Vogue articles from May 2005

Vogue archives from May 2005

Substantial Gains.
May 1, 2005... On a recent early winter's morning I spotted Liev Schreiber grabbing a taxi. He wore blue jeans, a Coach messenger bag, and an air of serene normality. I was unaccountably impressed to see a star of his standing go about his business without...

"Must the Show go on?".(Academy Awards)
May 1, 2005... Byline: ANDRA LEON TALLEY A blight has fallen over the red carpet. Where has all the GLAMOUR gone? Who's to blame for the dreariness that was the seventy-seventh annual Oscars this February? "It was an ugly Oscar!" one CEO of a luxury...

French Seams & Smoking Jackets.
May 1, 2005... Byline: Michael Rips In Michael Rips' s Omaha home, VOGUE was an education in good taste, followed to the letter by an elegant mother and an aesthete father. I am waiting for the woman in the photograph to turn toward me. Her...

Talking Back.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2005... THE HEAVYWEIGHT In this day and age, when the majority of our most celebrated female film stars seemingly care more about their multimillion-dollar paychecks than they do about the caliber of the movies they make, I found it refreshing to...

The Fight of Her Life.(Hind el-Hinnawi)
May 1, 2005... By filing suit against the father of her child and demanding a DNA test to prove his paternity, Hind el-Hinnawi rocked the traditions of Egyptian society. She tells Maria Golia what drove her to it. There's a saying in Arabic, "Better the...

Talking Fashion.(Gemma Ward)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... Byline: editor: Alexandra Kotur As the favored model of designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Alber Elbaz, Australian-born beauty Gemma Ward was whisked from one runway show to the next in Paris. And off the runway, the pixieish...

Talking Fashion.(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... Byline: editor: Alexandra Kotur the long goodbye just days before the Oscars, where practically every Hollywood actress in attendance would wear something long and strapless, guests at Save Venice's annual ball did the unexpected by...

The Pursuit of Happiness.
May 1, 2005... How does a society girl keep things fun when her party schedule is so busy it sometimes feels more like a business? William Norwich reports on the new life-beyond-glitz movement. I wish I looked like that at my age," a woman in her mid-20s...

The Ice Woman Cometh.(Raphaele Canot)
May 1, 2005... Byline: editor: Sally Singer Raphaele Canota sylphlike Parisienne with magpie visual enthusiasmssteps into the limelight as art director of De Beers. She explains to Sally Singer that although diamonds may be eternal, they needn't be stuck...

Handbags Anonymous.
May 1, 2005... Byline: WILLIAM NORWICH This is the true story of a TV-news producer's passion for the pocketbookmake that 300 chic bags. Larry King has a secret. The internationally popular newsman has a thing for women's handbags, an unlikely...

The Body Belo.(Amalia Spinardi launches Jo De Mer)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... Byline: IRINI ARAKAS Leave it to a real Ipanema girl to whip up the bikini of the summer. Amalia Spinardi launches Jo De Mer. handbags anonymous Rare is the bikini that flaunts skin, hides flaws, and serves active beach duty...

Muse Worthy.(Tori Amos)
May 1, 2005... Byline: SARAH MOWER Singing verses from the Song of Solomon, pop pianist Tori Amos was mistress of ceremonies at Viktor & Rolf's fall show. The sight of music divas posing runwayside, or even presenting their own collections, is almost...

Snake Bite.(Devi Kroell's python shoes and boots)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... Byline: IRINI ARAKAS Devi Kroell, who made her name with giant, soft metallic carryalls, takes a new step with python shoes and boots. Devi Kroell, the Austrian accessories designer who began her career three years ago when she...

Hang Time.
May 1, 2005... Byline: IRINI ARAKAS Still can't get enough handcrafted, charm-laden necklaces? Feed your craving with a new accessories line called Fenton. My back is a mess," says designer Dana Lorenz, but it's not from wearing one of her...

Time is on My Side.(Mary Moore)
May 1, 2005... Byline: SARAH MOWER An avid collector of cool vintage clothes for nearly 40 years, Mary Moore mines her rock-'n'-roll pastand her own personal closetsto fill a London shop with the treasures of a lifetime. There comes a time in every...

Just Darling.(children's clothing)
May 1, 2005... What are the limits, Marina Rust asks, when it comes to dressing your little ones in big-name designer labels? Schuyler calls from Malibu. "I just saw something so wrong. I was in Planet Blue buying a baby present, and there was this...

French Revolution.
May 1, 2005... Byline: HAMISH BOWLES An extraordinary auction of works by the avant-garde Parisian designer Paul Poiret secures his legacy as one of fashion's greatest visionaries. The astonishing world of Paul Poiret is evoked in "La CrA[c]ation en...

