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ELLE’S guide to an
eventful month.
By Jed Dickson

SU N DAY M O N DAY TU E SDAY W E D N E SDAY THURSDAY FR I DAY S AT U R DAY

1 3 5 6

2
This month, Kristen Rascal Flatts kick Pittsburgh culture Disney celebrates the seventieth anniversary of
Wiig appears in off the three-week mavens, and they its animated classic Pinocchio with the release
Adventureland, a Houston Livestock are legion, should of an all-new two-disc digital restoration. Bonus
movie about a Show and Rodeo make their way to feature: an interview with the puppet’s shrink
recent college grad (see the steaks of Heinz Hall tonight regarding his pathological lying.
forced to accept a tomorrow, today!), to see 21-year-old
job at a local with the Jonas Chinese classical
amusement park. Brothers and Taylor pianist Yuja Wang.

Wang: courtesy of Shuman Associates; Barbie: Jonathan Hurdle/Rex USA/Everett Collection; Wilde: © Bettmann/Corbis; Hasselhoff: © Universal TV/Everett Collection; Lennon and Ono: Bob Thomas/
Perhaps it’s a jab at Swift also taking the pittsburghsymphony

Rascal Flatts: Kevin Winter/ACMA/Getty Images; Pinocchio: © Walt Disney/Everett Collection; Wiig: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images; The Roots: Roxy Erickson/Retna UK; Wilson: Rahav Segev/Retna;
our roller-coaster stage in the days to .com
economy? come. hlsr.com

Getty Images; Macpherson: Camera Press/David Long/Retna; McQueen runway (front): Marcio Madeira; Indian: H. Armstrong Roberts/Getty Images; remaining image: courtesy of the designer
HoffSpace,
a social
9 networking site,
If it weren’t for has more than
Ken’s anatomical 17,000 members.
incorrectness, she’d
have nearly the
perfect life. Barbie
debuted at a New
York City toy fair 50
years ago today.

16 17 20
Enjoy the music of “I have the Feathered The Knight Rider
poetry tonight at Ask simplest tastes. headdresses and Festival begins
Your Mama, inspired I am always intricately beaded today in downtown
by the Langston satisfied with regalia sound so Las Vegas. Just
Hughes epic poem, the best.” Viva Las Vegas, but the possibility of a
with performances —Quintessential they’re actually part modern-day David
by Jessye Norman, Irishman Oscar of the Chicago Field Hasselhoff in a
Cassandra Wilson, Wilde. Happy Saint Museum exhibition sequined jumpsuit
and the Roots. Patrick’s Day. “Travels of the Crow,” makes me very, very
carnegiehall.org which explores the nervous.
The Irish Native American knightrider
writer was born tribe’s nomadic life. festival.com
Oscar Fingal
O’Flahertie fieldmuseum.org
Wills Wilde.
ELLE Fashion Tip
No. 216: Wear your
pajamas to work today
in homage to the
fortieth anniversary
of John Lennon and
Yoko Ono’s Bed-In
for Peace.

“The Body”
has appeared
on five Sports
Illustrated
29 covers. 31
Lissome I love ____ McQueen:
of frame, a) Steve
winsome of b) Butterfly
name, the c) Alexander
ageless Elle d) Lightning
Macpherson If you chose (c),
celebrates you’ll want to
her forty-fifth scoop up Designer
birthday Collaborations series
today. with McQ Alexander
McQueen for Target
this month.

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ON THE COVER
175, 225, 319
SPRING FASHION ISSUE
640+ jeans, dresses, bags, jackets: how to
wear them. Plus: the top 10 trends, 120+ of
the best boots, heels, platforms, and sandals
271
BROKE? SO WHAT?
You still have to look good. ELLE’s
page 212
favorite beauty trends of the season will
leave you pretty and polished— many for
under $20. By M AURA LYNCH
280
LOVE YOUR NECK
Botox injections in the jaw are the new
beauty fix. Plus: the best face washes.
By A PRIL L ONG
285
SKIP THE SALON THIS MONTH
Kevin Mancuso has been doing hair long
enough to know what works and what
doesn’t. Here’s how to get gorgeous hair at
home. By A PRIL L ONG
page 192
324
JESSICA ALBA
The actress plays muse-for-a-day to a
freshman class of New York designers and
chats with M AGGIE BULLOCK about love,
work, and how she got her body back.
Photographed by CARTER SMITH.
Styled by JOE ZEE
410
EXCLUSIVE! FERGIE AND JOSH’S
PRIVATE WEDDING ALBUM
Josh Duhamel married Fergie on January
10, and literally, a dream came true.
ELLE’s exclusive up-close wedding
album. Photographed by STEPHEN SHORE
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140
JET-SETTER: STYLE DISPATCH
We’ve got the full report from the Victoria’s
Secret annual fashion show in Miami, a
city where babelicious bacchanals are an
everyday affair. By MAGGIE BULLOCK
page 324
144
STYLE FROM A TO ZEE
The girls of MTV’s The City model their unique
styles for ELLE Creative Director JOE ZEE
154
BEAUTIFUL DREAMERS
A new crop of accessory designers takes
inspiration from the future, the ’80s, French
eccentrics, and faraway lands
168
175: Thomas Whiteside; 192: Marcio Madeira; 210: Jens Mortensen; 212: Bobby Nethery; 308: Michael Muller/Contour
SECOND ACT
Alexander Wang enfolds the world in his
legendary just-slept-in T-shirts
170
DESIGNER GENIUS
With a DNC dress for Michelle Obama
under his belt, Thakoon Panichgul is New
York fashion’s youngest commander-in-chief
by Getty Images; 324: Carter Smith; 372: David Armstrong; 400: Dennis Hopper
172
WHAT TO WEAR?
Our Fashion Know-It-All answers your
questions
210
ELLE FASHION: JEWELRY NEWS
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ELLE FASHION: WORK/POWER/
MONEY
In fashion, as in life, you can’t win if
you don’t play. But what, asks R ACHEL
ROSENBLIT, is the nature of the game?
217
ELLE FASHION NEWS
Viktor & Rolf debut a line of suitcases for
Samsonite Black Label…Pierre Hardy and
Gap join forces once again…Armani hits
midtown Manhattan…and more
218
ELLE FASHION NEWS:
NEW DESIGNERS
Form’s simple tailored clothes get a gentle
page 170
push from Tara Subkoff…Stephanie Tran
taps a childhood friendship for her debut
Duskin line…and more
264
THE RATIONALIST
As the fashion industry reinvents itself,
with branding out and subtlety in, DAPHNE
MERKIN asks, could Derek Lam become the
next great American designer?
334
page 232
BORN TO BE WILD
Get a little crazy with a clash of bohemian
prints and layers of bangles and gypsy
baubles. Photographed by HORST
DIEKGERDES. Styled by CAMILLE BIDAULT-
WADDINGTON
348
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
There’s a style oasis on the horizon, complete
page 140
with reflective metallics and radiant
beadwork. Photographed by R ICHARD BUSH.
Styled by SARAH R ICHARDSON
360
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
In L.A.’s secluded canyons, ultrafeminine
silhouettes go from quiet afternoons to
sultry nights. Photographed by YELENA
YEMCHUK. Styled by SAMIRA NASR
372
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
page 208
Storybook dresses, mad hats, and romantic
trimmings get you set for a very important
date. Photographed by DAVID A RMSTRONG.
Styled by A LEKSANDRA WORONIECKA
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NAKED AMBITION
Give in to spring’s seductive lingerie and
pajama-inspired looks with a little help from
Adriana Lima. Photographed by DUSAN
R ELJIN. Styled by CHRISTOPHER NIQUET
394
THE MODERN
The season’s most forceful fashion builds on
bold, futuristic accessories. Photographed by
CHARLES MASTERS. Styled by R ACHEL HAAS
400
WHERE THE STREETS HAVE
NO NAME
There’s nothing sweet about the new biker
look. Photographed by DENNIS HOPPER.
Styled by JOANNE BLADES
FEATURES
92, 96
THE REAL DEAL
An open letter from (RED)’s Bono. Plus:
(RED) ambassador Scarlett Johansson’s
trip to Rwanda
249
ELLE INTELLIGENCE
SNL’s latest additions, Michaela Watkins
and Abby Elliott, bring the laughs…Amy
Adams and Emily Blunt shine in Sunshine
Cleaning…Spoiled, the much-anticipated
novel from Caitlin Macy…and more
305
ELLE LIVING: ENTERTAINING/
TRAVEL/FOOD/DESIGN
Handbag designer Sulaika Zarrouk’s new
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and even more glamorous present
308
SECOND COMING
From stressed-out child stardom to a
happy marriage and now State of Play:
How Jason Bateman escaped to the future.
By RORY EVANS
310
DIE, MOMMY, DIE!
Why do so many women blather on about
their children in the workplace? NANCY
H ASS argues that the personal is still
political— and it’s also a big bore
314
ASK E. JEAN
Relationship hell? E. JEAN CARROLL to
the rescue!
page 305
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page 154
422
HE’S NO ANGEL
Patrick Wilson tells A NDREW G OLDMAN
there’s something to be said for rock-star
hair and owning the butt shot
BEAUTY, HEALTH
& FITNESS
290
THE GENE GENIES
Could your cellular blueprint hold
the secret to eternal youth?
By MAGGIE BULLOCK
294
BEAUTY IT LIST
298
ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT’S ME, HOLLY
In a mysterious monastery, HOLLY MILLEA
discovers the stuff that dream creams are
made of. Talk about a religious experience
300
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Could a controversial treatment for kids
with autism help prevent Alzheimer’s,
fatigue, and the blues? The truth
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Karan New York, a collar necklace from Giancarlo
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LLE asked me to turn this page
(RED) to honor the fact that
women are at the vanguard of a
movement to stop the greatest
health crisis in 600 years: HIV/
AIDS. First off, I want to ask you,
Why is it that women are much
less willing than men to accept a
world where 5,500 people a day
die from a preventable, treatable disease?
Could it have something to do with that sec-
ond X chromosome? Do we men have some
gene that makes us look the other way—
that gives us a penis but no conscience?
Me, I don’t believe in biological destiny.
I think women care more because women
bear more of the burden. Almost two thirds
of Africans with AIDS are women. In
South Africa, nearly 90 percent of new
infections occurred in 15-to-24-year-old
females. (I can’t get my head around that
fact, let alone get it out of my head.) I could
fill this whole page with such numbers…
but while statistics paint a picture, they
don’t tell a story. So here goes.
Six years ago, I was traveling across
Africa. AIDS at that time and place was a
death sentence, taking out not just the
youngest and oldest, who are always more
vulnerable to disease, but also those in the
prime of their lives—parents and others
with important jobs to do. Communities
were being stripped of teachers, doctors,
nurses, farmers, businesspeople, build-
ers—their workforce, their life force. In the
worst hit parts of Uganda, nine-year-old
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THEREALDEAL
Everyone shops with an eye toward saving money
these days—but it’s just as easy to do so and save
lives. An open letter from (RED)’s Bono
girls were left in charge of raising their
younger brothers and sisters. Orphans
raising orphans. In the twenty-first century.
The rest of the world made sympathetic
noises—but did little more than that. Mean-
while, African AIDS activists were doing
everything they could to stop the spread of
the virus. During my trip, we met with a
group in Johannesburg to see how we could
support their work. One of the most surreal
moments in my life—and there have been a
few—took place in a canteen with 20 peo-
ple, all of them HIV-positive, who spent
every hour of every day traveling from place
to place to warn of the dangers of HIV.
These volunteers explained how the stigma
of the disease puts people off getting tested,
but the workshops they were doing at
schools, businesses, and street corners were
having a big impact. It was compelling stuff.
The rest of us felt energized, uplifted.
Then, at the end of our meeting, I over-
heard a quiet debate among the activists as
to which of them would get the single
course of antiretroviral therapy (ARVs)
they’d just received. There were not enough
life-saving pills to go round. And so, to-
gether, they had to decide who would get
the pills and who would go without.
I was stunned. These volunteers were
doing their best to save others’ lives—but
could not save their own. Like firefighters
rushing into a burning building and being
consumed by the flames.
Our science and technology, it turned
out, were more advanced than our con-
science. We in the West had the means to
save lives, but we lacked the resolve.
What can we do? Well, the short answer
is: a lot. At the time of that trip, only 50,000
Africans had access to ARVs. That figure
today is 2.1 million. That’s because a lot of
people have been doing a lot of things, in
Africa and all over the world. In the face of
the AIDS emergency, we’ve got to gang up
on the problem.
Which brings me, improbably, to
shopping. Not everybody is able to march
to the barricades—not everybody owns a
pair of proper military boots—but there’s
something you can do even in Manolos.
(RED) is the consumer wing of a much
wider movement of activists, and consum-
ers have more power than they realize.
For more information, visit Joinred.com.
They have power in their pockets.
(RED) raises money for the Global
Fund to Fight AIDS—$120 million so far.
That is enough to buy drugs for more than
750,000 people for a year. (RED) funds
prevention and counseling programs as
well as treatment, and is now the thirteenth
biggest contributor to the Global Fund; it’s
giving more than many countries.
The money comes from corporations
doing the right thing—the (RED) thing.
Some call it “conscious consumerism.” The
companies involved don’t mark up their
products to get you to pay a premium. They
take a piece of the profits from every (RED)
thing you buy, and they use it to buy lifesav-
ing medication for those who can’t afford it.
(RED) meets consumers on the main
street, on the high street, in the malls,
online—and in magazines like this one.
Some of the coolest brands have signed up,
and depending on where you live, you can
drink (RED), wear (RED), talk (RED),
type (RED), and work (RED). You can
also hear (RED)—through (RED)Wire,
our subscription music service.
As I said, it’s just one flank of a much
bigger army, but the (RED) brigade is pretty
impressive. We have some amazing women
involved—Scarlett Johansson, Gisele Bünd-
chen, Christy Turlington, Penélope Cruz,
Julia Roberts, Alicia Keys, and Jennifer
Garner. And some men who aren’t bad,
either—Kanye West, Djimon Hounsou,
Chris Rock, and the great Steven Spiel-
berg. Then there are the millions of men
and women whose names we don’t know,
but whose (RED) purchases are doing
nothing less than keeping people alive.
I come from a line of traveling salesmen
on my mother’s side. One of them, my Uncle
Jack, always told me that when you’re mak-
ing your pitch don’t get the door slammed in
your face. I know I’m in danger of that right
now. These are tough times for a hard sell,
hard to talk about shopping when every-
body’s belt-tightening. Everyone is more
conscious than ever about where they
spend their hard-earned cash. (RED) is not
asking you to flock to the stores for the sake
of it. But if you find yourselves browsing,
Kevin Davies
we are asking you to choose (RED) where
you can—for the sake of those who can’t
ask you themselves.—Bono
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TOTAL
CENTS
(RED) ambassador Scarlett Johansson traveled
to Rwanda, where HIV/AIDS ravages a population
(and less than a dollar a day can mean survival)

Gisele wears a
knitted cotton
T-shirt from the
(PRODUCT) RED
Emporio Armani
collection. Her
personal mission:
“I grew up in a
country strongly
affected by poverty,
and I’ve always said
to myself that if I
could do something
to help, I would.”
Clockwise from above right: Johansson visits the Kabuga Health Center where the Prevention of Mother to
Child Transmission treatment allowed these toddlers to be born HIV-free; this newborn was saved by PMTCT,
and although the mother is HIV-positive, the baby has tested negative for the disease; Johansson visits
Denise Mushimiyimana, 10 (here at home with her two younger brothers), who was hospitalized with AIDS
until antiretroviral medicine had her healthy enough to go to school. After two years of treatment, Denise is
now thriving; a hopeful generation outside the children’s ward at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire.
Johansson: Jonx Pillemer; Bündchen: Matt Jones (styling by Alberto Zanoletti)
Since its launch in 2006, the (RED) initiative has raised more than $120 million, the
results of which are already clear on the ground in sub-Saharan Africa, with prevention
programs, food, education, and the distribution of antiretroviral drugs. Still, every day
more than 1,000 children are infected with HIV, and an estimated 12.1 million have been
orphaned by it. And universal taboos against testing remain: “When I admitted that I’d
taken two HIV tests, everyone was completely horrified, the implication being that I was
leading this wild lifestyle,” says Scarlett Johansson, whose decision to join Bono in the
(RED) initiative was a no-brainer. “I was only being responsible.” The genius of (RED)
is that it empowers consumers with this sense of living responsibly and healthily and
passing it on: When you purchase (PRODUCT) RED items—from partners including
Apple, Armani, Converse, Dell, Gap, Hallmark, Starbucks, and Microsoft—in stores and
via Joinred.com, up to 50 percent of profits go directly to fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Forty cents a day translates to the two antiretroviral pills needed to survive. “If that can be
achieved by buying a couple of pairs of Converse,” Johansson says, “it’s worth a shot, don’t
you think?”—Interview by Emmanuelle Dasque

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JUST LIKE AWOMAN?
A
m I the only one who finds it ironic that the New
York Senate seat recently vacated by a woman who
was pressured to adopt her husband’s name is, at
press time, all but about to be taken over by a woman
who seemed to jettison her married name the min-
ute she started her non-campaign campaign?
Oh, the trouble with women! I’m talking, of
course, about Hillary Clinton and Caroline Kennedy
Schlossberg, who in her first real interview with reporters lambasted
one of them for asking a question she felt was beneath her, as it was
the sort of thing “a women’s magazine” might ask. Oh, I’m so wait-
ing for her chocolate chip cookie recipe to appear in Woman’s Day.
But Mrs. Schlossberg—er, Senator Kennedy—probably doesn’t
need to stoop so low to talk to, you know, their 21 million read-
ers, more than a million of whom are her constituents in the state of
New York, or to you—though Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, John
Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,
Madeleine Albright, and John McCain, to name but a few, have all
sat down with ELLE in the past decade and pondered such topics
as the environment, global politics, and America’s role at war. We
invite Ms. Kennedy to answer your stupid women’s magazine ques-
tions, which we’re going to cull on ELLE.com. If she’s too busy,
maybe her press guy can just fax over that cookie recipe.
Or maybe she can just go mano a mano with Nancy Hass, who
in this issue dispels one of Ms. Kennedy’s self-professed planks of
qualification: that she is a mother. In “Die, Mommy, Die!” (page
310), veteran business journalist Hass looks at the ways in which
mommy culture seems to have invaded everything, arguing that
we’ve embraced it publicly for long enough, thank you—and
women can now move forward secure in the knowledge that moth-
erhood is, yes, a tough and demanding and extremely rewarding
job, but it doesn’t necessarily make you fit to be senator, any more
than Al Franken’s being a father makes him fit to be the freshman
congressman from Minnesota. Hedda Nussbaum was a mother,
after all.
Which is not to say Ms. Kennedy isn’t qualified—but she’ll
have to learn to pretend to care about women, all of our concerns
and questions, if she expects to do our bidding come election day.
As a matter of fact, we tried to get her to talk to us for this issue, but
she declined. Gravitas! But that’s okay—we’ll continue to invite her
to speak in ELLE’s pages, and in the meantime, there’s more room
for shoes! We’ve got all the ones that look great for spring, from
architectural heels to boho sandals (and good news—you can
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wring another season out of your gladiators). We know you’re feel-
ing broke—or at least doing more rapid math in your head before
slapping down the AmEx—but you still gotta look good! And so
we’re offering 400-plus pages to help you find beauty and value.
This season was rich and challenging in more ways than one, and
this month’s ELLE Shops offers a step-by-step guide to wearing
spring’s tricky-chic trends, from jumpsuits to bondage dresses,
and, of course, the ubiquitous jacket. We’ve also got Adriana Lima,
styled by Christopher Niquet and shot by Dusan Reljin, showing us
what’s to love about the season’s pajama-inspired trend (“Naked
Ambition,” page 382) and Dennis Hopper’s cinematic take on
biker-luxe (“Where the Streets Have No Name,” page 400).
Those who witnessed the spring collections recognized the
season as an unprecedented revelation of up-and-coming talent.
And so, when considering how to shoot cover girl Jessica Alba,
herself an up-and-coming tastemaker, we decided to pair her
with some of the hottest young designers, from Jason Wu to
Joseph Altuzarra, whose clothes bring out the contrasting facets
of this surprisingly complex star in a story dramatically styled by
Joe Zee and photographed by Carter Smith (“The Changeling,”
page 324). Of course, fashion’s biggest luminaries lit up the tents
with memorable shows, but in an increasingly perilous economy,
the questions—What is the future of American fashion? Who is
America’s next great designer?—still hang in the air. What that
even means in an age that’s grown bored with branding and the From left: Stephen Shore; Richard Bush; Carter Smith
red-carpet trend machine is explored by the exquisitely proba-
tive writer Daphne Merkin in her profile of Derek Lam (“The
Rationalist,” page 264), certainly a top contender, who under-
stands women want to define themselves, not be defined by some-
one else’s ideas of femininity or power.
One woman we’ve long admired for her ideas on femininity
and power is Fergie, who graciously let ELLE behind the scenes
at her January 10 wedding to longtime love, the supercute Josh
Duhamel (“All That I Got,” page 410). While Fergie and Josh are
two complicated, interesting people we’ve covered enthusiasti-
cally in ELLE, what the photographs reveal is something quite
simple, quite life-affirming: love, lust, admiration, joy, reverence,
and possibility all at once. Women’s stuff indeed.
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MAIL
BONDING
WHO’S THAT LADY?
A friend of mine suggested
I read your January cover
story on Beyoncé [“The
Liberation of B.”], saying it
would shed some light on her
mostly enigmatic past. While
I appreciated getting some
insight into her privileged
upbringing, I still felt like the
facts she divulged were simply
that—just facts, with barely
any context. It was almost
as if they were rehearsed
answers fed to her by her
obviously hands-on parents.
For all that I learned about
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Way to go, ELLE, for revealing Beyoncé’s
lesser-known wild side and unyielding desire
to let loose [“The Liberation of B.,” January
2009], which is all the more intriguing
given her sheltered upbringing. I also loved
reading about her perspective on love
and her relationship (and power struggle!)
with Jay-Z. I really got a great sense of
how strong she is as a woman—perfectly
represented in the futuristic, edgy fashion
of the photo spread. Sasha Fierce indeed!
Megan, via e-mail
that the scepter of control has of magazines, I see so few
finally been pried from his painfully thin people and so
cold, power-hungry fingers. many overweight people. The
And did he not understand conversation needs to change
those “little girls” would grow from making excuses for fat
up to be his voting constituents, people and admonishing thin
too? Helloo… people to how to get junk
Erin, Juneau, AK food out of our diets and more
exercise into our lives.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT Ann, Brockton, MA
MeMe Roth [“MeMe Roth’s
War,” January 2009] is the QUICK FIX
voice of reason that America I am the mother of a 10-
needs. We have to stop year-old boy who has type 1
telling ourselves that we are juvenile diabetes. I am a little
fat because we were born disheartened by a statement
that way—we have made that MeMe Roth made in your
food a part of everything January issue. She says, “They
we do, and those foods are call them Happy Meals, but
often unhealthy. I work at they won’t be so happy when
a university and there are they get juvenile diabetes.”
junk-food vending machines I am sorry to inform Roth
in every hallway—and a that Happy Meals do not
lot of fat 20-year-olds. Still, cause juvenile diabetes. Type
I eat healthfully and peers 1 diabetes occurs when the
warn me against an eating immune system attacks its
disorder. Outside the pages own beta cells. There is a huge
Beyoncé in this article, I still
feel like she relishes and relies
on her mystery. Perhaps it’s
a survival technique in the
world of fame, but at some
point we’re all just going to get
bored and move on if we don’t
start seeing the real B. that is
supposedly emerging.
Brooke, Nashville
DON’T SAY UNCLE
I loved the Editor’s Letter
in the January 2009 issue,
especially the searing
sentences regarding ex-Senator
Ted Stevens. I’m happy to say
Alexei Hay
I have never once called him
“Uncle Ted,” and I’m thrilled
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difference between types 1
and 2, and in the article Roth
misinforms the community. I
understand and congratulate
her on such wonderful work,
but she needn’t upset the
millions of type 1 families
struggling every day to keep
their loved ones alive.
Diane, via e-mail
EDITOR’S NOTE: Roth was
referring to type 2 diabetes. We
regret the error.
HE SAID, SHE SAID
I felt absolutely compelled to
laud your fabulously enriching
January self-help issue. In
“I Want You to Want Me,”
Miranda Purves brilliantly
answered the perpetual
question that rings in women’s
heads when shopping for
clothes, getting a haircut,
applying makeup: What do
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men really think is sexy? You fashionable, and entertaining! in films like Wet Hot American
highlighted some interesting I’ve known about the Summer and Wedding Crashers. I
contrasts between what women MaxMara label for a while even made a point to see the
perceive as sexy and what men now, but have hardly shown an Broadway production of Three
really think. Additionally, your interest in it. Ciara may have Days of Rain —not because of
idea to consult the GQ editor changed that. Maybe I’ll ditch Julia Roberts, but because of
was genius, considering GQ my normally black winter Cooper. From Holly Millea’s
is an authority on what men wardrobe for something fresh article, he seems poised and
consider sexy, when other and vibrant. I’m even ready to finally make a big
mags simply survey 100 men considering a few colorful career move. I’ll certainly
in Times Square. Excellent streaks in my hair…. be watching.
job, ELLE. Carla, via e-mail Natalie, via e-mail
Paige, via e-mail
MADLY BRADLEY
DREAM WEAVER I have to admit my heart nearly
I was so thrilled to open up the skipped a beat when I flipped
January issue of ELLE and see through my January issue and Send your letters to ELLE,
your continued coverage of the landed on the adorable photo Letters to the Editors,
season’s standout trends, of Bradley Cooper [“High 1633 Broadway, New York,
pieces, and designers in Infidelity”]. He’s been an actor NY 10019, or e-mail us at
“Stayin’ Alive.” When I’ve smittenly followed from his elleletters@hfmus.com. Letters
everything else in fashion is days on Alias through his small may be edited for length
scaling down in such severe but noteworthy comedic roles and clarity.
economic times, we seek
escape. So I have to agree that
designers should not be
playing it safe, but be “colorful
and provocative,” make
consumers dream again, and
give them more for less. With
all of the depressing news out
there, it’s refreshing to have
a little nook of fantasy and
optimism in one’s closet
and mind.
Celeste, via e-mail
HAIRSTERIA
Not only was April Long’s hair
transformation story [“The
Changeling,” January 2009]
hilarious, but it left me with a
handful of fun ideas for my own
tresses. From day 1 to 10, her
boldness was commendable—
even if she ended up
resembling Sarah Palin with a
Roth: courtesy of National Action Against Obesity; model: Jacob Sutton
do gone wrong. After reading
this article, I think I’ll try to
rock the crimped look with
confidence, or at least make my
way out of a ponytail rut.
Rheana, via e-mail
THE COMEBACK KID
Where has Ciara been?
Wherever she was, I’m glad to
see her back, especially in the
pages of ELLE [“In the
Remix,” January 2009]! The
spread featuring MaxMara’s
new collection was fun,
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BELLE DE JOUR
Inspired by the mood of French New Altuzarra—who posed for individual shots

Wave films from the late ’50s and early
’60s such as Breathless, this month’s shoot
with actress Jessica Alba was all about new
beginnings. The star arrived on the set (a
warehouse in Long Island City, New York)
sporting a thick layer of freshly cut bangs,
boyfriend jeans, and oxford lace-ups. Also
in attendance were the new generation of
power players making the New York
fashion scene—Frank Tell, Jason Wu,
Julian Louie, Rad Hourani, and Joseph
H. Stern earrings, Lanvin pump, Lauren sunglasses, Etro flat, Aigner bag, and Miu Miu platform: courtesy of the designers; remaining still lifes: Devon Jarvis (styling by Bill Laughlin for Mark Edward Inc.); Alba (left) © Nancy Kaszerman/Zuma Press;
with Alba, who wore her favorite pieces
from each designer’s collection. Next, the
actress tried on stacks of diamond
bracelets from Tiffany & Co. paired with a
sky blue Grecian Versace one-shoulder
dress and a flashy lamé number from
Prada while reminiscing about the last
time she did a cover for ELLE, when she
was secretly pregnant and nervous
someone would notice her tummy.
What a difference a year makes.

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Alba at a Late with her
Show with David daughter
Letterman
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$159, call 800-535-4491. 3. Jeweled suede flat, ETRO, $1,260, visit
etro.it. 4. Milky aquamarine ring with pavé diamonds, DAVID
YURMAN, price upon request, visit davidyurman.com
4
1. Embroidered cotton shirt, LOVE MOSCHINO, $395, visit
moschino.com. 2. Denim pants, BABY PHAT BY KIMORA LEE
SIMMONS, $89, visit babyphat.com. 3. Leather bag, ETIENNE
AIGNER, $228, visit etienneaigner.com. 4. Satin slingback on
bamboo platform, MIU MIU, $785, at The Webster, Miami Beach

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 ELLE CONTRIBUTORS MARCH
Photographer DAVID ARMSTRONG is
known for his portraits: “There’s no narra-
tive involved,” he says. “If anything, they’re
about the passing of the day or the way the
light moves around the house.” So to photo-
graph a fashion spread, he says, “obviously
you have to make changes.” Armstrong,
who has worked for French Vogue and
L’uomo, shot “Through the Looking Glass”
(page 372) at his own townhouse in Brook-
lyn. “When I got the house eight years ago,
the most important thing to me was that
every light source had open space around
it,” he says. Armstrong has been taking pic-
tures since first studying photography at
the Boston Museum School 35 years ago
and has accepted the ever-evolving tech-
nologies of his profession with only a shred
of reluctance. “Since the ’80s, more and
more products were going out of produc-
tion,” he says. “I never thought I would do
digital, but it’s very liberating—you almost
feel like you’re a first-year art student again,
just shooting and shooting. And I don’t
want to end up like my mother, who can’t
even turn on the DVD player.”
Each month, ELLE’s photo director,
BRETT RAMEY, produces shoots with
some of fashion’s biggest talents, and for
the March issue, she found herself a little
starstruck. “It was amazing to bring in
those contributors who we’ve been aspir-
ing to work with,” Ramey says. One of
many examples: “Born to Be Wild”
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(page 334), styled by Parisian Camille
Bidault-Waddington and photographed by
Horst Diekgerdes in L.A. “We shot it on
Melrose, which is like the SoHo of L.A.,
and all the boys [on the crew] were eyeing
the sneaker stores that had the fancy
Converse All-Stars and Nike high-tops, and
Camille and I were looking at the trashy
Agent Provocateur–type stores where they
have, like, cheap crazy hooker boots that
are kind of amazing. Camille and I snuck
off and bought a pair of boots in between
shots.” Though Ramey rubs shoulders with
the industry’s tastemakers, she’s managed
to carve out her own trademark style. “I
have an affinity for overpriced T-shirts that
look like your grandfather’s grandfather
could have owned them.”
ELLE’s senior writer, MAGGIE BULLOCK,
has become a resident go-to for fashion,
beauty, and celebrity features, and this
month her range is on full display. First,
Bullock jetted to Miami to cover the leg-
endary Victoria’s Secret fashion show
(“Chicks Ahoy,” page 140). “Basically, that
involved being surrounded by 35 of the
hottest women in the world,” she says. “Let’s
just say it was an alternate universe peopled
by aliens.” For ELLE’s beauty pages, Bull-
ock had the DNA of her facial skin ana-
lyzed by scientists at the Proctor & Gamble
research center (“The Gene Genies,” page
290). “[The researchers] were brilliant,”
Bullock says. “They tried so hard to edu-
cate me [on the science of DNA] that by the
end of the day, my brain was soup.” Finally,
Bullock sat down with cover star Jessica
Alba for “The Changeling” (page 324). “At
the shoot, she was so uncomplaining and
such a trouper—there’s nothing diva about
her,” she says. One more question, Maggie:
Anything you’d like readers to know? “I
purge some secret in ELLE every month,
whether about an anxiety or a moment of
humiliation. There’s no mystery left!”
Contributing writer NANCY HASS wrote
an essay this month (“Die, Mommy, Die!”
page 310) about her “irritation at the
mommy-centricity that’s invaded even
very accomplished women’s lives,” she
says. But Hass, who’s worked for Condé Nast
Armstrong: Ryan McGinley; Hass: Olya Evanitsky; Bullock: Greg Morris
Portfolio and written for The Economist and
The New York Times, doesn’t always get so
personal. “I write mostly about the way
money affects culture,” she says. Hass
recently jumped on the Facebook band-
wagon to network with other writers. “Gen-
erally, journalists are on it,” she says, “but I
wouldn’t have done it if people hadn’t
friended me a zillion times. I was like, Al-
right, alright.” But Hass says she’s standing
firm against writing “status updates” to let
her Facebook friends know what she’s
doing. “I’m so embarrassed at the idea that
someone would think that I think what
I’m doing is interesting,” she says. “Maybe
I’d [do] it if it were ‘Nancy just got back
from St. Tropez.’ ”—RACHEL ROSENBLIT
 ELLE JET-SETTER

CHICKS Victoria’s Secret’s annual fashion

show heads to a city where
babelicious bacchanals are an
AHOY everyday affair. By Maggie Bullock

MIAMI
RHAPSODY
Victoria’s Secret insiders reveal
the sexiest spots in town

Pierre Hardy, footwear designer

“I love the Standard’s freshness and
simplicity. Dinner on the terrace is so
peaceful and unpretentious.”

Images/Corbis; remaining images: Greg Morris

The Standard Miami, 40 Island Ave.

and Bob Shapton

Janie Schaffer, head designer
“At the Skybar, I sip cocktails and
watch the sun go down while lying

Fougere/VIP
poolside on a Moroccan-style bed.”
Shore Club, 1901 Collins Ave.

LeBourdais;
of Morgans Group; Hardy:
Hotelremaining Leanne
© Eric
images:

Charlotte Stockdale, stylist

“Tuccia Di Capri makes perfect,
Ono: Julien

custom-fitted sandals—you can choose

Yokocourtesy

any color, fabric, and embellishment.”

Tuccia Di Capri, 1630 Pennsylvania Ave.
Club:

I’m no Angel. But one weekend last November, I got my wings. It fabulously making over the entire VS collection) are far more fetch-
and

happened at a Miami Beach doubleheader: the gala reopening of ing, frankly, when they’re not being overshadowed by some super-
Shore
Lennon

fabled Rat Pack hideaway the Fontainebleau (a $5 million party that model’s superbody. Crafted under the über-cool eye of stylist
hotel;

capped off a $1 billion face-lift), plus Victoria’s Secret’s “Return Charlotte Stockdale to illustrate the show’s six themes (think “Glam-
John

to Glamour” fashion show. Friday night, wall-to-wall Diddys, our Goddess” and “PINK Planet”), there were crystal breastplates—
of the
Wilcox;

Gwyneths, and Kate Hudsons bobbed to the vocal gymnastiques of like curvilinear, supersize vintage brooches—by Aussie jeweler
courtesy

Mariah Carey. Saturday, I headed backstage, straight into a nest Jenny Mercian of Manik Mercian; gold-dipped plumes (with a
Miami:Brica

of 35 buffed, glossed, titanium-abbed Perfect Specimens. Just as I warning sign: NO TOUCHING. FEATHERS WILL OXIDIZE!!) by artist Milo
was about to hurl my pale, pudgy, mere-mortal self off the nearest Mottola; and high-heel sneakers made somehow chic by the inimi-
Shapton:

balcony, I spotted something worth living for: rack after rack of… table Pierre Hardy. And then there were the wings, built like 40-
The Standard

accessories? Accoutrements? Whatever you call them, the show- pound, posture-poking backpacks by prop designer Martin
pieces (made to augment genuinely pretty, real-life-wearable under- Izquierdo. His assistants strapped me into Heidi’s spangly hot pink
garments designed by Janie Schaffer, the Brit who is rather bow-shaped pair, and I still haven’t come back down to earth.

