Elle 2010-09

DREW BARRYMORE
MIND GAMES
Matt Damon and Emily Blunt
star in The Adjustment Bureau,
a dystopian thriller about love at
first sight, free will, and, oh yeah,
a universe of men in fedoras and
black suits who control the fate
of the world.
GO EAST, YOUNG WOMAN
Today, the Museum at FIT in
New York City presents Japan
Fashion Now, an exhibition of
100 contemporary Japanese
ensembles, ranging from school
uniforms to avant-garde
street looks.
HAPPY LABOR DAY
To celebrate (mourn is more
like it) the end of summer,
mixologist Michael Rubel of
Chicagos libation hot spot
the Violet Hour recommends
this cocktail:
2 oz Herradura T equila
1
4 oz lime juice
3
4 oz grapefruit juice
3
4 oz St- Germain
1
4 oz simple syrup
Combine all ingredients,
shake, and strain into an
old-fashioned glass lled
with ice. Drink. Repeat.
New York City presents Japan
Fashion Now, an exhibition of
100 contemporary Japanese
ensembles, ranging from school
uniforms to avant
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From fashion weeks
big kickoff to Lizas
latestELLE plans
the agenda
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Wednesday, September 8, 10 P.M.
TUNE IN TO SEASON TWO OF
THE DAY BEFORE, SUNDANCE
CHANNELS DOCU-SERIES THAT
FOLLOWS SIX MAJOR FASHION
DESIGNERS (INCLUDING
ALEXANDER WANG, ABOVE)
JUST HOURS BEFORE MODELS
WALK THE RUNWAYS IN PARIS,
NEW YORK, AND MILAN.
Monday, September 13
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to eco-friendly fashion designer Stella
McCartney, who turns 39 today.
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Tuesday, September 14
In Big Girls Dont Cry: The Election
That Changed Everything for
American Women, ELLE contributor
Rebecca Traister examines
modern feminisms role in the 2008
election by zeroing in on Hillary
Clinton, Sarah Palin, and
Michelle Obama .
Those who were roused to Clintons
defense were roused not because she was
a girl, but because she was being treated
like one.Traister in Big Girls
Dont Cry
Tonights Stand Up to Cancer
fundraising concert event ( Lady
Antebellum will perform) wont be
hard to miss: Its on ABC, CBS, NBC,
FOX, HBO, Discovery Health, E!, MLB
Network, and the Style Network.
8 P.M., standup2cancer.org
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FASHION
WEEK
STARTS TODAY
WALK, WALK, FASHION BABY Today,
ELLE kicks off fashion week at Lincoln
Center by hosting an exclusive runway
show of RISD students designs and
awarding one young designer the ELLE
Design Award scholarship.
elle.com/RISD
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LIZA WITH A Z!
Today, Broadway vet
Liza Minnelli releases
her twelfth studio
album, Confessions, a
mostly stripped-down
jazz collection thats
just Liza and a piano.
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BEST IN SHOW
From retro red nails to bombshell-worthy hair,
ELLE presents the reinvented classics youll
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SHORT STORY
Five-foot-tall RACHEL ROSENBLIT discovers the
emotional powerand priceof the high heel
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MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
When Jill Ajaos libido wilted, a doctor
prescribed a hormone cocktail that seemed like
a miracle cure. She felt amazingly gooduntil
she wrecked her marriage, lost her job, and
almost ended up in jail. By ANN BAUER
458
THE RICH ARENT LIKE YOU AND ME
Theyre worse. Or at least thats what a lot of
people thinkuntil their own ship comes in.
By DAPHNE MERKIN
472
JULIA ROBERTS
The Eat Pray Love star owns her character,
Elizabeth Gilbert, as she goes through a
spiritual journey in a series of three gorgeous
photo shoots. By WILL BLYTHE. Photographed
by TOM MUNRO, ALEXEI HAY, and CARTER
SMITH. Styled by JOE ZEE
SEPTEMBER 2010 VOLUME XXVI NUMBER 1 NO. 301
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THE GRADUATE
Pop star Justin Bieber plays it sweet with
glamour girl Kim Kardashian on the Bahamas
sun-kissed beaches. By RACHEL ROSENBLIT.
Photographed by DUSAN RELJIN. Styled by
BENJAMIN STURGILL
FASHION
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SOUTHERN COMFORT
Diane von Furstenberg shares the divine nature
of So Paulo with the opening of a new store
and a retrospective show. By ALEXA BRAZILIAN
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STYLE A TO ZEE: MATCH POINT
Creative Director JOE ZEE goes toe-to-toe with
Bravos Millionaire Matchmaker to find the
looks that will get you a second date
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OPEN SEASON
With their love of mall culture, knack for
celebrity collaborations, and instinct for the
next big idea, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon
of Opening Ceremony prove that selling what
you love best is the only way to succeed.
By ARIEL LEVY
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HOME AGAIN
Julie de Librans wanderlust infuses not
only her personal style but also her resort and
cruise collections for Louis Vuitton.
By KATRINA ONSTAD
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EASY RISERS
Self-professed tomboy, model, and eco-activist
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by Joe Zee. Hair by Serge Normant. Makeup by Genevieve.
Manicure by Robin DeMarco. Set design by Colin Donahue.
Center: Roberts wears a cotton-blend jacket and pants from
Stella McCartney, a silk top from Dolce & Gabbana, and a
diamond necklace from Kimberly McDonald. Photographed by
Alexei Hay. Styled by Joe Zee. Hair by Serge Normant. Makeup
by Genevieve. Manicure by Lisa Jachno. Set design by Chime
Day Serra. Right: Roberts wears a silk dress from Dolce &
Gabbana, hoop earrings, heart pendant necklace, and turquoise
heart ring, all from Me&Ro, a vintage Greek coin bracelet from
Bulgaris Vintage Collection, a diamond heart ring from David
Yurman, and her own rings. For details, see Shopping Guide.
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Angela Lindvall gives us a few pointers on falls
biggest trend: pants. By AMANDA FORTINI
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ELLE FASHION: THE LOOK, TRENDS,
AND JEWELS
Futuristic preppy outfitsGilded fabric
blazersRiding-inspired separatesLavish
gold cuffsand more
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WORKBOOK: SHOWTIME
Lincoln Centers first director of fashion,
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, welcomes New
York Fashion Week to its new uptown digs in
classic American style. By JOHANNA COX
299
ELLE FASHION NEWS
Phillip Lim launches a full collectionFrench
handbag label Sequoia hits the States
Swarovski Elements reinvention of the little
black dressand more
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ELLE FASHION: NEW DESIGNERS
Hakaan Yildirims runway debut puts him on
the radar with his fresh take on tight curves and
strong shapesDominic Jones on his lifelike
jewelry pieces. By WHITNEY VARGAS
492
COOL INTENTIONS
Make a quiet statement in the new
monochromatic casualwear with just the
chicest hint of bright color. Photographed by
TERRY TSIOLIS. Styled by LESTER GARCIA
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NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
Capture the sexy sophistication of the city
in falls lean pantsuits, fur vests, and layers of
versatile daywear. Photographed by LAURIE
BARTLEY. Styled by SAMIRA NASR
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MASTER OF RESTRAINT
Polished minimalism moves into sharp focus
with strict suiting and masculine conviction.
Photographed by KACPER KASPRZYK. Styled by
MATTIAS KARLSSON
534
BEAUTIFUL STRANGER
Falls spirited sportswear, from floor-grazing
dresses to 70s high waists, comes to life on the
crowded streets of Morocco. Photographed by
SERGE LEBLON. Styled by SAMIRA NASR
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A SHEAR THING
A bounty of furs casts a long shadow on
the waning days of summer. Photographed
by TOBY MCFARLAN POND . Styled by KATE
DAVIDSON HUDSON. Edited by ELLYN CHESTNUT
& KATE DAVIDSON HUDSON
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GUILTY PLEASURE
Guccis Frida Giannini launches her latest
fragrance with a pop-art nod to American
culture. By RACHEL ROSENBLIT. Photographed
by DAN KING. Styled by PAUL STURA
FEATURES
361
ELLE INTELLIGENCE
KAREN DURBIN reviews the film Jack Goes
BoatingDanielle McGuires new book, At
the Dark End of the StreetJenny Lewis and
Johnathan Rices collaborative record Im
Having Fun Nowand more
373
THE ELLE 25
ELLE presents the years 25 hottest
sensationsfrom must-hear genre-busting
albums to Chers showstopping return
to celluloid
394
ELLE MAN: THE NATURAL
With killer looks, a superstar wife (Fergie), and
a packed roster of new movies, Josh Duhamel
could be the leading man Hollywood has
been waiting for. By MAGGIE BULLOCK.
Photographed by DOUG INGLISH
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FETE ACCOMPLI
Kate Spade creative director Deb Lloyd hosts
a Thai-themed soiree to toast the brands
sparkling new scent, Twirl. By WHITNEY
VARGAS . Photographed by PAUL COSTELLO
466
ASK E. JEAN
Relationship hell? E. JEAN CARROLL to
the rescue!
562
THE GOOD NIGHT GUY
Brian Williams tells ANDREW GOLDMAN that
even a khaki-wearing broadcaster has
his groupies
BEAUTY
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QUEEN B
Bobbi Brown, the master of complexion
perfection, shares a few of her favorite tips
with APRIL LONG
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MIX MASTERS
Giorgio Armani, Thierry Mugler, and Donna
Karan reveal the inspirations for their new
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dress from Gucci with her own rings. To get her makeup looks,
try Dfinicils Precious Cells High Definition Amplifying Mascara
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sensational Effects Eye Shadow Quad in Twirling in Tulle, LAbsolu
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Fetish or Sweet Nude from Kissed by Paris Le Vernis Trio, all by
Lancme. Photographed by Tom Munro. Styled by Joe Zee. Hair
by Serge Normant. Makeup by Genevieve. Manicure by Robin
DeMarco. Set design by Colin Donahue. Center: Roberts wears
a belted brocade dress from Etro, a carved lemon topaz intaglio
necklace with diamonds from Sevan Biaki, and her own rings.
Photographed by Alexei Hay. Styled by Joe Zee. Hair by Serge
Normant. Makeup by Genevieve. Manicure by Lisa Jachno. Set
design by Chime Day Serra. Right: Roberts wears a vintage silk
chiffon dress from Frock NYC, a beaded necklace from Neil Lane
Jewelry, a heart pendant necklace and beaded bracelets from
Me&Ro, a gold bangle with rubies and sapphires from Beladora,
Beverly Hills, a geode and diamond bracelet from Kimberly
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Grooming by Pablo Iglesias. Set design by Steve Halterman.
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I smiled with relief, Caldwell writes.
Theres nothing. Ive already told her
everything. Corrie Pikul
A memoir of friendship thats a
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what we can mean to each other
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was portrayed on the hit MTV reality show The City.
I told him that we went into our relationship with
MTV much the way I went into my relationship with
him: Once you sign up for the basic transaction, you
pretty much have to let go of the idea that you can
control the results. My wish, of course, was that hed
portray me as immensely insightful and terribly
charming, and add that I was the prettiest girl in the
whole wide world and that deer ate out of my hands as butterflies
danced gaily about my head. That didnt happen, but I found his
point of view on the relationship between an entity like ELLE and
the rough-and-tumble world of reality TV refreshing.
ELLE worked with two reality-ish TV shows before hooking up
with The Citythe popular and populist Stylista on The CW and the
game-changing Project Runway on Bravo, which initially was seen as
a risk to the sanctity and mystery fashion creates around itself.
Much has been written about how that show affected everything
from the number of fashion-school applicants to the fortunes of its
key cast members, but I always thought the secret to Project Runways
success was that it was the first program to feature people like us:
pierced, tattooed, not always beautiful, sometimes overweight or
wrinkly, often openly gaypeople with funny haircuts and com-
plex souls. These were the interesting, witty, ambitious creative
types who populate the fashion world I know, not the tanned, toned,
mostly Caucasian twentysomethings from central casting who
jump in front of the camera with nothing more at stake than their
burning desire for fame. I think the appeal of The City rests on some-
thing equally real, in the person of ELLE Public Relations Direc-
tor Erin Kaplan, who has a demanding day job shes great at. Theres
as much romance in coming to New York and fighting your way up
in the world of work as there is in the dance between (or among) the
sexes after work. Its riveting TV to watch someone like Erin
witty, ambitious, smartnavigate the rocky shoals of power, influ-
ence, and work politics in the most competitive city in the world.
Speaking of riveting, writer Ann Bauer contributes a jaw-
dropping piece about a woman who was prescribed testosterone to
amp up her libido and found herself seeking a kind of sex shed
never had before, which eventually led her to lose her job, her mar-
riage, and her self-respect. The story makes you think hard about
the lengths to which well go in the quest for self-betterment. In a
similar vein, Rachael Combe, in her much lauded Neurotica col-
umn, puts marriage and divorce under the same microscope.
Its our experience with ELLE as subject, on TV and in the press,
thats given me some perspective on celebrities skittishness with
signing up for a cover shoot and interview. They have to trust that
we want nothing more than beautiful images and genuine insight
into who they are. To that end, Julia Roberts, the biggest star on the
planet, did something big stars are loath to do these days: She gave
us not just one shoot but three, with three different photographers
Tom Munro, Alexei Hay, and Carter Smith, all styled by Creative
Director (and City regular!) Joe Zee . She also gave our writer, the
venerable Will Blythe, a luxurious three days in her orbit rather
than the typical two hours over chopped salad at the Ivy. The result
is staggering: three beautiful and moving shoots, over 21 pages, that
capture Roberts in the moods of the three chapters of her upcoming
movie Eat Pray Love and a finely observed piece of writing that sheds
new light on an actress who continues to fascinate and capture our
hearts after some 38 films. She was game, daring the seasons dra-
matic and womanly trends, trying three very different hair and
makeup looks, and suffering through a kiss with costar Javier
Bardem. Oh, the sacrifice! Thank you, Julia, for your dedication!
We want you to try falls dramatic and womanly trends too.
Where just a few years ago the runways were still chockablock with
froth and frenzy, now a disciplined restraint, which seems designed
to barely contain a roiling desire within, is the strongest through-
line of the collections. Its not severe, necessarily, but there is an ex-
pectation that women have something important to do with their
lives and varied passions that will be attended to. We have 30 pages
of trends and shopping and another 150-plus of drama, inspiration,
and more shopping, in a 550-plus-page issue, our biggest of the year.
Of course, your new look harkens a new season of social engage-
ment. With the last lights of summer burning off, the culturemakers
have revved up for their new deliveries as well: The ELLE 25 is
backa bettors guide to the movies, books, music, artists, and ideas
that will drive the cultural conversation for months to come.
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potential. I was excited to read ELLEs
opinion on the most influential music
moments of the year, but it felt a bit
washed-up , from Bieber groupie to
Burch confessional. Some portions were
interesting, but I would have preferred
something more useful like a Fashion
Week 2010 playlist over the Lil Wayne
Weezy Thanx You shout-out.
Angelica, Brooklyn
SWEET SURRENDER
Thank you for Candice Raineys story
Sarah Sings the Blues [ July 2010]. In
the midst of my busy day-to-day life, I
didnt even realize that Sarah McLachlan
had come out with a new album! I
immediately got my hands on her
heartbreakingly perfect Laws of Illusion,
and, of course, Im not disappointed!
Thanks for keeping me on track with
more than just fashion.
Kate, Boise, ID
HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY
Thank you so much for featuring Fabrizio
Moretti from Little Joy, as well as my
favorite band, t he Strokes [Beautiful
Dreamers, July 2010]. With Rihanna and
Ke$ha in your pages, I was not expecting
to see a lesser-known artist. You can now
count me as a lifetime reader. Next time,
can you please highlight more of these
types for their artistic efforts?
Kira, Pittsburgh
ENVIRONMENTAL ACT
I really enjoyed reading Alexandra
Marshalls Seeds of Change in the July
issue. As much as I love fashion, I love
ELLEs readiness to mix it up and deliver
MAIL
BONDING
I really admired your interview with
Rihanna in Bringing It Back [July
2010]. I was happy to see that the
article wasnt a tabloid tell-all about
her relationship with Chris Brown.
Instead, it maturely addressed domestic
violence and showed shes moved
on. Shes such an amazing performer
and a stronger person, and Joe Zees
luscious styling was a wonderful
celebration of this dynamic woman.
Lisa, Weehawken, NJ
TAKING THE LEAD
I want to thank you for introducing
me to Melody Gardot. Its a pleasure
to find another female jazz guitarist!
Your July music issue is always diverse,
which I appreciate. Too often the media
focuses on the same overexposed pop
stars without paying tribute to the ladies
rocking it in other genres. Keep up the
good work.
Sarah, Boston
CROWS NEST
The ELLE Living profile of Sheryl Crow
and her fabulous eclectic yet homey NoHo
loft was such a great read [All She Wants
to Do July 2010]! Upon finishing the
article, I felt as if Id just had a perfectly
casual tour of her wonderful home while
catching up with the pop star over a cup
of coffee. Seeing the uniqueness of her
home gave me a whole new perspective
on her, and Paul Costello did a superb job
of capturing the essence of the apartment
and the always classic Crow.
Christina, Reno, NV
LOW NOTE
I felt that this years Elleys [ July 2010]
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focus is not only on profiling a designer/
celebrity with a charitable initiative, like
Ali Hewson and her Edun shirts, but also
going deeper to give a story with some
heart and soul. Thanks for shedding light
on the wonderful work being done to
rebuild lives and villages in Uganda, one
T-shirt at a time.
Caitlin, Philadelphia
LOOKS THAT KILL
Thank you for finally addressing the topic
of beauty with a cogent argument [Editors
Letter, July 2010]. I, for one, am done
defending myself to people who believe
Im shallow, self-centered, and project an
unattainable standard of beauty. I wake
up two hours early every day to work out,
and I use will power and common sense
to avoid sweets and to eat in moderation.
It takes hard work and a bit of sweat and
sacrifice. If I see another T-shirt that says
the higher the heel, the lower the IQ,
Im going to scream. I have Prada shoes,
an IQ of 147, and a college education.
Michelle, via e-mail
Fashion and beauty magazines play an
ambiguous role in how we as women see
ourselves. Magazines establish trends,
but they do so while reflecting our beliefs,
perceptions, and definitions of beauty.
We have these ideas, often negative,
about what it means to be attractive and
sexy that cause us to create an unrealistic
standard. I think the media should
magnify the positive! I want a magazine
that doesnt limit itself to size, age, or
color. Beauty and style should be the key
demographic. They are limitless!
Denise, via e-mail
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Monica Vitti
Sophia Loren
Inspiration: Stars
of Italian Cinema
For a food-themed photo session at Chicagos Rural Studiosthe first of three separate ELLE shoots,
one for each of the journeys she takes in the new film Eat Pray Love Julia Roberts arrived in her low-
key usual: loose waves, cropped J Brand jeans, and a printed top. While son Henry, three, and twins
Hazel and Phinnaeus, five, gravitated toward the designer shoes, Roberts, sipping a soy cappuccino,
seemed more taken with the sets rustic Italian kitchen countertopthe kind you could easily picture a
young Monica Vitti resting her curves against. With the backdrop of a vintage icebox and a few water-
melon wedges, Roberts, the new face of Lancme, slipped into movie star mode, putting to work what
Lancme International president, Youcef Nabi, calls her dazzling beauty and real personality in
the latest LBDs from some of the old countrys most treasured designers, such as Alberta Ferretti,
Dolce & Gabbana, and Gucciaccessorized, of course, with her trademark grin.Johanna Cox
Edited by Kyle Anderson
The Look: Sicilian Sensuality
September 1986 was all about
Smooth operator Sade A Classic story celebrating
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NAME: Tom Munro
PROVENANCE: Thaxted, England
CURRENTLY: In New York City with his
two border terriers, Osbert and Otter
PROFESSION: Photographer
THIS MONTH: EAT Pray Love
(page 474)
BONA FIDES: BFA in photography from
Parsons The New School for Design;
shot for Numero and LUomo Vogue,
as well as campaigns for Givenchy,
Moschino, and Lancme; directed two
Madonna music videos (Die Another
Day and Give It 2 Me); published
first photography book, Tom Munro
(Damiani), in April .
OFF DUTY: Farming at my place in
the Catskills with my herd of Belted
Galloway cattle.
UNLIKELY FAN OF: Space. If I werent a
photographer, Id be flying to the moon.
FALL ANTICIPATION: Going back
to Africa to work on my
first documentary.
NAME: Carter Smith
PROVENANCE: Bailey Island, ME
CURRENTLY: In New York City
THIS MONTH: Eat Pray LOVE
(page 486)
BONA FIDES: Studied photography and
fashion design at FIT ; shoots for GQ,
Allure, and Vogue Nippon; his first
turn as directorfor the 2006 short
Bugcrushwon a Jury Prize in Short
Filmmaking at Sundance; directed
2008s The Ruins.
OFF DUTY: If Im in Maine, Im
most likely on my hands and knees,
gardening in the backyardor just
sitting and staring at the ocean.
INSPIRED BY: Joyce Carol Oates. I love
her characters. With the number of
books she publishes, you just know she
writes every single day. I admire that
kind of commitment.
ON REPEAT: All the tracks on the most
recent Dead Mans Bones album.
FALL ANTICIPATION: I hope to direct
the adaptation I just finished of
Christopher Barzaks book One for
Sorrow (Bantam).
NAME: Alexei Hay
PROVENANCE: New York City
THIS MONTH: Eat PRAY Love
(page 480)
BONA FIDES: BA from Brown
University; shot for Czech ELLE, Purple,
and The New York Times Magazine;
campaigns for Gucci, Cline, and
Diane von Furstenberg.
OFF DUTY: Im in a basement
darkroom with my friend
David Frawley.
INSPIRED BY: Painter
Claudia Aronow.
ON REPEAT: Love and Death by
Rishad Mistri
FALL ANTICIPATION: The discovery
of an epigenetic cure to a wandering
eye and my upcoming exhibit, Los
Mariachis, in the Museo del Tequila y
el Mezcal in Mexico City.
NAME: Will Blythe
PROVENANCE: Chapel Hill, NC
THIS MONTH: Big Love (page 471)
BONA FIDES: Former literary editor
at Esquire; The New York Times Book
Review, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone,
and The New Yorker contributor;
published first book, To Hate Like This
Is to Be Happy Forever (HarperCollins),
an in-depth look at the UNC/Duke
hardcourt rivalry, in 2006.
UNLIKELY FAN OF: That Jessica
Simpson show, Newlyweds. I couldnt
stop laughing.
ON REPEAT: Al Greens Greatest Hits; the
recent Rolling Stones reissue , Exile on
Main St.
FALL ANTICIPATION: Visiting author
Tom McGuane at his ranch in
McLeod, Montana. A lot of land and a
lot of horses out there.
NAME: Ann Bauer
PROVENANCE: Minnetonka, MN
CURRENTLY: In Minneapolis
PROFESSION: Writer
THIS MONTH: My Chemical
Romance (page 448)
BONA FIDES: MFA from the University
of Iowa; Salon, The Washington Post,
and The New York Times contributor;
author of A Wild Ride Up the Cupboards
(Scribner); coauthor with Mitch Omer
of Damn Good Food (Borealis).
OFF DUTY: Drinking cheap Spanish
wine on my porch, going to spin class,
and riding my motorcycle.
ON REPEAT: Home by Marc Broussard
FALL ANTICIPATION: My trip to the
North Dakota Badlands with my oldest
son, Andrew.
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NAME: Mattias Karlsson
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PROVENANCE: Byske, Sweden
CURRENTLY: In Paris
PROFESSION: Fashion Stylist
THIS MONTH: Master of Restraint
(page 524)
BONA FIDES: Styled for i-D,
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and Double; campaigns for Herms,
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OFF DUTY: On my roof garden,
with friends.
INSPIRED BY: The Queen
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ON REPEAT: Curious Love by
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FALL ANTICIPATION: My
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NAME: Terry Tsiolis (who shot this photo)
PROVENANCE: Montreal
THIS MONTH: Cool Intentions
(page 492)
BONA FIDES: Shot for Man About
Town, V, and Muse; campaigns for
Eres, DKNY, and Emporio Armani.
OFF DUTY: If Im not working, Im
somewhere in the worldsleeping.
ON REPEAT: Deeper and Deeper
by Madonna
FALL ANTICIPATION: My trip
to Japan.
NAME: Dusan Reljin
PROVENANCE: Belgrade, Serbia
THIS MONTH: The Graduate
(page 514)
BONA FIDES: First job was as an
assistant to photographer Craig
McDean; shot for Numero, W,
Details, and GQ; campaigns for
Lancme, LOral, and Sportmax;
currently prepping to direct his
first film.
INSPIRED BY: Marina Abramovic,
a fellow Serb. I really respect the
evolution of her work where she
came from and where
shes going.
OFF DUTY: Definitely at home,
changing a lot of diapers!
ON REPEAT: A Hanging
by Swans
FALL ANTICIPATION: Ushering
my kids out the door to go back
to school.
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(THATS SHORT FOR SO PAULO, DAHLING!)
1. NAGA is where all the bright young things go for
sashimi (55-11-3167-6049 ). 2. During her trip, DVF
swam for 45 minutes each morning in the rooftop pool
of the FASANO hotel (fasano.com.br). 3. The designer
finds the citys graffiti art incredible. 4. Says DVF,
Even the fruit is sexy in Brazil!especially the native
PINHAS SUPER DOCE , or sugar apple. 5. Nestled in the bottom of
an Oscar Niemeyer designed residential building with Chelsea
Hotelesque tenants, BAR DA DONA ONA is great for a quick
afternoon caipirosca (www.bardadonaonca.com.br). 6. The Oscar
Niemeyerdesigned IBIRAPUERA AUDITORIUM in the Ibirapuera
Park is as beautifuland redon the inside as it is on the
outside. 7. GALLERIA FORTES VILAA houses some of the brightest
contemporary art stars in South America (fortesvilaca.com.br).
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Diane von Furstenberg
discovers the divine nature
of So Paulo with the
opening of a new store
and retrospective
Driving through the urban jungle of So Paulo, Diane von
Furstenberg snaps a picture of the vibrant graffiti art that paints
the city. I love everything about Brazil! she says, her chestnut
waves blowing in the south-of-the-border breeze. The women
are perfect for DVF clothesthey love their bodies, and they
love life. If the BRIC countries are the future, she says, referring
to Brazil, Russia, India, and China, in Brazil it will be most
pleasant! The designer has traveled to So Paulo to celebrate
two big events: the opening of her first store in South America
and the second stop of her traveling retrospective, Diane von
Furstenberg: Journey of a Dress, on display at the Iguatemi
shopping center , which also houses the boutique that carries
everything from those perfectly printed wraparound wonders to
kelly green stacks of her comic book , Be the Wonder Woman You
Can Be . Iguatemi is owned by the designers close friends the
Jereissati family (locals call them the Kennedys of Brazil) and is
where paulistanos do everything from blow-outs at the W Studio
salon to gossiping at the Armani Caff . Von Furstenberg calls it
the only mall in the world with soul.
The flamingo pink walls of the exhibition are filled with
more than 140 mementos from the designers personal archives,
including 40 looks spanning four decades; her Warhol and
Francesco Clemente portraits; and the Obamas first presidential
Christmas card (Michelles in a wrapdress with the fam on
the White House lawn). At the opening cocktail party, von
Furstenberg walks guestssuch as the youngest members of
the Jereissati brood, including bachelor Carlos and his brother
Pedrothrough the eras of her life, telling stories of her early
days as a working girl (I wanted to be a man in a womans
body) and what Andy Warhol was like (A true voyeur, he
hardly spoke). When asked
what she thinks of Brazilians,
she says with a toss of her
hair, The world is going
crazy, but they still see the
beautiful side of life. Sounds
like someone else we know.
Alexa Brazilian
Carlos
Jereissati
For more of whats hot in So Paulo, go to elle.com/saopaulo
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ELLE TRAVEL
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In terms of first impressions,
different people remember
different things: eye color,
height, the situation in which
they meet. For me, its shoes. Good, bad,
chic, uglyI will never forget you or your
footwear. Lets face it, that first glance can
be everything.
This time last year, I had a fun, fashion-
able style-off with the very charismatic
Andy Samberg. He and I dressed the
women in ELLEs office for different
occasions from our dueling
points of view: the cute, funny,
straight, datable guy (Andy)
versus the equally cute, funny,
fashion guy (er, me). By far, the
case study that garnered the
most attention was the First Date
look. Why, you ask? Like it or not, in
those key moments before a guy has figured
out what a brilliant, sexy, hilarious catch
you really are, the only thing he has to go on
is, well, your shoes.
This time around, I enlisted a real dating
expert, someone whose livelihood is based
on curating first impressions. Enter Patti
Stanger, aka the Millionaire Matchmaker .
My girlfriends are addicted to the tough-
love advice Patti has been doling out on her
hit Bravo show for three seasons. They
cling to her every word and often repeat her
Patti-isms back to me as gospel. And now
that Patti has relocated her show to
the dating war zone that is Man-
hattan, they cant wait for it to
premiere again in October.
But between you and me, the
idea for this style-off actually
came to me in a much more ironic
manner. Earlier this year, one of
Pattis producers Facebooked me to ask if I
was single (yes), if I lived in NYC (yes), and
whether Id be interested in being
matched on the show. I was too shy for
that, so I quickly turned the tables: Would
Patti take the A to Zee challenge and offer
ELLE readers her dating expertise? She
was gameand she even opened up her
treasured little black book to offer us this
seasons castmates as date-makeover sub-
jects. In the end, whether the ladies were
A-to-Zeed or Patti-fied, I think all the looks
here are killer. Especially the shoes.
MATCH
POINT
How to win a guy in five datesor, better yet,
five minutes? Creative Director Joe Zee goes
toe-to-toe with Bravos Millionaire Matchmaker
to find the looks that kill
Cocktails and
Clubbing
ANDREEA
SIMMEL, 27
Pattis new intern
JOES OPINION:
In this situation, you want to seem
confident but not cocky, sexy but not
sleazy, fashionable but not a fashion
slave. Shelve your high-maintenance
tendencies, i.e., footwear. The guy who
chooses a club clearly wants to be able to
move, so opt for sturdy platforms or heels
that have stabilizing ankle straps. The
strategic cutouts in this Gucci dress show
off Andreeas sexy confidence with just
enough teasesuggest, dont reveal.
PATTIS OPINION:
This look is hot, sexy, and practical. As
they say, boots are made for walking,
and in clubs youre walking all over dirt
and grimethese elongate her legs and
protect her toes. Plus, the gold top over
the black leather dress works because (a)
it gets cold in clubs, and (b) you dont want
to reveal all your assets on club night,
because club night leads to drinking and
drinking leads to sex. You dont want to
close the deal quite that quickly.
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For an evening out,
break the little-black-
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As my mother
said, nothing good
happens after
11 p.m. Go home!
Always leave him
wanting more.
PATTIS
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PATTIS LAST WORD:
Control. Two drinks,
max, and always
alternate half a glass
of wine with a glass of
water. You need to be
hydrated, not drunk. Or,
worse, sloppy.
Patti, whats
the best piece of
advice you give
your subjects?
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PATTIS
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JANINE
DOHERTY, 20
College Student
JOES
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OLIVIA ANYSZ, 21
PR Manager, Glam
Rock Watches
JOES LAST WORD:
The boys department
is a great place to shop
for shrunken jackets,
blazers, and veststhe
perfect match for frilly
dresses.
PATTIS LAST WORD:
Dont over-bling. Limit
yourself to two pieces
of jewelry; more will
basically scare the guy
off. (Incidentally, very
few will know the real
from the fake.)
Dinner and
a Movie
JOES OPINION:
This type of date often means going
straight from work, a real test of your
day-to-night styling skills. So that Olivia
wouldnt have to schlep a ton of extra
clothes to the office, I kept her day
jacket, but switched her blouse for a
sexy tank and contrasted the whole
thing with slim leather pants. I love the
element of naughtiness: From the waist
up, shes office cool; waist down, shes an
adventurous woman ready for a night out.
Keep jewelry to a minimumyou dont
want to be clanking all through the movie.
PATTIS OPINION:
This is the perfect little black dress for
dinner and a movie, assuming dinner is
expensive and the guy has bank. If youre
with Mr. Big, you just cant wear sloppy
jeans and a T-shirt and hit the movies. This
works for an elegant restaurant such as Le
Cirque; it elongates her torso and flashes
the right amount of skin. Shes wearing
just enough jewelry to say Hey, Im stylish,
but I still need the ring! But my favorite
part is the va-va-voom shoes. Let me tell
you, men cannot resist animal print.
Meeting His
Friends
JOES OPINION:
Getting the approval from your dates
mates can be a grueling rite of initiation,
but with a few simple rules, youll knock
this one out of the park. Basically, you
want to hang with the guys but not dress
like one. Keep it feminine but not vulgar,
and toss in one small element such as an
old watch, a slouchy bag, or jeans to keep
it casual. In Janines case, I opted for a
sexybut not clingydress that has just
the right amount of flash in the cleavage
and leg departments, plus an old denim
vest, which easily dresses it down.
PATTIS OPINION:
This is a great outfit. It says Im stylish,
and Im skinny, thanks to the jeans.
Her heels arent superhigh, so she wont
end up being overpowering if his friends
are a little shorter. She looks inviting
without showing too muchremember,
shes meeting his friends and she doesnt
want them to come on to her. Shes this
guys girl! And coverage is key. If his
friends are also bringing their girlfriends,
they dont want to look at a tramp stamp
at dinner.
PATTIS LAST WORD:
When it comes to makeup,
less is more. Just a little
bronzer works. Most guys
dont know that were
putting on eyeliner and
making our cheeks apple;
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SAMANTHA
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Professional
Dancer/Rockette
CONQUELA
DORRELL, 28
Model
PATTIS
LOOKS
JOES
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JOES LAST WORD:
Daytime sex appeal is
about sensualitynot
flash. Fabrics that move
in the breeze, like this
dress, will keep his
attention on you.
PATTIS LAST WORD:
When it comes to hair,
men prefer it one way: down.
I always recommend silky, long,
and straight. You can still add
extensions and clip-insI do
it all the timebut they want
to be able to put their hands
through your hair.
Black-Tie
Gala
JOES OPINION:
Like Patti, I love me some leopard! In this
case, the bold pattern challenges the
black-tie standard, which can get stale so
quickly. Here, Sammy (Pattis cousin!) is
wearing a long leopard-print gown from
Lanvinand who does elegance better
than Alber Elbaz? The drape on this
stunning dress suits a chic evening out,
but more important, it flatters most body
types (the magic of a wrap) and allows for
the perfect peek of leg.
PATTIS OPINION:
In this look, Sammy could hang with
anybodyfrom someone in his twenties
who got opera tickets from his parents
all the way up to an 80-year-old whos
been going to the theater his whole life.
This two-piece outfit has a vintage-
retro ladies-who-lunch feel but also
shows plenty of cleavage, emphasized
by the beading at the necklineand, you
know, the opera is all about cleavage.
I also love the shoes; the platform and
ankle strap make them sexy, but theyre
not total overkill.
Weekend
Brunch
JOES OPINION:
You can go for the razzle-dazzle at night,
but for daytime, the last thing you want
is to look like you havent slept or, worse,
havent been home since the night before.
So no overaccessorizing, no overexposure,
no overdoing it. I love this breezy cream
dress by Max Azria because it has all the
innocence you want on a Sunday morning
(and, trust me, you do) but is still incredibly
stylish. Just look at all the subtle elements
at play here: the fluttery sleeves, the
below-the-knee hemline, the ease of the fit.
Plus, I love a nude shoe on every woman,
especially for day.
PATTIS OPINION:
This is my favorite look. Weekend brunch
in Manhattan is not like brunch in any
other city. It isnt L.A., where you can throw
on jeans and a T-shirt, or Miami, where
youre brunching in your flip-flops. In New
York, youre doing the Oak Room at the
Plaza Hotel , and youve got to bring it. For
Conquela, I love this fitted zebra mini by
Blumarine, which has a bit of sexy swinging
fringe. Paired with a slightly sheer top, shes
covering herself up, but shes still sexy.
PATTIS LAST WORD:
When it comes to dates
involving food, the rule is
simple: Eat! Dont be a piglet,
but real men like women who
eat meat. And at movies, dig
into that popcorn and candy.
Its all part of being
who you are.
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flopping around America in the brightly
colored, almost-indestructible rubber
shoes got them from Brazil. Or try to re-
member when Topshop was nothing
but a pair of words that rhymed. Both of
these brands are mass-market ubiqui-
ties now, but not so long ago, few people
had heard of them in the United States.
And those who hadwhether they realized
it or notwere probably introduced to them
because of a store on Howard Street in New
York City called Opening Ceremony.
OPEN SEASON
Humberto Leon and Carol Lim started
Opening Ceremony in 2002 after they went
on a vacation together in Asia. We were in
Hong Kong shopping like crazy people,
says Leon, 35. We were like, Shopping is
so fun! Why are we not this excited in New
York? Leon was working as the director of
visual merchandising at Burberry, Lim as a
merchandise planner for Bally. We thought,
Its because we have no preconceived no-
tions of the brands: Were not thinking,
Thats not cool, or This is lame, or This isnt
for people like us. We like anything that feels
good and looks good and is fun.
It occurred to the pair of best friends,
whod met as students at the University of
CaliforniaBerkeley in the mid-90s , that
they should bring this spirit of adventure
and discovery to a store of their own. Open-
ing Ceremony has the funky, overflowing
aesthetic of a vintage shop, albeit with a cart
of beautifully displayed Comme des
Garons leather goods toward the back of
the main room, and upstairs, little heaps of
many-thousand-dollar ragged Rodarte
sweaters. But luxury fashion is only part of
the formula. There are racks upon racks of
garments from young and foreign design-
ers, such as Macedonias Risto Bimbiloski
and Japans Tsumori Chisato. There is the
reasonably priced and extremely popular
house line, which Leon designs with his
team and a rotating group of guest
collaboratorsstyle luminaries such as
Chlo Sevigny and Robert Clergerie.
There are books of Ryan McGinleys pho-
tographs and a T-shirt printed to look like
its covered in pearls (created for Opening
Ceremony by the artist Terence Koh). And
then there are wacky things that dont seem
like they have anything to do with high
fashion or art, like baskets of bright Sol-
mate socks.
They believe that the same person who
is buying a $1,500 dress will also buy a $50
T-shirt and a $3 bumper sticker, even if that
person never shopped like that before.
They have made it possible to get it all in
one place, says Alexander Wang, who has
In the cutthroat world of fashion, Opening Ceremonys
Carol Lim and Humberto Leon enjoy a cult following
worthy of rock stars. With their love of mall culture,
knack for celebrity collaborations, and instinct for the
next big idea, these retail upstarts are proving that
selling what you love best is the only way to succeed.
By Ariel Levy
Founders Leon
and Lim; Opening
Ceremony Tokyo
been selling his work through Opening
Cer e mony since the very beginning of his
career, in spring 2007 . OC has changed
the way stores are now buying and doing
business all over the world. They created an
environment based on customer and expe-
rience rather than the traditional route, by
price point.
After the pairs fateful vacation, we
came up with what we thought was the sil-
liest, most stupid idea, Leon says. Were
going to bring all these brands that we just
found in Hong Kong and open up a store
with them, and we have all these friends in
New York who are designers. Were going
to do a competition and find out whos bet-
ter. This battle of nations, a small-scale
fashion Olym pics, inspired the name for
their storealong with Leon and Lims de-
sire to come up with something mock-proof.
We wanted two words because its kind of
hard to talk shit about two words, Leon
says. Opening Ceremony is so pretty! Its
such a pretty name and a ceremony is so
beautiful. How could you ever say, Ugh,
youre going to Opening Ceremony?
An opening ceremony also implies an in-
auguration, and that is precisely what Leon
and Lim have offered a slew of now-
established designers and brands since they
opened eight years ago in Manhattan. (They
have since expanded their business to in-
clude stores in Los Angeles and Tokyo.)
Opening Ceremony was not only the first
retailer to offer Havaianas outside their na-
tive Brazil and Topshop beyond the UK, it
was also among the first to introduce such
home grown talents as Proenza Schouler
and Rodartedesigners who were obscure
when Leon and Lim first started working
with them but are major presences in fash-
ion today.
Leon and Lim are on a kind of Warhol-
ian mission to make art out of commerce.
They see themselves as curators and their
stores and events as opportunities to do
something exhilarating and creative. And
they are about as indifferent to wealth as a
pair of proprietors could plausibly be.
Theyre not just thinking about retail; it
becomes a relationship where they think,
How can we foster what a designer does
best? says Laura Mulleavy, the codesigner,
with her sister, Kate, of Rodarte. People
look to them to see whats creative, whats in-
fluential, because everything they invest in
has value. They have an amazing eye for
what should be valuable in the marketplace.
That willingness to do things in a different
way is what gives them power.
Part of what were good at is launching
things, says Lim, 35, one morning over
dim sum in Arcadia, California, not far
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opening ceremony
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Hotel in NYC;
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Ceremony; Band
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Opening Ceremony
at Ace Hotel
tial payday for Lim and Leon. But that does
not seem to be their primary motivation.
Were not into selling out, Leon says
which is a pretty funny thing to come out of
the mouth of a retailer. I couldve stayed in
investment banking if thats what I wanted,
says Lim, referring to her first career. I
wouldve hated myself. Whereas here, you
want to get up, you want to go to that meet-
ing, you want to be inspired, you want to
meet new people, and thats kind of why it
works for us. Their staffyoung, creative
people, many of whom are aspiring design-
ers and artistsare their control group.
They need to be so excited about an idea
that their heads are blown off. That way we
know, says Leon, eating a forkful of noo-
dles. The biggest concern, in almost every
situation, seems to be whether a project has
the potential to be really fun.
In 2009, when their friend Spike Jonze
directed Where the Wild Things Are, based
on Maurice Sendaks childrens classic, he
asked if Opening Ceremony would collab-
orate on some kind of tie-in merchandise.
They didnt want to make T-shirts. Instead,
Leon did an entire line of faux-fur Wild
Things coats and vests inspired by the
beasts fur. Every piece was based on one of
the beastsluxurious- looking fur coats
that were done so well, they looked like
something that couldve been on Carine
Roitfeldfor $350 to $400, Leon says.
There was even a one-piece adult-size
white suit with pointy ears and a tail, based
on little Maxs costume. When Leon
showed the director his samples, Spike
said, Okay, but is anyone going to buy any
of these things? I said, You know what?
Maybe, maybe not. But lets just go with
it. The Max suit sold out within the first
hour. Leon and Lim know their customers
are coming to them for inspiration as much
as they are coming to buy clothes.
The Opening Ceremony accessories
shop in L.A. is occupied by several life-size
fiberglass farm animals that have glass dis-
play cases for stomachs. The adjacent
10,000-square-foot (and completely self-
funded) main store is housed in Charlie
Chaplins former West Hollywood dance
studio and opened in 2007; it doesnt look
that big from the outside, but once youve en-
tered, its labyrinthineroom tucked be-
hind room, each with its own unique reality.
The challenge was, how do we make it feel
like L.A.? Lim says. We wanted separate
little areas, like the multitudinous neigh-
borhoods of the city itself. And, because get-
ting anywhere in Los Angeles requires
driving and very likely traffic, this spot is a
destination, Lim says. We want you to
come and spend a long time. The dressing
rooms are housed in a small log cabin on the
second floor. A two-story papier-mch Doc
Martens boot hangs in the stairwell. One
room is a tidy book shop for D.A.P. art tomes.
The ber-sharp prepster label Band of Out-
siders is displayed in a room covered floor to
ceiling in Legossweaters neatly stacked
on Lego shelves; the back wall adorned with
dozens of little Lego men; the ceiling speck-
led with a constellation of Lego stars.
For all of their edgy cool, Leon and Lim
say that humble, cheesy suburban mall cul-
ture is what formed their sensibility. It
really made us realize how we could tweak
this retail business, Leon says. I grew up
here surrounded by mall merchandise, and
I loved it. So were always trying to figure
out, how do you make that suburban kid
really freak out?
It might sound a bit airy, all this talk of
fun and going with it, but in an environ-
ment in which traditional retail is implod-
ing and department stores are desperate
to think of new ways to sell fashion and
luxury goods to customers worried about
from where both she and Leon grew up.
We feel its really great to introduce and
then move on, Leon says. His mother,
Wendy, and three members of the Open-
ing Ceremony staff from New Yorkwho
were staying at Lims parents house while
in town for an event at the L.A. store
passed dumplings and noodles and soup
around the table. (Both Leon and Lim are
very close to their families. When they
opened their first store, Wendy knit all the
sweaters sold there; an accomplished Chi-
nese cook, she still prepares food for many
of their events in L.A. Lims father, Ted,
who was in real estate before he retired, ad-
vises them on their store locations.)
When Topshop decided to open an
enormous flagship in New York City,
Opening Ceremony knew their work with
the brand was done. At that time a lot of
people had embraced Topshop , says Lim,
who is wearing a Vlas Bloome plain brown
sweater, a ruched navy headband, and no
makeup. In contrast to her sober outfit, her
nails are hot pink with purple leopard spots
on them, except for one pinky, which is
done up as a slice of watermelon. They
were going to come and open a huge collec-
tion, and we said, Thats great. But its not
novelty anymore.
What it would have been was a substan-
Below, from left: Interior of Opening
Ceremony Tokyo; Opening Ceremony at
Ace Hotel; Pendleton meets Opening
Ceremony spring/summer 2010
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innovative, counterintuitive approaches
may be exactly what works. While many
fashion businesses are contracting, Open-
ing Ceremony has been following its own
idiosyncratic growth pattern.
In February, they introduced a new
boutique inside Manhattans Ace Hotel
Opening Ceremonys answer to the tourist
gift shop . It carries hot pink and orange
rolling suitcases, thanks to a special col-
laboration with luggage manufacturer
Tumi, travel-size cosmetics from Kiehls,
color-block toothbrushes, Haribo gummi
bears to chew on the airplane ride home,
and every magazine from McSweeneys to
Architectural Digest. The best version of
everything you need for a trip, Leon says,
with satisfaction. He loves the idea of re-
interpreting retail clichs, whether its pro-
motional merchandise for a movie or a
mini mall, which is what Leon says they
were riffing on when they created their
L.A. store. I look at retail in the broadest
sense, he says. Youre probably going to
think Im crazy, but I would love to do a
supermarket.
Just because Leon and Lim arent pre-
dominantly motivated by money doesnt
mean they arent exceptionally ambitious.
They are both first-generation Americans
and they share an extremely strong work
ethic. Leon started working for the Gap
when he was 14 years old; by the time he
graduated from Berkeley with a double
major in art practice and American stud-
ies , he had become the Gaps visual direc-
tor for the entire East Bay. I worked
full-time through all of college, he says. I
needed the money. I didnt have the luxury
of just being a college student, but I didnt
mind it, because I was doing something I
really liked. As busy as he was with work
and school, Leon remembers always being
the instigator, the adventurer in his friend-
ship with Lim, who majored in economics.
Our dynamic started with Carol study-
ing for midterms and me wanting to go out
and rage in the city, Leon says. I was like,
Come out in your pajamas! Lets have fun,
and well come back and study at two in
the morning!
That symbiosis of Lims practicality and
Leons ingenuity is still in play at Opening
Ceremony. I kind of say, Heres the limits
of what we can do right now, says Lim,
who was responsible for budget allocation
at Bally in her last job. Humbertos a mas-
ter at saying, If you give me x, Im going to
create z. And thats the way we work. Weve
always been the checks and balances to
each other.
Lim has a similarly practical and nurtur-
ing role in her relationships with many of the
designers Opening Ceremony represents.
We appreciate the artists, Lim says. With
traditional retailers, theyre like, Nope,
thats not for us, and they walk away. Were,
Okay, we love the person whos behind this;
we see their vision. Over time, they help
young designers cultivate their work into a
sustainable businesswhich, in turn, fuels
Opening Ceremony over the long term.
From the beginning, they have known ex-
actly how to edit a designers collection so
theres an equal balance of what is commer-
cially viable and pieces that truly represent
the brand, says Alexander Wang.
Whats surprising is how well this for-
mula works with both emerging designers
and established old brands that need dusting
off. Opening Ceremony has collaborated
with classic butuntil recentlyfaded
brands such as Red Wing, Woolrich , Keds,
Bass, and Pendleton to surprising effect: A
memorable partnership with Timberland
yielded neon orange lace boots. We de-
cided early on we were going to focus on
American heritage brands, Leon says. It
was time for us as Americans to hold on to
this and use this, to say, You know what?
This product is meaningful to us. The peo-
ple at Pendleton, an Oregon company that
has been making flannel shirts and wool
blankets that interpret Native American de-
signs since 1909, were not immediately clear
on why a hip Manhattan retailer was pursu-
ing them. Their main line was sold at hunt-
ing stores, outdoor shops, things that werent
necessarily our demographic, Lim says.
We told them, Were going to carry your
line in our store; were going to tell the story
as to why its here. And in the next two years,
I guarantee you, youre going to have bou-
tiques; youre going to have high-level spe-
cialty stores coming to buy this.
Which is exactly what has happened.
Leon and Lim are allergic to the word
trend. But, Leon admits, American herit-
age brands are a really big focus right now:
Retailers across the board, high and low,
are embracing them, and I think that were
a part of that. Weve always said its about
the bigger picture. Its about really affect-
ing retail on a global level. Though Open-
ing Ceremony is in only three cities at the
moment, we think that retails at a great
point right now, where its malleable, where
it can be reconfigured. I think retail as a
whole can be shifted, he says.
On a sunny spring Saturday, Leon and
Lim are throwing a barbecue in the park-
ing lot next to their store in West Holly-
wood to celebrate their collaboration with
various artists on a line of air dancers:
enormous, inflatable creatures that adorn
many of L.A.s car dealerships and parking
lots, swaying in the sky to attract potential
customers driving by. Wendy Leon grills
carne asada for a long line of hipstersa
guy wearing a leather motorcycle jacket
with a pair of khaki Bermuda shorts, a pair
of girls who look very much like Asian
Olsen twins. Opening Ceremony staffers
are deejaying, and Mischa Barton is wear-
ing a balloon twisted into a crown on top of
her head.
Spike Jonze stands in front of the air
dancers he dreamed up for the occasion, a
towering trio of blown-up fabric figures: a
tall fellow with orange wings and a blond
Mohawk in the middle, flanked by a green
creature to the left and a pink one to the
right, both undulating in the air, seemingly
competing to get the middle mans atten-
tion. Humberto and I both like air danc-
ers, and we discovered that one night in
Japan, says Jonze, who is wearing white
corduroys and holding a white balloon
sword. The next morning, Humberto had
looked up, like, eight air dancer websites.
Chlo Sevigny, who couldnt make it to
the barbecue that day but is a regular pres-
ence at Opening Ceremonys parties and
stores, opted to work with Leon and Lim on
her collection of streetwear rather than col-
laborate with any of the other dozens of
retail outlets or designers who would doubt-
less have been thrilled to partner with
herbecause, she says, Humbertos so re-
sourceful. Any fantasy I have, he just makes
it come true. This season, we collaborated
with Nana for shoes, we did Fogal tights in
wild, busy patterns that make for riotous
outfits if theyre worn with Sevignys floaty
silk print dresses for Opening Ceremony in
leopard spots and florals. I love people
who can make things happen.
Chlo Sevigny at the presentation
of her pre-spring 2011 collection
for Opening Ceremony; looks
from Sevignys pre-spring 2011
collection outside of the L.A.
store; Opening Ceremony in
Los Angeles; Spike Jonzes air
dancers; Where the Wild Things
Are for Opening Ceremony
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HOME AGAIN
F
ramed sketches and family
photos are propped up on
the shelves and tabletops
and line the hardwood cor-
ridors of Julie de Librans
sunlit apartment five floors
above Paris ever-cool Saint-
Germain-des- Prs quarter .
The white walls, however,
are mostly barethe bet-
ter to spotlight her rotating collection of
vintage flea market finds, such as a rams
horn and a Willy Rizzo late-60s stainless-
steel tripod lamp. I like things to be mov-
ing, de Libran says. I like the possibility
of change.
This home-in-motion philosophy is
mirrored in the clothes de Libran has been
creating for the past two years as womens
design director at Louis Vuitton. Like
her boss, Marc Jacobs, she designs with
the Vuitton girl in mind, which comes
rather naturally; the customer she has in
mind is urbane and globe-trotting, with
a romantic reverence for the pastmuch
like de Libran herself.
Shes always dressed and has some-
where to go, says de Libran, who can re-
late, having called the U.S., Italy, and her
native France home. Designing the 2010
cruise collection, she daydreamed about
Old Hollywood and pictured the Vuitton
girl road-tripping through the mountains
to Palm Springs, that bastion of classic
midcentury architecture . Its about trav-
eling with a free spirit, beautiful vegeta-
tion, cactus, and the look of old hotel up-
holstery, she says. I love the conflict of
colors in those designs from the 50s to the
70s, but I wanted to give it a modern twist
and make it very sophisticated.
Sophisticated is de Librans ultimate
compliment; she uses it to describe any
entity that inspires: Jacobs, Vanessa Par-
adis, Jean Prouv midcentury metal fur-
niture, Frank Gehrys Guggenheim Mu-
seum Bilbao . But in the cruise collection,
that sophistication meets playfulness
Miss Vuitton struts through the resort in
Lolita pink and green sundresses, day
suits, and separates . She likes a bit of
whimsy: jeweled cuffs, circle skirts, car-
digans with printed fronts and cashmere
backs, fingerless gloves adorned with tiny
leather flowers. And so, many pieces in
her Vuitton wardrobe are finished with
the witty, pretty detailsguipure florals,
silk fils coupe, and turquoise embroidery
that define de Librans work.
I like the feminine, de Libran says,
running a hand through her perfectly
mussed long blond hair. But I do play a
little with the feminine-masculine. I love
a mens-style blazer.
With that, she gestures to a Narnia-
deep floor-to-ceiling closet, which seems
French-born Julie de Librans wanderlust infuses
not only her personal style but also her resort and
cruise collections for Louis Vuitton. However, a
peek inside this working moms closet shows that
sometimes the best fashion ideas are homegrown.
By Katrina Onstad
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to be self-generating blazersthe foun-
dation of de Librans look. Today, she
starts in herringbone, then changes into
one of two navy blues one with exag-
gerated puff shoulders, one belted
always with black jeans and sky-high
heels (de Libran ventured into kitten-heel
territory for the very first time this sea-
son, in order to keep up with her four-
year-old son, Balthazarand thanks to
the Jacobs fall/winter collection, no less).
She describes her style as working-
woman urban chic and takes a heavy
navy wool cape off its hanger to illus-
trate. This is a cant-live-without item,
she says, bought when she dashed into a
Yohji Yamamoto store en route to a Mar-
tin Margiela exhibit in chilly Antwerp,
Belgium. When colleagues, watching her
work into the night, tell her to take off
her jacket, she cant do it. Youll never
see me in a T-shirt or tank top at work,
she says. If I absolutely must take off my
jacket, Ill put it over my shoulders.
Eveningwear, then, is an easy up-
grade: Always heels. She holds up a
pair of black slouchy high-heel boots
from last years cruise collection; theyre
covered in sequins that glimmer like fish
scales. With paisley-print leggings from
the fall 2009 show and a tuxedo jacket,
theyre risky but elegant, she says.
These boots give it attitude! She laughs
when the sexiness of this mental image is
immediately deflated by the entrance of
Balthaz ar bearing a tiny guitar.
Its her son, at least in part, whom
she has to thank for her post at Louis
Vuitton. After logging years working for
Gianfranco Ferr at Dior, then Versace,
she spent more than a decade with Mrs.
Prada, of whom she speaks with genu-
ine reverence. But motherhood made her
long to settle permanently in Paris. And
on the morning of a lunch meeting with
Jacobs to discuss the possibility of a post
at Vuitton, she ran into Sofia Coppola
Jacobs longtime museat Balthaz ars
play gym. I looked at meeting Sofia as
a sign, she says.
In truth, though, de Libran was to
Vuitton born. She had always wanted
to work for a storied French brand, and
she greatly respected Marcs talent. She
was raised in Verngues, a small village
close to Baux de Provence in the south
of France, by her wine producer turned
restaurateur father and interior designer
mother who was perpetually decked
in Yves Saint Laurent, Herm s, and
Sonia Rykiel . When de Libran was eight
years old , her father moved the brood
to America. She spent the 80s in the
United States.
Some of de Librans earliest and hap-
piest memories are of visiting the tailor
with her mother and grandmother to
be fitted for smock dresses. But when it
came to shopping, she never found what
she wanted in stores. During high school,
she drew some sketches and took them to
a seamstress. Oh, it was very 80s, she
says, describing a fitted black velvet dress
with long sleeves, a low waist, and a fuch-
sia taffeta balloon miniskirt . I think my
mom still has it.
Though she proclaims that every
French girl grows up loving Vuitton,
shes not a believer in the single-brand
mentality. Using a stool to reach a high
closet shelf, she pulls out a traditional
brown monogrammed Vuitton shoulder
bag, but there are also multiple Herms
bags here, plus jeweled heels by Prada,
Alaa, and Vuitton , all lined up in bou-
tiqueworthy rows. (Theres enough here
that, a few years ago, she changed her
pochette, or clutch, so often that her friends
nicknamed her Pochette.) I dont believe
in total brand loyalty, she says. I love to
mix designers and collections and time pe-
riods. Im never head to toe in anything. I
always need to personalize my look .
De Librans
eclectic keepsakes;
de Libran with
two of her Herms
travel bags; her
son, Balthazar, in
the living room;
a vintage book; a
ponyskin bag
De Libran with sky-
high boots; a few of
her favorite shoes;
one of many Bardot
snaps; her desk; the
living room
ELLE FASHION
INSIDER
EASY RISERS
T
he photographer Edward
Steichen is said to have
quipped, Every 10 years a
man should give himself a
good kick in the pants.
This fall, it seems, the fash-
ion world has taken his ad-
vice. Its about time. For too
long now, designers have
offered season after endless
season of dresses, while women who should
know (and can afford) better have donned
cheapo cotton leggings. (The Facebook
group Leggings Are NOT Pants boasts
385,658 Likes.) Lately, this absence-of-
pants trend has reached absurd and unat-
tractive extremes: Theres the unfortunate
tights-worn-as-leggings craze, a look that
makes anyone who attempts it appear to
have left the house half dressed, and the
ubiquity of boundary-pusher Lady Gaga,
who, like a wannabe Edie Sedgwick, suits
up in leotard bottoms and not much else.
Not to mention shorts for the office, which,
though great for the under-30 set, will
never pass muster with real power players.
So its perhaps not surprising that design-
ers have concluded that one obvious way
to bring back chic is to offer women a few
great pairs of pants.
Not since the 90sthe decade of Tom
Fords jewel-tone velvet hipsters, Helmut
Langs narrow boy-cut suits, Daryl Ks flat-
tering rock n roll chinos, Katayone Adelis
low-slung cult favorites, and the first
appearance of Nicolas Ghesquires soon-
to-be-everywhere skinny, high-waisted sil-
houettehave we seen so many two-legged
garments. There may be practical reasons
for the shift. In tight times, separates make
economic sense, with pants forming an
innocuous base for a variety of tops and
dresses feeling like one-off indulgences.
Whatever the rationale, everyone from
Christophe Decarnin at Balmain to Patrick
Robinson at the Gap emphasized pants for
fall. These were not leggings, mind you, nor
the body-con, bum-hugging skinny jeans
Self-professed tomboy Angela Lindvall has always
had a thing for pants. Luckily, one of her favorite
brands, Chlo, made some of the best versions for
fall. From loose and flowing to cuffed and tailored,
the free-spirited model and eco-activist gives us a
few pointers on how to pull it all together.
By Amanda Fortini
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Chlo at her home
in Topanga Canyon,
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Lindvall shopping
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Leading this pants revolution is Hannah
MacGibbon, creative director at Chlo ,
who sent down the runway an array of trou-
sers paired with silk pussycat blouses, sleek
mock turtlenecks, and a passel of camel-
color coats. MacGibbons decision to focus
on pants was, in her words, a reaction to so
much emphasis on cocktail dresses, a
sign of the times. Her wide-legged silhou-
ette, which either tapers at the ankle or
flows straight to the floor, channels the
spirit of late 1970s and early 1980s sports-
wear: Think Lauren Hutton, whom Mac-
Gibbon calls a muse, or Shelley Hack
striding along in the Shes so
Charlie ads. And although
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its haute-bohemian dresses,
MacGibbons pants nevertheless return
the label to its rootsin 1952, Chlo was
conceived by founder Gaby Aghion as the
French answer to American style, sleek
and practical and affordable. One imag-
ines a free-spirited, stylish, classy-sexy
woman wearing MacGibbons trousers, a
modern-day Jackie Kennedy, Maria Cal-
las, or Brigitte Bardot, all erstwhile fans of
Chlo. These days, we have Angelina Jolie,
Carla Bruni, Michelle Obama, Victoria
Beckham, Kate Bosworth, even Rihanna
albeit with a hip-hop edgeembracing the
trend. Its a wardrobe essential for real
women today, MacGibbon says of her
pants, adding, with regard to her customer:
Shes not a fantasy woman. Women have
demanding lifestyles.
As often happens in fashion, everything
old is new again: Pants have long been a
liberating wardrobe essential, and women
have long had demanding lifestyles. A
decade ago, Stella McCartney and Phoebe
Philo revived Chlo with their butt-centric
must-have denim. But falls silhouette is
much more adult. Its looser, more relaxed.
MacGibbon is taking a less self-conscious
(sex-conscious?) approach to rebuilding
the brands imagey ou get the sense that
her women arent using their wardrobe to
garner attention, which sounds so liberat-
ing its almost quaint.
Angela Lindvall, a wearer of Chlo her-
self (I love its femininity. Its bohemian
but refined at the same time), is the per-
fect muse for todays doing-it-for-yourself,
sophisticated yet casual girl on the go . But
she appears mildly perplexed when I tell
her pants are back in fashion. Ive been a
big fan of trousers for a long time, says the
31-year-old Lindvall, whose corn-fed Mid-
western good looks and extensive envi-
ronmental efforts have earned her a place
in the small pantheon of celebrity models.
My style has been pretty consistent
throughout the years, she says.
Its a foggy, drizzling morning in Los
Angeles rustic Topanga Canyon, where
Lindvall lives in a rambling Spanish-style
house on a seven-acre compound with her
boyfriend, shoe designer Mark Wystrach;
her two boys (from a previous marriage),
Dakota, eight, and Sebastian, five; a lum-
bering Australian shepherd named Buck-
ley; and a pair of pocket-size kittens,
Bronco and Miss Teddy. Her property,
which she is taking more and more off the
grid, also houses four tenants , 60 fruit
trees, an organic vegetable garden, a com-
post setup, and a swimming pool. Ive
always liked a tomboyish look with femi-
nine accents, sort of like Annie Hall,
adds Lindvall.
Today, Lindvall is dressed in an outfit
thats perhaps best described as Annie Hall
meets indie boy band: gray T-shirt, over-
size gray cashmere sweater, gray-and-beige
plaid mens wool trousers given to her by a
friend. Pants, she says, suit the dressier,
more urban aspects of her lifea business
meeting at the Chateau Marmont in Holly-
wood, say, or one of her frequent working
trips to Paris. I love long, flowing pants
that are loose, with a full legthose are
really chic, Lindvall says. In practice, this
means either wool trousers or silk pajama
pants coupled with a classic button-down
shirt, a vest, or a long sweater, maybe with
a piece of silk tied around your neck, as
Lindvall puts it. (Models in MacGibbons
show traipsed down the runway wearing
this very accessory.)
I dont like to feel too done-up or stiff. I
like to be relaxed while also polished,
Lindvall says, as she adds her own accou-
trements to the Chlo pieces at hand:
Above-the-ankle cropped pants get flat
Jimmy Choo sandals; wide-legged trousers
in gray wool are matched with white canvas
sneakers Lindvall bought at Payless and a
floppy black hat Julie Christie might have
worn once upon a time. Pants make a
woman look sophisticated, but theyre still
comfortable, Lindvall remarks. As basic as
that sounds, shes hit upon the perennial ap-
peal of pants, trousers, slacks, knickers
whatever you want to call them. Trousers
are understated with a conceited sense of
empowerment and sexiness, says MacGib-
bon. [They have] a masculine influence
but are ultimately very feminine. Lindvall
puts it another way: Tucking your shirt
into high-waisted pants that looks sexy,
she says, pulling on a pair. Women over
the last 10 years have tended to dress in
clothes that are hanging and, like, boxy. I
say, Show off your waist. Show off your
curves. In other words, wear the pants.
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GET YOUR NEO-PREP ON
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BY NICOLAS GHESQUIRE, $3,950, at Balenciaga Boutique, L.A. | 3. Wool sweater, HOUSE OF HOLLAND, $800, at Opening Ceremony, NYC | 4. Silk skirt, A.F. VANDEVORST, $435, collection at thecorner.com |
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MARNI, $882, at Marni boutiques nationwide | 8. Platinum ring, ITSNONAME, price upon request, to order, visit itsno.name
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jumpsuit, JIL SANDER, $1,345, at Jil Sander, NYC | 4. Brass buckle belt, CLINE, $890, collection at Barneys New York | 5. Wood and metal bracelet with geode detail, LANVIN, $1,325, collection at AMarees,
Newport Beach, CA | 6. Suede boot, NICHOLAS KIRKWOOD, $1,055, at Capitol, Charlotte, NC | 7. Polyester and nylon waistbag, PETER PILOTTO COLLECTION FOR KIPLING, $54, visit kipling-usa.com | 8. Patent
leather bag, MIU MIU, $750, similar styles at select Miu Miu boutiques nationwide | 9. Cashmere sweater, LUCIEN PELLAT-FINET, $1,940, visit lucienpellat-finet.com
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BALENCIAGA LANVIN GARETH PUGH
MR. SPOCK
RICK OWENS
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SEEN AT:
MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA AZZARO RICHARD NICOLL
ALEXANDER WANG
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ROCHAS BALMAIN MARY KATRANTZOU
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
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1. Satin clutch with leather and feather trim, CORTO MOLTEDO, $1,105, visit corto.com | 2. Cashmere sweater, TORY BURCH, $350, visit toryburch.com | 3. Embellished jersey dress, JEAN-CHARLES
DE CASTELBAJAC, $430, visit jc-de-castelbajac.com | 4. Gold ring with diamond detail and ancient Middle Eastern amulette, LYDIA COURTEILLE, price upon request, visit lydiacourteille.com | 5. Moonstone
pendant with diamond and aquamarine pav detail, ANNA HU HAUTE JOAILLERIE, price upon request, visit anna-hu.com | 6. Embroidered resin platform sandal, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, price upon request, visit
alexandermcqueen.com | 7. Silk cape dress, ALBINO, $2,200, collection at Saks Fifth Avenue, NYC
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YVES SAINT LAURENT HUSSEIN CHALAYAN
BALENCIAGA BY
NICOLAS GHESQUIRE
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2. Tory Burch
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de Castelbajac
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5. Anna Hu Haute Joaillerie
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Dark
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1. Lace gloves, DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, $140, at Diane von Furstenberg, NYC | 2. Lace-overlay cardigan, BEYOND VINTAGE, $220, at select Scoop NYC stores nationwide | 3. Silk and fur dress, LOUIS
VUITTON, price upon request, call 866-VUITTON | 4. Leather bracelet, TOUS, $69, visit tous.com | 5. Leather lace boot, AZZEDINE ALAA, $3,066, at Bergdorf Goodman, NYC | 6. Lace overlay clutch, CHRISTIAN
LOUBOUTIN, $2,565, visit christianlouboutin.com | 7. Gold and diamond earrings with ebony wood, LYDIA COURTEILLE, price upon request, visit lydiacourteille.com | 8. Silk dress with lace bodysuit, DOLCE &
GABBANA, $2,950, visit dolcegabbana.com
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MEADHAM KIRCHHOFF CHRISTOPHER KANE VALENTINO
DOLCE & GABBANA
8. Dolce & Gabbana
1. Diane von Furstenberg
3. Louis Vuitton
6. Nina Ricci
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7. Lydia Courteille
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Ice
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1. Rock-crystal earrings, CHANEL, $390, call 800-550-0005 | 2. Silk blouse, TALBOTS, $119, visit talbots.com | 3. Plexiglas clutch, FENDI, $1,700, at Fendi, NYC | 4. Silk-twill scarf, HERMS, $375, visit
hermes.com | 5. Wool-blend pant, MISSONI, $1,070, at Missoni Boutique, NYC | 6. Plexiglas cuff with metal detail, FENDI, $554, at Fendi, Beverly Hills | 7. Synthetic-fur bag, CHANEL, price upon request,
at select Chanel boutiques nationwide | 8. Patent leather high-heel loafer, PRADA, $850, visit prada.com
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CHLO
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5 | 2. Silk blo TALBOTS, $119, visit talbot m | 3. Plexiglas clutch FENDI, $1,700, at Fendi, NYC | 4. Silk-twill scarf HERMS, $375, visi
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5. Missoni
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6. Fendi
4. Herms
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HORSE PRINTS, TRADITIONAL
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1. Tweed vest, DIOR, $2,200, at Dior, NYC | 2. Canvas and leather cape, JULIEN MACDONALD, $1,650, visit julienmacdonald.com | 3. Leather and fabric bag, HERMS, price upon request, call 800-441-4488 |
4. Gold earrings with pav diamonds, GUCCI, price upon request, at select Gucci stores nationwide | 5. Silk blouse, RENA LANGE, $1,295, collection at Saks Fifth Avenue, NYC | 6. Agate ring, DAVID YURMAN,
$650, at the David Yurman Townhouse, NYC | 7. Silk scarf, HERMS, $375, visit hermes.com | 8. Leather ankle boot with removable spur, ALBERTO GUARDIANI, $540, visit albertoguardiani.it | 9. Wool and
angora pants with leather fringe, $2,895, calfskin belt, $360, both, CHLO. Pants at Chlo Boutique, L.A. Belt to special order at Chlo boutiques nationwide
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2. Julien Macdonald
5. Rena Lange
6. David Yurman
7. Herms
8. Alberto Guardiani
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4. Gucci
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STEP INTO NEO-PREP
LOAFERS AND QUIRKY
COLOR-BLOCK PLATFORMS
Suede and grosgrain sandal,
PIERRE HARDY, $1,470, visit
pierrehardy.com
Plexiglas and wood platform
shoe, BALENCIAGA BY NICOLAS
GHESQUIRE, price upon request,
call 212-279-4440
Patent leather high-heel
loafer, PRADA, $850,
visit prada.com
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SERGIO ROSSI, $1,395,
visit sergiorossi.com
Leather and duck
feather bag, FENDI,
$2,950, at Fendi, NYC
Faux feather clutch with metal
sequins and rhinestone buckle,
ROGER VIVIER, $2,525, at
Roger Vivier, NYC
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NEW FEATHERED FINERY, WITH
EXOTIC PEACOCK PLUMAGE
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Embellished suede slingback,
OSCAR DE LA RENTA, $695,
collection at select Saks Fifth
Avenue stores nationwide
Oxidized silver bag with gold pyrite
scarabs, BOTTEGA VENETA, price upon
request, visit bottegaveneta.com
Detailed satin clutch, SALVATORE
FERRAGAMO, $1,350, call 212-759-3822
Enamel and metal cuffs,
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Silk lace-up boot, BALMAIN,
$1,495, at select Intermix
stores nationwide
Suede shearling boot,
JIMMY CHOO, $1,250, visit
jimmychoo.com
Velour boot with leather
trim, GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI
DESIGN, $1,095, visit
giuseppezanottidesign.com
Army boot, BRIAN ATWOOD,
$1,165, collection at Saks Fifth
Avenue stores nationwide
Flannel boot with patent leather trim,
CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN, $995, visit
christianlouboutin.com
Leather lace-up boot,
GIVENCHY BY RICCARDO
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Braided necklace, GILES&BROTHER
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Leather messenger bag,
MULBERRY, $895, at
Mulberry, NYC
Calfskin boot, DIOR, $1,250,
call 800-929-DIOR
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Crystal cuff, VIONNET, $876, visit vionnet.com
Metal cuff, CLINE, $405, at AMarees,
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Gold spiral cuff, HERMS, price upon
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All in the
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LAYER ON MODERNIST CUFFS
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Crystal cuff, LANVIN, $2,188,
call 646-613-9542
Ostrich leather cuff with gold
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call 212-308-7843
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PURE THOUGHT
As fashion enjoys a minimalist moment, fine jewelry is paring
down too. Van Cleef & Arpels, known for its flights of whimsy, is
debuting Perle , a collection of rose and white gold stackable
bracelets, hoop earrings, chunky cuffs, and rings adorned with
delicate beading.
FROM STATEMENT CUFFS TO
BOLD WATCHES, JEWELRY IS
COMING ON STRONG
Upper Cuts
Rose gold and diamond bangle, beaded cuffs in rose or white gold, satin-finish cuffs in rose or
white gold, all, VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, prices upon request, visit vancleef-arpels.com
NATURAL TALENT
After flirting with jewelry in the
past, furniture designers R+Y
Augousti are now
wholeheartedly expanding into
the category. Crocodile-and-
brass cuffs and frog, owl, and
lizard bangles echo the duos
exotic home furnishings. Now,
get back to nature.
Bangles, R+Y AUGOUSTI, $260$305, at
Barneys New York
SHOWSTOPPER
Dior is launching its one-of-a-
kind Haute Couture Passage
Collection watches, inspired by
the greatest hits from its couture
runway. This purple timepiece,
with a diamond-dotted voilelike
dial and 11-carat baguette
iolites, is based on a belted
jacket from Diors July 2009
show in Paris.
White gold bracelet watch with iolites,
diamonds, mother-of-pearl, and
purple sapphire crystals, DIOR, price
upon request, call 866-675-2078
WHITE ALBUM
Pomellato is brightening things
up. Not only does its signature
brown diamond Tango
necklace now come in white,
but the Italian house has just
named actress Tilda Swinton as
the new face of the brand.
Rose gold and brilliant-cut diamond necklace,
POMELLATO, price upon request, visit
pomellato.com
PURPLE HEART
Bulgaris new one-of-a-kind
High Jewelry collection is a
study in museum-quality
pieces. With a 55-carat carved
rubellite, a 20-carat cabochon-
cut emerald, and dozens of
smaller rubies, diamonds, and
freshwater pearls, this necklace
is sure to stand the test of time.
Yellow gold necklace with one carved rubellite,
cabochon-cut emeralds and rubies, brilliant-
cut diamonds, cultured freshwater pearls, and
pav diamonds, BULGARI, price upon request,
visit bulgari.com
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the July
2009
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show
Wills
Hand-cast brass and gold-plate necklace
with Swarovski crystals, SAMANTHA WILLS,
$220, visit samanthawills.com
WILD KINGDOM
Aussie designer Samantha
Wills and her statement
costume jewelry have a
cult following down under.
Now shes venturing into
the U.S. market with
animal-shape pieces
that start at around $200.
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TRUE BLUE
Tiffany & Co. is introducing a collection of classically polished
bags designed by the New Yorkbased luxe leather-goods team of
Richard Lambertson and John Truex. The Tiffany Leather Goods
line consists of glazed crocodile and snakeskin carryalls, metallic
evening clutches, and a totes worth of wallets, organizers, and card
cases many lined in Tiffanys iconic blue.
ROMANCING THE STONE
Ancient kings and queens wore rough diamonds for protection and
as symbols of prosperity. Inspired by this legend, De Beers is
expanding its Talisman C ollection, which now includes 13 new
necklaces, rings, and earrings incorporating the unpolished
stones. Available with yellow, cognac, green, or white diamonds,
the pieces are surely signs of good fortune.
White or yellow gold band rings with rough and polished diamonds, DE BEERS, prices upon
request, visit debeers.com
JOLLY GREEN
Be sure to check out the debut
of My Ferragamo! The youthful
collection of ballerina slip-ons,
moccasins, flat boots, and
wedges is inspired by styles
from the Salvatore Ferragamo
archives and, starting at $275,
is a fraction of the main
lines price.
Patent leather flats, SALVATORE FERRAGAMO,
$295, visit ferragamo.com
NAME GAME
Fendis new Classico collection
is inspired by some of the
Italian houses signature styles.
This No. 1 Classico Bag, which
features the brands hallmark
logo, also comes with a leather
tag that can be monogrammed
so you, too, can add your
personal stamp.
Logo bag, FENDI, $1,520, at select Fendi
boutiques nationwide
MYTHIC PROPORTIONS
UK-based jeweler Jessica
McCormack is bringing her
subversive ideas stateside. The
diamond earring above is
inspired by the winged hat and
sandals that Hermes wore in
Greek mythology. As the story
goes, he delivered mortals
dreams to the gods. You,
however, can just head over to
jessicamccormack.com.
Diamond earring set in yellow gold and
oxidized silver, JESSICA MCCORMACK, price
upon request, visit jessicamccormack.com
Linear-cut calf-hair open sandal, KENNETH
COLE NEW YORK, $225, at Kenneth Cole New
York stores nationwide
WORKING GIRLS
Should you ever sacrifice form
for comfort? Now that Kenneth
Cole is incorporating its
patented 925 Technology into
the soles of the brands entire
line, you wont have to.
Glazed crocodile
shopping bags with
leather interior,
TIFFANY & CO., prices
upon request, visit
tiffany.com
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Being at the vanguard of fashion in New York is magical, says
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, 39, who took on a new role, director of
fashion at Lincoln Center, in November , after 11 years as special-events
planner at Vogue. The 6'1" Katonah, New York, native says she learned
to navigate tricky situationssay, facilitating Fashion Weeks move
from Bryant Park, which had hosted the biannual shows since 1993
on the court, as a Division I basketball star at Fordham University.
Im now responsible for balancing the interests and expectations of ev-
eryone from designers to the Mayors Office, says Winston Wolkoff,
who also manages another kind of team: sons Zachary, eight, and Tyler,
six, and three-year-old daughter Alexi (husband is real-estate devel-
oper David Wolkoff). Workdays can begin with early-morning
press conferences and end with black-tie events at such sto-
ried venues as MoMA and the Waldorf Astoria, so
Winston Wolkoff relies on clean, tailored trousers, blaz-
ers, and day-to-night dresses (given her job, shes loath to
play favorites, but her closets are crowded with Michael
Kors and Vera Wang). As one of the Harry Winston
Winstons, shes got fine jewelry in her DNA: When it
comes to fashion, Im Switzerland, but with accesso-
ries, my bias is allowed! And, yes, Winston Wolkoff
wears heelsexotic-skin stilettos by Manolo Blahnik
are transformative, she says.Johanna Cox
Lincoln Centers first director of fashion,
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, welcomes
New York Fashion Week to its new uptown
digs in classic American style
This embellished jacket is my
favorite part of the outfitits
such a great transitional
piece. Jacket, VERA WANG,
price upon request, at Vera Wang,
NYC. Stretch cady dress, $1,695,
belt, $225, both, MICHAEL KORS,
at select Michael Kors stores
nationwide. Black and gold
necklace, ROGER VIVIER, $1,995,
call 212-861-5371. Tights, FOGAL,
$43, at Fogal, NYC. Her own boots.
TUESDAY1 P.M.
(Her knit-pick)
Sweaters in light hues
function perfectly as between-
season buffers. And the belt
makes it instantly office-
ready. Wool sweater, PRADA,
$1,115, at select Prada boutiques
nationwide. Leather and gold-plate
belt, HERMS, $1,800, call 800-441-
4488. Vintage Carlo Weingrill
bracelet, from BELADORA, Beverly
Hills, $2,250, visit beladora.com.
Leather and gold-plate bracelet,
HERMS, $1,000, visit hermes.com.
(Front-row favorites)
I rely on accessories to add
color and texture; if Im
already wearing something
attention-getting, neutral-
tone pumps keep the look
from going over-the-top.
Suede pump, GUESS, $99, visit
guess.com. Embossed leather
clutch, DOONEY & BOURKE,
$350, visit dooney.com.
The alligator skin of this belt and the
way it highlights the cut of the dressit
makes the outfit. Rayon cardigan, $725,
silk leopard-print dress, $2,395, both, DOLCE &
GABBANA, at select Dolce & Gabbana boutiques
nationwide. Diamond pendant necklace, brown
diamond bangles, diamond and tortoise bangle,
all, SHAWN WARREN DESIGNS, prices upon
request, visit shawnwarrenjewelry.com. Alligator
belt, LANA MARKS, $1,300, visit lanamarks.com.
Vintage Tiffany & Co. turquoise and sapphire
bracelet, from BELADORA, Beverly Hills, price
upon request, visit beladora.com.
MONDAY10A.M.
WORKBOOK
ELLE FASHION
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I love how the pendant
necklace lends personality to the
classic silhouette of a gown.
If Im not carting around the
contents of several filing cabinets
in my day-to-day handbag, I like
to grab a small side satchel like
this one by Longchamp. Satin
flats, ROGER VIVIER, $1,475, at Roger
Vivier, NYC. Calfskin and resin bag,
KATE MOSS FOR LONGCHAMP, $630, at
Longchamp boutiques nationwide.
(In concert)
This fall is the season of the coat,
especially ones upgraded with leather
or, in this case, shearling. I love the
unexpectedness of it. Lambskin blazer,
3.1 PHILLIP LIM, $1,350, at 3.1 Phillip Lim,
NYC, West Hollywood. Silk blouse, MAX
MARA , $495, at MaxMara , NYC. Wool pants,
DIOR, $1,450, at Dior, NYC. Leather bag,
LOUIS VUITTON, $2,920, call 866-VUITTON.
Suede and fur pumps, THAKOON, $995, visit
shopbop.com. Her own earrings. Above:
Diamond and pearl earrings, TASAKI BY
THAKOON, price upon request, exclusively
at the Webster, Miami Beach. Sunglasses,
ALEXANDER WANG FOR LINDA FARROW, $350,
at Opening Ceremony, NYC, L.A.
Perfect fit: Flattering wide-leg pants by
Michael Kors and Dolce & Gabbana.
Wool jacket, STELLA MCCARTNEY, $1,595,
at Stella McCartney, NYC, L.A. Metal
chain necklace, VERA WANG, $1,195,
at Vera Wang, NYC. Her own Dolce &
Gabbana pants. Diamond earrings, green
tourmaline and diamond ring, both, SHAWN
WARREN DESIGNS, prices upon request, visit
shawnwarrenjewelry.com. Velvet pumps, NINA
RICCI, $795, at Tender, Birmingham, MI.
THURSDAY10A.M.
FRIDAY9 P.M.
If I have time to dash home
before an event, I love to swap
workwear for something a
bit more whimsical. Nights
out are a chance to get
glamorous. Georgette gown,
CAROLINA HERRERA, $2,890,
at Carolina Herrera boutiques
nationwide. Black rhodium
and diamond necklace, SHAWN
WARREN DESIGNS, price upon
request, shawnwarrenjewelry.com.
WEDNESDAY3 P.M.
(Fine finish)
I favor big, bold jewelry
especially statement necklaces that
still have a sense of delicateness.
Messy pearl necklace, VERA WANG,
$895, at Vera Wang, NYC. Satin
trousers, STELLA MCCARTNEY, $795,
at Stella McCartney, NYC. Rose-cut
sapphire and diamond necklace, IRENE
NEUWIRTH, price upon request, visit
ylang23.com. Caged tulle and ostrich
feather dress, JASON WU, $3,990, visit
jasonwustudio.com.
(To lighten up)
WORKBOOK ELLE FASHION

