Vogue articles from March 2008

Vogue archives from March 2008

Powerfully Personal.(Editorial)
March 1, 2008... Every year, my editors and I spend not an inconsiderable amount of time thinking about "power" and its timeliness and resonance in our culture and society. The results of these discussions come to fruition in our annual March Power Issue, which...

Letters From Readers.(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2008... SPANISH ROSE Congratulations, VOGUE, for putting Penelope Cruz on the cover of your Christmas issue ["Made in Spain," by Gaby Wood, December]. What a great combination: Penelope Cruz, one of the world's most beautiful and glamorous women,...

My Two Moms.(Personal account)
March 1, 2008... When a dynamic Frenchwoman burst into Susan Bell' s life and became her father's lover, her world turned upside down--in a good way. Last spring, my nine-year old daughter, Lucia, asked me to read her my acknowledgments for a book I'd just...

Loud And Clear.(on Ronee Blakely)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Valerie Martin As a fledgling author in New Orleans, Valerie Martin found inspiration--and her next novel's heroine--in the singer Ronee Blakely. In June of 1975, I quit my job at the Louisiana Office of Public Welfare and...

It Girl.(Marion Cotillard)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR THE WINNING, SOIGN% STYLE OF MARION COTILLARD LIGHTS UP THE SILVER SCREEN AND THE RED CARPET. Paris-born actress Marion Cotillard has a certain je ne sais quoi about her. With style in spades and talent...

Pret-�[euro]-Portray.(social life in movies)
March 1, 2008... Byline: EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR A TIDE OF FILMS AND TELEVISION SHOWS COMING DOWN THE PIKE DEPICTS SOCIAL LIFE PAST AND PRESENT. WILLIAM NORWICH WONDERS IF ANY WILL GET IT RIGHT. Are you researching a movie?" asked a guest at the baby...

Talking Fashion Walk The Line.(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR In a season of print and pattern, the stars are stripes, which every so often stray from the straight-and-narrow path to elegant effect. Agyness Deyn' s sexy off-the-shoulder Giles mini skimmed every curve,...

Double Happiness.(Thelma Golden-Duro Olowu wedding)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR Congratulations to Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, and designer Duro Olowu, who quietly tied the knot on January 2 in New York. Their elopement was a surprise to...

Q & A.(questions and answers, Naomi Watts)(Interview)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR With eight-month-old baby Alexander Schreiber at home and thriller Funny Games in theaters, NAOMI WATTS doesn't miss a beat. How would you describe your style philosophy? Comfort and mood dictate my...

Exotic Getaways.(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR FROM SAND TO SURF TO SNOW, THE FASHION FLOCK SCATTERS ACROSS THE GLOBE ON HOLIDAY. "WITH THE CURIOSITY OF INDIANA JONES, I EXPLORED THE GREAT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA, BUILT ABOUT 5,000 YEARS AGO" "AT A...

Rustic Retreats.(Brief article)(Photograph)
March 1, 2008... Byline: EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR "I THRIVE ON PHYSICAL MEDITATION AND BEING IN TOUCH WITH THE MOST GLAMOROUS ELEMENT: SNOW" "MY FAMILY AND I STAY IN AN ASHER BENJAMIN HOUSE WHERE WE OPEN WINE, START FIRES, AND KICK OUT BATS! --JESSICA...

Overheard.(Kelleher & Associates)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: EDITOR: ALEXANDRA KOTUR The 2008 Summer Games fast approach, and moguls and magnates are already booking their rooms at Beijing's newest luxe lodge, the Westin Beijing at Chaoyang. Expectations are quite high: The hotel is still...

"A Higher Calling".(La Grenouille)
March 1, 2008... Byline: --ANDR�% LEON TALLEY Dateline--Chicago: Immediately after Senator Barack Obama' s Iowa victory, which was history in the making on so many levels, my mood was truly Get the Fire. Members of his staff had responded to my...