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STYLEAND Reality show regular Whitney Port has

moved to NYC, so Creative Director
Joe Zee rolled out the style welcome
THECITY I remember exactly how it started. It was a cold
mat. This month, the girls of MTV’s
The City model the must-have jacket

Saturday back in 2004, and I had a lot of errands to

run. As I was gathering things to start my morning, I turned on
the TV and that’s when it happened: I got sucked into a Laguna Beach P ORT IN
WHITNEY SIC
THE CLAACSKET
marathon. It was six mesmerizing and salacious hours of breakups
(Kristin and Stephen crying on the beach!), make-ups (again on the

SUIT J
beach!), sensitive dudes ( Jason admits his feelings for LC!), and, of
course, frenemies and BFFs. Laundry would have to wait. Every-
thing in Laguna Beach was much more important.
Two seasons later, Lauren Conrad (LC) graduated from high
school and the show (Laguna Beach was now passé), and headed to
L.A. for a new life, a new cast, and, OMG, a new show! The Hills was
born. LC got a job in fashion, and the breakups, backstabbing, and
bitchiness only got better. (Heidi and Spencer, anyone?)
And now, one of LC’s own tribe, Whitney Port, has relocated to
Manhattan with a hot new job (DVF!), an even hotter new boy ( Jay!),

Photographed by Jason McDonald (styling by Joe Zee; hair by Erin Anderson for Woodley and Bunny Salon at the Wall Group; makeup by Mary Douglas at the Wall Group)
and yes, a new show—The City! (Is there a pattern here?)
When I discovered that Whitney wanted to move to the epicenter
of fashion to be a stylist, how could I not want to help and style this
real-life Gossip Girl’s transition from Cali to New York? I also enlisted
Whitney’s cast mates—the socialite Olivia Palermo, the partier
Samantha Swetra, and the rocker Erin Lucas—who all possess a strong
sense of personal style that makes the fashion on The City much more
interesting than on its West Coast counterparts. (Audrina, take note!)
My goal this month: to have these girls model this season’s must-
have—the jacket. And then for their after-five escapades, they model
a classic staple that should be in every closet—the LBD.
Final note: If I were betting on who the next girl to move on would
Age: 23
be, my money would be on Erin packing it up for Brooklyn. I can see Hometown: Brentwood, CA
it now: cool musicians, a big loft, the L train—all taking place in hip- Job: Image coordinator for Diane
ster central—the ’Burg. (MTV, hint!) von Furstenberg
Most humbling fashion moment:
Tripping in heels on Good Morning
America
Fashion fact: Just bought a winter

ALER MO I N
ANTIC
coat for the first time in her life
OLIVIA P
M
Age: 23 Never leaves home without: Her

TH E RO Hometown: NYC
Job: PR coordinator for Diane von
gold accessories
Where you’ll most likely run into

JACKET
Furstenberg
Always travels with: Her Birkin
bag, jeans, ballet flats, a blazer,
and a fur poncho
Fashion fact: Detests people who
change into pajamas on the plane
Best known for: Speaking her
mind
Personal style philosophy: It’s
all about accessories and the mix,
like necklaces that are $2 and
$2,000.
Where you’ll most likely run into
her: Cafe Gitane in NoLIta
HOW I WOULD STYLE IT:
The romantic jacket doesn’t
have to look soft and dreamy. It
can still have guts as long as it’s
carried off with daring confidence.
Witness the way Olivia wears it—
slightly shrunken, sleeves pushed
up, and belted. Even cooler? It’s
paired with a long silk tiered
prairie skirt. If the big skirt is too
much, try it with high-waisted
jeans or even a pencil skirt.
her: Shopping for vintage on the
Lower East Side
HOW I WOULD STYLE IT:
The classic suit jacket is meant to
be worn exactly that way—with a
classic suit. I love this ’70s-inspired,
white linen, three-piece version. It
reminds me of a very chic Bianca
Jagger, post–Studio 54. Remember
to keep the jacket fitted over just
the vest (no blouse) and the pants
wide and long enough to cover
the shoe.
Above: Jacket, $425, vest, $198, pants,
$265, all, DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, at
Diane von Furstenberg, L.A. Studded
bangle, FALLON, $150, at Fred Segal Rocks,
Santa Monica, CA. Embossed tote bag,
YVES SAINT LAURENT, $2,495, at Yves
Saint Laurent Boutique nationwide
Left: Charmeuse jacket, $225, pleated dress,
$825, both, DIANE VON FURSTENBERG,
at Diane von Furstenberg, L.A. Studded
leather belt, MELAMED, $200, visit
melamedbelts.com. Diamond cuff, BOCHIC,
price upon request, visit bochic.com

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AS IN
ERIN LUC
THE ’8E0TS
JACK
Age: 24
Hometown: Honolulu
Previous job: Hostess at Los
Dados restaurant
Claim to fame: Daughter of AC/DC
band member Cliff Williams and
Whit’s oldest friend
Most memorable fashion
moment: Working at a Florida
surf shop with white blond hair
streaked with fluorescent colors
Where you’ll most likely run into
her: Flirting with the boys behind
the counter at Mudspot, in the
East Village
HOW I WOULD STYLE IT:
Erin is The City’s resident rocker
girl, but she’s anything but grunge.
It takes an extra dose of chutzpah
to pull off the big shoulders we
saw in jackets this spring, but Erin
does it without batting one stylish
eyelash. In fact, we added extra
shoulder pads to this jacket to
emphasize the trend. The real key
to the ’80s jacket: Don’t do head-
to-toe ’80s with it. Pair instead
with graphic accessories, a mix of
color and textures, and killer heels.
Blunt bangs optional!
THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS: How to go out in style
THE CLASSIC POUF
Take Whitney’s cue here and keep
the look classic. I love the staple
Chanel bag, but most importantly,
accessories are at a minimum.
In this case, a pair of stunning
earrings with a bare collarbone
make the look simple and so sexy!
Silk organza dress, MALANDRINO, $3,540,
at Malandrino, L.A. Earrings, diamond
cuff, both, BOCHIC, prices upon request, call
212-763-8636. Diamond bangles, ROBERTO
COIN, $2,860 each, call 800-853-5958.
Tweed bag, CHANEL, price upon request,
call 800-550-0005. Alligator sandals, BRIAN
ATWOOD, $4,090, visit brianatwood.com
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Above: Twill vest, $1,300, skirt, $750, both,
MARC JACOBS, at Marc Jacobs, NYC.
Sterling silver earrings, UGO CACCIATORI,
$550, at Ikram, Chicago. White sapphire
bracelets, both, JOHN HARDY, $2,495–
$2,995, call 888-838-3022. Sterling silver
cuffs, both, LOWLUV BY ERIN WASSON, prices
upon request, visit erinwasson.com.
One-of-a-kind marble cone shell ring,
JOHN HARDY, price upon request, visit
johnhardy.com. Studded leather belt,
MATTHEW WILLIAMSON, $995, at Matthew
Williamson, NYC. Goatskin satchel, D&G,
$810, collection at revolveclothing.com.
Buckle-detail leather sandals, CHRISTIAN
LOUBOUTIN, $1,495, at Fred Segal Feet, L.A.
THE SOPHISTICATED
SHEATH
I love Olivia’s quintessential
New Yorker sensibility and her
very versatile version of the
LBD. But in true Olivia style, she
keeps it elegant with a jacket, a
small clutch, a bold statement
necklace, and a metallic shoe.
Chic but never dull!
Dress, ALICE + OLIVIA, $440, at Bergdorf
Goodman, NYC. Fringe rhinestone
pendant necklace, DIANA BROUSSARD,
$625, at Capitol, Charlotte, NC. Crystal,
silk, and feather necklace, RANJANA KHAN,
$880. Crystal bracelet, JANIS BY JANIS
SAVITT, price upon request, at Bergdorf
Goodman, NYC. Leather bag, LANVIN,
$2,313, at Susan, San Francisco. Ruffle-
detail Maryjanes, CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN,
$1,795, visit christianlouboutin.com
IN
SWETRA
RIEND
ANTHA
SAM
BOYF
E
TH ET
JACK
Age: 22
Hometown: Galloway, NJ
Job: Assistant buyer at Bergdorf
Goodman
Personal style philosophy:
Confidence is the best accessory.
Can often be seen carrying: A
classic Chanel quilted handbag
Style secret: Wears sexy little
bras underneath all her T-shirts
Where you’ll most likely run into
her: Dancing at the Beatrice Inn,
the Eldridge, and the Rose Bar
HOW I WOULD STYLE IT:
The loose, unstructured jacket
has had many incarnations lately
but this white version has such a
chic sophistication to it, especially
when paired with a simple T-shirt.
The rule to remember: Balance
silhouettes. If you’ve got an easy,
baggier jacket on top, keep your
bottom more structured, lean,
feminine, and sexy. In Sami’s case,
we paired the jacket with a skinny
pant and strappy sandals, but it
would work just as well with a
mini, skinny jeans, or even shorts.
THE SEXY SHIFT
Samantha is the racy one of the
bunch; she always seems as if
she’s got a secret to tell. Here
she pulls off her LBD with so
much bravado by bringing a ton
of sexiness to her dress without
displaying any vulgarity. The
naughtiness comes only from the
highest heel and the slightest
hint of a bra strap!
Taffeta dress, NICOLE MILLER COLLECTION,
$550, visit nicolemiller.com. Diamond
pavé ring, JOHN HARDY, $2,495, visit
johnhardy.com. Belt, AZZEDINE ALAÏA,
price upon request, at Barneys New York.
Clutch, STEPHEN SPROUSE FOR LOUIS
VUITTON, $2,250, call 866-VUITTON.
Leather sandals, JIMMY CHOO, $1,550, visit
jimmychoo.com
Above: Polyester-blend blazer, ELIZABETH
AND JAMES, $395, visit elizabethandjames
.us. Silk-blend T-shirt, KAIN LABEL, $88,
visit intermixonline.com. Rayon-blend knit
pants, ELIZABETH AND JAMES, $275, at Saks
Fifth Avenue. Metal bracelet, ENNIO CAPASA
COSTUME NATIONAL, $928, at Costume
National, NYC. Silver square bangle, ALEX
& CHLOE, $360, visit alexandchloe.com.
Studded bangle, FALLON, $150, at Valerie
Mills, St. Louis. Gold ring, CHARLOTTE
BJÖRLIN D’ELIA, $2,600, at Barneys New
York. Pyramid bracelets, both, M + J SAVITT,
prices upon request, call 212-245-7396.
Silver dial watch, TAG HEUER, $1,900,
visit barmakian.com. Diamond ring,
LESLIE GREENE, $395, at Bloomingdale’s.
Metal clutch, LANVIN, price upon request,
collection at Susan, Burlingame, CA. Suede
sandal, SOPHIA KOKOSALAKI, $1,295, to
special order, call 646-613-8457
THE BOHEMIAN DRESS
Of course Erin would be the one
to take the LBD and twist it into a
modern-day flower child ensemble.
Erin’s free spirit is anything but
conventional, and even her simple
black dress is anything but—
particularly when it’s worn with a
feathered headband and Pepto-
Bismol–pink pom-pom heels.
Nylon-blend dress, HERVÉ LÉGER BY MAX
AZRIA, $1,790, visit herveleger.com. Silk and
chiffon headpiece, DIANE VON FURSTENBERG,
price upon request, call 646-486-4800. Rose
gold and diamond bangle, ROBERTO COIN,
$2,860, call 800-853-5958. One-of-a-kind white
sapphire and diamond bracelet, JOHN HARDY,
price upon request, call 888-838-3022. Sterling
silver and onyx rings, UGO CACCIATORI,
$668–$755, at Ikram, Chicago. Watersnake
envelope clutch, D&G, $995, visit dolcegabbana
.it. Python Maryjanes, CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN,
price upon request, similar styles available at
Christian Louboutin Boutique nationwide
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BEAUTIFUL A new crop of accessory designers takes

inspiration from the future, the wild ’80s, French
eccentrics, and faraway lands for spring
DREAMERS 5. Ileana Makri for
Marios Schwab
WO
RL
8. Lizzie Fortunato for VPL
The lure of exotic fashions has always DB
proved irresistible to those with a thirst for
adventure. The Duchess of Devonshire EA
indulged in escapist revelry dressed as the
Syrian queen Zenobia for her costume ball
in 1897, and actress Dorothy Dandridge
T
inspired worship as a jungle queen in the
1951 flick Tarzan’s Peril. Designers this
spring were swept away, too, from Junya
Watanabe’s work with batiks (1) to Christian 11. Philippe Roucou

Askill pendant: courtesy of the designer; Rafe for Tibi bag, Tila March bag, and Philippe Roucon bag: Vicente Pouso; remaining still lifes: Len Lagrua; Dior and Watanabe runway: Marcio
Dior’s turquoise Carnival dresses (2) . Max
12. Katherine Fleming Osterweis launched his line of Kenyan-

Madeira; Dandridge: courtesy of the Everett Collection; Serra sculpture: © Andrea Merola/epa/Corbis; flower: joSon/Getty Images; remaining images: courtesy of the designers
made dresses (3), Suno; Manhattan designer 4. Heather Kosch
Heather Kosch crafted wooden earrings (4)
that sway from the ear like palm trees; and
Marios Schwab joined forces with Ileana
Makri to create arm-spanning cuffs (5) in
gold. Jeweler Jordan Askill’s pendants (6)
2. Christian Dior remind one of ancient tribal adornment, and
English designer Victoria Bartlett’s newest 1. Junya Watanabe
6. Jordan Askill pieces—a multicolored sandal collabora-
tion (7) with L. D. Tuttle and festive paper
necklaces (8) with jeweler Lizzie Fortunato—
are perfect for beach parties. Filipino
9. Rafe for Tibi designer Rafe channeled the American
Southwest with a chevron tote (9) for Tibi,
while two Parisian handbag designers, Tila
March (10) and Philippe Roucou (11), saddle
up to tassels. Finally, newcomer Katherine
Fleming (previously Tory Burch’s accesso-
ries designer) debuted a collection of exotic
skin totes and clutches (12) that look as if they
could rattle like a snake in the Amazon. An-
other reason, present economy included, to
stay home for spring break this year and
be transported instead by the season’s far- 3. Suno
flung fashions.—Alexa Brazilian
Dorothy
Dandridge
7. L. D. Tuttle for VPL in Tarzan’s
10. Tila March Peril, 1951

NEW DESIGNER ELKE KRAMER

The Sydney-based jewelry designer de-
buted her Trompe L’oeil collection of
accessories for spring. Kramer’s resin
pieces are handmade and inspired by
lady slipper orchids and her own insa-
tiable wanderlust. Our favorite thing? A
geometric bangle (left) in Southwestern
earth tones.
(From left) Kramer; pieces from
the Trompe L’oeil collection; her
floral inspiration

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Josephine
Baker in
FR
EN
Paris, 1930

CH
2. Lanvin 4. Mawi

From her pet cheetah, Chiquita—who

roamed 1920s Paris in a diamond collar—to CH
her satin banana skirt, Josephine Baker,
more than anyone, embodied fashion’s
eccentric French chic moment. Not only did
IC
Louis Vuitton’s Marc Jacobs (1) and Lanvin’s
Alber Elbaz (2) pay homage to the perform-
er’s sexy bohemianism—piles of Afrocentric
accessories and nude, swinging legs—but a 3. Rachel Comey

Hunting Season clutch: courtesy of the designer; remaining still lifes: Len Lagrua; runway: Marcio Madeira; Baker: Keystone/Eyedea/Everett Collection; Galeries Lafayette poster: © Swim Ink 2, LLC/Corbis;
handful of emerging designers referenced
1. Louis Vuitton
her enigmatic style as well.
Costume jewelry, a hallmark of the
vaudeville stage, is back, thanks to Rachel
Comey, who’s debuting a line that includes
enameled earrings and pendants (3) , and
London’s Thang-Mawi, whose oversize
8. Made Her Think faux-gold necklaces (4) would have fit right

Hengst looks: Carolina Palmgren; Magritte artwork: © Christie’s Images/Corbis; Eller: Kyle Obriot; postcard: © Kim M. Koza/Corbis; wildlife sign: © Catherine Karnow/Corbis
in at Baker’s naughty Folies Bergère. So,
too, would boudoir-inspired pumps, cour-
tesy of Brit shoemaker David Wyatt (5) ,
9. K Brunini Jewels
and jazz-age kitten heels by Brooklyn de-
signers Hayden-Harnett (6) . Francophiles
agree that exotic skins are also a must,
10. Carolyn
Rosenberg which is why Hunting Season’s leopard-
pattern clutches (7) and Made Her Think’s
stingray-and-chain-mail versions (8) are
just…so…now! No neo-exotique would be
fully dressed without a nod to nature—Baker
did it with fruit—and so Katey Brunini offers
up her hand-carved Spirit Animals, includ-
ing a snail (escargot!) on a ring (9), and Carolyn
Rosenberg crafts sequin flower bib necklaces
(10) . While Baker had her feathers, most of us
7. Hunting Season need more coverage. Enter Susan Hengst’s
new line of lingerie-style wrapdresses (11) .
As the Black Venus herself famously said,
“I wasn’t really naked, I simply didn’t have
any clothes on.” If only she could see the
collections today.—Whitney Vargas

11. Hengst

5. David Wyatt 6. Hayden-Harnett

NEW DESIGNER ETTEN ELLER

For Cristina “Tini” Bloom, relics, keep-
sakes, and mementos serve as the inspira-
tion for her wonderfully eccentric new line
of jewelry, Etten Eller. Made from the
spare parts of vintage pocket watches,
Bloom salvages brass plates, gears, and sec-
ond hands to create her delicate necklaces
and earrings. We especially love that each
piece is titled with a significant date, such
as the day Amelia Earhart went missing.
From left: Tini Bloom; a necklace from
Etten Eller; her vintage inspirations

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13. Alexandra Cassaniti
8. Amanda Pearl Jean-
Michel

GH
Basquiat,
1988
Claude

TI
Montana,
1980
“God love the ’80s,” said the late Nan
Kempner. “Every day was a costume party,
and every night was New Year’s Eve.” Gone
are the times when Teri Toye, Stephen
ES
Sprouse’s transgender muse, boogied in
the dark at Danceteria and a 25-year-
old Madonna got down in little more than
a bustier and crucifix. But the Greed
Decade—in all its spontaneous, over-the- 12. Bionda Castana
top glory—has returned to fashion for
spring. The young Brits are leading the
charge with Basquiat-style minidresses at

Pearl purse, One October clutch, Lorenzi slingback, and DanniJo necklace: Vicente Pouso; remaining still lifes: Len Lagrua; Chalayan runway: Marcio Madeira; Basquiat: © Julio Donoso/Corbis Sygma;
Claude Montana look: © Pierre Vauthey/Corbis Sygma; Toye: Patrick McMullan; Haring: Tom Gates/Getty Images; Gaudi chimneys: © Chris Hellier/Corbis; remaining images: courtesy of the designers
Belle Sauvage (1); Keith Haring–inspired
off-the-shoulder tees at Ground-Zero (2) ;
and Rubik’s Cube graphics at Perks and
9. Be & D 2. Ground-Zero Mini (3) . Just like Balmain and Hussein
Chalayan (4) this season and Claude Mon-
4. Chalayan
Teri Toye at tana 20 years earlier, À La Disposition hus-
Danceteria,
1984 band-and-wife designers Lynda Cohen and
Daniel Kinne have hungry eyes for outsize 11. Disaya
shoulder pads and aggressive tailoring (5) .
Of course, an ’80s revival hinges on high-
glam accessories. (A Dynasty-era Joan Collins
would have knocked out any Carrington for
Nicole Mann Novick’s new gold star earrings
(6).) From Gianmarco Lorenzi’s violet metal-
lic slingbacks (7) and Amanda Pearl’s fuchsia
ball purse (8) to Be & D’s studded, fifth-anni- 1. Belle Sauvage
versary Garbo bag (9) and One October’s tur- 5. À La
Disposition
quoise clutch (10) , this season, bold colors are
key. Does one need to look further than Disa-
ya’s smiley-face purse (11)? For more high-
brow types, Bionda Castana’s splatter-paint
heels (12) give off an artsy, Jackson Pollock
3. Perks and Mini vibe. Personally, I’m loving the classic Chris-
6. Garland
tie Brinkley look, with the big blond hair, Collection
hands on hips, and red Vuarnet sunglasses.
For that, L.A.’s Alexandra Cassaniti has de-
signed pastel wayfarers (13). Now, if only the
Bangles would get back together.—W.V.

Keith
7. Gianmarco Lorenzi 10. One October
Haring,
1985

NEW DESIGNER DANNIJO JEWELS

Sisters Danielle and Jodie Snyder’s
ragged chain-link necklaces, inspired
by the vivid colors of Gaudí’s struc-
tures, have hit prime time. (We love
them in this metallic blue.) You may
have spotted them on the necks of mod-
els at Little J’s guerrilla fashion show on
Gossip Girl.
(From left) The Snyder sisters; a necklace
from their spring collection; chimney pots
of Palau Güell by Antonio Gaudí

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1965–68

ST
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Quite often, visions of the future can be
downright disturbing—must we remind
you of 1997’s Gattaca, Sandra Bullock in
7. Gar-de Demolition Man, and, yes, Waterworld ?—but
this season, designers are proving that the 8. Risto Bimbiloski
sci-fi future is looking up. A new crop of
forward-thinking talents tackle this age-old
6. Angelo Katsapis
subject. Take London designer Nathan
2. Leonello Borghi Jenden’s plastic eclipse-style sunglasses (1) ,
Leonello Borghi’s pixilated clutch (2), shoe-
maker Alejandro Ingelmo’s debut line of
sleek gold evening bags (3), or French jewelry

Fox Film Corp./Everett Collection; Evergreen: Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Bowie: courtesy of Virgin/EMI; Katsapis look: Tino Vacca; Bimbiloski look: Andrea Spotorno; remaining images:
designer Adeline Cacheux’s chain mail

Borghi clutch, Camilla and Marc swimsuit, Omelle sandal, and Zanotti pump: Vicente Pouso; remaining still lifes: Len Lagrua; Ferré runway: Marcio Madeira; Lost in Space: © 20th Century
13. Chronicle of Never
rings (4) . Gianfranco Ferré’s spring collec-
4. Adeline Cacheux
tion (5) projected a black-and-white view of
the modern woman similar to that of new- Actress
Jessie
comer Angelo Katsapis, with his clean white Matthews’

9. Camilla and Marc shifts (6), and NYC design collective GAR- futuristic
armor in
DE’s Courreges-like ensembles (7), while the film
Evergreen,
Macedonian designer Risto Bimbiloski’s 1934
dresses (8) appeared to be made from the
twinkling Milky Way. The Aussie duo be-
hind Camilla and Marc also had their heads
in the clouds with their lightning bolt–
3. Alejandro Ingelmo
patterned swimsuits (9) . There were still a
few pessimists who envisioned an industrial-
chic end of days, like Omelle, who turned
out concrete-gray sandals (10), and Giuseppe
Zanotti, whose pumps (11) for Costello Tag- 5. Gianfranco Ferré
liapietra sported a Terminator-like spike heel.
Prada’s new line of costume jewelry (12) mim-
ics brass nuts and bolts, while Chronicle of
Never’s rings and pendants (13) resemble the
compacted metal-scrap boxes Pixar’s beloved
WALL-E crunches 700 years in the future.
When dressing this season, the sky—and
the galaxy—is the limit.—A.B.
10. Omelle

12. Prada

11. Giuseppe Zanotti for

Costello Tagliapietra

NEW DESIGNER LAURENCE DACADE

Laurence Dacade’s line of heels includes
some of the chicest space oddities of the
moment. Inspired by David Bowie’s erotic
androgyny, the French designer—also part
of the creative team behind Chanel’s
shoes—has created a range of sheer zip-
courtesy of the designers

back boots, Verner Panton–esque lace-ups,

and pointy patent wing tips.
The designer; peep-toe booties from
her collection; David Bowie

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 ELLE FASHION INSIDER SECOND
TO A TEE
It’s just another Friday morning at Alex-
ander Wang’s stark black-and-white studio
in Tribeca, and the designer’s favorite girl-
friends (DJ Alexandra Richards; Dree
Hemingway, model and great-great grand-
daughter of Ernest; London’s reigning
queen of the aristo-punks, Alice Dellal;
musician Harley Viera-Newton; jewelry
designer Pamela Love; and Wang’s long-
time friend and style icon Jess Calderon)
have arrived by taxi and subway to play
with Wang’s new line of just-right tanks
and tees. The medium has underpinned
his brand from the beginning: “I sleep in
my T-shirts the night before I wear them,
so I’ve always aimed for that look—when
you put it on, it doesn’t hug your body, it
breathes,” Wang says. “To be honest, I just
wanted to provide something that me and
my friends would wear, and I didn’t see
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ACT
Alexander Wang enfolds the world in
his legendary just-slept-in T-shirts
Clockwise from left: Wang
and Alice Dellal in shirts from
the designer’s new line, T by
Alexander Wang, available
at Barneys New York; Jess
Calderon; Dellal; Harley Viera-
Newton; Alexandra Richards;
Pamela Love; Dree Hemingway;
Dellal, all in the designer’s
studio in NYC
that anywhere.” That’s just what the
designer has done here, executing what he
refers to as a “quietly cool” array of per-
fectly zhuzhed rayon racer-back tanks and
to-the-calf dresses, cropped and below-
the-hip T-shirts, baby ribbed camisoles,
and plunging V-necks in supima cotton.
Entrusting, as always, his inner circle of
pals to judge what women the world over
will want, he watches as his bevy of beau-
ties happily mix and match his gray, white,
and black shirts with bright turquoise,
coral, and denim pieces from the regular
collection. Dellal slinks up to Wang in a
diaphanous white tank that dangles from Photographed by Chadwick Tyler (hair by Shinichi Arima; makeup by Chiho Omae;
her shoulders like she’s worn it for a week
straight (perfection!), a look the designer
is also sporting. “Stop copying me!” she
jokes—a phrase we’re certain he’ll hear a
lot more of. —Alexa Brazilian
casting by Anita Bitton for Establishment NY)
 ELLE FASHION INSIDER DESIGNER GENIUS

Yayoi Kusama
poses in front
of Fireflies on
Hemingway and his cat Panichgul as a boy with the Water
Big Boy Peterson, 1959 his brother Kritsada

POWEROFONE

Hemingway: © John Bryson/Sygma/Corbis; Thakoon childhood image: courtesy of the subject; Thakoon portrait: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for IMG; Kusama: © Alain Nogues/Corbis/Sygma; Etat D’Angle: ©

Press; Turlington: Ron Galella/WireImage; Lay’s potato chips: courtesy of Frito-Lay Canada; Wongsawat: Chumsak Kanoknan/Getty Images; Gould: Gordon Parks/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images; blue painting:
Christie’s Images/Corbis; Fleetwood Mac: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; white sneakers: courtesy of Common Projects; Mercedes Benz: © Phil Talbot/Alamy; A Confederacy of Dunces: courtesy of Grove
With a national convention dress Detail of Etat

for Michelle Obama under his belt, D’Angle by

Émile-Jacques
Ruhlmann
Thakoon Panichgul is New York

Andy Crawford/Getty Images; The Smurfs: © NBC/Photofest; Chanel: courtesy of the Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s; Ford: Mike Marsland/WireImage; kimchi: © Pixmann Ltd./Alamy
Kimchi
fashion’s youngest commander-in-chief
Panichgul during
New York Fashion
Week, 2008

Other than yourself, who is your What can’t you travel without? Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann.
favorite designer? Kiehl’s Facial Fuel and a blue Car?
Schiaparelli. Aloha Rag cardigan. A 1960s Mercedes.
If you could come back as a dress, Last book you read? What was your childhood
what would it be? The Road, by Cormac nickname?
Coco Chanel’s own gold, long- McCarthy. My Thai nickname is Gott.
sleeve dress. Any pets? When and where are you happiest?
If you could come back as a model, A Hemingway cat by the name At home.
who would you be? of Max. What piece of art would you most
Christy Turlington. What’s for breakfast? like to own? Fleetwood
Favorite color? Oatmeal with blueberries and Yayoi Kusama’s Fireflies on the Mac, circa
1970
Tom Ford, Cobalt blue. bananas. Water.
2008
Junk food? At age seven, you wanted to be… What are your favorite vacation Ignatius Reilly in A Confederacy
Lay’s Ketchup chips. The Prime Minister of spots? of Dunces.
What are you most vain about? Thailand, because I wanted to Coso, California; Koh Samui, Favorite musicians?
Keeping my shoes white. wear all white. Thailand. The Smiths and Fleetwood
What are you most shy about? What’s the thing you find easiest to Most treasured possession? Mac.
Speaking French and Thai. forgive? My childhood photographs. I’m If you weren’t a designer, what
If you could come back with someone Tardiness. not attached to things, just would you be?
else’s body, whose would it be? What’s the thing you find impossible memories. I guess that’s the A pianist.
I like mine. to forgive? Buddhist in me. What current trends would you like
Who are your fantasy dinner-party Too much makeup. Your favorite fictional character? to see disappear?
guests? Biggest self-indulgence? Shredded tights.
The Smurfs at a picnic in Smurf Korean food. Favorite trend of all time?
Village. Favorite place to shop? Boyfriend clothes and high-
Fantasy celebrity one-night stand? Martin Margiela. waisted jeans.
There are so many…. Whose diary would you most like to Worst trend of all time?
Coco
Chanel, Favorite place to have a drink? read? A Confederacy
of Dunces
Grillz.
1937 Drinking plum shochu in the Tom Ford’s. Always…
The
yakitori stalls under the bridge Least favorite food? Hungry.
Smurfs near the Ginza district in Tokyo. Kiwi. Never…
Underwear? If you were an inventor, what would Full.
Hanes white boxers. you invent?
A flying car or transporter.
Who are your favorite furniture
designers? Common
Projects
Wiener Werkstätte and white
sneakers

Blue Pianist
watercolor Glenn Gould
on paper Mercedes Benz
Turlington, 300SL Roadster
1990
Thailand Prime Minister Lay’s
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chips
 ELLE FASHION KNOW-IT-ALL
LOOK SHARP
Phi
Derek
Lam
Proenza
Schouler
Model
wearing
Armani,
1982
Dear FKIA,
Recently I’ve noticed some
Armani-like pieces that I
really like. How should I
wear them?
—Kelley, Indiana
Dear Kelley,
Yes, we’re in the midst of
a Giorgio Armani revival.
Armani has long known
what a new generation of
designers are only now
learning: What goes around
comes around.
The irony, of course, is
that while some insiders
over the years have quite
vocally bemoaned Armani’s
refusal to bow to the winds
of change, his steadfast love
of those strong-shouldered,
peplumed nip-waist jackets
and jumpsuits, and high-
waisted, pleated, blouson
dhoti pants is now making
a laughingstock out of
his naysayers. How could
they not have known
that someday those exact
markers of Armani’s DNA
would be what the hipsters
at Beatrice Inn in New York
City and Winston’s in L.A.
would tout as the must-have
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From bondage dressing to an Armani-
inspired revival, designers are breaking out
the showstoppers. Fashion Know-It-All Anne
Slowey shows you how to master the mix
Armani poses with
models in Milan, 1993
looks of the season?
Armani secured his
multibillion- dollar empire
with the help of a stable of
’80s superstars: Michelle
Pfeiffer, Julia Roberts,
and Lauren Hutton, who
were always tastefully chic,
never giving two hoots
about whether critics
perceived what they
wore as cool or not. Ever
since, business has been
booming. Which, of
course, is the real moral of
the story: If you don’t care
what people think, then
the joke is never on you.
Not an advocate of lazy
dressing or slouchy chic,
unless it involved one of
his perfectly draped jackets
or trousers, Armani sees
women as elegant and
worldly, hence the touch
of flash and razzmatazz,
not unlike what that
other great Euro-chic
’80s designer, Krizia, was
known for. Now that a new
generation is rediscovering
the pleasures of dressing
up, it’s exactly this type of
bougie decadence that a
crop of talented kids like
Jack and Lazaro of Proenza
Schouler are tapping
into with their beaded
jumpsuits, or Derek Lam
with his lamé pants and
long jackets. There’s an
old-world feel to it that to
pull off requires a certain
smoldering attitude, so
unless you like flaunting it,
this might not be the trend
for you. But give it a try.
Isn’t it time all eyes were
on you?
Narciso
Rodriguez
Dear FKIA,
My boyfriend is always
begging me to dress up in
bondage, but I think it’s so
trashy!
—Jen, Madison, Wisconsin
Dear Jen,
While stuck for hours at
an airport recently, I was
reduced to reading a popular
travel memoir that was
filled with so many clichés
about food, spirituality,
sex, and love that it made
me realize that anyone
can write a best-seller, and
the more self-indulgent,
the better! (I should have
opted for the crime thriller.)
I didn’t think the cringe
factor could get any higher
until the author divulged
her masturbatory exploits
involving handmaidens and
wrists bound with silk sashes.
Ugh. Russ Meyer and the
recently departed Bettie Page
are surely turning over in
their graves.
Now, I’m not saying you
should make your boyfriend
feel bad about asking you to
toughen up when it comes
to his dream date. I’m just
saying that unless you are
a true iconoclast (Grace
Jones), extremely funny (Amy
Poehler), or just plain raunchy
(Robin Byrd), please don’t
share the seamier details
Rodarte
of your private life with the
unwitting public. Sometimes it’s
just better to dress the part than
talk about it, especially when it
comes to S&M-inspired fashion.
(There’s a reason those porno
stars don’t talk much.)
Thankfully, the fine line
between what is tasteful and
what is not is precisely where
talented designers come in
and save the day. This season,
a few of them took the idea of
banding, the provenance of
Hervé Léger in the ’80s, and
gave it a fresh twist so you
can be both whip-smart and
elegant. Rodarte’s ballerina
tutus, Thakoon’s garden-party
variety mini, and Rodriguez’s
body-conscious sheaths—even
the nondominatrix Michelle
Obama couldn’t resist wearing
a tamed-down version of one
the night of the presidential
election—all up the cool
quotient.
The trick to wearing
anything overtly sexy—and
popular writers could take this
to heart— is that less is way
more than enough! Stay away
from jewelry, pointy pumps,
Armani portrait and Armani model: © Vittoriano Rastelli/Corbis; I Love Lucy: © Bettmann/Corbis;
and slouchy bags, and go for
a bright red lip, à la Robert
Palmer’s girls. These dresses
need multistrap, razor-edged
accessories that are as hard-
core as they are.
Jones: Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images; runway: Marcio Madeira
I Love
Lucy,
circa
1950s
Thakoon
Grace
Jones,
1989
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Barrera