ELEGANT SOLUTION Twenty-five-year-
old designer Jonathan Simkhais
premiere collection takes the best
of mens basics and turns them
over to women. We particularly
love his cashmere long johns and
dresses made from mens suiting.
jonathansimkhai.com
I N S I D E DESIGNERS, SHOPS, HOT SPOTS, AND MORE EDITED BY ANNE SLOWEY

GLITTERATI Swarovski Elements has
brought its sparkly touch to the little
black dress, commissioning 22 of
fashions majors to reinterpret the
perennial essential. Glittering goods
from the likes of Givenchy (above),
Lanvin, Vivienne Westwood, and
Thakoon will go up for auction this
month in New York, with all proceeds
going to the American Cancer
Society and its French counterpart .
Couture gown not in this months
budget? The equally stunning
auction catalog, 22 Ways to Say
Black, is available for a mere $40.
rizzoliusa.com
RITE OF PASSAGE Interior- and product-
design genius Harry Allen has
created Pipeline, a set of upholstered
pipelike sofas that can be combined
to form endless iterations. The
pieces are on display at NYCs Dune
showroom. dune-ny.com
SHOPTALK Bostons homegrown
bastion of style, Louis , has moved
into a minimalist space at Fan Pier
on the Boston Harbor. The modern
emporium also houses a restaurant,
Salon Mario Russo, and next
summer, a weekend farmers market
on the stores oceanfront lawn.
louisboston.com
COAT CHECK Veronica Beard, the
new jacket-only line designed by
sisters-in-law Veronica Miele Beard
and Veronica Swanson Beard
(each is married to a Peter Beard
nephew), offers tailored blazers with
zippered-in, interchangeable dickies
to suit your mood or the weather.
veronicabeard.com
FACE IT Artist and designer Russell
Greenbergs new line of custom
jewelry, Cameo by RUX, includes
individualized resin bangles
imprinted with your (or a loved ones)
profile. Now everyone can have 15
minutes of fame. cameobyrux.com
FUNKY TOWN This month, Central
Saint Martins alums Zinzi Coetzee
and Ursula Horton bring their
bold baubles stateside. Named
FS Augusta, after the eighteenth-
century German countess Franziska
Sibylla Augusta, the line draws
inspiration from surrealist artists
such as Salvador Dal and Jeff Koons,
and is sold exclusively at the L.A.
jewelry mecca Roseark. roseark.com
EXCHANGE PROGRAM Francophiles,
rejoice! This month, Sequoia,
a 22-year-old French handbag
label featuring python- and
croc-embossed totes designed by
accessories star Pierre Hardy, lands
in the U.S. for the first time ever.
madisonlosangeles.com
CUBA LIBRE Sean Meenan, owner of
NYCs favorite eco-friendly Cuban
eatery, Caf Habana, has teamed
up with nightlife impresario Rande
Gerber (The Whiskey, Skybar) to
open the joints first West Coast
location, at the Malibu Lumber
Yard, alongside Kitson Malibu and
Tory Burch. cafehabana.com
DR. PHIL Phillip Lim launches his first
footwear collection, including clogs,
oxfords, and ankle boots in dreamy
grays and rich browns. Our favorite?
The grommeted fringe bootie below.
31philliplim.com
THE IN CROWD This month, Maxs
Kansas Citythe famed 60s and
70s social club where Andy Warhol,
Iggy Pop, and Willem de Kooning
rubbed elbowsis being honored
with an eponymous book (Abrams
Image) and an art exhibition at
NYCs Steven Kasher Gallery.
Party on. abramsbooks.com
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Most relatively unknown
designers dont tend to get Kate
Moss and Carine Roitfeld to
fly in for their first runway
show or book models such as
Lara Stone and Anja Rubik.
But then, Hakaan Yildirim
isnt like most designers. For
starters, the 39-year-old counts
longtime friend and fashion
photographer Mert Alas as his
lines artistic director. (The two,
both from Turkey, met years
ago on a shoot. ) As for the
clothes, theres nothing average
about them, either. For fall,
Yildirim showed 30 severely
tailored looks minidresses
in neutral tones such as
charcoal, ivory, and black,
with aggressively geometric
silhouettes and sharp waists
exaggerated with peplums. In
keeping with the maxim that
supershort, tight, and low-cut
all together is never a good
thing, he cuts long sleeves and
uses restrictive wool fabrics to
MAIN SQUEEZE
Find out why fashions tastemakers are
on the lookout for Hakaans tight curves
Yildirim
WHO: 25-year-old jewelry
designer Dominic Jones
WHAT: Oversize rings, cuffs,
and necklaces inspired by
prickly insects and
dangerous reptiles
WHERE: London
WHY TO BUY: The
three-time British
Fashion Council NEWGEN
award winner has fashion
girls such as Lou Doillon,
Alice Dellal (whos part owner
of his company), and Daisy
Lowe wrapped around his
finger. When I started the
line a year ago, my friends
were completely interested
in fashion but not jewelry
because no one could afford
it, he says. I like to
use the same skills that
are applied to couture but
do it in metals so its more
accessible.
WHERE TO BUY: Netaporter.com
PEDIGREE: Studied jewelry
design at the Sir John Cass
School of Art and Design,
which has major art-world
connections with the likes of
the Serpentine gallery
INSPIRATION: The great
outdoors. You cant match
the symmetry and fluidity
in curves found in nature,
Jones says. If you can
reference nature, then youre
instantly borrowing from
the best.
For Brit bad boy Dominic
Jones and his lifelike jewelry,
the key lies in the theory
of evolution
achieve a polished balance. I like
to celebrate the female form by
sculpting close to the body with
strong shapes, says Yildirim,
who studied design at Istanbuls
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
before working for various Turkish
labels and launching his own line
in his home country last year .
Rich with fur-trimmed cashmere
vests, ostrich skirts, and lean
leather leggings, the collection
has a racy, almost sci-fi sexiness,
inspired, he says, by the fantastic
realism of Swiss painter H. R.
Gigerbest known for the visual
effects in the film Alien. Were
betting the slick looks were just as
much a reference to his directional
front row .Whitney Vargas
MATERIALS: Resin casts of
alligator jaws and stag beetles
that Jones translates into brass
and gold plating
EXTRACURRICULAR: The
World Land Trust. Jones, in
conjunction with Sothebys,
recently designed a pair of
rings for auction, with 100
percent of the proceeds going
to build land corridors for
Indian elephants endangered
by overdevelopment. W.V.
Jones
alligator
cuff (made
to order)
Looks from the
Turkish designers
fall runway show in
London, available
at Opening
Ceremony in New
York and L.A.
Jones (above)
and his scarab
ring ($515) and
alligator-jaw clutch
(made to order
at dominicjones
jewellery.com)
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Whether its a wholesome varsity jacket with bad-girl acid-wash
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or a snow white boucl dress iced with flecks of gold and silver, falls
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Edited by
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MARC JACOBS
HOW TO WEAR
THE NEW POLISH
EDITORS NOTE: Liven up a muted
palette of tonal grays and beiges
with glints of brushed gold.
Tweed cape with
fox-fur-trim
hood, A.P.C.,
$560, at A.P.C.,
NYC
Lambswool and
nylon cardigan,
TROVATA,
$184, at Bliss,
Portland, ME
Wool jacket,
TALBOTS, $199, call
800-TALBOTS
Viscose-blend jacket
with detachable
faux-fur collar,
ARMANI EXCHANGE,
$150, visit
armaniexchange.com
Suede wrap skirt,
DEREK LAM, $1,990,
at Derek Lam, NYC
Embellished cotton
sweater, BEBE, $79,
visit bebe.com
Merino wool-
blend cardigan,
A.P.C., $290,
visit apc.fr
Raw silk jacket, LORICK, $525,
at Beyond 7, NYC
Wool-blend knit
pencil skirt, ST.
JOHN COUTURE,
$895, at select
Nordstrom stores
nationwide
Buffalo leather, calfskin, and
lambskin bag, LONGCHAMP,
$1,085, visit longchamp.com
Polyamide-blend
anklet socks,
FALKE, $12, visit
falke.com
Sequin, goat-fur, fox-fur, and raccoon-
fur-detail bag, MARC JACOBS, $1,995, at
Marc Jacobs stores nationwide
Mink fur ring, LOUIS
VUITTON, $490, visit
louisvuitton.com
Maribou-
feather-detail
sandal, MANOLO
BLAHNIK, $795,
at select Neiman
Marcus stores
nationwide
Studded leather
flats, VALENTINO
GARAVANI, $795,
at Valentino
boutiques
nationwide
Leather bag with fox fur
detail, ELIE TAHARI, $448,
visit elietahari.com
Suede and leather
flat, JOY CHEN,
$280, at Glory Chen,
NYC
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vanityfairlingerie.com
Soft Essentials Hi-Cut Panty
top
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Body Sculpt Ultimate Shaping Bra
Body Sleeks Support Wirefree Bra
Work It With
MICHAEL KORS
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3.1 PHILLIP LIM
CLASSIC MINI
EDITORS NOTE: Keep it sweet with a
secretary top and fur accessories.
EDITORS NOTE: Match the jackets
golden hue head to toe.
EDITORS NOTE: Go 70s sexy
with a loafer pump and leather
aviator jacket.
CAMEL COAT
WIDE-LEG TROUSER
Silk chiffon
blouse, ERIN
FETHERSTON,
$325, visit
erinfetherston.com
Leather jacket
with Mongolian
shearling fur
collar, BIRD BY
JUICY COUTURE,
$1,350, at select
Saks Fifth
Avenue stores
nationwide
Suede and leather pump,
GEOX, $150, visit geox.com
Leather-lined wrap
skirt, BAND OF
OUTSIDERS, $435, at
Capitol, Charlotte, NC
Wool skirt, STELLA
MCCARTNEY, $563, at
Stella McCartney, NYC
Raccoon-fur chain-
strap bag, THEORY,
$450, at Theory,
NYC
Tweed skirt,
RALPH LAUREN
COLLECTION, $998,
visit ralphlauren.com
Mohair coat, TORY
BURCH, $795, visit
toryburch.com
Wool vest coat, LYN
DEVON, $1,590, at
Elizabeth Charles,
San Francisco
Wool-blend coat, ANN
TAYLOR, $398, visit
anntaylor.com
Wool tweed pants, MARC
JACOBS, $995, at Marc
Jacobs, NYC
Wool-blend pants,
ELIE TAHARI, $248,
at Elie Tahari
Collection boutiques
nationwide
Polyester-blend
pants, EXPRESS, $60,
visit express.com
Crepe de chine silk
shirtdress, $295,
leather belt, $250,
both, ADAM, at
Adam, NYC
Studded suede
boot, CHRISTIAN
LOUBOUTIN,
$1,495, at
Christian
Louboutin, West
Hollywood
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Work It With...
HOW TO WEAR
HEAD-TO-TOE KNIT
Wool sweater, GUDRUN
& GUDRUN, $550, at
Beyond 7, NYC
Silk and mohair
corset, NINA RICCI,
$1,590, visit
ninaricci.com
Wool cardigan, TWINKLE BY
WENLAN, $282, at Hampden
Clothing, Charleston, SC. Bow
belt, GUESS, $38, visit guess.com
Acrylic-blend skirt,
ETERNAL SUNSHINE
CREATIONS, $187,
visit shopbop.com
ETERNAL SUNSHINE
CREATIONS, $165,
visit shopbop.com
Fox fur bag, D&G, $2,505, at select
D&G boutiques nationwide
Leather bootie with faux-fur detail, UNIQUE
BY TOPSHOP, $280, visit topshop.com
Leather and viscose chain
bag, MARC BY MARC
JACOBS, $278, at select
Saks Fifth Avenue stores
nationwide
Wool knit collar, A.P.C.,
$170, at A.P.C., West
Hollywood
Cotton-blend and
leather detail bag,
MARC BY MARC
JACOBS, $528, at
Barneys New York
Leather loafers,
LACOSTE, $115,
visit zappos.com
Leather bootie,
DKNYC, $179,
at select
DKNY stores
nationwide
Cashmere
sleeves, ESCADA,
$295, visit
escada.com
Acrylic and wool
cardigan, G-STAR,
$240, visit g-star.com
Cashmere and alpaca
skirts, CHLO, $795
each, at Capitol,
Charlotte, NC, or visit
saks.com
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EDITORS NOTE: Dont shy away from
wearing a woven shoe, scarf, glove,
and dress all in the same go.
PRADA
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LOUIS VUITTON
CHLO
LOEWE
KNIT PANTS
EDITORS NOTE: Lengthen the
ankle-hugging silhouette with a
block-heel Maryjane.
EDITORS NOTE: Make casual cool
with a fancy circle skirt and
structured box bag.
EDITORS NOTE: Layer texture
upon texture with a nubby
Fair Isle sweater.
FISHERMANS SWEATER
TEXTURED SKIRT
Leather pump, BOSS
ORANGE, $295, call
800-HUGO-BOSS
Tweed pants,
MAX&CO., $175, at
Max&Co., West
Hollywood
Wool sweater, L.L.
BEAN, $119, visit
llbean.com
Metal cable
embroidered silk
organza skirt, ADAM,
$695, collection at
Bergdorf Goodman,
NYC
Belted wool knit
trousers, H&M, $50,
visit hm.com
Cotton sweater, JEAN
PAUL GAULTIER,
$525, collection at
select Saks Fifth
Avenue stores
nationwide
JASON WU FOR TSE,
price upon request,
call 800-552-2678
Cashmere pants,
UNITED COLORS OF
BENETTON, $209, call
800-535-4491
Acrylic and wool-
blend sweater, LE
MONT ST MICHEL,
$195, at select
Urban Outfitters
stores nationwide
in October
Wool-blend skirt,
ANTHROPOLOGIE,
$98, at Anthropologie
stores nationwide
Embossed leather
bag, ALEXANDER
WANG, $795, visit
alexanderwang.com
Cropped wool
sweater, RAG &
BONE, $310, at By
George, Austin
Plaid mohair
skirt, RUFFIAN,
$895, at Stanley
Korshak, Dallas
Suede shirt,
EQUIPMENT,
$788, at Bergdorf
Goodman, NYC
Suede sandal with
rabbit fur lining,
CLINE, $770, at
Kirna Zabte, NYC
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DRIES VAN NOTEN
HOW TO WEAR
THE NEW MILITARY
EDITORS NOTE: Transition springs
army trend into fall by adding a
layer of leopard print.
Cotton jacket with
leather sleeves,
VEDA, $396, at
Barneys New York
Wool-blend jacket
with cashmere sleeves,
ISAAC MIZRAHI NEW
YORK, $2,950, at Isaac
Mizrahi Shop, NYC
Cotton top, $90,
calf hair belt, $80,
both, BANANA
REPUBLIC, visit
bananarepublic.com
Brocade skirt,
BENSONI, $3,954,
at Clementine,
Wellesley Hills, MA
Faux-fur vest, ADRIENNE
LANDAU, $495, to
special order, visit
adriennelandau.com.
Leather belt, BANANA
REPUBLIC, visit
bananarepublic.com
Faux-fur hat, KATE SPADE
NEW YORK, $195, call
800-519-3778
Calf hair pump,
DONALD J
PLINER, $295, visit
donaldjpliner.com
Tassel necklace, CLUB
MONACO, $149, visit
clubmonaco.com
Suede wedge
boot, SAM
EDELMAN,
$225, call
877-932-7726
Python
pump, BRIAN
ATWOOD, $770,
at Capretto
Shoes, South
Miami
Embroidered silk
dress, DRIES VAN
NOTEN, $3,410, at
Barneys New York
Embellished wool shirt,
UNITED BAMBOO,
$400, at Opening
Ceremony, NYC
Polyester trench
coat, GUESS
BY MARCIANO,
$258, visit
guessbymarciano.com
Calfhair bag, COACH, $328,
call 866-262-2440
Leather and
calfhair gloves,
KATE SPADE NEW
YORK, $175, call
800-519-3778
Suede camera bag,
3.1 PHILLIP LIM, $625,
at 3.1 Phillip Lim,
West Hollywood
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DRIES VAN NOTEN
ETRO
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LEOPARD-PRINT JACKET
EDITORS NOTE: Mix jungle spots with a
hunting-inspired bootie and shorts.
EDITORS NOTE: Sexy skin heels turn
the tables on army pants.
EDITORS NOTE: Man up with a crisp
trench and high-heeled oxfords.
STREAMLINED CARGO
PENCIL SKIRT
Canvas and alligator
boot, REED KRAKOFF,
price upon request,
call 877-733-3525
Twill trench
with rabbit fur
detail, OPENING
CEREMONY,
$1,335, visit
openingceremony.us
Suede and leather
boot, NINE WEST,
$89, at Nine West
stores nationwide in
October
Fox fur jacket,
JOSEPH, $1,495, at
Joseph, NYC
Rabbit fur jacket, DRIES
VAN NOTEN, $3,174, at
Jeffrey, NYC
Wool pencil skirt, DOLCE
& GABBANA, $1,395, at
select Dolce & Gabbana
Stretch velvet skirt,
REBECCA MOSES,
$129, at Macys stores
nationwide
Silk-blend skirt, ANN
TAYLOR, $118, visit
anntaylor.com
Quilted merino
wool shorts, 3.1
PHILLIP LIM,
$325, at 3.1
Phillip Lim,
NYC
Faux-fur jacket,
BEBE, $179, call
877-232-3777
Cotton pants, LEVIS,
$48, at JCPenney
stores nationwide
Stretch linen and cotton
pants, MAXSTUDIO.
COM, $88, visit
maxstudio.com
Cotton pants,
MANGO, $60, at
Mango, NYC
Calfhair
platform
pump, STUART
WEITZMAN,
$398, at Bob
Ellis Shoes,
Charleston, SC
Stretch melton
jacket with leather
sleeves, DKNY,
$545, visit
dkny.com
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Work It With
CHANEL
HOW TO WEAR
WINTER WHITES
White gold ring with
rock crystal and
diamonds, TOUS,
$2,549, visit tous.com
EDITORS NOTE: Accessorize creams
with icy embellishments and
bold silvery jewelry.
Embellished duck-
feather dress, JAY
AHR, $3,700, call
212-717-0600
Wool knit sweater, LACOSTE,
price upon request, call
800-4-LACOSTE
Sequin-detail
lambswool and
angora blazer, BY
MALENE BIRGER,
$495, visit saks.com
Hand-knit merino and
cotton sweater with
mohair cowl neck,
FRANK TELL, $1,245,
visit frank-tell.com
Crystal-detail patent
leather bootie,
CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN,
$3,965 , visit
christianlouboutin.com
Rock and
crystal necklace,
CHANEL, $4,380,
call 800-550-0005
Suede boot with fur
detail, MANOLO
BLAHNIK, $1,695,
to special order, at
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Mink fur
clutch,
CHRISTIAN
LOUBOUTIN,
$1,395, at
Christian
Louboutin
Boutique,
NYC
Leather flats,
TOPSHOP, $55, at
Topshop, NYC
Fox fur earmuffs, EUGENIA
KIM, $188, visit shopbop.com
Acrylic and aged metal
bag, CHANEL, $3,100, at
select Chanel boutiques
nationwide
Rayon-blend skirt,
BCBGMAXAZRIA,
$178, visit bcbg.com
Embroidered silk jersey dress
with bow detail, AZZARO,
price upon request, visit
azzaro-couture.com
Silk and tweed
overlay dress, JASON
WU FOR TSE, $1,895,
at Tse, NYC
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LANVIN
MIU MIU
DEREK LAM
SHEARLING JACKET
EDITORS NOTE: Pair with shiny
leather and woolly accessories.
EDITORS NOTE: Small doses of
unexpected fur have big impact.
EDITORS NOTE: Swirl together
antlers, feathers, and skins for
a wild look.
FUR SKIRT
ARCTIC CHUBBY
Mongolian lamb
bag, J.CREW, $795,
visit jcrew.com
Mixed feather clutch,
COACH, $298, visit
coach.com
Lambskin skirt,
ALEXANDER WANG,
$1,025, at Barneys
New York
Snakeskin
sandal, ELIE
TAHARI, $498,
at Elie Tahari
Collection
boutiques
nationwide
Embellished
horn necklace,
ALEXIS BITTAR,
price upon
request,
to special
order, visit
alexisbittar.com
Leather sandal
with shearling
detail, REED
KRAKOFF, $950,
call 877-733-3525
Wool-blend bag with calfskin detailing, D&G,
$1,695, at select D&G boutiques nationwide
Lambskin jacket
with shearling collar,
LONGCHAMP, $3,919,
at Longchamp
Boutique, NYC
Reversed sheepskin
jacket, ISABEL
MARANT, $2,380, at
Isabel Marant, NYC
Faux-fur jacket,
GUESS, $168, visit
guess.com
Fox fur jacket,
JASON WU FOR TSE,
price upon request,
visit tsecashmere.com
Lambskin jacket,
ACNE, $1,189, at
Acne Studios, NYC
Faux-fur coat,
ABS BY ALLEN
SCHWARTZ, $140,
visit absstyle.com
Mink skirt with
pleated suede
strips, DIOR, price
upon request, to
special order, call
800-929-DIOR
Wool miniskirt, TIMO
WEILAND, $184, at
Barneys New York
Fox fur skirt,
LIE SANG BONG,
$1,070, visit
liesangbong.com
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Work It With
CLINE
HOW TO WEAR
THE NEW CLASSICS
EDITORS NOTE: Add toughened-up
preppy mainstays such as loafers
and a string of pearls.
Wool peacoat,
GAP, $128,
visit gap.com
Wool-blend cape with leather trim,
3.1 PHILLIP LIM, $795, at 3.1
Phillip Lim, NYC
Chiffon top,
GUESS, $69,
visit guess.com
Leather skirt with chiffon
pleats, DEREK LAM, $1,490,
at Derek Lam, NYC Wool dress, $795, cotton
button-down shirt, $360,
leather belt, $175, all,
CACHAREL, at Edit
New York, NYC
Steel bracelet
watch, GUESS,
$110, at select
Guess stores
nationwide
Wool and suede
boot, J.CREW, $298,
visit jcrew.com
Fox fur collar, LOEWE,
price upon request,
visit loewe.com
Leather loafers,
CHLO, $595, at
Barneys New York
Cotton canvas bag with
leather trim, A.P.C.,
$530, at A.P.C., NYC
Brass chain bracelet,
STELLA MCCARTNEY, $285,
at Stella McCartney, L.A.
Bangles, H&M,
$8 for two, visit
hm.com
Pearl necklace,
3.1 PHILLIP LIM,
$195, at 3.1
Phillip Lim,
NYC
Wool-blend sleeveless
turtleneck, UNITED
COLORS OF BENETTON,
$69, call 800-535-4491
Leather skirt, CALVIN
KLEIN COLLECTION,
$1,795, at Calvin Klein
Collection, NYC
Wool-blend coat,
BCBGMAXAZRIA, $368,
at BCBGMaxAzria
stores nationwide
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LETTERMAN JACKETS
EDITORS NOTE: Balance this jock
signifier with bad-girl accents.
EDITORS NOTE: Match with not-so-
innocent high school staples.
EDITORS NOTE: Pair with a luxe
blazer and edgy accessories.
SCHOOLGIRL SKIRTS
LEATHER LEGGINGS
Cotton-blend stretch
denim leggings,
ROXY, $50, visit
roxy.com
Leather shoe
with Swarovski
crystal detail,
PROENZA
SCHOULER,
$1,580, visit
proenzaschouler
.com
Leather bag, CETTU
HANDBAGS, $349,
visit boutiquetogo.com
Wool jacket with
faux-fur collar,
BEBE, $249,
visit bebe.com
Wool jacket,
AMERICAN EAGLE
OUTFITTERS, $100,
visit ae.com
Cotton jacket, BOSS
GREEN, $550, call
800-HUGO-BOSS
Wool-blend jacket
with leather sleeves,
PENCEY, $615, visit
pencey.com
Wool tweed
pleated skirt
with silk insets,
SACAI, $1,590,
at Blake,
Chicago
Plaid wool skirt, LAUREN
MOFFATT, $225, visit
laurenmoffattnyc.com
Wool skirt,
CARVEN, $470,
at Opening
Ceremony, NYC
Lambskin pants,
WHITE HOUSE | BLACK
MARKET, $248, visit
whitehouseblackmarket.com
PVC leggings,
ARMANI EXCHANGE,
$48, visit
armaniexchange.com
Leather and twill
leggings, NICOLE
MILLER COLLECTION,
$585, visit
nicolemiller.com
Lace blouse,
OPENING
CEREMONY,
$280, at Opening
Ceremony, NYC
Viscose-blend and
lambskin loafer
boot, ALEXANDER
WANG, $745, visit
alexanderwang.com
Leather
backpack,
DOONEY &
BOURKE, $265,
visit dooney.com
TOMMY HILFIGER
PROENZA SCHOULER
BURBERRY PRORSUM
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SUPPORT
HELPS OUR
SEARCH
IN HAITI.
Thanks to your ongoing support,
Canine Disaster Search Teams trained by the
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation
are now in Haiti.
Our hearts go out to our neighbors there.
And we know our expertly-trained teams
are doing everything they can to help nd
survivors. We trust their dedication and
hard work brings hope and comfort to
victims and their loved ones.
In these critical times, your support
and belief in our mission count for so much.
So thank you for Being Part of the Search.
For more information or if you want to donate
call (888) 459-4376 or visit
www.SearchDogFoundation.org.
ALEXANDER WANG
PRADA
FENDI
Leather pump,
MARC JACOBS,
$575, at Marc
Jacobs, NYC
Sequined pump,
GUESS, $90,
at Guess stores
nationwide
Leather loafer
pump, BALENCIAGA
BY NICOLAS
GHESQUIRE, $1,195,
visit kirnazabete.com
Leather and rubber boot,
TOMMY HILFIGER, $298, at
Tommy Hilfiger, NYC
Leather loafer pump,
TOPSHOP, $170, visit
topshop.com
Python pump, REED
KRAKOFF, $725, call
877-733-3525
Embossed patent
leather pump,
JIMMY CHOO, $825,
visit jimmychoo.com
Lizard and leather
Maryjane, ROGER
VIVIER, $795, at
Roger Vivier, NYC
Snakeskin
pump, VINCE
CAMUTO, $89, visit
vincecamuto.com
Leather loafer
pump, STUART
WEITZMAN, $385,
call 212-750-2555
Leather boot,
COLIN STUART
FOR VICTORIAS
SECRET
CATALOGUE, $98,
call 800-888-8200
Lambskin boot,
BCBGMAXAZRIA,
$325, visit
bcbg.com
Suede boot,
CHARLES DAVID,
$230, call
310-659-7110
Suede and leather
boot, TODS, $675,
at Tods boutiques
nationwide
Suede, leather,
and nylon boot,
DSQUARED
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$1,000, call 212-
244-5070
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Jack Goes Boating, Philip Seymour Hoffmans film directing
debut, began life as a play at the actors LAByrinth Theater Com-
pany in Manhattan. Movies based on plays are notoriously tricky,
too often turning what was bold and crisp onstage into talky and
constricted on-screen. And just to make things trickier, Hoffman
cast himself in the title role. But like 2008s Doubt (which brought him
his third Oscar nomination after his 2006 win for Capote), Jack Goes
Boating looks completely at home on film, and Hoffman is its perfect
atypical leading man. An earthy, intimate drama about several vari-
eties of love, the movie revolves around two New York couples, one
tentatively coming together as the other keeps falling apart. Deliver-
ing stinging bursts of anguish only to bounce back again and again
with offbeat humor, Jack Goes Boating is the most satisfying love story
to come along since Richard Linklaters 2004 Before Sunset.
Credit for that belongs in no small part to Bob Glaudini, who
deftly transformed his play into movie material with the originals
incisive cockeyed wit intact and its main characters as compelling
and idiosyncratic as you could want. But props also to a fiery
Daphne Rubin-Vega and a distressed but resolute John Ortiz as the
fraying marrieds Lucy and Clyde, and the wonderful Amy Ryan as
Connie, the gun-shy singleton they hope to fix up with their quiet
friend Jack, who hides strawberry blond dreads under a woolly cap
and takes solace in his love for reggae (the Melodians Rivers of
Babylon has surely never been put to more hilarious use). Clyde
and Jack are limo drivers and friends, while Connie and Lucy work
at a funeral parlor selling burial plans over the phone for their boss,
a self-satisfied young mortician with wandering hands (played by
indie filmmaker Tom McCarthy, who made The Visitor and The
Station Agent). When Connie first meets Jack, she launches into an
account of her fathers lengthy coma, unexpected revival, and ac-
cidental deathnot exactly small talk, but it pulls him out of his
shell. On their subsequent date, which takes place in one of those
magical New York snowfalls where the stuff comes drifting down
in popcorn-size puffs, she announces how nice it would be to go
boating on the lake in Central Parkin the summer, of course. If
Hoffman had wanted to push the movies comedy a little further,
Connie could be a screwball heroine in the Judy Holliday mode.
Ryan would be up to the task, given her terrific rangefrom the
nightmare young mother of Gone Baby Gone to Steve Carells quirky
would-be girlfriend on The Office. Instead, we sense some kind of
unspoken hurt in Ryans Connie as well as her seat-of-the-pants de-
termination not to let it wreck her life.
Jack Goes Boating doesnt pile on the plot twists, although it gets
you rooting for Connie and Jack and fearing for Clyde and Lucy.
But thats not what makes this deceptively modest film such a plea-
sure. It has a rare quality of something elusive and oblique; mo-
ments come at you from unexpected angles and yield intelligence
not just about the characters but about human nature. The movie is
Hoffman, director and star, with
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Two couples get caught up in loves ebb and flow in Jack Goes
Boating, a spot-on drama from Philip Seymour Hoffman thats
as funny as it is heartrending. Karen Durbin reviews
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rife with these small surprises, like an exotic fruit
that pops inside your mouth and becomes sublime.
When Jack confides to Clyde that he cant go boat-
ing because hes afraid of drowning, Clyde teaches
him to swim. An inspired comic essay on the re-
wards of friendship, with Clydes generosity as much
a gift to himself as to Jack, those scenes are among
the movies best. But so are the sex scenes between
Connie and Jackjaw-dropping, in fact, and too good to give
away. For all its humor and hopefulness, theres nothing coy or
cute about Jack Goes Boating. Some early reviews compared the
movie to 1955s Oscar-winning Marty and Hoffmans Jack to
Ernest Borgnines shy, homely regular Joe longing for love.
More than a half century later, Marty holds up well, but it has an
unmistakable whiff of condescension toward what a certain oil
magnate recently called the small people. The couples in Jack
Goes Boating may be lower middle-class, but the movie is free of
such sentimental patronizing. It plays out on a level that strikes
universal chords. Hoffman demonstrates that there are no
small people; there are just people, all of us living out our pain-
ful, precious lives.
Who knew Zhang Yimou would
kill for laughs? With A Woman,
a Gun and a Noodle Shop, the
distinguished director of Raise the
Red Lantern and House of Flying
Daggers remakes the Coen brothers
1985 noir Blood Simple. In Zhangs
Chinese send-up, the mayhem is
ingenious slapstick, the scenery
drop-dead gorgeous, and the femme
fatale a hilarious shrew who never
shuts up.
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Upper-middle-class London spins
Woody Allens moral compass again
in You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.
Lighter than Match Point, its comic
take on love and ambition amounts
to an expos of human folly. The
good, bad, and merely foolish are
smartly portrayed by Naomi Watts,
Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins,
Antonio Banderas, and Slumdog
Millionaires Freida Pinto.K.D.
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Tipping its hat to John Hughes
and Nathaniel Hawthorne, Easy A
features Emma Stone as a sarcastic
high schooler who gets labeled a
slut. Amanda Bynes dotty Christian
crusader leads the charge, but
Emmas wise and witty folks , Stanley
Tucci and Patricia Clarkson, steal the
movie and leave you wishing that
they could be your parents, too.
Our hearts were left with a gaping, laughter-
starved hole in 2006 when FOX canceled
Arrested Development, the little-seen yet ingenius
series about a family of self-involved screwballs,
starring Will Arnett as the idiot son Gob
Bluth. But this month, the comedy godsand
FOX execsare paying penance as Arnett
reunites with Arrested creator Mitch Hurwitz for
Running Wilde, a twisted series about immature
oil heir Steve Wilde, who tries to win over his
childhood crush turned activist, Emmy . For
all still mourning the loss of the little show
that could(nt)rumored to be hitting the big
screen next yearWilde is full of Arrested-style
outlandishness and pitch-perfect delivery, like
when Steve tries to impress Emmy with his
humanitarian efforts: I saved a horse today.
Beat. Im going toI know where I left it.
Arnett talked to ELLE about coming back to
prime time.Rachel Rosenblit
You star in Wilde, and cowrote it with
Arresteds Hurwitz and Jim Vallely. How
was your first writing gig?
I was kind of hesitant, especially because it
was Mitch, and I didnt want to step
into his worldit would be like
him wanting to be in a scene with
me. By the way, thats a running
joke between us. Hell say, You
know, as an actor and Im
like, Youre not an actor. And
hell say, Well, Im not now,
but some people start late. And
for us actors. Mitch is the
funniest dude. Writing with
those two guys was one of the most rewarding
experiences of my life.
You play Steve Wilde, a smug playboy. Was
the character your idea?
I dont like to take credit for stuff, but yes.
Hmm. Maybe I do like to take credit for stuff.
Next month you appear on the IFC show
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd
Margaretwith Arrested costar David
Crossas a blowhard executive. Seems like
you play a lot of clueless jerks.
Theyre just flawed! And I think in order to play
clueless, you have to be really clueful.
Arrested never found an audience. Is there a
fear of Wilde sharing the same fate?
One of the things we collectively learned is
that with this show, we dont want to have low
numbers and then go into great DVD sales. Our
intention is to do a show that really makes people
go, Oh my god, thats funny.
Are you working with any other
Arrested alums?
Jason Bateman and I started an Internet
content company called Dumb Dumb. The
idea is to create goofy shit with our friends
and also partner with brands. We just
created some spots for Orbit gum.
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Chassagne, gets angsty on The
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FEELING THE BURN
Lewis and Rice,
in love
It should come as little surprise that Jenny Lewis and Johnathan
Rice make beautiful music together: Theyve been lovers since 2005 .
While Rice is known for his melodic, lo-fi folk (and for playing Roy
Orbison in the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line), former child
actor Lewis is an indie-rock superstar who has churned out hits with
her band Rilo Kiley as well as put out two critically adored solo
albums encompassing everything from slick pop to soulful country
and western . Weve been involved in each others songs for a while,
Lewis says. Id be washing dishes, humming along while he played
guitar in the other room. The opportunity to properly collaborate
arose during what Rice describes as an incredibly productive bout
of jet lag following a Japanese tour: Unable to sleep, the couple
sequestered themselves in their Laurel Canyon home in L.A. for
eight or nine days and wrote an albums worth of songs.
The wonderful result, Jenny and Johnnys Im Having Fun Now
(the title was lifted from a homemade bumper sticker on a 70s sta-
tion wagon Rice purchased from an estate sale), is unlike anything
either of them have done before: Rife with rollicking, reverb-heavy
guitars and hazy, sugar-sweet harmonies, every song is saturated
with an early-90s alt-rock vibe. We were playing a lot of old
Lemonheads, Replacements, and Pavement records, Lewis says.
I think whatever youre listening to at the time makes its way in,
consciously or not. Creatively, the album is a 50/50 split, accord-
ing to Lewis. Its these two specifically different voices and person-
alities and lyrical perspectives. And though sharing a job might be
tough on some couples, the duo remain each others biggest fans.
There have been moments when Ive been playing music with
Jenny and Ive forgotten that I should be breathing, Rice says. Im
just captivated by her on every level.April Long
Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rices first
(official) collaboration is a labor of love
SOUTHERN DANDY
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Tennessee-bred Ferraby Lionheart
makes music that sounds like its
infused with Southern sunlight,
and his second album, The Jack of
Hearts , is his warmest yet. From
the jaunty folk of Pocketknife to
the understated chamber pop of
Harry and Bess, these are songs as
timeless and heart-tugging as
the most eloquent of love letters.
APRIL LONG AND JULIE VADNAL
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For his third album, Record Collection ,
superproducer Mark Ronson put his
Rolodex to work , recruiting Ghostface
Killah, Q-Tip, and DAngelo, among
others . The result is an experimental,
freaky-deaky dance record that has
everyone from Boy George to Simon
Le Bon to Ronson himself taking a
turn at the mic.
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MONSTERS OF THE DEEP
Susan Caseys The Wave
(Doubleday) explores the gnarly
sport, science, and lore of rogue
ocean waves100-plus-feet-tall
anomalies whose very existence
seems to defy physics. Casey
traveled around the world with
elite surfersa fearless, peerless,
obsessed band of self-taught
athletes, such as Laird Hamilton,
who roam the globe to catch (or
be caught by) these freaky, lethal
giants that have been known to
swallow ships whole. This follow-up
to The Devils Teeth, her best-seller
about great white sharks, is a
breath-snatching thrill ride.
TRANSPACIFIC CROSSING
The linked stories in Angie Chaus
darkly sparkling debut, Quiet as
They Come (Ig Publishing), focus on
Vietnamese families who ed the
war and settled in San Francisco. In
The Pussycats, a schoolgirl must
bring something special from home
to her class. Her mothers response
captures the perennial push-pull
of immigrant life: In Vietnam,
this was called bragging. In America,
it was called Show and Tell.
LAST RITES AND WRONGS
The dear departed who made it into
John Lloyd and John Mitchinsons
oddball compendium, The Book of
the Dead (Harmony), run the gamut
from golden-age Greek philosopher
Epicurus to Mongol ruler Genghis
Khan to iconic Mexican painter Frida
Kahlo, as well as dozens of lesser-
knowns. The common denominator
is that they were a wildly interesting
bunch. Theres nothing like hanging
out with the Dead, note the authors,
to point up the sheer improbability
of being alive. LISA SHEA
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2010
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1. EMMA DONOGHUE
ROOM (LITTLE, BROWN)
Among this months three wild-and-
woolly yarns from literary novelists,
the laurels go to Donog hues a
bravura performance in the voice of
five-year-old Jack, whos been locked
in said room with his mother for his
entire life, punctuated only by daily
visits from Old Nick. Until finally,
suddenly, its time to go Outside.
Every month, 15 ELLE readers
vote for their favorite book among
three new releases we love
Yiyun Lis delectable
new collection, Gold Boy,
Emerald Girl (Random
House), brings us nine
subtle and assured stories. As in her previous works,
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and The Vagrants,
Liwho studied medicine before she began to
write finds the pulse points in the lives of her
Chinese and Chinese- American characters and ren-
ders her findings with empathy and exactitude.
In the lead-off tale, the near-novella-length Kind-
ness, a never-married math teacher living near
Beijing reminisces about her service in the Peoples
Liberation Army two decades earlier, forging connec-
tions to her childhood and to the present, where, she
admits, I have no hobby that makes me leave my flat
during my spare time. I do not own a television set,
but I have a roomful of books at least half a cen tury
older than I. Books, and the stories they hold, are
more real than our own, because, after all, we, the
inadequate makers of our own lives, [are] no match
for the masters who had written those tales for us.
Such passages reveal Lis striking ability to move
from her characters mundane routines to the soaring
truths that bind them all to the mysterious, on going
exigencies of life and death.
He was raised by his mother alone, the title story
begins, as she was by her father. And thereby hangs
the frame for the bright-dark tale of Siyu and Hanfeng,
who are set up on a date by Hanfengs mother, a
retired zoology professor who missed not the
studentsbut the white skulls of mammals and birds
on her office shelvesand the fact that she could
mask her indifference to the human species with her
devotion to animals.
With serpentine beauty, Lis stories wind around
the wreckage of multiple marriages ,
lonely only children, and old men
wedding women 30 years younger than
them . From these seminal situations,
Lis characters, and perhaps her
readers, emerge a bit sadderand that
much wiser.Lisa Shea
CHINESE
PUZZLES
Implacably lonely souls are woefully
entangled in these quietly devastating
tales of life in the East and West
Li
2. JENNIFER VANDERBES
STRANGERS AT THE FEAST
(SCRIBNER)
Guggenheim awardee Vanderbes
second novel became disturbing to
some readers when Thanksgiving
2007 with three generations of the
well-to-do (and very dysfunctional)
Olso n family comes unraveled and
then tips into an unforeseen
life-and-death confrontation.
3. SIGRID NUNEZ
SALVATION CITY (RIVERHEAD)
Readers blew hot and cold over the
near-future saga of young Cole
Vining, who, orphaned by a flu
pandemic, finds refuge in an insular
evangelical community in Indiana.
As the town rebounds from the
devastation, Coles vision of the
future rapidly veers away from that
of the new powers that be.
Hanfeng
had returned from
the States a month earlier. He
had told his former colleagues in
San Francisco about his intention to
settle down in China, and they had joked
about moving with him and becoming the
forty-niners of the new gold rush. He
went along with the joke, making up
ambitious business plans that he
knew he would not carry out .
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The story goes that in 1955,
Rosa Parks, a tired seamstress in
Montgomery, Alabama, refused
to give up her seat on a segre-
gated bus, sparking a boycott
that launched the Reverend
Martin Luther King Jr. into the
national spotlight and coalesced
into the civil rights movement.
But the real story, as Danielle L.
McGuire, an assistant professor
of history at Wayne State Uni-
versity, argues in her ground-
breaking new book, At the Dark
End of the Street (Knopf), is in
many ways even more inspiring.
It turns out that Parks, who was 42 at the time of the boycott,
had actually been holding down a second job for the previous
dozen years as the secretary of the local chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
One of her duties was to investigate and document particularly
egregious vio lations of African-Americans rights. The year after
she started the job, she was assigned to the case of Recy Taylor, a
24-year-old African-American mother who, while walking home
from church one evening, was abducted at gunpoint and gang-
raped by six young white men. Taylor reported the crime, despite
the fact that her assailants had promised to kill her if she did.
With Parks help, Taylor got her day in court, but the sheriffs
failure to make any arrests or conduct even a rudimentary inves-
tigation made it easy for the all-white, all-male jury to dismiss the
case without an indictment. Parks then teamed up with various
African-American, labor, and womens organizations to form the
Alabama Committee for Equal Justice for Mrs. Recy Taylor
which the Chicago Defender, a prominent black newspaper, called
the strongest campaign for equal justice to be seen in a decade.
The dismissal was blasted across the front pages of black news-
papers across the country, provoking the
governor of Alabama to launch a second
grand jury investigation.
Among African-American servicemen
abroad, the story particularly hit a nerve.
As one seaman wrote to the governor, I
have risked my life many times to deliver
supplies to our armed forces and our
allies. My morale drops when I learn that a
woman of my race has been brutally raped
ROSA AND
HER SISTERS
A young scholar unearths some
hidden history about women in the
civil rights movementthen finds it
unexpectedly echoed in her own life.
By Bliss Broyard
McGuire
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it. Isnt Negro womanhood as sacred as
white womanhood? The question hints
at the outrageous hypocrisy at work in the
Jim Crow South. According to McGuire,
popular white opinionstoked by race-
baiting journalists and segregationists
reasoned that recognizing the sanctity of
a black womans body was akin to grant-
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which would inevitably lead to inter racial
sex and the unleashing of the black beast
rapist that surely lurked inside every
African-American man.
A second trial also failed to bring Recy
Taylors assailants to justice, but her case,
McGuire writes, highlighted the power of
sexual stories to mobilize communities and
build coalitions. In Montgomery alone, it
was public knowledge that Viola Whites
daughter was raped by a police man in 1946
in retal iation for her mothers challenge to
bus segregation; that Gertrude Perkins, a
25-year-old black woman, was raped by
two police officers in 1949 ; and that Flossie
Hardman, a 15-year-old, was raped after
babysitting for a white store owner in 1951.
But countless other cases were kept quiet to
preserve the image of black womens virtue
in what historian Darlene Clark Hine calls
a culture of dissemblance.
By the time Parks was too tired to give
up her seat on that bus, there was in place a
well-organized network of women headed
by seasoned activists who were waiting to
turn just such a solitary moment of defiance
into mass collective action. After learning
of Parks arrest, Jo Ann Robinson, head of
the Montgomery Womens Political Coun-
cil, stayed up all night at Alabama State
secretly mimeographing 52,500 flyers
urging the bus boycott. Thousands of
domes tic workers who made up the bulk of
the buses ridership became, literally, foot
soldiers, walking miles to and from their
white employers homes rather than toler-
ate the mistreatment and humiliation they
suffered on city buses. But they also chose
to walk for 381 days because publicity
about sexual violence had brought home
the point that a lack of respect for black
womens basic dignity and humanity was
what made white men feel entitled to treat
them as they liked, to abduct them off the
street, rape them, and walk away scot-free.
When it was clear that the movement had
legs, men such as King and fellow minister
Ralph Abernathy became its public faces
(and eventually its heroes), while women
like Robinson and her fellow female activ-
ists stayed behind the scenes (and out of the
history books), doing the work of keeping
the boycott going: organ izing car pools,
negotiating with bus companies and city
officials, and keeping everyone informed.
Part of that was the gender politics of the
time, McGuire says. Many women of
color were happy to see their men in power
because theyd been denied that by Jim
Crow for so long. In their recollections and
published memoirs, McGuire adds, these
women make clear that they understood
their crucial role, though mostbut not
allsay they didnt mind letting men hog
the spotlight.
McGuire, a 35-year-old white woman
from overwhelmingly white Janesville,
Wisconsin, may seem an unlikely candi-
date to recast the prevailing civil rights
narra tive. The movement was over before
she was born. But in high school, a teacher
suggested that she read Savage Inequalities,
Jonathan Kozols treatise on racial inequal-
ity in Americas schools. And the headline
was WHITE GIRL DISCOVERS RACE AND WANTS
TO CHANGE THE WORLD! McGuire says with
a self- deprecating laugh. One of her thesis
advisers at Rutgers Univer sity, Nancy
Hewitt, tells me that while other books
have exposed the extent of sexual violence
against black women in the South, what
makes At the Dark End of the Street different
is McGuires focus on these womens cour-
age and willingness to testify rather than
on their victimhood. McGuire agrees: My
book gives voice back to women who spoke
out during that time period but somehow
have been silenced by history and by our
own fears about sexual violence.
In the process of writing the book,
McGuire found her own voice, too. In
1998, she was a first-year grad student at
the Department of Afro-American Studies
at the University of Wisconsin Madison,
researching her first casethat of Betty
Jean Owens, a black college student in
Tallahassee, Florida, who in 1959 was
abducted and raped by four white men .
Early one February morning, McGuire
woke up after a night of partying to find
two male friends attempting to sexually as-
sault her in her bed. One was a star athlete
on a UW team. Shed fooled around with
one of the men before, but in this instance
she made her objections loud and clear.
But the district attorneys office declined to
prosecute. We were friends; I had let them
into the house; we were drinking. It was
fuzzy, as McGuire recalls the DAs expla-
nation. The dean of students wasnt much
better. McGuire believes that the athletes
star status protected him.
I was terrorized by it for a while, Mc-
Guire tells me. She didnt want to go to class
or continue her research. Frustrated by
the lack of punishment, McGuire decided
to seek justice another way. She and some
activist friends printed posters naming the
two men as assailants , and hung them in
womens bathrooms around campus. After
shed filed her police report, her house had
been egged and her car had been keyed.
But I was so inspired reading about Betty
Jean Owens. If she was able to go in front
of a hostile white jury in the 1950s, then I
should be able to do this.
The verdict in the Owens case marked
a turning point in the Southern justice
system: For the first time, white men
received life sentences for raping a black
woman. Other convictions against white
rapists across the South soon followed. It
would be a long timeand there would be
many more instances of sexual violence
and intimidationbefore the promise of
equality codified in the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 was fully enforced. But in Wash-
ington, North Carolina, in 1975, when
Joan Little, a 20-year-old black woman
with a history of arrests, was acquitted of
murder ing her white jailer in self-defense
when he tried to rape her, the promise of
justice was finally fulfilled.
McGuire was with Recy Taylor on the
day the first black president was inaugur-
ated. Taylor had just turned 89, and as they
watched Michelle Obama hold Abraham
Lincolns Bible while her husband took
his oath of office, McGuire asked Taylor
if she had believed an African-American
woman could become first lady. Not in
my lifetime, she answered.
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By the time Parks was too
tired to give up her seat on that
bus, there was in place a well-
organized network of women
headed by seasoned activists.
In a year of head-hanging cultural low points (were
looking at you, Jersey Shore), ELLE presents the 25 best
reasons to keep the faithfrom the years must-hear
genre-busting albums to Chers showstopping return to
celluloid. (Well fist pump to that!)
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Director Davis Guggenheim hopes his new
documentary, Waiting for Superman, will
do for education what his An Inconvenient Truth
did for global warming . In the legendary Har-
lem school reformer Geoffrey Canada and
the fearless, magnetic Washington, DC,
schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, the film
finds charisma to burn and showing us
poor kids waiting to hear whether they got
into model schools might just stand in for
Superman as a game-changer. One of the
reactions I get, says Guggenheim, is, Oh,
you picked the good families, the bright kids.
That makes me really angry. Theyre all born
learners, born dreamers.Ben Dickinson
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WE NEED A HERO
MEET JENNI FER L AWRENCE, HOLLYWOOD S CURRENT OBSESSI ON
THE NEW FACE
I looked at a lot of actresses, but I couldnt cast it for the life of me. Then I saw Jennifer,
and I went, Wow, shes incredible. We need to rewrite the role for her. Theres wells and wells
of stuff going on inside her. Her face has the symmetry of somebody who is classically
beautiful but looks like shes really lived, not someone who wakes up at noon and puts on
a bunch of makeup. Thats not something you can manufacture. Thats something youre
born with. Jodie Foster on casting 20-year-old Jennifer Lawrence, star of this springs
acclaimed Winters Bone, as the moody valedictorian Norah in The Beaver
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When rapper Kid Cudi released Man
on the Moon: The End of Day last fall,
his emotive hip-hop outcooled every
thugged-out MC on the market. Almost
overnight, the 26-year-old, dressed in
skinny jeans and thick-frame glasses,
sold nearly half a million albums, lent
vocals to Jay-Zs Already Home on
The Blueprint 3, and became a lead
player in HBOs dramedy How to Make It
in America. On September 14, hell re-
lease Man on the Moon Pt. 2: The Legend of
Mr. Rager, a sophomore effort that up-
stages his first, with booming choruses
(Cudi singssans Auto-Tune, at that!),
raging electro beats, and a rock-rooted
single, Erase Me, which features that
other hypercool skinny-jean-clad rap-
per, Kanye West.Julie Vadnal
RAP S NEW SMART GUY MAKES HI P- HOP WI TH FEELI NG
THE HEARTBREAK KID
Its an aggresive
album, not to be
taken lightly.
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PORTI A DE ROSSI GETS HE ALED
THE BIG TELL-ALL
I wasted my life worrying
about how much I weighed.
This was an opportunity to get
some of that time back.
de Rossi
T WO LOVE STORI ES, FOUR BI G PL AYERS
OSCAR BAI T
Four beautifully calibrated
performances have Academy Award
handicappers already granting
front-runner status to two eagerly
anticipated love stories. In Derek
Cianfrances Sundance favorite, Blue
Valentine, Ryan Gosling and Michelle
Williams create a piercingly intimate
portrait of a passionate marriage
going off the rails. The story offers
glimpses of a chemistry so joyous
and specific that we feel the lovers
anguish almost as sharply as they do.
And veteran writer/director Edward
Zwick reunites Brokeback Mountain
vets Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne
Hathaway as a hotshot pharmaceutical
salesman and an artist with early-
stage Parkinsons disease in Love
and Other Drugs . It may sound like a
classic weeper, but Zwick leavens the
sadness with high-flying humor and
great sex. Zwick nabbed his own Oscar
in 1999 for Shakespeare in Love and
was nominated two years later for
Traffic. Gyllenhaal, Williams, Hathaway,
and Gosling have all earned previous
nominationsthe first two for their
Brokeback work, Hathaway for Rachel
Getting Married, and Gosling for Half
Nelson. This year theyll be competing
with each other, which could make
Oscar night a genuine nail-biter.
KAREN DURBIN
So many people have a secret self that never comes out, Portia de Rossi
says. And Im just sick of it. In her new memoir, Unbearable Lightness , out
October 5, the actress writes about her past struggles with anorexia and bulimia,
from her first Jenny Craig meeting at age 15 to the horrors of walking the red carpet
for Ally McBeal to desperately trying to burn off the calories from a pack of gum by run-
ning circles in a parking lot. But the story has a happy ending: She married Ellen DeGe-
neres after years spent in the closetalso among the books topics.Nojan Aminosharei
Most blockbuster Broadway plays of late have been 90-minute, small-cast imports, such as
Red and God of Carnage. Good as they are, they dont feel very American, in content or scale.
By comparison, John Guares A Free Man of Color, at Lincoln Center Theater this fall, repre-
sents the return of the nativenot just for Guare, whose
House of Blue Leaves and Six Degrees of Separation anatomized
social class in New York City, but for the idea of American
epic. A sprawling historical comedy with tragic overtones
(and vice versa), Free Man begins in French Louisiana, circa
1802: in the last moments, as director George C. Wolfe
puts it, before historyin the form of America, just next
doorinvades. When it does, the title character (likely to be
played by Jeffrey Wright) transforms from the richest man in
New Orleans to the equivalent of the slaves who run his plan-
tation. What started out as a Restoration comedy turns
almost Shakespearean in its consequencesnot just for the
characters but for the United States, which has been entan-
gled in questions of racial identity and equality ever since.
Wolfe, who also directed the epic Angels in America on Broad-
way, naturally sees that entanglement in theatrical terms.
America feels like this unresolved, incredibly astonishing
work in progress, he says. But is it a well-made play or a
vaudeville? Is it a commedia or some kind of Revengers
Tragedy? Any given day its all of thoseand, no surprise,
so is the seasons biggest play.Jesse Green
DI RECTOR GEORGE C. WOLFE RESTAGES
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Last winter , the world lost Alexander McQueen, leaving his
protg, 35-year-old Sarah Burton, to carry on his legacy
as the houses new designer. (Her first collectionfilled with
architectural cocktail dresses in snow-white and buff lace,
and dramatic gowns in chinoiserie printswill debut this
November.) And Lindsay Lohans ever-so-short tenure as
artistic adviser (along with former chief designer Estrella
Archs) for Emanuel Ungaro has ended, making way for
British bad boy Giles Deacon
to be appointed the brands
new creative director. However
you slice it, this yeardespite
its darker hourshas seen the
rising of two bright stars, now
at the center of fashions solar
system.ALEXA BRAZILIAN
Most crisis films cut back and forth from the victims to the rescue teams, the distraught
relatives, the frenzied media. But with 127 Hours, out this fall , director Danny Boyle
buoyed by his Slumdog Millionaire Oscar triumphdoes the opposite: He keeps the camera
locked on the minute-to-minute struggle of mountain climber Aron Ralston ( James
Franco), who famously spent five days in 2003 trapped in a narrow Utah canyon after a
boulder fell on his arm. He eventually severed his own limb with a pocketknife in order to
escape. Truth is, we would all do it, Boyle says. What looks like a story of extraordinary
individualism is actually one that represents all of our potential. Maggie Bullock
When Martin Scorsese told Sopranos writer
Terence Winter he wanted to direct the
pilot for Boardwalk Empire, an HBO series
Winter had written about prohibition-
era Atlantic City, he was thrilled, but
not convinced the stars would align. I
thought, Ill believe it when I see it, Winter
says. We were standing on the set the
first day and his car pulled up. He got out
and started blocking out a scene. I looked
to one of the other producers and was
like, This is really happening. Scorse se,
also an executive producer, makes the
inaugural episode feel like a fully realized
mob movie, while Steve Buscemi deserves
critical gushings for his portrayal of
corrupt politician Nucky Thompson,
whos keeping AC swimming in bootleg
liquor. He reminds me of Bogart, Winter
says of Buscemi. And maybe that other
compellingly flawed fictional mobster with
depth.Candice Rainey
MARTI N SCORSESE AND SOPRANOS ALUMS
TERENCE WI NTER AND STEVE BUSCEMI GET
GANGSTER, ONLY ON HBO
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The stars of NBCs upcoming
spy thriller Undercovers,
actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw and
former tennis pro and model
Boris Kodjoe, are officially
TVs sexiest new couple.
When Kodjoe auditioned,
says creator J. J. Abrams,
I thought, Theres no way a
guy that looks like him can
also read a line.N.A.
Brandon Flowers career sounds like a screenplay titled American Dream Realized. The
Killers lead singer hails from Sin City, spent his teen years waiting tables at Caesars
Palace, and met guitarist Dave Keuning by answering an ad in a local paper. After sell-
ing 14 million albums worldwide with the glam-rock band, a couple of guys wanted to
take a break, says the 28-year-old Flowers, who didnt feel like hitting pause. Instead,
he worked on Flamingo , his wildly buzzed-about first solo recorda sweeping, country-
tinged classic-American-rock homage to the nation he loves. Our foundations are built
on this l and of opportunity, Flowers says, with genuine gratitude. I dont know if I
have a romantic notion of it or what. On Flamingo, his rough-hewn vocals evoke a
young Bruce Springsteen (one of his personal rock idols) on odes to religion (hes
Mormon), the conventions of old-fashioned love, and his hometown. I find myself de-
fending it a lot, he says about Las Vegas. I think its very American, the hustle and bustle
of it all. Spend a few minutes with himor any of the Killers four ridiculously infectious,
genre-spanning recordsand its clear Flowers isnt built to sit still. Ive been writing
songs since the last day that I recorded vocals on [2008s] Day & Age, he says. I think this
is some of the strongest work
Ive ever done. One spin
of the propulsively kinetic
Flamingo, and youll be
ready to bet on Flowers too.
Rachel Rosenblit
She gave us indelible performances in 80s
flicks Moonstruck, Mask, and Silkwood. Now
Oscar-winning triple threat and grande
dame of camp Cher is back on celluloid as
the tough-broad owner of a musical revue
nightclub in Novembers Burlesque. Belt-
ing out a racy number in a sequined bustier
with enough screen presence to upstage all
the pretty young things in fishnets (including
Christina Aguilera and Kristen Bell), Chers
mama hen nabs the movies best lines and
flaunts the biggest hair.R.R.
NOT BI G ON VACATI ON, BRANDON FLOWERS GOES SOLO
THE SINGLE MAN
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YOU D HATE THEM I F THEY WEREN T SO CHARI SMATI C
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Wed bet the farm on Reed
Krakoffs debut ready-to-wear line
matching his success with Coach
where, as executive creative director
for more than a decade , hes
helped turn an American heritage
brand into a multibillion-dollar
phenomenon. With his unabashedly
luxe collection, which includes
rich utilitarian coats (the shearling
aviator is worth its weight in gold)
and chunky ribbed knits trimmed in
fur, Krakoffs new flagshipwhich
is opening its doors on Madison
Avenue in Manhattanis certainly
the place to be this fall.A.B.
Ben Affleck sounds happily crazed on a
break from locking his new film, The Town.
Based on Prince of Thieves, Chuck Hogans
prize-winning suspense novel about a gang
of young bank robbers whose shrewd
leader falls hard for Rebecca Halls upscale
victim, Claire, the movie takes Affleck
back to the gritty Boston world of his 2007
directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone. This
time, the neighborhood is gentrifying, and
Affleck is director and star. This was not
the kind of moviemaking that Id been used
to at all, so it definitely tested me, he says,
describing the storys climax, a spectacular
shoot-out in Fenway Park. Like its prede-
cessor, however, The Town is much more
than an action picture. Its about loving
people who are damaged and how children
pay for the sins of their fathers and how
change is so difficult that we continue to do
things that are bad despite our best inten-
tions, Affleck says. I wanted all that, and I
got it because between Rebecca, Jeremy
Renner, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, and
Chris Cooper, I had such extraordinary tal-
ent. Last but hardly least, his own.K.D.
Based on Ben Mezrichs The Accidental Bil-
lionaires, The Social Network stars Jesse
Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield as the Har-
vard boy wonders who in 2004 dreamed up
the biggest change in the way we socialize
since the invention of the telephone, Eisen-
berg says . Its a morality tale about what can
happen to a friendship when a back-of-the-
napkin idea begets fabulous wealth, with a
sly casting twist: Justin Timberlake plays
Napster co founder (turned Facebook presi-
dent) Sean Parker.M.B.
JESS E EI SENBERG AND JUSTI N TI MBERL AKE MAKE US
GL AD WE RE NOT BI LLI ONAI RE I NTERNET WHI Z KI DS
NERD REVENGE
BEN AFFLECK I S RE ADY TO BE TAKEN SERI OUSLY AGAI N
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THE NEW GUY
The guys in
Lone Star arent
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This falls big midterm-
election story is the GOPs
huge shot of estrogen. From
Nikki Haley to Carly Fiorina
and Meg Whitman, will
Republicanisms feminization
narrow the parties gender
gap? Will Sarah Palins
anointed mama grizzlies
clear her path to 2012?
Come November 2, well get
some tantalizing clues.B.D.
Lone Star, FOXs new
DallasmeetsCatch Me
If You Can drama, follows
con-man-with-a-conscience
Robert Allenplayed by new-
comer (and a young George Clooney
ringer) James Wolk among a cast of
equally genetically blessed male costars.
This makes it difficult to focus on the
shows less gratuitous (but also alluring) as-
pects: emotionally hefty plotlines (Allen
juggles identities, alibis, and wives as he
sells shares in a phony energy company to
unassuming small-town folk) and Jon
Voights stunning turn as a gritty Texas oil
tycoon whos about to hand over the keys
to his kingdom to his grifter son-in-law. Its
worth tuning in if only to catch the scene of
Wolk mowing the lawn in the stifling
Texas heat. Shirtless.J.V.
Two big, brassy sagas drop this fall:
Some Sing, Some Cry (St. Martins ), from
visionary writer Ntozake Shange and her
playwright sister, Ifa Bayeza, is the musi-
cal, magical, must-read epic of freed slave
Bette Mayfield and her progeny from
Reconstruction to 9/11 and beyond. Or
you can pick up one of the million first-run
copies of Ken Folletts behemoth Fall of
Giants (Dutton), the first in a trilogy track-
ing five families across Europe and
America through the tumul tuous twenti-
eth century.Lisa Shea
In an era of good musicals about heavy
subjects (bipolar disorder, African corrup-
tion, teen alienation), Broadway seems to
have lost its touch for musical comedy. For
every Hairspray, there are 10 unfunny and
untuneful stabs at this much-more-
difficult-than-it-looks genre. But this sea-
son brings a terrific prospect in Lincoln
Center Theaters production of Women on
the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, based
on the 1988 Pedro Almo dvar film. Song-
writer David Yazbek and book writer Jef-
frey Lanethe team behind the hilarious
Dirty Rotten Scoundrelsbuild on the
movies screwball plot about the complica-
tions and dangers of love as experienced
by four hysterical madrileas soon after the
fall of Franco. But burning beds, drugged
gazpacho, and answering machines used
as deadly weapons are only the start. Its
really about women finding their voice,
says Lane, pointing out that the main
character, Pepa, played by Broadway
favo rite Sherie Rene Scott, has a job dub-
bing Hollywood musicals into Spanish.
(Mega diva Patti LuPone is in talks to play
another member of the quartet , whos
fresh out of the asylum .) Thats why the
musical sticks to the 1980s, before cell
phones, text messages, and Facebook: a
time when, Lane says, people really had
to work on communication. Could it be
that in our instant-intimacy world, talk is
too cheap for sophisticated comedy? Like
love in Women on the Verge, humor on
Broadway doesnt blossom without seri-
ous obstacles.J.G.
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ACTING FUNNY
THE
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MORE JUST I N ADDED ELECTRONS WI TH THESE
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steps in to host ABCs
This Week. If there is a
breaking story, the show
will travel, says the half-
Iranian, half-British jour-
nalist, who spent the past
27 years as a front-lines
reporter for CNN. Ill keep
the stalwarts, but the inter-
national focus demands I
add new faces. Im intent
on creating a different
dynamic.JOHANNA COX
On September 15, New Yorks Museum of
Modern Art debuts its post-post-feminist
show Counter Space: Design and the Mod-
ern Kitchen. Im sure that people will think,
Oh what a stereotypical thing to do, present
the kitchen as a womans space, says curator
Juliet Kinchin. But our aspirations are to
demonstrate, by implication, how much
more radical [womens] designs were than
many of their male contemporaries, like Le
Corbusier or Walter Gropius. J.V.
WHO HAPPENS TO LOOK RE ALLY, RE ALLY GOOD
THE BAD MAN
Before Osama bin Laden, there was Carlos the Jackal, a legendary young terrorist from
Latin America who plotted, bombed, and rampaged across Europe in the 70s and 80s,
finally landing in a French prison, where he will die a forgotten man. Or he would have,
except for Olivier Assayas Carlos, a pulse-pounding action movie that electrified a lack-
luster Cannes festival this year with the riveting performance in the title role by its sexy
33-year-old star, Edgar Ramirez. It made perfect sense to him to carry out the revolu-
tion while enjoying an extravagant playboy lifestyle, says the multilingual Venezuelan
actor, whose Carlos is a ruthless, hedonistic rock star on a permanent adrenaline high.
After the seven-month shoot, Ramirez went into therapy for several weeks: He was a
monster. I needed to
shed all those emotions
that were not mine.
Next month, Carlos
opens as a two-and-a-
half-hour movie and
airs on the Sundance
Channel as a five-and-
a-half-hour miniseries .
Thanks to Ramirez, the
long version is not to be
missed.K.D.
JACKAL OF
ALL TRADES:
RAMIREZ IN
CARLOS
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BEST WEEK EVER
Ive always been a
woman doing these jobs.
I wont be the last.
Amanpour
THI S I S NOT WHAT YOU D E XPECT
THE ART EVENT
TOM WESSELMANNS
STI LL LIFE #30
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The last time Jeff Bridges
joined up with the Coen
brothers, they created one
of the most worshipped
deadbeats in history.
This Christmas, the trio
reconvenes, banking on
more strange alchemy
for True Grit, a remake of
Charles Portis novel-turned-
Western that earned John
Wayne his Oscar. Bridges
stars as U.S. marshal
Rooster Cogburn, a hard-
drinking hired gun.N.A.
JONATHAN FRANZEN S THE CORRECTI ONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED
CHRI STMAS I N ST. JUDE AND HI S NEW NOVEL SHOULD BE TI TLED
DIE, YUPPIE SCUM
Keep your hardwires out of my brain! say two
scholars in new books about how men and women
think and behave. In recent years, MRI technology
and advances in our understanding of fetal development
have fueled the theory that even before were born, boys and
girls are set on divergent mental trajectories. Boys craniums
marinate in testosterone at a key stage in the womb, in the
memorable phrase of Luann Brizendine, MD, who wrote The Female
Brain and The Male Brain and founded and directs the Womens Mood
and Hormone Clinic at the University of California at San Francisco .
Thenceforth, it would seem, men are more or less doomed to emotional
un intelligence and blind to the hideousness of combining stripes and polka dots.
Fiddlesticks, concludes Australian academic psychologist Cordelia Fine, whose
Delusions of Gender (Norton) is an admirably fluent review of a gazillion brain-science
studies. Barnard College sociomedical scientist Rebecca M. Jordan-Young goes deeper
into the weeds in Brain Storm (Harvard), a formidably technical analysis of the research
program of the whole field of brain organization theory. Both Fine and Jordan-Young
find that culture, socialization, and pervasively gendered expectations decisively shape
all the stereotypical behaviors that Brizendine and her confederates dubiously attribute
to the hormones and hardwired cells in our heads. Social Darwinism in its time exploited
the popular understanding of natural selection to excuse and justify social inequalities as
resulting from the survival
of the fittest. Just so, writes
Jordan-Young, Brain orga-
nization theory is little more
than an elaboration of long-
standing folktales about anta-
gonistic male and female
essences. So let the cage
match begin, and may the
best, er, person win. B.D.
Jonathan Franzens The Corrections (2001) was pretty much the last great American novel.
This month, he at last follows up with Freedom (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), about Walter and
Patty Berglund and their almost- perfect children, Jessica and Joey. These urban gentrifiers in
a recently too-funky neighborhood of St. Paul, Minnesota, seem effortlessly to inhabit the
peaceable kingdom of conscientious living. But, Franzen being Franzen, yuppie dread soon
rears its ugly, self-absorbed head, catalyzed by the belated success of Walters indie-rocker
college roommate , Richard Katz. Franzen makes a mind-boggling stylistic miscalculation
in presenting 200 pages of the book as Pattys autobiographyin his unmistakable narrative
voice. But read ontheres mordant pleasure aplenty to be had in surrendering to Franzens
hypnotic accretion of offhand observations (There are few things harder to imagine than
other peoples conversations about yourself ), pithy German-idealist characterizations
(She was already fully the thing that was just starting to happen to the rest of the street ), and
brutal cultural commentary. So reserve some hammock time this Indian summer for one
more solitary reverie as the shadows lengthen and the leaves start to fall: 562 more
pages of the merciless intelligence of Jonathan Franzen.B.D.
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A WI LD, WI LD WESTERN
THE REUNION
SADDLE UP:
BRIDGES
WITH HAILEE
STEINFELD
I S SCI ENTI SM SERVI NG SE XI SM EVEN TODAY? YES! SAY THE I NSTI GATORS OF A
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Integritys a neutral
value. Hyenas have integrity
too. Theyre pure hyena.
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THE NATURAL
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tepping out of the blazing Los
Angeles sunlight into the
Brentwood is blinding; the
restaurant is movie-theater
dark, with lamps creating dis-
crete halos of light over each
white tablecloth. Its exactly
the kind of place most women
would love to find themselves
cozied up with Josh Duhamel.
Perfect, really, exceptharrumphMr.
Perfect has positioned himself in the best seat
from which to sneak glances at the TV be-
hind the bar, where Mickelson and Woods
are sweating it out at golfs U.S. Open. Luck-
ily, Duhamel is actually too obsessed (and
too well-mannered) to pull off this bit of
multitasking; the screen soon proves so dis-
tracting that he calls his wife, Fergie, home
on a break from touring with the Black Eyed
Peas, and asks her to TiVo it for him
Thanks, honey.
Duhamel would be the first person youd
cast in the story of his life: He just looks so
much like the corn-fed kid who grew up in
the countryside of Minot, North Dakota,
playing football, baseball, basketballand
catching shit. Catching frogs, turtles, he re-
calls. Wed always have some adventure
going on. He quarterbacked at Minot State
and, to this day, drives a big, black 2004
GMC pickup, carries a wallet made of Pabst
Blue Ribbon boxes, orders ranch dressing
for his fries, and asks solicitously if your
burgers too bloodyWant me to send that
back for you? He also still does his own
yard work. Last year , he carved a path into
the hills behind their house so they could
have our little sanctuary to toast smores
and take paparazzi-proof hikes. The way I
grew up is what I feel like Im constantly
gravitating back to; I cant let it go, he says.
Theres still a lot of North Dakota in me.
This effortless all-American maleness
seems to engulf Duhamel in a constant, al-
most visible cloud of pheromonesnot that
he needs chemical assistance. A quick
sweep of the restaurants female patrons
confirms that, even in the near darkness, the
actors looks arediverting. Before he
even opens his mouth, you see this guy, and
hes so good-looking that it puts you back on
your heels a little bit. Its hard to overlook
Hes got the killer looks, the superstar wife (Fergie), and a packed roster of
new movies. Could Josh Duhamel be the leading man Hollywoods been
waiting for? By Maggie Bullock. Photographed by Doug Inglish
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completely, says Katherine Heigl, his co-
star in next months Life as We Know It. In
Hollywood, famously a town of short men,
Duhamels 6'3" height alone can appear
almost supernatural (especially next to his
5'3" wife or Kristen Bell, 5'1", his costar in
Januarys When in Rome). At 37 , he almost
seems to be aging backward; his brow re-
mains unfurrowed, his temples ungrayed ,
his biceps, beneath a white V-neck T-shirt,
college athlete taut. For the portrait seen
here, Duhamel did little more than hand off
his beer (politely, of course), fold his long
legs into a chair, look up, andclick!
masculinity incarnate. The rest of the shoot
was essentially a formality.
Its hard to feel bad for a guy cursed with
that kind of genetic makeup. But its true,
Heigl confirms, that once an actor works his
way up, as Duhamel has, from modeling to
soaps (he logged three years on All My Chil-
dren) to TV (Las Vegas) to movies, sometimes
the same looks that helped him land all
those earlier gigsthe looks that made him
ideal to play an arrogant himbo in his fluffy
breakthrough, Win a Date With Tad Hamil-
ton! , or a gunslinging, white-teethed hero
like Captain Lennox in Michael Bays
Transformers franchisecan also make audi-
ences and casting agents alike presume cer-
taindramatic limitations. No one knows
this better than Duhamel. But hes humble,
and hes a worker; Life director Greg Berlanti
compares the actors technique to that of an
athlete or a musician who practices and
practices and then shows up and lets himself
go. Success has been a gradual climb for
him, a marathon, not a sprint, Duhamel
says, and the importance of proving
himselfovercoming all the doubters, from
college football coaches to ex-girlfriends to
Hollywood mogulsis a theme in nearly
every interview hes given. In every phase,
youre trying to break out of some box people
put you in. This time, its the TV guyIs he
big enough for the movies? he says.
Heigl, who lobbied for Duhamel to be
cast in Life, his first true leading-man role,
predicts his physical advantages wont get in
his way. Hes like the perfect leading man,
and there absolutely are really beautiful
leading men out there who have found their
way to the Oscars. Like George Clooney. It
does happen.
Fergie and Duhamel met in 2004 and
married in 2009. As unlikely as their pairing
first appearedthe boyish midwestern TV
guy and the bootylicious, consummately
L.A. pop starthey seemed like one of
Hollywoods few unsinkable couples. Last
October , that bubble burst when an Atlanta
stripper was paid $20,000 by the National
Enquirer for a story in which she claimed she
and Duhamel had sex. He has never publicly
addressed the debacle, and he declined to
talk about the subject here . But the couple
has presented a united front through it all,
and it would be difficult for even the most
jaded cynic to doubt his sincerity when he
talks about his wifes virtues. It was really
important to me to have somebody who
wanted success for me, who wanted the best
for me, who pushed me and inspired me to
be better. Not somebody who, for whatever
reason, whether resentment or jealousy or
whatever, will hold you back. I went through
that once before. (He declines to provide
specifics, but he was previously engaged to
model Kristy Pierce in 2004.) Fergie, on the
other hand, was a bona fide star before they
met, presumably too established to be
threatened by his nascent successor his
beauty. I knew early on that [Fergie] was
right for me, he goes on. Shes got an in-
credible strength and optimism. I knew that
I was going to be a better man with her.
Hes had plenty of time recently to look
back on that moment of clarity, having
played two very different roles in two very
different movies, with one common thread:
Both characters are facing what he calls
that fucked-up, awkward stage that a lot of
people go through between being a kid and
being an adult. When do you step up?
In Life as We Know It, he and Heigl play
two singletons whose best friends are mar-
ried to each other. The couple sets them up
on a date that, as Heigl puts it, crashes and
burns before they even get out of the drive-
way, but then the friends are killed in a car
accident and Duhamel and Heigl discover
their friends willed them their one-year-old
daughter to raise. The movie has its fair
share of rom-com clichsshes the practi-
cal, Prius-driving workaholic, hes the
motorcycle-riding libidinous man-child
but it also grapples with the life-altering
commitment the characters are forced to
make. Its not just a simple Yes, Ill do it;
Ill be a good father, Duhamel says.
There are some real questions: whether or
not he wants to do it, whether he can,
whether hes even going to stick around.
Adulthood also comes a-knocking for
Tom, Duhamels character in this months
indie love triangle The Romantics. On the
eve of his wedding to one woman (Anna Pa-
quin), Tom is wrestling with his unresolved
feelings for the maid of honor, his college
girlfriend ( Katie Holmes). Writer-director
Galt Niederhoffer wrote the screenplay
based on her novel of the same title and di-
rected the filmclearly, she wasnt going to
entrust this leading man to just anyone. I al-
ways say that Josh has the body of a quarter-
back and the heart of a poet, says
Niederhoffer. He has the sincere and hon-
est goodness of a hero, but hes also got the
curiosity and intellect and discipline of a se-
rious artist. Those were the characteristics I
wanted for this character.
And did we mention hes baby crazy?
Look at this, he says, pulling up a photo
of two sapphire-eyed infants on his Black-
Berry. They are Oliver and Everette, his
sister Ashlees year-old twins; the name
Everette was Duhamels idea, sparked by
an autograph he gave after, naturally, driv-
ing the pace car at the Indy 500. Even more
telling: His phone also holds a working list
of baby names for peas he plans to have
with Ferg. (Hes not sharing.) Is there a
baby Duhamel on the immediate horizon?
Hell only say affectionately, Oh, shes a
planner. Shes got a plan.
Duhamel had a small role as Uncle Ho-
bart in this summers kids flick Ramona and
Beezus , based on the iconic childrens book
series by Beverly Cleary; in the movie, the
Quimby family is faced with serious upset,
which hit home with Duhamel. I know
what this little girls thinking: What do you
mean youre getting a divorce? What do
you mean Dads moving? What do you
mean we have to move from here? Its
scary! says Duhamel, who was a fourth
grader (like Ramona ) when his parents di-
vorced. He remained close to both parents;
his mother later remarried, and his dad has
been with the same woman for 25 years, but
their split affected me a lot, he says. I was
a very sensitive, emotional kid because of
that. He didnt rebel; in fact, the opposite:
I didnt want to displease either one of my
parents; when youre that young, you dont
want it to erupt, he says. The solution was
to fly under the radar. Ive always had this
feeling that I dont want to stay too long, I
dont want be a burden, he says. Growing
up, it was not wanting to be in the way, not
wanting to make a scene. He has only re-
cently begun to formulate an explanation
for the irony of his profession. I dont nec-
essarily like a lot of attention. My wife,
when she walks into a room, she just lights it
up. Im much more low-keyhere, too, an-
other potential clue as to their attraction:
Fergie desires and commands attention in a
way that any shy person would marvel at.
But the camera is liberating, he says. I get
to behave however I want within the pa-
rameters of whatever Im playing. Its free-
ing for me. Its like therapy
Oh my God, what a shot!
And, like that, Mickelson and Woods
have dragged us back to the real world.
Duhamel may be a jock of the sensitive vari-
ety, but he clearly can resist the siren song of
ESPN for only so long. He makes his way
through the gloom, turning heads as he
goes, back to the sunlight, the big black
truck, the beautiful woman, and TiVo.
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I N S I D E FLAWLESS SKIN IN A FLASH, DESIGNERS SECRET SCENT INSPIRATIONS, AND MORE...
From left: ESTE
LAUDER Pure Color
lipstick in Midnight
Bloom; DIOR Rouge
Dior lipstick in Daisy
Plum; LORAL PARIS
HiP Crystal Shadow
in Darling
THE LOOK: Wine shades infuse fantasy into a look, says makeup
artist Pat McGrath, who at Dior had editors cooing over her
revamp of summers ubiquitous red lip.
SEEN AT: Dior, Luca Luca, Missoni, Peter Som, Proenza Schouler
DIY: Work with your coloring: Fairer beauties should try a purplish
shade; those with darker skin tones, a warmer, reddish-black.
TRY WITH: Taupe lids. At Proenza Schouler, M.A.C makeup artist
Diane Kendal used a brown shadow along the lash line.
MAROON STAIN
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Lagerfeld
Dior
From left: SALLY
HANSEN Nail Art Pen
in White; REVLON Nail
Enamel in Revlon Red ;
OPI Nail Lacquers in
Color So Hot It Berns
and Alpine Snow
THE LOOK: Hipsters cant get enough of greige, but the runways love
red. Red is feminine, so its a nice counterpoint to the androgynous
styles, says OPI artistic director Suzi Weiss-Fischmann.
SEEN AT: Dior, DSquared
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DIY: Warm reds can seem summery, so stick with cool crimsons
(those with blue undertones).
TRY WITH: A half-moon manicure. Use a white nail polish pen to
mirror the natural shape of your nail bed on top of a red base, then
finish with a topcoat.
RED POLISH
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and Shape Powder
MOST NATURAL
GET THE LOOK
BOLD BROWS
THE LOOK: Last seasons bleached brows have gone to the dark side.
Bold brows say strong, powerful woman, says McGrath, P&G
creative director , who feathered out the arches at Prada and Dior.
SEEN AT: Chlo, Dior, Herms, Paul & Joe, Prada, Vivienne Westwood
DIY: Stick with your natural eyebrow shape and use a matching
brow pencil to fill in sparse hairs, as Charlotte Tilbury did at Chlo.
TRY WITH: Nude cheeks, which offer an artful counterbalance.
Tilbury used contour powders (one shade darker than the models
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THE LOOK: At Erin Fetherstons NYC show, Odile Gilbert was
inspired by the signature blunt bangs of the designer herself; at
Lanvin in Paris, Guido crafted eyelash-grazing fringe with a
mysterious, sexy vibe.
SEEN AT: Emporio Armani, Erin Fetherston, Jen Kao, Lanvin,
L.A.M.B.
DIY: One cut does not fit all. Its very important that your bangs suit
your face shape, says Guido. Blunt cuts flatter oval faces, while
round and square faces look best with fringe thats longer on the
sides and slightly shorter in the middle.
TRY WITH: A bold eye. McGrath says she followed the horizontal edge
of the fringe when smudging out black liner to create the sultry
smoked eyes at Lanvin.
BANGS
BEST ATTITUDE
GET THE LOOK
From left:
ESTE LAUDER Pure
Color EyeShadow
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CHI 1-Inch Ceramic
Flat Hairstyling
Iron; JOHN FRIEDA
Frizz-Ease 100%
Shine Glossing
Mist
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Fresh Start Dry
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REDKEN Aerate 08
Bodifying Cream-
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MOST PLAYFUL
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MEGAVOLUME
THE LOOK: Who wouldve thought Nice helmet head! could be a
compliment? But the futuristic, robotic (as described by
Bumble and bumbles Jimmy Paul) big hair embraced by
designers this season shows a tougher side of over-the-top volume.
SEEN AT: Chanel, Lela Rose, Nina Ricci, Prabal Gurung
DIY: Guido, who created 60s-inspired height at Nina Ricci,
recommends applying a bodifying mousse to the roots of damp
hair, blow-drying, then back-combing at the crown. Gently tease
front pieces and smooth them back, sealing the look with hairspray.
TRY WITH: Roughed-up texture. To ensure the hair wasnt beauty-
pageant polished, Guido, Redkens creative consultant, made
strands piece-y so the overall look was slightly undone.
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free Hair Elastics;
SHU UEMURA Round
Brush; REDKEN
Glass 01 Smoothing
Serum; WELLA
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Volumagic
THE LOOK: Part placement speaks volumes: Center parts say hippie
chic, while a side part makes any hairstyle look more elegant, says
Eugene Souleiman, Wella Professionals global creative director.
SEEN AT: Alexander Wang, Calvin Klein, Cline, DKNY
DIY: Everyones nose subtly points to one sideeven a supermodels.
Fake symmetry by parting hair on the opposite side the nose points.
TRY WITH: A sleek, low ponytail, which takes seconds to create. Its this
seasons easiest evening option.
SEVERE SIDE PART
BEST COMEBACK
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DKNY Calvin Klein
Lagerfeld
Donna Karan
From left: LANCME
Le Lipstique pencil in
Rougelle; M.A.C COSMETICS
Lipglass ; CHANEL Rouge
Allure Luminous Satin
Lip Colour in Expressive;
GUERLAIN KissKiss Gloss
in Poppy Star
CUTEST COUPLE
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BLACK HEADBAND
THE LOOK: At Donna Karan, Souleiman gave a nod to mod with
shiny black headbands placed low over the hairline.
SEEN AT: Donna Karan, Lagerfeld, Prada
DIY: Although Souleiman bought his bands in Paris five years ago,
Scncis one-inch black headbands are a chic substitute.
TRY WITH: High-shine red lips. Tilbury replicated the patent leather
shine of the band by layering crimson at Donna Karan: a base of
pencil, followed with cherry-red lipstick finished with gloss.
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3.1 Philip Lim
THE LOOK: Makeup artist Lisa Butler for NARS made sure pink
wasnt prissy at 3.1 Phillip Lim, creating a youthful and rebellious
punk princessinspired look.
SEEN AT: 3.1 Phillip Lim, Akris, Dior, Tsumori Chisato, YSL
DIY: Darker skin tones can pull off bright fuchsia shades, while
lighter tones work well with baby pink.
TRY WITH: Black eyeliner. Lining the eyes gives the pink a rock n
roll spin.
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GIVENCHY Le Prisme in
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Line Express Eyeliner
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Makeup master Dick Page possesses the rare ability to perceive beauty in the
ordinaryand to use those observations to transform womens faces. For the brands
newest shades, the artistic director for Shiseido The Makeup photographed inspiring
objects and scenes he glimpsed around the world, then painted corresponding color
swatches on wood blocks for the cosmetics lab back in Japan to match. That attention to
detail paid off: I painted 10 or 12 variations on each shade before I felt that I had gotten
it right, and sent back dozens of lab samples before I felt they did. Once the colors were
ready, he used them backstage at the fall shows. Full of depth and unexpected hints of
color, the collection is more than meets the eye, much like Page himself.Maura Lynch
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Page studied these hues
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Page knew the crazy-
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A trip to Nevada sparked
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contour with silver, and
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GUESS THE INSPIRATION
When youre a globe-trotting cosmetics whiz,
ideas for new makeup hues can come from
pretty much anywhere. Try matching Pages
snapshots to the shades they inspired.
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paler, youll want to go for a
pink or bisque. When you find
the right combination, its
magic. Also, dont just use it
under the eye, dab it at the top
of your nose by the eye socket.
When you lighten that up, it
really opens up the eye.
Can black eyeliner make
undereye circles look darker?
Absolutely. So can smoky eye
shadowanything that brings
attention to the eye will make
discoloration under the eye
stand out more, making color
correcting key. I hated that
period in fashion when
everyone was doing the I slept
in my makeup look, which
was all about black, smudged
eye makeup and no concealer.
Whats the best way to tell if
a makeup shade is right for
your skin?
Test foundation on both your
forehead and the side of your
cheek. If it disappears, its right;
if it looks kind of pink, you need
a more yellowy tone. Lipstick
can really change color
depending on your lip color,
not your skin color, so if you
can, try it on and walk outside
to make sure its still flattering
in daylight. A lot of women are
walking around in makeup
thats not the right color or
texture for them, which is kind
of like wearing ill-fitting jeans.
Do you still pick up tips
from clients and models you
work with?
All the time! When I was
starting out doing makeup at
fashion shows, the big models
would say Thank you and
then take a mirror and fix it.
Thats how I learned little things
like making sure your eyeliner
on the top and bottom meets at
the outer edges of the eyes; it
always looks better to have less
For Bobbi Brown, its all about
the natural look: With her
oft-cited credo Skin should
look like skin! shes liberated
countless women from chalky
visible foundation over the
course of her three-decade
career. Her belief that beauty
can be enhanced with a few
complexion-boosting
techniques is so compelling that
demand for her expertise
crosses generations: No matter
who I was going to make up,
whether it was Miley Cyrus or
Catherine Deneuve, Ive always
needed to have products that
worked for all ages, s he says.
Stressing that good habits start
early, Brown will be publishing
her second book for women in
their teens and early twenties,
Beauty Rules (Chronicle Books),
this month. A lot of moms
bring their daughters to me,
she says proudly. I think Ive
become a rite of passage.
Whats the one makeup tip you
wish every woman knew?
Use a color corrector under
concealer. The corrector will
get rid of the darkness and
counteract green or purple
shadows, and then concealer
lightens the area so it blends
into your skin. For medium
skin tones all the way to darker
black, youll need a peach-
toned corrector, and if youre
liner on the lower lid; and a
good way to choose a lip color is
to match it to the inside of your
lip. From clients, Ive learned
that not everyone likes a nude
face as much as I do. Some can
add an acid-orange lipstick to a
nude face and look fantastic. But
I do think everyone should learn
how to do pretty, natural
makeup first and go from there.
Do you prefer the look of
foundation thats been applied
with fingers rather than a brush?
I do, because it sinks into the
skin better. And while I love
brushes, I use my fingers a lot. In
fact, I went to a fancy party last
night and when I got in the car
and opened up my teeny
evening bag, I had no brushes.
So I smudged a pencil, then I
put a brown shadow on top of it
with my finger, and then I
dipped the pencil into my gel
black liner and lined my eyes. I
dont recommend doing that,
but in a pinch .
Its nice to know that even
Bobbi Brown gets caught
out sometimes.
Are you kidding? I am the
shoemaker without shoes! I
had to call the president of
my company to bring me
my mascara.
(From top) Concealer is the secret to the universe, says Brown, who
loves her Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer Kit. It makes you look instantly
refreshed; her favorite shampoo is Bumble and bumble Creme de Coco
When you have your hair blown out as often as I do, you need extra moisture
in your shampoo; Jo Malone Grapefruit Body Crme feels so luxurious right
after showering; A dark nail color, such as Essie Nail Color in Wicked , can
make a casual outfit look dressier; Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner will
really make your eyes stand out, she saysAlways apply the line from the
innermost to the outermost corners of the eye; Nothing gives your face a
lift like a pop of blush on the apples of your cheeks, she saysher favorite
for all skin tones is Bobbi Brown Blush in Pale Pink.
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Makeup artists dont get much more
iconic than Bobbi Brown. The master
of complexion perfection shares a few
of her favorite tips with April Long
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fragrance. Three fashion designers share the
inspirations that got their juices flowing.
By April Long
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Giorgio Armanis starting point for Acqua di Gioia was his vacation home on the Italian island of Pantelleria (1), where, he says, he feels the
power of Mother Natures fresh, dynamic energy. Intended to awaken the senses like a Mediterranean sojourn, the fragrance captures the
bracing effect of sea spray and the enlivening qualities of a mojito (2), opening with a burst of crushed mint (3) and closing with a brown sugar
(4) base. The water jasmine (5) that blooms at Acqua di Gioias heart makes it distinctly femininesomething that was particularly important
to the designer, who wanted the scent to embody the mysterious and alluring spirit of Sophia Loren (6) as well as the extraordinarily strong
attitude of women such as Megan Fox (7). I am fascinated by women who are comfortable in their own skin, he says, and who look as
beautiful and individual in a pair of jeans as they do in an evening dress.
ACQUA DI GIOIA
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ELLE BEAUTY INSPIRATION
Never one to embrace convention, Thierry Mugler was inspired by the juxtapositions in surrealist artworks such as Ren Magrittes The Great
War (1) to create Womanity, a gourmand fragrance constructed around a unique pairing of savory and sweet. His love of the Greek Cyclades
islands (2), particularly being under a fig tree in warm weather with a sea breeze, informed the scents key notes: briny Osetra caviar (3)
and juicy fig (4). Muglers aim was to pay homage to the multifacetedoften contrasting characteristics that give women their energy and
playfulness, and he says he was particularly influenced by women who reinvent themselves, like Beyonc and Sunset Boulevard star Gloria
Swanson (5). The bottle (6) incorporates a ring (7), symbolizing unity and connectedness, and a frieze with a sphinxlike face. It evokes a
totem (8), says Mugler, because it is designed for a woman who leaves her mark.
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warmth in the drydown. In keeping with the no-fuss basics that define the Pure DKNY clothing line, Karan was inspired by the simplicity
of organic cotton (6), envisaging the scent to be something you wear when youre most yourself. Even the clear, rounded (fully recyclable)
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JOIN THE MILLIONS OF WOMEN
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
BOTOX
Cosmetic may cause serious side effects that can be life threatening. Call your doctor or get medical help
right away if you have any of these problems any time (hours to weeks) after injection of BOTOX
Cosmetic:
Problems swallowing, speaking, or breathing, due to weakening of associated muscles, can be severe and result in loss of
life. You are at the highest risk if these problems are pre-existing before injection. Swallowing problems may last for several months.
Spread of toxin effects. The effect of botulinum toxin may affect areas away from the injection site and cause serious symptoms
including: loss of strength and all-over muscle weakness, double vision, blurred vision and drooping eyelids, hoarseness or change
or loss of voice (dysphonia), trouble saying words clearly (dysarthria), loss of bladder control, trouble breathing, trouble swallowing.
There has not been a confirmed serious case of spread of toxin effect when BOTOX
Cosmetic has been used at the recommended