A Perfect Connection.(Dead Man's Cell Phone)(Interview)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Adam Green. editor: Valerie Steiker Mary-Louise Parker stars in Dead Man's Cell Phone, Sarah Ruhl's enchanting new play. In romantic comedies, a future couple's journey on the bumpy road to love always begins with a comically...

The Sweetest Sound.(Kelli O'Hara )
March 1, 2008... Byline: Adam Green. editor: Valerie Steiker If one were of a mystical bent, one could make a case that some kind of karmic bond exists between the lovely musical-theater actress Kelli O'Hara and the legendary songwriting team of Rodgers and...

Secrets And Lies.(Priceless, The Counterfeiters, Funny Games)(Movie review)
March 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Valerie Steiker A French romp, a German thriller, and an homage to Hitchcock--this month's best films will keep you guessing. John Powers reviews. Give a man a mask," said Oscar Wilde, "and he will tell you the truth."...

Straight Talk.(Gwen Ifill)(Interview)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Julia Reed. editor: Valerie Steiker To guide them through a volatile election season, Americans are turning to Washington Week's Gwen Ifill as a sane voice amid the hoopla . It is the Friday after the New Hampshire primary, and...

Winners' Circle.(Pete Sampras and Roger Federer exhibition game)
March 1, 2008... Byline: DODIE KAZANJIAN editor: Valerie Steiker Two tennis greats prepare to meet at Madison Square Garden. Tennis nirvana is at hand: Pete Sampras and Roger Federer, the two greatest players of our time--or maybe all time--will play a...

The View From Above.(Airbus A380)
March 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Valerie Steiker Richard Alleman explores the plane that brings flying to new heights. Recalling the glamorous era of 1930s aeronautics, when British and American Clippers regularly featured teak-paneled cabins and...

Life Study.(Maria Sibylla Merian and Daughters: Women of Art and Science)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: LESLIE CAMHI editor: Valerie Steiker Insects were known as "beasts of the devil" when thirteen-year-old Maria Sibylla Merian first sat at her window in Frankfurt am Main, watching silkworms weave their flaxen cocoons. But these...

Full Circle.(Irving Penn exhibition)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: LESLIE CAMHI editor: Valerie Steiker A show of Irving Penn's still lifes reveals the master at his best. More than half a century separates Irving Penn' s photograph of his swanlike wife, Lisa Fonssa-grives-Penn, swathed in a...

Breaking Away.(Sam Riley)(Interview)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: by Sam Riley. editor: Valerie Steiker The latest addition to the roster of hot young actors is a down-to-earth British rocker. Joan Juliet Buck is charmed S am Riley became a star last year with his wrenching performance as Ian...

It Takes Two.(musical duos The Kills, The Raveonettes, and Mates of State)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: LAUREN WATERMAN editor: Valerie Steiker Ashford & Simpson. The Captain & Tennille. Sonny and Cher. It's been decades since the heyday of the mixed musical twosome, but this season sees a welcome resurgence. THE KILLS, composed of...

Past And Present.(Television program review)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Valerie Steiker Founding Fathers, glamorous working girls, and classic musical comedies give Joan Juliet Buck the perfect spring mix. John Adams, a stumpy lawyer with a face like a furiously cogitating baby's and a...

Hidden Gem.(Claridge Fumoir bar)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: STEPHANIE LaCAVA editor: Valerie Steiker Claridge's Fumoir is revived with Art Deco aplomb. T HE NEWS: An update of the bar behind a secret door at London's storied hotel. THE INSPIRATION: A raised-glass panel given to the...

The Lying Days.(Blood Kin)(Interview)
March 1, 2008... Byline: ELIZABETH SCHMIDT editor: Valerie Steiker With Blood Kin, a fable of power and complicity, South African author Ceridwen Dovey is poised to make the debut of the season . Part erotic thriller, part menacing political allegory,...

Good Grief.(And Sometimes Why )(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Byline: TAYLOR ANTRIM editor: Valerie Steiker With its sharp dialogue and deft character studies, VOGUE contributing editor Rebecca Johnson's And Sometimes Why (G.P. Putnam's Sons) is a sunny, lightly comic L.A. story--until a traffic...