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FOR TARGET, $50, at select Target stores nationwide | 4. Snakeskin sandals, ZORAIDE, $1,295, at Dighton Rhode, Greenwich, CT | 5. Jeweled grosgrain belt, DOLCE & GABBANA, $4,950, visit dolcegabbana.it |
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 ELLE FASHION TRENDS
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, CIRCA 1970

Oh,
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ORGANIC PAUL SMITH DIANE VON FURSTENBERG
DESIGNERS FORGE A NEW
FRONTIER WITH CRAFTY
ACCESSORIES, PLAIDS,
STRIPES, AND FADED
FLOWER PRINTS
MARC JACOBS
1. Roger Vivier

Vivier clutches and D&G wedge: courtesy of the designers; Marc by Marc Jacobs shirt: Devon Jarvis (styling by Eddy Alcantara for Mark Edward Inc.); remaining still lifes: Devon Jarvis (styling
by Bill Laughlin for Mark Edward Inc.); runway: Marcio Madeira; backstage: Imaxtree.com; Little House on the Prairie: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; for details, see Shopping Guide
3. Leslie Shershow

8. Marc by Marc Jacobs

4. Luella
1. Designer Name

2. Marc Jacobs

7. D&G

6. Moschino Cheap and Chic

5. D&G

1. Wicker clutches, ROGER VIVIER, $925 each, at Roger Vivier, NYC | 2. Plaid voile blouse, $595, striped linen sundress, $1,200, Lurex sash, $695, all, MARC JACOBS, at Marc Jacobs, NYC | 3. Bronze, copper,
and silver antler necklace on gold-plated chain, LESLIE SHERSHOW, $320, at Fact and Fancy, Brooklyn | 4. Poplin top, LUELLA, $512, visit luella.com | 5. Goatskin wedge, D&G, $950, visit dolcegabbana.it |
6. Bow-trim straw hat, MOSCHINO CHEAP AND CHIC, price upon request, call 212-460-5500 | 7. Printed bra, $70, brief, $45, both, D&G, at select Nordstrom | 8. Cotton shirt, MARC BY MARC JACOBS, $228, at Marc
by Marc Jacobs stores nationwide

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Explorers
Club SEEN AT:
BOTTEGA VENETA LANVIN DIOR
DISCOVER LIVELY BATIKS
AND ACCESSORIES
INSPIRED BY THE ART 3. Dior

AND NATURAL BEAUTY

OF AFRICA
JUNYA WATANABE 1. Anna Sui
2. Tory Burch

Vuitton sandal, Carrera y Carrera bracelet, and Dior bag: courtesy of the designers; remaining still lifes: Devon Jarvis (styling by Bill Laughlin for Mark Edward Inc.);
4. Just Cavalli

1. Designer Name 5. Alexis Bittar

runway: Marcio Madeira; backstage: Imaxtree.com; for details, see Shopping Guide

7. Carrera y Carrera

6. Dior

8. Louis Vuitton

1. Cotton dress, ANNA SUI, $409, at select Nordstrom | 2. Silk dress, TORY BURCH, $695, call 866-480-8679 | 3. Ivory resin necklace, DIOR, $1,755, at Dior, NYC | 4. Cotton skirt, JUST CAVALLI, $435, call
212-888-4333 | 5. Coral drop earrings, ALEXIS BITTAR, $290 per pair, visit alexisbittar.com | 6. Calfskin and galuchat bag, DIOR, $4,150, at Dior, Beverly Hills | 7. Gold bracelet with diamonds, CARRERA Y
CARRERA, price upon request, visit carreraycarrera.com | 8. Python and leather sandal, LOUIS VUITTON, $2,700, call 866-VUITTON

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CONSTRUCTION-PAPER CUTOUTS

Paper
Dolls
EVOKE CHILDHOOD
SEEN AT:
A.F. VANDEVORST GILES VIKTOR & ROLF

CHARM WITH EYELET

TOPS, WHIMSICAL
ACCESSORIES, AND
LASER-CUT ACCENTS 1. Roberto Cavalli
FENDI
8. Leila Batten

6. Fendi
7. Alexis Bittar

Still lifes: Devon Jarvis (styling by Bill Laughlin for Mark Edward Inc.); runway: Marcio Madeira; backstage:
Imaxtree.com; paper dolls: © Kelly Redinger/Design Pics/Corbis; for details, see Shopping Guide
2. Modernist

3. Jill Antonishak for

Finch Metal

4. Tithi Kutchamuch and

Nutre Arayavanish of TT:NT

5. Viktor & Rolf

1. Leather jacket, ROBERTO CAVALLI, $3,878, at select Roberto Cavalli Boutique nationwide | 2. Georgette top, $968, duchesse satin baroque-detail neckpiece, $465, both, MODERNIST, visit modernistonline.com |
3. Sterling silver necklace, JILL ANTONISHAK FOR FINCH METAL, $42, visit finchmetal.com | 4. Paper rings, TITHI KUTCHAMUCH AND NUTRE ARAYAVANISH OF TT:NT, $53 for a set of 12 rings, visit tithi.info | 5. Silk-
detail leather sandal, VIKTOR & ROLF, $1,030, visit viktor-rolf.com | 6. Lace appliqué skirt, FENDI, $3,280, call 800-FENDI-NY | 7. Porcelain floral-detail necklace, ALEXIS BITTAR, $445, at Alexis Bittar, NYC |
8. Sterling silver and origami-detail paper bracelet, LEILA BATTEN, $225, visit leilabatten.com

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Lovely
Bones
FROM (LITERAL)
SEEN AT:
CHRISTIAN LACROIX JEREMY LAING GILES

Courteille ring: courtesy of the designers; McQueen jacket: Mark Platt (styling by Eddy Alcantara for Mark Edward Inc.); LaCroix necklace: Devon Jarvis (styling by Eddy Alcantara for Mark Edward Inc.); remaining still lifes:
1. Lydia Courteille
SKULLCAPS TO OSSIFIED
PRINTS, SPRING BRINGS
SKELETONS OUT OF
THE CLOSET
RODARTE

8. Christian Lacroix

2. Alexander McQueen

Devon Jarvis (styling by Bill Laughlin for Mark Edward Inc.); runway: Marcio Madeira; for details, see Shopping Guide
7. Delfina Delettrez

5. Christophe Coppens

3. Lady Grey

6. Natalia Brilli 4. Alexander McQueen

1. Diamond and crystal ring, LYDIA COURTEILLE, price upon request, visit lydiacourteille.com | 2. Silk-blend skeleton crystal print jacket, $4,270, Lycra leggings, $975, both, ALEXANDER M C QUEEN, at
Alexander McQueen, NYC | 3. Cast bronze mink bone bangles, LADY GREY, $235 each, at Curve, NYC | 4. Leather toe-detail pump, ALEXANDER M C QUEEN, $1,865, at Maxfield, L.A. | 5. Sequined skull hat,
CHRISTOPHE COPPENS, $3,865, at Beyond 7, NYC | 6. Lambskin bag, NATALIA BRILLI, $1,645, at Alchemist, Miami Beach, FL | 7. Black diamond and ruby brooch, DELFINA DELETTREZ, price upon request,
visit delfinadelettrez.com | 8. Plexi-fiber necklace, CHRISTIAN LACROIX, $670, call 212-753-2569

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S
RIE
S SO
CE
AC
Chain-metal-cage-heel
sandal, YVES SAINT
LAURENT, $2,395, at
Bergdorf Goodman, NYC

Triangle-steel-heel sandal,
PROENZA SCHOULER, $1,195,
visit proenzaschouler.com
Photographed by Svend Lindbaek (styling by Dylan Egon Samuels); for details, see Shopping Guide

La Cage
Aux Folles
SCALE GREAT HEIGHTS
WITH SERIOUSLY
STRUCTURAL SHOES
Edited by
Ellyn Chestnut
and
Kate Davidson Hudson

Steel-case-heel sandal, ENNIO

CAPASA COSTUME NATIONAL,
$960, at Barneys New York

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Python cutout boot,

DEVI KROELL, $1,550,
visit devikroell.com

Barely
Legal
KILLER BONDAGE HEELS ARE
FASHION’S NEW FETISH

Leather platform sandal,

GUCCI, $1,215, visit gucci.com

Photographed by Svend Lindbaek (styling by Dylan Egon Samuels); for details, see Shopping Guide

Satin ankle-strap pump,

JIL SANDER, $945, at
Jil Sander, NYC

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Leather sandal, FENDI,

$640, call 800-FENDI-NY

Leather sandal,
MARNI, $850, at
Marni Boutique
nationwide

Photographed by Svend Lindbaek (styling by Dylan Egon Samuels); for details, see Shopping Guide

Sport
Utility
FROM RACING STRIPES TO Patent leather sandal,
PIERRE HARDY, $980,

ELASTIC ANKLE STRAPS, visit pierrehardy.com

STRONG PLATFORMS ARE

THE NEW SHAPE
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Boarskin bag, KATE SPADE,
$245, visit katespade.com

Leather-trim alligator
bag, NINA RICCI, price
upon request, at Bergdorf
Goodman, NYC

Nina Ricci bag: courtesy of designer; remaining: photographed by Svend Lindbaek

(styling by Dylan Egon Samuels); for details, see Shopping Guide

Chain
Gang
HEAVY METAL BAGS ARE
BOLD ENOUGH TO HANDLE
A POWER LUNCH OR A Patent leather bag, LANVIN, $1,505,

PRIVATE RENDEZVOUS at Susan, Burlingame, San Francisco

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 ELLE FASHION JEWELRY NEWS

HISTORY From ancient tigers’ teeth to

1920s French stones, old is new
again. By Whitney Vargas
LESSONS LOCK UP
Tiffany & Co. is mining the
archives for its new Tiffany
Keys collection. The line
includes 18-karat-gold and
sterling silver talismans based
on the company’s original
hand-carved keys, which were
used to unlock keepsake boxes
and steamer trunks. According
to the storied brand, each one
guards “a mysterious message
for the key holder to know and
the curious to imagine.”
THE TRIBE HAS SPOKEN

Tanudiredja necklace, Tiffany & Co. pendants, and D’Elia cuffs: Jens Mortensen; Kifu: Melonie Hennessy; remaining images: courtesy of the designers; for details, see Shopping Guide
Platinum and diamond key pendant,
Lydia Courteille may be the go-to French jeweler for all things price upon request, yellow gold key LONDON BRIDGE
pendant, $950, both, Tiffany & Co.,
fantastical and baroque—her rings could rival Queen Victoria’s— visit tiffany.com Last year, Central Saint
but the designer is turning to a more primitive style for spring. Martins grad Mary Katrantzou
Inspired by a trip to Namibia and Kenya, Courteille has created a wowed fashion critics with her
tribal African collection. “It’s incredible that now the trend in debut ready-to-wear line, which
fashion is Africa, because I’ve been working on this idea for two incorporated oversize digital
or three years,” she says of her exotic wood, gold, and turquoise necklace prints on bonded
pieces, before insisting, “It wasn’t a strategic choice!” jersey dresses. This season,
Ebony African mask ring with white and yellow gold, turquoise and pearl she’s gone ahead and actually
necklace-adorned woman ring with yellow gold, both, Lydia Courteille, prices
upon request, visit lydiacourteille.com
produced the jewelry, starting
with her Hyper-Real
Imagery collection, featuring
MADE IN HEAVEN constructivist designs
Heaven Tanudiredja has been reminiscent of 1920s Russian
hunting Eurasia for the antique architect Vladimir Tatlin.
French jet stones that anchor Brass and Perspex necklace,
Mary Katrantzou, $975, visit
his abstract self-titled line. (He marykatrantzou.com
currently has a small team in
Moscow tracking down the
artifacts, which date from SOLO SHOW
Victorian times up to the ’30s.) After years spent designing for private clients, Charlotte Björlin
Now, for the first time, the PARIS MATCH D’Elia is debuting her own namesake collection that includes
frequent Dries Van Noten As daughter of designer parents substantial cuffs and navel-grazing necklaces accented with rare
collaborator is bringing his Ria and Yiouri Augousti, 14- vintage finds, such as Raj-era gold-rimmed tigers’ teeth. “I
jewelry to the United States. year-old Kifu (above) has a wanted to remove superfluous adornment,” says the Swedish-
Blue and golden jet necklace, Heaven head for fashion—literally. born Californian, who based the initial idea for the line on her
Tanudiredja, price upon request, After being cast in the Sofia favorite piece of music: Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G
collection at Henri Bendel, NYC
Coppola–directed Miss Dior Major, played by Yo-Yo Ma.
fragrance commercial, the Sterling silver cuff with antique tiger sabers set in yellow gold, $3,200, sterling
French teenager dreamed up silver cuff set with antique Tuscan revival pin, $3,600, both, Charlotte Björlin
D’Elia, collection at Barneys New York
her own line of headbands—
exotic skins, semiprecious
stones, and all—that play off
the bow on the perfume bottle.

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FRAME GAME From slouchy blazers to tightly curated art

exhibitions, 303 Gallery’s Mariko Munro
knows how to pull things together

TUESDAY9 . .
“I love chains, because they are elegant but
AM
a tiny bit kitsch. I don’t like things to be too
straight.” Sterling silver bracelet with diamond detail,
DAVID YURMAN, price upon request, at David Yurman,
Chicago. Silver-plated cuff, BING BANG BY ANNA
SHEFFIELD, $295, at Barneys New York. Silk skirt,
PRINGLE OF SCOTLAND, $1,095, visit net-a-porter.com

Photographed by Jason McDonald (hair by Jordan M for Bumble and bumble; makeup by Tracey Alfajora for Dior); bracelet, ring, and bag: courtesy of designers; remaining still
(Soften the power suit…)
Munro, standing in 303 Gallery’s
new, expanded space. Wool blazer,
$1,895, cotton-blend pants, $995, both,
MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, at Maison
Martin Margiela, NYC. Cotton shirt,
SENECA RISING, $59, at H. Lorenzo, L.A.
Chain-metal sandals, YVES SAINT LAURENT,
$2,395, at Bergdorf Goodman, NYC.
Rhodium-plated copper necklace, TULESTE
MARKET, $125, visit saks.com. Stainless
steel watch with jewel detail, ROLEX, price
upon request, call 800-36-ROLEX. Rose
gold bracelet, ADELINE CACHEUX, $295, visit
adelinecacheux.com

Mariko Munro’s job at Manhattan’s contem- artist specialist to associate director, a pub- that reflect it, usually in black or white. “You

porary art hot spot, 303 Gallery, seems like a
bit of a dream for an independent fashion
spirit. “You can dress as eccentrically as you
like,” the 28-year-old says happily. But here’s
the rub: “As long as you look pulled together.”
Looking pulled together is, of course, the
first professional challenge of every work-
ing woman’s day. For Munro it became even
more crucial when she was promoted from
lic role that involves liaising not only with
303’s roster of art stars (e.g., Doug Aitken
and Karen Kilimnik) but also with collec-
tors and curators.
Munro grew up in Hawaii wearing T & C
tees and Bongo short shorts and knows how
to master sartorial transformation. First she
defined her style, “androgynous with a Goth
touch,” and she shops only for lasting pieces
lifes: Devon Jarvis (styling by Bill Laughlin for Mark Edward Inc.); for details, see Shopping Guide
never clash, and you can get away with more
when you stick to a palette,” she says. Her fall-
back uniform provides an elegant answer to
jeans-and-a-T-shirt comfort: The Row leg-
gings (“I have them in every fabrication”), a
Velour T-shirt, a loose jacket, and A.P.C.
boots. But she counters classic with edge. “I’ll
wear five pearl studs—in one ear.” Eccentric?
Yeah. Polished? Yes.—MIRANDA PURVES

WEDNESDAY9 A.M.
Cotton blazer, H&M, $60, visit
hm.com. Cotton-blend jersey T-shirt,
REBECCA BEESON, $71, visit
rebeccabeeson.com. Cotton dress, (High/low solutions…)
BOY BY BAND OF OUTSIDERS,
$690, at Confederacy, L.A. Beaded “I don’t wear patterns much,
vintage brass necklace, SUBVERSIVE but a nautical horizontal stripe
JEWELRY BY JUSTIN GIUNTA, $500, is boyish, timeless, and goes
visit subversivejewelry.com. Suede with everything.” Cotton shirt,
pumps, BRIAN ATWOOD, $560, visit MICHAEL STARS, $54, call 877-
brianatwood.com STARTEE. Amber ring, BOTTEGA
VENETA, $640, at Bottega Veneta
Boutique nationwide. Wood and
plastic bracelets, ALDO, $12 each, visit
aldoaccessories.com. Lambskin bag,
ESCADA, $1,590, visit escada.com

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Like Munro’s favorite clothes,
the succulent arrangements from
the Flower Girl in the Earnest
Sewn store are “beautiful but
edgy. I buy them for artists’
birthdays.” Silk dress, $595, caftan,
$425, both, ALEXANDER WANG,
collection at Opening Ceremony, L.A.
and NYC. Cotton pants, MAXSTUDIO
FRIDAY6:30P.M. Silk jumpsuit, DRIES
.COM, $98, visit maxstudio.com. VAN NOTEN, $1,014,
Crystal chain, BEBE, $159, visit bebe visit driesvannoten
.com. Gold-detail sandal, GIUSEPPE .be. Cotton scarf, H&M,
ZANOTTI DESIGN, price upon request, $10, visit hm.com. Gold-
by special order, visit giuseppe-zanotti- plated bracelet, FLUTTER
design.com. Right: White gold and BY JILL GOLDEN,
diamond–detail watch, PATEK PHILIPPE, $150, visit flutternyc
price upon request, visit patek.com .com. Rose gold plate
bracelet, ADELINE
CACHEUX, $295, visit
adelinecacheux.com.
(Artsy accessories…) Cotton linen pump, MIU
MIU, $550, call 888-977-
“Two-tones simplify my life, and I like 1900. Her own necklace
the masculine-feminine mix. Ambiguity and coat
is cool.” Left: Embroidered calf leather bag,
FENDI, $2,790, call 800-FENDI-NY. Below,
from left: Canvas sneaker, CONVERSE, $50,
visit converse.com. Canvas sneaker, CONVERSE
1HUND(RED) ARTIST JEFF HAMADA, $55, at
select Dillard’s. Canvas sneaker, CONVERSE
1HUND(RED) ARTIST ANDREW MANIA, $60, at
select Macy’s
Photographed by Jason McDonald (hair by Jordan M for Bumble and bumble; makeup by Tracey Alfajora

SATURDAY5 P.M.
for Dior); sneakers and Fendi bag: courtesy of designers; remaining still lifes: Devon Jarvis (styling by

“I always throw in a
random element, like a zebra
print.” Wool blazer, BOY BY
BAND OF OUTSIDERS, $1,775,
at Barneys New York. Tank top,
OBESITY AND SPEED, $110, visit
obesityandspeed.com. Cotton
blouse, MARC JACOBS, $595,
at Marc Jacobs, NYC. Jeans,
Bill Laughlin for Mark Edward Inc.); for details, see Shopping Guide

EARNEST SEWN, $195, visit net-

a-porter.com. Cotton canvas bag
with leather trim, LONGCHAMP,
$345, visit longchamp.com.
Leather bag, FRANCESCO
BIASIA, $378, call 800-865-
5422. Left: Cotton-blend vest,
CONVERSE BY JOHN VARVATOS,
$195, at Knit Wit, Philadelphia (Boyish basics…)
“I carry an almost generic-
looking Margiela bag, and
I swear by Converse. If
something is so classic, even
if it’s $30, you look fine. I
just bring them up with nicer
pants.” Teflon-coated cotton
twill coat, BURBERRY PRORSUM,
$2,395, visit burberry.com.
Leather bag, MAISON MARTIN
MARGIELA, $1,395, at Maison
Martin Margiela, NYC

(For a wild ride…)

“The other day, the
very stylish artist
Mary Heilmann
came in wearing black
polka-dot tights and
hoodie with a white
striped top. How
inspiring!” Calfskin
brogue shoes, POLLINI,
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 ELLE FASHION WORK/POWER/MONEY
In fashion, as in life, you can’t win if
WORK-ITGIRL you don’t play. But what, asks Rachel
Rosenblit, is the nature of the game?
There’s this great Samuel
Beckett quote I like to repeat
to myself in a fired-up, Oprah-
would-high-five-me kind of
way: “Ever tried, ever failed, no
matter. Try again. Fail again.
Fail better.” It’s that last part
with its catchy cadence that I
make my mantra as I pretend
that’s the kind of person I am:
out on a limb, tireless, fearless,
unencumbered by expectations.
No shame: There’s honor in fail-
ure! Fail better! Make it count!
But while the kind of
person who busts out that
quote and means it is who I
want to be, it’s not who I am.
When doubt creeps in and I
suspect I don’t have what it
takes to pull something off,
I’m not noble or poetic. I’m
altogether resistant. And
when it comes to my ward-
robe…check, please.
As a kid, I loved
fashion for its glamour and
otherworldliness—the
same reason I wanted to
be She-Ra, Princess of
Power—but neither ever
struck me as attainable.
College was Northwest-
ern’s journalism school,
where conspicuously do-
ing crossword puzzles in
pen counted as flirtation
and fashion was synony-
mous with fleece.
So after landing, some-
what inexplicably, at a fashion magazine, I
was relieved that jeans trumped business
suits, but oh, how new I was. To wit, jeans
are not just jeans—there’s an ever-chang-
ing right color and cut. And if you thought
working mostly with women is like a slum-
ber party where you show up unshaven and
sporting flannel—wrong again. Close up,
fashion isn’t a fantasy but a business, a pre-
carious enterprise with distinct seasons
and even more distinct faux pas.
So I followed the mellow brick road all
the way to smug and said: I give up. I
won’t risk ending up a fashion hamster—
exhausting myself trying, never quite pull-
ing it off—but I will always, always know
where the comma goes. And the rest of you
label-obsessed waist-cinchers and foot-pain-
bearers can work at looking strut-worthy,
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but no way can you spell carburetor or kick
my ass in Scrabble. Right?
The fashion-industry reality, however, is
that your look is an endorsement of your
own ambition: Anything goes, but every-
one notices. And anyone who’s failing better
than me is also more likely to succeed.
If this is all starting to sound like the
fashion identity crisis in The Devil Wears
Prada, well, it is. In the movie, you’ll
remember, Anne Hathaway’s Andy Sachs
is forced to realize that her aversion to fash-
ion isn’t helping her career or life; fashion is
art, expression, an industry born of inno-
vation but constantly feeding on history;
all this frivolous nonsense is anything but.
That’s where the similarities end. Andy
hails from Hollywood, where a magazine’s
fashion closet is a free-for-all and pivotal
transformations are set to pop music and
take three and a half minutes. Here in the
real world, my salary hardly covers break-
fast, let alone a wow-inducing wardrobe. A
metamorphosis like Andy’s wouldn’t take a
pop song; it would take a village.
Enter the battalion: Seth, the label lover
who dismisses all my shoes as “orthopedic
sandals”; Annie, spewer of diplomatic lines
like, “You have your own thing going—
that’s cool!”; and Jade, the market editor
for whom black is always the new black.
The goal: to wrestle me out of my loose
cottons and tap into the potential they saw
that I always felt too intimidated to explore.
They got me into a Banana Republic short
print dress and vintage motorcycle jacket
(this passes as professional garb—believe
it!), but I soon found out that these were
merely an homage to the shoes: Christian
Louboutin black patent leather six-inch
spiked heel platforms. “I always dress from
the shoe up,” Jade told me as I stuffed my
cowering feet into those twin peaks of
glamour. Or is it torture? After an hour, I
thought I needed X-rays.
But they were magnificent. I felt a bit like
an impostor, but I also felt smarter, not just
sexier. I walked differently: In shoes like
those, you must focus on every step, as if
learning the tango. The confidence of your
own swagger seduces you.
I swaggered into our editorial meeting
that morning, and the reaction was instant.
Shock mixed with shock. Some asked me if
I was going on interviews. Others used
words like sex bomb and awesome. In the
lobby, the security guard—who each day
acts like he’s never seen me before and
makes me rifle through my bag for my ID
as I murmur, “Two and a half years…you’ve
got to be kidding me”—said nothing but
“You look nice,” and waved me through.
All day, I had the feeling I belonged
wherever I was—and a subsequent pang of
despair that maybe the “impostor” was
who I was yesterday, the girl masquerading
in the baggy jeans and orthopedic sandals.
The next day, Seth was beaming. “We
got you some skinny jeans.” Ah, yes—the
“right” kind.
“No!” I protested. “Uh-uh. No. I draw
the line at those…things.”
Skinny jeans, with their ’80s tapered leg
and overdose of spandex, are a trend I’ve
avoided to the point of anger. They perfectly
embody why I shun trends in the first place:
Not only are you obviously trying, but
you’re trying to look like everyone else! But
Seth wouldn’t leave until I sucked it up,
sucked it in, and pulled on the jeans, all the
while thinking (1) I have blatantly sold out,
and (2) Is that my butt? Wow. “Something
weird is happening to me,” I said, as Seth
rolled his eyes as if to say, Finally. “Don’t tell
anyone,” I whispered, “but I never want to
take these off.” And then: “Please don’t
make me give them back.”
That night, I met up with Rachel, an old
friend who’s been forever plagued by gor-
geousness and charm. She’s never met a
boy who didn’t start out lust-struck and end
up tormented. I wore the jeans, wore the
shoes, did my hair, put on makeup. Noth-
ing was going to show up her effervescence,
but it’s about trying, right? Failing better.
The entire night, I could barely blink
without attracting another hovering guy. I
don’t know if it was the jeans, but—no, I
know it was the jeans. I don’t know for sure
that it was the way they looked, but I do
know for sure that it was the way I felt.
Back at home, I wondered why I had
always been so wary of caring too much,
trying too hard. For one thing, it’s the fear
that dressing to impress is announcing,
“I’ve scoured my brain, my very soul, and it
turns out that this is all I’ve got going for
me.” But why am I worrying about some-
one else’s ability to see past my cocktail
ring? Isn’t that ultimately their problem?
There’s one thing that all women know,
though many of us worry we’ll be crucified
for admitting it in a postfeminist world:
Turning heads is a bona fide high that
never, ever gets old. And if I beat myself up
Laura Geiser
for chasing that high, I’m making it more
important than a pair of heels ever could.
Christian Louboutin never hurt anyone.
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JELLY CANDY The master of the driving

moc tackles an ’80s favorite this
spring with a yummy collection of jelly

,
sandals in pink, silver, navy, and red. But
lovers of the traditional Tod’s look, fear
not—classic touches abound, including
these cute fuchsia tassels. tods.com

FLYING HIGH Designers Viktor & Rolf

unveil their line of suitcases for
Tods sandal and Erickson Beamon for Target cuff: Vicente Pouso; Hardy sandal: Len Lagrua; Topshop runway: Marcio Madeira; remaining images: courtesy of the designers, club, and stores

Samsonite Black Label this month,

inspired by the good old days

,
of happy traveling.
samsoniteblacklabel.com

KISS AND TELL Topshop’s delightful

spring collection is full of heartwarming
original prints and whimsy—perfect
for your crush du jour. Our favorite?
This kiss-o-meter tankdress, styled
by professional cool girl Katie Grand. SHOPTALK Armani has opened a
topshop.com megastore in midtown Manhattan.
Check out the corner shop for
hard-to-find specialties, including the
designer’s very own line of chocolates.
TAKE TWO Pierre Hardy can’t get
armani5thavenue.com
enough of the Gap. The in-demand
shoe designer, best known for his own
surrealist line and that of Balenciaga,
is creating his second collection for the
great big American brand, starting with
this $98 green suede platform
sandal. gap.com

NIGHT WATCH North London’s newest

hot spot, Double Club, comes courtesy
of Fondazione Prada and artist
Carsten Höller, who transformed
an old Victorian warehouse into a
dinner and dancing boîte. It’s open for
only six months—so run, don’t walk.
thedoubleclub.co.uk

VIVE LE BAG Roger Vivier, the French

SHIMMY OVER Diesel has conquered Fifth
Avenue with a new 20,000-square-
foot flagship, complete with multilevel
DJ booths and exclusive items, like
this denim bikini. Even the logo—the
two-story letters made of black steel—
dominates the scene. diesel.com
LOUIS, LOUIS In honor of his new Stephen
Sprouse bag and clothing line for
Louis Vuitton, designer Marc Jacobs
has unveiled an exclusive graffiti print
version of Rizzoli’s new monograph on
the late artist. louisvuitton.com
luxury house behind some of the most
fanciful feathered shoes known to
woman, is debuting its custom leather
Cut-Up bag, based on its signature
Metro collection. For $1,875, you can
spell out anything you like in a myriad of
rich colors and witty symbols. The best
part? The whole process takes only
four weeks. rogervivier.com
SMALL CHANGE Just in time for
spring’s major accessories craze
comes Erickson Beamon for Target.
The limited edition costume jewelry,
frequently seen on the runways at
Anna Sui and Alice Temperley, will be
available for $60 and under. Think,
Bigger—and bedazzling—is better.
target.com

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SEEING IS
Whether it’s the Dominican Republic
or New York City’s skyline, Joel Diaz
BELIEVING
takes it all in for his bold new collection
“It was just teachers and
students lost in the jungle,” says
Jolibe designer Joel Diaz of
his training at the remote Altos
de Chavon School of Design
in his native Dominican
Republic. “Now when I design
I close my eyes and go back
to that place.” Diaz has since
traded the mountains of the
DR for New York City. In
2000 he landed a job working
closely with Helmut Lang,
designing and fitting the
brand’s celebrity clients—a
service he still provides to
stars, like Natalie Portman,
who call him to adjust
anything from film wardrobes
SOFT WEAR
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to red-carpet gowns. In 2007
Diaz launched his simple,
architectural line with his
wife, Christina LaPens. The
spring collection draws on the
organic silhouettes Diaz honed
as a student, and on NYC’s art
deco–style buildings (which
he translated into frosty
silk organza eveningwear).
“Everything I see comes
through in my work, even
though it’s not deliberate,” he
says. Tapping into LaPens’
textile training—there are
looms in the couple’s Chelsea
studio—the pair also sent select
pieces from the collection to be
embroidered in Afghanistan
by widows whose husbands
were killed by the Taliban,
a project made possible by
Afghan Hands, an education-
business program started by
well-known NYC makeup
artist Matin Maulawizada,
who was born there. “We like
Jolibe: Christina LaPens; Form: photographed by Glynnis McDaris (hair by Elizabeth Morache for RUSK products at Workgroup-ltd.com; makeup by Sara Glick for Jurlique at artmixbeauty.com; models: Nina and Olesva at Ford)
collaborating with traditional
craftspeople,” says LaPens.
“Then we challenge the
aesthetic and make it our
own.”—Alexa Brazilian
From top left: Jolibe designer Diaz;
looks from the spring collection
NYC label Form’s simple tailored clothes
get a gentle push from Tara Subkoff
WHO: Form designer Jerry Tam
Bliss Lau
LAST-MINUTE BRILLIANCE: A subtle tie-
and director of operations dye wash treatment applied
Eric Werner to draped column dresses two
WHAT: An ethereal spring weeks before the show
collection and the label’s street- ON THE HORIZON: Form’s flagship
chic runway show, styled and store opens in NYC this
art-directed by former Imitation September.—A.B.
of Christ designer Tara Subkoff
WHERE: NYC
WHY TO BUY: Grecian goddess
gowns in relaxed materials
such as Supima gauze, arid
cotton, and billowy silk
CONNECTION: “Jerry was Tara’s
intern at Imitation of Christ.
Whenever we need a unique
perspective, we call her.”
INSPIRATION: “The S and C curves
of the rococo movement and the
combination of blue, smoke gray,
and khaki, which remind us of
the desert meeting the ocean.”
TRAPPINGS: Medieval hair jewelry
made especially for the show From left: Looks from Form’s spring
by friend and NYC designer collection; Werner and Tam
 ELLE FASHION NEWS NEW DESIGNERS
New York designer Stephanie Tran taps
a childhood friendship for her debut
Duskin collection

When STEPHANIE TRAN started
sketching soft silhouettes
for her first collection, the
Brooklyn designer had one
girl in mind: her childhood
friend Thea Duskin. “She
was really pretty and slightly
rough around the edges, and
lived with her eccentric British
parents in this crumbling
old Victorian in upstate New
York,” says Tran, who not
only named her clothing line
Duskin, but kept returning
to memories of the house’s
overgrown gardens and dusty
bookshelves for inspiration.
The effect is a whimsical
debut of silk slipdresses, low-
slung blazers, and boyfriend
trousers in faded pastels
and basic black that share a
sensitive calm—the kind of
pieces a twenty-first century
Virginia Woolf heroine
would wear if, like Tran, she
toughened them up with
Victorian mourning lace and
studded boots. “It’s a very
romantic collection, but it’s for
a tomboy at heart,” says the
designer. The line also taps
into the season’s new pajama
trend, which isn’t such a
coincidence considering Tran’s
last job was launching lingerie
and loungewear for Forever 21.
(Tran, 30, has also worked as a
magazine accessories editor, a
celebrity stylist, and an event
planner.) “I wanted to design
things that are very reflective
Duskin: Photographed by Jason McDonald (hair by Vanessa Mitchell at Artmixbeauty.com; makeup by Sara Glick for Dior at Artmixbeauty.com; models: Rosa at Elite and Mey Bun at NY Models); Myne: courtesy of the designer
of me,” says the creative pixie,
giving an example of how she
spent the previous evening at
home tea-staining (with Earl
Grey) a favorite T-shirt while
listening to Adam Green’s
droning “Dance With Me” on
repeat. As for her old friend
Thea: The last Tran heard,
she’d become a tattoo artist in
Virginia.—Whitney Vargas
From left: Tran; models reflect in Duskin,
spring ’09; Tran’s new muse, NYC
indie-folk singer Rebecca Schiffman;
Duskin spring ’09 in the designer’s
Williamsburg apartment

With her Myne collection, Ashley Ann

brings a sunny and body-hugging new
view to L.A. fashion
without being too feminine.”
WHO: Ashley Ann, 26, Myne PLAYLIST: Bob Dylan, Neil
designer Young, MGMT, the Killers
WHAT: Streamlined silk HOMETOWN: Los Angeles
minidresses with emphasized DESIGN BACKGROUND: Wardrobe
necklines and fitted bodices assistant on Warner Bros.
WHERE: Shopbop.com; Milk, in films. “I had to dress 300
L.A.; Big Drop, in New York City extras in Japanese military
PRICE: $350 for a cocktail dress regalia for The Last Samurai.”
COLOR SCHEME: Abstract cherry FASHION EPIPHANY: “When I was
pink florals, grass green, acid 13, my grandmother gave
lime. “Living in L.A., I like me a sewing machine. My
really upbeat, cheerful colors.” mother would buy me these
DETAILS: Tiny kick pleats, covered cute clothes, and then, to her
buttons. “Nothing is too fussy horror, I’d rip them apart and
or ruffled. I don’t like frilly.” redesign them.”
PHILOSOPHY: “I’m more focused on TEN-YEAR PLAN: Create a lower-
fit than trends. I don’t want to priced line. “All these
design disposable fashion.” designers say they’re doing
MUSE: “Rachel Bilson has a cheaper secondary lines and
unique vintage style that still then claim nothing is over
always looks fresh.” $600. Since when is a $600
RUNWAY INSPIRATION: Stella top affordable?”—W.V.
McCartney. “She makes
Three youthfully sexy looks from Ashley
pretty clothes seem supercool Ann’s spring ’09 Myne collection

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 I N S I D E MUST-HAVE JUMPSUITS, FRINGE GALORE, SPRING’S WILDEST HANDBAGS, AND MORE…

Edited by
Joann Pailey

E LLE
Bow-detail cotton
top, SONIA BY SONIA

The
RYKIEL, $115, at
BNYC, Brooklyn

v a l G u i d e
Survi
e m pant
r
a ha psuit
Rykiel top: Mark Platt (styling by Anita Salerno for RJ Bennett Represents); remaining still lifes: Mark Platt (styling by Eddy Alcantara for Mark Edward Inc.);

Chiffon lantern
e
Kisan: courtesy of the store; gold seal: © Georgios Kollidas/Alamy; runway: Marcio Madeira; Hermès notebook: Mark Platt; for details, see Shopping Guide

d l pants, THAKOON,

Han ff a jum r pads ies

$940, at Bergdorf
Goodman, NYC
o r
Pull shoulde t accesso Silk and linen bustier
jumpsuit, STELLA
k s
Attac n the be
MCCARTNEY, $2,395, at
Stella McCartney, NYC
o
Pile

Fringe-detail suede
bag, HERMÈS, price
upon request, to special
order at Hermès stores
nationwide

Kisan Wool jacket, LOUIS

VUITTON, $1,801, visit
louisvuitton.com
ELLE’s Top Shop: Kisan, 125 Greene Street, NYC. Visit
kisanstore.com

Why we love it: One can find something special for $1.50 or
$4,000, along with hard-to-find European designers.
Vibe: Clean, colorful, and relaxed with a world-traveler twist
What’s there: Japanese children’s line Muchacha; jewelry by
Parisian designer Isabel Marant; Jérôme Dreyfuss handbags;
clothes from Vanessa Bruno, Orla Kiely, Ports 1961, and
Megan Park; coffee-table books and cool design items
Projected wait-list item: Sonia Rykiel fortieth anniversary
spring collection dresses
Playlist: French pop: e.g., Carla Bruni and Madeleine Peyroux
A
season full of daring new shapes and materials
makes us wish some designers had included in-
struction manuals with their clothes. With the
comeback of the shoulder pad and the resurgence
of the jumpsuit for spring, the newest trends are daunting to
even the bravest of fashionistas. We created a style guide to
help you tackle these looks with grace and ease, and we urge
you to test your own boundaries and embrace the unexpect-
ed. This spring, it’s all about survival of the chicest!