dose to treat frown lines.
The dose of BOTOX
Cosmetic is not the same as, or comparable to, another botulinum toxin product.
Serious and or immediate allergic reactions have been reported. These reactions include itchy rash, swelling, and shortness of
breath. Tell your doctor or get medical help right away if you experience any such symptoms, further injection of BOTOX
Cosmetic
should be discontinued.
Do not take BOTOX
Cosmetic if you: are allergic to any of the ingredients in BOTOX
Cosmetic (see Medication Guide for ingredients);

had an allergic reaction to any other botulinum toxin product such as Myobloc
or Dysport
; have a skin infection at the planned injection site.

2010 Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA 92612. marks owned by Allergan, Inc. APC 24JB10 Dysport is a registered trademark of Ipsen Biopharm Limited Company. Myobloc is a registered trademark of Solstice Neurosciences, Inc.
MEDICATION GUIDE BOTOX
and BOTOX
Cosmetic (Boe-tox) (onabotulinumtoxinA) for Injection

Read the Medication Guide that comes with BOTOX

or BOTOX
Cosmetic before you start using it and

each time it is given to you. There may be new
information. This information does not take the
place of talking with your doctor about your medical
condition or your treatment. You should share this
information with your family members and caregivers.
What is the most important information I should
know about BOTOX
and BOTOX
Cosmetic?
BOTOX
and BOTOX
Cosmetic may cause serious

side effects that can be life threatening. Call your
doctor or get medical help right away if you have
any of these problems after treatment with BOTOX

or BOTOX
Cosmetic:
Problems swallowing, speaking, or breathing.
These problems can happen hours to weeks after
an injection of BOTOX
or BOTOX
Cosmetic
usually because the muscles that you use to breathe
and swallow can become weak after the injection.
Death can happen as a complication if you have
severe problems with swallowing or breathing after
treatment with BOTOX
or BOTOX
Cosmetic.
People with certain breathing problems may need to
use muscles in their neck to help them breathe. These
patients may be at greater risk for serious breathing
problems with BOTOX
or BOTOX
Cosmetic.
Swallowing problems may last for several months.
People who cannot swallow well may need a
feeding tube to receive food and water. If swallowing
problems are severe, food or liquids may go into
your lungs. People who already have swallowing
or breathing problems before receiving BOTOX
or
BOTOX
Cosmetic have the highest risk of getting

these problems.
Spread of toxin effects. In some cases, the effect
of botulinum toxin may affect areas of the body away
from the injection site and cause symptoms of a
serious condition called botulism. The symptoms of
botulism include:
loss of strength and muscle weakness all over the body
double vision
blurred vision and drooping eyelids
hoarseness or change or loss of voice (dysphonia)
trouble saying words clearly (dysarthria)
loss of bladder control
trouble breathing
trouble swallowing
These symptoms can happen hours to weeks after
you receive an injection of BOTOX
or
BOTOX
Cosmetic.
These problems could make it unsafe for you to drive
a car or do other dangerous activities. See What
should I avoid while receiving BOTOX
or
BOTOX
Cosmetic?
There has not been a conrmed serious case of
spread of toxin effect away from the injection site
when BOTOX
has been used at the recommended

dose to treat severe underarm sweating,
blepharospasm, or strabismus, or when
BOTOX
Cosmetic has been used at the

recommended dose to treat frown lines.
What are BOTOX
and BOTOX
Cosmetic?
BOTOX
is a prescription medicine that is injected

into muscles and used:
to treat increased muscle stiffness in elbow, wrist, and
nger muscles in adults with upper limb spasticity.
to treat the abnormal head position and neck pain
that happens with cervical dystonia (CD) in adults.
to treat certain types of eye muscle problems
(strabismus) or abnormal spasm of the eyelids
(blepharospasm) in people 12 years and older.
BOTOX
is also injected into the skin to treat the

symptoms of severe underarm sweating (severe
primary axillary hyperhidrosis) when medicines used
on the skin (topical) do not work well enough.
BOTOX
Cosmetic is a prescription medicine that

is injected into muscles and used to improve the
look of moderate to severe frown lines between the
eyebrows (glabellar lines) in adults younger than 65
years of age for a short period of time (temporary).
It is not known whether BOTOX
is safe or effective in
children younger than:
18 years of age for treatment of spasticity
16 years of age for treatment of cervical dystonia
18 years of age for treatment of hyperhidrosis
12 years of age for treatment of strabismus or
blepharospasm
BOTOX
Cosmetic is not recommended for use in

children younger than 18 years of age.
It is not known whether BOTOX
and
BOTOX
Cosmetic are safe or effective for other

types of muscle spasms or for severe sweating
anywhere other than your armpits.
Who should not take BOTOX
or BOTOX
Cosmetic?
Do not take BOTOX
or BOTOX
Cosmetic if you:
are allergic to any of the ingredients in BOTOX
or
BOTOX
Cosmetic. See the end of this Medication

Guide for a list of ingredients in BOTOX
and
BOTOX
Cosmetic.
had an allergic reaction to any other botulinum toxin
product such as Myobloc
or Dysport
have a skin infection at the planned injection site

What should I tell my doctor before taking BOTOX

or BOTOX
Cosmetic?
Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions,
including if you have:
a disease that affects your muscles and nerves
(such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS or Lou
Gehrigs disease], myasthenia gravis or Lambert-
Eaton syndrome). See What is the most important
information I should know about BOTOX
and
BOTOX
Cosmetic?
allergies to any botulinum toxin product
had any side effect from any botulinum toxin
product in the past
a breathing problem, such as asthma or emphysema
swallowing problems
bleeding problems
plans to have surgery
had surgery on your face
weakness of your forehead muscles, such as
trouble raising your eyebrows
drooping eyelids
any other change in the way your face normally looks
are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not
known if BOTOX
or BOTOX
Cosmetic can harm

your unborn baby.
are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. It is not
known if BOTOX
or BOTOX
Cosmetic passes into

breast milk.
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you
take, including prescription and nonprescription
medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Using
BOTOX
or BOTOX
Cosmetic with certain other

medicines may cause serious side effects. Do
not start any new medicines until you have told
your doctor that you have received BOTOX
or
BOTOX
Cosmetic in the past.

Especially tell your doctor if you:
have received any other botulinum toxin product in
the last four months
have received injections of botulinum toxin, such
as Myobloc
(rimabotulinumtoxinB) or Dysport

(abobotulinumtoxinA) in the past. Be sure your
doctor knows exactly which product you received.
have recently received an antibiotic by injection
take muscle relaxants
take an allergy or cold medicine
take a sleep medicine
Ask your doctor if you are not sure if your medicine
is one that is listed above.
Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of your
medicines with you to show your doctor and
pharmacist each time you get a new medicine.
How should I take BOTOX
or BOTOX
Cosmetic?
BOTOX
or BOTOX
Cosmetic is an injection that

your doctor will give you.
BOTOX
is injected into your affected muscles or skin.

BOTOX
Cosmetic is injected into your affected muscles.

