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the magic touch; Jessica Kerwin left the fashion world and a broken marriage to massage leprosy patients in India.
Byline: Jessica Kerwin
It didn't lack drama. Declaring my intention to quit Paris and the fashion world for India was a spectacular exit plan, but months before a rickety government bus dumped me in the dust near the gates of Anandwan, a leprosy-treatment center in the state of Maharashtra, I used the patients there as protection, an emergency brake I'd throw anytime a conversation glided toward the breakup of my marriage and my less spectacular reasons for leaving the West. If going to India seemed like running away, enlisting for gritty volunteer work made me sound less like I was running scared. "I'm going to change bandages in a leper colony," I'd tell anyone ...
- WWD APPOINTS KERWIN, EDELSON.(Jessica Kerwin named new senior editor)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: WWD June 7, 2002 700+ words
NEW YORK -- WWD has named Jessica Kerwin senior editor, Eye, and Sharon Edelson senior editor, research. Kerwin now oversees the Eye pages for WWD and its sister publication...
- WHO'S THAT GIRL?
- Magazine article from: WWD Kerwin, Jessica Heyman, Marshall September 15, 2003 700+ words
...m not complaining, but you want me to watch the show from the back of standing?"' Nope. Zac needs Cayli backstage. Jessica Kerwin Model -- Actress -- Whatever Some girls grow up wanting to be Madonna, Hillary Clinton, or Julia Roberts. Lydia Hearst...
- Stories for the ages.(Letter From the Editors)
- Magazine article from: W Belcove, Julie L. March 1, 2004 700+ words
...the real-estate game, but to avoid the appearance of nepotism, perhaps not initially at his company. Senior Editor Jessica Kerwin tried and failed to uncover any evidence that Trump is spoiled, except for her penchant for taking summers off to travel...
- Green Party.(Sara Jenkins, chef at Patio Dining, New York City, buys food from...
- Magazine article from: WWD December 31, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Jessica Kerwin NEW YORK - For a green market chef in New York, come summertime, the living is easy. Who wouldn't choose a plump, resplendent...
- Temporary Insanity.
- Magazine article from: WWD Kerwin, Jessica February 11, 2003 700+ words
Byline: Jessica Kerwin NEW YORK - For those seeking a real fashion moment this week, maybe it's time to hop a plane to Germany, where "Party Monster...
- Foreign affairs.(Letter From the Editors)
- Magazine article from: W Belcove, Julie L. March 1, 2005 700+ words
...goings-on in the worlds of fashion, society and the arts abroad. And at W, we keep our bureaus busy. European Editor Jessica Kerwin, approaching her one-year anniversary in Paris, traveled to Venice and shot across the Channel twice to file stories...
- Quite Sorted.
- Magazine article from: WWD February 3, 2003 700+ words
Byline: Jessica Kerwin NEW YORK - With his confident manner, high-luster accent and dressed in a perfectly tailored suit, Ben Elliot seems like just...
- Reality Bites.
- Magazine article from: WWD Kerwin, Jessica April 17, 2003 700+ words
Byline: Jessica Kerwin NEW YORK - Who would have guessed that one mediocre meal at Merchants, of all places, could inspire a food column, launch one...
- Goal: Landon Donovan, the 20-year-old California golden boy who drove the U.S....
- Magazine article from: W September 1, 2002 700+ words
...does the newly minted American hero choose? USA, of course. "My friends say when you're in a video game, that's when you know you've arrived," he says. "I only pass to Donovan--and he tries to score every time." Jessica Kerwin
- Eternal Flame.(Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Vogue Kerwin, Jessica October 1, 2008 700+ words
Byline: JESSICA KERWIN editor: Valerie Steiker Elizabeth Peyton wears her heart on her sleeve, never hiding her passion for the wistful pop stars and...