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The “Bondage” Dress
Crepe shiftdress,
THAKOON, $1,495, at
Bergdorf Goodman, NYC

Viscose dress,
MARCIANO, $138,
at Marciano stores
Zipper-detail rayon- nationwide
blend dress, ROCK &
REPUBLIC, $268, visit
rockandrepublic.com

Vuitton glove: courtesy of the designer; Montaud bracelet: Devon Jarvis (styling by Bill Laughlin for Mark Edward Inc.); Celine dress: Mark Platt (styling by Anita Salerno for RJ Bennett
Represents); remaining still lifes: Mark Platt (styling by Eddy Alcantara for Mark Edward Inc.); runway: Marcio Madeira; Hermès notebook: Mark Platt; for details, see Shopping Guide
Leather-detail
jersey dress,
CELINE, $1,950,
at Celine, Bal
Harbour, FL

NARCISO RODRIGUEZ Silk dress, NARCISO

RODRIGUEZ, $1,950, at
Bergdorf Goodman, NYC

Rayon-blend dress,
HERVÉ LÉGER
BY MAX AZRIA,
$1,050, visit
herveleger.com

Charmeuse dress,
LOEFFLER RANDALL, $645,
visit bloomingdales.com

WEAR IT WITH...
Gold-plate safety
pin and pearl
Patent leather necklace, TOM
hair band with BINNS, $1,200, at
metal bow, Maxfield, L.A.
GIVENCHY
BY RICCARDO Patent leather
TISCI, $305, at charm-detail
Maxfield, L.A. fingerless gloves,
LOUIS VUITTON,
$845, call 866-
VUITTON
Cropped lambskin
jacket, MEMBERS Calf leather pump,
ONLY, $627, visit HUGO, $495, visit
membersonlystyle.com hugoboss.com

Pearl-detail
brass safety pin Printed clutch,
bracelet, MÉDECINE EXPRESS, $35, at
DOUCE BY MARIE select Express stores
MONTAUD, $140, visit nationwide
TRUST US: Play these power dresses off
kimandmaki.com
accents that are both naughty and nice.

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Strass crystal

Animal Print necklace, $2,000,

strass crystal
earrings, $860, both,
Bow-detail silk dress,
LANVIN, collection at
Gail Rothwell, East
DKNY, $345, at select
Hampton, NY
Macy’s nationwide

Silk dress, DEVELOPMENT Leather-trim peep-toe

BY ERICA DAVIES, price Taffeta dress, KAREN pump, NINE WEST, $89, at
upon request, visit WALKER, $550, visit select Macy’s nationwide
developmentbyericadavies.com karenwalker.com

LANVIN

TRUST US: Go totally wild with bright jewels

and patterned heels.

The Nude Look Ribbon-tie

enamel necklace,
LANVIN, $2,875,
Snakeskin
wallet clutch,
BCBGMAXAZRIA,
at Capitol, $298, at select
Charlotte, NC BCBGMaxAzria
Boutique
nationwide

Wang boot: courtesy of the designer; Nine West clutch: Mark Platt (styling by Anita Salerno for RJ Bennett Represents); remaining still lifes: Mark
Platt (styling by Eddy Alcantara for Mark Edward Inc.); runway: Marcio Madeira; Hermès notebook: Mark Platt; for details, see Shopping Guide
Silk crepe jersey
dress, CALVIN
KLEIN COLLECTION,
$4,995, at Calvin
Klein Collection,
Silk dress, NYC Patent leather pump, JESSICA
RODEBJER, $495, SIMPSON COLLECTION, $79, visit
at Castor & Pollux, jessicasimpsoncollection.com
NYC

RODARTE

Satin dress,
LANVIN, $3,878, TRUST US: A nude shift looks elegant
at Dighton Rhode, with matching accessories plus one
Greenwich, CT vibrant, standout piece.

Sequins Fringe-detail PVC

clutch, NINE WEST,
$69, call 800-999-1877

Embellished silk dress,

MANOUSH, $690, visit
manoush.com

Leather boot,
ALEXANDER
WANG, $575, visit
alexanderwang.com

BALMAIN

Amethyst-, resin-, and TRUST US: Sequin dresses lose their

Embellished silk
dress, DEREK LAM, crystal-embellished beauty pageant vibe when worn with a
$4,550, at Neiman satin dress, ANDREW biker-chic platform and clutch.
Marcus GN ATELIER, price upon
request, to special order
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The Jumpsuit

Armani earrings: courtesy of the designer; Lim jumpsuit, Schouler bag, and Savitt bracelet: Mark Platt (styling by Anita Salerno for RJ Bennett Represents); remaining still lifes: Mark Platt (styling by Eddy Alcantara for Mark Edward Inc.); runway: Marcio Madeira;
Silk bustier jumpsuit, Wool jumpsuit, YVES
3.1 PHILLIP LIM, $850, at SAINT LAURENT, $2,170, at
Van Jean, Columbia, SC select Yves Saint Laurent
Boutique nationwide

Silk jumpsuit,
RALPH LAUREN
COLLECTION,
$4,044, at select
Ralph Lauren
stores nationwide
Silk jumpsuit, BEBE
DEREK LAM DESIGN LAB, $149, Zipper-detail cotton
visit bebe.com
jumpsuit, PROENZA
SCHOULER, $975, at
select Neiman Marcus

WEAR IT WITH...

Lucite teardrop earrings,

EMPORIO ARMANI, $155,
at Emporio Armani,
Hermès notebook: Mark Platt; for details, see Shopping Guide

NYC
Embossed leather belt, JESSICA
Plastic sunglasses, H&M, $6, at SIMPSON COLLECTION, $42, visit
select H&M stores nationwide jessicasimpsoncollection.com

Glitter and
crystal–detail sandal,
MIU MIU, $850, at
Neiman Marcus
Crystal-detail
sterling silver
bracelet, M+J
Quilted leather SAVITT, $2,250,
clutch, BADGLEY call 800-H-
MISCHKA BENDEL
PLATINUM, $295, at
S&T, Brooklyn

TRUST US: Though it may seem daunting, the

Patent leather bag, PROENZA jumpsuit is actually the most versatile piece you
SCHOULER, $1,475, at Opening can add to your closet for spring. Go from day to
Ceremony, NYC evening with just a change of accessories.

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Optical Stripes Ornament bracelet,

BANANA REPUBLIC,
$49, visit
bananarepublic.com

Cotton jersey
polo, OPENING
CEREMONY,
$200, at Opening
Ceremony, NYC Silk organza skirt,
BENSONI, $325, visit
bensoni.com

Silk and leather sandal,

DRIES VAN NOTEN,
$608, collection at
Jeffrey, NYC

DRIES VAN NOTEN

Cotton lace-detail polo, Cotton T-shirt, SONIA BY
JUICY COUTURE, $98, in SONIA RYKIEL, $80, at
other colors at Bergdorf Bird, Brooklyn TRUST US: Don’t shy away from graphic
Goodman, NYC prints; wear them all at once for a
mesmerizing effect.

Crop Top
Cotton-blend jeans,
SERFONTAINE, $203, at
Blue Genes, Atlanta

Dries Van Noten sandal, A.P.C. bag, and Sportmax top: Mark Platt (styling by Anita Salerno for RJ Bennett Represents); remaining still lifes: Mark Platt
Gemstone earrings,
ELIE TAHARI, $298, at
Elie Tahari Collection
Boutique, NYC

(styling by Eddy Alcantara for Mark Edward Inc.); runway: Marcio Madeira; Hermès notebook: Mark Platt; for details, see Shopping Guide
Cotton blouse, Crepe de chine
DRIES VAN top, HARLAN
NOTEN, $393, at BEL, $225, at
Jeffrey, NYC Nikki Laura, Calfskin bag, A.P.C.,
NYC $420, visit apc.fr
ALEXANDER WANG

Cotton-blend button-down top, 3.1 TRUST US: Avoid overexposure with

PHILLIP LIM, price upon request, at a concealing high-waisted jean and
3.1 Phillip Lim, West Hollywood bohemian accessories.

Bralet Embellished
cotton
cardigan,
J.CREW,
Polyester-blend top, $298, visit
Cotton top,
CHLOÉ, $825, to SPORTMAX,
jcrew.com
special order at Chloé
$585, at
Boutique nationwide
MaxMara,
NYC

Leather belt, 3.1 PHILLIP

LIM, $325, at 3.1 Phillip
Lim, West Hollywood
Fringe-detail silk bra, Cotton bra top, RÉYES, $180,
ROBERTO CAVALLI, visit reyescollection.com
$1,120, at Roberto
Cavalli Boutique Pleated silk-
nationwide blend shorts,
PORTS 1961 BY
CHLOÉ TIA CIBANI,
$395, at Ports
1961, NYC

TRUST US: Contrast this lingerie shape

with cute ’50s-style pieces.

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Pajama Pants

Tammaro cuffs: Mark Platt (styling by Anita Salerno for RJ Bennett Represents); remaining still lifes: Mark Platt (styling by Eddy Alcantara for Mark Edward Inc.); runway: Marcio Madeira; Hermès notebook: Mark Platt; for details, see Shopping Guide
Hand-
sculpted
medallion
necklace,
SEQUIN, $98,
at Henri
Bendel,
NYC

Sash-detail silk
pants, DOLCE &
GABBANA, $1,695, Python-detail suede
visit dolcegabbana.it waistcoat, BARBARA
BUI, price upon
Silk pants, ETRO, $1,260,
LOUIS VUITTON Silk pants, RACHEL ROY NEW at Etro, NYC
request, at Barbara
Bui, NYC
YORK, $995, visit rachelroy.com
TRUST US: Avoid a “just rolled out of bed”
look by wearing pj pants with a structured
top and a statement necklace.

Harem Pants Silk shirt, ANN

TAYLOR, $89, visit
anntaylor.com

Charmeuse pants,
DIANE VON
FURSTENBERG,
$198, at Diane von
Furstenberg, NYC

Silk pants, TOMMY

HILFIGER, $238, at Coral hoop earrings,
Lamé knit pants, Tommy Hilfiger COUTURE COUTURE
RALPH LAUREN A.B.S BY ALLEN stores nationwide LOS ANGELES, $198, at
SCHWARTZ, $145,
select Nordstrom stores
collection at select
nationwide
Dillard’s stores
nationwide TRUST US: Match the pants’ easy
silhouette with a slinky button-down
and punchy ethnic earrings.

Dhoti Pants Cotton-and-linen-

blend jacket,
RÉYES, $1,315, visit
Cotton jersey pants, Crepe de chine reyescollection.com
MADEWELL, $55, visit pants, RALPH
madewell1937.com LAUREN
COLLECTION,
$2,091, at select
Ralph Lauren
stores nationwide

Nylon cage cuffs,

ANTHONY TAMMARO,
YSL $70 each, visit
objectfetish.com

TRUST US: Imagine these dropped-seam

knickers as a casual skirt, and pair with
Organic cotton jersey tailored classics.
leggings, MAXSTUDIO.COM,
$98, visit maxstudio.com
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The Strong Shoulder
Wool cropped jacket,
CHLOÉ, $2,750, to
special order at Chloé

Marc Jacobs safety pins and Armani wedge: courtesy of the designers; Sportmax blazer: Devon Jarvis (styling by Bill Laughlin for Mark Edward Inc.); Balmain jacket: Devon Jarvis (styling by Eddy Alcantara for Mark Edward Inc.); Chloé jacket:
Boutique nationwide

Mark Platt (styling by Anita Salerno for RJ Bennett Represents); remaining still lifes: Mark Platt (styling by Eddy Alcantara for Mark Edward Inc.); runway: Marcio Madeira; Hermès notebook: Mark Platt; for details, see Shopping Guide
Cotton-coated blazer,
leather belt, both, Cotton blazer,
PROENZA SCHOULER, SPORTMAX, $900,
prices upon request, visit at MaxMara, NYC
proenzaschouler.com

Leather-detail tweed
jacket, MARC JACOBS,
$3,100, at Marc
Jacobs, NYC

Silk blazer, BARBARA

BUI, $3,600, at Barbara
Bui, NYC

MARC JACOBS

Embroidered linen
jacket, BALMAIN, Ruffle-detail
$4,407, at lambskin jacket,
Intermix, NYC 3.1 PHILLIP LIM,
$1,100, at 3.1
Phillip Lim, West
Hollywood

WEAR IT WITH...
Rock crystal and Metallic tweed skirt,
malachite gold safety MARC JACOBS, $625, at
pins, both, MARC Marc Jacobs, NYC
JACOBS, $390 each,
call 212-343-1490

Snake-trim corset belt,

CHLOÉ, $475, at select
Chloé Boutique nationwide

Glass bead–detail
satin wedge,
GIORGIO ARMANI,
$1,150, at Giorgio Silk lamé tops, both,
Armani, NYC PORTS 1961 BY TIA
CIBANI, $585 each, at
Ports 1961, NYC

Gold-plated beaded
bangles, NINE WEST,
$50 for a set of four,
call 800-999-1877

Faux-python clutch, TRUST US: Embrace the sharp shoulder—

H&M, $17, visit hm.com it’s this season’s big news—with a mix of
eclectic, contrasting pieces.

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Cropped Jacket Silk pants, PROENZA

SCHOULER, price upon request,
visit proenzaschouler.com

Crystal, resin, and glass

comb, CHANEL, $2,995,
at select Chanel Boutique
nationwide

Chin ring and Wu blazer: Mark Platt (styling by Anita Salerno for RJ Bennett Represents); Diesel jeans: Devon Jarvis (styling by Bill Laughlin for Mark Edward Inc.); Chanel jacket, Azzaro earrings, and von Furstenberg clutch:
Grosgrain Lacquered
jacket, ZAC raffia jacket,
POSEN, CYNTHIA
$1,415, at STEFFE, $345,
Neiman to special order Glass and gilt bronze
Marcus at Cynthia peony ring, MARK
Steffe, NYC WALSH LESLIE CHIN,
$595, at Capitol,
Charlotte, NC

courtesy of the designers; remaining still lifes: Mark Platt (styling by Eddy Alcantara for Mark Edward Inc.); runway: Marcio Madeira; Hermès notebook: Mark Platt; for details, see Shopping Guide
CHANEL TRUST US: Keep layering simple
Wool-blend knit jacket, ST. JOHN,
and monochromatic,
$1,495, at St. John Boutique, NYC
and accessorize with
ladylike accents.

Bright Blazer Suede weekend bags, both, TOMMY

HILFIGER, $698 each, at Tommy
Hilfiger stores nationwide

Silk jacket,
ALEXANDER
WANG, $625,
collection at
net-a-porter.com

Cotton-blend shorts, BOSS

BLACK, $225, call 800-
HUGO-BOSS
Silk blazer, Satin blazer,
JASON WU, DIANE VON
$1,990, at Tender, FURSTENBERG,
Birmingham, MI $375, at Diane
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ELLEINTELLIGENCE

LIVE GIRLS!
SNL’s newly minted players, Michaela Watkins and Abby Elliott, are already hysterical
Styling by Malina Joseph; hair by Erin Anderson for Woodley and Bunny

on the fly. Live TV shouldn’t be a problem. Photographed by Jason McDonald

Salon at the Wall Group; makeup by Mary Douglas at the Wall Group

Three weeks into their new lives
as cast members on Saturday
Night Live, Michaela Watkins
and Abby Elliott pause from
writing, rehearsing, and
gawking at Andy Samberg to
discuss their seemingly surreal
ascent to the Big Show.
“Congratulations!” says
Watkins. “You’re taking our
interview virginity!” explains
Elliott. They haven’t had much
time off work since coming to
New York in November. “At one
point,” says Watkins, a joke-
making opportunist, “I had to
beg to go to the bathroom.”
Prior to getting the call from
their dream boss, SNL executive
producer and comedy
kingmaker Lorne Michaels, the
pair lived in Los Angeles, albeit
as strangers. “We both knew
every single person in L.A. except
for each other,” says Elliott. “I
found out I got the job four hours
before getting on the plane,”
Watkins says, “so I didn’t even
have time to Google-stalk.”
Back in L.A., Elliott, who is only
21, put in time with the top-tier
comedy troupe Upright Citizens
Brigade, and she comes from a
professionally funny family. Her
dad, Chris, an SNL alum, is a
zany slapstick genius, and her
grandfather Bob is a radio-
humor legend. Watkins, 37,
spent six years with an equally
hilarious group of wits, the
Groundlings, and most recently
appeared on Julia Louis-
Dreyfus’ sitcom The New
Adventures of Old Christine. “And I
did regional theater,” she adds.
“I’ve played a tree and a
typewriter.” That kind of
anonymity is effectively over.
“Our first day of work, we
touched Beyoncé,” says
Watkins. “If you stick your hand
into a bucket of warm butter,”
deadpans Elliott, “that’s what
her skin feels like.” So, are we
looking at the second coming of
Tina and Amy? They’ve got the
chemistry, the smarts, the
contrasting hair. “And,” adds
Watkins, “Abby can sing like a
mofo!”—Howie Kahn
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THE HUMAN STAIN

Amy Adams and Emily Blunt play sanitizing sisters who tackle more than
bathroom tile in the sparkling new comedy Sunshine Cleaning.
Karen Durbin reviews started licking the walls in class, into a more sympathetic school.
Bloody good: Adams
and Blunt clean
house; below, Arkin
Christine Jeffs’ filmography is only three movies long so far,
but what’s there is certainly choice. A former commercials
director in her native New Zealand, Jeffs made a quietly daz-
zling feature debut in 2001, the broody loss-of-innocence drama
Rain. Two years later, she went big-time with Sylvia, starring
Daniel Craig and a superb Gwyneth Paltrow as the lethally
stormy poet couple Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Now Jeffs
goes for laughs in Sunshine Cleaning, set in New Mexico with
Amy Adams and Emily Blunt as hard-up sisters who discover
that there’s good money to be made by mopping up the grisly
aftermath of such criminal acts as murder and suicide. Con-
fronting the awful detritus of death, Jeffs grounds her absurdist
Sunshine Cleaning: Lacey Terrell/© Big Beach, LLC 2008;
Rose, a former cheerleader who went steady with the quarter-
back, knows her life peaked in high school, yet she remains
unyielding in her sweetness and optimism. Which brings out the
sarcasm in her depressed younger sister, Norah (Blunt), who still
lives with their struggling father, Joe (Alan Arkin), and sleeps her
days away between the fast-food waitress gigs she regularly gets
fired from. The wedge between the sisters is a painful absence:
the mother who left them long ago.
Rudely hilarious as the raunchy grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine,
Arkin gives a beautifully understated performance here. Like
Rose, Joe is a determined optimist, albeit one with years of disap-
pointment etched on his face. Everyone in Sunshine Cleaning does
good work, including Steve Zahn as the cheeseball married cop
Rose is having a dead-end affair with and Clifton Collins Jr. (so
creepily fine in Capote) as the kind, partly disabled guy who sells
her industrial cleaning equipment so that she and Norah can stop
trying to wash away rivers of blood with a bottle of Fantastik. Jeffs
has a way with such visual metaphors, but she really makes magic
with her actresses, whether it’s the tyro in Rain or Paltrow, whose
turn as the tormented Plath is a personal best. Blunt and Adams
are two of the brightest comic stars of the decade, but they’re also
good dramatic actresses, and the way they deploy both aspects of
their talent is the movie’s central pleasure.
Jeffs doesn’t always get everything right, although she pretty
much did in Rain. Sylvia has an overbearing score, and in
Sunshine the story line involving Rajskub feels truncated; she’s
too compelling a screen presence not to have a payoff. Still, for all
its bright, easy style, this is a very sophisticated comedy, shot
through with melancholy and precariously poised on underpin-
nings of the most dire realism. Jeffs never loses her footing.
There’s humor in those virtuoso cleanup scenes, some of it dar-

comedy in a clear-eyed compassion for life’s hard knocks that
never feels sentimental, just smart.
Mary Lynn Rajskub, who plays a woman Blunt’s character
tracks down after cleaning up her dead mother’s apartment,
assured a reporter at the Sundance film festival that the movie
Obscene: courtesy of Arthouse Films
ingly close to slapstick. But there’s pathos, too, and, better yet,
respect, as Jeffs’ camera pauses to acknowledge the dime-store
treasures someone lovingly arranged on an end table or take in
the dreadful stains around the bullet hole in a recliner where a
terminally ill man hastened his death. Loss large and small is

was “more interesting than disgusting.” Indeed. In cruder hands,
or maybe just currently fashionable male ones, Sunshine Cleaning
could be a great gross-out comedy. But Jeffs is after something
else. She’s thrillingly savvy about what drives people and what
trips them up; there’s a cool perspicacity at work in her hotly emo-
tional movies. Sunshine Cleaning doesn’t stint on deeper feelings,
starting with the tension between the sisters. Responsible single
mother Rose (Adams) does housework for a living and is desper-
ate to get her anxious young son, Oscar ( Jason Spevack), who has
Sunshine Cleaning’s unstated theme; it’s there in the wordless
hope and hurt that play across Rose’s face during a motel tryst
and in Norah’s secret, almost ceremonial effort to experience a
physical connection with the mother she can barely remember.
At one point, Rose describes their work as restoring a degree of
peace and wholeness to places where terrible things have
happened. Humor is a form of insight. Wrapping its buoyant
comedy around the pain of life, Sunshine Cleaning sends us out of
the theater consoled.

SUBPLOT In Sunshine Cleaning, Amy

Adams’ Rose shocks her
snooty neighbors by cleaning
up crime scenes for a living.
But as the fascinating
documentary Obscene
reminds us, Americans are
more alarmed by sex than
Beckett (left) and
Rosset, 1964
by gore. Obscene profiles
Barney Rosset, the legendary
head of Grove Press, who
challenged U.S. obscenity
statutes in the ’50s by
publishing Lady Chatterley’s
Lover, Tropic of Cancer,
and Naked Lunch. He also
published Malcolm X and
Samuel Beckett. A half-
century on, the 86-year-old
Rosset is thought of as
naughty when he should be
hailed as a First Amendment
hero who made a nation a
little smarter.—K.D.
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TRUST US WHAT TO SEE AND HEAR NOW
M
A LITTLE BROMANCE
FIL Aupfriendless Paul Rudd has to buddy
fast to find a best man for his
wedding to no-nonsense cutie Rashida
Jones (The Office) in I Love You, Man.
This Apatow wannabe starts slow but
leaves you laughing, thanks to the
slyly erotic chemistry between Jason
Segel’s deadpan hipster and Rudd’s
doofus groom.
CHILD’S PLAY
Ignored by her work-crazed parents, a
young girl crawls through a weird door
in their new home into an alt version
of her life that’s at once better and
much, much worse. Henry Selick’s
PG-rated Coraline offers a spectacular
3-D trip for smart kids, animation
aficionados, stoners, and Neil Gaiman
fans of all ages.
THECURIOUSCASE
OFNEKOCASE
If we had our way, Neko Case,
who’s been twisting and
bending country music’s rules
for the past 12 years, would be
as feted as Cat Power and Feist.
She has a voice bigger and
stronger than Céline Dion’s—
seeing her live is a little like
being flattened by the sound of Caption tk
a jet as it passes overhead. She
sings sorrowful, lonesome
songs that have a noirish luster, Caption tk
but she wisecracks a mile a
minute. And she finds time to
moonlight with indie rock
supergroup the New Case takes us for a ride

Pornographers. Her latest

MURDER, INC.
The title of Matteo Garrone’s riveting
drama Gomorrah is a biblical pun on
the Camorra, the vicious crime family
that wields murderous power at every
level of Naples society. Awards have
been piling up almost as fast as the
movie’s body count, and no wonder:
These guys make the Sopranos look
record is an unbearably
melodic collection of songs for
the sadder but wiser. With
Middle Cyclone about to hit
iPods everywhere, we put some
questions to her.—C.B.
THIS ALBUM COVER IS A STUNNER.
It was my ode to [the movie]

I Love You, Man: Scott Garfield/© Paramount Pictures; Coraline: © Laika, Inc.; Gomorrah: Mario Spada; Telepathe: courtesy of Pitch Perfect
like bunny rabbits.—K.D. The Beastmaster and Rumple
Minze ads—you know those that spot before, where I think,
peppermint schnapps ads Oh, God, I’ll love him forever.
THEY’RE READING
SIC OUR MINDS
where they had the lady in the Forever. And then: Wait, he’s a

MU metal bustier riding the giant total douchebag. I can’t love a

Telepathe is a duo floating ghostly
harmonies over a sophisticated mix of
synthesizers. On Dance Mother they
combine the electro-deadpan of the Pet
Shop Boys with the spiky grooves of post-
polar bear? The sword was a douchebag. So I like songs that
$15 rental, that’s my car, and commemorate tiny things.
the dress I thought would go When I was a kid, I loved
nice with the sword. “Rocky Top” by the Osborne

punk girl groups. The track “Standing
in Your Line,” about the end of an affair
that’s more bitter than sweet, might
make Debbie Harry a little jealous.
INTO THIS MIX
Compilations usually make us want to
hit the snooze button, but Dark Was the
Night is a different story. The record,
which will benefit the HIV/AIDS charity
Red Hot, features 32 new songs from
some of our favorites: Feist, Spoon,
Grizzly Bear, and Sharon Jones and the
Dap-Kings. Two members of the National
produced the record, and the tracks here
are as wonderfully haunting as their stuff.
THAT PIANO, MAN!
The Fray have returned, and on their
self-titled second release, they’re still
churning up an affecting piano-and-
guitar undertow. The ballads here
are driving and pretty—but not too
pretty—and the band knows how to play
sincerely but without bombast. Coldplay
might take a lesson.—CARLENE BAUER
I’VE OFTEN WONDERED WHY NO
DESIGNER HAS SNAPPED YOU UP AS
A MUSE, À LA CAT POWER AND
KARL LAGERFELD.
The fact that I don’t look like a
model in real life probably has
something to do with it!
[Laughs]
BUT YOU PLAYED A MUSE OF SORTS
ON CARTOON NETWORK’S AQUA
TEEN HUNGER FORCE.
Which is way hotter. When a
bunch of nerds who make
cartoons want you to be in
their show, that’s when you
know you’ve made it.
YOU’VE WRITTEN SOME
DEVASTATING LOVE SONGS FOR
THIS RECORD. WHAT MAKES
A GOOD ONE?
I don’t like the over-the-top,
I’ll-never-stop-loving-you
sentiment. Maybe that makes
me superstitious. I’ve been at
PR; Dark Was the Night: courtesy of 4AD; The Fray: courtesy of Epic Records; Neko Case: Jason Creps
Brothers. And that line—“Wild
as a mink/ but sweet as soda
pop”—where they’re talking
about their girl, I’d think, Man,
if someone said that about me,
I could die then.
YOU STARTED OUT DRUMMING IN
THE PUNK SCENE BUT LEFT
BECAUSE IT WAS TOO MACHO. DO
YOU STILL SEE SEXISM IN
THE INDUSTRY?
Yeah. Critics tend not to
compare women to men—they
tend to compare you to other
women. With every single new
guy who puts out a record, the
press will say, “Here’s the new
Bob Dylan.” Why can’t some
lady be the new Bob Dylan? It
doesn’t even have to be me,
you know? And if you decide
you’re equal, you are. It sounds
like too simple an answer, but
it’s really true.

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Blithe

THENEW

Everett: Dave Benett/Getty Images; Irons: C.J. LaFrance/Getty Images; Fonda: Jason Kempin/Wireimage; Lansbury: Bennett Raglin/Wireimage; Graham: Jason LaVeris/Filmmagic; Parton: © Nancy Barr/Retna Ltd.; Mary Stuart: Alastair Muir; Hair and West Side
Spirit Impressionism

KIDONTHE
9 to 5
BLOCK
Guys
and
Dolls

33 Mary
Variations Hair
Stuart

West
Side
Story

BROADWAY’S
SPRING AWAKENING
Our theater maven Jesse Green guides us through
this season’s surprisingly lush schedule If you don’t quite
recognize “Hoy me
speak like someone
fresh off the boat from
One way to judge the effect of the economy on Broadway is to count how many shows siento / tan preciosa” Puerto Rico. Enter
have closed. Another is to count how many are opening because those closers made as one of the most the opera-trained
famous lyrics in Scaglione, 21, herself
room. More than a dozen productions will arrive during the last two months of the sea- musical theater, well, newly arrived from
son, ranging in tone and subject from the giddy 1950s escapism of Guys and Dolls (starring you’re not meant to. her native Argentina,
Gilmore Girl Lauren Graham) to the circa-1590 royal catfight of Mary Stuart. Actually, As sung by newcomer whom Laurents, now
Josefina Scaglione in 91, discovered in a
there’s a bumper crop of dramas, including 33 Variations, in which Jane Fonda, returning the radically rethought most newfangled way:
to the stage after 46 years, stars as a dying musicologist who finds solace in the genius of revival of West Side on YouTube. In what is
Story opening on surely going to be one
Beethoven. The production follows the rule that serious work in serious times requires a Broadway this month—a of the most talked-about
serious name—or two: Impressionism, another new play, brings Jeremy Irons and Joan revival performed partly debuts in years, she
Allen back to Broadway after long absences. (Both won Tonys in the 1980s.) But even in Spanish—that’s brings to the iconic

Story: © Joan Marcus; 9 to 5: Justin Stephens; Scaglione: courtesy of Josefina Scaglione; books: Len Lagrua
how “I Feel Pretty” is Juliet-in-the-barrio role
comedies this year are getting the star treatment, with Christine Ebersole, Rupert rendered. All previous not just authenticity
Everett, and Angela Lansbury reviving a very glam Blithe Spirit, and David Hyde Pierce productions had but empathy. “I admire
(late of Curtains and Frasier) providing élan in Accent on Youth. Is it a contradiction, then, Maria, who supposedly her courage,” Scaglione
knows little English, says of Maria, whose
that the biggest upcoming musicals forego celebrity almost entirely? Hair, that 1968 warbling as if she innocence is quickly
portrait of hope and hopelessness in wartime, features a cast of gorgeous unknowns, were a habitué of Noël shattered in gang-
while West Side Story is retelling its Romeo and Juliet story in an entirely fresh way (see Coward’s drawing room. ridden New York. “And
For this production, sometimes, with leaving
“The New Kid on the Block,” right). But two shows scheduled to open on the season’s the director and book my country, my family,
last day—April 30—best exemplify the extremes of our cultural moment: on the one writer Arthur Laurents and my friends to be
hand, Waiting for Godot, that paean to desolation, starring Nathan Lane and Bill Irwin; wanted something more here, I feel I’m the
realistic: a believably same way.” Just with a
on the other, the new musical 9 to 5, with a score by Dolly Parton, meaning it’s about young girl who could happier ending in store,
nothing if not…abundance. sing like an angel and no doubt.—J.G.

TRUST US /BOOKSHELF
• Peter Rock’s for the freedom, and down water park.
perspicacious novel danger, of the wild. • Flannery (Little,
My Abandonment • The Unknown Brown), by award-
(Houghton Mifflin Knowns (Scribner), winning author (and
Harcourt)—based on Jeffrey Rotter’s debut biographer of Frank
a true story—shadows novel, pokes serious fun O’Hara) Brad Gooch,
a 13-year-old girl (the at the paranoia that has illuminates the short,
book’s narrator) and her stalked America since tragic life of Flannery
Vietnam-vet father as 9/11 with a story about O’Connor, the Southern-
their makeshift forest a man who is obsessed gothic genius whose
shelter near Portland, with an imaginary race fiction, occasional prose,
Oregon, is discovered, of early aquatic apes and correspondence
catapulting them into (and the all too real are as dazzling as the
the tamed chaos of the G-man on his tail), exotic peacocks that
social service system whose delusions catch roamed her Georgia
until they bolt again up with him at a run- homestead.—LISA SHEA

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“Josh lets her fumble
on, keeping up the
pretense of camaraderie—
he’s damned either way,
experience tells him: If to

SOCIETY’S CHILD
refrain from intervening is
not to care about her, to
come to her rescue is to
condescend.”

