Vogue articles from September 2004

Vogue archives from September 2004

beautiful girls.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Anna Wintour Every month we receive letters from readers wondering why models rarely appear on our covers. There are, needless to say, journalistic reasons-chiefly, that celebrated artists these days (actresses, usually) have a...

paris when it sizzles; Nine little syllables sum up my experience of Paris haute-couture week: Luxury and Elsa Schiaparelli.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Andre Leon Talley Recently I had the pleasure of seeing "Shocking!," a traveling exhibit of Schiaparelli's work at the Musee de la Mode et du Textile. There were nearly 175 originals in the show, and they floored me. There, in...

prada goes l.a. The Hollywood legions flock to the grand opening of Miuccia's new flagship on Rodeo Drive.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Andre Leon Talley "It's so difficult to find the perfect details for a dinner, so I decided to bring everything I love," said Miuccia Prada, moving through her new Rodeo Drive epicenter. She'd flown in from Italy with her full...

the bride wore red; Zac Posen creates a wonderfully unorthodox wedding dress.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Andre Leon Talley The train on Alexandra Posen's wedding dress was six feet long; 20 craftspeople in her brother's atelier had worked all night to cover it in scarlet and fuchsia organza poppies. Alexandra and her groom, Nils Folke...

intimacy and ice; How best to understand mysterious women.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Liza Ward A woman displays her diamonds through the silhouette of a figure from an earlier time. Erwin Blumenfeld shows us a glimmer of the woman inside the woman, the jewel at her center. The snow on this woman's shoulders...

the patterns of love; For Daphne Beal, the fact that her younger sister was mentally handicapped wasn't a family tragedy; it was just a part of life.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Daphne Beal In the hours before my sister Cecily's most recent visit to New York, I went into a small frenzy of stocking up on juice boxes and chocolate pudding, placing night-lights around the apartment, and scouring the listings...

girl of the moment maria sharapova.
September 1, 2004... Not only is the latest Wimbledon champion one of the youngest ever-at the age of seventeen-to win the women's title, but she also happens to look like Gwyneth Paltrow, especially off the court. Witness the long-legged young Russian on the beach...

trend of the month in the ruff.
September 1, 2004... Romantic ruffles have been appearing on everyone from Paris's front-row couture customers to New York's social darlings-in styles long and short, dressed up and down. Both Amanda Brooks and Yvonne Force Villareal chose feminine, frilled Tuleh...

TREND OF THE MONTH the posh pouf.
September 1, 2004... Adding whimsy and va-va-va-voom volume, the pouf-last spotted in the late eighties-is back in full force. Nancy Kissinger was recently spotted in one of her favorites, a vintage Bill Blass duchesse-satin skirt; French actress Emmanuelle Beart...

trend of the month fancy feet.
September 1, 2004... How can the same shoe look so different? It's called personal style. . . . This season, Louis Vuitton's snakeskin platforms and Yves Saint Laurent's strappy satin heels-in a rainbow of colors-pulled ahead of the pack as the favorites among the...

the buccaneers; William Norwich heads to England to conspire with a cadre of chic Americans storming the battlements of British society.
September 1, 2004... Byline: William Norwich Social life, as is its wont, shifted focus to London earlier this summer. Like some kind of status satchel on a Virgin Airlines Upper Class conveyor belt, "Hi, society" went round and round London town until it...

WHAT WOMEN WANT; Are consumers dazed by today's media blitz of fashion information.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Mark Holgate At fashion shows the world over, there are 50 to 100 front-row seats. But now the audience with the most privileged view has seen its numbers increase. Try thousands. Better yet, make it in the millions. It's not...

power play; Adelina Wong Ettelson knows real estate-and, in Peter Som, how to add culture to a corporate uniform.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger What she wears to work: As an executive vice president of the Sunshine Group, Wong Ettelson deals with marketing and sales for real estate developers at what she calls "the highest level of luxury." So it's no...

raising the bar; U.S. Attorney Danya Perry wouldn't make a case for staid and stuffy.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger When Assistant U.S. Attorney Danya Perry was in private practice, she got to wear all kinds of things, from adventurous Armanis to delectable Dolce & Gabbanas. "My clients back then had plenty of money," she jokes. But...

