Vogue articles from February 2008

Vogue archives from February 2008

Pretty Powerful.(clothes for Hillary Clinton)
February 1, 2008... This spring we are blessed with a fantastic variety of subtle, sophisticated clothes that make a woman--at work, at the playground, at cocktails--look marvelously modern. See for yourself in Craig McDean and Grace Coddington's celebratory...

Letters From Readers.(Letter to the editor)
February 1, 2008... A BEAUTIFUL MIND What an unexpected delight it was to find Jennifer Connelly on your November cover ["Dark Victory," by Jonathan Van Meter, photographed by Mario Testino]! I knew she was someone special to look out for when I first saw her...

Truth And Beauty.(Personal account)
February 1, 2008... For Suzanne Berne, growing up with an alluring mother meant accepting that while looks aren't everything, they're not nothing, either. My grandmother was said to be the most beautiful woman in Jennings County, Indiana. Tall and...

A Collector's Chutzpah.(Ethel Scull)
February 1, 2008... Byline: Barbara Heizer Barbara Heizer remembers Ethel Scull, sixties art doyenne, fashion star, and Warhol icon. At the black-tie opening of a Jasper Johns show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington last year, something caught...

It Girl.(Penelope Cruz)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Byline: EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR PEN%LOPE CRUZ TAKES MANHATTAN, CHARMING ROYALTY AND AN EX-PRESIDENT ALONG THE WAY. Guests at the 2007 Queen Sofia Spanish Institute gala in New York shared a knowing nod when Penelope Cruz, accepting a...

Cherchez La Femme.(on Nicolas Sarkozy's next wife)
February 1, 2008... Byline: EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR FOR THE UNATTACHED PRESIDENT OF FRANCE, WILLIAM NORWICH RECRUITS SOCIAL MANHATTAN TO PLAY MATCHMAKER In social life there are always a few timely, but safe, conversational gambits that will get people...

Moved To Tiers.(women's clothes)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Byline: EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR Cascades of romantic ruffles caught our collective attention during London's spring Fashion Week, when designers sent the ultrafeminine look down the runway. Now the instantly elegant style-for-all-seasons is...

Moscow.(Russia)(Brief article)(Travel narrative)
February 1, 2008... Byline: BY AERIN LAUDER EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR "FABERG% WOULD ANSWER THE ROYAL COURT'S DEMAND FOR FLOWERS YEAR-ROUND BY MAKING VERSIONS IN RUBIES" On the terminal bus at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, all I could do was stare at her...

Q & A.(questions and answers for Ellen Page)(Interview)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Byline: EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR Amid the near-deafening Oscar buzz, 20-year-old breakout talent ELLEN PAGE spares a moment to chat. What was the most challenging part of your role in Juno ? The comedy aspect required a distinct balance...

Fine Arts.(Guggenheim's Young Collectors Council honors Ryan McGinley)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Byline: EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR It makes sense that the Guggenheim's Young Collectors Council would honor Ryan McGinley, the much talked-about photographer who was the youngest artist ever to have a solo show at the Whitney. As McGinley's...

Overheard.(Pierre Hardy )(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Byline: EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR Madonna and Gucci put on the first privately sponsored fund-raising event ever at the United Nations (word is the U.N.'s entire back lawn will be tented) during Fashion Week to benefit UNICEF and Raising...

Fit For A Queen.(Georgina Chapman's wedding dress)
February 1, 2008... Byline: --WILLIAM NORWICH EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR MARCHESA'S GEORGINA CHAPMAN CREATES A DRESS FOR THE EVENT OF A LIFETIME--HER WEDDING TO HARVEY WEINSTEIN. That the history of fashion is not exactly crowded with accounts of designers...

"Modern English".(Karl Lagerfeld's Metiers d'Art fashion show)
February 1, 2008... Byline: --ANDR�% LEON TALLEY Maureen Dowd sent me the delicious novel The Collection (Scribner), written by her friend Gioia Diliberto, about the life of a seamstress in the early days at Chanel. Tossed out of the atelier by...

Our Miss Brooke.(Brooke Garber Neidich)
February 1, 2008... Byline: --ANDR�% LEON TALLEY I kept running into Jane Rosenthal, a cofounder, with Robert de Niro, of the Tribeca Film Festival, wearing a delicate chain or a beautiful bespoke antique gold mesh bracelet with pave-diamond teardrops....

Quantum Leap.(Jumper's Rachel Bilson)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Byline: CAROLINE PALMER editor: Valerie Steiker Rachel Bilson leaves The O.C. behind to star in Doug Liman's time-traveling thriller Jumper. Although Rachel Bilson can trace her family's Hollywood lineage back to the twenties (her...

The High Road.(My Blueberry Nights; 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)(Movie review)
February 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Valerie Steiker With an all-star cast, Wong Kar Wai brings his romantic sensibility to the American road movie. John Powers reviews. Few filmmakers have more imitators than Wong Kar Wai, whose images shimmer with...