Nearly a decade after her acclaimed debut, Caitlin Macy shows

W
up with a timely reminder: Yes, money changes everything
omen who write fiction
about money and social
status are routinely com-
pared to Edith Wharton.
This generally constitutes
a grave case of mistaken
identity, because the writers in question
lack Wharton’s tenderness and sense of
tragedy—their narratives are mere travel-
ogues through walk-in closets, their themes
no more complex than the notion that the
rich are bitchier than you and me. With a
title like Spoiled (Random House), you
might expect Caitlin Macy’s new story
collection to be stocked with similarly
campy sagas of shopping and revenge (and
you might suspect that her publisher hopes
fans of Gossip Girl will think so, too, and
snap it up).
But Macy—who wrote the widely
admired novel The Fundamentals of Play
(2000), which was an elegiac but mocking
portrait of life after the Ivy League—is a
writer Wharton herself might well approve
of. While the trappings of wealth make
their appearance—sharky, snarky mom-
mies at the playground, bratty children,
castles in Germany, ponies—Macy’s true
subject is conscience and how privilege
shapes it, whether it belongs to the scholar-
ship girl or the banker’s wife. Her prose is
tidy, assured, and graceful, and its restraint
lends this book an old-fashioned clarity
and confidence. “Still,” she writes of a son
of faded fortune, “whatever his problem,
whatever the big bad family secret, it was
just the slightly burned edge on a cake that
everyone wanted to eat.”
Macy’s insistence on turned tables and
near comeuppances feels satisfyingly old-
fashioned as well. In one tale, she turns a
tense afternoon between an implacably
self-satisfied teenage girl and her grizzled
middle-aged riding coach into a slyly
humorous class-warfare standoff; in
another, when a newly married, newly
moneyed housewife finds herself envying
the self-assurance that a red coat gives her
Russian cleaning girl, she steals it.
In the end, these stories aren’t about
money so much as they are about wanting,
be it naked or sublimated, and about the
distance between anxious women and
their resolutely logical, maddeningly
literal-minded men—and
that’s what transmutes the
book into an enjoyable read
even for those of us who will
never use the word summer
as a verb.—Carlene Bauer Macy

everyone pretended that

“everything was fair and right,
because everything was even,”
all four daughters wound up
feeling displaced, and the two
HOME TRUTHS After four years of renting in Brooklyn and
youngest—Alison and her
“counterpart,” Jenny—were a lifetime of living in “other people’s houses”
the most grievously affected: around the country, Mary Elizabeth Williams
“[Jenny] and I stood hip to caught the ownership bug—bad!—and set
hip…hurling darts at a bull’s- out to find a home that would meet her
eye until we’d nearly hurled growing family’s expanding needs. With an
away our arms, to see who was
better, more clever, more able, uncompromising attachment to the Big Apple
really worth something, really and a budget of $400,000, Williams scoured

DOUBLE OR NOTHING
“My family will not welcome
this,” predicts Jane Alison
about her fairy tale–like
memoir, The Sisters Antipodes
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt),
but her haunting story is one
that truly compels telling. When
Jane was four and her sister
was six, their parents divorced
in order to trade spouses with
another couple who had two
daughters about the same
ages. Their fathers, diplomats
stationed at various times in
Australia and Washington,
DC, switched households,
setting off a ripple of identity
crises in their offspring.
“The absent presence of
the other family was never
mentioned but always felt,”
Alison writes, “a sense of
otherness elsewhere to which
we were bound.” Although
should win, in fact should be
the only one there because we
could not both exist…. What
lay buried and mute was the
panic that…my father seemed
likely to slip out of reach while
standing there…. He might
finally look at me but blink
and see nothing. Or look at
me but see only Jenny.”
Alison’s writing is pointed
and poignant, sprinkled with
breathtaking intuitions—if
also the odd overambitious
metaphor. She spent so many
years just figuring out how
she belongs, and where, and
to whom—and often with such
tragic results—
that her memoir
seems less a
breach of family
ties than an act
of bravery.
Alison
—RACHEL ROSENBLIT
All still lifes: Len Lagrua; Macy: Mauro Speziale; Williams: Bill Wadman; Alison: Steady 70
the city for affordable properties—which,
as her husband lamented, were inevitably
located “by the highway or a graveyard or the
friggin’ train tracks” and often needed massive improvements.
Being a cash-strapped, frustrated renter myself, I tore into
Williams’ harrowing home-hunting saga, Gimme Shelter (Simon &
Schuster), with the zeal I normally reserve for the Sunday real
estate listings. Through Williams’ quest for a nest, I hoped to better
understand the process and perhaps feel emboldened to give it a
whirl myself. While I thank her for explaining terms like “no-doc
mortgages” (less paperwork, higher interest), this is not a how-to
guide, and it stays tightly focused on the Williams family and their
neighbors and friends. But what the book lacks in broad sociologi-
cal analysis it more than makes up for in its honesty, humor, and
surprising poignancy. In exploring how the ability to buy a home
reflects on our identity and sense of worth, Williams exposes the
angst, turmoil, and wrenching uncertainty that all
too often characterize the undertaking and sheds
light on why so many people are willing to gamble
their financial security and even their sanity for the
sake of a home to call their own.—CORRIE PIKUL Williams

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 ELLE FASHION REPORTER PROFILE
THE
RATIONALIST
F
or decades now, beneath the
roar of the runway and the
buzz of sartorial savants who
look to report contemporary
trends and instead end up
uttering desperately oblique
bons mots about gray being
the new black and skirts
being the new pants, the ca-
nary in the proverbial coal
mine has been singing a dirge for American
fashion as a directional concept. Stores both
high- and low-end are adrift in unwanted
retail stock, not only because of shoppers’
economic anxieties but apparently because
there’s nothing tempting enough to buy.
Within the industry itself, inspired design
ELLE 264 w w w.e lle.co m
The fashion world thrives on the cult
of big personalities. But as the industry
reinvents itself, with branding out and
subtlety in, Daphne Merkin asks, could
Derek Lam become the next great
American designer?
Schlottmann and Lam
with models in Lam’s
spring-summer ’09
collection
has yielded to hype and obvious visual con-
ceits, and the cult of the superstar designer
with an E! channel–ready celebrity follow-
ing reigns: See Mischa Barton toting de-
signer X’s or Y’s interchangeable bags.
Of course, American fashion as a real
contender for the global spotlight is a
Johnny-come-lately compared with old-
world European couture—and in any case
first made its mark not with elegant evening
gowns but with sportswear. The “American
look” came into its own around 1940 with
Claire McCardell’s pragmatic yet strikingly
unconventional approach to fashion, which
conveyed comfort and ease with her signa-
ture use of playful materials such as cotton,
gingham, and denim; ubiquitous pockets;
Photographed by Jason McDonald (hair by Seiji for Tresemmé at the Wall Group; makeup by Mary Douglas at the Wall Group; manicure by Deanna for Mark Edward Inc.); models: Leoni at IMG, Beata at Major, Fatima at NY Models, Lucie at Ford, and Gwen at Elite
and clean lines free of superfluous orna-
mentation. It was an idea of American
practicality that Anne Klein expanded in
the ’70s into a collection of everyday sepa-
rates, while Donna Karan put her working-
woman stamp on the theme with her seven
easy pieces in the ’80s. Meanwhile, Calvin
Klein boosted the sales of jeans with a sin-
gle provocative advertisement. And then
there were the two megatalents, Halston
and Geoffrey Beene, whose distinctly dif-
ferent, equally assured, minimalist visions
of perfected simplicity in the ’70s and ’80s
brought them worldwide global recogni-
tion. But beginning in the ’90s, as the fash-
ion cycle spun ever faster, with one look
(grunge, for instance) overturning the pre-
vious one (monastic), only to fall out of favor
quicker than you can say The Olsen twins,
American fashion has become an increas-
ingly confounded affair. Who is the cus-
tomer being sought? What is the link
between the runway and the actual mer-
chandise that is ordered by influential de-
partment stores and boutiques? When you
add to this foggy state of affairs the fact that
we are in an increasingly severe recession,
one would naturally think of this as a mo-
ment for retrenchment and caution rather
than adventurousness, for camping out on
familiar grounds rather than staking out
untrammeled terrain.
Well, think again: Derek Lam is having
none of it. Without much drama or self-
promotional huzzahs, the soft-spoken 42-
year-old Chinese-American designer—his
mother is from Hong Kong and his father,
the son of Chinese immigrants, is from San
Francisco, where Lam grew up with two
sisters—is striding, albeit in his own unag-
gressive style, against the tide. A mere five
years after he started his eponymous com-
pany (his résumé includes two four-year
stints at Michael Kors, bookending four
years overseeing a mass-market chain in
Hong Kong), his first stand-alone boutique
is opening this spring. Designed by the
Japanese architectural firm Sanaa and
financed by Labelux, the Austrian com-
pany that bought a majority stake in Lam’s
company last July, the store is located at the
ineffably chic juncture of Crosby Street
and Howard in SoHo, steps away from Jil
Sander and Ted Muehling. While recog-
nizing the greatness of couturier talents
 ELLE FASHION REPORTER PROFILE
like Coco Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent
(his personal favorites include Vionnet,
Miuccia Prada, and Rei Kawakubo), Lam
neither mourns the tradition’s demise (he
refers to Valentino’s “pluperfect” draping
as sometimes creating a “goddessy effect,
like Jean Harlow draped in platinum
charmeuse”) nor frets about where his next
client might be coming from or whether
anyone in the press will take note of her. “I
don’t think traditional upper-class society
makes a difference,” he observes. “China
and Russia are the new society.” As for ce-
lebrities, he insists that they “have no mys-
tery anymore.” Lam is at once expansive
about fashion’s potential—to which end he
and Jan-Hendrik Schlottmann, his CEO
since 2003 and his companion of the past
decade, have conceived a 10-year business
plan—and modest about its larger signifi-
cance in the world.
“God, it’s only clothing!” Lam says half-
mockingly, sitting at his glass-topped desk
in a small office at the back of his all-white
studio on West 26th Street, where sewing
machines are humming and patterns are
being pinned even though it’s the Monday
before Thanksgiving. Not that there is any
sign of trickle-down anxiety, either: The
mood in the studio seems decidedly calm,
even peaceful. Then again, Lam is about as
undiva-like a designer as the species allows.
Although I have seen him act impatient or a
bit irritated, he is as far from a drama queen
as one can be and still fret about whether a
particular blouse needs buttons on the cuff,
if so how many buttons, and should they be
self-covered or left as they are. Today, Lam
is dressed in an approximation of the uni-
form he’s worn each time I’ve seen him (not
counting a formal dinner event): a T-shirt
under a gray V-neck or crewneck and a
variation on the theme of jeans. He often
wears sneakers—a pair of subtly tricolored
Converse All-Stars, say—but today he is
wearing unzipped, shearling-lined, Sibe-
ria-ready boots because, as he explains, he
felt cold when he woke up.
“I like to think of my line [as being] for
people who can have anything they want
and feel that they can indulge it because
they’ve earned it,” Lam explains, leaning
back in his desk chair, arms clasped behind
his head. “Women 35 and over. Someone
who works hard in technology or film but is
not bound by traditional personas. They’re
past wanting to try every Four Seasons in
the world, and they’re not going to let fash-
ion dictate their lives. They’re not going to
fly over to Paris and have five fittings.” He
pauses for a second and then adds, narrow-
ing his eyes and gritting his bottom teeth
forward as he does whenever he’s in the
ELLE 266 w w w.e lle.co m
groove, whether considering an idea or the
way the ruffles on a sleeveless blouse flow:
“It’s kind of me.”
I’m not quite sure, in all honesty, who
Lam’s idealized prototype of a woman re-
sembles, unless it would be a sculptress—an
aspiring Louise Bourgeois, say—who hap-
pens to have enough money not to blanch at
his prices, which he describes as “not anal-
retentive,” such that the woman buying his
clothes would have to worry about “losing
her husband or having to hide her shopping
bag.” Separates average $750 for trousers
and $800 for blouses; dresses start at $1,500
and eveningwear at between $3,500 and
$4,000. Lam refers to the sketches he al-
ways keeps in front of him as vital to the
process of figuring out “how she’s getting
dressed,” pointing out that “it’s really
important as a male designer to try and un-
derstand how women want to express them-
selves and appreciate it.” In any case, he
offers up this assessment in a considered
tone, as if he were feeling his way toward a
response to the questions that continue to
be asked, if only implicitly, since the launch-
ing of his first ballyhooed solo collection in
September 2003: Who is Derek Lam, and
what exactly is his aesthetic?
It is a response, as well, or so it seems to
me, to the ongoing conversation about the
future of his enterprise that Lam has been
having with himself ever since he started
his line. “In the beginning,” he says, “I was
very hesitant. I just wanted to sell the
clothes, but I think it sold my ambition a lit-
tle bit short. Why do I do what I do? Why
does it make a difference to me? There is a
message I want my clothes to convey be-
yond the dart on the dress.” He mentions by
way of explanation an article he’s read on
Balanchine: “Balanchine didn’t think about
ballet as only ballet. It encompassed what
was happily outside of ballet. Part of me,”
he adds, “gets very intrigued by a new story.
I want to develop more continuity from sea-
son to season. The spring collection felt true
to myself. It featured functional, sleek cloth-
ing, what people associate with American
fashion. For fall, I’m putting in even less and
thinking more. I pick up on what I liked
about spring—the softness of the tailoring
and the lightness of the fabrications that still
had body.” (The gunmetal grommets on
many of the clothes were there, he explains,
not only decoratively but also to make light
fabrics drape—the equivalent of Chanel’s
chains on the hems of her skirts.) He ad-
mires the individualistic point of view of the
Yohji Yamamoto store, as opposed to
“walking into a place where clothing and
ideas are being filtered through a market-
ing plan. When you go into Derek Lam,” he
declares with an ungrating note of pride, “I
want you to get the experience and the qual-
ity.” The concept is that it be a vertical ate-
lier, “integrating the showroom with the
store, mixing and melding.”
The question “Who is Derek Lam?” is,
quite obviously, less existential and high-
minded than it sounds. It might be restated
as follows: Is Derek Lam brandable? Or is
he too elusive, too subtle, too conventional,
too unedgy—take your pick—to cohere as
an instantly recognizable look in the lem-
minglike minds of fashion insiders and the
heat-seeking focus of red-carpet celebrities?
Notwithstanding the fact that he is distrib-
uted in 30 countries, can an American de-
signer, let alone one as wary of special effects
as Lam is, occupy a secure market niche?
What this reductive, bottom-line logic
fails to take into account is Lam’s pristine, al-
most poetic approach. “I am dealing in sub-
tlety,” he says. What this logic also overlooks
is Lam’s own distaste for the vulgarity inher-
ent in branding. “I’m of a generation that
distrusted brands. No brand that was trying
to market itself to me was legitimate. For
me,” he observes, “clothing is more about
style and sensibility, a love of quality, rather
than being the new flavor of the month.”
Clearly, he is doing something right, as I
discover when I talk with Cedric Charbit,
the head buyer for Printemps (the French
luxury department store), whom I am seated
next to at the September showing of Lam’s
spring line. He believes that Lam’s Parisian
customer is someone “who has money,
power, and a very good knowledge of her
body and needs. She is not,” he observes,
“very impressed by the brands. She knows
them already and wants something dis-
tanced from brand DNA. She’s looking for
uniqueness.” Charbit also is convinced
Lam’s message is a “modern” one, despite
the fact that he thinks it’s difficult for an
“American superniche” to go international:
“It’s clear, accessible, and people-friendly.”
From the beginning, even before he won
the CFDA’s 2005 Perry Ellis Award for
emerging talent in women’s wear and be-
fore he was chosen to become the creative
director of Tod’s in 2006, Lam has had his
champions. Julie Gilhart, creative fashion
director for Barneys, was one of those who
were instantly swayed by the relaxed yet
meticulous quality of Lam’s clothes, not to
mention his personal charm: “When he did
his first show,” she recalls, “the thing I really
loved was there was a great sense of color
and a great ease in dressing. He has a precise
yet stylish East Coast–West Coast sensibil-
ity.” Gilhart, who might be characterized as
a passionate skeptic, goes on to note that
Lam “takes risks,” all the while being “very
respectful of the customer.” She points out
that “the clothes fit well from the get-go”
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and that the company is “consistent and fol-
lows through. They’re not ‘spinning.’ ” As
for Lam’s imminent leap forward to Crosby
Street, Gilhart sounds wholly unworried. “I
always think it’s a good idea for a designer to
have a store,” she cheerfully and uncompeti-
tively observes. “They should know what it is
to be a retailer.”
Over lunch with Lam and Schlottmann,
they describe a business strategy that sounds
uncynical bordering on purist, especially
given the current economic climate. Schlott-
mann explains the straightforward ratio-
nale behind the sale of the company to
Labelux: “We traded our independence so
as not to have to do bridge lines. We aspire
to integrity, which is about the right price for
the product, which in turn creates desire.
But it is not easy to do in America. It’s very
expensive, and it needs very long-term fi-
nancing. In America,” he adds, “the sec-
ondary line is there to make money, and the
collection is there to make an impression
and generate editorial pictures as well as
advertising. In our minds the main collec-
tion was never supposed to be merely edito-
rial—it’s the culmination of the designer’s
vision.” Lam later tells me that although he
and Schlottmann will never produce a sec-
ondary line, he might do a more inexpen-
sive collection (like Geoffrey Beene’s “Beene
Bag”) rather than “an imposter of the real
thing.” All the same, Lam signed up to de-
sign for Tod’s two years ago as a way of
stretching his wings—to “explore and ex-
press what contemporary luxury means as
fashion. Diego Della Valle [Tod’s chairman
and CEO] appreciates and gets that this is
what the work is about,” Lam says.
Every fashion designer inhabits a creative
world that begins somewhere close to the
primal source, to memories and images that
have lingered from childhood, serving as in-
direct inspiration. Although Lam claims not
to understand why clothing is so important
in his life, fashion seems to be his anchor, his
way of sorting out and making sense of all
he’s experienced. It didn’t hurt that his pa-
ternal grandparents ran a factory that made
evening dresses and wedding gowns or that
both of his parents loved clothing, partly as
an expression of “upward mobility” and
partly out of “appreciation.” He studied
business at Boston College—“the entrepre-
neurial aspect has always appealed to me”—
before attending Parsons. He still goes
shopping with his mother when he’s in San
Francisco; and although his older sister
works in the medical field, his younger sister
works part-time for him as his “eyes and ears
in California.” His Proustian madeleine, by
his own admission, is the clothing he’s kept
from childhood, such as a Tyrolean jacket
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that became “his thing” for a while, or a vest
that “made me look like a matador.” But
he saves “tons” of old stuff in general—
Perry Ellis and Gaultier and Comme des
Garçons—nostalgic distillations of youth.
“It all starts with fabric,” Lam had ex-
plained to me 10 days earlier, when I came to
watch him do fittings for pre-fall (also known
as pre-collection), an eye-opening experience
in itself. Lam, you might say, is a connoisseur
of fabric, of the way georgette falls as opposed
to silk crepe de chine, of what you can accom-
plish with stretch matte jersey that you can’t
do with silk or flannel jersey. He goes to the
Paris textile fair every fall to scout the lay of
the land; many of the fabrics he uses are of
Italian origin, some are French, and there is a
sprinkling of British Donegals and tweeds.
(The fewest are American because, as Lam
sees it, the factories aren’t in place.) “You
have to fall in love right away,” he explains.
After he’s edited his choices (which he charts
with the help of an Excel program that, he
admits somewhat abashedly as though he
were caught being a computer geek, “helps
me focus and settle my mind”), he orders
from European mills, which often custom-
make the fabric to his specifications.
One entire wall of Lam’s office is devoted
to a burlap board on which swatches—some
of them sumptuous metallics, some of them
matter-of-fact cottons and wools, none of
them desperate for attention—have been
pinned. A still-under-construction leather
bomber jacket with a gray felt lining is sus-
pended from a hanger on the wall. It re-
minds me of Lam’s unpredictable angle of
vision, the versatility with which he moves
from delicacy to toughness, enabling him to
create the most feminine tunic dress out of
banker-gray wool flannel, or to pair a lami-
nated Chantilly lace strapless dress with a
brown leather jacket. There are no Pucci
swirls to be found here or, Lord knows, Lilly
Pulitzer–esque carpooling-mom colors.
Lam’s palette includes few in-your-face
brights, either, unless they are the grown-up
versions of primary or secondary colors,
like the luscious tangerines and suggestive
saffrons he used in his spring 2008 collec-
tion. There are whispery hues, a pale taupe,
a grayish mauve, and the nude color that is
dear to Lam’s heart and that he says puts
him in mind of “faded 1930s lingerie and
vintage silk stockings.” (Lam says that if he
weren’t a designer, he’d be “a movie director
or producer—but only silent movies.”) The
assortment of fabrics includes chiffon matte
jersey, worn and tumbled double-face satin,
wool crepe, cashgora, and wool tweed. My
eye is caught by a stunning panne velvet
whose underside appeals to Lam more than
its overside, like the mink lining inside a wool
coat that comes as a surprise. And so it would,
in keeping with his fondness for understate-
ment, his less-is-more theory of clothing de-
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sign. “The air between the body and the
fabric is so much more alluring,” he points
out, “than something that is contoured to
the body or structured to manipulate the
body.” Given this orientation, it makes sense
that he’s an admirer of Halston, specifically
his ability to “reduce a statement to its mini-
mum without losing the flavor of what he
was trying to project.”
The fittings take place in a glaringly white
and windowless space just off the studio;
the only spots of vivid color in the room de-
rive from the red sweater worn by one of
two male assistants and the plaid shirt worn
by the other. There is a very patient and
fine-boned model named Jessica, wearing
no makeup and her hair scraped back into a
ponytail, who strips to a tiny, patterned
thong (she is braless) between fittings with a
complete lack of self-consciousness despite
the working crew of six, which includes two
patternmakers, the assistants (one of whom
photographs all the looks under consider-
ation for future reference), and a couple of
people from production. Lam sits at a green
glass table next to three youngish women
dressed in shades of black and gray. Clothes,
organized according to season and color,
hang on racks against the far wall. There are
four shelves of shoes and boots awaiting
their turn and 12 storage boxes filled with
fabrics from mills with names that sound al-
ternately like law firms, crime families, or
dignified entrepreneurs—and, just once in a
while, like fabrics.
A hushed, somewhat tense atmosphere
pervades the room, reminding me of the
aura of reverent expectancy that is to be
found on movie sets. In the interims between
modeling clothes, Jessica—who looks to me
to be a size 0 with her jutting, birdlike shoul-
der blades but is actually, I am told, a “very
lean 4”—rubs her hands, rolls her shoulders,
and stretches her arms until she has to once
again stand perfectly, endlessly still. (Al-
though Lam doesn’t like “skintight” clothes
and his sizes go up to 48 [size 12], his design
aesthetic presumes a thin, taut body; when I
ask him what areas of the body he finds sexi-
est, he names the shoulder and hips. He likes
“a very, very skinny sleeve” because he be-
lieves “there’s a sensuality to a thin arm.”) No
one talks to Jessica, which would seem more
bizarre if it weren’t for the fact that very little
conversation takes place outside the subjects
of darts and seams and measurements, how
a design will be “finished” (flatline turned,
in one instance, and stitched), how a rolled-
over neck sits, or how a particular material
lies. Ruffles come in for special skewering,
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on models’ faces: “If you go
remaining images: Gorunway.com

models’ hair into chic Guido pinned the top of Miu for such a bright mouth, it’s
chignons at Dolce & Gabbana Miu models’ strands back best to keep the rest of the
and Stella McCartney, before diligently ironing makeup minimal.”
taming flyaways with the rest of the hair section
molding paste. by section. A coating of
heat-protection spray
prevents breakage, while a
dab of gel will smooth out
imperfections.

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MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED MOST CREATIVE MOST L AID -BACK

MAUVE EYES SLICK LIDS HEADBANDS

3.1 Phillip Lim Alessandro Dell’Acqua Erin Fetherston

THE LOOK: “This color works on
everyone—the effect is mesmerizing,” says
makeup artist James Kaliardos of the
smoked-out pinkish-purple lids he crafted at
Nicole Miller. And at 3.1 Phillip Lim, Nars
International makeup director Ayako
contoured lids with a reddish violet.
SEEN AT: 3.1 Phillip Lim, Nicole Miller
DIY: Smudge matte shadow from lid to brow
bone and underneath the eye using your
fingers, Ayako suggests. “It’s not supposed to
be perfect—it’s a little dirty.”
THE LOOK: Dewy lips and cheeks are no
strangers to the catwalk, but glossy eyes—
a late ’90s runway staple—made a
comeback this season. “It’s a very hip,
lived-in look,” says makeup artist Polly
Osmond, who finished models’ lids with a
clear gloss at Rebecca Taylor.
SEEN AT: Alessandro Dell’Acqua, Louis
Vuitton, Narciso Rodriguez, Rebecca Taylor
DIY: Osmond dabs M.A.C Gloss Crème
Brilliance on lids as a finishing touch.
McGrath prefers prepping eyes with
Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Skin
Protectant, while Page sticks with Aquaphor
ointment for a more subtle sheen.
THE LOOK: “Black headbands are like the
white T-shirt of hair. You just can’t go
wrong,” says Guido, who used sporty
double-bands at Marc by Marc Jacobs. For
Erin Fetherston’s ethereal collection,
hairstylist Lyndell Mansfield wrapped
pastel-hued satin turbans around models’
heads “to complement the dreaminess of
the clothes.”
SEEN AT: Chanel, Erin Fetherston, Marc by
Marc Jacobs
DIY: Before slipping on the accessory, start
with a smooth slate: “Use quick-drying gel
just on the front of the head to get a fresh-
from-the-pool sleekness,” Mansfield says.

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(Above, from top) NARS Single Eye Shadow in Grenadines;
CHANEL (smudge and palette) Ombre Essentielle Soft Touch
Eyeshadow in Magic Night; (below, clockwise from left) DIOR
Crayon Eyeliner in Captivating Blue; SMASHBOX Cream Eye
Liner in Lapis; CLARINS Eye Pencil in Ultramarine
(Above, from left) ELIZABETH ARDEN Eight Hour Cream
Skin Protectant; M.A.C Gloss Crème Brilliance; AQUAPHOR
Healing Ointment; (below, from top) M.A.C Cream Colour
Base in Dark Brown; REVLON Illuminance Crème
Shadow palette in Coastal Blue
(Above, clockwise from right) BUMBLE AND BUMBLE
Bb. Gel; ERIC JAVITS Turban headband;
EVA SCRIVO Hair bands; (below) BLAX Hair elastics

TRY WITH: DARK BLUE LINER
Trading up from the
ubiquitous basic black,
Kaliardos opted for indigo
liner along the lower lash
only, while Ayako blended
blue and black shades all
around the eye. “The blue
really opens up the eyes and
keeps the pink shadow from
looking too sickly,” she says.
TRY WITH: CREAM SHADOW
For once, creases are cool.
Osmond smudged a brown
cream shadow on lids before
adding eye gloss: “We made
it as rough as possible, like
the girls had slept with their
makeup on.”
TRY WITH: A PONYTAIL
A simple ponytail—with
the most minimal rubber
band—will balance out an
eye-catching head wrap.
And, according to Mansfield,
“ponies give an instant
face-lift.”

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MOST PHOTOGENIC MOST VERSATILE MOST HIPPIE-CHIC

SILVER STRAIGHT PRETTY

TOUCHES STRANDS PLAITS

Donna Karan Givenchy Nanette Lepore

THE LOOK: “It’s luminous, gorgeous, and
simple,” says makeup artist Lucia
Pieroni of the precious metal eyes she
crafted backstage at Vera Wang. “People
usually associate silver shadow with
winter, but why not for spring? There’s
a freshness to it.”
SEEN AT: Behnaz Sarafpour, Blugirl,
Donna Karan, Vera Wang
DIY: Mix a powder shadow with water to
create a dramatic and dense metallic
pigment, Pieroni advises. “In the light,
there’s a flash and a sparkle. It’s not see-
through or soft.”
THE LOOK: Kérastase stylist Luigi
Murenu created the blown-out—but
low-maintenance—mane at Givenchy,
no flat-iron required. “Show stylists
tend to make hair so over-the-top.
We wanted something more realistic
and simple.”
SEEN AT: BCBGMaxAzria, DKNY,
Givenchy, Matthew Williamson
DIY: To keep strands on the straight and
narrow throughout the day, “spray an
antihumidity hairspray on the ends as you’re
blow-drying. That keeps them from curling
in.” A touch of serum will seal in shine.
THE LOOK: “There’s a certain throwaway
elegance to it,” says hairstylist Jimmy Paul
of the bohemian mix of braids and waves
he fashioned for Nanette Lepore. Backstage
at Tracy Reese, TRESemmé stylist
Nathaniel Hawkins wove sophisticated
plaits in models’ hair in less time than it
took them to power up their iPhones.
SEEN AT: Lela Rose, Marc Jacobs, Nanette
Lepore, Tracy Reese
DIY: Paul recommends making two mini
braids in damp hair (“the size keeps it
from looking too teen”) on either side of a
center part before blow-drying with surf
spray and defining waves with an iron.

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(From left) GUERLAIN Ombre Éclat Duo & Liner in (Above, from left) PAUL MITCHELL Express Ion Round (Above, from left) GHD IV Styler; FEKKAI Beach Waves;
L’Heure de Nuit; CLÉ DE PEAU Eye Color Quad in Silent Brush; SEBASTIAN Liquid Gloss; KÉRASTASE Double Force BUMBLE AND BUMBLE Surf Spray; (below) TRESEMMÉ
Movie; LANCÔME Color Design Eye Shadow in Optic Hairspray; (below) LOGICS Aerial Liquid Volume 24 Hour Body Finishing Spray

TRY ON: CENTER LID
Usually relegated to
a supporting role as
highlighter on cheekbones
or inner corners of eyes,
silver shines when used
directly above each iris.
According to Pieroni, Clé de
Peau color director, “It’s the
perfect spot to catch the
lights on the runway—or in
the moonlight.”
TRY WITH: LONG L AYERS
“Layers give movement
to long, straight hair,”
says hairstylist Laurent
Philippon, who groomed the
face-framing pieces at BCBG
with a bit of styling lotion. To
keep the look in this decade
(and avoid a “Rachel”), limit
layers to the front, starting
below lip level.
TRY WITH: AN UPDO
Hawkins twisted the braid
into a low bun, pinning it
in place and finishing with
hairspray. “It looks undone
but sort of polished, like that
cool, downtown girl. You’re
not sure if she’s coming home
from a night out or going
to work,” he says.

