Vogue articles from July 2004

Vogue archives from July 2004

the natural; At 22, Kirsten Dunst is a full-fledged star with a mile-long resume, a clutch of leading roles, her own quirky-chic style, and a Hollywood boyfriend who just can't stop buying her rings.(actor)('Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind')
July 1, 2004... Byline: Vicki Woods Though you're fully aware you're deluding yourself, you always think you know celebs. Especially actors. You spend so long with them in darkened rooms, hearing their innermost thoughts, watching their private acts. The...

Sanya Richards sprinter.(olympic athletes)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Lillian Ross Nineteen-year-old Sanya Richards, a cheerful, soft-spoken 140-pound, five-foot-eight-and-a-quarter-inches-tall sophomore on the University of Texas Longhorns track-and-field team, may be one of the youngest competitors...

A WRINKLE IN TIME.('The Lemon Table' by Julian Barnes)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Mark Rozzo "Were you as young as you felt, or as old as you looked?" This is the conundrum at the heart of The Lemon Table (Knopf), a new collection of stories from British maestro Julian Barnes about old age and its discontents....

it happened one night; Jake Gyllenhaal, the crown prince of indie films, steps into the spotlight (and red-carpet clothes,along with model Daria Werbowy) as summer's newest blockbuster star.(Hollywood)('Donnie Darko', 'The Matrix', 'Being John Malkovich', 'Memento' and 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind')(Biography)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Sally Singer Jake Gyllenhaal, the shambling, sad-eyed indie hipster turned Hollywood leading man, defines his generation through these distinguishing tics: "People who were moved when Kurt Cobain died, slap bracelets, Jenga, CHiPs...

Allyse Ishino gymnast.(olympic athlete)(Biography)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Sarah Haight They embody the Olympic dream, the pixies who tumble across the mats, ponytails and grosgrain ribbons flying, their tiny faces a study in adolescent grit. Long after the torch has been extinguished, the gymnasts are...

Kimiko Soldati diver.(United States)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Julie Orringer It's an April morning in Southern California, and Kimiko Soldati has been diving into a 57-degree lake again and again for a Vogue photo shoot. The chilly water is a far cry from her usual practice grounds in Texas,...

Suzy Powell discus thrower.(United States)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Robert Sullivan Twenty-seven-year-old Suzy Powell is not what you'd expect from a discus thrower, if you think of discus throwers the way most people think of discus throwers-built like a barrel, or at least looking like a...

Natalie Coughlin swimmer.(United States)(Column)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Patricia Marx There are many reasons I could not be world-class swimmer Natalie Coughlin. One is that there isn't enough room in my apartment for all the awards. Coughlin, who lives in Berkeley, California, with a dog that doesn't...

Tina George wrestler.(Team USA)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Linda Lee We are on a yellow mat at the Fort Carson army training facility near Colorado Springs, and Tina George is showing me how she can topple me like an oak-crouching, grabbing my left leg, pulling me off balance. George is...

force field; Art impresario, bodacious blonde, and muse to many, Yvonne Force Villareal is a mother of invention.(performance art)(Critical Essay)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Eve Macsweeney Another day, another commute; summer's heating up; the weekend's coming. . . . Adding to the whir of thoughts in riders' minds as they step off their trains at Grand Central this month will be a new sensation. Loud...

underneath it all; Could sun damage-or worse, skin cancer-be hiding beneath an otherwise smooth, freckle-free complexion.(photodynamic therapy)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Maggie Bullock It's a blustery, mid-spring morning, and I'm standing nose to nose with Katie Rodan, M.D., in the elegantly hushed, gilded beauty department of Bergdorf Goodman in New York. Rodan and her partner, Kathy Fields, M.D.,...

disaster relief; Dana Dickey discovers the dermatological equivalent of the morning-after pill.(sunburn)(www.skincancer.org)(Column)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Dana Dickey Believe it or not, I did it again. I got sunburned. It happened in Buenos Aires-a city, for goodness sake, not some beach on an island. On a whim I went to a soccer match. I know. You're supposed to apply sunscreen...

earthly delights; Want to make sure that everything in the garden, including you, is lovely this summer.(fashion)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Madcap floral gloves made for a modern-day Vita Sackville-West. . . . Antique jardin furniture that looks like it was transplanted from Provence. . . . Bamboo-handled shears to prune prize-worthy blooms. . . . Nothing says summer more than...

signs of the times.(fashion)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Anna Wintour I've long believed that the content of fashion does not materialize spontaneously but, in ways both mysterious and uncanny, emerges from the fabric of the times. That fabric has recently been darkly threaded by war and...