Material Girl.
May 1, 2005... Byline: HAMISH BOWLES A princess's fabulous eighties clothes go up for auction. fashion legacy The madcap days of eighties fashion will be revisited when Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis's wardrobe hits the block in London on...

Sexy Beast.(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... Byline: editor: Danya Unterhalter Amyth-ridden lake called the Fundudzi lies in South Africa's Limpopo province. The region's people, the VhaVenda, believe its waters are guarded by a supernatural white crocodile, to whom they sacrifice...

Top Dogs.("Entourage", " Empire Falls", and "Bearing Witness")(Movie review)(Television program review)
May 1, 2005... Byline: editor: Valerie Steiker Joan Juliet Buck looks at the dangers of fame, the scars of war, and drama in a diner. The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a residence for nuns where a sliding glass door separates the chapel...

Far & Away.(Auvergne, France)
May 1, 2005... Byline: RICHARD ALLEMAN Discover the breathtaking wilds of France's Aubrac region from the luxury of two standout hotels. The Auvergne is a place of rugged mountains, dramatic canyons, and ancient villages. It is one of the least...

Fast Times.
May 1, 2005... A stellar cast comes together in the L.A.-centered Crash, while a confused adolescent discovers her sexuality in The Holy Girl. John Powers reviews. In Los Angeles, wrote Raymond Chandler, somebody is always running away and somebody else...

High Jinks.(Layer Cake)(Movie review)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... Byline: John Powers Layer Cake has Daniel Craig playing a nameless London cocaine dealer who plans to quit the business with a bundle. Fat chance. He finds himself plunged into a lethal whirlpool of dope-addled louts, Eastern European...

Boys & Girls.(The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)
May 1, 2005... Byline: ADAM GREEN From spelling champions to Hollywood losers, overgrown kids are ruling the stage. Winning, heartfelt, and very funny, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee moves from its sold-out run at the Second Stage Theatre...

Free Spirits.(Loretta Lux)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... Byline: LESLIE CAMHI A little girl with tousled red hair stands in an overblown rose garden, as if she were another faintly bedraggled blossom. A fair-haired toddler stares solemnly into space, a light like Vermeer's reflected in her...

All's Well that ends Well.(Oh the Glory of It All)(Interview)
May 1, 2005... Byline: KATE BOLICK In playful, grown-up prose, Sean Wilsey's Oh the Glory of It All chronicles an extravagant childhood and rambunctious coming-of-age. O ver a cup of morning coffee at Nolita's bustling CafA[c] Gitane, Sean Wilsey...

Speak, Memory.(Nicole Krauss's The History of Love)(Interview)
May 1, 2005... Byline: ELIZABETH SCHMIDT With her second novel, Nicole Krauss establishes her remarkable range. Thirty-year-old Nicole Krauss doesn't waste any time. When she was nineteen, her poems had already appeared in major literary magazines....

Russian Roulette.(Moura: The Dangerous Life of the Baroness Budberg)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2005... Byline: FLORENCE KANE When Nina Berberova was in her early 20s, she resided for a time with the peripatetic Maxim Gorkythen the Soviet state's most prominent living author. In Saarow, Heringsdorf, and Sorrento, she observed his mysterious...

Thanks for the Memories.(nofiction)(Recommended readings)
May 1, 2005... Byline: BESS RATTRAY Memorial Day is almost here and the hunt is on for unique hostess gifts. Gorgeous summer books put your gratitude into pictures and words. How do you thank the friend who has invited you away for the weekend? A...

Cotton Kings.(Wylie Dufresne and Sam Mason, cotton candy)
May 1, 2005... The sweet pink fluff of carnivals is getting a flavor makeover. Jeffrey Steingarten takes a spin. Cotton candy has once again leapfrogged onto the frontiers of cuisine, and I'm leapfrogging along with it. A few days ago, I received an...

Sleep Investments.
May 1, 2005... Byline: Photographed by Steven Klein. Futuristic nap pods, ionically charged mattresses, and ultra-luxurious bed linens promise superlative rest. But Rebecca Traister wonders: Can you really buy better sleep? We don't sell just...

On Guard.(skin care)
May 1, 2005... Byline: Maggie Bullock reports. Photographed by Mario Testino. Think outside the bottle. A new generation of sun protectionfrom UV sensors to supercharged supplementsis designed to pick up where SPF leaves off. Downtown milliner...

Belgian Boom.(Peter Philips)(Interview)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... Byline: SARAH BROWN Introducing Peter Philips, beauty's new rising star. Peter Philips is not a fashion designer, but he studied to be one at Antwerp's Royal Academy of Artthat capital of cool that gave the world Dries Van Noten, Ann...

Smoke Screens.
May 1, 2005... Byline: editor: Abigail Walch Nonsmokers have smugly assumed that they are all but immune to lung cancer. But, as Judith Newman reports, rising numbers of people who have never lit a cigarette are contracting the diseaseand the majority are...