novel approach; In Behnaz Sarafpour, literary agent Nicole Aragi adds a twist to the story line.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger Stern but naughty, these are the things I love," quips Nicole Aragi, describing a dramatic Behnaz Sarafpour dress. "From the front, it's a rather plain slash-neck dress, but then you turn, and it's cut down to your...

fashion nomad; Globe-trotting makeup artist Kyriaki Savrani dresses with the soul of a gypsy.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Irini Arakas Ooh, I love skulls," gasps Kyriaki Savrani, grabbing a Libertine silk-screened skull-print blazer and pointing to her left ankle, which shares a similar macabre inking. Savrani's look is that of a gypsy magpie....

sweet harmony.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger According to violinist Jane Salonen, nights at the Hollywood Bowl can get mighty chilly, and a Calvin Klein leather jacket could come in very handy. "I do go to a lot of concerts," she says, though she is not currently...

artistic rendering; Painter Sissel Kardel uses Michael Kors as her canvas, layering on the vintage finds.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger adapting Michael Kors: You wouldn't expect an artist who shows at the John Connelly Presents gallery in New York's Chelsea (and who calls her landscapes "metaphors for the imagination") to wear this classic...

color me belle; Shoe designer Ashley Dearborn lives for fanciful footwork.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Irini Arakas The fall of 2002 proved to be a very good time for Ashley Dearborn. "I bought a one-way ticket to Italy, packed a suitcase and eighteen sketches. I was determined to find myself a shoe factory," says the leggy...

town & country; Country mom, city mom, and creative type, Kristen Eikenberry (modeling Marni) explains how she makes it all come together.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger My lifestyle is pretty active, and what I wear has to move well," says Kristen Eikenberry, president of the Boylan photography studios in Manhattan-and master of understatement. Consider "active": In addition to running...

lone-star loyalty; Businesswoman Susan Criner, wearing Dolce & Gabbana, shares her shopping list.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger Susan Criner is waiting anxiously for the weather in Houston to cooperate so she can wear the Lanvin gray, sheer wool dress and coat that have just arrived at her doorstep. Criner, who owns Gulf Coast Entertainment, a...

revival house; Updated and upscale handbags from Etienne Aigner restore the label's good name.
September 1, 2004... Etienne Aigner created one of the world's original status handbags in the 1950s. The Nantucket was a handy hand-woven basket bag that became de rigueur among the town-and-country set of the early sixties. Soon the little handbag-maker who could...

new wave; A celebrated surfer, Malia Jones took to the vintage-vagabond chic of Rick Owens like a wahine to water.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger Sort of . . . disheveled royalty," says Malia Jones, groping for the right words to describe the Rick Owens jacket she wore for Vogue on a Southern California beach. Jones, a celebrated surfer, adored the jacket for its...

public utility; With some juice from Jil Sander, energy honcho Desiree Rogers proves that executive and chic can coexist.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Mark Holgate Tackling the challenge of making Jil Sander's two-tone trench coat her own wasn't exactly a leap of imagination-or faith-for Desiree Rogers. "I must have at least ten of her coats in my closet, yet they are all so...

a for effortless; It won't work for finger-painting, but Helmut Lang proves a beautiful fit for teacher Diane Saccone.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger A second-grade teacher at Grace Church School in Manhattan, Diane Saccone describes her wardrobe as mostly consisting of "basic things." So it was quite a change when she donned the formidable, forward-thinking designs...

hoodie-winked; How does Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas incorporate the classic proportions of Armani into a West Coast hip-hop wardrobe.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Sally Singer To consider the phenomenon of Stacy Ferguson, a.k.a. Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, is to grapple with at least the following two questions. One, why would a hip-hopping, hoodie-obsessive tomboy from the numbing sprawl...

she's got game; A secret address for sneakily chic sneakers.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Sally Singer Ever tried to buy a cool sneaker? Chances are that you will be foiled, as I have, by the remoteness of the store (really cool sneakers are ordinarily found in places where no really cool people actually live); by the...

goddess pose; How does a yoga instructor in the Hamptons balance fashion and function.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Bess Rattray Who has fewer work clothes to worry about than a yoga instructor? (Maybe an exotic dancer? Or a body double?) "My favorite work outfit is short shorts and a little tank," says Colleen Saidman with a good-natured...