Your doctor may change your dose of BOTOX
or
BOTOX
Cosmetic, until you and your doctor nd the

best dose for you.
What should I avoid while taking BOTOX
or
BOTOX
Cosmetic?
BOTOX
and BOTOX
Cosmetic may cause loss

of strength or general muscle weakness, or vision
problems within hours to weeks of taking BOTOX

or BOTOX
Cosmetic. If this happens, do not drive

a car, operate machinery, or do other dangerous
activities. See What is the most important
and
BOTOX
Cosmetic?
What are the possible side effects of BOTOX
and
BOTOX
Cosmetic?
BOTOX
and BOTOX
Cosmetic can cause serious

side effects. See What is the most important
and
BOTOX
Cosmetic?
Other side effects of BOTOX
and BOTOX
Cosmetic
include:
dry mouth
discomfort or pain at the injection site
tiredness
headache
neck pain
eye problems: double vision, blurred vision,
decreased eyesight, drooping eyelids, swelling of
your eyelids, and dry eyes.
allergic reactions. Symptoms of an allergic
reaction to BOTOX
or BOTOX
Cosmetic may
include: itching, rash, red itchy welts, wheezing,
asthma symptoms, or dizziness or feeling faint.
Tell your doctor or get medical help right away if
you are wheezing or have asthma symptoms, or if
you become dizzy or faint.
Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that
bothers you or that does not go away.
These are not all the possible side effects of
BOTOX
and BOTOX
Cosmetic. For more

information, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side
effects. You may report side effects to FDA at
1-800-FDA-1088.
General information about BOTOX
and
BOTOX
Cosmetic:
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes
other than those listed in a Medication Guide.
This Medication Guide summarizes the most
important information about BOTOX
and
BOTOX
Cosmetic. If you would like more

information, talk with your doctor. You can ask
your doctor or pharmacist for information about
BOTOX
and BOTOX
Cosmetic that is written for

healthcare professionals. For more information
about BOTOX
and BOTOX
Cosmetic call Allergan

at 1-800-433-8871 or go to www.botox.com.
What are the ingredients in BOTOX
and
BOTOX
Cosmetic?
Active ingredient: botulinum toxin type A
Inactive ingredients: human albumin and sodium chloride
Issued: 03/2010
This Medication Guide has been approved by the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Manufactured by: Allergan Pharmaceuticals
Ireland a subsidiary of: Allergan, Inc. 2525 Dupont
Dr., Irvine, CA 92612
2010 Allergan, Inc. mark owned by Allergan,
Inc. U.S. Patents 6,974,578; 6,683,049; and
6,896,886 Myobloc is a registered trademark of
Solstice Neurosciences, Inc. Dysport is a registered
trademark of Ipsen Biopharm Limited Company.
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test boy Id ever seen,
one of two impossibly
masculine guys in my
hippie-dippy Shake-
speare camp, in which
Id enrolled the sum-
mer after tenth grade to nerd out on iambic
pentameter and dramatic irony. He had a
low ponytail, long guitar fingers, and a dif-
ferent Grateful Dead T-shirt for every day
of the week. I couldnt muster two words
around him, but I wore an extra ponytail
holder on my wrist in case his ever
snapped; I imagined handing mine over
just as his long brown hair began to fall in
defenseless waves around his face. No
problem, Id say with a shrug. This would
lead towhat elsea kiss against a back-
stage costume rack. But the one day we
were paired to perform a sonnet, I almost
threw up. There I stood in rehearsal, pre-
paring to hold Tanners hands and look
straight into his eyes, to hear him recite
Shakespeare in all his feverish passion.
Tanner grasped my sweaty palms.
When in disgrace with fortune and
mens eyes, he began, I all alone beweep
my outcast state. Sigh. And trouble deaf
heaven with my bootless cries. Then he
pausedhad he forgotten the line? Wow.
You are so short, he said. In that instant,
with my heart karate-chopping my chest, I
remember feeling stunned, stunted; not just
short, but altogether small. (Get thee to a
nunnery, much?)
I stopped growing at around age 12. I
hit 32B, five feet tall, and froze; and even
though Tanners poorly timed comment
was anachronistically crude where Shake-
speare would have been concernedand
painfully ironic considering he was deliv-
ering a poem about superficial things not
mattering a lick, but anyway, whatever,
Im so over itI wasnt exactly surprised.
Could he have forced his way through 16
lines without mentioning how far down his
neck had to strain to meet my gaze? Still,
most people could barely get through
They say fake it till you make it, but when youre five
feet tall, theres only so much a shoe can do. Rachel
Rosenblit discovers the emotional powerand
priceof the high heel
SHORT STORY
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Nice to meet you without pointing out
that no, I was not tall. So I guess I was
used to it. Besides, no one at my high
school thought of me as short for very
long. I was a ballbuster, a talk backer.
Teachers gave me As minutes before as-
signing me in-school suspension. (I almost
got expelled once, but they couldnt prove
I did it. And Im certainly not admitting
to it now.) I got the requisite high school
flak for being little, for looking like a
turtle underneath my overstuffed back-
pack, but who really cared, when Hey,
shorty always came out sounding like a
come-on and the muscly guys thought I
was fun to twirl around?
College was different. I arrived at North-
western prepared, like many freshmen, to
seamlessly continue the hot streak Id been
on for the past four years. Getting into my
dream school had felt like a triumph, but
now there were even more exclusive clubs
to get into, like the investigative journalism
class that I didnt dare apply for because,
clearly, I was the only one in my entire
major who hadnt been editor of my high
school paper. Or the sorority I stupidly
joined simply because I got in. Becoming
a part of that club gave me extra access to
girls with identical handbags and famous
last names, and the spoiled, loud frat boys
who would lean down to yell Huh?! over
the stereos at their keg parties. My class-
mates had summer internships lined up be-
fore Id registered for winter classes. They
could spend lecture periods doing cross-
word puzzles and still kick my ass on the
Kristin
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Kristen
Bell
5'1"
Reese
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Eva
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Parker
5'2"
Mary-Kate
Olsen
5'1"
Ashley
Olsen
5'2"
Mila
Kunis
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Vanessa
Hudgens
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Gabrielle
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funny, but now it seemed aberrant and
lame, lost time I could have spent craft-
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one guy I liked, a sophomore who lived
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friends Id made in my dorm.
I didnt really resent my height, or at
least I never had before. But I was wildly
uncomfortable and in need of somewhere
to place (mis place) all that insecurity. So
my anxieties manifested themselves as con-
tempt for the one thing I couldnt change.
I felt my classmates were looking down on
me, and in no time I turned the metaphor
literal. Wow, she is so short, I heard them
thinking. I am so short, I thought.
And so I began my exhausting and fu-
tile attempt to be taller. I bought clunky,
wedged black boots for trudging across a
snowy Chicago campus, and stack-heel
varieties to wear to parties and bars. I had
four-inch platform flip-flops; since it never
got warm enough, I wore them in my apart-
ment. God forbid I was ever seen barefoot.
I did anything I could to avoid having
my feet on the ground. I wasted the free
membership at the gym where I worked
because the thought of my coworkers see-
ing me in sneakers terrified me. Id answer
the door in just a towel as long as I had
my wedges on. When Brett, a 6'3" line-
backer whod spent part of the off-season
delving into drunken woe-is-me diatribes
before hitting on me at parties, showed
up wasted and blubbering at 4 A.M. at my
doorI peered through the peephole at
his huge heaving chest and ran to put on
my platforms. Would I have had the nerve
to throw him out if Id been in my stocking
feet , the hems of my sweatpants pooling
around my ankles? No.
I may have spent college hiding atop
my shoes, but can you blame a girl for try-
ing? Theres something about high heels
that makes change seem possible, and
weve all felt their magic. Before we were
allowed to wear them, and when the older,
cooler people who didmothers, teenage
babysitters, pop stars seemed older and
cooler partly because of them, we projected
infinite promise onto high-heeled shoes.
What floor-length showstopper would
we one day own to wear with them? And
when we were standing there, tall and
commanding, which Ken would sweep
us off our elevated feet? How elegant and
lithe would we look dancing with him, our
twirling soles arched high above the floor,
our shoes two glass slippers?
But I didnt get swept away. High heels
werent fantasy to me, and they werent
sex, the way they can be, and often are. An
amazing pair of shoes couldnt liberate my
confidence or inner vixen, because they
were busy locking me in. Ill never forget
walking home from senior formal with my
sensitive musician boyfriend, Evan, and his
bandmates: My strappy stilettos had been
killing me all night, and now, during the
home stretch, I was sure my feet were ir-
reparably mangled and would have to be
amputated, and oh yes, someone would
be sued. Just take them off, Evan finally
said. And be free of the pain? And get to
actually enjoy the rest of the walk on this
one warm night next to this 5'8" boy I
loved, and who loved me back, every inch
of me? Only to be all the way down there
on the ground, squat and armorless, and
inevitably hear one of his friendsall of
whom had accepted me, finallyexclaim,
Whoa, Rach. Youre that short? Nah
Im good.
I think about that moment, and I feel
so deeply sad. Not for my poor feet, which
took two days to feel normal, or even for
the stilettosand, Ill be honest, if there
were any shoes I would have liked to spare
a negative association, it was those. But no;
the profound melancholy is in realizing
I did anything I
could to avoid
having my feet
on the ground.
Christina Ricci, 5'1"; Natalie Portman, 5'3"
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how ingrained my height issues had be-
come, how much space they took up in the
air on a perfect June night, when I should
have felt so free.
After college, I moved into a crappy
apartment in Arlington, Virginia , bought a
dumpy used car, and got a relatively de-
moralizing job making copies at an invest-
ment bank. And I was so happy. For those
first few months, I knew only one person
in the entire tristate areamy roommate,
Hili, a college friendand our lives were
the kind of nothing-to-lose adventure that
you never want to repeat but hope to
always remember. Our first friends were
the bartenders at the brewery around the
corner; wed drink all the free beers we
could handle before stumbling home and
collapsing in hysterics on the floor of our
furnitureless living room with a gallon
of ice cream. We shared late-night diner
food with men whod worked for Clinton;
made friends with a cabbie who became
our personal driver; crashed parties just to
give out fake names and be new people
for a night. Sometimes wed drive around
for hourswe had hours to sparetrying
to find a Target or the Lincoln Memorial .
We were always lost, but always sure wed
get there. I started being set up on blind
friend-dates, where I brought the why-not
attitude Id cultivated in those months of
flirting and freeloading and feeling mag-
nificently anonymous, and I somehow
made my way into the center of some
warm and wonderful circles of friends.
Outside of the upper-middle-class col-
lege bubble, all the heavy inferiority Id
been carrying started to lift, and I realized
how reassuring the real world could feel
when I had something authentic to offer
it. Now the pretense effected by a couple
inches of height seemed irrelevant, and
a little pathetic. So I began to reacquaint
myself with being five feet tall, having
literally forgotten what it looked like, felt
like, walking around down there. I had to
train myself not to put on platforms just
to check the mail. Only after two years of
learning to re-embrace the flat shoe was I
ready to rethink the heel.
And how. I moved to New York City
to work at ELLE. Here I was, a girl from
Atlanta whod always seen fashion as be-
yond my purview, something relegated
to the Sunday Styles sections that Id steal
from my parents paper and stash under
my bed. Id always known how clothes and
accessories could make me feel, but what,
really, could fashion do for me? Every-
thing, it turns out, that it never could have
done when I wasnt feeling good in my own
skin. Beyond just their flair for effortlessly
chic ensembles, the girls in the office are ut-
terly, rabidly, till -death devoted to the high
heel. They have their favorites, depending
on the seasonfall 2008s YSL Tribute
platform pump, spring 2009s Alexander
Wang fringe peep-toe bootieand their
perennial loves, Balenciaga and Loubou-
tin. To them, shoes are modes of expres-
sion that provide daily doses of inspiration
in a creative workplace. They perfectly
encapsulate the most provocative elements
of fashion: art, innovation, aspiration, al-
chemy. They can make you not just taller,
but leaner and sexier. They swivel your
gait, improve your posture, and make your
clothes look better. Jodi, an accessories as-
sistant , once told me, I could be wearing
my hottest outfit, and Ill still feel like Im
in gym clothes until I step into a heel. Now
Im dressed. Every day I watch these girls
using their heels and the strut they provide
not to obscure whats wrong, but to chan-
nel their best selves. At the same time, they
can sport a pair of Converse and perfect a
swagger. I remain humbly inspired.
When I slip into a high heel now, I can
feel the transformation. I see my outfit go
from blah to ta-da! I sense my butt lift-
ing and my hips slimming. I can feel the
confidence in my shoulders and the sway
in my steps. I notice the difference in how
Im perceived: This petite girl? She means
business. But in knowing what high heels
can do for me, I also understand what they
cant. And the moment I kick them off, I
still feel just as tall.
CONFESSION ELLE BEAUTY
Every day I watch girls using
their high heels and the strut
they provide not to obscure
whats wrong, but to channel
their best selves.
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my mother and I stood in a
hayloft overlooking the
barn floor where the recep-
tion would take place.
Workmen were rolling out
tables and the florist was
rigging up giant branches
over the dance floor, to
make it look like a bower.
My mother and I were considering where
to hold the ceremony in a pasture outside
or there in the hayloft.
It was August, and the field was at its
peaka dazzling madness of grass and
goldenrodand would require mowing, for
which the venue charged a modest fee. Also,
it looked like rain. The hayloft was a little
warm and cramped but wouldnt cost extra.
The wedding budget was already danger-
ously bloated , and I was reluctant to spend
more. My mother shrugged. You and Or-
lando are going to be married for the rest of
your lives, she said. That money isnt going
to matter in the end. But Id grown weary of
the youre spending for posterity argument
over the months of wedding planning. She
persisted. When I go to a wedding, I always
hope the couple will be married forever,
my mother said. But with you two, I know
it. Get married wherever you want.
That moment has stayed with me over
the years and, in moments of marital
despair, even given me hope and comfort.
(Well, if Mom says well be married for-
ever, I guess that means well get through
this.) It feels almost embarrassing to
sayand like it will jinx my marriagebut
its one of my main goals in life to make
good on the vow I took in that hayloft (it did
rain) and stay with my husband, for better
or for worse, until death do us part.
At the moment, though, American cul-
ture doesnt seem like its rooting for my
marriageor anyone elses. The brightest
lights in politics, sports, and entertainment
seem to be engaged in a secret competi-
tion to devise the most outlandish way to
humiliate themselves and their spouses.
(Anyone for a hike along the Appalachian
Trail with a call girlor 20with a swastika
tattoo and a blackmailing fianc?) And now
Al and Tipper Gore, poster couple for the
baby boomer set, are going their separate
ways after 40 years of marriage.
According to Wharton economist Betsey
Stevenson, the Gores arent an anomaly.
Just as the boomers were responsible for
the highest divorce rate in history22.8 per
1,000 married couples in 1979 (by compari-
son, the 2008 rate was 3.5 per 1,000)they
now appear to be creating a wave of gray
divorce, with nearly a third of divorces, ac-
cording to the most recent census, among
people whod been married 20 to 40 years .
Stevenson called them the greatest divorc-
ing generation in U.S. history in The New
York Times. She has pointed out that many
reasons for these breakups are positive:
Gender roles changed dramatically dur-
ing this groups adulthood, stoking more
conflict in their marriages but also more
equality; people are living longer, healthier
lives, making starting over seem more do-
able and attractive; and since the boomers
Has America become too blas
about divorce? Rachael Combe
considers the meaning of a lifetime
commitment in an age when instant
gratification trumps endurance
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While you get 4 periods a year, youre more likely to have bleeding or spotting
clots, stroke and heart attack. Smoking increases these risks, especially if youre
over 35. If youve ever had any of these conditions, certain cancers, or if you could be
Theres no medical need to have a monthly period on the Pill, so why not set your life to
findings of minimal risk may be related to the use of oral contraceptive formulations containing lower hormonal doses of estrogens and progestogens.
8. Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolic Effects: Oral contraceptives have been shown to cause glucose intolerance in a significant percentage of users. Oral
contraceptives containing greater than 75 micrograms of estrogens cause hyperinsulinism, while lower doses of estrogen cause less glucose intolerance.
Progestogens increase insulin secretion and create insulin resistance, this effect varying with different progestational agents. However, in the nondiabetic
woman, oral contraceptives appear to have no effect on fasting blood glucose. Because of these demonstrated effects, prediabetic and diabetic women should
be carefully observed while taking oral contraceptives. A small proportion of women will have persistent hypertriglyceridemia while on the pill. As discussed
earlier (see WARNINGS 1a. and 1d.), changes in serum triglycerides and lipoprotein levels have been reported in oral contraceptive users.
9. Elevated Blood Pressure: Womenwithsignificant hypertensionshouldnot be startedonhormonal contraceptive. Anincrease inbloodpressure has beenreport-
ed in women taking oral contraceptives and this increase is more likely in older oral contraceptive users and with continued use. Data fromthe Royal College of
General Practitioners and subsequent randomized trials have shown that the incidence of hypertension increases with increasing concentrations of progestogens.
Women with a history of hypertension or hypertension-related diseases, or renal disease should be encouraged to use another method of contraception. If
women with hypertension elect to use oral contraceptives, they should be monitored closely, and if significant elevation of blood pressure occurs, oral con-
traceptives should be discontinued (see CONTRAINDICATIONS). For most women, elevated blood pressure will return to normal after stopping oral contra-
ceptives, and there is no difference in the occurrence of hypertension among ever- and never-users.
10. Headache: The onset or exacerbation of migraine or development of headache with a new pattern that is recurrent, persistent, or severe requires discon-
tinuation of oral contraceptives and evaluation of the cause. (See WARNINGS, 1c.)
11. Bleeding Irregularities: When prescribing Seasonique
the convenience of fewer planned menses (4 per year instead of 13 per year) should be weighed
against the inconvenience of increased intermenstrual bleeding and/or spotting. The primary clinical trial (PSE-301) that evaluated the efficacy of Seasonique
also assessed intermenstrual bleeding. The participants in the study (N=1,006) were composed primarily of women who had used oral contraceptives previ-
ously (89.3%) as opposed to new users (10.7%). A total of 82 (8.2%) of the women discontinued Seasonique
, at least in part, due to bleeding or spotting.

The following figure shows the percentage of Seasonique
subjects participating in trial PSE-301 with 7 days or 20 days of intermenstrual bleeding or spotting
during each treatment cycle. During the first 91 day treatment cycle, 64%of subjects experienced 7 or more days of intermenstrual bleeding or spotting with 29%
of this cohort experiencing 20 or more days of intermenstrual bleeding or spotting. During the fourth 91-day treatment cycle, these percentages were 39%and 11%,
respectively.
Figure: Percentage of Women Taking Seasonique
Reporting Intermenstrual Bleeding and/or Spotting.

As in any case of bleeding irregularities, nonhormonal causes should always be considered and adequate diagnostic measures taken to rule out malignancy
or pregnancy. In the event of amenorrhea, pregnancy should be ruled out. Some women may encounter post-pill amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea (possibly
with anovulation), especially when such a condition was preexistent.
PRECAUTIONS
1. Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Patients should be counseled that this product does not protect against HIV infection (AIDS) and other sexually trans-
mitted diseases.
2. Physical Examination and Follow-up: A periodic history and physical examination are appropriate for all women, including women using oral contracep-
tives. The physical examination, however, may be deferred until after initiation of oral contraceptives if requested by the woman and judged appropriate by the
clinician. The physical examination should include special reference to blood pressure, breasts, abdomen and pelvic organs, including cervical cytology, and rel-
evant laboratory tests. In case of undiagnosed, persistent or recurrent abnormal vaginal bleeding, appropriate diagnostic measures should be conducted to rule
out malignancy. Women with a strong family history of breast cancer or who have breast nodules should be monitored with particular care.
3. Lipid Disorders: Women who are being treated for hyperlipidemias should be followed closely if they elect to use oral contraceptives. Some progestogens
may elevate LDL levels and may render the control of hyperlipidemias more difficult. (See WARNINGS 1d.) In patients with familial defects of lipoprotein metab-
olismreceiving estrogen-containing preparations, there have been case reports of significant elevations of plasma triglycerides leading to pancreatitis.
4. Liver Function: If jaundice develops in any woman receiving such drugs, the medication should be discontinued. Steroid hormones may be poorly metab-
olized in patients with impaired liver function.
5. Fluid Retention: Oral contraceptives may cause some degree of fluid retention. They should be prescribed with caution, and only with careful monitor-
ing, in patients with conditions, which might be aggravated by fluid retention.
6. Emotional Disorders: Women with a history of depression should be carefully observed and the drug discontinued if depression recurs to a serious degree.
Patients becoming significantly depressed while taking oral contraceptives should stop the medication and use an alternate method of contraception in an
attempt to determine whether the symptom is drug related.
7. Contact Lenses: Contact-lens wearers who develop visual changes or changes in lens tolerance should be assessed by an ophthalmologist.
8. Drug Interactions: Changes in contraceptive effectiveness associated with co-administration of other products: a. Anti-infective agents and anticon-
vulsants: Contraceptive effectiveness may be reduced when hormonal contraceptives are co-administered with antibiotics, anticonvulsants, and other drugs
that increase the metabolism of contraceptive steroids. This could result in unintended pregnancy or breakthrough bleeding. Examples include rifampin, bar-
biturates, phenylbutazone, phenytoin, carbamazepine, felbamate, oxcarbazepine, topiramate, and griseofulvin. Several cases of contraceptive failure and
breakthrough bleeding have been reported in the literature with concomitant administration of antibiotics such as ampicillin and tetracyclines. However, clin-
ical pharmacology studies investigating drug interaction between combined oral contraceptives and these antibiotics have reported inconsistent results. b.
Anti-HIV protease inhibitors: Several of the anti-HIV protease inhibitors have been studied with co-administration of oral combination hormonal contracep-
tives; significant changes (increase and decrease) in the plasma levels of the estrogen and progestin have been noted in some cases. The safety and effica-
cy of combination oral contraceptive products may be affected with co-administration of anti-HIV protease inhibitors. Healthcare providers should refer to
the label of the individual anti-HIV protease inhibitors for further drug-drug interaction information. c. Herbal products: Herbal products containing St. Johns
Wort (hypericum perforatum) may induce hepatic enzymes (cytochrome P450) and p-glycoprotein transporter and may reduce the effectiveness of contra-
ceptive steroids. This may also result in breakthrough bleeding. Increase in plasma levels of estradiol associated with co-administered drugs: Co-admin-
istration of atorvastatin and certain combination oral contraceptives containing ethinyl estradiol increase AUC values for ethinyl estradiol by approximately
20%. Ascorbic acid and acetaminophen may increase plasma ethinyl estradiol levels, possibly by inhibition of conjugation. CYP 3A4 inhibitors such as itra-
conazole or ketoconazole may increase plasma hormone levels. Changes in plasma levels of co-administered drugs: Combination hormonal contraceptives
containing some synthetic estrogens (e.g., ethinyl estradiol) may inhibit the metabolism of other compounds. Increased plasma concentrations of
cyclosporin, prednisolone, and theophylline have been reported with concomitant administration of combination oral contraceptives. Decreased plasma con-
centrations of acetaminophen and increased clearance of temazepam, salicylic acid, morphine and clofibric acid, due to induction of conjugation have been
noted when these drugs were administered with combination oral contraceptives.
9. Interactions with Laboratory Tests - See Package Insert for complete information.
10. Carcinogenesis: See WARNINGS. 11. Pregnancy: Pregnancy Category X. See CONTRAINDICATIONS and WARNINGS. 12. Nursing Mothers: Small
amounts of oral contraceptive steroids and/or metabolites have been identified in the milk of nursing mothers, and a few adverse effects on the child have
been reported, including jaundice and breast enlargement. In addition, oral contraceptives given in the postpartum period may interfere with lactation by
decreasing the quantity and quality of breast milk. If possible, the nursing mother should be advised not to use oral contraceptives but to use other forms of
contraception until she has completely weaned her child. 13. Pediatric Use: Safety and efficacy of Seasonique
tablets have been established in women of

reproductive age. Safety and efficacy are expected to be the same in postpubertal adolescents under the age of 16 and users 16 and older. Use of Seasonique
before menarche is not indicated. 14. Geriatric Use: Seasonique
tablets have not been studied in women who have reached menopause.
INFORMATION FOR THE PATIENT: See Package Brochure or complete information.
ADVERSE REACTIONS: An increased risk of the following serious adverse reactions has been associated with the use of oral contraceptives (see WARN-
INGS): Thrombophlebitis Arterial thromboembolism Pulmonary embolism Myocardial infarction Cerebral hemorrhage Cerebral thrombosis
Hypertension Gallbladder disease Hepatic adenomas or benign liver tumors. There is evidence of an association between the following conditions and
the use of oral contraceptives: Mesenteric thrombosis Retinal thrombosis. The following adverse reactions have been reported in patients receiving oral
contraceptives and are believed to be drug related: Nausea Vomiting Gastrointestinal symptoms (such as abdominal cramps and bloating)
Breakthrough bleeding Spotting Change in menstrual flow Amenorrhea Temporary infertility after discontinuation of treatment Edema/fluid reten-
tion Melasma/chloasma which may persist Breast changes: tenderness, enlargement, and secretion Change in weight or appetite (increase or decrease)
Change in cervical ectropion and secretion Possible diminution in lactation when given immediately postpartum Cholestatic jaundice Migraine headache
Rash (allergic) Mood changes, including depression Vaginitis, including candidiasis Change in corneal curvature (steepening) Intolerance to contact
lenses Decrease in serum folate levels Exacerbation of systemic lupus erythematosus Exacerbation of porphyria Exacerbation of chorea Aggravation
of varicose veins Anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reactions, including urticaria, angioedema, and severe reactions with respiratory and circulatory symptoms.
The following adverse reactions have been reported in users of oral contraceptives and the association has been neither confirmed nor refuted: Premenstrual
syndrome Cataracts Optic neuritis which may lead to partial or complete loss of vision Cystitis-like syndrome Headache Nervousness Dizziness
Hirsutism Loss of scalp hair Erythema multiforme Erythema nodosum Hemorrhagic eruption Impaired renal function Hemolytic uremic syn-
drome Budd-Chiari syndrome Acne Changes in libido Colitis Pancreatitis Dysmenorrhea
OVERDOSAGE: Serious ill effects have not been reported following acute ingestion of large doses of oral contraceptives by young children. Overdosage may
cause nausea, and withdrawal bleeding may occur in females.
DURAMED PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Subsidiary of Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pomona, New York 10970
Revised MARCH 2008 - BR-9087
SEASONIQUE is a registered trademark of Duramed Pharmaceuticals. Inc.
Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Subsidiary of Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Pomona, New York 10970
2008 Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
SEASONIQUE
(levonorgestrel / ethinyl estradiol tablets) 0.15 mg / 0.03 mg and (ethinyl estradiol tablets) 0.01 mg
Brief Summary. See full package brochure for complete information.
Patients should be counseled that this product does not protect against HIV-infection (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases.
CONTRAINDICATIONS: Oral contraceptives should not be used in women who currently have the following conditions: Thrombophlebitis or throm-
boembolic disorders A past history of deep vein thrombophlebitis or thromboembolic disorders Cerebrovascular or coronary artery disease (current
or history) Valvular heart disease with thrombogenic complications Uncontrolled hypertension Diabetes with vascular involvement Headaches
with focal neurological symptoms Major surgery with prolonged immobilization Known or suspected carcinoma of the breast or personal history of
breast cancer Carcinoma of the endometrium or other known or suspected estrogen dependent neoplasia Undiagnosed abnormal genital bleeding
Cholestatic jaundice of pregnancy or jaundice with prior pill use Hepatic adenomas or carcinomas, or active liver disease Known or suspected
pregnancy Hypersensitivity to any component of this product
WARNINGS
Cigarette smoking increases the risk of serious cardiovascular side effects from oral contraceptive use. This risk increases with age and with heavy
smoking (15 or more cigarettes per day) and is quite marked in women over 35 years of age. Women who use oral contraceptives should be strong-
ly advised not to smoke.
The use of oral contraceptives is associated with increased risk of several serious conditions including venous and arterial thrombotic and thromboembolic
events (such as myocardial infarction, thromboembolism, and stroke), hepatic neoplasia, gallbladder disease, and hypertension. The risk of serious morbid-
ity or mortality is very small in healthy women without underlying risk factors. The risk of morbidity and mortality increases significantly in the presence of
other underlying risk factors such as certain inherited thrombophilias, hypertension, hyperlipidemias, obesity and diabetes.
Practitioners prescribing oral contraceptives should be familiar with the following information relating to these risks. The information contained in this brief sum-
mary is principally based on studies carried out in patients who used oral contraceptives with higher formulations of estrogens and progestogens than those
in common use today. The effect of long-term use of the oral contraceptives with lower doses of both estrogens and progestogens remains to be determined.
Throughout this labeling, epidemiological studies reported are of two types: retrospective or case control studies and prospective or cohort studies. Case con-
trol studies provide a measure of the relative risk of a disease, namely, a ratio of the incidence of a disease among oral contraceptive users to that among
nonusers. The relative risk does not provide information on the actual clinical occurrence of a disease. Cohort studies provide a measure of attributable risk,
which is the difference in the incidence of disease between oral contraceptive users and nonusers. The attributable risk does provide information about the
actual occurrence of a disease in the population. For further information, the reader is referred to a text on epidemiological methods.
1. Thromboembolic Disorders and Other Vascular Problems: Use of Seasonique
provides women with more hormonal exposure on a yearly basis than

conventional monthly oral contraceptives containing similar strength synthetic estrogens and progestins (an additional 13 weeks of exposure to birth control
pill hormones per year). a. Myocardial Infarction: An increased risk of myocardial infarction has been attributed to oral contraceptive use. This risk is pri-
marily in smokers or women with other underlying risk factors for coronary artery disease such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, morbid obesity, and
diabetes. The relative risk of heart attack for current oral contraceptive users has been estimated to be two to six. The risk is very low under the age of 30.
Smoking in combination with oral contraceptive use has been shown to contribute substantially to the incidence of myocardial infarction in women in their
mid-thirties or older with smoking accounting for the majority of excess cases. Mortality rates associated with circulatory disease have been shown to increase
substantially in smokers over the age of 35 and nonsmokers over the age of 40 among women who use oral contraceptives. Oral contraceptives may com-
pound the effects of well-known risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemias, age and obesity. In particular, some progestogens are known
to decrease HDL cholesterol and cause glucose intolerance, while estrogens may create a state of hyperinsulinism. Oral contraceptives have been shown to
increase blood pressure among users (see section 9 in WARNINGS). The severity and number of risk factors increase heart disease risk. Oral contracep-
tives must be used with caution in women with cardiovascular disease risk factors. b. Thromboembolism: An increased risk of thromboembolic and throm-
botic disease associated with the use of oral contraceptives is well established. Case control studies have found the relative risk of users compared to non-
users to be 3 for the first episode of superficial venous thrombosis, 4 to 11 for deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, and 1.5 to 6 for women with
predisposing conditions for venous thromboembolic disease. Cohort studies have shown the relative risk to be somewhat lower, about 3 for new cases and
about 4.5 for new cases requiring hospitalization. The approximate incidence of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in users of low dose (<50
g ethinyl estradiol) combination oral contraceptives is up to 4 per 10,000 woman-years compared to 0.5-3 per 10,000 woman-years for non-users. However,
the incidence is less than that associated with pregnancy (6 per 10,000 woman-years). The risk of thromboembolic disease due to oral contraceptives is not
related to length of use and disappears after pill use is stopped. A two- to four-fold increase in relative risk of postoperative thromboembolic complications
has been reported with the use of oral contraceptives. The relative risk of venous thrombosis in women who have predisposing conditions is twice that of
women without such medical conditions. If feasible, oral contraceptives should be discontinued at least four weeks prior to and for two weeks after elective
surgery of a type associated with an increase in risk of thromboembolism and during and following prolonged immobilization. Since the immediate postpar-
tum period is also associated with an increased risk of thromboembolism, oral contraceptives should be started no earlier than four weeks after delivery in
women who elect not to breast-feed. c. Cerebrovascular Diseases: Oral contraceptives have been shown to increase both the relative and attributable risks
of cerebrovascular events (thrombotic and hemorrhagic strokes), although, in general, the risk is greatest among older (>35 years), hypertensive women who
also smoke. Hypertension was found to be a risk factor for both users and nonusers, for both types of strokes, while smoking interacted to increase the risk
for hemorrhagic strokes. In a large study, the relative risk of thrombotic strokes has been shown to range from 3 for normotensive users to 14 for users with
severe hypertension. The relative risk of hemorrhagic stroke is reported to be 1.2 for nonsmokers who used oral contraceptives, 2.6 for smokers who did not use
oral contraceptives, 7.6 for smokers who used oral contraceptives, 1.8 for normotensive users and 25.7 for users with severe hypertension. The attributable risk
is also greater in older women. Oral contraceptives also increase the risk for stroke in women with other underlying risk factors such as certain inherited or acquired
thrombophilias, hyperlipidemias, and obesity. Women with migraine (particularly migraine with aura) who take combination oral contraceptives may be at an
increased risk of stroke. d. Dose-Related Risk of Vascular Disease from Oral Contraceptives: A positive association has been observed between the amount
of estrogen and progestogen in oral contraceptives and the risk of vascular disease. A decline in serum high-density lipoproteins (HDL) has been reported
with many progestational agents. A decline in serum high-density lipoproteins has been associated with an increased incidence of ischemic heart disease.
Because estrogens increase HDL cholesterol, the net effect of an oral contraceptive depends on a balance achieved between doses of estrogen and progesto-
gen and the nature and absolute amount of progestogen used in the contraceptive. The amount of both hormones should be considered in the choice of an
oral contraceptive. Minimizing exposure to estrogen and progestogen is in keeping with good principles of therapeutics. For any particular estrogen/progesto-
gen combination, the dosage regimen prescribed should be one which contains the least amount of estrogen and progestogen that is compatible with a low
failure rate and the needs of the individual patient. New acceptors of oral contraceptive agents should be started on preparations containing the lowest estro-
gen content, which is judged appropriate for the individual patient. e. Persistence of Risk of Vascular Disease: There are two studies, which have shown per-
sistence of risk of vascular disease for ever-users of oral contraceptives. In a study in the United States, the risk of developing myocardial infarction after dis-
continuing oral contraceptives persists for at least 9 years for women 40 to 49 years old who had used oral contraceptives for five or more years, but this
increased risk was not demonstrated in other age groups. In another study in Great Britain, the risk of developing cerebrovascular disease persisted for at
least 6 years after discontinuation of oral contraceptives, although excess risk was very small. However, both studies were performed with oral contraceptive
formulations containing 50 micrograms or higher of estrogens.
2. Estimates of Mortality from Contraceptive Use: Each method of contraception has its specific benefits and risks. One study concluded that with the excep-
tion of oral contraceptive users 35 and older who smoke and 40 and older who do not smoke, mortality associated with all methods of birth control is less
than that associated with childbirth. The observation of a possible increase in risk of mortality with age for oral contraceptive users is based on data gathered
in the 1970's--but not reported until 1983. However, current clinical practice involves the use of lower estrogen dose formulations combined with careful
restriction of oral contraceptive use to women who do not have the various risk factors listed in this labeling. Because of these changes in practice and, also,
because of some limited new data which suggest that the risk of cardiovascular disease with the use of oral contraceptives may now be less than previous-
ly observed, the Fertility and Maternal Health Drugs Advisory Committee was asked to review the topic in 1989. The Committee concluded that although car-
diovascular disease risks may be increased with oral contraceptive use after age 40 in healthy nonsmoking women (even with the newer low-dose formula-
tions), there are greater potential health risks associated with pregnancy in older women and with the alternative surgical and medical procedures which may
be necessary if such women do not have access to effective and acceptable means of contraception. Therefore, the Committee recommended that the ben-
efits of oral contraceptive use by healthy nonsmoking women over 40 may outweigh the possible risks. Of course, older women, as all women who take oral
contraceptives, should take the lowest possible dose formulation that is effective.
3. Carcinoma of the Reproductive Organs and Breasts: Although the risk of having breast cancer diagnosed may be slightly increased among current and
recent users of combined oral contraceptives (RR=1.24), this excess risk decreases over time after combination oral contraceptive discontinuation and by 10
years after cessation the increased risk disappears. The risk does not increase with duration of use and no consistent relationships have been found with dose
or type of steroid. The patterns of risk are also similar regardless of a woman's reproductive history or her family breast cancer history. The subgroup for
whom risk has been found to be significantly elevated is women who first used oral contraceptives before age 20, but because breast cancer is so rare at
these young ages, the number of cases attributable to this early oral contraceptive use is extremely small. Breast cancers diagnosed in current or previous
oral contraceptive users tend to be less clinically advanced than in never-users. Women who currently have or have had breast cancer should not use oral
contraceptives because breast cancer is a hormone sensitive tumor. Some studies suggest that oral contraceptive use has been associated with an increase
in the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia or invasive cervical cancer in some populations of women. However, there continues to be controversy about
the extent to which such findings may be due to differences in sexual behavior and other factors. In spite of many studies of the relationship between oral
contraceptive use and breast cancer and cervical cancers, a cause-and-effect relationship has not been established.
4. Hepatic Neoplasia: Benign hepatic adenomas are associated with oral contraceptive use, although their occurrence is rare in the United States. Indirect
calculations have estimated the attributable risk to be in the range of 3.3 cases/100,000 for users, a risk that increases after four or more years of use. Rupture
of hepatic adenomas may cause death through intra-abdominal hemorrhage. Studies fromBritain have shown an increased risk of developing hepatocellular car-
cinoma in long-term(>8 years) oral contraceptive users. However, these cancers are extremely rare in the U.S., and the attributable risk (the excess incidence) of
liver cancers in oral contraceptive users approaches less than one per million users.
5. Ocular Lesions: There have been clinical case reports of retinal thrombosis associated with the use of oral contraceptives that may lead to partial or com-
plete loss of vision. Oral contraceptives should be discontinued if there is unexplained partial or complete loss of vision; onset of proptosis or diplopia;
papilledema; or retinal vascular lesions. Appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic measures should be undertaken immediately.
6. Oral Contraceptive Use Before or During Early Pregnancy: Because women using Seasonique
will likely have withdrawal bleeding only 4 times per year,