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Before After

JAW INJECTIONS
Botox has many surprising applications—
from disabling sweat glands to preventing
migraines—but when you think of major
facial contouring, it isn’t the first injectable
that springs to mind. However, a recent
study by Sydney-based plastic surgeon
Steven Liew, MD, published in Dermatology
Times showed that the drug can be used
to narrow the lower face with, well, jaw-
dropping results.
When injected into the masseter (chew-
ing) muscle, botulinum toxin inhibits move-
ment; over time, this causes the muscle to
atrophy and shrink. In Liew’s study, which
involved 82 female test subjects, all of the
patients showed a measurable slimming of
the jaw beginning two to four weeks post-
treatment, reaching a plateau after three
months and lasting up to a year. “The mas-
seter is what we call a ‘stupid muscle,’ mean-
ing it has only one function, which is to
chew,” Liew says. “It has fewer nerve end-
ings than the areas we inject for frown or
smile lines, so the Botox doesn’t dissipate as
quickly.” Another cosmetic benefit is that
diminishing the jaw creates the illusion of a
hollowing underneath the cheekbones,
which causes them to appear more chis-
eled. “Many patients say they don’t need to
wear blush anymore,” Liew says.
Enlargement of the muscle may be ge-
netic (in Southeast Asia, where Botox jaw
reduction was first done in 1994, 20 percent
of the population is affected by masseter hy-
pertrophy, which Liew has dubbed “square-
face syndrome”), or it can be caused by
chronic teeth grinding and temporoman-
dibular joint disorder (TMJ), issues that
Botox also alleviates, along with the atten-
dant pain.
Any notion that the condition can be
brought on by an addiction to Bubble Yum,
however, is unsubstantiated. “You’d have to
chew a lot of gum to build up that muscle,”
says New York City and Miami dermatolo-
gist Fredric Brandt, MD. “That’s not some-
thing anyone should worry about.” In cases
where the breadth of the lower face is due to Shape-shifters: Three of Liew’s patients, before and
bone mass, Botox can still be used, but its three months after treatment with Botox
effects will be less dramatic. “You can check younger patients, in their twenties and thir-
to see what’s causing most of the enlarge- ties, without laxity of the skin,” Brandt says,
ment using a CT scan,” Brandt says. “Some “because reducing the muscle is likely to
people are still very happy to have this done cause more jowl formation in the neck.
rather than go through jaw reduction sur- When you get older, you actually want
gery, which involves breaking and remov- some of that muscle to hold skin taut.” Stud-
ing part of the bone.” ies have also shown a slight decrease in
Liew believes that the uptick in patients chewing pressure posttreatment (“it might
asking for this procedure is because “an be a little harder getting through a steak at
oval jaw is currently considered optimally first,” Liew says), and only experienced
attractive for women, as opposed to the derms should be trusted to wield the nee-
’80s, when a stronger, more Sigourney dle. “If the Botox is injected too far forward
Weaver look was in.” But anyone wishing to on the face,” Brandt warns, “you might get
soften her facial silhouette should proceed some muscle weakness in the lip area,
with caution. “This procedure is best for which can affect the smile.”—April Long

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All still lifes: Steven Krause; remaining images: © Dr. Steven Liew

SOFT TOUCH
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making skin
Brightening Daily Peel. The self-heating Clinique Liquid Facial
“feel dry.”
Scrub doesn’t “irritate exfoliating formula Soap is “ideal for
or clog pores” while it makes skin “so smooth.” combination skin” and
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HEAD
MASTER
Forget fads—Kevin Mancuso has
been doing hair long enough to know
what works and what doesn’t.
By April Long
If Scarlett Johansson, Demi
Moore, and Anne Hathaway
never seem to have bad hair
days, it’s not just the unfair
advantage of their good genes:
They all have Kevin Mancuso
on speed dial. But the 30-year
styling veteran, who started his
career by training with salon
icon Vidal Sassoon, says that
anyone can have a flashbulb-
worthy mane. “I ask each client
what they do and how much
time they’re willing to dedicate
to their hair every day,” says
Mancuso, creative director for
Nexxus Salon Hair Care.
“This gives me a sense of their
goals. I’ve found that today’s
female role models aren’t
always on MTV—sometimes
they’re savvy CEOs. And they
want to let their hair down after
work, too.”
What essential products
should everyone have in her
Mancuso: gorunway.com; models: Matthias Vriens; all still lifes: Steven Krause
hair-care arsenal?
A shampoo and conditioner
geared toward the style or
texture you want to achieve
will set you up for easy,
manageable hair once you’re
out of the shower. For example,
you should use moisturizing
shampoos and conditioners if
you have curly hair, because
they deposit a barrier onto the
strands, and that gives them
weight. It also helps combat
frizz and enhances the
definition of the curls.
What are some of the worst
things you see people do to
their hair?
There are three hair crimes
people commit. One is tearing
through hair with a brush
while it’s still wet—it’s
much better to use a
wide-tooth comb.
The second is using
too much or too little
product. And the third
is not using a thermal
protectant before
heat-styling.
Do you have any tips for
those of us who trim our
bangs at home?
Here’s a little trick that
always works: Gather your
bangs from temple to temple,
twist them in the exact center of
your forehead, hold them down
toward your nose, and cut off
the tip. Always cut them dry;
wet hair can shrink up and be
too short.
What’s one small thing
everyone could do to
enhance shine?
Flat-ironing your hair makes it
shiny. Be it curly or straight,
pressing the follicle creates a
flatter surface that is inherently
more reflective. But make sure
your hair is completely dry
before taking an iron to it;
any moisture will cause hair
to burn.
Are there any hair myths
you’d like to debunk?
Many women think UV rays
are solely responsible for color
fade, but the true culprit is
water. Water penetrates the
hair shaft, causing it to expand.
As a result, the cuticle is lifted
slightly, making it easier for
dye molecules to escape.
The best way to maintain
pigment longer is by using a
INSIDER ELLE BEAUTY
Backstage, Mancuso
takes his work very
seriously; (below) his
work in ELLE, July ’08
color-preserving product with
water protection.
You were inspired by a look
from the ’80s for a recent
ELLE shoot (July 2008).
Do you think styles from
that era are due to
make a comeback?
Yes! Hair will be sexy, glam,
and fun, but this time it will
also be looser and more
modern. It’s about your
underlying texture coming
through so that it’s natural-
looking, even though it’s
enhanced by products. When
hair is too clean, it can be so
slippery that even tucking it
behind your ear is a task, but
when it’s totally controlled by
products, it gets too stiff and
big. The ideal balance is
somewhere in between.
(Clockwise from top left) For bouncy ringlets, Mancuso loves Nexxus Gorgeous
Curls Curl Enhancing Foam Styler: “It provides a touchable and brushable
hold without stickiness”; René Furterer Naturia Dry Shampoo “is a lifesaver
when you have no time to shower. It also volumizes clean hair”; for his
fine-haired clients, many of whom Mancuso says are “conditioner-phobes,”
he recommends “weightless” Nexxus Dualiste Color Protection + Volume
Conditioner; Mancuso uses Carita Paris Daily Protective Hair Cream “to
soften and detangle hair”; J.F. Lazartigue Deep Action Treatment with
Carrot Oil is “great to use on damaged hair prior to shampooing.”
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THE
GENE
GENIES
DNA-decoding chips, gene-targeting creams, and a cutting-edge chemical that
may turn old skin young again: Genetics are beauty’s new frontier. Could your
cellular blueprint hold the secret to eternal youth? By Maggie Bullock
I
t’s funny that genes have been linked
to whether or not we’ll end up being
neurotic (on top of whether we’ll
have blond hair, Olympic-level mus-
culature, or an increased risk of
breast cancer) since, beauty-wise,
genes seem to be the latest thing
worth getting neurotic about. Turns
out the genes of skin cells, being relatively
accessible, are also surprisingly mutable.
Consider this: Even the tiny dose of UV
light you encounter on a sunny morning
commute can cause DNA damage, lead-
ing to a cascade effect of aging—spots,
lines, even skin cancer. (Are you reaching
for the sunscreen yet?) Or this: Last year,
by manipulating DNA, a Stanford scien-
tist pulled off the lab-rat equivalent of
turning Betty White into Scarlett Johans-
son—he made the skin of old mice young
again in a mere two weeks. (More on that
later.) Call me neurotic, but I’m vaguely
jealous of those babe-ified rodents.
“Until now, we’ve focused on free-
radical scavenging, sunscreen, premature
aging—that’s what we know,” says a visi-
bly excited Daniel Maes, PhD, the senior
vice president of research and develop-
ment at Estée Lauder. “Now we’ve entered
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the era of genetic aging.” At the moment,
beauty companies are diving into gene-
targeting territory with incredible opti-
mism, not to mention speed—and they’re
beating big pharma to the checkout line.
“Beauty companies are able to get prod-
ucts on the market early because they’re
not regulated by the FDA,” says MIT
biologist and leading genetics researcher
Leonard Guarente, PhD. “In a way, they’re
the vanguard.”
The Miami Valley Innovation Center—
a sprawling Procter & Gamble think tank
outside of Cincinnati—aims to lead the
charge. Here a team of “gene jockeys”
analyzes hundreds of people’s genetic fin-
gerprints via a NASA-worthy technology
called GeneChips. Jay Tiesman, PhD, a
P&G scientist and top “jockey,” agrees to
demonstrate how this works by “tape-
stripping” yours truly. This involves press-
ing circle after circle of adhesive disks to
my cheek in order to peel off dead cells
and get down to active ones where DNA is
functioning. Tiesman distracts me from
the angry red bull’s-eye that is emerging
on my face ( Jay, if you’re reading this: It
lasted two whole days!) with Genetics
101: Every cell in our bodies contains the
same two interlocking strands of DNA—
nearly 34,000 genes. But not every gene
is active in every cell; the ones that are
active determine the cell’s identity and
function, be it muscle, skin, liver, or even
cancer. More than 20,000 are in play in
skin, some more than others. Like every-
thing else, genes weaken with age. They
can slow down or get stuck in the “on” or
“off” position—hence genetic aging.
GeneChips measure skin’s levels of
RNA, the messenger molecules through
which DNA dispatches its orders, telling
cells to replicate, pump out collagen, or
even die. Analyzing GeneChips is “like
looking at 54,000 dimmer switches,”
Tiesman says. “Are they saying MAKE
COLLAGEN or make collagen?”
Tiesman spares me the calculations on
my “stripped” cells (suffice it to say that
54,000 rows on a spreadsheet yield some
6.5 million bits of data or, as one P&G
researcher put it, “a hairball of informa-
tion”), but a few weeks later, he calls with
the verdict. For the purposes of compari-
Sylvie Lancrenon
son, he had measured my numbers against
those of Chelsea, a lab assistant who, like
me, is 32. Ultimately, we tied: While I had
a higher expression of genes that control
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skin’s barrier-building fatty acids and cho-
lesterol, Chelsea had less inflammation.
To vastly oversimplify, this means that
Chelsea and I are both on track to end up
being Golden Girls in our golden years—but
we’ll have our spots and lines for different
reasons. The company’s most surprising
GeneChip discovery has been not so much
what happens when we age (sagging, wrin-
kles, dehydration—genetics affect all of
these little marvels), but which gene-
influenced factors seem to be doing the
most damage. The two main culprits are
inflammation (my problem) and an im-
paired moisture barrier (Chelsea’s). “The
barrier is skin’s first line of defense. It keeps
good stuff in and bad stuff—bacteria,
fungus, harsh chemicals, allergens, pollu-
tion, cigarette smoke—out,” says Rose-
marie Osborne, a P&G Beauty principal
scientist. “When the barrier is compro-
mised, skin focuses entirely on restoring it,
which slows down everything else.”
What does P&G propose to do about it?
The new Olay Professional Pro-X line
was cooked up to compensate for these
changes. Hexamidine, one of its star ingre-
dients, jump-starts the enzymes that
produce barrier-friendly lipids. (Hexami-
dine also exemplifies P&G’s wacky-
but-brilliant tendency to cross-pollinate:
Giving new meaning to the phrase “softer
than a baby’s bottom,” the compound was
originally developed to stabilize skin con-
ditioners in Pampers.)
As for the daily oxidative assault on our
DNA, chances are your skin-care regimen
is already providing some assistance: anti-
oxidants such as vitamin C, green tea, and
pomegranate help disarm renegade free
radicals. Plus, the body is built with its own
repairmen: Pac-Man–style enzymes that
literally chomp out damaged segments and
flip in new ones. Skin-care lines Nia 24 and
Canyon Ranch Your Transformation aim
to aid this constant grooming process by
supplying niacin, or vitamin B3, a building
block of skin’s own DNA repair tool kit.
According to MIT’s Guarente, however,
all these damage do-gooders may be beside
the point. “No known substance can cause
genes to repair themselves,” he says. “There
are a lot of things going wrong at the same
time in cells. You could repair one thing,
but something else could be just as bad.”
Instead, some scientists are targeting spe-
cific age-regulating genes—which brings us
back to those young-again miracle mice. “A
lot of people have the idea that aging is the
accumulation of wear and tear on the body,
and that’s certainly true,” says Howard
Chang, MD, PhD, an associate professor of
dermatology at the Stanford University
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School of Medicine. “But besides accumu-
lated damage, there’s also the separate idea
that some genes might actually be control-
ling the overall life span of an organism by
coordinating the rate of aging.” When
Chang’s team applied a topical chemical to
block NF-kappaB (a signal that turns on
with age and controls the activity of hun-
dreds of genes), the mice’s skin looked and
behaved like that of newborns: thicker, with
more cell division and the same active genes
seen in young mice.
Before you book your flight to Palo Alto,
bear in mind that Chang’s mice were geneti-
cally engineered to respond to the chemical.
(It wouldn’t work on normal mice, let alone
humans.) And the consequences of blocking
this process are still unclear. Nonetheless,
the takeaway is breathtaking: “Aging is sur-
prisingly plastic,” Chang says. “Tissue can
revert back to its youthful state.”
NF-kappaB may be a long way from
becoming a household word, but another
genetic age-determiner is not: sirtuins. This
family of seven “longevity genes” (plus the
proteins they encode for) regulates DNA re-
pair, recombination, and aging, and could
be the key to aging-related diseases, such as
type 2 diabetes, obesity, and Alzheimer’s.
In 2000, Guarente led a landmark study
in which a Spartan diet of 1,000 to 1,500
daily calories—believed for decades to
extend life span—was shown to work, at
least in part, by activating sirtuins. Starva-
tion sets off an alarm in the cell, forcing it to
work economically and slowing down cel-
lular division. In 2003, Harvard Medical
School associate professor of pathology
David Sinclair, PhD (a former Guarente
mentee), discovered the sirtuin-activating
powers of resveratrol, the polyphenol
found in red wine. Resveratrol extends the
life span of mice by 24 percent and that of
other animals, including flies and worms,
by as much as 59 percent. At press time, a
phase two clinical trial of an oral resvera-
trol supplement for humans was nearing
completion; as of now, though, we’d have to
quaff roughly 1,500 bottles of vino per
day—too much, even for me—to get com-
parable results.
So far, skin-care companies are focused
on SIRT1, the sirtuin that, like a cautious
governess, reins in excessive cellular prolif-
eration to allow cells to complete their
repair cycle. Dior, Avon, and London’s Ren
Clean Bio Active Skincare all offer various
sirtuin-stimulating products, but Estée
Lauder has made these still-mysterious pro-
teins its primary antiaging target. “We’ve
found a gold mine, and we’re exploring it to
the end,” Maes says.
Sirtuins, in fact, are the perfect skin solu-
tion for Maes, who seems to support the
“tortoise and the hare” model of cellular re-
juvenation. In a world of retinoids, acid peels,
and microdermabrasion—all intended to
speed cell turnover in order to reveal a
spanking-new, unblemished surface—he
wants to do the opposite: slow it down, giv-
ing cells extra time to repair their own DNA
damage before replication. Yes, you read
right—this would mean that high-strength
retinoids, every dermatologist’s best friend,
may be causing aging in the long run. “We
know that cells are programmed to repro-
duce a very specific number of times,” Maes
says. “Speeding them up uses up your
potential for cellular division so that, when
you get older, your skin will be worn out.”
Last year, Lauder introduced Re-Nutriv
Ultimate Youth Creme, a $250 wonder-
salve packed with a proprietary version of
resveratrol. The brand’s new Time Zone (at
$58, significantly more wallet-friendly)
does the trick with a patented rice extract;
in vitro tests showed a 200 percent increase
in collagen synthesis and 79 percent fewer
cell deaths after UV exposure.
Meanwhile, back in the lab, even resver-
atrol is aging out. The new kid on the block
has a wonky name (SRT1720) but major
muscle. In a study published in November,
mice who ate a high-fat, high-calorie meal
plan for 15 weeks—plus regular doses of
SRT1720—emerged with the traits of
younger, healthier rodents: lower choles-
terol, less obesity-related disease, and bet-
ter insulin sensitivity. If it can do that on
the inside, imagine what it could do for
your face.
All still lifes: Steven Krause
Clockwise from top left: Olay Professional Pro-X
Wrinkle Smoothing Cream, Avon ANEW Ultimate
Elixir Premium, Estée Lauder Time Zone Line and
Wrinkle Reducing Moisturizer, Clinique Youth Surge
SPF 15 Age Decelerating Moisturizer
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BEYOND THE SEA
Notes of jasmine, frangipani,
and sandalwood pay tribute to
the Mediterranean in the Pucci
Vivara Variazioni fragrance
collection (from left, Acqua PAINT JOB
330, Sole 149, and Sabbia 167). Channel your inner Matisse
with Yves Saint Laurent’s
Palette d’Artiste Collector
Powder for the Eyes.

IT’S A BREEZE
With four shimmery, leaf-motif
hues, the limited edition
Guerlain Ombre Éclat in Paradis
Exotique will transport you to
tropical climes.

TEAMWORK
For the sixth season, designer
Tracy Reese and Sally Hansen
have joined forces to create
runway-inspired nail colors (from
left, in Tassel, Honeydew, and
Forsythia) that are sure to shine.

JADE TO MEASURE
Subtle scents of pear
IT From an intoxicating
body lotion to a
superseductive
lipstick, this month’s
STRIKE IT RICH
Ultramoisturizing B de

LIST
Boucheron cream wraps
and pistachio bring a your body in the exotic
fresh energy to Bulgari
Omnia Green Jade.
picks will put a little aroma of pink pepper and

spring in your step. Madagascan vanilla.

By Jodi Belden

GRAND ILLUSION
Estée Lauder Fleur de Lys
Shimmer Powder gives dull
skin a radiant glow with just
a few strokes of the wand.

BLACK MOOD
Chanel Limited Edition Rouge
Photographed by

Allure (from left, in Maniac,

Kevin Cremens

Hysteria, and Obscure) dares SIMPLE PLEASURES

you to go dark with three With fresh mandarin and
near-noir variations: a rich sweet peach nectar, Elizabeth
chocolate, a dusky violet, and Arden Pretty truly lives up to
a deep burgundy. its name.

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 ELLE BEAUTY ADVENTURE

ARE YOU THERE,

GOD? IT’S ME,HOLLY
In a mysterious Czech monastery, our beauty adventuress discovers the stuff

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that creams are made of. Talk about a religious experience. By Holly Millea
his is an open letter to all
my friends who included
me in the Saint Thérèse’s
Prayer chain letter as one
of the 12 women who
touched their lives and
who implored me not to
break the chain and to for-
ward the e-mail to 12
women who have touched
my life: Let’s all stop touching each other. I
don’t have time to touch myself, let alone a
dozen other people, who, frankly, even
though I sent it to them, haven’t really
touched me, because if they had, I wouldn’t
have rewarded their kindness with an
annoying chain letter telling them to “make
a wish and read the prayer and pass it on
within the next five minutes!” Or else.
“May you be content knowing you are
a child of God” is the line that really irks
me. I’m sorry, but is God willing to take a
paternity test? And if he is my father, can I
charge him with parental neglect? I need
more supervision.
I’m just curious. Which one of you bitches
started this thing, and why Saint Thérèse?
She, the quaint “Saint of the Little Way”
who did “little things in life well and with
great love.” (Like the way I eat M&M’S.) A
Saint Jude prayer—now that I could have
used. His area is desperate cases, lost causes,
and hot flashes. Staring in the mirror, con-
templating my contemplation, pulling up
the southerly sag of my skin, it occurs to me:
I need a faith lift.
Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles!
An e-mail arrives inviting me to a monas-
tery in the Czech Republic where monks
make Crème Ancienne—an ultrarich, pricey
($135 an ounce) face and body cream using
a second-century recipe. The world’s first
cold cream, it was invented by the Greek
Mary Magdalene: The Palma

physician Claudius Galen, then employed Two thousand years later, Fresh cosmet- (a wax harvested from the head of a sperm
Collection/Getty Images

as resident sports doctor at the Roman
school for gladiators, where he mixed bees-
wax, rose water, and almond oil to use as a
balm for burns and wounds. During his
four years on call, Galen lost only five glad-
iators. His predecessor lost 60.
ics czar Lev Glazman found Galen’s for-
mula in a pharmacopoeia and had the
fresh idea of re-creating it. He was actually
re-re-creating the recipe, as it had been
tweaked in the late 1800s when an Ameri-
can druggist added borax and spermaceti
whale) to Galen’s original concoction. “We
updated some of the ingredients,” Glazman
says, over dinner at a restaurant in Marián-
ské Lázne, two hours outside of Prague. He
used meadowfoam seed oil instead of
almond, added chamomile wax for its heal-

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 ing and anti-inflammatory properties, and
spurned the spermaceti.
I listen while at the same time trying to
swallow a spoonful of the “traditional pork
soup” recommended by our waiter that
turns out to be not so much a soup as a black
gruel made with pig blood and pureed piggy
parts that would send a Survivor contestant
crying, “Wee, wee, wee!” all the way home.
Born in St. Petersburg and raised in Tel
Aviv, Glazman has Putin-ish good looks,
Warren Buffett–ish business sense, and the
funny appeal of a James Bond villain. After
moving to Boston at 19, he washed storefront
windows for cash, literally climbing his way
up; within two years he’d created a million-
dollar company—Sky Services. In 1991 he
and his wife, Alina, founded the cosmetics
company Fresh. “I always wanted to sell
cosmetics, because they are the most afford-
able luxury,” Glazman says in a Russian-
accented purr. “I seek great, natural,
interesting old recipes. Without a past, there
is no future. Like, how I came up with the
idea for Brown Sugar Body Polish? When I
was little, my grandmother put sugar on my
wounds, which heals without stinging and
locks in moisture. So to me, a no-brainer.”
Crème Ancienne is made by monks “to
preserve the tradition of the cream,”
Glazman says. “It must be handmade, so it
can only be done in small batches.” It was
originally produced in a small convent,
Tautra Abbey, on an island in Norway. “But
there are only seven nuns, and they were so
consumed with production, they called me
and said they had no time to pray.” Now
they make soap.
So it came to be here, at a secluded white-
walled monastery that shall remain name-
less, outside the Czech village of Dobrá
Voda—“good water”—that the cream is
now made by French friars with very soft
hands. The head monk, Father Samuel,
greets us at the end of the long gravel drive-
way wearing brown robes, a tooled leather
belt, Birkenstocks, rimless glasses, and a
warm smile. Tall and handsome, he has
an air of knowing, like a man who arm-
wrestled the devil and didn’t always win.
There are rules. Sitting at a table with a
crucifix hanging behind him in an other-
wise empty room, Father Samuel explains
the need for anonymity. “Crème Ancienne
cannot be associated with this monastery in
a concrete way,” he begins. “There is no
conflict between us and the people who buy
Crème Ancienne. There is opposition
between the monastic culture and the cul-
ture of these people. Very complicated.”
Pascal Chevallier
The monks would rather not be associated
with consumerism related to vanity. He
sighs. “We were going to bottle water.”
But Glazman made them an offer they
couldn’t refuse (and won’t disclose). Huge
apothecary jars sit on a steel table. Nearby, a
double boiler is filled with beeswax heated
to melting. A monk adds rose water and,
using a hand blender, whips it into an
opaque emulsion. A gorgeous smell fills the
air. “We use damask rose petals,” Glazman
says. “It takes one ton of roses to extract one
kilogram of oil, which costs $5,000.” When
the cream cools, the meadowfoam oil is
added. “A lot of creams today have a lot of
water in them,” he notes. “This cream can
hold so much oil and yet it is so light.” Mead-
owfoam is unique among oils in that it is
easily absorbed, resists oxidation, and is
happy to be in the mixed company of other
ingredients. Finally, a tiny amount of borax
I wish the monks would adopt
me andput me to useful
work. I’d introduce casual
Fridays, refrock them in Pucci
paisley or Burberry plaid.
is added as a preservative. (I can attest that
the cream cured my chapped lips and
excommunicated my eczema.)
I slip away to find a restroom. As I wan-
der through the halls, it occurs to me that
something’s missing. There isn’t a looking
glass in the place. How great would it be to
live without the bad news of a mirror?
I wish the monks would adopt me and put
me to useful work and allow me to defrock
and refrock them in something less brown,
more cheerful. I’d introduce casual Fri-
days and they could rock smocks in Pucci
paisley or Burberry plaid. Father Samuel
would shake his head at my antics and call
me Chip-Monk and I would call him Big
Daddy…. Those were my musings while
washing my hands in the loo before discov-
ering the door wouldn’t open. Should I call
or pray for help? What would Jesus do?
Gently: Hello? Anybody out there? Up
there? Anywhere? Silence.
Jesus would start banging on the door.
I can now answer the question: How
many monks does it take to get a sinner out
of a bathroom? Five who speak French and
can’t stop giggling and one Big Daddy who
shoos them away, peers through the key-
hole, and, before explaining the mysteries
of the temperamental lock, asks, “Is there
anything you’d like to confess?”
I must confess that I am a jury duty dodger,
that I engage in chain letter activity, that I
have impure thoughts (including one when
I passed the monk who looks like Jon Stew-
art), that I don’t believe in miracles, that I
do believe in astrology, that I’m sure God
isn’t everywhere, and that I hope there isn’t
an afterlife because where I’m going could
be an aftershock, and even if it’s a party
it will technically be an after-party, and
they’re overrated, and besides, I’m already
exhausted by this life so an after-one would
be one too many, and I just want whatever
comes next to be like a before-life—a black
velvet nothingness.
That’s what I would have confessed if
he’d really asked. But I’m glad he didn’t,
because honestly, there isn’t a rosary long
enough to save me.
Thirty minutes later, the bathroom door
finally opens to blushing young monks, a
pat on the head from Father Samuel, and
Glazman rolling on the floor, boots in the
air, holding his stomach, laughing.
That night in Prague, unable to sleep in
my bed at the Mandarin Oriental (erected,
ironically, on the site of a former convent
and Gothic church), I google “Tautra
Abbey.” Seven nuns on an island; if that
isn’t a reality show… I click on “Becoming a
Nun.” The first bullet point: “We accept
women under the age of 45.” (And no, the
ability to carry twice your weight in well
water does not make you an exception.) I
dress and go down to the concierge and ask
him to show me the hotel’s mini museum of
relics, past the Monastery Lounge, near the
spa. Mounted in lighted, velvet-lined cases
are medieval skeleton keys, hair ornaments,
rings, a thimble and crude needle—every-
day things that survived the women who
used them. That will survive me.
Last night, back in my bed in Manhat-
tan, lying awake in a skyscraper forest filled
with the sounds of sirens and horns and gar-
bage trucks and rap music booming from a
car, I thought, What will I leave behind? My
own artifacts—hair combs and bobby pins,
an eyelash curler, a lucky subway token, the
keys to a lock that will be changed, my
grandmother’s wedding rings, a prized
Smith-Corona…words. These words.
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 ELLE BEAUTY NEUROTICA
GOTDEPRESSION?
Could a controversial treatment for kids with autism help prevent Alzheimer’s, fatigue,
and the blues? The truth behind the wheat-free, dairy-free diet. By Rachael Combe
M
ark Hyman, MD, leans
over his lunch of tofu,
soba noodles, and beet-
carrot-spinach-ginger
juice and searches my
face. “You have a little
bit of—if you don’t mind
me saying—you have a
little fluid and, you
know, puffy eyes, and that is often allergy-
related,” he says. He peers at me for another
beat, nodding. “A little redness around
the lids. I don’t usually tell people I see,” he
adds with a laugh. “But that is often a sign
of low-grade inflammation, and it’s often
gut-related.”
Hyman, a practitioner of “functional
medicine” (a holistic branch of medicine), is
the founder of the UltraWellness Center in
Lenox, Massachusetts, and the guru behind
the series of best-selling “Ultra” self-help
books (UltraPrevention, UltraMetabolism, The
UltraSimple Diet, and The UltraMetabolism
Cookbook, among others). He used to be the
co–medical director of Canyon Ranch and
is a staple on the morning-talk-shows-and-
ladies’-magazines circuit. Unlike my puffy
self, Hyman looks freshly polished and
pressed, with a light tan and a neat khaki
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suit. Since I was on maternity leave,
Hyman—and his publicist—had graciously
trekked up to a vegan restaurant near my
apartment in New York City to talk about
his latest tome, The UltraMind Solution.
The premise of UltraMind is that un-
healthy lifestyles and our environment are
not only making us fat and diabetic but
mentally ill. “Your brain is broken. You
know it. You feel it. You hide it. You fear
it,” Hyman writes ominously. “We refer to
our ‘broken brains’ by many names—
depression, anxiety, memory loss, brain
fog, attention deficit disorder…autism, and
dementia to name a few.”
The culprit and cure for most psychiat-
ric disorders lies in the gut, Hyman says.
Allergies and toxins in food, the environ-
ment, and drugs damage it, causing it to
become inflamed and to “leak,” allowing
undigested food and bacteria to slip into
our bloodstreams. This leads to autoimmune
disorders, malnutrition, and brain damage.
To heal, he recommends taking supple-
ments, discontinuing nonessential drugs,
and embarking on an abstemious diet often
called the gluten-free, casein-free diet (or
GFCF), which eliminates all foods contain-
ing wheat or dairy, “the most important
allergens that lead to brain problems,” he
writes. (But to get rid of gluten, you also
have to cut out barley, oats, rye, spelt,
Kamut, and just about any other grain you
could make into a decent slice of bread.)
I first came across GFCF when research-
ing a story about autism. Many of the same
people who believe autism is the result of
overvaccination also believe putting kids
on the GFCF can help cure it. Most main-
stream scientists say the theory lacks bio-
logical plausibility. When I note that
Hyman seems to be recommending the
controversial treatment for the general pop-
ulace, he agrees, telling me that children
with autism are the “canaries in the coal
mine” and that we’re all being damaged,
just with less noticeable effects. For exam-
ple, misplacing your keys isn’t normal, he
claims, and, if not addressed, one day small
lapses may become a more serious disease,
such as Alzheimer’s. “They’re the extreme
example of brain dysfunction, but the point
is the lessons learned in autism can be gen-
eralized to everybody who’s got a brain,” he
says. “All of us are affected in some way.”
Hyman isn’t the only one who’s fingered
wheat and dairy as brain-damage-on-a-
bagel. A slew of recent books have made
similar claims, and several alternative-
health-conscious friends of mine swear
they’ve cured various ailments with some
version of GFCF. After Hyman’s off-the-
cuff diagnosis, I couldn’t help but worry:
Were my bleary eyes and “brain fog” from
mothering a newborn or signs of diet-
induced dementia? I had to admit: I’d tried
GFCF a few times for past stories, and it did
put a certain skip in my step.
To sort out the claims, I first called Mi-
chael D. Gershon, MD, professor of pathol-
ogy and cell biology at Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons, and
author of The Second Brain: A Groundbreaking
New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the
Stomach and Intestine. Gershon’s research,
which Hyman cites in UltraMind, focuses on
irritable bowel syndrome and has shown
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how the gut has its own nervous system that
operates independently of the brain. Ger-
shon pulls no punches when I ask him about
the leaky gut theory. “What you’re talking
about is largely myth,” he says. “They’re
talking nonsense, and I’m talking reality.”
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MEMORY
Handbag designer Sulaika
Zarrouk’s new loft has room
for her glam ’70s childhood and
even more glamorous present.
Jernow; props styled by Molly Findlay

Photographed by Ditte Isager

Styled by Tamzin Greenhill
Multiple perspectives: Zarrouk in her living
room with a clutch from her label Felix Rey,
in front of a Bernard Buffet silk screen of
Paris, a William Anastasi “painting,” and
Helmut Newton’s Sumo book.
Photographed
Hair byby
and makeup Hubbard;
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hough the design world
once shunned the ’70s, the
decade of exotic decadence
is enjoying a recession-
be-damned renaissance.
Walking into buzzy so-
cialite handbag designer
Sulaika Zarrouk’s vast
Manhattan loft, it’s easy to
see the appeal. Sofas that
induce sprawling stretch
for miles, bedecked with Turkish pillows.
Op art chandeliers float over wooden Af-
rican sculptures. A vintage Karl Springer
smoked-glass coffee table, six-feet square,
practically begs for a line of coke (but has
to make do with a cup of tea). Surely
Halston and Bianca Jagger are around the
corner discussing Marrakech and the lim-
itless potential of silk jersey.
In Zarrouk’s case, the conjuring act isn’t
some trend exercise she’ll trash next year
and replace with “English Country.” The
decor is a thoughtful distillation of every-
thing this Donna Karan protégé grew up
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with as the only child of a bohemian Man-
hattan couple who raised her in a happy
blur of shag carpets, Sgt. Pepper, Moroc-
can tiles, disco balls, Easter eggs dyed with
beet juice, and Bain de Soleil summers in
North African cliff towns.
“Nothing is as meaningful as what you
know as ‘home,’ ” says Zarrouk, cofounder
of Felix Rey, a boldly flirty accessories line
beloved by starlets Hayden Panettiere and
Leighton Meester. “I find the familiar
comforting.” Not that all aspects of Zar-
rouk’s design inheritance are soothing.
Her father, a Tunisian-born painter, and
mother, a United Nations conference co-
ordinator of Circassian extraction, also
favored Plexiglas and (for one traumatic
year) a blindingly yellow kitchen.
Zarrouk, who throws dinner parties
twice a month for friends like Venezuelan
hostess Fabiola Beracasa and actor Dean
Winters (30 Rock), was driven by more
than nostalgia, however. “There are so
many spaces today that are ethnic and
earthy, but not luxe,” says Zarrouk. “Or
Comfort zone: To
counter all her
“decoratory” pillows,
she bought this slightly
campy one in Bali
only to discover it
pictures a Turkish
sultan who offered
sanctuary to her great-
great-grandfather
when he fled Tunisia.
(Opening page): Zarrouk
with her Brussel’s
Griffon, Brutus.
luxe but too rigid. I wanted to mix it up.”
Decorating the huge two-story apart-
ment called for ballsy grandeur. “We didn’t
realize how much furniture you need,” she
says. “I’d have a sofa delivered, and it’d be
obvious we needed two.” Even smaller
rooms, she says, can look better if you layer
in more elements than pure practicality
prescribes.
If you’re using themes from your own
childhood, she suggests making them
bolder and more emphatic. For the living
room carpet, she says, “I ordered custom
Indian Dhurrie rugs [from Shyam Ahuja]
based on the pattern of a North African
tile that reminded me of my dad’s home-
town.” And although her parents liked odd
juxtapositions, the artifacts in Zarrouk’s
home—as diverse as her friends at the UN
school (“kids with scarification on their
faces, kids in turbans”)—conspire even
more recklessly. Next to a calm Parisian
scene, a colossal book of Helmut Newton
photos lies open to a typically orgiastic
’70s-era tableau of naked, surly Amazons.
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ELLE MAN
SECOND COMING
From stressed-out child star to Arrested Development, Juno, happy marriage,
T
beautiful kid, and now State of Play: How Jason Bateman escaped to the future
he creator of the late, great
series Arrested Development
admits he was reluctant to
audition Jason Bateman for
the role of Michael Bluth. “I
think he had done, like, 13
failed pilots,” says Mitchell
Hurwitz, “and when I saw
his name on the sign-in
sheet, I thought, Oooh, no,
I don’t want to read Jason Bateman here. I
want to do something really special here and
take a risk.” Then Bateman nailed it. “He
was dry and spot-on and subtle and had such
a developed sense of humor.”
It does not come as a surprise that
Bateman is funny. His peers clamor to
offer comments about this, about him, and,
please know, this is unheard-of. “Am I too
late?” Hurwitz asks in a breathless e-mail.
“You don’t get to praise Jason face-to-face.
He tricks you into talking about yourself.
So please let me get something on the rec-
ord so he knows how much I love him.”
Charlize Theron, his love interest in both
last summer’s Hancock and a story line of
Arrested, e-mails while on vacation to say that
his acting made her “pee my pants laugh-
ing.” Ellen Page takes a break from a Cana-
dian hike to call and establish that “he has a
dirty sense of humor, but he gets away with
it because he’s so adorable.” Jennifer Garner
e-mails: “He happens to be an excellent ac-
tor who is also hilarious.” And Portia de Rossi
refers to him as “one of the most naturally
funny people I know, and, believe me, I know
some naturally funny people.” She’s calling
from Ellen DeGeneres’ dressing room.
“No one takes the piss better than J.B.,”
says his good friend and Arrested Develop-
ment older brother, Will Arnett. “I can be
feeling on top of the world, my clothes nice
and pressed, and he comes out and asks,
‘Hey man, do they make that in a men’s?’ ”
Bateman at 40 is 98 percent handsome,
one percent crow’s-feet, one percent freck-
les, with a seal-pelt-like head of hair that he
credits for doing most of his work for him:
“Well, shit, if I can part my hair, I don’t
have to act as much: ‘The guy is a dork.’
Now I just need to talk.” This month, he
will appear with Russell Crowe in State of
Play as a bisexual club promoter with an
OxyContin addiction (“Got it!”), and he’s
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busy shooting the comedy Couples Retreat
with Vince Vaughn and gearing up for the
Arrested Development movie. On the show,
he could get the audience on his side by en-
gaging the tiniest muscle in his forehead,
or flexing his Adam’s apple. His movie
roles, too, showcase his kind of slow-burn
sarcasm and minimalism. (Has any guy
ever established himself to be a bigger ass-
hole in fewer words than when he offered,
all matter-of-fact, “Cold feet” in Juno?) He
started working in Hollywood at age 10 on
Little House on the Prairie. Then came Sil-
ver Spoons, the underappreciated It’s Your
Move, that Valerie Harper show…and then
not much in his twenties and early thirties.
He had to squeeze in a deferred adoles-
cence sometime—the one he didn’t have
time for as a family breadwinner. His
father managed his career and his sister
Justine’s (she played the beautiful, ditzy
sister on Family Ties). His mother, a former
flight attendant, became his set-sitter. “My
parents weren’t making as much money
as I was making,” he says, straddling a
bench in the Central Garden at the Getty
Center in Los Angeles. “Who does? It’s a
huge amount of money.” And it was hugely
stressful to earn it. “When you’re a child
actor, if you don’t have a C average, you lose
your work permit, you’re off the show, and
I think they can sue you, because you are
shutting down a television series,” he says.
“So anytime there was a major grading
period, I have very vivid memories of just
stomach-churning and tears and knowing
that if I don’t pass these tests.… We were
living hand-to-mouth. Or Los Angeles
hand-to-mouth. Miss a payment on the
mortgage, and you’re gone.”
So who does that to a kid? “Obviously, in
hindsight, it was a challenging way to be
brought up,” he allows. “Having said that, I
am very, very happy with who I am and my
relationship with my parents. Who hasn’t
had an atypical upbringing?” He tends
to ask and answer his own questions, and
they’re probably the same questions some
shrink posed to him: “Was I the ideal age
to be presented with a huge challenge like
that? I was probably a little young.”
Which explains why he was a little too
old when he began “playing as hard as I had
been working. That involved anything you
can imagine. How many clubs can you go
to? How many drinks can you have? How
many superhot chicks can you go home
with? After a while, it’s not cute. After 30,
it’s really not cute.” At times, he considered
selling everything he owned and heading
to the international terminal at LAX to
choose a city where he could start over.
“So many people who had teenage
careers end up the subject of some VH1
show. What happened to him is miracu-
lous,” says director Jason Reitman, who
cast Bateman in Juno. “He figured out who
he was as an adult, and who he was was a
spectacularly self-aware, funny guy.”
He’s also a sincere guy, especially when
he’s talking about his wife, Amanda Anka,
a voice-over actress and the female voice of
NBC’s prime time. They married in 2001
but had known each other since high school
(her father is the singer Paul Anka). “Once
I got my shit together, I knew she might be
a fantastic candidate for the better half of
my life. I only wanted to get married once,
so I had to look for someone with longevity,
which would be a friend. And a friend that
I really want to sleep with, too—then that’s
the ticket.” As for her wanting to sleep with
him? “There are pills for that.”
The only topic that he’s any sweeter on
is their two-year-old daughter, Francesca.
The merest mention of the Gap ad and
billboard featuring the two of them makes
his already wide grin stretch about three
sizes. “Anyone who has a kid, when friends
ask you if you have a picture, you go,
‘Yeahyeahyeah,’ and whip out your phone
to show off. This was that times ten. Look up
there. She’s mine.” he says. “And I love her.”
Neither he nor Arnett have forgot-
ten that when Arnett and his wife, Amy
Poehler, were featured in the Gap’s 2007
campaign, their billboard was in a higher
profile Los Angeles location. “They got
the Sunset building,” Bateman says. “We
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got Hollywood Highlands. It’s a close
second.” Not that he minds. “If I can be
number two or four or five—in State of
Play, I think I’m sixth—it doesn’t matter;
I just want to be in it. I am trying to keep
that ball rolling and not screw things up,
and not ever have my name get in the way
again. Because that’s something you just
can’t fix.”—Rory Evans
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 ELLE READER CULTUREWATCH
DIE,MOMMY,DIE!
Why do so many successful women
feel the need to blather on about
their children in the workplace?
Nancy Hass argues that the personal
is still political—and it’s also a big bore
A
rranging the interview took months of patient
pleading with the CEO’s staff, and now that I’ve
been waiting for almost an hour in the chief’s vast
beige and teak inner office, one thought keeps
running through my head: She better be as bril-
liant as everyone says.
Ten minutes later, the CEO walks through the
door, smoothing her pantsuit and flashing a pur-
posefully desperate smile. “I’m so sorry to have kept you waiting,”
she says, plopping down in the sleek armchair next to me as I
reach out to shake her hand, “but my nine-year-old had a bad
night because of a test today—throwing up and everything—and
she just called in to say she thinks she aced it. Everything is so
dramatic with that one; all her stress goes right to her stomach.”
I try to cut her off with a tight grin, barely enough to pass as
polite. I don’t like where this is going.
“Do you have kids?” she asks brightly, leaning toward me.
“A daughter,” I say, in a clipped tone, hoping she’ll get the hint.
“Three. She’s great.” I flip open my notebook to signal that I’m
ready to start our interview.
“A baby!” she squeals. “Mine are so grown-up now. I loved that
age. I’ll bet she’s delicious.”
“Yeah, it’s great.”
“Tell me,” she says, gripping my knee with a cool hand, “isn’t it
just the best thing you’ve ever done?”
I try to control my face, make sure my nostrils don’t flare or
my eyes roll back in my head reflexively. It’s the dreaded non-
question again, as deep a rhetorical trap as “When did you stop
beating your wife?” Like the countless other professional women
who’ve asked me this since my daughter was born and who no
doubt ask it of every relatively new mom they encounter on the
job, the CEO lands hard on the word best, as though it’s a secret
mommy high five. The tips of my ears burn. “Absolutely,” I lie.
It’s not as though I don’t love my daughter. Or that I take her
for granted. Infertility made her birth a novel-length saga, and
I marvel daily that she’s a healthy, fearless, slaphappy toddler. I
am mesmerized by the sound of her Betty Boop voice serenading
stuffed animals and moved by the sight of her flapping pigtails as
she tears through the playground. Each night before we turn off
the lights, my husband and I recap, often in numbing detail, her
triumphs and setbacks of the day.
But I have never once thought of her as the best thing I’ve
ever done. Perhaps that’s a function of having had a better-than-
average work life, but it’s also because I’m loath to take credit for
my daughter as an accomplishment. Reproducing, even for me,
who had to go to such lengths to become a mother, doesn’t feel
like a personal achievement; it’s just a natural part of the human
cycle. That’s one of the reasons I love being a parent; it’s com-
fortingly prosaic, delightfully unremarkable. Can you imagine
women in small Indian villages standing around the local well
asking for reassurance from the others that having their brood of
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kids is “the best thing they’ve ever done”? It’s a ready-made cap-
tion for a New Yorker cartoon.
So why do so many accomplished women, even in the most
rarefied professional environments, feel compelled to treat their
children as something to be celebrated publicly in minute, often
embarrassingly scatological, detail? Why do they assume that
tales of their offspring’s quotidian doings will envelop everyone
else in a cloak of bliss? While there are indeed a few colleagues
with whom I’ve developed a real friendship and whose chil-
dren’s lives I love hearing about (part of the reason I chose these
pals is their ability to endow even a toddler tantrum story with
wit and irony), it’s a tiny club. And it surely doesn’t include the
acquaintance who corralled me during a break at a recent semi-
nar on the world economic crisis, nearly bursting to compare
stories of our kids’ capricious bowel habits, school issues, and
general adorability.
That such talk is tedious to the young, unmarried women in the
room (yes, they’re Twittering right now about how lame we are)
and deeply irritating to the older, child-free ones, not to mention
off-putting to most men who happen to be within earshot, doesn’t
seem to matter. “I know I’m an idiot,” one woman told me sheep- Woman with child: Giovanni Gastel; elevator: © John Cumming/Getty Images
ishly when I gently suggested she put a lid on explicating to a col-
league the soaring heights of her preschooler’s standardized test
scores as we sat waiting for our boss in a conference room. “But I
just can’t stop myself. I’m just so over the moon.”
I know my attitude seems uncharitable and certainly unmoth-
erly. I accept that I’m among the retrograde few with an aversion
to wearing my parental status on the sleeve of my suit jacket. After
all, baby talk is ubiquitous in pop culture these days, so who can
blame my colleagues for fetishizing their young? Give a female
celebrity a soapbox, and you can bet she’ll eventually wind up
effervescing on the joys of motherhood. No cliché is too hoary
for these gals as they gesticulate madly with their slender arms
and toss their high-gloss manes; they seem unaware of the cul-
tural ironies embedded in the reveries. These mistresses of mass
media (and you know who they are) have perfected the mixed
message: I’m a regular mom, just like you. Pay no attention to
the three nannies who have been cropped out of this picture or
the fact that I spend four nights a week on the red carpet. I’m
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 ELLE READER ADVICE