Golden Dreams.(Oscar predictions)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Byline: John Powers editor: Valerie Steiker While this year's Oscar contenders may be dark, at least that means brilliant performances. GEORGE CLOONEY sparkles in Michael Clayton, and JOHNNY DEPP shines like a black pearl in Sweeney Todd,...

Drawing From Life.(Stephen Sondheim and Sam Buntrock on "Sunday in the Park with George")(Interview)
February 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Valerie Steiker A spectacular London production of Sondheim's groundbreaking Sunday in the Park with George arrives on Broadway, writes Adam Green. The theater director Sam Buntrock first encountered the musicals of...

The Wild Bunch.(Gosta Peterson's works on sale at Christie's)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Byline: KIMBERLY STRAUB editor: Valerie Steiker For a photography sale geared toward young collectors, CHRISTIE'S offers 350 original prints by the likes of Horst, Ansel Adams, and Gosta Peterson, a Swedish fashion photographer who shot...

Renaissance Woman.(Parmigianino's Antea: A Beautiful Artifice exhibit)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Byline: GENEVIEVE BAHRENBURG editor: Valerie Steiker This month one of the most important portraits of the Italian Renaissance goes on view in the United States, for the first time in more than 20 years, at the Frick Collection in...

Sea Of Love.(resorts)(Directory)
February 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Valerie Steiker Richard Alleman seeks out the most romantic warm-weather hideaways. On the edge of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia's Hamilton Island has just welcomed Qualia, which is Latin for "a collection of...

Blue Hawaii.(Jack Johnson)(Interview)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Byline: LIZA GHORBANI editor: Valerie Steiker Island escapist Jack Johnson returns with an intoxicating new album. There was always music around, and I kind of got passed the torch," says Jack Johnson of playing Jimmy Buffett for...

Golden Girl.(Bernard and Doris)(Television program review)
February 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Valerie Steiker The deeply personal relationship between Doris Duke and her butler comes to life in a seductive film by Bob Balaban. Joan Juliet Buck is dazzled. Whenever you see Bob Balaban's name you know there's...

Prime Suspect.(A Person of Interest )(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Byline: MEGAN O'GRADY editor: Valerie Steiker The improbable hero of Susan Choi's gripping new novel is guilty of many things--except the crime he's been accused of. I'm interested in the everyman, someone like you or me subjected to...

Enduring Love.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Byline: MEGAN O'GRADY editor: Valerie Steiker What we talk about when we talk about love drives February's standout fiction. Set against the dramatic landscape of post-independence India, Manil Suri's The Age of Shiva (Norton) uncovers...

The Dark Side.(brown hair)
February 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Sarah Brown Is brown hair the new blonde? All the best models and social swans think so. Lifelong brunette Marina Rust talks to the pros about the trend sweeping the country. Fashion is feeling a seismic shift. New...

Go Deep!(colorists)(Directory)
February 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Sarah Brown The country's best colorists for brunettes. NYC REN%E PATRONIK, SERGE NORMANT AT JOHN FRIEDA Meticulous and talented, Patronik handles previous color disasters and pesky grays with finesse. 30...

Sunshine State.(on beautician Tammy Fender)
February 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Sarah Brown What--or who--is the secret behind Palm Beach's happiest, healthiest complexions? Sarah Brown meets Tammy Fender. The first time I met Tammy Fender, I was in no mood for a facial. I'd been scheduled that...

Full Bloom.(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Byline: CHRISTINA HAN editor: Sarah Brown Spring is flower powered--from the runway to the dressing table. Forget that it's still freezing--spring is coming early this year. The runways morphed into one big garden party, with designers...

The Big Chill.(skin care products)
February 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Sarah Brown Megan O'Grady searches the globe for the latest supercharged remedies to soothe winter skin dilemmas. With four seasons blurring into two and polar bears fighting for their lives, it's all too easy to give...

High Anxiety.(methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection)(Disease/Disorder overview)
February 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Abigail Walch With the hype about drug-resistant infections inciting mass germphobia, Elizabeth Weil looks to ace epidemiologist Elizabeth Bancroft, M.D., for a reality check. People have dubbed methicillin-resistant...

An Intimate Affair.(Stella McCartney)(Interview)
February 1, 2008... Byline: MARK HOLGATE editor: Sally Singer With her new lingerie collection, Stella McCartney marks the beginning of something beautiful. Ensconced in a secluded spot at the bar of the Hotel Le Bristol in Paris, Stella McCartney delves...

Say It With Diamonds.(Visnja Brdar's Love brooch)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Byline: FLORENCE KANE editor: Sally Singer For these symbolic bijoux, the message is in the sparkly medium. When I designed my Love brooch," says jewelry maker Visnja Brdar, "I was so madly in love that the heart wasn't enough." ...