bedside manners; The doctor is in . . . Valentino.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger Yes, my patients always make comments about my clothes. We talk about it all the time," Elena-Maria Buruiana confesses when asked about the reaction to a physician, albeit one who practices on Manhattan's Upper East...

the natural; Raw-foods chef Roxanne Klein wears one of her favorites: zesty Cavalli.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger The owner and chef of Roxanne's, a critically acclaimed raw-foods restaurant in Larkspur, California, just north of San Francisco, Roxanne Klein usually starts the day in black Juicy jeans, a Michel Stars...

collector's items; Art consultant Maria de Madariaga knows her modern masters.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger Her business is advising clients on buying modern and contemporary art, but when it comes to acquiring clothes, Maria de Madariaga is her own best guide. Describing her style as elegant and comfortable with a bit of...

vive la vintage; Cardin and Courreges are just a click away.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Sally Singer If you're a vintage shopper, you have to love the French: They are the first to own the best clothes in the world, the first to toss them aside when they go out of fashion, and the last to wear them again when their...

buddy system; Great mix-and-match looks are guaranteed when interior designers Kelly Behun and Natasha Ziff wear Derek Lam and Zac Posen.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger We're going for a chic-mom look. No matter how sleep-deprived and harried we are, we want to look pulled together,'' says Kelly Behun, one half, with Natasha Ziff, of Behun Ziff Designs, an interior-design business they...

closet case laurence goldberg; This handbag designer merges Paris pretty with coastal casual.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Florence Kane UNDER THE INFLUENCE Before designing handbags, I worked in fashion public relations in New York. My first experience was at Helmut Lang, and it really helped shape my personal style. Helmut's designs involve...

bring it on home; Malibu-based writer Gigi Grazer translates the NYC label Tuleh for life in California.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Mark Holgate Gigi Grazer's challenge was to transform either a tweed jacket or a teeny fur from Tuleh. The former wasn't to be. She loved it, but it's just the kind of jacket she wears day in, day out. The latter, on the other...

oh, donna; A trip to Karanworld.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Eve Macsweeney Opening The Journey of a Woman: 20 Years of Donna Karan (Assouline) is like dipping a toe into a big, voluptuous bath of Donna-ness. Immerse yourself and you'll be floating in a swirl of imagery from Karan's...

style council ask mrs. Exeter; Leave the meringue-skirted explosions of froufrou to the fairy tales.
September 1, 2004... Q:In our neck of the woods here in the Midwest, we do not have as many black-tie opportunities for ladies of any age, let alone a certain age, to wear long dresses as you do, or as I understand you do, in the East. So this past spring, when I...

my precious; Leave understatement in the jewelry box.
September 1, 2004... There was a time when you knew where you stood with accessories. Every season there was an iconic bag and an iconic pair of shoes, and-God and wait-list willing-you'd get yours. Of course, so did everyone else. Maybe that's why this season the...

the rock beat.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Mark Holgate Terry Rodgers & Melody, NYC. (212) 758-3164. A treasury of the fine (thirties cuff watch) and the faux (18th-century paste necklaces). Neckman Phillips, Miami. (305) 755-9030. The bigger and bolder the better-be it...

hey, ladies; Great news, girls.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Florence Kane Most of the women I know wear trousers," says Andrew Harmon. "They're always looking for the perfect pair." It was these pants-possessed friends who first commissioned Harmon to alter his menswear pieces-a floral...

you're golden; Liz Goldwyn shows off her mettle with a new line of jewelry.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Irini Arakas Insomnia led me to jewelry-making," says Liz Goldwyn. "I spend hours tinkering in the early morning." The 26-year-old, scarlet-lipped Angeleno spends her waking hours working on her documentary Pretty Things, which...

foxy lady; Fur flies as J. Mendel offers a new service to redesign old skins.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Irini Arakas What girl doesn't have a lonely fur hanging in her cupboard, something handed down or picked up on a whim at the flea market? I inherited a silver fox oversize chubby from my mother, which is fabulous except that it...

lip service; The new guy at YSL pays his respects to his predecessors, but is starting to earn his own.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Sally Singer On the morning after his debut men's presentation for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Stefano Pilati is in that peculiar state of ecstasy and awe produced only by the receipt of flowers from Mr. Saint Laurent himself....

