Vogue articles from May 2006

Vogue archives from May 2006

girl of the moment thandie newton.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... ACTRESS THANDIE Newton has arrived at last. For years she's been just under the fashion radar, but with the success of her latest film, Crash (for which she won Best Supporting Actress honors at this year's BAFTAs), the London-born...

trend of the moment back story.(Renee Zellweger)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... AT A RECENT EVENT IN LONDON, Renee Zellweger showed off her lean figure and stunning backless Carolina Herrera dress by looking coyly over her shoulder at the cameras while walking the red carpet. It was impossible not to notice her. Since then...

putting on the ritz; Camilla Al Fayed steps into the spotlight, William Norwich writes, as more than just your usual 20-something party girl.(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Byline: William Norwich It is late midday at the bar at the Ritz in Paris, the international watering hole still par excellence. (Don't anyone panic yet, but we hear that the hotel will soon undergo a major renovation, including some new...

home run; Luella Bartley swapped clubbing for child care and became a star-selling luxe bags that drive London hipsters crazy, and cool pop prints for a song at Target.(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Mark Holgate Not so long ago, Luella Bartley was shopping at Resurrection Vintage in New York while she was in town from London to show her fall collection. With her infant daughter, Stevie, over her shoulder, she was trying on a...

closet case Erin Fetherston; An American girl in Paris sews up a namesake collection of whimsical utility.(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Jane Herman LA PETITE COQUETTE This season my collection is called Milk & Honey, and the palette of creams and golds and blush tones in metallic lace and guipure is very sweet. It's my first ready-to-wear collection (I did...

alice's wonderland.(Alice Temperley)(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Plum Sykes There's a certain kind of girl who exists outside regular fashion. She's not running off to Prada to buy the latest seasonal thing. She's not buying an It bag from Dior, nor is she interested in Balenciaga's hot skinny...

strong armed; Derek Lam is on a power trip with his first-ever collection of handbags.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Florence Kane It's very eighties, that idea," says Derek Lam. "It's just that instead of white sneakers, your bag has to take a laptop." The "idea" under discussion: unzipping two of the biggest, giltiest pull tabs you've ever seen...

show business; The Paris haute couture was all about theatricality and the dramatic statement-revolutionary, romantic, or futuristic.
May 1, 2006... Byline: Hamish Bowles chanel Paris is a city that has embraced drama and innovation in design for centuries, and the Grand Palais, built for the World's Fair of 1900 and gleaming from a UU100 million restoration completed last year,...

ask mrs. Exeter; Red rules so many runways this season.
May 1, 2006... Question: Correct me if I am wrong, but am I seeing a lot of red these days, unfurled on young actresses traipsing the red carpet and on elected ladies in the Congress and Senate? My mother must have been "flapper-phobic": She put the fear of...

arm candy.(bracelets)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... They're not the perfectly symmetrical, mega-diamond granny heirlooms that we all wanted to wear last year. They're surely not your mother's minimalist silver cuffs, circa 1986. Summer's coolest bracelets remind us more of the...

titlehere; Turning 30.
May 1, 2006... Byline: William Norwich Thirtieth-birthday parties are a kind of phenomenon these days. For baby boomers, turning 30 meant maybe a small dinner; otherwise it was an occasion to avoid. After all, wasn't that the generation told in their...

high times; A British comedy duo takes an irreverent look at life after empire.(Little Britain)(Television program review)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Adam Green If you had been watching BBC America recently, you might have witnessed the following scene: Two demure English transvestites named Florence and Emily-one of them short, stout, and mustachioed, the other lanky and...

master class; Art School Confidential takes a wry look at a young man desperate to be the next Picasso.(Movie review)
May 1, 2006... A hundred years ago, artists were admired as romantic rebels; now they're expected to be canny entrepreneurs. This change lies at the heart of Art School Confidential, a funny if sometimes frustrating new comedy about one young painter's desire...

days of reckoning.(The King)(Movie review)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Byline: John Powers If movies have taught us anything, it's to beware of mysterious strangers. Equal parts thriller and allegory, The King stars Gael Garcia Bernal as Elvis Sandow, a charismatic ex-Navy man who goes to Corpus Christi,...

social capital; Like a great beauty returning to town, the Morgan Library is causing a fever of interest this spring.
May 1, 2006... Byline: William Norwich After shutting its doors nearly three years ago for a $102 million expansion designed by the architect Renzo Piano, the Morgan Library reopens this month to the public, who will finally see what the addition of...

on the edge; Joan Juliet Buck looks at Annie Oakley's Wild West, Stephen King, and the horrors of Iraq in a variety of contrasting shows.(American Experience)(Television program review)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Joan Juliet Buck One of the more lighthearted specials this month is the American Experience documentary on PBS about the tiny Quaker prodigy Phoebe Ann Moses. Sent to the poor farm when her father died, she taught herself to shoot...