To Tell The Truth.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Byline: MEGAN O'GRADY editor: Valerie Steiker Samantha Power chronicles the life and times of one of the U.N.'s most iconic figures. War-zone journalist, Harvard professor, and now foreign-policy adviser to Barack Obama, Samantha Power...

Cold Comfort.(on making dessert)
March 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Valerie Steiker Armed with liquid nitrogen, Jeffrey Steingarten tests the limits of the modern dessert. It looked like an atom bomb--a scary, squat steel cylinder in battleship gray, three feet high and nearly as wide,...

She's The Boss.(Louise Galvin)(Interview)
March 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Sarah Brown How many people does it take to run a burgeoning hair-care business and get home in time to feed the baby? Plum Sykes meets beauty's one-woman wonder. One of the strangest by-products of having a new...

Candy Coated.(nail polishes from Rescue Beauty Lounge )(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: CHRISTINA HAN editor: Sarah Brown Alber Elbaz's breezy spring collection for Lanvin was a full-blown, mouthwatering color extravaganza, and one of the inspirations behind Rescue Beauty Lounge owner Ji Baek's brave new, superbright...

Super-Tuscan.(Italy)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: STEPHANIE LaCAVA editor: Sarah Brown An idyllic 800-year-old village morphs into Italy's most luxurious new getaway. Even if you weren't to the manor born, you can still have a villa in the family. Castiglion del Bosco, a...

Art School.(cosmetics)(Buyers guide)
March 1, 2008... Byline: CHRISTINA HAN editor: Sarah Brown Spring's colorful paints and pencils are fit for an artist's studio but made for the makeup bag. Fashion has been flirting with the art world for some time, and this season was no exception:...

Air America.(beauty salons)(Directory)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Kenya Hunt. editor: Sarah Brown Hair that looks perfect--every day--is priceless. Here, the country's best blow-outs, at under-the-radar hot spots where service doesn't cost a fortune. When you consider that haircut prices have...

The Flu Fighters.
March 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Abigail Walch Powders and potions, shots and pills--can anything really supercharge your immunity? Jancee Dunn reveals the most promising remedies to ward off the season's ills. If everyone seems to be sick this winter,...

The Quick Fix.(opiate abuse)
March 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Abigail Walch A sore back. A sprained ankle. Everyday mishaps can lead to a prescription for painkillers--and to abuse. Judith Newman investigates a controversial treatment that claims to kick cravings in days. When did...

Old Flames.(Maison de Cire Trudon candles)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: GENEVIEVE BAHRENBURG editor: Abigail Walch A seventeenth-century French candle company arrives Stateside. Founded in Paris in 1643 in a shop on rue Saint-Honore, the chandler Maison de Cire Trudon furnished the royal courts of...

Painting The Town.
March 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Sally Singer From London to Los Angeles, Milan to Mumbai, VOGUE toured eight cities around the globe to find the freshest takes on evening glamour. CAPTION(S): WHEN IN FRANCE "OUR GENERATION WANTS TO LOOK AND STAY...

Mathilde Agostinelli >> Edgy �%lan: Paris.(France)
March 1, 2008... Byline: NATASHA FRASER-CAVASSONI editor: Sally Singer When night falls, this fashion PR exec's hemlines--and youth factor--rise. From London to Los Angeles, Milan to Mumbai, VOGUE toured eight cities around the globe to find the...

Jane Pope >> Southern Romantic: Charleston.(South Carolina)
March 1, 2008... Byline: ALEXANDRA MACK editor: Sally Singer Past and present collide on fashion's front lines in South Carolina. From London to Los Angeles, Milan to Mumbai, VOGUE toured eight cities around the globe to find the freshest takes on...

Caroline Issa >> English Eclectic: London.(England)
March 1, 2008... Byline: SARAH MOWER editor: Sally Singer What's a girl to wear when getting hyperdressed is a daily task? A little bit of everything. From London to Los Angeles, Milan to Mumbai, VOGUE toured eight cities around the globe to find the...

