to me that I have to call her three times from the car coming over. Dana is waiting on the street when I finally arrive,...

anglo-saxon attitudes; Designer Rachel Riley has brought her quirky brand of thoroughly English chintz and charm to an exquisite miniature chateau on the Loire.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Hamish Bowles The valley of the river Loire is wide and open as an ocean's estuary. Stately poplars, dappled by the water's reflected silver light, line its banks, creating a shimmering view that Monet might have painted. Along the...

the posh pony; The chicest look for spring is also the easiest.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Sarah Brown The last thing anyone wants is beauty-queen hair." This is Jimmy Paul speaking. The same Jimmy Paul who, as Bumble and Bumble's star stylist in residence, has been responsible for more than his share of showstoppingly...

ON GUARD; Just because it's cold outside doesn't mean you're safe from UV damage-quite the opposite.(sunscreens)
February 1, 2006... Camouflaged as I am with moles and freckles, I'm hardly one to get excited when a new spot makes a debut appearance. But when one slowly began morphing into a tiny Rorschach tattoo, I was quick to book a mole mapping. I tried not to worry....

the Burning Question: Do we need to get more sun?(Brief Article)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Eve Conant Just when you thought it was safe to go indoors, along comes Michael Holick, Ph.D., M.D., a Boston University professor and author of The UV Advantage (ibooks, 2004). Nothing has incited more derm warfare than his claim...

Tennessee faith hill.(Interview)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Robert Sullivan Sure, you can try and spend a day shopping with Faith Hill, on one of her rare days off as the reigning queen of country. You can fly to Nashville early on a sunny morning, and you can drive way out of town, into...

Los Angeles isla fisher; In a land where size 2s-and blonde conformity-are the norm, the impishly charming "Wedding Crashers" standout searches for jeans with personality.(Interview)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Eve Macsweeney I'm like Imelda Marcos with my jeans," announces Isla Fisher, movie-stealing star of Wedding Crashers (she was the nymphomaniacal redheaded little sister who gave Vince Vaughn a run for his money), as she prepares to...

New York alek wek; Finding the perfect fit is a challenge when you stand nearly six feet tall-and are known in the modeling industry for your superstar stride.(Interview)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Mark Holgate Those jeans are so long!" says Eleanor Ylvisaker. "They're really long," says Scott Morrison. "They're even longer than the ones we made for Karolina Kurkova!" Ylvisaker and Morrison are two of the owners of Earnest...

craft fare; Many hands make the right work: Spring's folksy mood is a maximalist's dream of embroidery, embellishment, and unstudied elegance.
February 1, 2006... Crocheted doilies . . . patchwork quilting . . . heirloom lace tablecloths . . . sound like the dress code and decor for a hoedown? Don't worry. This season's craze for charming handicrafts is better suited to city cocktails than a square...

LOVE STORY.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Anna Wintour One of fashion's strongest currents this spring is a folkloric, homespun individualism that operates as a kind of antidote to the larger, grimmer trends in world affairs. You'll get the picture in Steven Meisel's "Coat...

WILD ON MOSCOW.(Naomi Campbell, Marc Jacobs in Russia)
February 1, 2006... Byline: Andre Leon Talley Thanksgiving Day: arrival Naomi Campbell dresses for travel the way people used to. Stepping out of a private jet at the Moscow airport for a sight- seeing weekend with her pal Marc Jacobs, Naomi was...