pregnancy should be ruled out at the time of any missed menstrual period. Oral contraceptive use should be discontinued if pregnancy is confirmed. Extensive
epidemiological studies have revealed no increased risk of birth defects in women who have used oral contraceptives prior to pregnancy. Studies also do not
suggest a teratogenic effect, particularly in so far as cardiac anomalies and limb-reduction defects are concerned, when taken inadvertently during early preg-
nancy (see CONTRAINDICATIONS). The administration of oral contraceptives to induce withdrawal bleeding should not be used as a test for pregnancy. Oral
contraceptives should not be used during pregnancy to treat threatened or habitual abortion.
7. Gallbladder Disease: Earlier studies have reported an increased lifetime relative risk of gallbladder surgery in users of oral contraceptives and estrogens.
More recent studies, however, have shown that the relative risk of developing gallbladder disease among oral contraceptive users may be minimal. The recent
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married younger than my generation, they
achieved key milestones earlier. (When I
graduated from college, my mother was 44;
when my eldest does the same, Ill be 56.)
In an interview with NPR, Stevenson said
that she thinks we need to reassess what suc-
cess means, and look at the divorce rate not
as a failure of marriage, but as a celebration
of life.
You know what I think of that? Bullshit.
The Gores marriage failed. Stevenson is
using the same reasoning Brad Pitt used
in GQ to reframe his divorce from Jenni-
fer Aniston as a beautiful example of the
messiness of life. The idea that marriage
has to be for all time, he said, that I dont
understand. In fact, that is the essence of
marriagea lifetime commitment. Without
that, its just legally sanctioned dating.
You are articulating a very strong ideal,
says William J. Doherty, PhD, a professor
of family social science at the University of
Minnesota who often criticizes our culture
as too quick to divorce. For me, it goes
back to a promise made. Its about integrity.
Whats the meaning of the promise if you
dont bend heaven and earth to keep it?
Doherty, who is also a couples therapist,
says marriage isnt about what youre feeling
for each other on any given day, because on
many days love isnt even on the top 10 list .
You cant have a feelings-based marriage,
he says. I call it a con sumer marriage,
where youre saying, As long as my spouse
is meeting my needs, then I stay. But if the
costs go up and the rewards down, I bolt.
And if a better alternative comes along, Im
gone. So theres always a threat to the mar-
riage and couples are always asking, How
happy is this making me?
In surveys where divorced people are
asked why they split, Doherty says soft rea-
sons are rising. He defines soft reasons as
that loving feeling isnt there; the sex isnt
good; we see life so differently ; we argue but
never get anywhere. Hard reasons include
physical abuse, chronic infidelity, drug or
gambling addiction, and the sort of major
lying that amounts to conning your spouse.
Doherty says no one should divorce over
soft reasons. With hard ones, if the spouse
cant or wont change, then the way I see
it, people can behave so badly that they lose
their claim on your commitment to them.
Dohertys bright lines appeal to me, but
when I talked them over with a friend whos
written a book on marriage , she accused
me of being puritanical. But I actually think
my belief system is more accepting of hu-
man nature. Im not saying that all divorces
are wrong, or that a marriage cant be so
unre lentingly ugly that divorce isnt the right
and righteous choice. Im saying that much
of what we accept as grounds for divorce
is, in truth, forgivableincluding many of
Dohertys hard reasons. I know couples
whove overcome compulsive gambling,
addiction, and infidelity and are all the
richer for it. Isnt it more puritanical for
there to be so many acts over which you
could punish or abandon your spouse (for-
get gambling away the college fundmany
of us think being boring in bed for an
extended period is a divorceable offense)
and so few for which you might forgive
him? And isnt it more rigid to have a long
list of things that can demolish your trust in
or love for your partner?
Michael Vincent Miller, PhD, a couples
therapist and the author of Intimate Terror-
ism, says it is just this actof facing a crisis
and finding a way to move onthat defines
the beginning of true marriage, so different
in quality from what came before it that he
calls it a second marriage. I think of the first
marriage as a dress rehearsal for the real
thing, he says. And then the ideal would
be two people maintaining enough empa-
thy for each others differences so that the
second marriage could be between the same
two people but on new grounds of being
wiser, more able to tolerate disappointment,
and without the expectation that marriage
is salvation from all of the defects of the
past. The payoff of marriage, Miller says,
is not romantic ecstasy but maturity. Our
education for intimacy is pretty lousy, he
says. We have this romantic myth of two
people coming together, and theres great
abundance, and both peoples needs are
easily met. You notice that the great lovers
of fiction get killed off by the age of 14. The
authors dont know what to do with them
after that. The romantic myth doesnt sup-
port long-term intimacy. But if you choose
to make your marriage work, theres no
other arena I can think of that can create
the same kind of growth. Miller continues,
Everything thats unfinished business from
your family and early development, mar-
riage throws it in your face dramatically.
Its the big opportunity, if two people can
team up, to finally grow up.
When I was in grade school, my parents
had a pitched marital crisis, with operatic
fighting and long separations that were dev-
astating to me and made a deep impression.
In the end, though, my mother and father
reconciled and still have an obviously alive,
engagedthough not always deliriously
happymarriage. This has also made a
deep impression. Ive often been grateful
that I learned at eight what many dont
know at 48: that even those you love most
dearly and depend on most completely are
profoundly flawed; that even someone who
loves you to the fullest extent of their
capacity can hurt and disappoint you more
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With peony blooms, spicy curry, and a
never-ending supply of champagne, Kate
Spade creative director Deb Lloyd hosts
a Thai-themed soiree to toast the brands
sparkling new scent, Twirl
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True prep: I love inviting great
friends to guest chef at my
parties, says Deb Lloyd, whose
brother-in-law, Matt, created the
partys Thai menu. That way, I
can really be the hostess.
I
n Deb Lloyds pink peonytinted
world, an invitation to one of her
dinner parties is code for Come
one, come all. For a summer
get-together at her cozy Brook-
lyn townhouse, the copresident
and creative director of Kate
Spade leaves the doors to her
hydrangea-filled backyard open;
eschews formal place cards for
open seating (Ill invite eight, and then
other friends seem to come along, she says.
Everybody just pulls up a chair); serves
the food family- style; and always, always
makes sure theres champagne on ice. We
tend to forget the soft drinks for the preg-
nant ladies, and someone has to dash to the
corner store at the last minute, says the af-
fable Brit. If her two-year-old schnauzer,
Harry Winston Churchill, runs underfoot,
or if the meal isnt ready until midnight, so
be it. Have another drink. Be merry .
I believe that entertaining should be a
genuine extension of who you are, not with
a stuffy catering company and forced con-
versations, she says. For me, its about a
house full of fun and laughter. Lloyd has
brought the same personal touch to her
job, where she oversees all the creative ele-
ments, such as product and store design,
and branding of a multimillion-dollar
business devoted to cheeky, colorful quirk.
Theres nothing in the collection that
Lloyd wouldnt tote home herself, from
Sunny Side Up note cards to leopard-
print flats and a bag line named Brooklyn
Heights, after the neighborhood next door
to her own, Boerum Hill.
When Lloyd first walked into the Kate
Spade showroom two years ago and saw a
gold-dotted glass bowl filled with bright
pink peonies, she felt as if she had finally
arrived home. To this day, she still refills
the same arrangement on her desk. Thats
the genius of what Lloyd, whos held top
posts at Banana Republic and Burberry,
does. While other lifestyle labels force the
messagePalm Beach superprep! Disaf-
fected indie rocker!Kate Spade feels au-
thentic, sort of like an honest-to-goodness,
vintage- collecting, heart-shape-cookie-
baking girlfriend. I had an instant connec-
tion with the brand that went deeper than
just its sense of style, she says. I believe
things should always make you smile.
To kick off the season and the launch of
the companys new watermelon-based fra-
grance, Twirl, Lloyd decided to throw a
Thai-themed sunset bash in her nineteenth-
century Greek Revival townhouse, which
she shares with her business entrepreneur
husband, Simon Arscott. She invited an
eclectic mix of Arscotts old college bud-
dies visiting from Australia and neighbor-
hood friends, including Victoria Sullivan,
co-owner of the childrens design compa-
ny White Rabbit England; Project Runway
alumnus Daniel Vosovic; and actress Keri
Russell, who befriended Lloyds husband
after he proved a helpful neighbor by re-
minding her to move her car for street
sweepers. She also asked along a jolly
band of coworkers in offbeat Kate Spade
outfits, who looked like they might break
into swing dance at any moment.
The menu is Thai, revolving around a
fiery green chicken curry and a yellow
vegetarian version, with Arscotts younger
brother, Matt, who runs a London-based
graphic design company, acting as chef de
cuisine. (The foodie picked up the recipe on
his honeymoona three-week eating tour
of Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.) Lloyd,
who has family in Bali and has traveled ex-
YELLOW CURRY
Drink and eat: Lloyd and Russell
on the patio; the Thai feast
Urban jungle (from left): Lloyds
safari-inspired sitting room hosts
cocktail hour; a Banksy original
hangs in the kitchen; guests,
outtted in Kate Spade designs,
at dinner
Garden variety: Guests
sip champagne in the
backyard before dinner.
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Yellow curry paste:
3 dried red chilies
1 tbsp chopped shallots
1 tsp chopped galangal
2 cloves chopped garlic
1 tbsp chopped lemongrass
1
4 tsp roasted cumin seeds
1
4 tsp roasted coriander
seeds
1 tsp chopped turmeric or
turmeric powder
1 tsp yellow curry powder
1
4 tsp of salt
1 can coconut milk
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp brown sugar
3 Kaffir lime leaves
Handful of baby eggplants,
cut in half
1 handful of baby sweet corn
2 cups green beans,
chopped in half
2 cups cauliflower florets
2 carrots, cut into sticks
1 sliced onion
1 lime
Soak red chilies in cold
water for 15 minutes; drain.
Mash remaining curry-paste
ingredients with a mortar and
pestle or blender. Add a couple of
heaping tablespoons of the paste
to a wok or large frying pan on
medium-high heat. Stir until
paste is heated and add a can of
coconut milk. Stirring, add fish
sauce, brown sugar, and Kaffir
lime leaves. Simmer. Add the
rest of the vegetables and simmer
on low for 20 minutes until the
eggplant is soft. Stir occasionally,
keep uncovered. Squeeze in juice
of one lime. Serve over rice. Top
with toasted peanuts.
tensively throughout Southeast Asia, loves
the spicy tang of galangal, ginger, lemon-
grass, and krachai (Thai ginseng). She also
believes in putting her guests to work. Ev-
erybody gets a little part to play to break
the ice and meet each other, says Lloyd,
whose own particular talents include bak-
ing peach cobbler and refilling drinks. To-
night, Matt chops chilies while swigging a
Chang Thai beer and waxing poetic about
the inherent joy of all-you-can-eat buffets.
In addition to the curry (his specialty), hes
also made a grilled-peach and ginger
salad, chicken satay skewers, and a shaved-
white-papaya side dish so juicy it could
double as dessert, which happens to be
powdered sugardusted fresh strawberries
and Madeleine Patisserie macaroons. To
pull her freewheeling entertaining style to-
gether, Lloyd properly sets her wenge-
wood dining table (from Habitat in
London) with fine china (Kate Spade Belle
Boulevard, which is painted with gold
bows), starched linens, and of course,
fresh-cut peonies. She picked up the for-
mal decorating elements from her English
mother, Jennifer, who impressed upon her
the importance of quality silverware (Kate
Spades Malmo stainless-steel line mixed
with Lloyds own tradi tional wedding sil-
ver) and good lighting. In this case,
shocking-pink candles are aglow in
mercury-glass candlesticks collected at
Fancy Free-for-all: Lloyds Short List
She bought her first-
edition copy of I Married
Adventure by Osa Johnson
from NYC vintage book
dealer Tom Carey.
I love any flowers that
look like theyve been
picked straight from an
English garden: peonies,
hydrangea, and roses.
Wooden elephants
(finds from a New York
auction house) parade
on her mantel.
Lloyd imports Hildon
sparkling water from
the U.K. hildon.com
The more candlelight,
the better. Mercury
glass, ebay.com
I always use nice china
even if were only eating
Chinese takeaway.
Belle Boulevard, $129,
katespade.com
local flea markets, as well as in a particu-
larly ornate vintage pair given to her by
her mother as a birthday present. (She
loves the latter so much that she brings
them from her city home for weekend
parties at her upstate country farmhouse
in Highland Lake, New York.) Through-
out dinner, Lloyd encourages guests to
swap seats and make new friends. She sets
an example: At one point, she cuddles on
her husbands lap and at another wanders
into the backyard for a midmeal cham-
pagne break.
As the candles burn down and the
laughter gets louder, her informal dining
room, with its low ceiling and warm fire-
place, starts to feel like a cozy old English
cottage, especially with Vivienne West-
wood pillows strewn about and an antique
Paddington Bear gazing down from the
mantel. An expansive Peter Beard photo-
graphone of many throughout the
house of Karen Blixen hangs on one
wall. Opposite, Russell Youngs oversize
Barack Obama screen print and diamond-
dusted Marilyn Monroe portrait hold
court, while a series of Banksys graffiti rat
paintings slink along the floor. Empty wine
bottles dot the table, and nobody seems in
any hurry to clear their plates. You can
always tell its a good party if Simon pulls
out the 1928 Brandy, says Lloyd. Naturally,
he does.WHITNEY VARGAS
PEACH & GINGER SALAD
Sitting pretty: Lloyd
and Harry Winston
Churchill wait for
guests to arrive.
All set: Kate Spade china
and dinner napkins tied
with pink ribbons adorn
the dining room table.
Scent of a woman:
Kate Spade Twirl
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4 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp dry sherry
tsp dried chili
flakes
5 or 6 peaches
1 bag of arugula
Crystallized ginger
Mix together rice
vinegar, olive oil, soy
sauce, lemon juice,
sherry, and chili
akes. Cut peaches
into medium-size
slices and skewer onto
kebab sticks. Marinate
for 2 hours in the
dressing. Grill slices
on high heat for 6 to 8
minutes until theyre
golden but still firm.
Place peaches on a
bed of arugula and
sprinkle with chopped
crystallized ginger.
Drizzle salad with any
remaining dressing.
D
espite the fact that Ive
seen her photograph and
heard her described by
a police investigator and
a lawyer, I do not recog-
nize Jill Ajao.
The still shots from
security camera footage
showed a bulky woman
with wiry dark hair, a
fleshy, squint-eyed face, and a lumber jacks
stance. Legal professionals who met her in
2006the year she falsely reported a rape and
sent the Saint Paul, Minnesota, police depart-
ment on a costly six-month investigation
remembered a confused, inarticulate woman.
Frumpy, secretive, and insecure.
This woman was not polished, says
Jerry Strauss, the attorney for the man she
accused. She had a disheveled appearance,
a kind of heavy, middle-aged homemaker.
Maybe of average intellect or below. Not at
all what youd expect of a psychologist with
a PhD. There was no higher-level thinking
going on.
But the woman who approaches me in a
coffee shop just blocks from the scene of her
crime is decidedly feminine. She has chest-
nut hair that falls to her shoulders in soft
waves. Her face is youthful for 43. Curvy
in jeans, shes wearing a mauve T-shirt and
delicate gold earrings. Her lips are full and
glossy. A diamond stud glitters from the left
side of her nose.
Do you mind if I get some coffee? she
asks, tipping her head toward the barista.
Can I get something for you?
When she returns, Jill (who no longer
uses the surname Ajao) perches like a
plump, pretty pigeon on the chair. She
apologizes for being late. She was spending
the morning with her mother, who recently
underwent surgery for ovarian cancer that
had spread to her colon. Its really hard to
watch, she says softly.
A few years ago, it was Jills refined,
reserved mom who had to watch as her
daughter was treated for injuries said to be
caused by a violent rape, then summoned
into court and publicly exposed when it was
discovered that shed solicited the brutal
S&M encounter online before calling police.
Following what she refers to only as the
incident, Jills name appeared in area news-
papers and on local newscasts. The tale of
her false accusation became a rallying cry for
mens rights groups. She was sentenced to
20 days of electronic home monitoring with
work release and was required to pay $3,275
in restitution to the accused . Her therapy
license was suspended. Her marriage soon
ended, and her husband won primary cus-
tody of their kids.
My mother was very supportive through
the whole thing, Jill says. She knew some-
thing was wrong with me. But basically,
she blamed everything on my husband for
hardly ever being around.
Jill doesnt share this view, though she
admits that for years leading up to the 2006
encounter she was lonely, exhausted, and
feeling trapped. Her husband, she says,
was a perfectionist who took her shop-
ping for clothes and told her how to dress.
He was frugal to the point that they lived
like cashiers from Walmart, Jills mother
says. Their stately Saint Paul home was full
of cast-off furniture and dead appliances.
There were holes in the ceiling and walls.
Yet none of this, Jill insists, would have
driven her to be unfaithful, particularly
in such a masochistic way, or to lie to the
police. Her explanation for all these behav-
iors: Testosterone. For me, its like cocaine.
Jill was raised in Mendota Heights, Min-
nesota, an affluent suburb of the Twin Cities.
Her parents were divorced when she was
12, and her mother married her junior high
school principal the year Jill was in seventh
grade. Tell me that wouldnt make your
adolescence suck, she says with a grin.
Jill was a good student. At 18, she went
to Cornell College, in Mount Vernon, Iowa,
where she met D., the man she would even-
tually marry. (D. declined to be interviewed
for this story and asked that we not use his
name.) D. was a senior majoring in philoso-
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owners in West Africa; he was worldly and
serious, almost regal, Jill says. She was a
brash, smart Midwestern girl. Theyd both
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landed in the middle of Iowa because they
wanted a rural school without distractions.
Soon, they were studying together every
night, and she changed her major to his.
She proposed in April 1985 , a month
before the end of her sophomore year. She
was willing to move to his native country,
she told him. Shed become a traditional
subservient African wife. D. refused, on all
counts. But the following year, he enrolled
in a masters program in nutrition at the
University of Iowajust 21 miles from Cor-
nell Collegeand their romance contin-
ued. Eventually, they moved to Minnesota
together. He started a doctoral degree in
food science, and she enrolled in a clinical
psychology program. They married in 1994.
Those first three years without chil-
dren were great, Jill says. We had good
friends. We bought a little condo, and
things were easy.
It was after their first child was born, in
1997, that Jill says the big divide began.
He pretty much left the child rearing up
to me, she says, and I had some strong
ideas. The Montessori approach was very
important to me, and that put me in direct
conflict with D. He was more about strict
discipline . I wanted my child to develop an
internal locus of control. But D. didnt want
his children to be American bratslippy
and outspoken. He believed in spanking. I
absolutely did not.
Despite their differences and the fact
that Jill fell into a deep funk after she gave
birth (which she now thinks was due to post-
partum depression), the couple went on to
have two more children within three years.
D. said he couldnt work on his dissertation
when they were around; he accused Jill of
being lax in her discipline. Tired of being the
only one to get up with the kids at night, Jill
retaliated by hauling an extra mattress into
their bedroom and establishing a family bed.
D. came home that night and said, You can-
not just do this to me. Its a whole philosophy
shift. Her voice goes low, like a mans. He
said it would be like him taking another wife
and bringing her home with him. But I told
him, If shes going to cook and clean and
help me take care of babies, bring her on.
Even after D. got a good corporate job and
finished his doctorate in 2000, and after they
moved to a larger house in 2002, Jill insisted
they share a bedroom with the children. D.
began sleeping on the couch. Theyd bought
a dilapidated Victorian, near where Garri-
son Keillor lives, with the intention of fixing
it up, but nothing ever got done. Insulation
leaked from the walls; the oven and stove top
broke but were never repaired or replaced.
D. didnt want to spend the money, and
Jill, working part-time in private practice,
couldnt pay for the fixes herself.
Meanwhile, Jill was gaining weight. She
was depressed and having trouble sleeping.
She didnt want to have sex. Her primary care
physician diagnosed low thyroid, depression,
insomnia, and anxiety, and referred her to
an endocrinologist who treated her with a
combination of antidepressants (Effexor and
trazodone), anti-anxiety and hypo thyroid
medications (Ativan and Synthroid), and a
sleeping pill. But her problems continued .
In the summer of 2005, Jill read a book
by Suzanne Somers called The Sexy Years.
Though intended for menopausal and post-
menopausal women, it addressed every-
thing Jill had been experiencing: moodiness,
insomnia, vaginal dryness, low libido. The
answer, Somers wrote, was bioidenticals.
Bioidentical hormones are therapies that
makers claim are purer and more molecu-
larly similar to natural human hormones
than standard FDA-approved drugs. They
are mixed by specially licensed pharmacies
instead of drug companies, with the intent of
matching the particular blend of hormones
to a patients specific symptoms and needs.
In November, Jill made an appointment
at the Midwest Institute of Urology, a sexual
health clinic in nearby Edina. After she was
given a series of blood tests, Jill was informed
that she had low levels of free testosterone
(in her bloodstream) and TTe (total testo-
sterone), as well as readings low in proges-
terone and high in estradiol (the major form
of estrogen)though her medical records
show that her levels fell within the normal
range . On the basis of her symptoms, Jill was
diagnosed with estrogen dominance and
andro gen [aka testosterone] insufficiency.
The clinics only physicianosteopath/
urologist Lyle Lundblad, MD, who Jill says
never actually examined herprescribed
a course of progesterone followed by a tes-
to sterone cream, applied daily. (Lundblad
refused to comment for this story despite Jills
willingness to sign a medical release.)
The therapy seemed to take effect within
a month. I no longer had PMS symp-
toms, Jill recalls. There was this general
calmness, and my pasta cravings, which had
been huge, were gone.
In February, after shed been on the hor-
mone regimen for a few months , Jill went
back to Midwest Urology for a checkup.
According to notes on her records from Feb-
ruary 9, 2006, Jills insomnia and depression
were lifting. Her libido had improved but
could be better yet. Strangely, how ever,
blood tests indicated that Jills testosterone
level had actually dropped from 46.1 nano-
grams per deciliter (ng/dl) to less than 20.
I was told , You need to take more, Jill
says. The testosterone wasnt being picked
up by my body for some reason. So I was
told to double the dose.
Within a month, Jill felt completely
cured. Alert and powerful. For the first time
in years, she and D. were making love sev-
eral times a week.
Testosterone is often considered the male
sex hormone, but its critical for healthy
functioning in both sexes. More gener-
ally referred to as an androgen, testosterone
influences libido, helps regulate muscle
mass and mood, and is a building block for
estrogen, the hormone that promotes the
development and vigor of the female repro-
ductive organs. In fact, con trary to popular
opinion, women produce more testosterone
than estrogen throughout most of their lives.
The testosterone reading on Jills origi-
nal blood test fell squarely within the target
range for her age. An initial level of 46.1
ng/dl is solidly normal, says Vin Tangpri-
cha, MD, an associate professor of medicine
in the division of endocrinology, meta-
bolism, and lipids at Emory University. I
dont think you can say her symptoms were
due to low testosterone.
Jill says she began experiencing a few
unwanted side effectshair growth on
her thighs where she rubbed the cream,
and a gruff, masculine voice. And, for the
first time in nearly a decade of parenting,
she found herself screaming at her kids.
(Other risks of high levels of testosterone in
women include birth defects, developmen-
tal damage to children in close proximity,
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Jill was gaining weight and having
trouble sleeping. She didnt want to
have sex. Her physician diagnosed
low thyroid, depression, insomnia,
and anxiety.
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and possibly liver toxicity, cancer, and high
blood pressure .)
On August 8, 2006, records from Midwest
Urology show, Jills testosterone level had
hit a staggering 1,600 ng/dlabout twice
that of an average man. (Says Tangpricha,
There is no reason a woman should have a
level that high unless shes undergoing gen-
der reassignment to become a man or taking
drugs illegally for sports.) Jill says she told
clinicians about her side effects, yet notes
from Midwest Urology dated the same day
say, Patient denies chest pain, palpitations,
edema, acne, hair growth, lower voice.
(The Minnesota Board of Medical Practice
had cited Lundblad in 1996 for having
failed to maintain complete and accurate
documentation of his recommendations,
prescribing rationale, evaluations, and ex-
aminations in patients medical records; his
unrestricted license had been restored four
years later, in 2000.)
The notes from Midwest Urology also
say that Jill was told to discontinue the
testo sterone cream for two weeks and
call for future recommendations. Her
next appoint ment was set six months out.
When she called as directed, she says she
was told to resume using the cream every
two to three days. She did so, despite having
misgivings. It was hard to stop, Jill admits,
because it felt so good.
Back on the cream, she ignored the pesky
hair growth and attributed her explosive
temper to chaos at home: three young chil-
dren on summer vacation and a crumbling
house. Midway through July, in an attempt
to quell her constant aggravation, she began
mixing frozen daiquiris in the early after-
noon. By fall, a new symptom had arisen.
There was this weird hypersexual ity, she
says. Id get on a bus and see a cute young
guy and think, I have to have that.
For the first time in her life, Jill says,
she was surfing the Web looking at porno-
graphy. The more extreme the better. This
was completely out of character for me, she
insists. My husband had a bunch of Hustler
magazines in our closet. I had always told
him how much that bothered me. But now I
was looking at even harder-core stuff.
It was while visiting an X-rated site on
her laptop (shed stepped out of a psychol-
ogy conference she was attending because
she couldnt concentrate) that Jill saw a
pop-up ad for a service called Adult Friend-
Finder . She enrolled. That was Saturday,
October 21.
By Tuesday morning, she had traded
several e-mails with a man who called him-
self Jeff. Using the screen name Peyton, Jill
wrote: The submissivenessjust a need
Ive always had, perhapsto be told what
to dobut this has more to do with being
able to honestly tell my husband (and
myself) that I have not had an affair. Im
serious, it has to be rapelike, I say Im not
interested, but you force me anyway.
That afternoon, Jeff came to the office
building where Jill worked. They met at a
bar on the main floor, where they talked and
drank. Then they went to her office, where
she performed oral sex on him and he tied
her up, beat her with a rolled-up magazine,
and sodomized her, among other things.
Her first note to him, four hours after this
encounter, began, I dont ever want to see
you again and I want you to meet me tonight
after my kids go to sleep. The second, sent
near midnight, said, Today was fabulous
and I cant stop thinking about it. I really
liked the fisting thing. As well as covering
my mouth, spanking, pulling my hairstill
think you need to be more forceful.
Reading her e-mails now, Jill is struck by
her wild ambivalence. I went home to my
children and worked very hard at blocking
it all out, she says. I contacted him to say
that it was overwhelming and I dont want
to see you againbut maybe I do.
On Wednesday, she awoke with intense
abdominal pain . She was determined to
work, to see her clients and forget about
what had happened, but she felt she had to
go home after she became incontinent and
soiled her clothes.
By Thursday, Jill was panicked. Her gas-
trointestinal symptoms were getting worse,
and she knew she needed medical atten-
tion, but she didnt know how to explain
her condition to doctors. Also, it dawned
on me that this man could come back, she
says. He knew where I worked, and by this
time he knew my real name; it was right
on the office door. I became very anxious.
I thought maybe he put something inside
of me that was causing all the pain. I was
a lot more impulsive than I normally am. I
picked up the phone and called the police.
There are no widely accepted medical
guidelines for prescribing testosterone to
women to increase sexual desire, and its
not approved for that use by the Food and
Drug Administration. In fact, in 2006 the
Endocrine Society, an international profes-
sional group for clinicians who specialize
in hormone disorders, advised against ever
diagnosing androgen deficiency in women,
citing a lack of data about safety, as well as
the impact of varying levels of testosterone
on sexual and other functions.
That said, plenty of doctors prescribe
the hormone to women off-labeland
many are critical of the Endocrine Soci-
etys position. This is a very conservative
organization, and they issued this decision
out of bias and fear, says Abdulmaged
Traish, PhD, a professor of biochemistry at
Boston University and the director for the
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schools Laboratory for Sexual Medicine
Research. They just closed the door on
womens sexual function, which is really
unfair. The FDA has estimated that in
2007 some 25,000 women used the most
common formula, AndroGel, off-label.
Yet even physicians who recommend tes-
tosterone are confused about how and why it
works (or doesnt). I see womenwho have
no response to hormones and manage to
boost their love lives with exercise, therapy,
books, or lingerie, San Francisco family
practitioner Daphne Miller, MD, recently
wrote in The Washington Post. Equally per-
plexing are those with rock-bottom testoster-
one levels who are off-the-charts randy.
Just as hotly debated is whether testo-
sterone supplements can trigger antisocial
behavior, sexual or otherwise. The conven-
tional wisdom, of course, is that it can, and
Nanette Santoro, MD, vice president of
clinical science for the Endocrine Society,
says she isnt shocked by what happened
to Jill. This is a person who would ordi-
narily have low levels of testosterone but
was exposed to sky-high levels, she says.
She did not go through a normal male
puberty, which might have given her some
time to cope with the rise in testosterone.
Its the abruptness with which you give it
that causes significant issues such as hostil-
ity and sexual aggression.
Traish, however, believes the hormones
dangerous reputation is unfounded. It
stems from ancient times, he contends,
when castration was used to make animals
(and occasionally men) more docile and,
more recently, from reports of roid rage
among athletes taking massive amounts of
steroids (synthetic androgens) . And psy-
chology professor Eli Coleman, PhD, direc-
tor of the program in human sexuality at
the University of Minnesota, agrees: It is
myth ology that compulsive sexual behavior
is produced by excessive hormones. One
can suppress sexual desire by suppress-
ing testosteronebut not the other way
around. He compares taking extra testos-
terone to extra vitamins: If you have scurvy,
supplementing with vitamin C will cure
you, but if you have enough vitamin C,
adding it to your diet has no impact.
While anecdotal cases of testosterone-
induced madness are easy to finda 1997
safety surveillance study reviewed 863
adverse reaction reports among women
taking testosterone and found that 1.7 per-
cent of them were based on aggressive
behavior, aggressive feelings, rage/angry
outbursts, and physical attacks and regretful
feelingslarge, controlled studies gener-
ally have not been able to detect any pat-
tern. T. Byram Karasu, MD, a professor of
psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of
Medicine and author of the text On Sexuality,
says that research shows extra testosterone
may cause people to feel more sexual and
aggressive, but that doesnt translate into
behavior change. A 2009 study in Maturitas,
the journal of the European Menopause and
Andropause Society, for instance, noted an
increase in mean hostility scores among
women using a combination of estro gen
and a testosterone patch, but went on to
say that behavioral changes [had] not been
observed or reported.
A persons commitment, morality, mar-
ital status, and judgment can supersede
ones testosterone level, Karasu says. The
cortical layer of the brain has the ability to
override impulse in civilized human beings.
But no matter what their position on
testosterone use in women, a preponder-
ance of medical experts are highly skep-
tical of bioidentical hormone treatments
or oppose them outright. The term itself,
they say, is misleading. While Somers
and company argue that bioidenticals
are natural and safe, all hormone treat-
ments are manipulated in a lab to get the
finished product. What troubles doctors
most, however, is that the pharmacists
who mix the bioidenticals arent regulated
by the FDA or any other body. With
bioidentical hormones, you have no idea
whats inside, Traish says.
Jills police report of the rape was a con-
fusing mess. First, she claimed that Jeff was
a new patient whod made an emergency
appoint ment, entered the office in an agi-
tated state, and raped her. But when detec-
tives examined the buildings security tape,
it showed the two of them walking down the
hall, chatting amiably.
The man was very nervous, Jill coun-
tered, so shed actually met him at the front
door. Police took her at her word, cropped
her out of the video, and sent it to every tele-
vision station in the Twin Cities. A couple of
days after Jill called the police , Jeffs police
sketch was all over the news.
There was a hammer under her couch
with evidence that it had been used in a
really brutal way in a sex act, said Sergeant
Paul Schnell, who acted as lead investigator
on the case for the Saint Paul police. She
was describing a middle-of-the-day stranger
rape. Our number one objective was to find
the person who did this and get him off
the streets.
However, when officers interviewed staff
from the bar downstairs from Jills office
the following day, they heard a very dif-
ferent story. Jill and Jeff had been there
together, and shed consumed two Long
Island iced teas. Under questioning, Jill also
admitted to purchasing $425 worth of S&M
equipment and triple-X movies the week-
end before. She suggested Jeff might have
seen her and followed her back to her of-
fice. But when police visited the adult store
to check through security tapes, they discov-
ered Jill had returned the day after she was
attacked to return a defective vibrator.
It was unusual in my mind for someone
to go into a sex store the day after a rape,
Schnell said. But human beings do weird,
human things. This simply wasnt evidence
that a sexual assault didnt occur.
In the meantime, a week after shed
contacted the police, Jill e-mailed Jeff to
Jill, sitting on the front
steps of her mobile home
Her first note to him began, I
dont ever want to see you again
and I want you to meet me
tonight after my kids go to sleep.
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W
hat is it about money?
We envy it, some of us
kill for it, we look down
our noses at it, some of
us wont have anything
to do with it, and yet
its place in the cultural
consciousness is assured.
Money, that is, cant be overlooked, pro or
con. Freud, who had his own complex rela-
tionship with money, cultivating some
patients solely in the hope of their endowing
his psychoanalytic endeavor, thought that
wealth could never bring happiness be-
cause it didnt answer an infantile wish
that its roots lay later on in human
development. Still, while blithely equating
money with feces in the unconscious, he
himself was not immune to its power: My
mood also depends very strongly on my
earnings, he wrote to a colleague. Money
is laughing gas for me.
One might argue that money is laughing
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anxiety and send our spirits soaring. It
speaks to our sense of freedom, to our wish
not to be hemmed in by the prosaic circum-
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come by it unfairly, of somehow not being
worthy of their own wealth. The popular
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cultural narrative as surely as is our curiosity
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pearance of money as a social element. Per-
haps the most comprehending insider
novel ever written about the damage money
can do is The Great Gatsby, in which F. Scott
Fitzgerald observes of the immensely rich
Tom and Daisy Buchanan: They were care-
less people, Tom and Daisythey smashed
up things and creatures and then retreated
back into their money or their vast careless-
ness, or whatever it was that kept them
together, and let other people clean up the
mess they had made.
Ive experienced firsthand the barely
veiled hostility that being richor merely
being perceived as richcan elicit from
veritable strangers, even those who are
themselves well- off. As a writer who draws
on personal material, Ive been candid
about the vexed issue of money in my life
in a way that few writers are; in a piece
published in The New Yorker more than a
dec ade ago, I noted that money, far more
than sex, lingers as our deepest collective
secret, our last taboo, and that I had little
idea of how even my closest friends man-
aged to live in an expensive city like New
York (and send their children to private
school to boot). My honesty about my own
affluent background has left me vulnerable
to various jabs. I remember, for instance,
going to lunch with a friend, a writer who
happened to come from a family far
wealthier than mine but who was generally
silent on this aspect of his lineage, and an-
other writer, an Upper West Side liberal
type of more modest means, who had the
usual clichd disdain for businessmen and
anything that smacked of a pecuniary im-
perative . We were discussing the difficul-
ties of supporting oneself as a writer, the
unspoken but snobby assumption for both
of them being that it was beneath their
principles to write out of anything but the
most pure and nonremunerative of
impulses. (I refrained from pointing out
that no less a literary light than Samuel
Johnson had said, No man but a block-
head ever wrote except for money.)
Instead, I offered up that I actually liked
writing for the sort of magazines that paid
well since they came with a larger reader-
ship and required more of a populist touch.
I might as well have announced that Id
taken up bank robbery as a sideline. My
friend, heir to a real estate fortune, bowed
his head as though to avoid the palpable
tension in the air that my happy embrace of
profitmaking had produced. After a brief
pause, the other writer, who had enjoyed a
degree of commercial success years earlier,
turned to me and said in the chilliest of
tones, I didnt think you had to write for
money. I was too flustered to do anything
but lamely smile, although I was actually
furious at her condescending and some-
what juvenile attitude toward the reality of
economic considerations, even for people
like me. How, for one thing, did she know if
my family wealth had translated into some-
thing substantial down the line? And, for
another, had she never heard of the need to
stake out ones own turf? Come to think of
it, where did her pose of moral superiority
come from in the first place? Since when
did middle-class origins render you a better
human being than upper-class roots?
I grew up with a complicated and some-
what opaque relationship to money, fueled
by my mothers unease about having mar-
ried a man who made a lot of it. My mother,
who wasnt given much to introspection,
succeeded in passing off to her children any
guilt she felt about marrying a successful
businessman (my father began as a fur rier
but went on to work on Wall Street) instead
of an idealistic professional (her own father
having been a lawyer and Zionist leader).
My siblings and I were instilled with the
notion that there was something problem-
atic, even shameful, about having a rich fa-
ther. Beyond this, we were also taught that
the money we saw around us didnt belong
to us. Just because my mother employed a
staff that included a cook, a nanny, a laun-
dress, and a chauffeur didnt mean that we
were to expect any of the usual perks. My
two sisters and I werent bought expensive
clothes or jewelry; my three brothers
werent bought cars. Instead, we were
made to understand that the money was
my parents to do with as they saw fit,
which in their case included enormous
amounts of philanthropy. My fathers
wealth went to supporting my mothers
large family in Israel and to Jewish causes
of all sorts. We, meanwhile, were brought
up as unentitledand as a result, wholly
undemandingbeneficiaries of whatever
largesse happened to come our way. Com-
pared with how I see children of the rich
brought up today, this approach surely had
its benefits, but it also created an unreality
of its own, in which I was viewed one way
while my experience proved otherwise.
Of course, these days, what with the
tanked economy, the growing number of
unemployed, and the ever more brazen
Wall Street scandals, its even less pop-
ular to waste any sympathymuch less
understandingon the rich. Its too easy to
believe that they deserve the opprobrium
thats thrown at them, even if some of them
create jobs and invent things to make our
lives easier. What strikes me as paradoxical
is that, notwithstanding this negative bias,
we as a society remain fascinated by the
gilded life. Articles about financial trickster
Bernie Madoff never failed to include de-
tails about the houses and watches he col-
lected or the jewelry he bought his wife.
Similarly, the Real Housewives of shows,
which play to an addicted following (a cat-
egory in which I shamefacedly include my-
self) uniformly feature women of means,
mostly by virtue of marriage, although one
or two of themlike Bethenny Frankel
appear to have made it on their own. A
bonus of watching these shows is getting to
see gobs of money thrown at handbags,
shoes, interior decor, and even the most
minor of celebrations. (When Ramona on
The Real Housewives of New York reaffirmed
her marriage vows, she rented a yacht for
her girlfriends to loll about on.) We are
drawn to the parade of bling with an
almost furtive fascination, in the recogni-
tion that there is something narcissistic
and morally questionable about this in-
flamed level of expenditure, while at the
same time vicar iously enjoying the Let
them eat cake consumerism of it. Per-
haps, at heart, none of us accepts that
money cant buy happiness, and we keep
pressing our noses to the glass in the belief
that the rich are genuinely cushioned from
ordinary suffering by the immense scale
of their toys. While it is undoubtedly true
that money provides certain comforts that
may make emotional pain easier to bear
surely it is better to be depressed and pro-
vided for than depressed and also
tormented by the stress of wondering how
youll ever manage to put food on the
tableyoud think by now wed know
moneys limits.
So where do we go from here? Are we
destined to become a society of plutocrats,
ensnared by the lure of filthy lucre even as
we hold our noses at the stench of ill-gotten
gains? Amid all the talk of the subprime-
mortgage debacle, the shattered dreams of
home owners, and the need to transform
Wall Street, Id bet that the culture of excess
hasnt disappeared so much as gone into
hiding. Frugality fatigue seems to set in
almost as quickly as you can say recession,
which would help explain why Barneys,
that mecca of the monied and whimsical,
sold out of a $1,700 Azzedine Alaa sandal
this past summer as Main Street continued
to tighten its belt. It would take nothing
less than a radical rethinking of valuesa
reconsideration of our entire aspirational,
bigger-is- better American way of lifefor
money to stop making the world go round,
as Joel Grey sang in Cabaret. Meanwhile,
the rich will continue to be unreflectively
condemned and their swanky playgrounds
will continue to hold our voyeuristic interest
in a love-hate dynamic that has been going
on since time immemorial.
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Dolls, this months calamities feature
two classic archetypes: the Hero (and we
have as thrilling a bunch of heroes as
youve ever encountered)and the Cad.
Its gonna be a baaaaad month for cads.
The Cad and the Half-Naked Girl
Dear E. Jean: Two months after our honey-
moon, I caught my husband having an affair
with a coworker. He said he did it because every-
thing got complicated. Ill never forget the way I
found them: She was in my home, half nude with
my husband, in my bed. She actually ran and
hid! He uttered, Its not what you think.
He promised to change. I gave him another
chance. That was four weeks ago. Today, he
called me a stupid fat whore. He went on to
say I was an ugly loser with pimples. E. Jean,
Im 5' 2", 105 pounds! Yes, Ive been breaking
out a bit, but its due to stress. Hes an educated
man and should have more control over his tem-
per. Im not perfect, I know. But I wonder if I
made a mistake taking him back. I thought
marriage meant respecting your partner and
spending wonderful times together as a couple.
What he said today has me thinking....
Should I Leave?
Should, honey: When I read a letter that
begins with a description of a new husband
harboring a hussy in the connubial bed, my
heart begins pounding. I race through the
next paragraphs afraid that you, the young
wife, will be inquiring into the quickest
methods of castration. Or will pose a ques-
tion about what size spikes to hammer into
his new Jaguar tires.
Well, believe me, until I saw that you
were giving him another chance, I didnt
know I could be this surprised by a bride.
Amazingly, harlot-hiding turns out to
be the least of your husbands sins. Hes so
repellent, with his contemptuous disre-
spect, that even a gentle, trusting soul
such as yourself has begun to wonder
if you should leave. Yes! Do it! You cant
fix him. His next attack could be with his
fists. I dont wish to alarm you, but
be prepared. Ask a friend to be present
when youre packing and exiting. If he
threatens you at any time, call the police.
Good luck!
Heroine in the Here and Now
Dear E. Jean: Recently my family received the
devastating news that my mom has stage 4 bone
cancer. Theres no treatment. I am reeling in
shock and grief. My mom is my best friend, my
rock, and one of the few people on earth I trust
completely. What will I do without her? Will I
ever be happy again? Every restaurant, shop,
bookstore, etc., has special memories for me of
my beloved mom. I feel physically sick as well as
profoundly sad. My husband is trying to be un-
derstanding, but he just doesnt know how much
I love her.
My two little children are very attached to
their grandmother, and I have no idea how theyll
process the news. I feel like Im living a nightmare
from which I cant wake up. How can I be strong?
How can I contemplate the future without her? If
you have any tips for dealing with this situation,
please share.
Mamas Girl
Mamas Girl, my dearest: Nothing is per-
manent. Everything is temporary. When
Death puts someone you adore at the top
of his to-do listand were all on his
listevery hour becomes as important as
a day, and every day becomes as signifi-
cant as a year. Dont grieve before you
lose your mother, for Gods sake. Glory in
her now. You asked me for tips for deal-
ing with the situation:
Make a scrapbook with your mother, chil-
dren, and husband. If this project doesnt
cause 50 times more laughter than tears,
then you havent provided the children with
as much glue and sparkles and as many com-
ical family photos as required. This is a
warm way to celebrate and acquaint your
kids with their grandmothers life.
If she can travel, put your mom in the
front seat of the car and drive her around
to her favorite spotsher old high school,
her favorite sidewalk caf, the pool where
she appeared in her first bikini. Shell tell
wonderful stories. Tape-record them.
Dont be afraid to talk about death. As I
write, my own dear ma, the ravishing,
spirited, still redheaded 91-year-old Betty
McKinney Carroll, is in the hospital. Its
an incredible relief for both her and me to
have frank, cozy talks about what death
means to us, her worries (shes adamant
about not calling upon extraordinary life-
prolonging measures), and her concerns
about the funeral, as she and my hand-
some dad have managed to outlive all
their cocktail-party and golfing buddies.
Write to me and let me know how youre
doing. Pick up Katherine Rosmans mem-
oir about her mom, If You Knew Suzyshe
Tormented? Driven witless? Whipsawed by confusion?
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gives clever ways to cope. But in the end,
neither you nor I knows a single thing about
death, except that it leaves a big hole for
those left behind. But you cant drive your-
self crazy. As Socrates says, No one knows
whether death happens to be even the
greatest of all blessings to man.
The Cad Is More Possessive Than Marie
Antoinette and Her Wigs
Dear E. Jean: My husband and I have been
together for a year and married for six months.
We live in his dream house, which he built in
2008. It is beautiful, but I have no say in any
furnishing or decorating decisions. When Ive
added a fresh touch here and there, he changes it
back to exactly the way he had it. If I move a
chair or a vase, he moves it back. He constantly
tells me this is his home, and he wants things
done his way. Im aware of that, but he just
wont let me in! How can I let him know this is
our home? And that if he wanted his dream
all to himself, why did he marry me?
Pulling My Hair and Wondering Why
My petunia: Ive said it a thousand times: A
single woman in possession of a nice apart-
ment and a good job is the happiest mortal
on earth. However, when a woman moves
in with a man, she can be ecstaticif they
both have the time, the brains, and the
patience to compromise.
Exactly why your chaps so headstrong
about his housedid his mother insist he
sleep on dinosaur sheets until he was 23?
Did his dad not let him use the buzz saw?I
cant guess. But I will say many people who
build houses (direct movies, design cakes,
write advice columns, etc.) do not like see-
ing their work changed (or, as one of my ex-
husbands used to say tenderly when we
camped out, Dont fuck with the tent!).
The quickest way to get to the bottom of
this is simply to state your case to him:
Darling, I love this house, and I love you.
Id like this to be our home. Whats
the best way to let me in? If youre
affectionate, understanding, and honest