The Duchess Of Fashion.(Donna Simonetta)(Interview)
February 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Sally Singer Combining old-world elegance with avant-garde lines, the work of the legendary Simonetta, writes Carolyn Burke , has never been more relevant. I've always known my own mind," Donna Simonetta, Duchess...

French Revelations.(Paris Chic and Trendy)(Brief article)(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Byline: ALEXANDRA MACK editor: Sally Singer A new guide showcases stylish shops in the City of Light. The dollar's lag behind the euro may be cooling their joie de vivre, but Francophiles with a taste for Isabel Marant cashmere sweaters...

Carmen Ho.(Interview)
February 1, 2008... Byline: STEPHANIE LaCAVA editor: Sally Singer This former banker and shoe designer adds another feather to her cap--a collection of handbags for spring. B RAND LOYAL When at home in Milan, I often wear wrap dresses from DVF--they...

Budding Romance.(jewelry)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Filipa Fino PHOTOGRAPHED BY RICHARD PIERCE In the Victorian era, flowers were a language. When a suitor sent a woman primroses, for instance, it meant he couldn't live without her. If she replied with striped carnations, the...

Little Miss Perfect.
February 1, 2008... Being young and cool: Didn't that once require you to stalk around all disengaged and raccoon-eyed, in recycled clothes scrawled with Che Guevara slogans? Earlier generations took puce hair and private piercings into the Mall of America--and...

The Simple Life.(Kate Bosworth)(Interview)
February 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Mario Testino. Why an actress's effortless, pared-down chic is irresistible to today's hottest designers. Sally Singer does the New York collections with Kate Bosworth. On a single afternoon in the fall, Kate...

Seven Dates With Kate.(Kate Bosworth)
February 1, 2008... America's hottest talents dress their modest muse. THAKOON A spring awakening This season I was inspired by girl culture and Japanese tourism, and this idea of a woman who travels and gets lost in an idyllic life and is forever...

One Fine Day.(Buyers guide)
February 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Craig McDean. From chic sheaths to smart suits, spring's dressed-up directive is nothing short of impeccable. "The polished, yet sexy, uniformity of this look is very versatile. Ultimately, the woman makes the...

Altered States.(on women governors Kathleen Sebelius and Sarah Palin)
February 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Jonathan Becker Two women governors--a Democrat in Kansas and a Republican in Alaska--are attracting national attention by breaking the mold at home. kathleen sebelius In a divisive election year, Kansas's...

Saturation Point.(Color Chart exhibit)
February 1, 2008... Byline: --ANNE STRINGFIELD With Pantone chips having replaced the palette, a vibrant new exhibition at MoMA looks at the irreverent ways that artists use color. About five years ago, Ann Temkin, a curator in the Museum of Modern Art's...

The French Connection.(Francois Halard's apartment)
February 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Francois Halard. A well-traveled photographer brings Mediterranean verve to a downtown Manhattan loft. Hamish Bowles delights in the unexpected Provencal parallels. Photographer Francois Halard may have...

Swiss Bliss.(cheese fondue )
February 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Horacio Salinas. Cheese fondue has been rediscovered. Jeffrey Steingarten stirs the pot. Don't blame me, but when you hear how I've spent the last month or two you will become sinfully, wickedly covetous,...

Tuscan Holiday.(Personal account)
February 1, 2008... At 24, Lisa Brennan-Jobs fell hard for a handsome Italian and his aristocratic world--until she realized what she would be giving up. "Millions of presumptuous girls, intelligent or not intelligent, daily affront their destiny, and what is...

From London, With Love.(London, England-based fashion designers Jonathan Saunders and Christopher Kane)(Interview)
February 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Norman Jean Roy. Two young Glasgow-bred designers, Jonathan Saunders and Christopher Kane, have launched themselves--and their new city--into fashion's limelight. Sarah Mower celebrates. JONATHAN SAUNDERS ...

Grand Scales.(bags and shoes)(Buyers guide)
February 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Raymond Meier. Outsize day bags and shoes in Technicolor exotics make a big, bright statement. BEAUTY NOTE Tall order: Achieve maximum height and full body with Nexxus Mousse Plus, a volumizing styling foam...

Top Of The Rocks.(jewelers Kathryn Allsopp, Genevieve Jones, Mesi Jilly-Shashoua)
February 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Meredith Melling Burke Three jewelry stars on the rise shed light on the inspiration behind their sparkling designs. the designer: kathryn allsopp her signature style: Elegant, organically shaped semiprecious...

In This Issue.
February 1, 2008... Page 64 (cover look): Satin draped dress, $1,790; Barneys New York. Rock-crystal-and-sterling-silver earrings, $390; Georg Jensen boutiques. Manicure, Gina Viviano for artistsbytimothypriano.com. Editor's letter 88: Calvin Klein Collection...

Last Look.(Curiosite necklace)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Virginia Smith Wunderkammer, une chambre des merveilles, cabinet of curiosities . . . you say potato, but a room full of Earth's oddities, in any language, is a magical thing. Like giant fun houses for the imagination, ad...