Reality Check.
May 1, 2005... The tropical smell of coconut oil makes us daydream about sand between our toes and sarongs around our waistbut the reality is that most of us have to work just as hard in summer as we do the rest of the year. This issue is dedicated to showing...

Be Cool.(Buyers guide)
May 1, 2005... Byline: Photographed by Steven Meisel. Be tropical. Be tribal. But, most of all, be easyin summer's most fun patterns and prints. CAPTION(S): logo A -go-go A peplum of vibrant embroidered flowers renews an insignia-print...

Hot Town.(womens' clothing)(Buyers guide)
May 1, 2005... Byline: Photographed by Mario Testino. Sophisticated, refined, ferociously chic: Summer in the city has never been so cool . CAPTION(S): PERFECT PITCH Strike a delicate chord for day with an embellished cardigan and a crisply...

Adventures in Shopping.(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... Byline: Portraits by Jonathan Becker. Three style-setting women share their retail secrets: How do they strategize and maximize their moneyfor the better, stronger, faster fashion buy?

2: Picture Perfect.(Amalia Dayan)(Interview)
May 1, 2005... Gallery owner Amalia Dayan dashes off sleek, chic looks with offhand ease. Eve MacSweeney reports. Amalia Dayan is sitting in a cafA[c], searching for the words to describe her love of ChloA[c]. "It's bohemian, chic. It's downtown and it's...

3: Interiors, Exteriors.(Kelly Wearstler)(Interview)
May 1, 2005... Kelly Wearstler mixes modern and vintage fashion with the same eclectic verve you see in her interior designs. William Norwich goes with her on an L.A. shopping joyride. What do you mean people say they don't like to shop? They really tell...

Role Model.(Liya Kebede)
May 1, 2005... Byline: Photographed by Steven Meisel. She made headlines around the globe when she landed a major ad campaign for EstA[c]e Lauder. But Liya Kebede's latest job crusading for children at the World Health Organization is even more...

The Chanel Century.(Gabrielle Chanel)(Biography)
May 1, 2005... Byline: Photographed by Steven Meisel. The Costume Institute's blockbuster spring show celebrates the woman who defined her age and the man who redefined her iconic brand. Hamish Bowles glories in 100 years of revolutionary fashion. ...

The Cutting Edge.(Kara Walker)(Interview)
May 1, 2005... Byline: Photographed by Annie Leibovitz. With her beautiful, daring silhouettes, Kara Walker has made an art of confronting antebellum stereotypesand, Dodie Kazanjian writes, has attracted as much controversy as acclaim. Since I was a...

Winner Takes all.(Liev Schreiber)(Interview)
May 1, 2005... Byline: Photographed by Raymond Meier. From a starring role in this month's Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross to his directorial film debut, Liev Schreiber, Adam Green discovers, is in take-no-prisoners mode. For...

Going Vertical.(David Zwirner)
May 1, 2005... Byline: Photographed by FranAs.ois Halard. New York gallery owner David Zwirner, his wife, Monica, and their three children moved up and down when they traded in their SoHo loft for an East Village brownstone. Robert Sullivan discovers how...

Coming Clean.(Donatella Versace)(Interview)
May 1, 2005... Byline: Photographed by Norman Jean Roy. For years Donatella Versace was the public face of fabulous excess, while privately she battled inner demons and cocaine. Then she went to rehab. The designer tells Sally Singer about the fast life,...

Ftre & Ice.(accessories)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... Byline: Photographed by Raymond Meier. Strass is the fashion term for it: the fabulous, faux-riche ritual adornment of light-splitting crystals, sparkling rhinestones, or glittering glass. CAPTION(S): LONG LIVE ROCK Fake it,...

Room Service.(living room furniture)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... Byline: editor: Meredith Melling Burke A few of our favorite fashion insidersfrom designers to models, decorators to society swansshare their thoughts on what to buy to make your living space the very last word in chic. 1: Funhouse...

In this Issue.(Buyers guide)
May 1, 2005... Page 36 (cover look): For more information on the Chanel Haute Couture dress, call 011-331-4286-2800. Chanel Haute Couture silk belt and ceramic cuff bracelets. For more information, call (800) 550-0005. Life with AndrA[c]48: Left: Narciso...

Directory.
May 1, 2005... AGA RANGES (800) 633-9200 ALICE TEMPERLEY www.temperleylondon.com ANTHROPOLOGIE (800) 309-2500 BARNEYS NEW YORK www.barneys.com (888) 8-BARNEYS BUCCELLATI (800) 223-7885 CALYPSO CHRISTIANE ...

Last Look.(polka)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... Byline: editor: Virginia Smith Once upon a time, French ballrooms bustled with the up-tempo two-four beats of the Polish polka: Believe it or not, the hokey half-step was very avant-garde 165 years ago. And the polka dota playful pattern...