leg room; Are thigh-huggers about to become a thing of the past.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Sarah Mower It's strange how fashion desires seize you out of the blue sometimes. There you are, taking one of your dress reflexes for granted, day in, day out, and then-whoomph-a passion for just the opposite thing hits you like...

her majesty's request; A century of royal fashion-and a glamorous slew of young European princesses-ignited the Paris runways.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Hamish Bowles This year's magnificent royal weddings in Holland, Denmark, and Spain have transformed Europe's young princesses into the latest celebrities du jour, and not just among the Point de Vue and AHola!-reading classes....

money bags.
September 1, 2004... When Catherine the Great took the throne in 1762, she discovered to her dismay that no one in the chaotic Russian court had any idea how big the empire actually was. When nobody could even tell her how many towns there were, she dispatched ...

a family affair; Sisters Alexandra and Vanessa Kerry take time out to talk to Julia Reed in New York on a quick break from the campaign trail.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Julia Reed When I meet Alexandra and Vanessa Kerry, it's mid-July and they've been on the road for almost two weeks straight. They'd started out on the seven-city July 4 bus tour, during which they joined their father, John Kerry,...

haunted house; Andrew Lloyd Webber brings a ghostly new musical to the London stage.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Adam Green During an unhappy period of my life that involved a lot of highway driving, I was saved from despair by a gloomy, fog-shrouded Victorian murder mystery, read by Sir Ian Holm on numerous cassettes. This month, Andrew...

apocalypse now; An ambitious curator seeks artists wrestling with the big questions in this year's Carnegie International.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Dodie Kazanjian Big international exhibitions of contemporary art-biennials, triennials, and so forth-are a dime a dozen these days. New ones seem to break out every year, colonizing Johannesburg, Kitakyushu, Dakar, St. Kitts,...

the purist; Painter Tine Lundsfryd is seeking true abstraction.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Dodie Kazanjian Tine Lundsfryd's debut Manhattan solo show of paintings, at Lori Bookstein Fine Art this month, makes a strong case for pure abstraction. Her large, rhythmic paintings are based on a grid of tightly and equally...

modern mischief; Drea de Matteo, once a moll on HBO, moves to mainstream and tells all.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Joan Juliet Buck The voice is croaky, deep, and self-assured, without the accent but rich with intonation, which is just as well as we're 3,000 miles apart and all I can see is the desk in the borrowed apartment in Paris, where...

a place in the sun; Brazilian heartthrob Rodrigo Santoro brings his smoldering sensibility to America.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Eve Macsweeney For Rodrigo Santoro, the life of an unknown actor in Los Angeles with time on his hands is a peculiarly sweet experience. One of Brazil's most famous and prolific stars, he came over a couple of years ago to promote...

the stone diaries.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Caroline Palmer At twelve, singer Joss Stone (born Joscelyn Eve Stoker) hastily scribbled down the name of a performer whose album was advertised on television and asked her mother to buy it as a Christmas gift. The singer was...

siberia bound.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Eve Macsweeney Irina Pantaeva, a Buryat from Genghis Khan's nomadic tribe in Mongol Siberia, really did come a long way, baby, to the runways of Paris and New York, becoming a favorite model of Irving Penn and a natural for...

FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Dodie Kazanjian Andrew Lord's clay sculptures-deliriously exuberant, outsize pots, urns, and other vaselike objects-are about as physical and sensual as any ceramics you'll ever see. In his show this month at New York's Paul Kasmin...

rise and shine; A Baltic trio of old Soviet republics has become Europe's most stylish destination.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Richard Alleman Once written off as dreary Russian satellites, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania-among the newest members of the European Union-have come into their own. With booming economies and fresh optimism they're now some of...

greece is the word; New villas in Mykonos offer post-Olympic pampering.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Richard Alleman A new crop of chic private villas is transforming Mykonos into a destination for fashionable travelers once again. Happily, for Americans, renting one is especially easy this year. For the first time ever, the...

moving on up; How a punk singer turned political activist for the Democratic Party.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Jonathan Van Meter Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Laura Dawn Galpin, born in Pleasantville, Iowa (population 1,000), who wanted to be a singer. She landed a professional gig at seventeen, performing seven shows a...