premier ports; This season, Greek island-hopping goes luxe.
May 1, 2006... Byline: Richard Alleman With idyllic coves and beaches, earthy Mediterranean cuisine, and glorious weather from May through October, the Greek islands have always been a destination of choice. The recent arrival of several exceptional...

broadway melodies; This month, three new musicals hoof into town, writes Adam Green.(The Drowsy Chaperone)(Theater review)
May 1, 2006... Not long ago, Casey Nicholaw, the droll, inventive choreographer of Spamalot, asked Sutton Foster, the sunny, Tony-winning star of Thoroughly Modern Millie, "What kind of tricks can you do?" As it turned out, all kinds-and they're all on...

irish eyes.(Faith Healer)(Theater review)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Adam Green Any list of the greatest living playwrights would have to include the Irish dramatist Brian Friel, whose lyrical, mournful works include Philadelphia, Here I Come! and Aristocrats. This month, one of Friel's finest...

truth or dare; This spring, the memoir continues its reign.
May 1, 2006... hether giving voice to intimate moments or dramatic cultural shifts, the best memoirs this season combine raw storytelling power with wry humor-and an undaunted sense of authenticity. Roger Angell harks back to a less cynical time in Let Me...

grace note.(Elements of Style)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Megan O'grady Wendy Wasserstein's first novel makes its bittersweet arrival in bookstores three months after the lights dimmed on Broadway in memory of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. Elements of Style (Knopf) is a tart...

the secret life of bees; The buzz in Savannah: a beekeeper's skin care, straight from the hive.(Ted Dennard)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Ying Chu The first time I opened up a hive, there were thousands of bees, and all I could hear was that whhhhrrrrrr . . . I was terrified," says Ted Dennard, a ruggedly handsome Savannah honey farmer with tousled blond hair and a...

splish splash.(perfume)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Jane Shin Park For many designers, it's a garden in full bloom or a sentimental childhood memory that inspires a new fragrance. Not for Marc Jacobs. He looked to his favorite T-shirt-the tactile softness, the cotton-flower scent-to...

lash lust; Long butterfly eyelashes-no mascara required.(Column)
May 1, 2006... There was a seismic rumble on Lanvin's spring runway. The faces were minimal, clean, and as stripped down as the clothes. It was just lashes: long, dark lashes. Of course I've always wanted long lashes; who doesn't? Most women, when asked...

seeing double.(beauty salons)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Marina Rust New York City oRLO 34 Gansevoort Street, (212) 242-3266. Extensions, $375. John Barrett Salon Bergdorf Goodman, 754 Fifth Avenue, (212) 872-2700. Extensions, $450. Shu Uemura Atelier ...

mad hot ballroom; Enamored of the dazzling dresses, the exquisite shoes, and the promise of beautifully toned legs, Gaby Wood discovers what it really takes to tango.(Column)
May 1, 2006... In one's fantasy, one has a certain flair for the thing one wants to learn. And so I had high hopes when I set out last fall to learn to tango, something I had wanted to do for years and that I now fully expected to transform my exercise-free...

STEPPING OUT; The mythic allure of tango extends to the shoes.(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Gaby Wood Some say that dancers choose their partners by the quality of their shoes: If a woman has invested in proper tango shoes, it follows she is a serious dancer. I made the mistake of buying shoes before I could keep up with...

rising stars.(skirts and dresses)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... We've got it down to a science: For every fashion action there is an equal and opposite reaction. As hemlines on summer's hottest skirts and dresses go up, up, up, boots are heading down, down, down to the ankle. New lengths...

keira royale; As Keira Knightley wraps two Pirates sequels in the Bahamas, she opens up to Hamish Bowles about London style, channeling Bardot, and the surreal pressure of dressing for the red carpet.(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Hamish Bowles Grand Bahama Island is a curious hybrid of pastel-painted toy-town architecture, great wastes of mangrove forests, and highways with romantic names like Doubloon Road, Spanish Main Drive, and Midshipman Road. These...

no-rules britannia! The Costume Institute's latest blockbuster places the work of Britain's maverick designers-and the costumes that inspired them-in the Metropolitan's splendid English rooms.
May 1, 2006... Byline: Hamish Bowles AngloMania," the Costume Institute exhibition that opens this month (May 1 through September 4) in the En_glish period rooms of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, places historical costume alongside the recent work of...

my fair ladies; Two British beauties will meet at the Met, courtesy of Gainsborough.(Sienna Miller)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Sally Singer When Grace Dalrymple Elliott became pregnant in 1781, four men claimed paternity, including the Prince of Wales and Lord Cholmondeley. She'd already been married, divorced, kidnapped by her brother and placed in a...

