Recently added articles from W:
Howard's end.(The Month in Fashion)
Aug 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Istithmar, the investment firm owned by the Dubai government, snapped up Barneys New York last year, cynical fashion tongues wagged that it would only be a matter of time before a major management shake-up. Sure enough, in May, amid buzz that he was ...
Blass off.(The Month in Fashion)(NexCen Brands Inc.)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008; ... The economy is heading south, and in mid-May Bill Blass felt the pinch. NexCen Brands Inc., which owns Blass, saw its shares tumble by a whopping 77.1 percent after the firm disclosed that it had failed to note in its annual report a $30 million loan payment due. Ever since, the fashion ...
Donna for all.(The Month in Fashion)
Aug 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Donna Karan dresses both ladies of luxury (with her Collection line) and bridge shoppers (with DKNY). This July the designer is hoping to capture yet another tier of customers with her new line, DKNYC. While the fashionable, urban collection (priced from ...
Tod's in Tinseltown.(The Month in Fashion)(Gwyneth Paltrow's handbag )(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At the Cannes Film Festival in May, the cast of the new Indiana Jones movie hogged most of the attention. But a five-minute short film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and a Tod's nylon handbag got its own share of buzz--at least among the fashion set. ...
Star patterns.(The Month in Fashion)
Aug 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With Rachel Bilson doing a line for DKNY Jeans, Avril Lavigne creating one for Kohl's and Pete Wentz designing for his Clandestine Industries, one might think there were enough celeb fashion collections out there to satisfy pop culture vultures. Not so, it ...
They Lika Luca.(The Month in Fashion)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Luca Luca designer Luca Orlandi has built himself quite a reputation for his European charm and his va-va-voom dresses, wooing many New York socialites to his Madison Avenue boutique. The combination clearly appealed to Miami-based investment firm the Equitium Group; in late May it bought ...
Harlequin romance.(The Month in Fashion)
Aug 01, 2008; ... For their spring 2008 collection, Viktor & Rolf took inspiration from Marcel Marceau and Commedia dell'Arte, rifting on Pierrot-style collars and Harlequin prints. Now, the avant-garde Dutch duo have teamed up with Shu Uemura on three sets of fantastical faux eyelashes in the same ...
Yves Saint Laurent: fashion god Yves Saint Laurent is gone, but certainly not forgotten.(Remembrance)
Aug 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Fashion lost one of its finest on June 1, when the legendary couturier Yves Saint Laurent, 71, died at his Paris home of brain cancer, according to his longtime business partner, Pierre Berge. He had quite a life. From his celebrated entree into design in ...
Endurance test.(Letter From the Editors)
Aug 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Long before the Internet and reality TV minted so-called "celebrities" at a split-second clip, a wise Roman by the name of Cato the Elder quipped, "After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one." Even a couple of ...
Crescent comeback.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At times, W's reality shoots lack emotion. However, April's mesmerizing "Come on Down to Nawlins" finally illustrated W's compassion and depth. Following Katrina, I found it difficult to imagine New Orleans regaining its former vitality. As I absorbed the ...
Cairo kudos.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2008; ... I am new to W. Until now, I have never grasped why people commended it so much. Your May edition definitely turned my opinion upside down. I loved all the photos in "Cairo." My compliments also go to the ...
Unhappy camper.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2008; ... I am very disappointed in July's "Summer Camp" photo spread. I have always respected your magazine as one with artistic merit and high quality. This time around I've been let down thoroughly. W is hoping to do anything to ...
Uncompromised taste.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I was amused by the letters in the May issue. If readers are offended by artistic nudity, they are reading the wrong magazine. The photographers that shoot for W make images that allow high style to be seen from various artistic ...
Face time.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Thank you very much for the June article "Fit or Miss." I really appreciate W's acknowledgment of ...
Mrs. President.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2008; ... I have always enjoyed Countess Esterhazy's well-written and amusing articles. In the June edition of the magazine, however, the Countess discussed the next generation of potential first ladies ('Louise's French Dressing'). But there was no mention of one whom many of us consider a perfect ...
Cranford charms.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2008; ... After watching the PBS miniseries Cranford, prompted by Jessica Iredale's superbly written preview of its charms in the May issue of W ("Good Old-Fashioned Fun"), I can say it was an appealing promise fulfilled. Ms. Iredale's coverage was a gem of succinct detail and descriptive ...
Don't let them eat cake.(Uncensored)(Sarah Ferguson's health mission)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... After Sarah Ferguson split from PRINCE ANDREW in 1992 she famously campaigned for Weight Watchers in the U.S. Now the woman once dubbed the DUCHESS OF PORK is bringing her health advice home. She recently appeared in The Duchess in Hull, an English TV series in which she helped a family ...
1-800-Tinsley.(Uncensored)(Tinsley Mortimer)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Tinsley Mortimer gets closetfuls of swag in return for being a walking billboard for fashion labels like Dior and Samantha Thavasa, but recently she's been shilling for someone a bit less glamorous: her dentist, Steven Butensky. The New York socialite has ...
Chosen ones.(Uncensored)(Farhad Farman-Farmaian's Beauchamp Club)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The last thing London needs is another private club--the city is already teeming with them, from the trendy Groucho Club to the venerable Boodle's and White's. But that's not going to stop Farhad Farman-Farmaian, a creative consultant who worked on the relaunch of the beloved Brit ...
Ni hao, Boulud.(Uncensored)
Aug 01, 2008 ... To overcome language barriers at Maison Boulud, his new Beijing restaurant--and his first outside the U.S.--Daniel Boulud had the Chinese staff endure mandatory three-month courses in English end French. Meanwhile, the reined chef took a crack at Chinese--if by less rigorous means. "I got ...