about what you believe, youll eventually
discover the key to his vanity (read pig-
headedness). Once you have that, you
can create some beautiful compromises.
May I suggest the first one? (You know
me, I prefer action over words.) Begin as far
away from the manse as possiblei.e., in
the deepest, most distant corner of the
propertyand plant a blaze of autumn fire.
A small patch of marigolds, chrysanthe-
mums, and love-lies-bleedings (which you
can eat for dessert! ) will set the house off too
spectacularlyand increase the admira-
tion of the neighbors too hugelyfor him to
change it back to exactly the way he had
it. If you want to run totally mad, buy some
hyacinth bulbs together.
P.S. If he rips the marigolds out of the
ground, or if he digs in his heels and wont
accept your thinking on any matter, I sug-
gest couples therapy.
The Hero Is Too Heroic?
Dear E. Jean: My new boyfriend is bafflingly
nice. Hes affectionate, smart, funny, and end-
lessly complimentary. Hes enthusiastic about
making future plans. Hes also hardworking;
has a great job, cool car, amazing friends; takes
me to all the best places; and pays for everything.
Hes tall, handsome, and stylish; he likes my
cat, and my mom will love him. Hes virtually a
Prince Charming romantic-comedy heroand
Im so confused. This must be a fraud, right? A
con? I just cant tell whats going on. Ive been
looking for the cracks for two months now, and I
havent found any yet. Maybe Im the cracked
one. Im the kind of girl whos had lots of boy-
friends. Pretty sure Ive seen it all. But this guy
is sweeping away my romantic self and utterly
disturbing my rational self.
Too Good to Be True?
Too Good, my trollymog: Researchers at the
University of Central Lancashire and the
University of Liverpool in the UK have
found that women prefer a highly attrac-
tive man of medium status over an attrac-
tive man of high status. (The women
university students, average age of 23
gave the same reason as you: They thought
the top guys were too good to be true. )
Never mind. This merely proves that the
brains of British women have been scram-
bled by Russell Brand and George Eliot.
But you! Pull yourself together. The guys
awesomer than you know. Youre behaving
like a half-wit, and the fact hes still around
makes his awesomeness even higher.
P.S. If you insist on remaining con-
fused, please FedEx him to my cabin in
upstate New York.
The Hero and the Harpies
Dear E. Jean: Im a 37-year-old woman seven
months into a new relationship with a man who
gives me the warm fuzzies. Ive never dated anyone
like him. Hes generous, thoughtful, kind, loyal,
funny, nurturing and he cooks! When Im with
him, I feel the shell Ive lived in has begun to crack.
My friends hate him. I dont use that word
lightly. They say hes beneath me (we have differ-
ent professional, educational, and class back-
grounds). They say I need to coach him if I want
him to be successful in our group. They say if I let
this continue, it will begin to reflect poorly on me.
(Was that a threat?) Im at a loss.
Caught in the Middle
Miss Caught, my crocus: My God! Next
to your egregiously ill-bred friends, your
thoughtful, nurturing dude comes off as
Emily Post. I think your pals mean well
(emphasis on mean), but if theyre try-
ing to push you around like this, it proba-
bly indicates youre not speaking up. Tell
them: Look, I like this guy. I love him.
He makes me happy. Dont pain me with
your crude remarks. I believe Im free to
conduct a romance with a kind, loyal,
generous man without any reference to
your dislikes and likes.
And since your friends are the ones
who require coaching in fashion, eti-
quette, and sophistication, buy them each
a copy of Lisa Birnbach and Chip Kidds
book, True Prep (Knopf). Next to Lord
Chesterfield, its the greatest (and funni-
est) advice on how to acquire style, polish,
sex appeal, and dash ever written. And it
will drive home your point when you in-
scribe it from both you and your swain.
To ask a question, write to e.jean@askejean
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askejean. Twitter me @ejeancarroll. You can
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Vixens at askejean.com.
Q: When I ask my 26-year-old fianc for an intimate sexual
treat, or even petition him to turn off the porn and kiss me
when were making love, he says: Women dont like that.
Its too personal. It doesnt do anything for girls. What am I
doing wrong?
A: Youre doing nothing wrong, hon, if you overlook the fact
that youre conversing with the most self-centered sexual
blockhead its been my displeasure to see this year in the
Ask Eeee column. Get rid of him!
ADVICE ELLE READER
Destiny, I feel, is also a relationshipa play between
divine grace and willful self-effort. Were taking Elizabeth Gilberts words
to heart this month as we celebrate the adaptation of her explosively popular
memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, with a 21 -page story featuring the films star, Julia
Roberts, profiled by writer Will Blythe and shot by renowned photogra-
phers Tom Munro, Alexei Hay, and Carter Smith, each inspired by a phase
of the films spiritual journey. In Eat, Roberts turns up the heat, Italian
bombshellstyle, in a clutch of body-beautifying black dresses; Pray sees
her meditate on clean shapes and rich colors (and one seriously fanciful
frock); and in Love, shes joined by her thoroughly lovableif you ask
ELLEcostar Javier Bardem for a festival of haute-hippie prints. Who says
fashion cant help you achieve higher consciousness?
Silk dress, Vivienne Westwood Gold Label, $4,000. Necklace,
Neil Lane Jewelry, price upon request. Heart necklace,
Me&Ro, $1,505. Belt, $98, from What Goes Around Comes
Around, NYC. Boots, Bess, $440. On him: Leather jacket,
Gucci, $3,775. Cotton henley, Polo Ralph Lauren, $90.
Vintage jeans, $198, boots, $248, both, from What Goes
Around Comes Around, NYC. For details, see Shopping Guide.
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allowed yourself to be ugly in Mary Reilly, I say to Julia Roberts.
On the suggestion of a very good friend (shortly to hear from
me!), I have asked Roberts about allowing herself to be made to
look unbeautiful in the 1996 Stephen Frears film, a revamping of
the Jekyll-Hyde story. Weve been discussing what its like for an
actress to get older, and I have been trying slyly, oh how slyly, to
segue from that into a discussion about the tyranny of appearance,
how ugliness is the final frontier of liberation.
I had heard, I continue, that Roberts had let her nose be artifi-
cially lengthened. Did that hurt?
Across the table, a disconcerting silence reigns. I notice that she
may not be enjoying my appreciation of her daring.
Its brave, I add, when an actress takes risks with her appearance.
Maybe its my imagination, but Roberts eyes appear to be dark-
ening, her nostrils widening (though not in an ugly way), and her
flawless skin she is the new face of Lancmeflushing. She
stares me down across an expansive table covered with food she
has lovingly chosen for our meal.
I was not ugly! she says.
And then, for good measure, she repeats the phrase, I was not!
Lesson No. 2 : Ground your questions in thorough research. Try
to actually see the films you bring up during an interview.
In time, I will scrutinize the Mary Reilly DVD and discover that
Julia Roberts nose is exactly its usual size. Her face appears un-
adorned, as befitting the part of a servant girl, but thats about as far
as the radical makeover goes.
Roberts says, I wouldnt have seen it that way, but, quick, make
a point.
I am pointless.
But then, bless her heart, Julia Roberts rears back and honks out
a laugh, the booming iconic Roberts laugh, a flgelhorn of a laugh,
delighted, exultant, and self-amused all at once, or so it would
seem; the laugh Ive heard many times in the movies, the laugh that
she knows people think she puts on, just the way they think she
trumps up her smile. That jubilant klaxon of a laugh signals that all
is clear, that the tornado of my impertinence has whirled by, inflict-
ing no lasting damage.
In fact, it may be that Julia Roberts is having at me a little bit,
teasing, toying with me. Because that, I am discovering, is another
of her traits. Julia Roberts likes to stick in the needle, then take it out
and salve your wound with complimentary balm.
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his will change your life, she says, offering me a
plump pillow of ravioli.
But I was starting to like my life the way it was.
Then please, have a bite so youll love me more,
she says, even though I came in late and grumpy.
We are in Malibu, in a little roadside joint off the
Pacific Coast Highway, not far from Roberts home.
And she did indeed arrive here a little fractious after
a long photo shoot where everyone was cranky and low-energy and
she didnt seem to be able to generate enough happy vibes.
She has been paid millions to carry the film adaptation of Eliza-
beth Gilberts memoir Eat, Pray, Love, which, with an estimated 8.5
million copies in print worldwide , clearly hit a nerve with its pre-
dominantly female audience. (It also clearly hit a nerve with Gil-
berts ex-husband, Michael Cooper, who shopped around Displaced,
an account of his own search for postmarital enlightenment.)
A text pings in from Roberts husband, the cinematographer
Danny Moder, whom she met on the set of The Mexican in 2000.
They have three children, five-and-a-half-year-old twins Phinnaeus
and Hazel, and Henry, three. The children became the shooting
stars of him, of that thing we have, she says. How lucky we are
that we love each other so much that we burst into three pieces.
She then reads the text aloud: Sorry to hear how the day went.
Wish I could be there. Are they a texting couple? No. Normally we
just make out, she says. But hes in Toronto, working on a movie.
Eat, Pray, Love is a plucky tale of self-discovery: marital and
relationship disaster redeemed by epic bouts of eating in Italy, by
heroic meditation in India, andfinally, as if out of the hippest
Barbara Cartland romance novel everby lovemaking in Bali
with a suave, heartbroken Brazilian who says such things as
How many more sleeps until you come back to me? Im enjoying
falling in love with you, darling. It feels so natural, like its some-
thing I experience every second week, but actually I havent felt
this way about anyone in nearly 30 years.
The movie is faithful to the books fairy-tale-romance quotient.
But according to Gilbert, Roberts wisely changed the focus of the
narrative from that of a spiritual quest to a story about how difficult it
is to get over a broken heart. I mean, how long can you watch some-
one meditating? Gilbert asks. The movie, if not the book, echoes
Jane Austen in suggesting that it is a truth universally acknowledged
that a single girl in possession of spiritual wisdom and endless sup-
plies of Neapolitan pizza must still be in want of a cute guy.
The story in many ways parallels Roberts own history. Even
though Roberts was happily married and a new mom when her
agent sent her Gilberts memoir, and even though she was deter-
mined not to like something just because everyone likes it, she sat
in front of her window, reading, and fell in love. Maybe she loved
what millions of women have loved about the book. Eat, Pray, Love
is about being faithful to an inner voice that gets you out of a bad
relationship, that lets you eat a lot of pasta, that sanctions the soli-
tary pursuit of wisdom, and that still ends with the arrival of lasting
love. Of course, most women havent seen their relationships
with siblings, parents, interesting menspeculated on so publicly.
Even pop psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers had at it.
Did you see what she said about you back in those days? I
ask Roberts.
Well, that would be a no! she says in a tone that could be read
as either bantering or irkedor a provisional mixture of both.
She said that you needed to prove that you were lovable to a man.
Lesson No. 1 for
hapless celebrity journalists:
Never ever ask an actress about
by Will Blythe
What does that mean, mister? she says, laughing. I learned a
lot of things, made a lot of great mistakes. I learned in my life that
you teach people how to treat you. I hope that in our short relation-
ship, Ive taught you how to be comfortable with me.
Youve certainly taught me a lot about ravioli, I say.
O
ver the years, those great mis-
takes sometimes had her ask-
ing for guidance from above.
Do you pray now? I ask.
I do, she says.
She explains that her parents
divorced when she was young.
My mother ended up Catholic,
my father Baptist. I appreciate
Catholicismit makes me think
of scrambled eggs, powdered
doughnuts, and not getting to
watch Flipper. But the quietness
of it, the silent reverence, is not
who I am. So the Baptist idea
the expressive appreciation for
the gathering, the communitythat, I sort of get. To end up in the
spiritual life with my children makes perfect sense, provided those
two things.
What spiritual life is that?
Very Hindu, she answers, leaning toward me to better display
the Hindu necklaces dangling in profusion from her neck. A lot of
what Ive discovered as an adult in a Hindu temple brings these
things together. As a family, we go to temple and chant and pray
and celebrate. Im definitely a practicing Hindu.
In Hindu cosmology, the universe is perpetually created and
destroyed, not unlike the careers of Hollywood actors. Souls can be
reborn in dozens of other bodies. Roberts watches her daughter,
for instance, and feels the presence of another, older soul. My
daughter sits in a certain way, she says, and I know theres some-
one there I didnt get the benefit of knowing who used to sit that
way. Its an honor for me to continue to shepherd that. I dont know
who it is, but its part of my duty.
She doesnt hesitate when I ask whether she remembers one of
her own past lives. I was a peasant revolutionary, certainly, she
says, as matter-of-factly as if she were describing her morning com-
mute. I was the person who collected the firewood, the person
who was totally informed, completely aware that bringing this fire-
wood would make a difference.
And when this current glittering life ends? Golly, Roberts
says. Ive been so spoiled with my friends and family in this life.
Next time I want to be just something quiet and supporting.
I think, naturally, of an Oscar for best supporting actress . But that
cant be what Roberts means. Do you mean like a nurse? I ask.
An ant farm, Roberts answers. An ant farm. I mean, it would
be great to come back as Lord Byron, but.
Roberts first religion might more accurately be said to have
been acting. Given her family, she came by it naturally, as if shed
grown up in a traveling troupe of gypsies or carnival barkers.
Now 42, shes about the age her father was when he died. Rob-
erts was then nine. She grew up in Smyrna, Georgia. Her dad sold
vacuum cleaners; her mom was a secretary who later sold real
estate. Their passion, however, was theater, and they ran an acting
workshop in Atlanta. She believes that her dad would be proud of
her, amazed at me in show business, but that he probably had
higher goals. He was more literary, more of a writer.
Julia was the baby of three siblings, including Eric, the oldest,
the first of the Robertses to reach renown, for his early roles in such
films as The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984); and Lisa, her older sis-
ter, who also acted and now produces. (She also has a younger half
sister, Nancy.)
They bathed us, they fed us, they clothed us, she says of her
parents. What else could we be? Its a powerful expression of faith
in your parents. That and having no other skills!
She cackles.
As a teenager, she says, she was not at all rebellious, describing
herself, in fact, as appropriately passive. She did no theater in
high school but fell in love with acting after an English teacher
screened the film Becket, starring Richard Burton and Peter
OToole, which Roberts subsequently watched again on her own
time in the library.
After high school, she followed her sister, with whom she had
shared a room at home for 12 years, to Greenwich Village, where
they rented an apartment on King Street. Julia worked at the Ath-
letes Foot at Broadway and 77th, right next to a Popeyes chicken .
The Adidas Country, our most popular shoe! she says, safely
removed from that line of work.
She didnt go to acting school, but it was only a brief time before
she made a splash in Mystic Pizza (1988) as a small-town girl work-
ing in a pizza parlor. Then, in 1990, she assumed the role that
would make her famous, that of a giggly, openhearted hooker to
Richard Geres high-class john in Pretty Woman, a performance
that prompted the film historian David Thomson to call her char-
acter the kind of adorable whore whom a respectable man could
take to the opera and put through college; she was an Audrey Hep-
burn whod give head.
The consensus since is that Roberts is one of those American
actorsTom Cruise is anotherwho connects directly with the
public, like a politician going over the heads of legislators to the
people, calling on some overwhelming force of personality that
the camera knows first and the mainstream adores. Her movies
are estimated to have grossed more than $2.3 billion.
Perhaps to preempt her critics, Roberts decries her lack of acting
technique throughout our meal whenever I ask her about choices
she made in a particular scene. I have no acting technique, she
says. And theres nothing more boring than actors sitting around
talking about acting.
She suspects that the camera captures what she has called her
destiny of joy.
But, she adds, if someone came to me and said, I know exactly
what it is you do, I would beg them not to tell me, because I could
fuck it up within seconds. I do believe that when you are born within
the crest of a laugh, whatever that is,and here she smiles as if to
acknowledge the goofy poetry of the notionyouve been given a
gift. Ive always had it. It explains my ability to prevail.
Its true that Roberts charisma is monumental, says Ryan
Murphy, the director of Eat Pray Love and creator of the television
series Glee, but he argues that her talents as an actress should not
be underestimated. She is a great movie star, he says, the kind
of actress that people project dreams onto and love and feel safe to
follow anywhere. But she also knows every light, every angle. I
never did more than two takes with her. If I said, I want you to
cry, and I want the tear to come halfway down your left cheek,
shed say, No problem. Shes technically brilliant in that way.
A
couple of days earlier, Id watched her making acting
adjustments on the fly during the filming of Larry
Crowne, a Universal production that she is shooting in
Los Angeles with Tom Hanks as director, producer, co-
star, and writer, about a middle-aged man who is down-
sized from his job and enrolls in college .
Nylon-and-elastane corset
dress, Dolce & Gabbana,
$1,395, at select Dolce
& Gabbana boutiques
nationwide. Platinum and
diamond earrings, bracelet, all,
Bulgari, prices upon request.
Her own rings. For details, see
Shopping Guide.
BY Tom Munro
Silk crepe soft-drape dress,
Gucci, $1,950, at select Gucci
stores nationwide. Her own rings.
Cotton and lace dress, $4,795,
silk and lace bodysuit, $1,295,
both, Dolce & Gabbana,
at select Dolce & Gabbana
boutiques nationwide.
Platinum and diamond
bracelet, Bulgari, price upon
request. Her own rings. For
details, see Shopping Guide.
Fishnet sweater, $1,235, lace
skirt, $2,190, both, Nina Ricci,
at Barneys New York. Diamond
earrings, Bulgari, price upon
request. Lace Maryjanes,
Dolce & Gabbana, $870. Her
own rings.
Organza dress, Alberta
Ferretti, $2,795, at Alberta
Ferretti Boutique, L.A.
Platinum and diamond
bracelet, Bulgari, price
upon request. For details, see
Shopping Guide.
HAIR BY SERGE NORMANT AT
JOHN FRIEDA SALON; MAKEUP
BY GENEVIEVE FOR LANCME;
MANICURE BY ROBIN DEMARCO
AT CUTICALLS INC.; SET DESIGN
BY COLIN DONAHUE; PRODUCED
BY ODD MACHINE; FASHION
ASSISTANT: SARAH SCHUSSHEIM.
EAT LOVE
BY Alexei Hay
Brocade dress with sash,
Etro, price upon request, at
Etro, Beverly Hills. Yellow and
rose gold necklace with white,
yellow, and green diamonds
and carved lemon topaz
intaglio, Sevan Biaki, price
upon request. Her own rings.
For details, see Shopping Guide.
Julia Roberts photographed
with her son at a Hindu
temple in Malibu.
Chiffon gown with cutout
floral and paillette detailing,
Roberto Cavalli, price upon
request, at Roberto Cavalli
boutiques nationwide. Gold
bangles with gemstones,
from Beladora, Beverly Hills,
$1,550$1,850. Her own rings,
snake bangles. For details, see
Shopping Guide.
Printed silk jacket, Dries Van
Noten, $2,404, at select
Saks Fifth Avenue stores
nationwide. Her own rings. For
HAIR BY SERGE NORMANT AT
JOHN FRIEDA SALON; MAKEUP BY
GENEVIEVE FOR LANCME; MANICURE
BY LISA JACHNO FOR DIOR BEAUTY AT
CLOUTIER REMIX; PROPS STYLED BY
CHIME DAY SERRA AT FRANK REPS;
PRODUCED BY JULIET JERNIGAN
AT JULIETJERNIGAN.COM; FASHION
ASSISTANT: SARAH SCHUSSHEIM.
Vintage Indian silk dress, from Keni
Valenti Retro-Couture, price upon
request, visit kenivalenti.com. Fossilized
ivory heart pendant necklace, Me&Ro,
$1,505. Pearl, ruby, emerald, and
rose-cut diamond bead necklace set
in gold, Neil Lane Jewelry, price upon
request. Pav diamond heart ring,
David Yurman, $850. Nylon socks, We
Love Colors, $5. Leather boots, Bess,
$440. Other rings, her own. For details,
see Shopping Guide.
EAT PRAY
BY Carter Smith
Leather and shearling coat, Burberry, $2,995, visit
burberry.com. 1960s Thea Porter embroidered
chiffon dress, from Decades Inc., L.A., price upon
request. Suede hat with pheasant feather, Eugenia
Kim, $310. Pearl, ruby, emerald, and rose-cut
diamond bead necklace set in gold, Neil Lane
Jewelry, price upon request. Fossilized-ivory heart
pendant necklace, $1,505, beaded bracelets with
lapis, carnelian, or onyx, $245$715, all, Me&Ro.
Enamel bracelets set in yellow gold, some with
sapphires or diamonds, Jean Schlumberger for
Tiffany & Co., prices upon request. Nylon socks, We
Love Colors, $5. Leather boots, Bess, $440.
1970s Pauline Trigre silk chiffon dress, from
Frock NYC, $1,470, visit frocknyc.com. Pearl, ruby,
emerald, and rose-cut diamond bead necklace set
in gold, Neil Lane Jewelry, price upon request.
Beaded bracelets with lapis, carnelian, or onyx,
$245$715, beaded hinge cuff with Indian diamond,
price upon request, all, Me&Ro. Pav diamond heart
ring, David Yurman, $850. Nylon socks, We Love
Colors, $5. Leather boots, Bess, $440. On him:
Vintage military jacket, price upon request, jeans,
$198, boots, $248, all, from What Comes Around
Goes Around, NYC. Cotton henley, Polo Ralph
Lauren, $90. For details, see Shopping Guide.
Julia Roberts and her Eat, Pray, Love
costar, Javier Bardem.
1970s Pauline Trigre silk chiffon dress,
from Frock NYC, $1,470. Beaded
bracelets with lapis, carnelian, or
onyx, all, Me&Ro, $245$715. Gold and
diamond bangle, Neil Lane Jewelry,
price upon request. Nylon socks, We
Love Colors, $5. Leather boots, Bess,
$440. On him: Vintage military jacket,
price upon request, jeans, $198, both,
from What Goes Around Comes
Around, NYC.
well credit tk, Designer Name TK, $0,000,
at TK. For details, see Shopping Guide.
1970s Pauline Trigre silk chiffon dress, from Frock NYC,
$1,470. Pearl, ruby, emerald, and rose-cut diamond bead
necklace set in gold, gold and diamond bangle, both, Neil
Lane Jewelry, prices upon request. Beaded bracelets
with lapis, carnelian, or onyx, Me&Ro, $245$715. Gold
bangle with ruby and sapphire, from Beladora, Beverly
Hills, $1,650. Pav diamond heart ring, David Yurman,
$850. Other rings, her own. On him: Vintage military
jacket, from What Goes Around Comes Around, NYC,
price upon request. Cotton henley, Polo Ralph Lauren,
$90. For details, see Shopping Guide.
HAIR BY SERGE NORMANT AT JOHN
FRIEDA SALON; MAKEUP BY GENEVIEVE
FOR LANCME; MANICURE BY LISA
JACHNO FOR DIOR BEAUTY AT CLOUTIER
REMIX; GROOMING BY PABLO IGLESIAS;
PROPS STYLED BY STEVE HALTERMAN AT
STARDUST VISIONS; PRODUCED BY JULIET
JERNIGAN AT JULIETJERNIGAN.COM;
FASHION ASSISTANT: SARAH SCHUSSHEIM.
Wool and cashmere coat,
Donna Karan New York,
price upon request, at
Donna Karan New York
stores nationwide. Leather
belt, Gucci, $295.
MAKE A QUIET STATEMENT IN
THE NEW MONOCHROMATIC EASE
WITH JUST THE CHICEST HINT
OF EYE-POPPING COLOR
P H O T O G R A P H E D B Y terry tsiolis
S T Y L E D B Y lester garcia
Left: Navy cinched-waist coat,
Lanvin, $4,755, at Lanvin,
NYC. Silk charmeuse blouse,
Brooks Brothers, $178. Leather
clutch, Furla, $395. Right: Silk
blouse, $2,050, wool crepe skirt,
$1,100, leather bag, $1,400, all,
Cline. Blouse, skirt, at select
Nordstrom stores nationwide.
Wool-blend vest, Alexander
Wang, $495. Cotton blouse,
Rochas, $573. Wool trousers,
Salvatore Ferragamo, $760.
Faux-leather slingbacks, Stella
McCartney, $745.
Silk crepe top with leather
sleeves, $1,995, silk crepe
trousers, $895, both, Calvin
Klein Collection, at Calvin
Klein Collection, NYC. Leather
belt, Ann Taylor, $30. Leather
clutch, DKNY, $145. Silver
stud ring, Reed Krakoff, $365.
Camel-hair coat, MaxMara,
$3,590, at MaxMara, NYC.
Silk crepe dress, Calvin Klein
Collection, $1,895. Suede gloves,
Yves Saint Laurent, $695.
Left: Wool coat, Moschino,
$2,460, at Moschino,
NYC. Cashmere top,
Gucci, $720. High-waisted
trousers, 3.1 Phillip Lim,
$450. Right: Wool blazer,
$1,600, wool jersey
camisole, $325, wool
Bermuda shorts, $1,100,
leather bag, $1,195, all,
Marc Jacobs, at Marc
Jacobs, NYC. Faux-
leather slingbacks, Stella
McCartney, $695. For
Wool-blend vest, $925,
wool pants, $640,
both, Alexander Wang.
Silk blouse, Moschino,
$795, at Moschino,
NYC. Calfskin belt,
Chlo, $360.
Tweed cape,
$1,450, jersey
top, $695, flannel
pants, $695, all,
Ports 1961 by
Tia Cibani, visit
ports1961.com.
For details, see
Shopping Guide.
Stretch satin blazer,
$825, cropped pants,
$675, silk chiffon
blouse, $375, silk tie,
$135, all, D&G, at D&G
boutiques nationwide.
Leather clutch,
Herms, price upon
request . Velvet pumps,
Louis Vuitton, $1,540.
Beauty Secret: Makeup
artist Stevie Huynh subtly
played up the eye with two
shades of matte brown
(try YSL Smoothing Effect
Eyeshadow in Fawn and
Cashmere Brown).
Wool shiftdress, Rochas,
$1,778. Silk shirt, The
Row, price upon request.
Leather clutch, Cline,
$1,050. For details, see
Shopping Guide.
Left: Crepe dress with bonded
leather sleeves, price upon
request, leather and wool riding
pants, $990, both, Derek Lam,
at Derek Lam, NYC. Cotton-blend
turtleneck, Falke, $299. Leather
belt, Ann Taylor, $38. Right:
Silk crepe dress, Calvin Klein
Collection, $1,495, at Calvin Klein
Collection, NYC. Silver stud ring,
Reed Krakoff, $365.
Military felt stand collar jacket,
$1,795, wool twill trousers, $1,595,
both, Burberry Prorsum, visit
burberry.com. Wool stretch turtle-
neck, Versace, $550. Leather bag,
Marc Jacobs, $1,995. For details,
see Shopping Guide.
MODELS: ANTONELLA GRAEF AT FORD
MODELS, HAILEY CLAUSON AT MARILYN
MODEL AGENCY, MADISYN RITLAND AND
KRISTY KAUROVA AT WOMEN MANAGEMENT
NYC, SOFIE SCHWENSEN AT UNION MODEL
MANAGEMENT; HAIR BY ESTHER LANGHAM;
MAKEUP BY STEVIE HUYNH AT THE WALL
GROUP; MANICURE BY BERNADETTE
THOMPSON FOR BERNADETTETHOMPSON
.COM AT ART-DEPARTMENT; FASHION
ASSISTANTS: LAUREN EDELSTEIN,
ANNA-KARIN DE PAULA LOUREIRO.
CAPTURE THE SEXY SOPHISTICATION OF THE CITY
IN FALLS LEAN PANTSUITS, FUR VESTS, AND
LAYERS OF VERSATILE DAYWEAR
P H O T O G R A P H E D B Y laurie bartley
S T Y L E D B Y samira nasr
Far left: Tweed dress, Chanel, price
upon request, at select Chanel
boutiques nationwide. White gold and
diamond bracelets, Cartier, prices
upon request. Above: Sable vest,
price upon request, cashmere sweater,
$690, cashmere skirt, $990, all, Fendi,
at Fendi Boutique, NYC. Yellow gold
watch, Cartier, price upon request. For
Beauty Secret: To create a rened yet
natural Afro, hairstylist Tony Chavez
used a comb to tease out volume, then
set with an anti-frizz hairspray (try
Living Proof Hold Flexible Hairspray).
Wool knit top, $1,290, silk
corset, $1,500, silk skirt,
$4,300, all, Louis Vuitton,
visit louisvuitton.com. Beaver
bag, $2,250, leather oxfords,
$775, both, Marc Jacobs.
Socks, Fogal, $38.
Keep the below-the-knee hem
length fresh with flat oxfords
instead of heels.
Lace top, $1,450, skirt, $1,750,
both, Cline, at Bergdorf
Goodman, NYC. Pink gold
and diamond watch, Dior,
price upon request. Gold and
freshwater pearl bracelet,
Tasaki by Thakoon, price
upon request. Socks, Fogal,
$38. Leather shoes, Proenza
Schouler, $1,580. For details,
see Shopping Guide.
Beaver lace-front shirt, price
upon request, wool wrap skirt,
$690, both, Reed Krakoff, call
877-733-3525. Sunglasses,
Tom Ford Eyewear, $360.
White gold and diamond
bracelets, Cartier, prices
upon request. Pink gold and
diamond watch, Dior, price
upon request.
Wool cable-knit dress,
Prada, $2,095, at select
Prada boutiques nationwide.
Leather bag, Louis Vuitton,
$4,340. Socks, Fogal, $38.
Leather oxfords, Marc
Jacobs, $775. For details, see
Shopping Guide.
Wool-blend blazer, $925,
wool skirt, $395, both,
Emporio Armani, at
Emporio Armani boutiques
nationwide. Polyamide-
blend bra top, Eres, $230.
Wool blazer, $1,095, silk-and-wool pants,
$950, both, Calvin Klein Collection, at
Calvin Klein Collection, NYC. Silk and lace
corset, Carine Gilson Lingerie Couture,
$590. Yellow gold watch, Cartier, price
upon request. Alligator bag, Marc
Jacobs, price upon request. Lambskin
loafers, Alexander Wang, $445. For
Beauty Secret: For sexy, 70s-inspired
eyes, makeup artist Kaoru Okubo traced
wings across lids with Bobbi Brown
Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner and applied
individual faux lashes to the outer
corners of eyes.
Wool-blend peacoat, $1,585,
dress, $770, both, DSquared
2
,
at Forty Five Ten, Dallas.
Crocodile bag, Roger Vivier,
price upon request. Socks,
Fogal, $38. Leather shoes,
Proenza Schouler, $1,580.
Leave the larger carryalls of
seasons past at home, in favor
of smaller, structured bags.
Silk blouse, $1,170, crepe pants,
$1,265, both, Chlo, at select
Nordstrom stores nationwide.
Leather bag, Herms, price upon
request. Suede boots, Marc Jacobs,
$995. For details, see Shopping Guide.
HAIR BY TONY CHAVEZ FOR SHU UEMURA
ART OF HAIR AT FRANK REPS; MAKEUP BY
KAORU OKUBO FOR NARS COSMETICS AT
MANAGEMENT ARTISTS; MANICURE BY RICA
ROMAIN FOR CHANEL AT SEE MANAGEMENT;
MODEL: GEORGIE BADIEL AT MUSE;
PRODUCED BY NATHALIE AKIYA AT FIRST
IN SERVICE; CASTING BY ANITA BITTON FOR
THE ESTABLISHMENT; FASHION ASSISTANT:
COURTNEY KRYSTON.
This fall, wide-leg trousers are the
ultimate eveningwear.
TEEN SENSATION JUSTIN BIEBER
AND GLAMOUR GIRL KIM KARDASHIAN
MET CUTE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENTS DINNER, AND THE TWITTERSPHERE
WENT WILD. BUT WHEN THEY MEET AGAIN ON THE BAHAMAS
SUN-KISSED BEACHES, THE POP STAR PLAYS IT SWEET
P H O T O G R A P H E D B Y dusan reljin
S T Y L E D B Y benjamin sturgill
Wool-blend jacket with crystal
appliqu, Akris, $3,990,
collection at select Saks Fifth
Avenue stores nationwide.
On him: Wool sweater,
$530, T-shirt, $220, both,
Dior Homme. For details, see
Shopping Guide.
Printed coat, Giorgio Armani,
$4,150, at Giorgio Armani
Boutique, Las Vegas. Gold
drop earrings, Laruicci, $145.
Mother-of-pearl ring, Judith
Ripka, $3,900. Leather peep-
toe pumps, Nina Ricci, $650.
On him: Blazer, Topman, $140.
T-shirt, American Apparel,
$18. Jeans, Dior Homme,
$560. Sunglasses, Ray-Ban,
$140. Sneakers, Vans, $42.
Nylon-and-wool-blend stretch
turtleneck dress, Versace, $3,075, at
select Nordstrom stores nationwide.
Gold and shell bangles, Ippolita,
$2,500$4,200. Sunglasses, Selima
for Dusan, $385. Morganite earrings
with diamonds, David Yurman,
$3,100. For details, see Shopping Guide.
Cotton crochet dress,
Burberry Prorsum, $2,595,
visit burberry.com. Morganite
earrings with diamonds, David
Yurman, $3,100. Leather
bracelet, Herms, $1,725.
Gold-plated steel watch,
Movado, $795. Calfskin shoes,
Donna Karan New York, $895.
Chiffon tunic, Diane von Furstenberg,
$345, at Diane von Furstenberg, NYC.
Cotton bralette, Undrest., $105. Morganite
earrings with diamonds, David Yurman,
$3,100. On him: Faux leather jacket,
Topman, $120. T-shirt, $220, jeans, $560,
both, Dior Homme. Sneakers, Vans, $42.
Wool tunic, Miu Miu, $1,030,
visit net-a-porter.com.
Mother-of-pearl ring, Judith
Ripka, $3,900. Python
bag, Mulberry, $1,995.
Sheer hosiery, Falke, $49.
Suede pumps, Yves Saint
Laurent, $880. For details,
see Shopping Guide.
Cotton jersey coat, Dior, $3,000, at Dior
boutiques nationwide. Satin and lace
camisole, Agent Provocateur, $190. Cotton
and silk tap pants, Undrest., $98. Nylon
and lace bra, Wacoal, from Journelle, NYC,
$58. Sunglasses, Charles Anastase by
Linda Farrow Projects, $340. Gold drop
earrings, Laruicci, $145. Calf-hair pumps,
Walter Steiger, $700. On him: T-shirt, Marc
Jacobs, $335, at select Bloomingdales.
Jeans, A.P.C., $200. Sunglasses, Ray-Ban,
$140. Leather shoes, Sperry Top-Sider,
$65. His own Guess watch. For details, see
Shopping Guide.
S
ixteen-year-old Justin Biebers star literally went pop
straight from a 2007 YouTube video ( posted by his mom)
of him singing Ne-Yos So Sick to a record deal with LA
Reids label the following year; a No. 1 Billboard album, My
World 2.0; gigs on Saturday Night Live and American Idol; a
People magazine superlative (Worlds Biggest Pop Star);
and a whole new breed of fan: screaming, crying, fainting,
fawning, tweening, Twittering Beliebers, who could make the
running of the bulls look like a geriatric walkathon. So when Bieber
met 29-year-old bombshell and reality star Kim Kardashian at
Mays White House correspondents dinner and tweeted a flirty
picture of them togetherwith the caption, Look its my girlfriend
the mob organized. I started to get death threats from 10-year-old
girls, saying that I stole their man and they were gonna come find me,
Kardashian says. So I Twittered Justin and let him know that his
Beliebers want to kill me. Faced with the tough decision of letting the
world believe he was dating the raven-haired pinup of his dreams or
placating his fans with the innocent truth, Bieber took the high road.
l adies calm down, he tweeted. @kimkardashian is a friend. a very
sexy friend but a friend. no need 4 threats. Lets all be friends and hang
out often ;) . To reward his fan loyalty, ELLE gives the teen idol
another day in paradise.Rachel Rosenblit
Sequin-and-Swarovski-crystal-embellished tankdress, Vera Wang, $1,595, at Vera Wang, L.A. Vintage gold Jean Mahie earrings, from Beladora,
Beverly Hills, $3,550. Bangles, David Yurman, prices upon request. On him: Cotton shirt, Marc by Marc Jacobs, $158,
at select Saks Fifth Avenue stores nationwide. Jeans, Dior Homme, $560. For details, see Shopping Guide.
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Wool coat, $1,195,
leather pants,
price upon request,
Boss Black, visit
hugoboss.com.
Crocodile pumps, Marc
Jacobs, $4,250.
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Silk crepe jacket, $2,585,
camel hair trousers, $1,695,
both, Chlo, at Chlo
Boutique, NYC. Leather
belt, Cline, $275. Crocodile
pumps, Marc Jacobs, $4,250.
Navy sleeveless vest, Tommy
Hilfiger, $498, at Tommy
Hilfiger, NYC. Wool pants,
Akris, $895. Crocodile pumps,
Marc Jacobs, $4,250.
Falls ultralean trousers call for
sharp-pointed heels.
Wool flannel blazer, $1,795,
pants, $695, both, Michael
Kors, at Michael Kors stores
nationwide. For details, see
Shopping Guide.
Beauty Secret: How to
achieve the perfect shiny,
sultry eye? Apply a mix of
gold and silver cream
shadow (try 12 Flash Color
Case by Make Up For Ever)
to the middle of each lid. It
adds just the right highlight,
says makeup artist Alice
Ghendrih, who created the
look seen here.
Wool pantsuit, Jil Sander, $1,945,
at Neiman Marcus. Crocodile
pumps, Marc Jacobs, $4,250.
Let clean lines do the talking by
saving jewelry for another day.
Wool-blend jacket, Gucci,
$1,595, at select Gucci
stores nationwide. For
Rayon-blend jacket,
Emporio Armani, $695,
at Armani/5th Avenue,
NYC. Silk velvet pants,
Giorgio Armani, $2,350.
Lambskin felted-wool coat,
price upon request, gabardine
pants, $630, both, Bottega
Veneta, at Bottega Veneta
boutiques nationwide. Suede
boots, Acne, $829. For details,
see Shopping Guide.
Boiled-wool sleeveless
dress, Cline, $2,500,
collection at select Saks
Fifth Avenue. Wool pants,
Dries Van Noten, $796.
Mixed-wool jumpsuit, Salvatore
Ferragamo, $1,900, call
800-628-8916. Leather belt,
Dries Van Noten, $266. Goatskin
boots, Cline, $770. For details,
see Shopping Guide.
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Belt a loose-cut jumpsuit to add
structure and accentuate the waist.
Woven cape with
fox fur trim, Etro,
price upon request,
at Etro, Las Vegas.
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Crystal-trim silk dress, Blumarine, $3,360,
visit blumarine.com. Gold snake bangle,
$3,250, vintage Jean Mahie gold cuff, ring,
prices upon request, all, from Beladora,
Beverly Hills. Embroidered bag, $2,125,
leather sandals, $1,340, both, Roberto
Cavalli. For details, see Shopping Guide.
Wool tuxedo dress, Jean Paul Gaultier,
$3,885, at Neiman Marcus. Yellow gold
and diamond watch, Dior, price upon
request. Gold snake bangle, $3,250,
vintage Jean Mahie gold ring, lapis and
diamond ring, prices upon request, all,
from Beladora, Beverly Hills. Camel
minaudire, Judith Leiber, $4,995.
Silk chiffon gown, Valentino,
$7,900, at Neiman Marcus. French
lace scarf, Sabina Les, $250. For
Left: Blazer, $3,135, lace top, $1,990, skirt, $2,215, all, Lanvin,
at Lanvin Boutique, NYC. Ancient coin necklace, vintage Jean
Mahie gold ring, lapis and diamond ring, all, from Beladora,
Beverly Hills, prices upon request. Vintage Bulgari coil watch,
from Camilla Dietz Bergeron, Ltd., NYC, price upon request.
Leather belt, MaxMara, $285. Satin boots, Bottega Veneta,
$690. Above: Knit jumpsuit, Dior, $4,600, at Dior Boutique,
NYC. Silk and lace bra, Carine Gilson Couture Lingerie, $300.
Velour fez hat, Heather Huey, $125. Gold round link chain,
Temple St. Clair, $3,150. Vintage Jean Mahie gold ring, lapis
and diamond ring, both, from Beladora, Beverly Hills, prices
upon request. For details, see Shopping Guide.
Mix masculine and feminine elements, such as a blazer with
delicate lace.
Wool and silk gauze cape, $3,200, silk
hooded blouse, $1,325, wool and silk
gauze skirt, $990, kid hair pumps, $935,
all, Yves Saint Laurent, at select Yves
Saint Laurent boutiques nationwide.
Lapis dome-pendant necklace, Paloma
Picasso for Tiffany & Co., $4,950.
Vintage Jean Mahie gold ball necklace,
gold ring, lapis and diamond ring, all,
from Beladora, Beverly Hills, prices upon
request. Nubuck bag, Cole Haan, $228.
Shearling vest, $3,998, beaded dress,
price upon request, both, Ralph Lauren
Collection, at select Ralph Lauren stores
nationwide. Gold snake bangle, $3,250,
vintage Jean Mahie gold ring, price upon
request, both, from Beladora, Beverly
Hills. Gold and diamond watch, Dior, price
upon request.
Beauty Secret: For big-bodied waves that
can withstand the heat, hairstylist Tomohiro
Ohashi recommends treating damp hair with
Fabricate 03 Heat-Active Texturizer and a
dab of UV Rescue Shimmering Defense Daily
Care Protective Lotion, both by Redken,
before the blow-out.
Dont save fur for wool-and-tights weather;
bring it out with bare legs as soon as the
temperature starts to drop.
Embroidered jacket, chiffon dress, both,
Roberto Cavalli, prices upon request, at
Roberto Cavalli boutiques nationwide.
Head scarf, Oscar de la Renta. Vintage
Jean Mahie lapis and diamond ring, from
Beladora, Beverly Hills, price upon request.
Vintage Bulgari coil watch, from Camilla
Dietz Bergeron, Ltd., NYC, price upon
request. For details, see Shopping Guide.
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Suede shearling boot, Donna Karan New York, $995, call 866-240-4700. Shearling bag, Herms, price upon request, visit hermes.com.
Shearling boot, Burberry, $1,095, visit burberry.com.
A BOUNTY OF FURS, SUCH AS SHEARLING, MINK, FOX, AND EVEN
FAUX, CASTS A LONG SHADOW ON THE WANING DAYS OF SUMMER
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Rabbit-fur boot, Cline, $1,350, at Cline, Bal Harbour, FL. Crocodile-handle horsehair bag, VBH, $3,950, at VBH, NYC.
Gazelle-skin satchel, Reed Krakoff, $1,790, call 877-733-3525. Pony-hair bag, Bally, $1,695, visit bally.com. For details, see Shopping Guide.
Top shelf: Beaver clutch, Marc Jacobs, $1,250, at Marc Jacobs stores nationwide. Leather and antelope cuff, $1,420, kidskin and kid-hair pump, $1,070, both,
Yves Saint Laurent, call 212-980-2970. Bottom shelf: Suede and long-hair shearling boot, Ralph Lauren Collection, $1,100, visit ralphlauren.com.
Leather and silver-fox-fur bag, Michael Kors, $2,595, call 866-709-KORS. Leather and fox-fur bag, Louis Vuitton, price upon request, call 866-VUITTON.
Lamb-fur bag, Cline, $1,750, at Neiman Marcus. Lamb-fur hobo bag, Dior, $4,600, call 800-929-DIOR. Python pump with Mongolian-lamb trim,
Lanvin, $1,990, at Bergdorf Goodman, NYC. Tweed and faux-fur bag, Chanel, $2,795, call 800-550-0005. For details, see Shopping Guide.
Top shelf: Pony-hair loafer, Emporio Armani, $695, at Armani/5th Avenue, NYC. Calf-hair bag, Fendi, $2,560, at Fendi, Beverly Hills.
Middle shelf: Pony-hair bag, Dolce & Gabbana, $2,625, call 877-70-DG-USA. Calfskin boot, Christian Louboutin, $1,625, at select Saks Fifth Avenue stores nationwide.
Bottom shelf: Horsehair boots, Cesare Paciotti, $800, call 212-452-1222. Pony-hair bag, Gucci, $2,400, at select Gucci stores nationwide.
Fox-fur bag, Tods, $1,995, call 800-457-TODS. Chocolate fox-fur bag, R+Y Augousti, $2,125, at Barneys New York.
Suede and coyote platform boot, Christian Louboutin, $2,095, at select Saks Fifth Avenue stores nationwide. For details, see Shopping Guide.
PROPS STYLED BY NOEMI BONAZZI AT MAREK & ASSOCIATES.
Portrait by
Benoit Peverelli
G
raphic novelist Frank Miller is often called a
visionarya loaded, hot-air term for many but
nearly an understatement for him. He dreams up
worlds weve never fathomed, like the anarchic,
crime-ridden metropolis where prostitutes mobi-
lize in his codirecting debut, Sin City, and refash-
ions history into timeless allegory, as with the
480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, sensationalized to
controversial effect in 300. His noir-camp aesthetic
is gritty, base, and grandiose and when his drawings are brought
to life on-screen, he exhausts the most cutting-edge CGI to re-
create every outline, every hue. A film conceived by Miller is visual
candy in the most magnificent way.
One world Miller has never dared enter is fashion, let alone fra-
grance. But Frida Giannini, Guccis creative director (and visionary in
her own right) had big plans for Gucci Guilty, her new patchouli-based
mandarin-lilac concoction for the daring typea woman who likes
to take risks, not sit around and wait for things to happen, she says. In
Gianninis four-year tenure, shes known the payoffs of taking risks.
Her fall collection mixed wintry monotones in whites and steel grays
with nods to postmodern whimsy: camel hair combined with neo-
prene, leather woven with fox fur . It drew a fluid line between sensual-
ity and strength: a tight, body-conscious dress with cutouts and, not
two looks later, an androgynous-cool tomboy trouser suit. Gianninis
Gucci girl is a lover of classics with touches of flash, a boho hippie be-
holden to luxury. But where fashion fantasies leave off, the allure of fra-
grance can pick up, flush with the promise of sense memory, lust, and
covetable identity. To capture a milieu of Guilty-nessworthy of in-
spiring the most irresistible transgressionsGiannini didnt want just
an ad campaign; she wanted a graphic novel turned 3-D short film,
an auteurs take on fantasy in the guise of a 60-second commercial.
Frank Miller is absolutely unique, Giannini says. He designed
an entire city around Gucci Guilty. I received the storyboards
directly from him and could immediately see his vision. I could
smell the streets in the movie.
Action: Driving a white 53 Jaguar, a woman clad in tight black
leather speeds across a skyscraper-flanked bridge to the hauntingly
remixed electropop of Depeche Modes Strangelove (I give in to
sin/ Because you have to make this life livable). She screeches to
a halt, steps out of the car ( close-up on her Gucci leather-and-croc
platform stilettos), and flashes back to a pulse-pounding encounter
between herself and a smoldering stranger in a bar.
The smoldering stranger is Chris Evans, the 29-year-old actor
whose classic good looks and carved-from-granite pecs helped
casting agents envision him as the chiseled comic book heroes in
Fantastic Four, The Losers, and next years Captain America: The First
Avenger. Evans spent the summer filming Whats Your Number?, a
romantic comedy costarring Anna Faris, in his hometown of Bos-
ton, where his family and friends still live. I missed my high school
reunion because I was filming the ad for Gucci, he says, but I still
hang out with every person I wouldve wanted to see. Nobody
moved away; theyre all still dating each other. Theres something
in the water. Evans is close with his mom (Shes quite a ladya
ballbuster. Real Boston), cries at Legends of the Fall (every time),
and loves smelling something and immediately being taken some-
where, he says, like, Oh my God, its camp! OrJesusthird-
grade gym! Evans is a breath of charisma, a first date youd love to
have. But in Millers ad, he kills with just a look.
Hes an exceptionally wholesome, sensitive guy, but his face
becomes so powerful in front of the camera, Giannini says.
Ive spent my whole career designing the hero, Miller says,
and [Evans] seems to fit the shoes beautifully.
Enter the femme fatale: Evan Rachel Wood, the 22-year-old
Golden Globenominated actress and star of Thirteen, The Wrestler,
and Across the Universe. Choosing Wood to be the Guilty one was a
slick move on Gianninis part: Not only is she such a talented and
beautiful girl, as Giannini says, but she brims with intrigue,
famous for her unsubtly subversive transformation from a perky
blond actress with a wide smile to a mysterious pinup girl with a
penchant for blood red lips and black tattoos. Now engaged to
Marilyn Manson, Wood starred in the singers Heart-Shaped
Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand) video as a wide-eyed
fan who has sex with Manson amid a downpour of blood.
Guilty is about a guilty pleasure, Wood says. Full throttle,
living in the moment, living dangerously. A girl with a bit of wild
side. Scent plays a big role in what youre turned on by. When you
fall in love with someone, and you take a piece of their clothing or
smell that pillowit kills you.
Wood recently finished filming HBOs upcoming 30s-set mini-
series Mildred Pierce, a remake of the 1945 film noir starring Joan
Crawford, an actress Wood says shes idolized my whole life.
Crawford didnt exactly comprise a tidy Hollywood package, and
neither does Woodbut no one could deny either womans devo-
tion to her livelihood. By channeling the same fierce integrity that
they would bring to a feature film, Wood, Miller, and Evans have
lent Guccis newest fragrance an inextricable artfulness.
A guiding rule of mine was that there would be nothing that
wouldnt be gorgeousthe car, the woman, the buildings, Miller
says. I was on the lookout for the tiniest speck of anything that
wouldve looked less than lovely. With Frida on the set, I hardly had
toshes got an eagle eye. She knows exactly what she wants.
I think everyone, in the past, has had a momentsomething
romantic or sexy or sensualthat lasts for the rest of their lives,
Giannini says. Thats the provocation for the commercial: the
essence of the strong experience. I hope these images will stay in
peoples minds for a long time.
Giannini wears her own Gucci dress and bracelet.
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HOLLYWOOD STARS, FAST CARS, AND HIGH INDULGENCE.
BY RACHEL ROSENBLIT
On her: Python lace-embroidered shiftdress,
$4,795, printed stockings, $95, white
gold charm bracelet, $525, white gold and
diamond horse-bit bracelet, price upon
request, all, Gucci, at select Gucci stores
nationwide. Her own ring. On him: Dress
shirt, $355, wool pants (sold with matching
suit jacket), $2,650, both, Gucci, call 800-
456-7663. For details, see Shopping Guide.
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say she was sorry. She was working hard to pro-
tect his identity and her own wonderful life.
She offered to speak with an attorney hed hired
and tell him the whole story. And she did so, meet-
ing Straussthe man whod later describe her as
disheveled and inarticulateat a restaurant.
More than two months into the investigation,
after police had served a costly and embarrassing
search warrant on a fellow psychologist with whom
shed once had a dispute, Jill admitted to Sergeant
Schnell that shed contacted Jeff online. But she
insisted that her purpose had been to create a sex-
ual fantasy for her husband. Jeff was a consult-
ant, like a wedding planner, she said. Only, when
he arrived to advise her, he raped her instead.
On February 7, 2007, just as police were near-
ing the truth, Jill wrote to Jeff again: I need to
apologizereally had a freak-out experience and
messed up quite a bit. Im sorry. Wondering if I
could ever see you again? You could take your
anger out on meIm sure I would enjoy it. She
signed this message with a winking emoticon.
According to Midwest Urologys records, dur-
ing this period Jill continued to take testosterone
(at a lower dosage, 1/8 teaspoon two or three times
per week), and her blood level was 430 ng/dlstill
several times higher than the normal female range.
On February 23, the Saint Paul police, who
had tracked down Jeff through his Internet serv-
ice provider (using the e-mail address Jill gave
them to support her consultant story), executed a
search warrant and found a man Schnell described
as an ordinary midlevel professional guy in the
suburbs, whose wife had just left for work. We
knocked on the door and he opened it and said, I
told my attorney we should just call you, Schnell
recalls. The guy was relieved because for five
months every time he saw a squad car or heard a
siren, he thought we were coming.
Jeff handed the officers a stack of printed
e-mails from Jill proving shed solicited him before
and after the events of October 24. While they
read, he called his lawyer, who invited Schnell to
his office, where he listened to the tape in which
Jill confessed to every detail of her crime.
The Saint Paul police had spent nearly four
months and literally thousands of man-hours on
Jill Ajaos false rape case.
There are so many things I look back on and
think, Good Lord, Jill, where was your head?
She shakes her head, earrings tinkling, and picks
up her cup, peering in as if the answer might be
inside. Ive gone over this so many times. Why
did I initially say this guy was a client of mine?
Why did I call the police? Oh my God! Had I
been in my right mind, I never would have done
these things. But, of course, if Id been in my right
mind, I wouldnt have been in the situation at all.
It was the testosterone that made her impul-
sive and irrational, she says. It had still been in
her system, still influencing her behavior, during
the months she was lying and trying to reignite a
relationship with the man shed accused of rape.
Such was the argument used by her attorney,
Jerod Peterson, when he tried to plea-bargain af-
ter she was charged with falsely reporting a crime.
Police and the Saint Paul city attorneys office
had agonized over whether to even file charges.
We were very aware of the chilling effect this
could have, Schnell says. We didnt want to re-
inforce those perverse social beliefs about rape
allegationsthat many of them are false. Because
our data shows this simply isnt true.
In the end, however, Schnell and former Saint
Paul city attorney John Choi decided they owed
it to the public. This was a high-profile case that
triggered a chain of events and caused the police
to allocate a great number of resources, Choi
says. We felt it was important to make sure that
the offender would be held accountable.
According to the Minnesota Board of Psycho-
logy, Jills license was suspended in October
2008 for violation of ethics; fraudulent, decep-
tive, or dishonest conduct; severe mental or
physical illness ; and impaired objectivity. She
was ordered not to practice, to abstain completely
from alcohol, testosterone, and all other mood-
altering chemicals and referred to the states
Health Professionals Services Program (HPSP),
which monitors health care professionals with ill-
nesses that might impact their ability to practice.
Today, Jill is under the care of a team that
consists of an endocrinologist, a primary care
physician, a psychiatrist, and a psychotherapist,
all connected to HPSP. Jill says she doesnt mind
not drinking and shes happy to comply with the
random drug screenings. But shes angry at a sys-
tem that will not allow her to work. It wouldve
been reasonable, she concedes, for the board to
put her on some kind of temporary administra-
tive leave, similar to what is done when police
officers are involved in a shooting. But I dont
believe I ever hurt any of my clients, she says. I
think the biggest harm that was done to them was
when I was forced to abruptly quit practicing.