ASKE.JEAN
Tormented? Driven
witless? Whipsawed
by confusion?
Dolls: The soothsayer (contrary to legend,
she was not an old chap, but a shapely little
tart) warned Julius Caesar: “Beware the
Ides of March.” Shortly thereafter, Caesar’s
best friend, Brutus, got Caesar’s pretty
tunic all splotched with blood. March is the

Photographed by Gregg Delman (styling by Christian Stroble; hair by Eduardo Carrasco at Ford Artists NYC; makeup by Sylwia Rakowska at Ford Artists NYC); special thanks to NYE Haus
month (oddly!) I receive the most letters
about friends. Read on….

Friendship or love—one must choose; one

cannot serve two masters.—René Crevel
Dear E. Jean: When I’m with my close friends, I
enthrall everybody—I’m loud, crazy, hilarious.
When I’m with an attractive man, however, I am
stunned into utter silence. This always happens to
me (even though I read up on interesting topics so I
can sound intelligent). But the awesomeness of the
guy I’m starting to see is inspiring me to change. In
the beginning I didn’t have feelings for him, so I
was able to act like myself, be clever and fun, and
thus I kept him interested. Now, however, I’m once
again entering the Land of the Awkward Silence,
where I behave like a nervous, bumbling, incoher-
ent bore! I’ve even tried to train myself to think that
he’s just a close friend. Please help!
—Intimidated into Silence speechless.” Show the seams, as they say in I’m a professional woman with a wonderful
television. husband-to-be and lots of close, amazing friends.
Silence, my sparkler: Who says you can’t However, it is a good notion to arm your- To say the least, my twin and I do not have a good
enslave a chap with silence? Don’t you self with interesting tidbits to talk about— relationship. Am I to be subjected to her unkind
know that when you’re expected to talk and not to impress the lad, but to fortify yourself behavior on such a happy day because it is the
you don’t talk, you can sex up the pauses with ideas to contemplate three years from “proper” thing to do? What scene would be worse:
with raw animal magnetism? My God, now, when you’re married and you’re both the one my twin will inevitably cause or the one
woman, have you never seen a Garbo yearning for the days of hot, tempestuous, that I cause by passing her over?
movie? Do you not go down on your knees sexy silence. —Social Convention
every time Lauren Conrad can’t put
together a coherent sentence on The Hills? I do not want people to be very agreeable, Miss Social: Now, now, my giblet, let’s not
(L.C. wields the “awkward silences” with as it saves me the trouble of liking them a totally snap our garters. Ask your friend
ocular dazzle— she simply seduces the great deal.—Jane Austen to be your maid of honor and name your
guys with her eyes. I know, I know, a case Dear E. Jean: My twin sister is rude, obnoxious, sister to be Mistress of the Rings (Shield
can be made that The Hills itself is an awk- condescending, and uses any opportunity (public Maiden, Queen of Vows, or any other
ward silence.) or private) to vent about how I’ve “let her down,” gleaming, ego-pumping honorific. Unearth
Never confuse friendship with mating, never buy her presents, etc. It’s embarrassing and some Tolkien for inspiration).
my darling. In courtship, “quiet” works just hurtful. She now includes my fiancé in her bar- But I caution you: The title may go to her
as well as “loud and crazy.” The secret is rage of cruelties. When I’m around her, I am gen- head, so be sure to let her misbehave the
when you freeze up, or start bumbling, use erally anxious and upset. So, is it totally breaking night before by “begging” her to give a
it. Shake your head, throw the guy a glance all rules of etiquette to pass over my twin and ask speech at the rehearsal dinner. This will
out of the sides of your eyes, and say, “Your my lifelong best friend to stand as maid of honor allow her to get any idiocies out of her sys-
wit [shirt, story, jump shot, etc.] leaves me in my wedding? tem before the ceremony, and she’ll be too

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mortified to let out a peep at the wedding.
P.S. Of course, if your husband-to-be
agrees, you could ask your evil twin to be your
maid of honor and appoint your friend to offi-
ciate at your wedding. This will cause a scene,
naturally, but the old-fashioned kind. There
won’t be a dry eye in the place when the per-
son who loves you most (or, if not the most,
only second to your groom) pronounces you
the happiest woman in the world.
Your friend can become an ordained
minister at the Universal Life Church
(free, online, and absolutely nondenomi-
national) by going to Themonastery.org.
Once ordained, your friend can officially
perform the ceremony in any state and
be at leisure to “join together” any other
acquaintances with evil twins.
The only thing to do is to hug one’s friends
tight and do one’s job.—Edith Wharton
Dear E. Jean: In an all-female get-together, is
it appropriate to hug only the ones you feel
closest with and say “hello” to the others? Or
should I hug them all so nobody feels rejected?
This may seem like a stupid question, but I’m
not American and feel insecure sometimes in
social or business meetings.
—Faux Paulette
Miss Faux, my flower box: I personally like
to walk into a room, throw my arms around
any woman who looks better than I, and
ruffle her hair. On the other hand, if I’m
already in the room and a female friend I
know enters, I screech, hurl my glass of
champagne into the fireplace, and embrace
her with both arms, and sometimes one leg,
depending on the height of my heels.
These are my only two rules. For you,
however, it is less complicated: Hug it out
with everyone you feel like hugging (except
your boss), and shake hands affectionately
with those you don’t.
Friendship is a very taxing and arduous
form of leisure activity.—Mortimer Adler
Dear E. Jean: I’m a 27-year-old guy and very
much in love with a woman who has two wonder-
ful sons and recently dissolved a six-year relation-
ship. We’ve been seeing each other only a short time,
and yesterday she told me she was not ready for a
love affair. I’m devastated. I have offered to just be
her friend, but how do I get her to love me again?
—Will Jump Through Hoops
Hoops, my man: You can’t. Alas. And being
“just” her “friend” is the worst thing you can
do. Step back. (And when I say “back,” I
mean out of her house, out of her life, out of
her solar system.) She needs peace, freedom,
and time to grow into her independence.
However, because we all live in a field of
relativity, and because things change, when
Q: After dining at a local bakery recently, I paid the
bill, but I also pocketed a small box of brownies. My
friend saw this and isn’t speaking to me. How do I
get her forgiveness?
A: Return twice the money to the bakery, send a $100
donation to the UN World Food Programme in your
friend’s name, and ask her to forgive you. Then go forth
and steal no more!
June rolls around, take her sons to a ball
game. If she happens to want to come along,
don’t stop her.
Business, you know, may bring money, but
friendship hardly ever does.—Jane Austen
Dear E. Jean: My best friend/business partner
and I are thick as thieves. We get in trouble to-
gether, we talk about everything—sex, men, life,
you name it. There have been times when I’ve given
her money and vice versa, but never more than
$300. Here’s the problem: Some time ago, we
made a bet—$1,000 was at stake. I won. But I’m
not sure how to ask her for the money. It’s a big
chunk! I’m in desperate need of the $1,000! How
do I approach her?
—Nervous Wreck
Nervous, my nasturtium : Of course you’re
“desperate” for the $1,000, God knows we
all are. But forget it. And if you love her, tell
her to forget it, too. These days, when the
stock market is behaving like the baby in
Family Guy, we must keep our friendships
in good repair, not tear them to shreds over
minor coin.
P.S. Next time you want a “flutter,” as
P. G. Wodehouse calls it, keep the sport
under $25. You’ll enjoy the same thrill of
trouncing your opponent (which is what
wagering is all about), and you’ll still get the
chance to show what a good loser you can
be with frisky remarks like, “Yes, you won,
but only because my thighs are thinner.”
Every time a friend succeeds I die a little.
—Gore Vidal
Dear E. Jean: I have a wonderful two-year-old,
who is the absolute light of my life, and a husband
I adore. I love being a mom and desperately wish
to expand our family. However, I have suffered
three miscarriages in the past 10 months (despite
testing and treatment for a blood-clotting disorder
linked to miscarriage), in addition to losing my
father. At the moment, I am hurting too much
from all this loss and need to take a break from
trying for another child, and I’m also recognizing
that it may not be in Mother Nature’s cards for us
to have another. (It took almost two years to con-
ADVICE ELLE READER
ceive my daughter, so fertility has never come nat-
urally for me.)
The problem is, nearly all of my friends are
pregnant right now and I’m finding it incredibly
hard to be around them. Watching their bodies
change is a constant reminder of where I should
have been had any of my pregnancies lasted. I don’t
want to cut myself off socially, especially in a time
of such grief, but I find it very painful to see such
abundant fertility around me. What can I do, short
of finding an entirely new group of friends?
—Heartbroken
Miss Heartbroken: My dear, dear woman,
what a catastrophic 10 months! My lord! I
grieve for you, and I’m miserable I can’t
make everything right.
Lamenting the loss of your babies who
“might have been” is as painful and intense
as anything in life—perhaps even more
excruciatingly so in your case because it is
coupled with the death of your dad. So of
course you’re overwhelmed with yearning
and longing when presented with the fecun-
dity of your friends. One hundred percent
understandable and natural. It will lessen
with time. But as for beginning to wonder
what “Mother Nature” has in the cards for
you—here, I can help! Because Auntie Eeee
can actually see the hand you’ve been dealt:
You have four aces—your husband and
your daughter. (The child counts triple.)
Four aces! Concentrate on the hand you
have, darling. They are your strength! They
are your salvation! They will pull you back
into the joys and whims of life. Also, join a
local pregnancy-loss support group; you
require a fresh bouquet of acquaintances at
this period. Because, as for your old friends
who are expecting—alack! Pardon me, I
must be frank: Love them as you do; until
you feel tougher, now is not a good time to
see them.
To ask a question, write to e.jean@askejean
.com. Or to see more columns, go to ELLE.com/
askejean. You can write with divine anonymity,
get instant video answers, and exchange genius
tips on Advice Vixens at askejean.com.
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Photographed by Carter Smith (styling by Joe Zee; hair by Serge Normant for Serge Normant at John
Frieda Salon; makeup by Polly Osmond at Art Department; manicure by Sheril Bailey at Jed Root)
Metal weave satin top, $2,700, skirt, $1,940,
both, PRADA, at select Prada Boutique
nationwide. Spiked leather belt, TORY
BURCH, $250. Estate diamond bangle,
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, price upon request.
Diamond ring, CARTIER, price upon
request. For details, see Shopping Guide.
FORWARD,
MARCH
Fashion isn’t for the faint of heart this season. The biggest trends
are ultrasexy and brimming with personality—just like our cover
girl, Jessica Alba. The stunning brunette opens up about love,
work, and seeing her daughter, Honor Marie, for the first time—
but not before allowing five of the hottest young designers in
New York to style her in their own unique looks. Joseph Altuzarra,
Rad Hourani, Julian Louie, Frank Tell, and Jason Wu—these are
the names you’ll keep hearing in the seasons to come. Speaking of
the future, we also give you the sleekest, most space-age accesso-
ries of the moment. From there, it’s on to spring’s other dramatic
new ideas: eclectic bohemianism, pajama-inspired eveningwear,
biker chic. We could go on (superfeminine dresses) but we’ll let you
turn the page and find out for yourself.
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 Zipper-detail silk dress, GUCCI, $2,630, at
select Gucci stores nationwide. Triangle-
center gold-tone necklace, HOUSE OF
LAVANDE , $350. Yellow gold cuff, yellow gold
panther ring, diamond ring, all, CARTIER,
prices upon request. For details, see

MARCH
Shopping Guide.
Photographed by Carter Smith (styling by Joe Zee; hair by Serge Normant for Serge Normant at John
Frieda Salon; makeup by Polly Osmond at Art Department; manicure by Sheril Bailey at Jed Root)

FORWARD

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 THE
HANGELING
JESSICA ALBA PLAYS MUSE-
FOR-A-DAY TO A FRESHMAN
CLASS OF NEW YORK DESIGNERS
(LEARN THEIR NAMES NOW!) AND
DISCUSSES HER ALL-NEW LIFE:
MARRIAGE, MOTHERHOOD—YES,
THE BODY’S BACK—AND THE ROLE
SHE HOPES WILL RESHAPE HER
CAREER. BY MAGGIE BULLOCK
P H O T O G R A P H E D BY carter smith
S T Y L E D BY joe zee

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Jason Wu
“I love this look: bedhead, no shoes, not
so Hollywood. And nothing’s chicer
than a lavish, expensive dress in bed.”

Silk chiffon flutter-sleeve gown, Jason

Wu, $3,565, visit net-a-porter.com. On
designer: Suit, shirt, both, Jil Sander.
Tie, Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière.
Shoes, Dior Homme. For details, see
Shopping Guide.

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Rad Hourani
“It’s interesting to see a curvy,
beautiful woman in my clothes,
which are slick, straight, sharp,
and genderless—they require an
open mind.”

Leather vest, $1,300, leather and

silk vest, $1,200, leather and silk
pants, $1,100, patent leather boots,
$700, all, Rad Hourani, visit
radhourani.com. Cotton tank top, Gap,
$15. On designer: His own designs. For
details, see Shopping Guide.

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F
aced with the opportunity to spend a Saturday after-
noon lolling around in bed with Jessica Alba, most
twentysomething males would be more interested in
coaxing the babe out of the dress than getting her into
it. But to Jason Wu—one of five soon-to-be It Design-
ers who cozied up to Alba on ELLE’s photo shoot—
any woman who looks this good in a challenging hue
he calls “Skittles yellow” is worth rhapsodizing about.
“She’s got perfect features. Prettier in real life than on
billboards,” Wu gasps, then pauses. “Wait. Didn’t
she just have a baby?”
Take that, blogosphere! At the very moment Wu is speaking,
the gossip hounds who made Alba Yahoo!’s fourth most searched
person of 2008 (below Britney and Barack, above Lindsay and
Angelina) are squawking about a retro-glam calendar she shot for
the Italian liquor label Campari. Airbrushed! Photoshopped! No one
looks like that in real life!
The haters—and, strangely, Alba does seem to provoke a par-
ticularly virulent strain of jealous venom—should see the woman
posing on Wu’s shoulder. In that alien-life-form, only-in-Hollywood
way, Alba got that figure back less than three months after giving
birth to daughter Honor Marie in June. To make matters worse,
she may be bodily gifted in more ways than one. “Contractions
aren’t that bad,” she declares. “If you’ve ever had bad cramps? That’s
what they’re like. But that moment when they put the baby on your
chest—that’s deep. It’s a deep experience.”
At Alba’s last ELLE shoot, for the February 2008 cover, she had
just reunited with her producer boyfriend, Cash Warren (after their
bad breakup), and was hiding a surprise pregnancy. One year later,
she’s a wife and mother. (And, it turns out, still keeping secrets: this
time, the party she and Warren would throw two weeks after this
interview, officially celebrating their eight-month-old marriage.)
That would be a fast-forward for anyone; it’s an especially signifi-
cant priority shift for someone who became a card-carrying SAG
member at the age of 12 (for the kiddie comedy Camp Nowhere).
By the time she landed the role of a genetically enhanced under-
world avenger on the TV show Dark Angel at 14, the lithe, doe-eyed
child actor had become a teen sex symbol in leather pants—an
image that has rankled Alba ever since. Still, her next few films did
little to reverse it. She played a bleached-blond scientist in navy
neoprene—endowed, ironically, with the superpower of invisibility—
in both Fantastic Four movies and a hip bone–shimmying dancer
who teaches Missy Elliot moves in Honey. Then there was Sin City’s
stripper with a heart of gold (in fringed chaps and a push-up bra).
When none of these shook off her pretty-girl shackles, Alba dove
into comedy, first opposite an extra-grating Dane Cook in Good
Luck Chuck and then in last year’s The Love Guru, a Deepak Chopra
spoof that could have been Mike Myers’ next Austin Powers but,
well, wasn’t—both movies might have been funnier if they had ac-
tually allowed their leading lady to crack a joke once in a while.
And so, 15 years into a successful career, Alba’s looks are still
hogging the spotlight. Rapturous fans idolize her pillowy lips, her
gleaming skin—hell, even her nose was ranked by L.A. plastic sur-
geons as the most requested model of 2007.
It stands to reason, then, that the film that finally obscures
those heavenly features is the one of which she’s most proud. The
upcoming indie An Invisible Sign of My Own employs the Halle-
Nicole-Charlize highlight-talent-by-burying-looks strategy, but
instead of adding a prosthetic nose or 35 extra pounds, Alba is
shrouded in a mousy amalgam of pigtails, floppy hats, and
schlumpy layers to achieve a look the actress calls “grandma
meets 10-year-old.”
Alba plays Mona Gray, a naive, reclusive woman whose obses-
sion with numbers leads her to take a job as a math teacher; the
film follows Mona as she breaks out of her childlike shell and
learns to embrace the outside world. The role is, by all accounts, a
more demanding, complex journey than any Alba has ever em-
bodied on-screen.
“I really did not picture her as the lead in this film,” says director
Marilyn Agrelo, who is best known for the culty child-performer
documentary Mad Hot Ballroom. “I knew her as a piece of pop cul-
ture, Fantastic Four, this sort of thing.” In a single meeting, Alba won
Agrelo over. “I was so surprised by her intelligence, her thoughtful-
ness, her poise,” Agrelo says. “She’s a real, flesh-and-blood, fully
realized woman.”
Costar Chris Messina (the preppy fiancé from Vicky Cristina
Barcelona), who plays a science teacher who becomes Mona’s love
interest, describes Alba’s work in the film as “magnificent.” “Jessi-
ca’s a beautiful woman, so this business is going to want to put her
in a bikini or put a gun in her hand, but she’s just more than that,”
Messina says. “It seemed to me that she really seized this.”
The result, according to Agrelo, is a performance that could
change the course of Alba’s career. “I remember when Pulp Fiction
opened, and people kind of laughed at the idea of John Travolta in
that role. He blew everybody away,” she says. “When things like
that happen, it’s wonderful. And it’s so rare that you get to be the
one who pulls the surprise out of the hat.”
Messina refers to the actress-mom-wife “Jessica” and pop culture
property “Jessica Alba,” as if they were totally unrelated entities.
The woman who shows up to brunch the morning after our shoot is
a bit of both. She arrives early, dressed in Olsen-sister incognito
(boyfriend jeans, mannish brogues, fingerless gloves), at the chaotic
TriBeCa comfort food spot Bubby’s. It’s the kind of place where, on
weekends at least, lines are nightmarish, children outnumber
adults, and the surrounding sidewalk is a veritable Bugaboo park-
ing lot—and that’s exactly what Alba likes about it. (“There aren’t
that many places where you don’t have to feel bad when your kid has
a meltdown,” she says. “Plus, there’s a changing table downstairs.”)
Today, Jessica is friendly and warm, but make no mistake, Jessica
Alba—the guarded professional who works hard to defend the
boundaries between personal and private—is in the driver’s seat.
ELLE: You agreed to the concept for our shoot without ever seeing
any of the designers’ clothes before. That’s pretty brave.
JA: I’m all about supporting anyone whose art is also the way they
make their living. I was always a slave to the commerce end of [act-
ing]—I needed to survive, make a living, get some grounding in the
business. These guys probably aren’t making any money now, but
at least they won’t be 50 and say, “Dammit, my dream was to be a
designer.” They’re making it happen at 22.
ELLE: And they’re cute.
JA: So cute! I was telling my friend last night, “You must have to be
beautiful, very, very thin, ultracool, and very young to be a new
designer these days.”
ELLE: Sounds like being an actress.
JA: Not really, no.
ELLE: You don’t think being beautiful and thin has helped you?
JA: You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool
actresses come in all shapes and sizes.
ELLE: True, but it’s hard to name an A-lister who’s not sample-size.
JA: It’s interesting that A-list also means commercially viable, ver-
sus being Frances McDormand, who’s amazing and A-list to me
but doesn’t sell as many tickets.
ELLE: And doesn’t headline movies.
JA: She’ll probably have a more fulfilling career and a more fulfill-
ing life, and maybe doesn’t need to make $20 million to be okay.
ELLE: Still, you snapped back into shape pretty fast after giving birth.
JA: I did it for the Campari job. [The workouts] were horrible. I
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Frank Tell
“With her bangs, Jessica looks like one
of my muses, Penelope Tree. Blonds
are cute, but I think brunettes like
Jessica are more iconic.”

Silk chiffon sleeveless dress with

pleated organza skirt, Frank Tell,
$1,368, visit gregmillsltd.com. Tights,
Wolford, $42. Suede sandals, Gucci,
$850. On designer: Shirt, tie, both,
Dior Homme. Jeans, Diesel. For details,
see Shopping Guide.

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cried. And I haven’t worked out since.
ELLE: Did you have to do anything besides exercise?
JA: I wore a girdle. Eight weeks after my girlfriend had her baby,
you could see her six-pack. She told me to put an elastic band
around my waist—any kind of band or girdle works. She was like,
“I slept in it.” I didn’t recover as fast as she did. I don’t have a six-
pack—that’s just not my body at all.
ELLE: Please. I’ve seen Sin City. Twice.
JA: I’m not completely back to where I was. It’s not the same, but it’s
not that serious. I’d rather spend an evening with my baby and give
her a bath and read her stories and watch her roll around than go
work out in a gym.
ELLE: Are you having separation anxiety?
JA: This is the first time I’ve been away from her. It’s been six days.
It sucks; it’s the worst thing ever. But we Skype, so I can see her on
video. The worst is when you can see her little chubby hands grab
the screen, and I’m not there. [She pauses, her eyes welling up, then
laughs as she wipes the tears away.] That’s a new thing—I never cried
before. Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess.
ELLE: Honor is a great name.
JA: It’s weird; your name can really shape who you are. When I
was born, my name was supposed to be Farrah Dawn. My mother
looked like Farrah Fawcett, so she thought her daughter would,
too. When I came out dark, my father had to scratch it off the
birth certificate.
ELLE: The first of many surprises.
JA: I come from a very conservative family—a traditional, Catholic,
Latin American family. I was always very, very liberal, which
weirded everyone out. I’m on tape at age five calling myself a femi-
nist. We were in line at Disneyland, and I had a thick southern
accent because we lived in Mississippi and Texas, so I’m like [adopts
a Dollywood twang], “I’m a feminist! Women’ll rule the world! I’m
never gonna rely on no man!”
ELLE: And seven years later, you were working.
JA: We moved around a lot. At schools, I never really fit in. I was
always hanging out with, like, the school nurse or my teachers—if
that. On my first set, I was like, “Oh, I belong somewhere.” Movies,
on every level, are like a circus of misfits. It’s a very bizarre life; it’s
intense, and everyone has to be good at what they do or you won’t
survive—you’ll just get crushed.
ELLE: What’s so different about An Invisible Sign of My Own?
JA: It feels like I’m starting to come into my own in terms of
where I want to go artistically, toward more complicated, inter-
esting characters. I always thought bigger movies could be a
more enriching experience, and that was really stupid of me.
When the budget is over a certain amount, it has to be a certain
kind of movie. I always gave 100 percent, 200 percent, but it
always fell short.
ELLE: So no Fantastic Four, Part XII?
JA: I’m looking for a balance…. Look at fashion: Marc Jacobs, Karl
Lagerfeld, Alber Elbaz—they all make beautiful, amazing clothes,
but they also make money for the brand.
ELLE: Spoken like a true closet case.
JA: I’ve always loved beautiful clothes, but I’m not very hip to the
coolest, newest, most fashionable thing. I’ve always liked mixing
casual things with nice, beautiful pieces—mixing masculine and
feminine. I just didn’t always know how to do it. As a kid, I bought
random, thrift store stuff and hoped that it worked. [Laughs] Some-
times it didn’t.
ELLE: That gold Versace number you wore to the Oscars two years
ago definitely worked. Was that thing painted on?
JA: That was really a pinch-me moment. I went to Donatella’s closet,
basically, where they do fittings in Milan. She was like, “Try this
on.” And it fit perfectly. With most of the clothes I wear, if I zip it up
and it fits, then I know it’s right. If it has to be totally reconstructed,
I’m like, No way. I don’t like to think that hard about it.
ELLE: Finding a dress that fits is a problem for you?
JA: It’s a problem for everyone!
ELLE: Does your husband get a say in what you wear?
JA: Cash? Whether I’m dressed as a boy or wearing a gown, he’s
pretty cool about it all. He doesn’t want to change me. He’s always
like, “Okay, whatever makes you happy.”
ELLE: So he doesn’t request the Into the Blue bikini?
JA: That was a costume! I was playing a marine biologist who
worked in 85-degree water every day!
ELLE: Still, when Playboy stole a publicity image and put it on its
cover, I don’t think it was for the sake of authenticity. [Alba sued
them and won.]
JA: It’s interesting, the idea of what’s beautiful and desirable now to
the masses. You know, bleached-blond hair, a fake tan, blue eyes,
puffy lips, puffy breasts, skinny-skinny. Or just skinny-skinny and
naked. Short skirts! Short skirts are a big one. We’ve become so
conservative and puritanical as a society in a very bizarre way, yet
Pamela Anderson is our icon.
ELLE: At the moment, the masses seem pretty into you.
JA: Anyone who’s part of pop culture is going to be sensationalized
and spun into something, some one-liner. Also, there aren’t many
other stars, besides Halle Berry and Jennifer Lopez, who most peo-
ple in the world can relate to. We look like people of the world—I
can kind of mix in with girls in Asia, South America, Europe.
ELLE: Speaking of Halle Berry, she got taken seriously for
Monster’s Ball, a movie in which she looked relatively awful.
JA: It’s not just about uglying up. An interesting, complicated
character like Marion Cotillard’s [grizzled-looking Edith Piaf in
last year’s La Vie en Rose, for which the actress won an Oscar],
whose life is worth paying $10 to watch for two hours—it’s not
usually because the world was her oyster. It’s because they’ve had
to struggle and go through life and usually they’re not getting by
on their looks.
ELLE: Let’s change gears. You and Cash married at the L.A.
County courthouse last May. You pulled off a top secret Holly-
wood wedding!
JA: Sort of. The person who helped us sign the documents told the
press that day, so my parents found out from a reporter before we
got to tell them. We were planning to take them out to dinner and
tell them, but that got ruined.
ELLE: Were they mad?
JA: How would you feel? More hurt, probably, than anything. It’s
not the first time something like that has happened. Journalists feel
entitled to do whatever it takes to get a sensational story, no matter
how it affects the person involved. We’re not really people, right?
We’re just celebrities.
ELLE: Point taken. Is it even harder to deal with the paparazzi now
that you’ve got a kid?
JA: You know, kids pick up on your energy, so the more upset you
get about it, the more your kids are affected by it. But I understand
how Sean Penn or Alec Baldwin knocks out somebody who’s put-
ting a camera in their kids’ faces. I get that.
ELLE: Who would do the knocking out, you or Cash?
JA: I think it’s mutual, just because it’s so invasive. It’s not like
they’re standing 100 feet away. They’re in your face, not letting you
walk, standing in the way when you’re driving. It becomes a situa-
tion, and it doesn’t need to be.
ELLE: Has motherhood changed how you feel about your work?
JA: I probably didn’t put my personal life first until I had her. Now,
it’s all about what I want for her.
ELLE: What’s better than hanging out with—
JA: The best person on the planet? Exactly.
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Joseph Altuzarra
“I think body-conscious clothes
are powerful, womanly—and
Jessica definitely has what it takes
to pull this off.”

Silk racer-back dress with python

piping, Altuzarra, $1,850, at Barneys
New York. Leather sandals, Fendi,
$640. On designer: Jacket, Rick Owens.
T-shirt, American Apparel. Jeans, Levi’s.
For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Julian Louie
“A year and a half ago, I was in architecture
school, and this was my dream. Now
Jessica Alba’s wearing my dress? It’s pretty
shocking. I have to stop and pinch myself.”

Swarovski crystal–trimmed silk faille and

bengaline zip-front dress, Julian Louie,
$3,545, at Ron Herman, L.A. Tights, Falke,
$20. On designer: Shirt, tie, both, Dior
Homme. His own jacket, jeans. For details,
see Shopping Guide.
SET DESIGN BY STEVE HALTERMAN AT STARDUST
VISIONS; HAIR BY SERGE NORMANT FOR SERGE
NORMANT AT JOHN FRIEDA SALON; MAKEUP BY
POLLY OSMOND AT ART DEPARTMENT; MANICURE BY
SHERIL BAILEY AT JED ROOT INC.; GROOMING BY ERIN
ANDERSON FOR WOODLEY AND BUNNY SALON AT THE
WALL GROUP; FASHION ASSISTANTS: ANNIE LADINO
AND MALINA JOSEPH.