grand slam; With a feisty new role, Texan Austin Nichols takes center court.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Sarah Haight You've heard it before: A guy is hard at work behind a bar or checkout counter (or, in the case of Brad Pitt, hawking El Pollo Loco in a chicken suit), and suddenly-bam! He's making a new movie opposite America's...

bombay dreams; From street rebels to Bollywood, a superb account of the giant rags-and-riches Indian city.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Nell Freudenberger While leaving Bombay a few months ago, I was rhapsodizing to a friend about the city's charms-the lights on Marine Drive, the old art Deco movie houses, the still, green water tank on Malabar Hill. My...

twist of fates; Matters of love and death intersect in a brilliant new collection.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Sarah Haight A supremely down-on-his-luck Midwesterner is chased by lightning across the plains, struck repeatedly by bolts like "the kind you see locking horns with the Empire State Building." A checkout girl, orphaned and widowed...

from russia with love; Stage and film actress Olga Chekhova led a life of tantalizing glamour and murky political intrigue.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Leslie Camhi Though Olga Chekhova was the niece by marriage of the great Russian author Anton Chekhov, the wistful melancholy that permeates his plays had little place in her demanding and turbulent life. A woman of both...

ultimate cooking; Small restaurants, moderate prices, talented young chefs, and bakers who stay up all the night.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Jeffrey Steingarten I have found it," I exclaimed, pounding the table in triumph. My wine splashed onto the dark wood table, then trickled into my lap. The other customers stared and began to ask for their checks. No matter. I had...

tea pour tu; At a bright and lovely atelier in the Marais, an illustrator throws a glamorous the party.
September 1, 2004... Teas are much easier to give than dinners, and I prefer the earlier hour," said the artist Florine Asch as she decorated her Paris atelier and apartment with flowers, sweets, and bowls of fruit. Nothing fussy, nothing fancy, just a simple,...

inspiration the art of tea.
September 1, 2004... Byline: William Norwich 1. Candy-colored cups add whimsy to a proper tea party. Christian Lacroix for Christofle china, about $380 for six. (877) PAVILLON. 2. How to make your usual jeans both more cozy and more elegant before guests...

kiss the girls; For a taste of fall's showstopping glamour, pucker up to a palette of ripe, rich lip colors.
September 1, 2004... Has anyone ever achieved bombshell status without a slick of serious lipstick? Consider Gwen Stefani's indelible red (borrowed from the original screen goddess, Marilyn herself), or meteoric starlet Scarlett Johansson's spectrum of bright,...

suite scent.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Maggie Bullock From its opulent decor-a lounge lover's Casbah of exotic antiques and rich bordeaux-colored fabrics-to the jet-setters drifting in and out of its see-and-be-seen courtyard, the Hotel Costes is Paris's most...

highlights & hibiscus; At Art Luna's new beachside salon, color and cuts en plein air are the orders of the day.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Carol Wolper In Los Angeles, a town where everyone seems to be either a model/actress, actor/director, singer/producer, or some combination of all three, there are few who claim to be a hairdresser/garden designer. In fact, there...

scent and the city; What's it like to see the world through your nose.
September 1, 2004... Rodrigo Flores-Roux is the child of "a Joy and an Aramis marriage." This is his way of explaining how he was destined from birth to become a perfumer. In the argot of the fragrance business, this 36-year-old New Yorker is what's known as a...

green acres; The color of the moment is splashed across everything from bags to eye shadow, in shades from celadon and olive to emerald.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Sarah Brown This fall it's a Gucci fur and a YSL pagoda-shouldered jacket. A plunging V-neck Lanvin sheath and a metallic-foil Rochas stiletto. It's the color of the muted walls at Prada boutiques across the globe and, in pebbled...

high-maintenance hair; Bid adieu to wash-and-wear.
September 1, 2004... During the thirties and forties, when Hollywood wanted to transform its latest ingenue into a bona fide star, there was one man for the job: George Hurrell. The legendary lensman lit legends like Harlow, Garbo, and Hayworth from above, bathing...

what's cooking; Armed with secrets from top chefs, spas are whipping up recipes to be worn, not eaten.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Joanne Chen Skin gurus and chefs have always known they were cut from the same cloth; their mission: to indulge the senses. Now they're teaming up in the kitchen, bringing good-enough-to-eat treatments to the spa. In Scottsdale,...