Paola Bay >> Neoclassicist: Milan.(Italy)
March 1, 2008... Byline: MARK HOLGATE editor: Sally Singer Her time-honored elegance exists quietly in Italy's fashion capital. From London to Los Angeles, Milan to Mumbai, VOGUE toured eight cities around the globe to find the freshest takes on...

Keisha Nash-Whitaker >> Hollywood Modern: Los Angeles.(California)
March 1, 2008... Byline: --SALLY SINGER She likes a more proper, dressed-up look--on the red carpet and off. From London to Los Angeles, Milan to Mumbai, VOGUE toured eight cities around the globe to find the freshest takes on evening glamour. On...

Zelika Garcia >> New-World Grandeur: Mexico City.(Mexico)
March 1, 2008... Byline: RIZA CRUZ editor: Sally Singer A passion for standing out fires up Latin American style. From London to Los Angeles, Milan to Mumbai, VOGUE toured eight cities around the globe to find the freshest takes on evening glamour. ...

Fashion, Forward.
March 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Sally Singer Get a head start on two of spring's quirkiest looks with pieces from these niche designers.

1. Bedtime Story.(Olatz Schnabel)
March 1, 2008... Byline: FLORENCE KANE editor: Sally Singer Olatz Schnabel's pajamas are a sleeper hit. It wasn't too long after Olatz Schnabel opened her Manhattan bedclothes store in 2005 that she started creating simple and beautifully made sleeping...

2. A Parallel Universe.(Denis Colomb's scarves)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: JANE HERMAN editor: Sally Singer Scarf designer Denis Colomb has some of the season's finest lines. Stripes, a look that fashion has generally come to expect from the often-nautical resort collections, came bravely ashore on...

I Will Revive.(Tocca dresses)
March 1, 2008... Byline: FLORENCE KANE editor: Sally Singer With a little help from Helena Christensen, Tocca breathes new life into its original dainty frock. One more sign that nineties nostalgia is in full swing: The little Tocca dress is back!...

Duo Dinamico.(Silvano Banfiand Frank Zambrelli of Banfi Zambrelli )(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: SARA MOONVES editor: Sally Singer Two shoe veterans create a new line of hypermodern footwear to call their own. The New York--based design duo behind Banfi Zambrelli wax passionate about their business--the natural synergy...

Tabitha Takes On . . . Liberty Florals.(Tabitha Simmons)
March 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Sally Singer For British stylist Tabitha Simmons, a part of her closet remains forever England. Someone said to me once that even the most hard-core hipster English girl can't resist chintzy cabbage roses, that it is in...

Urban Safari.(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Filipa Fino PHOTOGRAPHED BY RICHARD PIERCE Journey to Mali's capital, Bamako, and there in the markets you'll find tribal mud-dyed fabrics (called bogolanfini, meaning "earth cloth") similar to those in Oscar de la Renta's...

Power Play.(fashion trends)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... W e give thanks to the fashion gods that women have stopped dressing like they were headed to a taping of Romper Room. In 2008, baby dolls and the kawaii- cartoon look are passe, and we actually dress with more STRAIGHT-AHEAD ELEGANCE than we...

Hollywoodland.(Buyers guide)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Mario Testino. Stepping into the role of 1950s ingenue, Karen Elson navigates Tinseltown in showstopping dresses, sophisticated skirt suits, and ladylike silhouettes. CAPTION(S): CUT AND PRINT Swirling...

High Definition.(Buyers guide)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Craig McDean. Subtlety be gone! This spring, the palette is punchy--full of dynamic colors and energetic prints that shock and awe. CAPTION(S): WAR OF THE ROSES The battle between literal buds and more...

The Way She Moves.
March 1, 2008... Byline: FLORENCE KANE Photographed by Steven Klein. Model Caroline Trentini--wearing spring's big-volume trousers--gets settled in her new, ultramodern abode at the Herzog & de Meuron--designed 40 Bond in Manhattan. Actor Channing Tatum...

