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The month in fashion: designer payola ... farewell Ferre ... rapper's delight.(News)

Apr 01, 2008; Karimzadeh, Marc ... The fashion industry has a new spring in its step. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * HERE COMES THE BRIBE From late starts to controversial style statements, drama surrounding the Marc Jacobs show is now par for the course during New York Fashion Week, This season, ...

One of a kind.(News)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008; Lennon, Christine ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Hollywood heavyweights ask for something--clothes, jewelry, shoes, electronics--they often receive it by the truckload, gratis. But at L'Oeil du Vert, the custom fragrance business that Haley Alexander van Oosten runs out of a Santa Monica bungalow, ...

Wardrobe mistress.(News)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Clothes are like food: If you make them look appealing, you're more inclined to reach for them," says Elika Gibbs, the founder of London organizing service Practical Princess. Gibbs, known for her ability to turn a disaster-zone closet into an oasis of ...

The mane event.(Flashback)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008; Rosen, Jamie ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As the Nineties got under way, blow-dryers were revving up on Fifth Avenue, in preparation for the duel of the decade. In one corner was Frederic Fekkai, the suave French newcomer with tousled locks and smitten female clients. In the other corner was ...

Will power.(Fast Forward)

Apr 01, 2008; Solway, Diane ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On his 10th birthday, at a time when most boys his age would have jumped at a matinee of Superman III, Will Frears chose instead to sit through back-to-back productions of Hamlet and Richard III. "I was such a little nerd," he says. So it wasn't a surprise ...

Size matters.(Letter From the Editors)(Editorial)

Apr 01, 2008; Hong, Catherine ... April [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Even those who can't tell Zac Posen from Zach Braff know how to spot W magazine at any newsstand: W is, of course, "the big one." But as any regular reader knows, the magazine's taste for extravagance isn't limited to its oversize ...

Sister, sister.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)

Apr 01, 2008; Lin, Amy ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I read March's cover story on Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman ('Sister Act"), and, man, what a disappointment! Two intelligent young women with flourishing careers who are politically vocal, are concerned with social progress and seem like fun--yet ...

Art for the few.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)

Apr 01, 2008; Jenkins, Tom ... Thomas Nozkowski, the focus of Julie Belcove's article in the January issue ("Major Tom"), seems to be a humble, self-effacing man who has made a notable mark in the art world. But who is kidding whom? Do Nozkowski's marks on a canvas communicate anything to a viewer? If only the artist ...

Beautiful brits.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)

Apr 01, 2008; Dinicola-Powers, Diane ... Thank you for featuring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy on your February cover! Not only are they exquisite and accomplished actors, but they are also delicious to look at--and isn't that what we all dream of in a fashion ...

Hollow pledge.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)

Apr 01, 2008; Lahiff, Jeanne ... Ryan Phillippe's coy reiteration of his vow of silence while cryptically giving us enough details to figure out his version of what happened does not show he is keeping his pledge to protect his kids ("Soldiering On," March). His was a ...

Capital loss.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)

Apr 01, 2008; Rocklin, Nina ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I found February's "Washington, D.C." fashion editorial fetishistic and affronting. As a fashion major, I look to W magazine for radical perspectives on fashion, but this crossed a line. Initially my interest was piqued by the concept. However, after I saw ...

Lighten up.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)

Apr 01, 2008; Morris, Frances ... I have just renewed my subscription to W--but if things continue like the January issue, it won't happen again. The Hilary Swank photo spread, "Wait Until Dark," looks so sinister and sick! The images are unflattering, poorly styled, horribly lit and just plain ...

Corset controversy.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)

Apr 01, 2008; Ronsse, Vanessa ... One picture in "Garden of Eden" (February) was quite amusing: The model was wearing her corset upside down. Those triangles above her hips should be cups for her breasts. A modicum of attention should have caught that ...

Teller's tell-all.(Readers React)(Letter to the editor)

Apr 01, 2008; Detorie, Daniel ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I just finished reading the December 2007 issue. I simply looked at Juergen Teller's portrait of Lady Carole Bamford, and I did not have to read ...

Gallery hopping.(Uncensored)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... No one knows quite what to call it. Fitzrovia? The Garment District? But whatever its eventual moniker, the patch of streets northeast of London's retail mecca Oxford Circus--home of Topshop and H&M--is quietly becoming the city's newest contemporary art hub. Several trendsetting players ...

Dive in.(Uncensored)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Longtime Lower East Side residents may wish that the moneyed pseudo-hipsters who have taken over the neighborhood would go jump in a lake--but an exclusive roof-deck swimming pool will have to do. A 36-foot pool with a giant photographic mural of Andy Warhol on the bottom will be the piece ...

Evil glare.(Uncensored)

Apr 01, 2008 ... These days even a brief walk outside requires slathering on SPF 60 and wearing a hat the size of a flying saucer. But according to a new study published in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, you're not safe inside, either. Dermatologist Vermen M. Verallo-Rowell writes that indoor light ...

Crafty heiress.(Uncensored)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lulu de Kwiatkowski, the daughter of late billionaire Henryk de Kwiatkowski, made a name for herself as one of Manhattan's gilded youth in the Nineties and went on to create a textile line, Lulu DK, inspired by her globe-trotting. Now she has taken the ...

Royal prime time.(Uncensored)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] British TV channel ITV1 has invented a royal family even nuttier than the real one. Its new series THE PALACE is an ultrakitschy show that follows an imagined 24-year-old Prince of Wales, who suddenly finds himself taking the throne as King Richard IV ....

Trend: Nouveau rich: fashion glances back at fin de siecle style.(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008; Lau, Venessa ... Curvy, exotic and just a bit erotic--we're talking Art Nouveau here. This spring the catwalks reflected the works of such artists as Alphonse Mucha and Aubrey Beardsley-from the sinuous linear motifs right down to the nature references. (The ever popular dragonfly, for example, has found ...