overheard.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Sarah Brown In case you haven't been paying attention, fall's return to refinement is tip-to-toe: brows groomed, cheeks flushed, lips lacquered. After seasons (years) of the pitifully low-maintenance, defiantly glamour-free...

jagged little pill; Aspirin isn't just for headaches anymore, but, asks Sally Wadyka, do the risks outweigh its disease-prevention benefits.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Sally Wadyka My memories are vivid when I think about the first time I took aspirin. I was twelve years old and in bed-feverish, sniffly, and miserable. My mother brought me two orange chewable tablets and a glass of Tang (yes, it...

fall's ten commandments; With diamonds in our hair and sable at our fingertips, we're more dressed-up and pulled-together than we've been in decades.
September 1, 2004... 1. Tackle chores in sequins and satin: Well, OK, maybe you won't actually mow the lawn in rhinestone-dusted fringe, but daytime sparkles brighter and packs more grown-up glamour per minute than any season in memory. 2. Wear the trousers:...

imperial splendors; Karl Lagerfeld has taken a legend and turned it into a masterpiece.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Kennedy Fraser Karl Lagerfeld is a complex, brilliant, postmodern sort of man. He gives the impression that there is nothing you can think-especially nothing you might think about Karl Lagerfeld-that he hasn't thought of for...

take five; It was all Marilyn Monroe slept in, and the one thing, so said Catherine Deneuve, that can make any man want you.
September 1, 2004... January 3, 2003 Sydney, Bronte Beach The last few months have been horrendous. Doing the first-ever classical opera on Broadway [La Boheme] while scripting, designing, casting, and scouting the globe to make a movie with a $150 million...

where worlds collide; From First Ladies to ladies who lunch, from A-list royals to bright young things, Oscar de la Renta has built a universe with his sexy yet supremely elegant designs and conquering charm.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Julia Reed It is a very cold Sunday afternoon in February, the day before Oscar de la Renta is to present his fall 2004 collection, and the designer is putting finishing touches on the 54 looks that will be sent down the runway...

model & supermodel; Will the world ever see the likes of Linda, Naomi, and Christy again.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Sally Singer I had the best time; I had the best girls; I knew deep down that I would never have that time again." Thus spake Didier Fernandez, superagent to the supermodels-Linda, Nadja, Amber-as he mournfully consumed a pain...

magic in the makeup; From bold lips to strong eyes, this fall is no time to be shy.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lynn Yaeger Not long ago, words like feminine and romantic connoted bare, girlishly glowing skin and a dab of peony-pink gloss. This fall, they have been recast in the spirit of the season, reborn as ladylike, glamorous to a fault,...

couture club; The future of the haute couture may rest in the hands of a young and exquisitely talented gang of three.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Sally Singer The most exciting development in fashion in the last year has been the emergence in Paris of what I call essential couture. At three houses-Rochas, Balenciaga, Lanvin-pret-a-porter clothes are being crafted in ateliers...

the girl can't help it; Haven't we all wished at some point to have Kate Moss's singular sense of style.
September 1, 2004... It's not only designers who have filled our closets. Ms. Moss has jump-started a few trends in her time, too, all of which have become modern classics. Toting an overstuffed Hermes Birkin like it was a gym bag? That was Kate. The casual...

ties that bind.
September 1, 2004... RIBBONS ARE FALL'S FASTEST AND EASIEST (DID WE ALSO MENTION LEAST EXPENSIVE?) WAY TO UPDATE YOUR LOOK: USE ONE TO LOOP THROUGH CHUNKY CHAIN NECKLACES AND BELTS, CINCH A SHIRT (LEFT), OR EMBELLISH WITH A BROOCH (SUCH AS THE ERICKSON BEAMON...

DECORATE YOUR DAY; Fall's most sparkling trend-served with a twist.
September 1, 2004... GO HEADFIRST Ride in style (and safety) with Marc Jacobs's silver helmet (above), $400. Marc Jacobs Store, NYC. TWINKLE YOUR TOES Add a shoe clip, or pin brooches onto your shoes, from $38 to $75. Eye Candy, NYC. RING THE CHANGES...