the quick change.(Hundredth-Anniversary of the Birth of George Balanchine gala)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Andre Leon Talley At its annual awards night in June. Sex and the City may be a thing of the past, running now in syndication, but SJP remains one of our most powerful and original fashion stars. Who else would dazzle the...

estee lauder 1906-2004.('Estee, a Success Story')(Biography)(Column)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Shirley Lord I remember my friend Estee Lauder standing in the sunshine one spring morning in the late sixties at the marina in Palm Beach. She was intent on applying her first men's cologne, Aramis, to the wrists of some reluctant...

a grand affair; Beauty marks, powdered hair, and liaisons dangereuses: For one spectacular night at the Met, le tout New York was transported back to the eighteenth century.(Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute gala)
July 1, 2004... Byline: William Norwich Dangerous liaisons, anyone? A whispered pledge of love-or at least an evening of allegiance in beautifully appointed rooms? Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute gala, or the Party of the Year, as...

thrill of the hunt; Having declined offers to reimagine other grand old houses, Jean Paul Gaultier has at last taken the reins at Hermes-for a debut steeped in luxury and tradition.(fashion designers)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Hamish Bowles At the storied premises of Hermes's Faubourg Saint-Honore flagship, Jean Paul Gaultier is putting on the finishing touches to his debut runway collection for the house. "Feel the quality!" he exclaims, poring over the...

the cape crusade; Holy Toledo.(Burberry Prorsum)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Mark Holgate Fashion magazines are always promising that this or that new accessory has the power to "transform any outfit"-but, in the case of the new Burberry Prorsum capelet, this might actually be more than just...

rules of the game; Born in Paris and raised in the States, Alexa Davalos combines American know-how with an undeniable je ne sais quoi.('The Chronicles of Riddick')(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Sarah Haight With her ropes of auburn hair and wide almond eyes, Alexa Davalos possesses the ideal visage for a role in a Judi Dench period film, which is precisely what the 21-year-old spent six months shooting last spring. The...

into the woods; A century after the Vanderbilts set up camp, the Adirondacks are experiencing a new gilded age.(resorts)(United States)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Paul Greenberg For Vanderbilts and Morgans, establishing a "camp" in the Adirondacks was once as de rigueur as acquiring a "cottage" in Newport. Veritable duchies staffed by hundreds were carved out from the great New York...

the young & the restless; Two boys experience growing pains in A Home at the End of the World, while a beautiful girl loses her way in Maria Full of Grace.(movies)(Movie Review)
July 1, 2004... Colin Farrell's bad-boy image wasn't exactly contradicted by his hilarious recent work as a thug in the raffish comedy Intermission. So it piques one's curiosity to see him star in A Home at the End of the World as a man who's practically an...

STRANGERS IN PARADISE.('The Door in the Floor')('Seducing Doctor Lewis')(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Sarah Kerr The Door in the Floor stars Jeff Bridges as a famous children's author who lives in a fancy Hamptons house with his wife (Kim Basinger) and little daughter (Elle Fanning). Bridges hires a prep school student for the...

the lady-killer; As Peter Krause leaps from the funeral parlor to the Broadway stage, Adam Green takes notes.('After the Fall' by Arthur Miller)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Adam Green The theater director Michael Mayer describes Arthur Miller as an "incredibly charismatic guy" who, even at 88, "maintains a fantastic collaboration between brains and sex." So it's no surprise that when Mayer was casting...

dappled thing; Splashed across noses, sprinkled along arms, freckles are girlish, charming-and not always appreciated.(narrative)(Column)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Susan Orlean Not long ago, I came across a poem called "Pied Beauty"-Gerard Manley Hopkins's exultant celebration of all things spotted, flecked, mottled, and dotted. How different my life would have been if I'd come across the...

waterworld.(Four Seasons at Kuda Huraa, Maldives)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Byline: Ning Chao How far would you go for hibiscus-scented air, crystal-clear waters, and five-star hideaways so secluded they're like owning your own private island? The savviest escape artists are making the trip-logging the...

golden eye; This fall, gold leaf and burnished bronze replace basic black for smoky eyes with 24K sparkle.(cosmetics)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The biggest beauty news for fall: gold. From deep russet to pale vermilion, it was the eye-smudging, dusting, and lining color of choice. At Carolina Herrera, Gucci Westman gilded plum-shaded lids with flecks of gold leaf for authentic shimmer;...

propriety values; Ladies, pack away the miniskirts and micro tees.(fashion)
July 1, 2004... One lunchtime at Le Bernardin a friend told me, "I can't bear to look at another miniskirt. I see women wearing short skirts, and I want to tell them to wear something longer. I'd never have worn this a year ago"-a Prada blouse that's modesty...