Now Jill lives in a small house near her former
home. She and D. went to marriage counseling
for a year following the revelations, but ulti-
mately, Jill says, he couldnt forgive herfor
her infidelity or for the humiliation he suffered.
My husband didnt understand the addiction
and depression part of it, she says sadly. I dont
think he could trust me anymore. Whereas if I
had become addicted to heroin instead of testo-
sterone, he probably could have dealt with that.
The couple divorced in 2008. Jill has their three
children Mondays, Wednesdays, and every other
weekend. The children have remained largely
unaware of the saga aside from their parents
divorce. Jill now supports herself with the money
from the settlement and attends classes to keep her
psychology credentials current, cares for her ailing
mother, and helps out at her kids schools.
She regrets the end of her marriage, and she
cries when she talks about D. Hes a good man.
I was totally in love with him, and I hurt him a lot.
I miss him terribly. I miss the friendship we had.
But just moments later, she brightens. One really
good thing came out of this: I love living alone.
Finally, I have to ask: Do you really think tes-
tosterone was to blame for what happened, or
were you just reacting to your extreme discontent
with your husband? If youd never taken the drug,
would you still be married to D.?
Jill pauses, stares into space. For the first time
since we met, she looks uncertain. Without the
testosterone, I believe I would have tolerated
things for a long time, she says. I was unhappy,
yes. But I think many of the problems in our mar-
riage were solvable. There was a snippiness about
us, a disconnect, definitely a loss of affection. And
yet, Id never had a fantasy about a romantic rela-
tionship on the side. Then came this drug.
She opens her hands wide. Every regular
sexual thought would just keep expanding. And I
just couldnt push those thoughts away.
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
(conti nued from page 456)
TILL WHENEVER DO US PART
than you imagined possible ; that the feelings
that lead to divorce arent necessarily perma-
nent; and that marriage is hard but the rewards
of sticking it out can be greater than the trials.
That marriage is tough isnt a new idea.
Everyones heard the 50 percent divorce statis-
tic. And yet on our wedding days, say Doherty
and Miller, most of us think well be the excep-
tion, the ones to live happily ever after. But I
wonder if happy is even the point. I sat in on a
seminar not long ago for parents of troubled
teens. The therapist leading it talked about how
current parenting styles dont create resilient
children. Parents worry so much about
whether their child is happy, she said. If you
take home one message, I want it to be this:
Fuck happy.
Yes! I thought, Fuck happy. The point of living
isnt to be in a perpetual state of fairy-tale ecstasy ;
its to find the meaning of life, the meaning of
your life. And the point of marriage, I think, is to
create meaning, with every happy and sad
memory, every hardship overcome, every kind
act, every moment of acceptance, every tri-
umph (Gore will likely never get to have anoth-
er wife watch him win a Nobel Prize), every
child, grandchild, pet, and friend you accumu-
late together. The point of staying married until
you die is to have a witness to your whole life, to
the meaning you built. In the end, you can look
at your spouse and say: Somebody knew me
and I knew them. Which isnt to suggest you
need to marry to have this kind of intimacy, but
if you do marry and stay alive to that marriage
(its possible to live your whole life with some-
one and never summon up the humanity to get
to know them), you will get that reward.
My grandmother died last winter, parting
from her devoted husbandactually, her sec-
ond husband. My grandfather tells of walking
into a nightclub where she was performing and
feeling love at first sight. He took a rose to her
onstage (she was annoyed that he interrupted
her act). Neither of them was perfect, they
never had much money, and they shared much
heartbreak, but they also shared what Id call
true love.
The night my grandmother died, several of
her eight children were at the nursing home that
she and my grandfather had moved into when
her care proved too much for him. The hospice
nurses had withdrawn food and water days ear-
lier, but she clung on into the night as her kids
and husband kept vigil. My grandfather, in the
bed next to her, finally fell asleep. My mother
and her brothers went into the hall to call their
families to tell them not to wait up.
But while they were making the calls, she
died, her husband of 61 years the only one there
with her. And though my grandmothers mind
at the end of her life was not what it once had
been, I do think that it mustve been a comfort to
know my grandfather was near, to have the vis-
ible, physical bulk of his body still there after all
those years, to remind her of the ways her life
added up to this final moment, and if there was
nothing else, at least shed mattered to him.
While my grandfather may have experienced
love at first sight, Miller says, paraphrasing
critic Walter Benjamin , that she knew love at
last sight. I hope my husband and I will be
lucky, patient, empathetic, resilient, and for-
giving enough that one day, we will experi-
ence the same.
ELLE
The scene, which has required all afternoon
to set up, with a vast apparatus of production
crew, actors, and extras, calls for Roberts to
simply walk for about 10 seconds down the
sidewalk of a college in Carson, just south of
L.A. Roberts is playing the part of a teacher,
albeit an exceptionally well-dressed one, in
high heels and a white-and-blue Diane von
Furstenbergstyle wrapdress that she keeps
wrapped together with double-stick tape.
As the scene is about to be shot , Roberts
trades the ratty pink plastic shopping bag in
which she carries around her downtime knitting
for a leather briefcase, a gold-trimmed date
book, and a large coffee. Hanks, in jeans, black
T-shirt, and boots, calls her over for a last-min-
ute consultation under the eaves of a classroom
building. The two, who costarred in Charlie Wil-
sons War, touch palms flirtatiously. Mr. Tom
Hanks, she says.
Do you know what this scene is about?
Hanks asks her.
Nope, she says.
Youre thinking, I wish I could see Larry
Crowne, Hanks prompts her. Will I see Larry
Crowne tonight? Think of something bleak.
Larry Crowne is riding a scooter and he has can-
cer! Do a Brando! Something Ive never said!
he tells Roberts with a laugh, suggesting that
hes said this a time or two. He later tells me that
Brando always said that its better for an actor to
have something in his mind as he is performing
even the simplest of actions.
Hanks puts his hands to his head, panto-
mines thinking. Then he says, somewhat inscru-
tably, Full-body wave, Sparky!
If only walking in a movie were that simple.
Roberts walks down the sidewalk. She
doesnt stop; she doesnt do much of anything.
She passes by a tai chi class; assorted extras
amble across the quad, notebooks, skateboards
in hand. Cut!
That was fast, Hanks says.
I know, Roberts says. I panicked.
She does another couple of takes, but with a
difference. You can see her appear to be think-
ing as she nears the end of the stroll. Hanks says,
All right, after the final take.
What do you mean, All right? Roberts
says.
From under the eaves, Gary Goetzman, a
producer, rides to the rescue. Genius! he yells.
It was genius!
Roberts smiles. Thats more like it, she says.
Later, in her bathrobe, alone in her trailer,
surrounded by knitting projects, including a
cap she has just finished for Hanks and a
sweater in progress for her son Henry, she says,
Tom is always quoting Marlon Brando. Im al-
ways asking those guysreferring to her di-
rectorsto tell me what they want. The same
with George Clooney. Name it for me, I tell
him, and Ill do it.
Theres something sort of tomboyish about
Roberts, I am noticing . Shes the kind of girl who
can hang with the guys, josh with them, and then
dazzle them with the heretofore insufficiently
noted fact that she has become quite beautiful
while they were busy busting her chops.
During the filming of the Oceans movies,
Roberts was often the victim of her fellow cast
members practical jokes. Those boys! she
exclaims. I was the only girl there. One day
George Clooney put these giant potted trees in
front of my door so that I couldnt get out to
work. I pride myself on being punctual!
You didnt want to leave your camera lying
around, either, she says. People were breaking
into each others rooms, taking them, and lets
just say you didnt want your mom picking up
your photos at Walgreens! Photos of unidentifi-
able body parts.
On the set of Eat Pray Love, Roberts enjoyed
making sport of her Spanish costar Javier Bar-
dems efforts to deliver a convincing Brazilian
accent.
We make a link with humor, Bardem says.
Some words are funny to her. The way I say
enlightenmenteshe would make fun all day
with that word. There is the nice relationship of
the woman making fun of the man and the man
enjoying the woman making fun of him, but
not throwing tomatoes in his face. It means she
cares for you.
Bardem, in turn, liked to make Roberts
laugh by pretending to be Al Pacino during his
character Felipes attempts to seduce her in Bali.
And tonight, the coltish actress decides that
its my turn for a little razzing. She has a keen ear
for the clichd representation of herself, the
standard Julia Roberts tropes that the press re-
cycles. That charm, that laugh, that smile.
Youre probably going to describe me as
coltish, she says.
Whoops.
No, I wasnt, I say. Maybe gangly. Not coltish.
Is this interview going better than you
thought, about the same, or worse? she asks me.
Until we got on the subject of how ugly she
was in Mary Reilly, I say, I had thought it was
going pretty well.
I mention a story Ive seen in which casting
directors complain theyre having a hard time
finding actors who havent been freshly Botoxed,
thus limiting their range of expression.
Its unfortunate, Roberts says, that we live
in such a panicked, dysmorphic society where
women dont even give themselves a chance to
see what theyll look like as older persons. I want
to have some idea of what Ill look like before I
start cleaning the slates. Furthermore: I want
my kids to know when Im pissed, when Im
happy, and when Im confounded. Your face
tells a story, she says, and it shouldnt be a story
about your drive to the doctors office.
Aging gracefully, she asserts, is a combina-
tion of genetics and loving supportor the girl-
friend who says, Are you fucking kidding me?
What are you doing? You need all these things
in this society to leave yourself alone.
Getting older and facing her mortality holds
the appropriate fears and wonderments for me,
she says. But my fears are more parental. You
make these people and you love them and you
want them around for a thousand years, and you
want to be there for them for a thousand years.
At this point in the evening, the Pacific fog
insinuating itself around the restaurant, the con-
fessions come easily, a drive-into-the-night inti-
macy of the sort that strangers experience on
planes and long bus trips. We find ourselves
talking about the unexpected shape a life can
take, the way its disasters sometimes contain the
kernel of redemption many years later.
When you end up happily married, Rob-
erts says, even the failed relationships have
worked beautifully to get you there.
I think shes been actively searching her whole
life for some kind of peace, says the actor Richard
Jenkins, who gives a vivid, salty performance as
the Texan in search of peace opposite her in the
India section of Eat Pray Love. And now she real-
izes that shes found it. And shes grateful.
Her family is the bulwark against the shallow
world of appearances, the Hollywood world.
Roberts is in that world, but not of it. Her cocoon
of girlfriends, as she puts it, comes from the in-
dustrys rank and file, the wives of her husbands
colleagues and buddies. Her mother lives nearby.
People think that for an actor, life is some-
how different, Roberts says. They project a
more extreme context on your life, where either
I was really unhappy or the happiest Ive ever
been, or so utterly in love or completely disen-
chanted by love. But everybody goes through
the same beats.
I am reminded of something that Ryan
Murphy told me about Roberts: She doesnt
have the narcissism that most actresses have.
Shes not driven and ambitious like most icons.
In India, women in the tiniest, dustiest villages
knew who she was because theyd seen Pretty
Woman. And she would hold their hands and
talk with them about their children. Her gift
is empathy.
If someone wants to present a scenario to
me, Roberts says, I will feel it deeply.
Her empathy is active, searching, engender-
ing confession. During the meal, she has asked,
when not busting my chops, about my siblings,
about my vocation, my favorite books, my love
life, even my sign. (Im a Scorpio, she says,
but not the type you want to kill.)
I tell her about walking in the woods by
Orchard Beach in the Bronx, red-winged black-
birds, a marsh of tall reeds, water on all sides.
She tells me about her ranch in New Mexico,
desert rocks, standing outside at her wedding.
Everybody out there goes through the same
beats. She seems to want everyone, even an
acquaintance of a night, to be all right. She leans
into the tape recorder, leaving a message for my
girlfriend. Marry him, she says.
She seems to want me not to be adrift. She
says: Didnt Socrates say that for a mans life to
be complete, he needs to do three thingswrite
a book, build a house, and raise a child?
Did Socrates say this? I havent the slightest
idea. But Julia Roberts did before departing
into the California night. It was a swell thing to
say to a person who started the evening by call-
ing her ugly.
JULIA ROBERTS
I want my kids to know when
Im pissed, when Im happy.
Your face tells a story.
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nationwide, call 800-441-4488. Cuff by Victor Hugo, at Victor
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visit diorhorlogerie.com. Necklace by Pomellato, $148,500, call
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at Van Cleef & Arpels nationwide, call 877-VAN-CLEEF. Page
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$8,500, at De Beers stores nationwide, call 800-929-0889. Flats by
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call 800-628-8916. Bags by Tiffany & Co., $4,500$8,500, at select
Tiffany & Co. stores nationwide, call 800-526-0649.
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877-70-DG-USA or visit dolcegabbana.com. Pendant, $5,250,
bracelets, $7,250$10,000, by Shawn Warren Designs, visit
shawnwarrenjewelry.com. Belt by Lana Marks, at Lana Marks
(NYC), call 212-355-6135. Bracelets from Beladora, Beverly
Hills, $2,250$7,250, call 800-680-9569. Pump by Guess, at
Guess retail stores nationwide, call 877-44-GUESS. Dress, belt
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Page 305: Booties by Pierre Hardy for Gap, call 800-GAP-
STYLE. Page 310: Jacket by Armani Exchange, at Armani
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by Christian Louboutin, visit christianlouboutin.com. Pants by
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Page 316: Bag by D&G, call 800-979-3038. Collar by A.P.C.,
at A.P.C. (NYC; West Hollywood, CA), call 212-966-9685 or visit
apc.fr. Sleeves by Escada, at Escada boutiques nationwide, call
877-206-4135. Clog by Unique by Topshop, at Topshop (NYC),
call 212-966-9555. Boot by DKNYC, call 800-231-0884 or visit
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call 800-809-7057. Skirt by Ruffian, visit ruffian.com. Skirt by
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Jacket by Veda, at Opening Ceremony (NYC), visit shopbop
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nationwide. Bag by 3.1 Phillip Lim, at 3.1 Phillip Lim (NYC),
call 212-334-1160. Pump by Donald J Pliner, at Dillards stores
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by Joseph, visit joseph.co.uk. Pants by Mango, visit mangoshop
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nationwide, call 888-334-4629. Pants by Levis, at Kohls stores
nationwide. Jacket by DKNY, at select DKNY stores nationwide,
call 800-231-0884. Skirt by Rebecca Moses, at Bloomingdales stores
nationwide. Skirt by Dolce & Gabbana, call 877-70-DG-USA
or visit dolcegabbana.com. Coat by Opening Ceremony, at
Opening Ceremony (NYC). Page 334: Sweater by Lacoste, call
800-4-LACOSTE. Dress by Jason Wu for TSE, call 212-925-2520.
Skirt by BCBGMaxAzria, at BCBGMaxAzria stores nationwide.
Earmuff by Eugenia Kim, visit eugeniakim.com, similar styles
at net-a-porter.com. Clutch, boot by Christian Louboutin, at
Christian Louboutin Boutique (NYC; Miami), call 305-576-
6820 or visit christianlouboutin.com. Flat by Topshop, call 212-
966-9555 or visit topshop.com. Clutch, necklace by Chanel,
at select Chanel boutiques nationwide, call 800-550-0005. Page
338: Bag by D&G, call 800-979-3038. Jacket by Guess, at Guess
stores nationwide. Sandal by Elie Tahari, call 212-334-4441 or
visit elietahari.com. Clutch by Coach, at Coach stores nationwide,
call 866-262-2440. Page 342: Coat by Gap, at select Gap stores
nationwide, call 800-GAP-STYLE. Top by Guess, at Guess stores
nationwide. Shirt by Cacharel, at Opening Ceremony (NYC).
Belt by Cacharel, at Forty Five Ten (Dallas). Skirt by Calvin Klein
Collection, call 212-292-9000. Bag by A.P.C., call 212-966-9685 or
visit apc.fr. Necklace by 3.1 Phillip Lim, at Mulh (Washington,
DC). Page 346: Coat by BOSS Green, at Boss stores (NYC; L.A.).
Skirt by Carven, at Barneys New York. Leggings by Armani
Exchange, at Armani Exchange stores nationwide. Pants by
White House | Black Market, at select White House | Black Market
boutiques nationwide, call 877-948-2525. Jacket by Bebe, call 877-
232-3777. Bag by Cettu Handbags, at BoutiqueToGo (Allentown,
PA), visit cettu.com. Page 350: Pump by Marc Jacobs, call 212-
343-1490. Maryjane by Roger Vivier, call 212-861-5371. Pump
by Jimmy Choo, at Jimmy Choo boutiques nationwide, call
866-J-CHOO-US. Pump by Guess, call 877-44-GUESS or visit
guess.com. Pump by Topshop, at Topshop (NYC), call 212-966-
9555. Pump by Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquire, at Kirna Zabte
(NYC). Loafer by Stuart Weitzman, at Stuart Weitzman (NYC).
Boot by Charles David, at Charles David stores nationwide. Boot
by Tods, call 800-457-TODS or visit tods.com. Boot by Colin
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by BCBGMaxAzria, at BCBGMaxAzria stores nationwide. Boot
by DSquared
2
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topshop.com. Bag by Furla, at select Furla stores nationwide. Bag
by Coach, call 866-262-2440. Bag by Herms, $6,800, at Herms
stores nationwide, call 800-441-4488. Page 358: Coat by Proenza
Schouler, visit proenzaschouler.com. Coat, boot, pump by
Tory Burch, call 866-480-8679 or visit toryburch.com. Coat by
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McCartney (NYC; L.A.), call 310-273-7051. Oxford shoe by
DKNY, at select DKNY stores nationwide, call 800-231-0884.
Coat by Adam, call 212-229-2838. Bag by Chanel, at select Chanel
boutiques nationwide. Bag by Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquire, at
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Coat by Diane von Furstenberg, call 646-486-4800.
BIG LOVE
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EAT PRAY LOVE
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or visit bulgari.com. Page 478: Sweater, skirt by Nina Ricci, at
Estis (Brooklyn, NY), Carla Martinengo (Dallas). Earrings by
Bulgari, call 800-BULGARI or visit bulgari.com. Maryjanes by
Dolce & Gabbana, at select Dolce & Gabbana boutiques nationwide,
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Page 481: Dress by Etro, $15,545, at Etro (NYC; Manhasset,
NY; Coral Gables, FL; Las Vegas; Beverly Hills), call 516-365-
0101 or visit etro.com. Necklace by Sevan Biaki, $10,395, at
Sevan Biaki at Judith Ann Jewels (Houston), call 713-871-1074
or visit judithannjewels.com. Pages 482483: Gown by Roberto
Cavalli, visit robertocavalli.com. Bangles from Beladora, Beverly
Hills, call 800-680-9569. Pages 486487: Dress from Keni Valenti
Retro Couture, call 917-686-9553. Necklace by Me&Ro, visit
meandrojewelry.com. Necklace by Neil Lane Jewelry, $22,000,
at Neil Lane (L.A.), call 310-275-5015. Ring by David Yurman,
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Neil Lane (L.A.), call 310-275-5015. Necklace, bracelets by
Me&Ro, visit meandrojewelry.com. Bracelets by Jean Schlumberger
for Tiffany & Co., $22,000$58,000, at Tiffany & Co. nationwide,
call 800-526-0649. Socks by We Love Colors, call 800-770-3177
or visit welovecolors.com. Boots by Bess, at Bess (NYC), call 212-
219-0723. Page 489: Dress from Frock NYC, call 212-594-5380.
Necklace by Neil Lane Jewelry, $22,000, at Neil Lane (L.A.), call
310-275-5015. Bracelets, hinge cuff, $20,585, by Me&Ro,
visit meandrojewelry.com. Ring by David Yurman, at the David
Yurman Townhouse (NYC), call 212-752-4255. Socks by We Love
Colors, call 800-770-3177 or visit welovecolors.com. Boots by Bess,
at Bess (NYC), call 212-219-0723. Jacket, jeans, boots from
What Goes Around Comes Around, NYC, visit whatgoesaroundnyc
.com. Henley by Polo Ralph Lauren, visit ralphlauren.com. Pages
490491: Dress from Frock NYC, call 212-594-5380 or visit
frocknyc.com. Socks by We Love Colors, call 800-770-3177 or visit
welovecolors.com. Boots by Bess, at Bess (NYC), call 212-219-0723.
Necklace $22,000, bangle, $7,500, by Neil Lane Jewelry, at Neil
Lane (L.A.), call 310-275-5015. Necklace, bracelets by Me&Ro,
visit meandrojewelry.com. Bangle from Beladora, Beverly Hills,
call 800-680-9569. Ring by David Yurman, at the David Yurman
Townhouse (NYC), call 212-752-4255. Jacket, jeans, from What
Goes Around Comes Around, NYC , visit whatgoesaroundnyc.com.
Henley by Polo Ralph Lauren, visit ralphlauren.com.
COOL INTENTIONS
Page 492: Coat by Donna Karan New York, call 866-240-4700 or visit
donnakaran.com. Belt by Gucci, at select Gucci stores nationwide,
call 800-456-7663 or visit gucci.com. Page 493: Coat by Lanvin,
call 646-374-0193. Blouse by Brooks Brothers, at Brooks Brothers
stores nationwide, call 800-274-1815 or visit brooksbrothers.com.
Clutch by Furla, at select Furla stores nationwide, visit us. furla.
com. Blouse, skirt by Cline, at select Nordstrom stores nationwide,
call 800-933-3365. Bag by Cline, at Ikram (Chicago). Page 494:
Blouse by Rochas, at Barneys New York. Vest by Alexander Wang,
collection at shopbop.com. Trousers by Salvatore Ferragamo, similar
styles at Salvatore Ferragamo boutiques nationwide, call 800-628-
8916. Slingbacks by Stella McCartney, at Stella McCartney (NYC),
call 212-255-1556. Page 495: Top, trousers by Calvin Klein
Collection, call 212-292-9000. Clutch by DKNY, at select DKNY
stores nationwide, call 800-231-0884 or visit dkny.com. Belt by Ann
Taylor, visit anntaylor.com. Ring by Reed Krakoff, call 877-733-3525.
Page 496: Coat by Max Mara , call 212-879-6100. Dress by Calvin
Klein Collection, at Calvin Klein Collection (NYC), call 212-292-9000.
Gloves by Yves Saint Laurent, at select Yves Saint Laurent boutiques
nationwide, call 212-980-2970. Page 497: Coat by Moschino, call
212-243-8600. Top by Gucci, at select Gucci stores nationwide, call
800-456-7663 or visit gucci.com. Trousers by 3.1 Phillip Lim, at
3.1 Phillip Lim (NYC). Blazer, camisole, shorts, bag by Marc
Jacobs, $1,100, call 212-343-1490. Slingbacks by Stella McCartney, at
Stella McCartney (NYC), call 212-255-1556. Page 498: Blouse by
Moschino, call 212-243-8600. Vest by Alexander Wang, at Barneys New
York. Pants by Alexander Wang, at Opening Ceremony (NYC), call
212-219-2688 or visit openingceremony.us. Belt by Chlo, at Chlo
boutiques nationwide. Page 500: Blazer, pants, blouse, tie by
D&G, call 800-979-3038. Clutch by Herms, $7,500, at Herms
stores nationwide, call 800-441-4488 or visit hermes.com. Pumps
by Louis Vuitton, at select Louis Vuitton locations nationwide, call
866-VUITTON or visit louisvuitton.com. Page 501: Dress by
Rochas, at Barneys New York. Clutch by Cline, at Ikram (Chicago),
call 312-587-1000 or visit ikram.com. Page 502: Dress, pants
by Derek Lam, call 212-966-1616. Turtleneck by Falke, visit falke
.com. Belt by Ann Taylor, visit anntaylor.com. Dress by Calvin
Klein Collection, call 212-292-9000. Ring by Reed Krakoff, call
877-733-3525. Page 503: Turtleneck by Versace, at select Versace
boutiques nationwide, call 888-721-7219. Bag by Marc Jacobs, visit
marcjacobs.com.
NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
Page 504: Dress by Chanel, $7,610, call 800-550-0005. Bracelets
by Cartier, $12,800$13,050, at Cartier boutiques nationwide, call
800-CARTIER or visit cartier.com. Page 505: Vest, $16,000,
sweater, skirt by Fendi, at Fendi Boutique (NYC; Bal Harbour,
FL; Beverly Hills), call 310-276-8888. Watch by Cartier, $7,850, at
Cartier boutiques nationwide, call 800-CARTIER or visit cartier
.com. Page 506: Tops, skirt by Louis Vuitton, at select Louis Vuitton
locations nationwide, call 866-VUITTON. Bag by Marc Jacobs, at
Marc Jacobs stores nationwide. Socks by Fogal, at Fogal (NYC).
Shoes by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC), call 212-343-1490.
Page 507: Watch by Dior, $7,350, at Dior boutiques nationwide, call
866-675-2078. Bracelet by Tasaki by Thakoon, $28,200, collection at
Bergdorf Goodman (NYC). Socks by Fogal, at Fogal (NYC). Shoes
by Proenza Schouler, visit proenzaschouler.com. Page 508: Shirt,
skirt by Reed Krakoff, call 877-733-3525. Sunglasses by Tom Ford
Eyewear, at Tom Ford (NYC), call 212-359-0300. Watch by Dior,
$7,350, at Dior boutiques nationwide, call 866-675-2078. Bracelets
by Cartier, $12,800$13,050, at Cartier boutiques nationwide, call
800-CARTIER or visit cartier.com. Page 509: Dress by Prada, visit
prada.com. Bag by Louis Vuitton, at select Louis Vuitton locations
nationwide, call 866-VUITTON or visit louisvuitton.com. Socks by
Fogal, at Fogal (NYC). Shoes by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC),
call 212-343-1490. Page 510: Blazer, skirt by Emporio Armani, at
Armani/5th Avenue (NYC), call 212-339-5950. Top by Eres, call
888-656-ERES or visit eresparis.com. Page 511: Blazer, pants
by Calvin Klein Collection, call 212-292-9000. Corset by Carine
Gilson Lingerie Couture, visit nancymeyer.com. Watch by Cartier,
$7,850, at Cartier boutiques nationwide, call 800-CARTIER or
visit cartier.com. Bag by Marc Jacobs, $14,900, at Marc Jacobs stores
nationwide. Shoes by Alexander Wang, visit alexanderwang.com.
Page 512: Coat, dress by DS quared
2
, visit fortyfiveten.com. Bag
by Roger Vivier, $13,100, at Roger Vivier (NYC), call 212-861-5371.
Socks by Fogal, at Fogal (NYC). Shoes by Proenza Schouler, visit
proenzaschouler.com. Page 513: Blouse, pants by Chlo, call 800-
933-3365 or visit nordstrom.com. Bag by Herms, $5,950, at Herms
stores nationwide, call 800-441-4488 or visit hermes.com. Boots by
Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC), call 212-343-1490.
THE GRADUATE
Page 514515: Jacket by Akris, at Bergdorf Goodman (NYC).
Sweater, T-shirt by Dior Homme, at Dior Homme (NYC; Las
Vegas; Beverly Hills), call 212-421-6009 or visit diorhomme.com.
Page 516: Coat by Giorgio Armani, at Giorgio Armani Boutique
(NYC; Boston; Bal Harbour, FL; Las Vegas; San Francisco; L.A.),
call 212-988-9191. Earrings by Laruicci, visit laruicci.com. Ring
by Judith Ripka, at Judith Ripka (NYC), call 212-517-8200 or visit
judithripka.com. Pumps by Nina Ricci, visit ninaricci.com. Jacket
by Topman, at Topman (NYC), visit topman.com. T-shirt by
American Apparel, visit americanapparel.net. Jeans by Dior Homme,
at Dior Homme (NYC; Las Vegas; Beverly Hills), call 212-421-6009
or visit diorhomme.com. Sunglasses by Ray-Ban, at Sunglass
Hut stores nationwide, call 800-786-4527 or visit sunglasshut.com.
Sneakers by Vans, visit vans.com. Page 517: Dress by Versace,
call 800-933-3365. Bangles by Ippolita, exclusively at Neiman
Marcus stores nationwide. Sunglasses by Selima for Duan, at
Selima Optique (NYC), call 212-677-8487. Earrings by David
Yurman, at the David Yurman Townhouse (NYC), call 212-752-4255.
Page 518: Tunic by Diane von Furstenberg, call 646-486-4800.
Bralette by Undrest., at Undrest. (L.A.). Earrings by David Yurman,
at the David Yurman Townhouse (NYC), call 212-752-4255. Jacket
by Topman, at Topman (NYC), visit topman.com. T-shirt, jeans
by Dior Homme, at Dior Homme (NYC; Las Vegas; Beverly Hills),
call 212-421-6009 or visit diorhomme.com. Sneakers by Vans,
visit vans.com. Bracelet by Herms, at Herms stores nationwide,
call 800-441-4488 or visit hermes.com. Watch by Movado, call
888-4-MOVADO. Shoes by Donna Karan New York, at Donna Karan
New York stores nationwide, call 866-240-4700 or visit donnakaran
.com. Page 519: Ring by Judith Ripka, at Judith Ripka (NYC), call
212-517-8200 or visit judithripka.com. Bag by Mulberry, at Mulberry
(NYC). Hosiery by Falke, visit herroom.com. Pumps by Yves
Saint Laurent, at select Yves Saint Laurent boutiques nationwide, call
212-980-2970. Pages 520521: Coat by Dior, call 800-929-DIOR.
Camisole by Agent Provocateur, at Agent Provocateur (NYC). Bra
by Wacoal from Journelle, NYC, visit journelle.com. Tap pants by
Undrest., at Undrest. (L.A.), visit undrest.com. Sunglasses by
Charles Anastase by Linda Farrow Projects, visit lindafarrow.com.
Earrings by Laruicci, visit laruicci.com. Pumps by Walter Steiger,
at Walter Steiger (NYC), visit waltersieger.com. T-shirt by Marc
Jacobs, at select Bloomingdales stores nationwide, call 800-232-1854.
Jeans by A.P.C., at A.P.C. (NYC; L.A.), visit apc.fr. Sunglasses by
Ray-Ban, at Sunglass Hut stores nationwide, call 800-786-4527 or visit
sunglasshut.com. His own watch by Guess, visit guess.com. Shoes by
Sperry Top-Sider, at select Nordstrom stores nationwide, call 800-933-
3365 or visit nordstrom.com. Pages 522523: Dress by Vera Wang,
at Vera Wang (NYC; L.A.). Earrings from Beladora, Beverly Hills,
call 800-680-9569 or visit beladora.com. Bangles by David Yurman,
at the David Yurman Townhouse (NYC), call 212-752-4255. Shirt
by Marc by Marc Jacobs, at select Saks Fifth Avenue stores nationwide,
call 800-347-9177 or visit saks.com. Jeans by Dior Homme, at Dior
Homme (NYC; Las Vegas; Beverly Hills), call 212-421-6009 or visit
diorhomme.com.
MASTER OF RESTRAINT
Page 524: Coat, pants by Boss Black, at Boss stores nationwide.
Pumps by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC), call 212-343-1490.
Page 525: Jacket, trousers by Chlo, call 212-717-8220. Belt
by Cline, at Kirna Zabte (NYC). Pumps by Marc Jacobs, at Marc
Jacobs (NYC), call 212-343-1490. Page 526: 25th Anniversary
vest by Tommy Hilfiger, call 212-223-1824. Pants by Akris, at Neiman
Marcus. Pumps by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC), call 212-
343-1490. Page 527: Blazer, pants by Michael Kors, call 866-709-
KORS. Page 528: Pumps by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC),
call 212-343-1490. Page 529: Jacket by Gucci, call 800-456-7663
or visit gucci.com. Page 530: Pants by Giorgio Armani, at Giorgio
Armani (NYC). Page 531: Coat, $5,900, pants by Bottega Veneta,
call 877-362-1715 or visit bottegaveneta.com. Boots by Acne, at
Acne Studios (NYC). Page 532: Pants by Dries Van Noten, at Intoto
(Minneapolis), call 612-822-2414 or visit intotogetdressed.com.
Page 533: Jumpsuit by Salvatore Ferragamo, similar styles at select
Salvatore Ferragamo boutiques nationwide. Belt by Dries Van Noten,
at Blake (Chicago), call 312-202-0047. Boots by Cline, at Kirna
Zabte (NYC), call 212-941-9656 or visit kirnazabete.com.
BEAUTIFUL STRANGER
Page 534: Cape by Etro, $7,290, at Etro (NYC; Manhasset, NY;
Coral Gables, FL; Las Vegas; Beverly Hills), call 212-317-9096 or
visit etro.com. Page 535: Bangle, cuff, $6,050, ring, $5,250,
from Beladora, Beverly Hills, visit beladora.com. Bag, sandals
by Roberto Cavalli, at Roberto Cavalli boutiques nationwide, visit
robertocavalli.com. Band ring, models own. Page 536: Watch
by Dior, $17,900, at Dior boutiques nationwide, call 866-675-2078 or
visit diorhorlogerie.com. Bangle, cuff, $6,050, gold ring, $5,250,
lapis ring, $7,550, from Beladora, Beverly Hills, visit beladora.com.
Minaudire by Judith Leiber, visit judithleiber.com. Band ring,
models own. Page 537: Gown by Valentino, $7,900, at Bergdorf
Goodman (NYC), select Saks Fifth Avenue stores nationwide. Scarf
by Sabina Les, visit sabinales.com. Page 538: Blazer, skirt, top by
Lanvin, call 646-374-0193. Necklace, $5,850, gold ring, $5,250,
lapis ring, $7,550, from Beladora, Beverly Hills, visit beladora
.com. Watch from Camilla Dietz Bergeron, Ltd., NYC, $10,500, call
212-794-9100 or visit cdbltd.com. Belt by Max Mara, at MaxMara
(NYC), call 212-879-6100. Boots by Bottega Veneta, at Bottega Veneta
boutiques nationwide, call 877-362-1715 or visit bottegaveneta.com.
Page 539: Jumpsuit by Dior, call 212-931-2950. Bra by Carine
Gilson Lingerie Couture, visit nancymeyer.com. Hat by Heather Huey,
visit heatherhuey.com. Necklace by Temple St. Clair, at select Saks
Fifth Avenue stores nationwide, visit saks.com or templestclair.com.
Gold ring, $5,250, lapis ring, $7,550, from Beladora, Beverly
Hills, visit beladora.com. Pages 540541: Cape, blouse, skirt,
pumps by Yves Saint Laurent, call 212-980-2970. Pendant by
Paloma Picasso for Tiffany & Co., available in September at Tiffany
& Co. stores nationwide, call 800-526-0649 or visit tiffany.com.
Necklace, $7,750, gold ring, $5,250, lapis ring, $7,550, from
Beladora, Beverly Hills, visit beladora.com. Bag by Cole Haan, at Cole
Haan stores nationwide, call 800-201-8001 or visit colehaan.com.
Band ring, models own. Page 542: Dress, $8,000, vest, by Ralph
Lauren Collection, visit ralphlauren.com. Bangle, ring, $5,250,
from Beladora, Beverly Hills, visit beladora.com. Watch by Dior,
$17,900, at Dior boutiques nationwide, call 866-675-2078 or visit
diorhorlogerie.com. Page 543: Jacket, $5,550, dress, $8,815,
byRoberto Cavalli, at Roberto Cavalli boutiques nationwide, visit
robertocavalli.com. Ring from Beladora, Beverly Hills, $7,550, visit
beladora.com. Watch from Camilla Dietz Bergeron, Ltd., NYC,
$10,500, call 212-794-9100 or visit cdbltd.com. Band ring, models own.
A SHEAR THING
Page 544: Boot by Donna Karan New York, at Donna Karan New
York stores nationwide, visit donnakaran.com. Bag by Herms, at
Herms stores nationwide, call 800-441-4488. Page 545: Bag
by VBH, call 212-717-9800. Page 546: Pump, cuff by Yves
Saint Laurent, at select Yves Saint Laurent boutiques nationwide.
Boot by Ralph Lauren Collection, at select Ralph Lauren stores
nationwide. Bag by Michael Kors, at select Michael Kors stores
nationwide. Bag by Louis Vuitton, $11,340, visit louisvuitton.com.
Page 547: Bag by Dior, at Dior boutiques nationwide. Clutch by
Chanel, at select Chanel boutiques nationwide. Page 548: Loafer
by Emporio Armani, call 212-339-5950. Bag by Fendi, at Fendi
(NYC), call 212-759-4646. Bag by Dolce & Gabbana, at select
Dolce & Gabbana boutiques nationwide, visit dolcegabbana.com.
Boot by Christian Louboutin, visit christianlouboutin.com. Boots
by Cesare Paciotti, at Cesare Paciotti (NYC). Bag by Gucci, call
800-456-7663 or visit gucci.com. Page 549: Bag by Tods, at Tods
boutiques nationwide, visit tods.com. Boot by Christian Louboutin,
at Christian Louboutin Boutique (Las Vegas), call 702-818-1650 or
visit christianlouboutin.com.
FASHION SPOTLIGHT: GUILTY PLEASURE
Pages 552553: Dress, stockings, charm bracelet, horse-
bit bracelet, $6,950, shirt, pants by Gucci, call 800-456-7663
or visit gucci.com. Her own ring.
Prices are approximate. ELLE recommends that merchandise
availability be checked with local stores.
CHOOSE YOUR
OWN ADVENTURE
PAGE 406
Shiseido Luminizing Satin Eye Color Trios in
Boudoir, Fire, Opera, Snow Shadow, Strata, and
Tropicalia, all, $33, sephora.com.
BEST IN SHOW
PAGE 401
Blax Snag-free Hair Elastics , $3.50, sephora.com.
Chanel Rouge Allure Luminous Satin Lip Colour
in Expressive, $30, nordstrom.com. CHI Ultra
1-Inch Ceramic Flat Iron, $140, at Ulta. Clinique
Brow Keeper in Warm Brown, $15, clinique.com.
CoverGirl Eye Enhancers in Knock Out Pink, $3,
drugstore.com. Dior Rouge Dior Replenishing
Lipcolor in Daisy Plum, $29, at Sephora. Dior
5-Colour Iridescent Eyeshadow in Endless Shine,
$58, dior.com. Este Lauder Pure Color Lipstick in
Midnight Bloom, $19, and Pure Color Eyeshadow
in Black Crystals, $20, esteelauder.com. Garnier
Fructis Style Volumizing Anti-Humidity Hairspray ,
$4 , at drugstores. Givenchy Le Prisme in Purple
Show, $56, at Sephora. Guerlain KissKiss Gloss in
Poppy Star, $30, sephora.com. John Frieda Frizz-
Ease 100% Shine Glossing Mist, $7, cvs.com.
Lancme Brow Expert, $18 , lancome-usa.com.
LOral Paris Hi P Crystal Shadow Duo in Darling,
$8, drugstore.com. M.A.C Sculpt and Shape
Powder , $16, and Lipglass, $14, maccosmetics
.com. Maybelline New York Line Express Eyeliner
in Black, $5, drugstore.com. Nars The Multiple in
Riviera, $38, sephora.com. OPI Nail Lacquer in
Color So Hot It Berns, $8, at Ulta. Redken Aerate
08 Bodifying Cream-Mousse, $18, and Glass 01
Smoothing Serum, $15, redken.com for salons.
Revlon Nail Enamel in Revlon Red, $5, drugstore
.com. Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen in White, $7,
drugstore.com. Scunci 1-Inch Headband , $5,
at drugstores. Shu Uemura Round Brush, $68,
shuuemuraartofhair-usa.com. TREsemm Fresh
Start Dry Shampoo , $5, at walgreens.com. Wella
Salon Professional Volumagic, $16, wellausa.com
for salons.
QUEEN B
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Bobbi Brown Blush in Pale Pink , $22, Creamy
Concealer Kit , $32, and Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner
in Black Ink , $21, bobbibrowncosmetics.com.
Bumble and bumble Creme de Coco Shampoo ,
$21 , bumbleandbumble.com. Essie Nail Colour in
Wicked , $8, drugstore.com. Jo Malone Grapefruit
Body Crme, $65, neimanmarcus.com.
TOP 5
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Cl de Peau Beaut Concealer , $70, neimanmarcus
.com. Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage concealer ,
$28, sephora.com. LOral Paris True Match
Concealer , $9, lorealparisusa.com. Shiseido The
Makeup Concealer Stick, $27 , sephora.com. YSL
Touche clat concealer , $40, barneys.com.
MIX MASTERS
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Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gioia, $40 for 1.7 oz.,
giorgioarmanibeauty.com. PureDKNY, $60 for
1.7 oz., dkny.com. Thierry Mugler Womanity, $78
for 1.7 oz., bloomingdales.com.
BEAUTY SECRETS
PAGES 472543
Living Proof Hold Flexible Hairspray , $20,
qvc.com. Make Up For Ever 12 Flash Color Case ,
$95, sephora.com. Redken Fabricate 03 Heat-
Active Texturizer, $12, and UV Rescue Shimmering
Defense Daily Care Protective Lotion, $16,
redken.com for salons. YSL Ombre Solo Smoothing
Effect Eyeshadow in Fawn and Cashmere Brown,
$30, both at yslbeautyus.com.
IT LIST
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Avon Anew Rejuvenate Night Sapphire Emulsion,
$30, avon.com. By Terry Ligne Blackstar
Liquid Eyeliner in Ocean Spirit and Bamboo
Brown , $42 each, barneys.com. Este Lauder
Pure Color Gloss Stick in Orchid Dream and
Mauve Mirage, $19 each, esteelauder.com. Nude
Skincare Advanced Cellular Renewal Serum,
$92, nudeskincare.com. Paris Hilton Tease, $55 ,
macys.com. Shiseido Future Solution LX Eye
and Lip Contour Regenerating Cream, $125,
sca.shiseido.com. Smashbox Creamy Cheek
Color & Brush in Intrigue, $29, smashbox.com.
Stila One Step Makeup , $44 , stilacosmetics.com.
ELLE BEAUTY GUIDE
ELLE HOROSCOPE
of friendsgood news, since
youve been so focused on
a strenuous (but gratifying)
career path. Mercury goes
direct on the 12th, and soon
after, Mars, your ruling planet,
will enter Scorpio, setting off
a critical new and productive
cycle. Also, Pluto turns direct
on the 14th after months of
being retrograde, and youll
find others willing to support
all your plans. By the 9th,
Jupiter will be back in Pisces,
an astounding plus both
creatively and romantically,
especially when Uranus joins
Jupiter in your house of true
LIBRA
(Sept 23Oct 22)
The month starts on a
romantic note, when on the
4th, Venus beams Neptune ,
and then on the 9th, Mars
does the same, bringing truly
inspired moments. Mercury
will be retrograde until the
12th, so until then it would
be best to finish up current
projects rather than entertain
new offers. Saturn in Libra
will create in you a yearning
for roots and a more settled
situation. Youll increasingly
start to act in a more
*
YOUR YEAR AHEAD:

Now that Saturn has left Virgo after nearly three decades,
youre stronger and wiser. Jupiter in your house of
commitment this year means marriages for some and lucrative
business partnerships for others. If single, December will be
especially romantic and social, and an eclipse in January could
bring a magical new relationship. Also in January, Jupiter in
Aries will improve your finances, but your career will be on a
roller coaster as eclipses in Gemini and Sagittarius starting
in June bring a period of change (mostly for the better). By
the end of this year, your home and family situation will see
blessings you never knew possible. Finally, you can exhale!
love. The month will end on
a somber note, when on the
21st, a love or friendship could
be rattled. Take no risks at
this time, but rather look for
revelations. The 30th could
also bring frustrations at work,
but as deflated as you might
be, youll rise again, like the
phoenix that is your symbol.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov 22Dec 21)
The new moon on the 8th
will bring considerable career
rewards, at last. Mercury will
be retrograde in your work
sector until the 12th, so as
talks and offers lag, use the
time to weigh options and
negotiation strategies. When
the Moon enters Sagittarius
and Pluto orbits full speed in
your house of salary on the
14th, make your move. On
the 18th, Jupiter joins Uranus
for an incredibly beneficial
day to tackle home or family
issues. Romantically, Mars
and Venus orbit together in
Scorpio starting midmonth,
bringing to your love life heat
but also ambiguity, as theyll
be in your twelfth house, of
secrets. A better time for love
will be at the full moon on the
23rd. Friendship, however,
will be another story: When
Saturn conjuncts the Sun
on the 23rd, youll either be
moved to comfort a friend, or
conversely, leave one behind.
If you do walk, it could be for
goodand for good reason.
.
CAPRICORN
(Dec 22Jan 19)
Consider taking a restful yet
horizon-widening vacation at
the new moon in compatible
Virgo on the 8th. This moon
will open your world to new
information and greater
possibilities. Upon your return,
look for another fortunate
breakand a bit of funon
the 18th, when Mars and Pluto
have a fateful meeting. Though
purposeful, productive way.
At work, present any pitches
and ideas near the 21st, when
your ingenuity will shine.
Youll need the vitality when a
jarring event on the 23rd could
send a project off the rails or
cause a relationship with a
coworker to boil over. Your
health will also be affected
by all youre undertaking ,
doubly so when Saturn
conjuncts the Sun on the 30th.
SCORPIO
(Oct 23Nov 21)
The new moon on the 8th will
help you expand your circle
VIRGO
(Aug 23Sept 22)
Its birthday month for Virgos, and fittingly, the universe
has a present for you: a new moon in Virgo on the 8th.
Youll finally be able to launder important plans that
may have stalled earlier in the year. Mars and Venus
will be in beautiful angle to Neptune, so artistic or
creative endeavors will go exceedingly well, and even
more so if launched after Mercury leaves retrograde
on the 12th. In romance, Pluto will thankfully go direct
in your house of true love on the 14th, but as its in
hard angle to other planets, youre in danger of being
manipulated. Financially, once Mars leaves your second
house of earned income on the 14th, youll see costs
drop and feel more in control of your money. The
23rd could also bring a payout, but dont be hasty with
spending. Youll need it a week later to get past the
difficult conjunction of the Sun and Saturn on the 30th.
One of your favorite days this month will be the 18th,
when Jupiter, planet of happiness, conjuncts surprise-
a-minute Uranus. Your mate, sweetheart, or business
collaborator may now thrill you in ways you never
imagined. However, at the other end of the spectrum,
when Uranus opposes the Sun on the 21st, a different
partner could show a troubling slide of character.
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September 9, 1980
Maintain the momentum youll gain at
the start of the month. When Uranus
and September conjunct the Sun at the
months end, youll need it! By Susan Miller
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Mercury will leave retrograde
on the 12th, meaning you
can finally move forward
with home and family plans,
hold your ground around
the 21st, when Uranus will
oppose the Sun, thwarting any
intentions. By the 23rd, when
you have a full moon in Aries
and Jupiter standing close
by, youll find domestic and
property-related goals back
on track. On the 30th, Saturn
will conjunct the Sun in your
house of career reputation,
and work may seem arduous,
or coworkers could be critical.
Two days later, though,
youll have enough distance
to look back on the episode
with a shrug and a smile.
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AQUARIUS
(Jan 20Feb 18)
As an Aquarius, you dont
enjoy working with money, but
the new moon on the 8th will
almost force you into it. Since
Mercury will retrograde until
the 12th, take a few days to
research your financial moves.
By the 14th, youll be ready
to initiate any fiscal changes
and actions; make sure theyre
in motion before the 21st,
when Uranus will argue with
the mighty Sun. Your career
could skyrocket once Mars
enters your house of fame and
honor on the 14th. Whats
more, Venus will team up with
Mars and both will shimmer
at the very pinnacle of your
chart. In love, Mercurys turn
direct will also help any new
romances. If attached, your
best days will center near the
18th, but differences could
arise near the 21st or the 30th.
Taking a vacation would be a
healthy way to ease tension,
but for best results, keep the
trip simple and close to home.
PISCES
(Feb 19Mar 20)
Jupiter is back in your sign
on the 9th, lighting the
path to good fortune and
radiant health. Before that,
though, Venus will dance
with Neptune on the 4th,
bringing your best romantic
days. Then, the new moon
on the 8th will help you
create stronger and more
stable bonds with someone
important to you, either
personally or professionally.
Keep in mind that Mercury
will be retrograde in your
relationship sector until the
12th, so dont make any
decisions or agreements
until after this date. Your
best moment of the month
will come on the 18th, when
Uranus and Jupiter, both in
Pisces, bring an out-of-the-blue
surprise. However, days later,
Uranus will go on a rampage
against the Sun on the 21st
and few things will go right.
By the 30th, Saturn will follow
suit in your financial sector.
Knowing this, prepare early
in the montha full moon on
the 23rd will offer guidance.
ARIES
(Mar 21Apr 19)
The month will begin with a
new moon on the 8th and with
it a new assignment at work.
But with Mercury retrograde
until the 12th, your career
environment could be chaotic.
Money will continue to be a
touchy subject; nevertheless,
Pluto, a key financial planet,
will turn direct on the 14th,
and youll know where you
stand. With Mars leaving
Libra on the 14th, relationship
tensions will melt away,
making your love life easier
to navigate. The 18th, when
Jupiter and Uranus conjoin,
will be an inspirational day to
your business self, and such
positive events will keep you
motivated through the full
moon in Aries on the 23rd
and Saturns opposition to
the Sun on the 30th, both of
which could bring difficulties
for close relationships and
some tough life lessons.
TAURUS
(Apr 20May 20)
Labor Day weekend will be
enchanting thanks to a lovely
interplay between Venus and
Neptune on the 4th. With
Saturn finally out of your true
love sector and a new moon
on the 8th in this area, youll
find a superb time to enjoy
a more stable relationship
or find someone new. Venus
will also move into Scorpio
and your commitment sector
on the same day, brightening
interactions with your steady
partner or spouse. Still, after
so much delight, expect some
turbulence. On or near the
21st, Uranus will oppose
the Sun, and a friend, lover,
or authority figure could
become a source of woe. It
might be so sudden youll feel
dumbstruck, but get all the
facts right before you react.
By the 30th, when Saturn also
opposes the Sun, youll feel
drained, so try to maintain
your health. Everyone will be
looking to you for answers,
and luckily, youll have them.
GEMINI
(May 21June 21)
Money will be your first
priority this month when you
have an important decision
to make on or around the
7th. By the 14th, Pluto will
be direct, helping you craft
a master plan to fortify your
finances. On the 8th, the
new moon will help you take
care of pressing matters at
home that you may not have
had time to address. Start
organizing then, with a goal
to take action after the 12th
when Mercury is no longer
retrograde. Romantically, your
best moments will come when
Mars and Venus dazzle during
the first week of September,
and then within five days of
the 23rd, when the full moon
conjuncts Jupiter. Prepare for
jarring days on the 21st and
30th, when the Sun opposes
Uranus and then Saturn.
Youll feel pulled between
two equal forces but bereft
of options on how to deal
with them. Stay calm and let
Saturn teach you the lesson
hes trying to teachit will
make you stronger in the end.
CANCER
(June 22July 22)
With the new moon on the
8th bringing the perfect
time to travel, take full
advantage to pack and go, but
make sure everything is in
orderMercury retrograde
until the 12th will cause
confusion. Youve been facing
considerable responsibilities
at home with your family
lately, but now that Mars is
leaving this sector on the 14th,
youll finally make headway
with a stubborn issue. Mars is
also in the divine-for-Cancer
sign of Scorpio, lighting your
house of true love. Venus
will enter the same romantic
part of your chart, and
when Venus and Mars are
together, expect fireworks!
As if it couldnt get any better,
Jupiter is back in Pisces, a
fellow water sign , supporting
your Sun, meaning youll be
dealt a very strong hand this
month. Still, keep an eye on
your finances during the 21st
and the 30th, when Uranus
and Saturn oppose the Sun.
LEO
(July 23Aug 22)
As soon as the new moon on
the 8th arrives and Jupiter
enters your eighth house of
other peoples money on the
9th, look for your cash flow
to increase substantially.
The first week of the month
is a perfect time for travel,
and with Venus and Mars
in close contact, a spark of
romance is almost a given
during your trip. Time away
would be wise, because when
Mercury, moving retrograde
until the 12th, returns to
regular orbit, your life will
speed ahead. Youll need
to make some hard-and-
fast decisions, especially in
your home and family life,
when Mars visits Scorpio
from the 14th until October
28th. By the months end,
taskmaster planet Saturn will
oppose the Sun on the 30th,
and you may have to face
consequences of a decision
you made in haste. The
lessons youll learn, though,
will have a lifelong impact.
I
ts been five years since Hurricane
Katrina turned Brian Williams from
the guy who replaced Brokaw into
a figure worthy of having his name at-
tached to NBC Nightly News, the highest-
rated network newscast . Williams, you
might remember, was the only network an-
chor reporting from within the Louisiana
Superdome , and the nightly reports featur-
ing Americans in desperate squalor cer-
tainly helped encourage a slow administra-
tion to act. (Even if Brownie wasnt doing
a heckuva job at FEMA, Williams was
earning numerous kudos at NBC.) Since
then, the 51-year-old college dropout, fa-
ther of two, and self-described mutt from
the Jersey Shore has done much to shake
starch out of the anchor job: cameoing on
30 Rock, hosting SNL, and slow-jamming
the news on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
That was cute and all, but will the folks
who are giving him this years Edward R.
Murrow Award for Best Newscast recall
his trophy after they hear him discuss the
real reason men wear pleated pants?
ELLE: For our amusement, please share
an especially painful memory from
adolescence involving a girl.
BRIAN WILLIAMS: I found out after a junior
high school summer vacation that my
girlfriend had cheated on me, so I sent her
what I thought was the craftiest sleeps-
with-the-fishes, Mario Puzothemed
message: a 45 of the Ace song How Long
Has This Been Going On.
ELLE: Youve described your late mother as
a very old-school Catholic who would
take the $7 train ride from New Jersey to
New York for confession.
BW: I know! I feared she was a member of
the Gambino crime family.
ELLE: But seriously, how bad does a sin
have to be to be worth seven bucks?
BW: Im sure what she was confessing to
wouldnt impress anyone. She probably
said, I used the Lords name in vain, and
I went right on red even though the sign
said not to. She just didnt like it when
Monsignor Bulman turned to his left and
looked through the screen. And having
been there, I agree with her.
ELLE: Youve said that the very day in 1985
that you met your wife, Jane, whod come
to work at WTTG in Washington, DC, you
told the stations sports director that you
intended to marry her. Was this a daily
occurrenceyour announcing after lunch
that you planned to marry someone?
BW: It was a one-time thing. You dont toss
those words around! I got off the air at 1 P.M.
Id met my wife within that last hour. Later
that afternoon, I sat in Bernie Smilovitzs
office and said, I think Im off the market.
Thats the exact expression I used.
ELLE: What kind of first impression could
she have possibly made?
BW: I actually heard her before I saw her.
We wear this cable in our earthis little
piggly curlicue thing called an IFBand I
had her in my ear first. Voices are a huge
part of attraction. When I was growing up,
every teenage boy listened to Alison
Steele, the New York DJ known as the
Nightbird , and we all had a mental vision
of her. When youve got great pipes, its the
most romantic thing in the world.
ELLE: So Janes got a hot, sexy voice?
BW: Yes, she does. And I always insist that
she do our voicemail at home.
ELLE: Your daughter Allison recently
graduated from Yale. What have you done
that has most mortified her?
BW: Theres no question that I have an
inner Clark W. Griswold. So I have a deal
with my wife and two kids that when my
shorts move out of the mainstream, or
when I wear any pants product that can be
construed as a man jean, I am to be told.
You notice how pleated khakis have
become a huge social divider? You see the
fashion-forwards going to a plain front,
and then you see the pleated community
seemingly unaware of this trend change.
ELLE: You still see a lot of pleats in
Washington.
BW: DC sometimes lags. Obamas still
rocking the pleated pants.
ELLE: I actually have a close friend in DC
who still wears pleats. His wife confessed
to my wife that he couldnt move to flat
fronts because his penis was just too large.
BW: Well, Im with him. Its a huge issue.
Kidding!
ELLE: When you were seven , you wrote to
LBJ offering him advice on how to buck up
during the Vietnam War. If LBJ had
decided to write you back and advise you
how to land chicks, what advice would
have been most useful?
BW: I think the basic advice that I could
never follow was Approach them. I
always marveled at my friends who had
the courage of infantrymen to go up to a
girl at a bar. Id go to the same bars on the
Jersey Shore but I could never muster the
courage. Luckily, since Ive been married
for 23 years, I dont have to date anymore.
ELLE: Lets be honest about this. If you
were single today and you walked into a
bar, youd be swimming in women.
BW: Aw, no, I dont think so. Im a haggard,
weather-beaten 51-year-old man.
ELLE: Clooneys almost 50! You think he
allows that kind of thing to go through his
head while hes eating his morning toast?
BW: Im a worn-out vessel, a shell of my
former youthful self. Ive given many good
years to my trade, flying around the world
to dangerous places.
ELLE: Precisely. All youd have to do is
wear one of those khaki TV-anchor vests,
and I guarantee youd be fighting them off.
BW: No. Because you still need the courage
to engage in conversation, which I never
had. I would soonerand often didwalk
into a burning building than talk to a
young woman in a bar.
ELLE: After the Olympics, you left the
city of Vancouver an online thank-you
note. A woman named Mimi , from Coral
Springs, Florida, left a comment that
read, Bri, you are SO handsome. All I
need is one night . She also wrote, I love
nice restrooms. Bathrooms must be nice!
A persons ladies room says a lot about
them. Is Mimia woman passionate
about news and bathroomsa typical
Williams groupie?
BW: Not as a subset of our fan base, no.
I do read Web comments. But only to a
point. When they move toward a restroom
of any kind, I call it a day.
Brian Williams tells Andrew
Goldman that even a khaki-wearing
broadcaster with an inner
Clark Griswold has his groupies
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