The Bhutto Legacy.(Benazir Bhutto)
March 1, 2008... A charismatic and controversial force in Pakistani politics, Benazir Bhutto staged an ill-fated comeback that ended in her assassination. What, asks Janine di Giovanni, does she leave behind? Benazir Bhutto was sixteen years old in 1969, a...

Positively Drew.(Drew Barrymore)(Interview)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Steven Meisel She doesn't employ her own private PR or a coterie of yes-men. Hollywood's other big names are actually happy to work on a Barrymore production. And, at long last, she's with a man who respects her....

A Good Run.(Barbara Walters )(Interview)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Norman Jean Roy. With her memoir, Audition, set to appear, Barbara Walters talks to Joan Juliet Buck about how she became a pioneering icon for women in television. In an airless editing room on West End Avenue,...

Color Surge.(Kristin Baker)(Interview)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Dodie Kazanjian reports. Photographed by Norman Jean Roy. How do you paint the modern world? Kristin Baker's riotous abstracts on PVC are inspired by both art history and Nascar racing. Every once in a great while, a young...

A Woman Of The World.(Wendi Murdoch)(Interview)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Mario Testino. Moving from a provincial Chinese upbringing to being the wife of a media mogul, Wendi Murdoch has perfected the art of raising a global family. Sally Singer reports. NEW YORK--PARK AVENUE My...

The Girls Can't Help It.(Blake Lively and Leighton Meester)(Interview)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Norman Jean Roy On a shopping tour of New York's private-school stretch, Gossip Girl' s Blake Lively and Leighton Meester tutor Eve MacSweeney in the subject of personalized style. Can we go to Chanel?" asks...

A Man Of Distinction.(Stefano Pilati)(Interview)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Steven Klein At Yves Saint Laurent, Stefano Pilati has become one of the most provocative designers this side of the twenty-first century. His talent, writes Sarah Mower, is just the beginning. It is midnight in...

Change Of Pace.(on fashion design)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Norman Jean Roy By Mark Holgate. What's the best way to take up residence at fashion's most fabled houses? According to these incumbents, by checking their egos at the door--and letting the clothes take the...

The Bride Wore Ricci.(Lauren Davis)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Arthur Elgort In the beautiful port city of Cartagena, with helicopters buzzing overhead and nine designers for as many bridesmaids, Lauren Davis wore mini, maxi, and everything in between for her spectacular...

A Brilliant Move.(investing in jewelry)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Steven Meisel Authentic or costume, the smartest investment to make now, says Plum Sykes, is contemporary jewelry, modern in design, timeless in appeal. With housing prices down, the market off, and oil at...

Magical Thinking.(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by David Sims. A woman cannot live by the appropriately chic alone--so prepare to be dazzled by these displays of audacious wit and inventive craftsmanship from some of fashion's favorite provocateurs. CAPTION(S):...

Master Pieces.(accessories)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: Photographed by Raymond Meier Spring accessories are straight out of an artist's studio--mixed-media bags, mosaic accents, and shoes in a paint-by-numbers palette. CAPTION(S): STILL LIFE Mirrored cutouts lend flash to a...

Exceptions To The Rules.(on style)(Buyers guide)
March 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Meredith Melling Burke Where others fear to tread, five women with an unflinching sense of fashion bravura rush headlong into a season that celebrates personal flair. "Never be afraid of expressing yourself! Ground your...

In This Issue.
March 1, 2008... Page 176 (cover look): Lanvin sequined dress, $10,730; Barneys New York; Susan, Burlingame and San Francisco CA. Bangle, $1,400; Doyle & Doyle, NYC; doyledoyle.com. Manicure, Ashlie Johnson at the Wall Group. Editor's letter 194: Left, on...

Last Look.(Cherche-Midi collection handbag)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Byline: editor: Virginia Smith Seeing that you've just arrived at the very last page of our spring-fashion extravaganza, we'll guess that you're now well attuned to what's happening at Balenciaga--florals, florals, and more technopop...