dancing with the stars; Meet the glamorous committee putting together the after-dinner dance for the Met's Party of the Year.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Byline: William Norwich Who better than a troupe of young Englishwomen-plus one plucky American-to host the after-dinner dance at the Met this year, with its "AngloMania" theme? The dance is an annual must-attend in the under-35 social...

titlehere; Jamie Oliver is more than a chef; he's a health guerrilla and a political dynamo, writes Eve MacSweeney.(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Eve Macsweeney Hi, tiger." This is Jamie Oliver's greeting-standard for all comers-as he stands in the lobby of the Mondrian in Los Angeles making plans for his day: luggage here, mates there, lunch at a restaurant opened...

master of the house; On Christopher Bailey's watch, Burberry has grown exponentially, cleverly balancing the classic, the funky, and the English eccentric.(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Sarah Mower My God! Look at that avalanche!" exclaims Mario Testino to Stella Tennant as she lopes off the runway in a fox-trimmed trench coat and skids to a halt at his side. They're backstage at Burberry, looking at the spot...

a woman of the people; On the eve of her inauguration, Michelle Bachelet sits down with John Powers to talk about her unlikely journey from tortured political prisoner to Chile's first female president-and her vision of becoming a mother to her country.(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Byline: John Powers I'm not typical," says Michelle Bachelet, the taboo-breaking new president of Chile. "And I will never be typical. I don't feel the need to be." If anyone has earned such self-assurance, it's Bachelet. When she was...

a home of her own; Little did Plum Sykes know that after she got married her biggest challenge would be to wed her feminine 1930s-inspired style with her husband's more masculine aesthetic.(Column)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Plum Sykes Getting married, writing a novel, and decorating a new apartment all in the space of a year is quite something. Inevitably, the three "projects" merged into one another. My new novel is centered on the "Debutante...

party of one; Plum Sykes's new novel, The Debutante Divorcee, explores the singularly decadent lifestyle of New York's latest It girls: the newly unwed.(Excerpt)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Plum Sykes Can you believe John Currin and Rachel Feinstein have come . . . as themselves!" said Lauren the night of her birthday party. "They're so existential." The first time I saw Lauren Blount after we met in Careyes (I...

all the right ANGLES; Short hair is back with a bang: strong signature looks tailored to flatter your face and pump up your personality.
May 1, 2006... Byline: Sarah Brown Twenty-four-year-old Jacquetta Wheeler has been among the top of the top models for the last eight years, but this season, as New York Fashion Week unfolded, she found herself standing squarely at the pinnacle of that...

joanna della valle; Newly wed in Milan, she navigates the corsi to uncover local treasures, from prosciutto to perfume.(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Byline: William Norwich In a departure for industrial, gray Milan, the weather is dazzlingly bright and the Milanese, as if blessed, are strolling in the midday sun. It is a beautiful day in Joanna Della Valle's neighborhood. Since her...

nannette brown; When it comes to her personal style, the owner of Mrs.(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Mark Holgate Nannette Brown is not a woman prone to indecision, and today is no exception. It's a chilly but sunny London day in January, and she has decided to head over to the Hermes sample sale at the Dorchester Hotel on Park...

blue heaven; We've just discovered plenty more good reasons to love denim.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Remember when the humble pair of jeans was just that-something we all had lurking in our closets that might get worn every once in a while? Now, of course, we're wearing denim day (try it this summer with soft, sweet, romantic roses) and night...

london calling.(fashion design)(Column)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Anna Wintour This issue celebrates the unique spirit of contemporary British fashion-and on May 1, so does the Costume Institute with its show "AngloMania." Getting into the spirit of things, in February I spent five exhilarating...

tsar nicolas.(Nicolas Ghesquiere)
May 1, 2006... If he were a painter, Nicolas Ghesquiere would be Jackson Pollock: The revelation behind his latest collection reminds me of the satori moment in 1947 when Pollock, after struggling for many years, in a flash discovered his drip method of...

MY precious.(jewelry)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Andre Leon Talley It's going to be jewels with such scale, so large-and of course very, very unique," says Camille Miceli, the gorgeous young Louis Vuitton jewelry designer tapped by her close friend Marc Jacobs to do a special...

guise and dolls; A writer remembers the Paris of his youthful dreams and the woman who came to embody them.(Column)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Edmund White Can you be a nostalgia parasite? Someone who lives off other people's memories rather than your own? I think I am. At least I've always loved the stories of a slightly older generation than mine, so much so that...

granny takes a trip; Janelle Brown had always been the family rebel: punky, moody, and a dabbler in youthful vices.(Column)
May 1, 2006... Byline: Janelle Brown My grandmother Jean told a dirty joke exactly once: at a formal family dinner, not long before she died. "I know one," she piped up, interrupting a noisy conversation that I had been having with my cousins about bad...