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Silk top, $1,450, silk brocade
skirt, $1,695, both, Dolce
& Gabbana. Striped cotton
cardigan, Moschino Cheap
and Chic, $970. Metallic jersey
halter bikini, Tooshie, $368.
Hemp and silk scarf, Dianora
Salviati, $340. Vintage stone
drop earrings, from Camilla
Dietz Bergeron, NYC, price
upon request. Turquoise
cuff, Southwestern Jewelry,
$1,500. Lamé sash, Marc
Jacobs, $695. Suede boots,
Brian Atwood, $920. For
details, see Shopping Guide.
.

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Viscose top, Miu Miu, $1,075, at Miu Miu Boutique nationwide. Painted tweed skirt, Chanel, price upon request. Stretch cotton leggings, Betsey Johnson, price
upon request. Cashmere scarf, Dianora Salviati, $310. Vintage hat, from Jet Rag, L.A. Mixed-media drop-front necklace, Ports 1961 by Tia Cibani, $675.
Silvered brass and enamel collar necklace, Hervé Van der Straeten, $475. Leather clutch, Miu Miu, $995. Platform sandals, Marc Jacobs, price upon request.

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Tunic dress, $2,700, dot-print pants, $1,275, both, Louis Vuitton. Striped cotton skirt, Ports 1961 by Tia Cibani, $520. Embellished straw visor, Topshop, $50.
Sterling silver and turquoise necklaces, Southwestern Jewelry, $425–$2,200. Resin bangles, Marc Jacobs, $380 each. Suede boots with silver chain, Isabel
Marant, $1,440. For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Lacquered knit tunic, $1,690, lamé belt, $590, both, Oscar de la Renta, at Oscar de la Renta Boutique nationwide. Satin shirt, Ralph Lauren Collection, $1,533.
Striped viscose dress, Proenza Schouler, $1,990. Vintage hat, from Jet Rag, L.A. Printed cotton scarf, H&M, $13. Canteen, Ralph Lauren Vintage Collection.
Leather boots, Anna Sui, $1,250.

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Silk tunic with floating thread stitch, Missoni, $1,515, at Missoni Boutique, NYC. Black sheer blouse, DKNY Jeans, $79. Cotton and silk pants, Betsey Johnson,
price upon request. Straw hat, $445, python leather bag, $3,400, both, Marc Jacobs. Silvered brass and enamel collar necklace, $475, brass cuff, $600, both,
Hervé Van der Straeten. Beaded georgette wrap, Echo, $38. Denim ankle boots, Diesel Black Gold, $750. For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Metallic knit sweater, Ralph Lauren
Collection, $1,533. Printed silk chiffon
bustier, Emporio Armani, $595, at Emporio
Armani, L.A. Nylon and silk headpiece, Philip
Treacy for Ralph Lauren Collection, price
upon request. For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Dot-print silk and wool shantung tunic, Michael Kors, $1,295, at Saks Fifth Avenue. Vintage shirt, from Jet Rag, L.A. Fedora, Eugenia Kim, price upon request.
Silk necklace, Crumley, $110. Red Bakelite necklace, House of Lavande, $1,200. Fringe necklace, The Limited, $39.

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Cotton denim jacket, Betsey Johnson, price upon request. Striped linen sash, $195, brocade pants, $1,800, both, Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs, NYC. Green
cotton T-shirt, C & C California, $54. Vintage hat, from Jet Rag, L.A. Cotton and brass necklace, Guam by Crumley, $35. Silk and brass necklaces, Crumley,
$110–$195. Leather boots, Anna Sui, $1,250. For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Silk-blend crochet sweater, Alessandro Dell’Acqua, $2,722, at Gregory’s, Dallas. Cotton and silk blouse, 3.1 Phillip Lim, $375. Striped cotton-blend miniskirt,
$470, cotton-blend long skirt, $820, both, Limi Feu, at Joan Shepp, Philadelphia. Drop earrings, Alexis Bittar, $290. Satin weave belt, Etro, $1,230. Pendant
necklace (around waist), Roberto Cavalli, $2,000. Lurex bag, Louis Vuitton, $3,600. Satin clutch, Oscar de la Renta, $1,690.

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Silk georgette gown, Escada, $3,450, at Escada Boutique nationwide. Green silk tunic, Escada Sport, $470. Striped cotton-blend sheath, A.P.C., $280.
Nylon and silk headpiece, Philip Treacy for Ralph Lauren Collection, price upon request. Vermeil necklace, Alexis Bittar, $1,200. Python bag, Ralph Lauren
Collection, price upon request. Dyed Moroccan tassel bib necklace with cowrie shells (around waist), Subversive Jewelry by Justin Giunta, price upon request.
For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Embroidered jacket, Valentino, price upon request, at select Valentino Boutique nationwide. Jewel-neck blouse, Moschino, $1,380. Vintage hat, pants, from Jet
Rag, L.A. Vermeil bead earrings, Erickson Beamon, $355. Lucite and brass collar, Fallon, $725. Black belt, Miu Miu, $450. Striped web belt, A. Tierney, $36.

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Wool jacket, Chloé, $3,575, to order at Chloé Boutique nationwide. Printed silk bustier, Betsey Johnson, price upon request. Striped T-shirt, Marc by Marc
Jacobs, price upon request. Embroidered pants, Akris, $2,990. Horn necklaces, Monies US, $440–$600. Suede boots, Sam Edelman, $225. For details, see
Shopping Guide.
HAIR BY PETER GRAY AT THE COLLECTIVE SHIFT; MAKEUP BY CHRISTIAN MCCULLOCH FOR CREME DE LA MER; MANICURE BY DEBBIE LEAVITT FOR LADYBIRD LACQUER AT CLOUTIERAGENCY.COM;
MODEL: KATE SOMERS AT FORD MODELS; FASHION ASSISTANT: URSINA GYSI.

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 Patchwork Lurex sweatshirt,
Marc Jacobs, $1,185, at
Marc Jacobs, NYC. Metallic
pants, Chloé, $1,395. Metallic
peep-toe pumps, Christian
Louboutin, $1,295.

VERYTHING
IS ILLUMINATED
THERE’S A STYLE OASIS ON
THE HORIZON, COMPLETE
WITH REFLECTIVE METALLICS,
RADIANT BEADWORK,
AND CLEOPATRA-INSPIRED
HEADDRESSES
P H O T O G R A P H E DB Y richard bush

S T Y L E D BY sarah richardson

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Cotton and viscose blend
dinner jacket with disco ball
mirrors, Maison Martin
Margiela, price upon request,
at Maison Martin Margiela,
NYC. Metal mesh shiftdress,
Emilio de la Morena, price
upon request. For details,
see Shopping Guide.

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 Strapless metallic dress,
Versace, price upon request,
at select Versace Boutique
nationwide. Gold plate and
copper neckpiece, Johanne
Mills, price upon request. Tights
with built-in heels, Balenciaga
by Nicolas Ghesquière, price
upon request.

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Swarovski crystal–beaded
draped dress, Marios Schwab,
price upon request, at Barneys
New York. Metallic clutch,
Salvatore Ferragamo, $1,490.
For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Lamé jacket with pleated
collar, D&G, $3,155. Lamé
swimsuit, American Apparel,
$36. Brass-trim silk bra,
Sophia Kokosalaki, price upon
request. Beaded pants, Ralph
Lauren Collection, price
upon request, at select Ralph
Lauren stores nationwide.
Brass headpiece, Johanne
Mills, price upon request.
Sandals, Louis Vuitton,
price upon request.

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Silk pleated coat, pants,
both, Balenciaga by Nicolas
Ghesquière, prices upon
request, at Balenciaga
Boutique, NYC. For details,
see Shopping Guide.

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 Gold lamé shirt, Ralph
Lauren Collection, $1,671.
Silk shiftdress, Burberry
Prorsum, $1,395. Gold plate
bracelets, Isaac Manevitz for
Ben-Amun, $420 each.

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Silk dress, Preen by Thornton
Bregazzi, $1,565, at Curve,
L.A. Sequined bag, Dolce &
Gabbana, $1,950. Metallic
peep-toe pumps, Christian
Louboutin, $1,295. For details,
see Shopping Guide.

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Shimmer mesh knit top, Calvin
Klein Collection, $1,595, at
Calvin Klein Collection, NYC.
Wool-blend tap pants, Yves
Saint Laurent, $695. Tights
with built-in heels, Balenciaga
by Nicolas Ghesquière, price
upon request. For details, see
Shopping Guide.

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Satin and metal-weave
sleeveless dress, Prada,
$2,465, at select Prada
Boutique nationwide. Gold
plate and copper neckpiece,
Johanne Mills, price upon
request. For details,
see Shopping Guide.

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 Stripe knit top, $2,101,
leather skirt, $3,301,
both, Louis Vuitton.
Metallic peep-toe
pumps, Christian
Louboutin, $1,295.

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Sequin mesh tank top, $795,
trousers, $1,495, both, Stella
McCartney, at Intermix stores
nationwide. Python tote bag,
Coach, $2,200. For details,
see Shopping Guide.
HAIR BY DENNIS DEVOY FOR REDKEN
AT ORLO SALON; MAKEUP BY
DARLENE JACOBS FOR M.A.C AT
FRANKREPS.COM; PROPS STYLED BY
CHIME DAY SERRA AT FRANKREPS
.COM; PRODUCED BY WADE TURNBULL;
MODEL: DEWI DREIGEN AT NEXT;
FASHION ASSISTANT: RUDY MANCE.

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ELLE 360 w w w.e lle.co m
 Gazar one-shoulder dress,
Lanvin, $2,345, at Capitol,
Charlotte, NC. Swimsuit,
American Apparel, $42.
Earrings, Kenneth Jay
Lane, $150. Suede pumps,
Manolo Blahnik, $575. For
details, see Shopping Guide.

UANTUM
OF SOLACE
THERE’S SO MUCH
GLAMOUR TUCKED AWAY IN
L.A.’S SECLUDED CANYONS,
WHERE ULTRAFEMININE
SILHOUETTES ACCENTED
WITH SHEER NEUTRALS GO
FROM QUIET AFTERNOONS
TO SULTRY NIGHTS
P H O T O G R A P H E DB Y yelena yemchuk

S T Y L E D BY samira nasr

Fashion well credit tk, Designer Name

TK, $0,000, at TK. Fashion well credit tk,
Designer Name TK, $0,000, at TK. Fashion
well credit tk, Designer Name TK, $0,000,
at TK. Fashion well credit tk, Designer Name
TK, $0,000, at TK. Fashion well credit tk,
Designer Name TK, $0,000, at TK. Fashion
well credit tk, Designer Name TK, $0,000,
at TK. For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Cotton lace top, Balmain,
$2,052, at Bergdorf Goodman,
NYC. Nylon and spandex
bodysuit, Isaac Mizrahi, $240.
Silk shantung pants, Proenza
Schouler, $575. Obi belt,
Louis Vuitton, $1,350. Wood
and gold bangle, Marc Jacobs,
$2,005. Mirror leather bangle,
Ted Rossi, $65. Suede pumps,
Manolo Blahnik, $575.

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Sequined silk jacket, Emporio
Armani, $3,495, at Emporio
Armani Boutique, L.A. Nylon-
blend swimsuit, Hervé Léger
by Max Azria, $750. Feather
skirt, $4,350, one-of-a-kind
necklace, both, Louis Vuitton.
Suede pumps, Manolo
Blahnik, $575. For details, see
Shopping Guide.

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Ramie blouse, $1,595,
leather shorts, $2,950, both,
Chloé, to special order at
Chloé Boutique nationwide.
Matelassé bustier, Carolina
Herrera, price upon request.
Platinum and diamond
earrings, Kentshire, price
upon request. Python clutch,
Bottega Veneta, $4,100.

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Tulle tweed jacket, Chanel,
price upon request, at select
Chanel Boutique nationwide.
Organza pants, Thakoon,
$885. Earrings, Kenneth Jay
Lane, $150. Platinum and
diamond bracelet, faux citrine
bracelet, both, Kentshire,
prices upon request. Python
bag, Chloé, $2,075. Suede
pumps, Manolo Blahnik, $575.
For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Silk-blend dress, Salvatore
Ferragamo, to special order
at Salvatore Ferragamo
Boutique nationwide. Satin
skirt, Lanvin, $2,160. Vintage
turquoise earrings, Kentshire,
$4,500. Wood and gold
bangle, Marc Jacobs, $2,005.
Mirror leather bangle, Ted
Rossi, $65. For details, see
Shopping Guide.

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Stretch cotton jacket,
Gucci, $1,475, at select
Gucci stores nationwide.
Platinum and diamond
earrings, Kentshire,
price upon request.
Crystal cuffs, Badgley
Mischka, $750 each.

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Silk organza dress, Carolina
Herrera, price upon request,
at Carolina Herrera, NYC.
Organza pants, Thakoon,
$885. Earrings, $860,
embroidered satin pumps,
$2,153, both, Lanvin. Mirror
leather bangles, Ted Rossi,
$65–$75. For details, see
Shopping Guide.

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Lurex lace cardigan, Missoni,
$1,415, at Missoni Boutique,
NYC. Lambskin skirt with sash
tie, $2,200, wood and gold
bangle, $2,005, both, Marc
Jacobs. Nylon blend swimsuit,
American Apparel, $42.
One-of-a-kind necklace, Louis
Vuitton. Mirror leather bangle,
Ted Rossi, $65. Suede pumps,
Manolo Blahnik, $575.

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Georgette and organza
dress with lace, Givenchy
by Riccardo Tisci, $3,440,
at Capitol, Charlotte, NC.
Platinum and diamond
earrings, Kentshire, price
upon request. Wood and gold
bangle, Marc Jacobs, $2,005.
Mirror leather bangle, Ted
Rossi, $65. Suede pumps,
Manolo Blahnik, $575. For
details, see Shopping Guide.
HAIR BY RUDI LEWIS AT JULIAN
WATSON AGENCY; MAKEUP BY ROMY
SOLEIMANI FOR YSL BEAUTY AT
MANAGEMENT + ARTISTS; MANICURE
BY ASHLIE JOHNSON AT THE WALL
GROUP; PROPS STYLED BY KADU
LENNOX AT FRANKREPS.COM;
PRODUCED BY PETER MCCLAFFERTY;
MODEL: JESSICA MILLER AT NEXT;
FASHION ASSISTANT: ERIN WALSH.

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Right: Military coat, Bebe
Design Lab, $179, visit
bebe.com. Hat, from Early
Halloween, NYC. Far right:
Silk fringe dress, Jil Sander,
$2,475, at Jil Sander, NYC.
For details, see Shopping Guide.

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HROUGH THE
LOOKING GLASS
STORYBOOK DRESSES,
MAD HATS, AND
ROMANTIC TRIMMINGS
GET YOU SET FOR A
VERY IMPORTANT DATE
P H O T O G R A P H E DB Y david armstrong

S T Y L E D BY aleksandra woroniecka

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 Embroidered short-
sleeve dress, Fendi,
$5,000, at Fendi
Boutique nationwide.
Tulle-trim silk and nylon
skirt, Morgane Le Fay,
$570. Fishnet tights,
Hue, $13. Dyed pointe
shoes, Capezio.

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Bow-back oxford dress, Yves
Saint Laurent, $4,990, at
select Yves Saint Laurent
Boutique nationwide. Mirror
lace collar (in hair), Heaven
Tanudiredja, price upon
request. Fishnet tights, Hue,
$13. Dyed pointe shoes,
Capezio. For details, see
Shopping Guide.

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Right: Silk dress, Blumarine, price
upon request, visit blumarine.com.
Lotus collar, Heaven Tanudiredja,
price upon request. Fishnet tights,
Hue, $13. Far right, top: Ostrich-
feather-trimmed silk organza
top, Louis Vuitton, $4,800, call
866-VUITTON. Spandex and Lycra
panty, Eres, $200. Fishnet tights,
Hue, $13. Dyed pointe shoes,
Capezio. Far right, bottom: Micromodal
dress, BCBGMaxAzria, $248, at
BCBGMaxAzria Boutique nationwide.
Ruffle necklace, Fenton, $690.
Fishnet tights, Hue, $13. Dyed pointe
shoes, Capezio. For details, see
Shopping Guide.
A GLOWING PINK SLICK OF MAX FACTOR VIVID
IMPACT LIP COLOR IN MS. UNDERSTOOD GIVES
SWEET ROMANCE AN ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT.

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 Crepe de chine dress,
$4,280, tulle hat, $1,250,
both, Chanel, at select
Chanel Boutique nationwide.

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Viscose piqué dress, Calvin
Klein Collection, $1,595, at
Calvin Klein Collection, NYC.
Cap, Eugenia Kim, $235.
Collar, Heaven Tanudiredja,
price upon request. For
details, see Shopping Guide.

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Cotton and silk organza shirt, Bottega
Veneta, $1,980, at Bottega Veneta Boutique
nationwide. Velvet belt, Yves Saint Laurent,
price upon request. Spandex and Lycra panty,
Eres, $200. Fishnet tights, Wolford, $42.

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Cotton and Lycra bra, GapBody, $36. Striped
silk and wool shantung skirt, Michael Kors,
$2,995, at Saks Fifth Avenue. Fishnet tights,
Hue, $13. For details, see Shopping Guide.
HAIR BY JEFF FRANCIS AT THE WALL GROUP;
MAKEUP BY ROMY SOLEIMANI FOR YSL MAKEUP AT
MANAGEMENT ARTISTS; MANICURE BY BETHANY
NEWELL FOR CHANEL AT THE MAGNET AGENCY;
MODEL: JULIA DUNSTALL AT WOMEN; STYLIST
ASSISTANT: RACHEL GILMAN.

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 A
AKED AMBITI O N
GIVE IN TO SPRING’S SEDUCTIVE
LINGERIE AND PAJAMA-
INSPIRED LOOKS WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM ADRIANA LIMA
P H O T O G R A P H E D B Y dusan reljin

S T Y L E D BY christopher niquet

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Above: Lace plunge bra, Victoria’s Secret, $158, at select Victoria’s Secret stores nationwide. Silk chiffon corset-cage skirt, Zac Posen, price upon request.
Stainless steel and diamond watch, Audemars Piguet, price upon request. For details, see Shopping Guide.

Left: Steal the spotlight from bedroom eyes with the ultracreamy Maybelline New York Moisture Extreme Lipcolor in Pink Cloud.

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Wool blazer, Donna Karan New York, $2,895, at Donna Karan New York stores nationwide. Jeweled stretch satin bodysuit, Alberta Ferretti, $4,795. Pearl strand
bracelet, Tom Binns, $4,795. Zipper bracelets, Disaya, $240 each. Socks, Hue, $7. Oxfords, Church’s, $425. Stainless steel and diamond watch, Audemars Piguet,
price upon request. White gold bracelet with natural rough diamond and pavé diamonds, Diamond in the Rough, price upon request. For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Satin bra, Victoria’s Secret, $48, at select Victoria’s Secret stores nationwide.

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Knit and transparent jersey dress, Dior, $2,850, at Dior Boutique, NYC. Matte gold and steel braid necklace, Janis by Janis Savitt, $675. Stone necklace, Kara
Ross, price upon request. For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Silk pajama set, Dolce & Gabbana, price upon request. Calfskin tote bag, Longchamp, $655. Silver and gold rings with sapphires, Iosselliani, $1,110–$1,270. Silver-
plated link bracelet, Isaac Manevitz for Ben-Amun, $430. Sterling silver block-link bracelet, Robert Lee Morris, $1,500.

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Silk tuxedo jacket, $2,690, silk knit tank top, $835, silk jacquard shorts, $1,050, all, Nina Ricci, visit ninaricci.com. Matte gold and steel braid necklace, $675,
matte gold multichain bracelet, $1,125, both, Janis by Janis Savitt. Gold link chain bracelet, Fallon, $210. Zipper bracelets, Disaya, $240 each. Hand-carved
cocobolo wood cuff with quartz and pyrite, Christine J. Brandt, price upon request. For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Silk sequined gingham jacket, MaxMara, $1,590, at MaxMara, NYC, Chicago. Satin demi bra, Victoria’s Secret, $48. Cotton stretch boxers, Tom Ford, $250.
Sterling silver link bracelets, Robert Lee Morris, $1,495–$1,500. Socks, Hue, $7. Oxfords, Church’s, $425.

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Sequined silk dress, Blumarine, price upon request, collection at Neiman Marcus. Boy shorts, Eres, price upon request. Pyrite necklace, Stephen Dweck, price
upon request. Silver chain necklace, Tom Binns, $1,500. Zipper bracelets, Disaya, $240 each. Stainless steel and diamond watch, Audemars Piguet, price upon
request. White gold bracelet with natural rough diamond and pavé diamonds, Diamond in the Rough, price upon request. Socks, MeMoi, $8. Oxfords, Church’s,
$440. For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Men’s wool and silk two-button jacket, Yves Saint Laurent, $1,995, at select Yves Saint Laurent Boutique nationwide. Trousers, Yves Saint Laurent,
$1,150. Lace and mesh bra, Victoria’s Secret, $68. Matte gold and steel braid necklace, $675, multistrand bracelet with crystals, $725, matte gold chain
bracelet, $1,125, all, Janis by Janis Savitt. Stainless steel and diamond watch, Audemars Piguet, price upon request. Jet cuff with gold and diamonds,
Kara Ross, price upon request.

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Silver plate link bracelet, Isaac Manevitz for Ben-Amun, $430. Sterling silver block-link bracelet, Robert Lee Morris, $2,000. For details, see Shopping Guide.
HAIR BY KEVIN RYAN FOR R SESSION TOOLS; MAKEUP BY FULVIA FAROLFI FOR CHANEL; MANICURE BY ANA-MARIA FOR ONYX SALON AND SPA AT ARTISTSBYTIMOTHYPRIANO.COM; MODEL:
ADRIANA LIMA AT MARILYN; PROPS STYLED BY CHAD DZIEWIOR AT MAGNET NY; STYLIST ASSISTANT: DANA VERALDI.

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THE
ODERNTHE SEASON’S MOST
FORCEFUL FASHION
BUILDS ON BOLD,
FUTURISTIC ACCESSORIES
P H O T O G R A P H E D charles masters
BY

P R O P S S T Y L E Drachel haas
BY

E D I T E D B Y ellyn chestnut and

kate davidson hudson

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Left: Leather sandal with clear plastic
round heel, Gianfranco Ferré, $2,150, at
Gianfranco Ferré, Beverly Hills. Sterling
silver bangle, Georg Jensen, $3,580,
at Georg Jensen, NYC. Hologram bag,
Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière, price
upon request, visit balenciaga.com. Right:
Sequined clutch, Versace, $2,676, at
select Versace Boutique nationwide. Suede
sandal with structured gold heel, Sophia
Kokosalaki, $1,295, visit sophiakokosalaki
.com. Gilt and paste bracelet, circa 1950,
from Kentshire, $650, at Kentshire, NYC.
For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Right: Stingray bag, Giorgio Armani, price
upon request, at Giorgio Armani Boutique
nationwide. Alligator sandal with gold
heel, Roger Vivier, price upon request,
at Roger Vivier, NYC. Silver-plated brass
and mesh bangle, $310, brass and Perspex
bangle, $370, both, Mary Katrantzou, visit
marykatrantzou.com. Far right: Calfskin bag,
Chanel, $1,695, at select Chanel Boutique
nationwide. Patent leather platform shoe,
Michael Kors, $595, call 212-452-4685.
Crocodile clutch, Bottega Veneta, $3,900,
at Bottega Veneta Boutique nationwide.
Sterling silver-plated glass necklace, Dries
Van Noten, $3,460, at Blake, Chicago. For
details, see Shopping Guide.

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Right: Suede sandal with metallic wedge,
Dolce & Gabbana, $1,550, call 877-70-DG-
USA. Ball-trim metal bangle, Gianfranco
Ferré, $520, visit gianfrancoferre.com.
Enamel clutch, Cole Haan, $3,000, at
select Cole Haan stores nationwide. Gold
metal bangle, Loewe, $2,905, collection at
Jeffrey, NYC. Far right: Metal-trim calfskin
sandal, Dior, price upon request, to special
order, call 800-929-DIOR. Exotic skin and
metal clutch, Emilio Pucci, $2,785, at Emilio
Pucci Boutique nationwide. Metal-cage-heel
pump, Calvin Klein Collection, $1,675, at
Calvin Klein Collection, NYC. For details, see
Shopping Guide.

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 HERE THE
STREETS HAVE
NO NAME
THERE’S NOTHING SWEET
ABOUT THE NEW BIKER
LOOK, FROM HEAVY
METAL CHAINS TO
SKINTIGHT LEATHER
P H O T O G R A P H E DB Y dennis hopper

S T Y L E D BY joanne blades

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Left: Printed leather jacket, Jeremy Scott
for Schott, $2,000, at Seven New York,
NYC. Metal-trim nylon and Lycra swimsuit,
OMO Norma Kamali, $650. Leather cap,
David Samuel Menkes, $60. Sterling silver
cuffs, Robert Lee Morris, $750. Gloves,
Chanel. Leather sandals, Alexander Wang,
$575. Right: Cotton dress, Hugo, $525, call
800-HUGO-BOSS. Rubber wreath necklace,
Subversive Jewelry by Justin Giunta,
$1,400. Rubber necklace, Keni Valenti,
$400. Black leather multistrand bracelet,
Emporio Armani, price upon request. Cuffs,
Natalia Brilli, $300–$320. Leather cuff,
from Trash and Vaudeville, NYC. Leather
tote bag, Cole Haan, $398. Clutch, Coach,
$198. Helmet, Outlaw Helmets. Leather
sandals, Alexander Wang, $575. For details,
see Shopping Guide.

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Below: Silk and polyester bodysuit and skirt, Maison Martin Margiela, $1,772, at Maison Martin Margiela, NYC. Leather biker cap, David Samuel Menkes, $60.
Sunglasses, Yves Saint Laurent, $320. Chain bracelets with diamonds, David Yurman, prices upon request. Sterling silver wave bracelet, Georg Jensen,
$1,055. White gold link bracelet with diamonds, Loree Rodkin, price upon request. Oxidized sterling silver bangles, LowLuv by Erin Wasson for Alexander
Wang, $650 each. Black leather open-toe boots, Alexander Wang, $575. Right: Stretch viscose top, $1,645, stretch viscose and leather leggings, $2,850, patent
leather sandals, $1,620, all, Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci, at Ikram, Chicago. Sterling silver necklaces, prices upon request, bracelet, $1,650, all, Chrome Hearts.
Oxidized sterling silver bangles, LowLuv by Erin Wasson for Alexander Wang, $650 each. Sterling silver wave bracelet, Georg Jensen, $1,055. Leather gloves,
Chanel. For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Left: Metallic-trim tulle ondulation dress, calfskin sandals, both, Dior, prices upon request, call 800-929-DIOR. Studded nylon and Lycra bandeau top, OMO
Norma Kamali, $550. Leather cap, David Samuel Menkes, $60. Leather cuffs, Seril, $44–$48. Bangles, Natalia Brilli, $300–$320. Leather gloves, Rodarte,
price upon request. Below: Silk hand-draped dress with tulle and hand-cut leather, price upon request, diamond-cut leather leggings, $920, patent leather
gloves, price upon request, all, Rodarte, visit rodarte.net. Leather cap, David Samuel Menkes, $60. Bangles, Natalia Brilli, $300–$320. Leather cuff, from
Trash and Vaudeville, NYC, price upon request. Leather sandals, Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte, price upon request. For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Above: Silk dress with embroidered passementerie detail, Balmain, price upon request, at Bergdorf Goodman, NYC. Leather cap, David Samuel Menkes, $60.
Leather gloves, Chanel. Patent leather platform sandals, Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte, price upon request. Right: Leather jacket, Gucci, $4,795, at select
Gucci stores nationwide. Bikini, Dolce & Gabbana, $625. Woven skirt, Fendi, $370. Oxidized silver bangles, LowLuv by Erin Wasson for Alexander Wang, $650
each. Leather gloves, Chanel. Leather sandals, Alexander Wang, $575. For details, see Shopping Guide.

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Left: Twill minidress, DKNY, $245, at select DKNY stores nationwide. Leather cap, David Samuel Menkes, $60. Sterling silver necklaces, Georg Jensen,
$590–$4,360. Leather petal bag, Valentino, $2,295. Multistrand leather bracelet, Emporio Armani, price upon request. Leather cuffs, Seril, $44–$54. Bangles,
Natalia Brilli, $300–$320. Leather gloves, Chanel. Leather fringe-trim boots, Alexander Wang, $575. Above: Leather vest, William Rast, $425. Rayon-blend
tank top, Alexander Wang, $425. Tuxedo pants, Giorgio Armani, price upon request. Leather cap, David Samuel Menkes, $60. Glass and stone fringe necklace,
Ann Demeulemeester, $1,335. Oxidized silver bangles, LowLuv by Erin Wasson for Alexander Wang, $650 each. Silver skull cuff, Tom Binns, $950. Leather
gloves, Chanel. Leather fringe-trim boots, Alexander Wang, $575. For details, see Shopping Guide.
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 LL
THAT
I GOT
FERGIE AND JOSH DUHAMEL
WERE MARRIED ON JANUARY
10, AND LITERALLY, A DREAM
CAME TRUE. HERE, ELLE’S
EXCLUSIVE UP-CLOSE
WEDDING ALBUM. THE
BRIDE (AND THE GROOM!
AND THE GROOMSMEN!
AND THE BRIDESMAIDS!)
WORE DOLCE & GABBANA
P H O T O G R A P H E D BY stephen shore

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 “It’s just about
the love!”
—Fergie

J
ELLE
osh Duhamel is the perfect example of an all-
American dream come true: reared in North
Dakota, life-size-poster pretty, and a college quar-
terback who haplessly treks to California and gets
discovered at a mall. Then there’s Fergie, equally
well cast as the all-American dream girl: an
ab-baring sweetheart who’s all rock star—one part
vulnerable, two parts kick-ass—with enough
booyah factor to lay down the mandate, “Oh no no
no no, don’t phunk with my heart.” So how fitting
that during his lead-role stint on the prime-time
cult hit Las Vegas, Duhamel gave an interview admitting to
having a very memorable dream about his celeb crush
Fergie, who not only read the article but had the ball-busting
chutzpah, while doing a guest spot on the show, to ask the actor if
the dream was any good. “Yeah,” he said, “it was.”
Whether you believe in the power of the unconscious to will
your fate ever closer, or, like most of us, you simply long for a
good fairy tale and a storybook ending, you can’t deny the kismet

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connection of this dreamboat and his dream girl, who lived through
some starker realities before finding each other in 2004. They got
hitched on January 10 in Malibu, and much was traditional: The cer-
emony was Catholic; the bride, groom, and wedding party wore
Dolce & Gabbana (she donned the label twice: first, her gown, and
then a shorter version for the reception); the groomsmen were
Duhamel’s high school friends from North Dakota. And much, as
could be expected, wasn’t: There was one groomswoman among
Josh’s seven attendants (Duhamel’s assistant, Carrie Ringler) and
the bridesmaids wore black (as Fergie said, “I wanted them to be the
naughty girls this time, and I get to be the virgin”). The pair didn’t
bother practicing their first dance, to the Rolling Stones’ “Sweet-
hearts Together,” and “totally screwed it up!” said Fergie, who
shrugged it off: “It’s not the ‘Hey Mama’ video, after all.” And
Duhamel presented his bride with a video of her friends and family
(including an out-to-here, pregnant-with-twins Rebecca Romijn)
singing—what else?—“Fergalicious.” Traditional and un-, it’s all
here, shot exclusively for ELLE by Stephen Shore. And if it looks a
little dreamlike, hey—believe it.
 Though she
didn’t sing at the
reception, Fergie
did have a moment
in the shower after
the ceremony.

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 “I’m not accustomed
to being nervous. You
have to coach me.”
—Fergie to her father
(below, far left) right before
the ceremony

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 “Yeah!!”
—Duhamel, after
Father Kerzee
declared,
“I now present to
you Mr. and Mrs.
Duhamel.”

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 ELLE SHOPPING GUIDE
COVER
Dress by Donna Karan New York, $2,195, at Neiman Marcus, Donna
Karan New York stores, call 866-240-4700 or visit donnakaran.com.
Necklace by Giancarlo Montebello, at Donna Karan New York stores,
call 866-240-4700 or visit donnakaran.com. Watch by Chopard,
$321,850, at Chopard Boutiques, call 800-CHOPARD or visit
chopard.com. Diamond bangle, $40,200, diamond bracelets,
$12,350–$36,300, diamond ring, $49,100, by Cartier, at Cartier
Boutiques, call 800-CARTIER or visit cartier.com. Jacket, $875,
top, $265, shorts, $650, by Diane von Furstenberg, at Diane von
Furstenberg (NYC), call 646-486-4800.
ELLE FASHION: HOT CONTENTS
Page 84: Dress by Alexander McQueen, $9,095, at Alexander
McQueen (NYC; Las Vegas; L.A.). Skirt by Escada, call 877-206-
4135 or visit escada.com.
ELLE FASHION: BEHIND THE COVER
Page 136: Dress by Kensie, at Dillard’s. Earrings by H.Stern,
$6,100, at H.Stern (NYC), call 800-7-H-STERN. Belt by Erickson
Beamon, at Erickson Beamon (NYC). Sunglasses by Ralph Lauren
Collection, at Ralph Lauren Eyewear Store (NYC). Ring by David
Yurman, $6,250, at David Yurman (NYC; Chicago; Beverly Hills).
Sandal by Etro, at Etro stores (NYC, Manhasset, NY; Coral Gables,
FL; Las Vegas; Beverly Hills). Top by Love Moschino, at Moschino
Boutique (NYC), call 212-243-8600. Bag by Etienne Aigner, at fine
department stores.
ELLE FASHION: THE LOOK
Page 175: Top, shorts, sandal by Dolce & Gabbana, call 877-70-
DG-USA. Necklace by Heaven Tanudiredja, call 800-H-BENDEL or
visit heaventanudiredja.com. Bracelet by House of Lavande Vintage,
at House of Lavande (Palm Beach), visit houseoflavande.com. Cuffs
by Badgley Mischka, call 800-H-BENDEL. Clutch by Valentino, at
Valentino Boutique (NYC). Page 176: Necklace by Chopard,
$667,000, call 800-CHOPARD or visit chopard.com. Bag by Daniel
Swarovski, at Swarovski (NYC; Coral Gables, FL; L.A.). Pants by
3.1 Phillip Lim, at Bird (Brooklyn, NY), Dari (Studio City, CA).
Shirt by Clare Tough, visit claretough.co.uk. Necklace by Janis by
Janis Savitt for Vera Wang, $5,500, call 212-382-2184 or visit verawang
.com. Shirt by Karen Walker, visit karenwalker.com. Pants by Diesel
Black Gold, call 877-433-4373 or visit diesel.com.
ELLE FASHION: TRENDS AND ACCESSORIES
Page 178: Clutch, $2,835, jacket, $12,100, by Etro, at Etro
(NYC), call 212-317-9096. Page 182: Bags by Roger Vivier, call 212-
861–5371. Blouse, dress, sash by Marc Jacobs, call 212-343-1490.
Necklace by Leslie Shershow, collection at Rogues Gallery (Portland,
ME), Sienna Gallery (Lenox, MA), visit leslieshershow.com. Page
186: Bag, necklace by Dior, at Dior (NYC; Beverly Hills). Earrings
by Alexis Bittar, at Alexis Bittar (NYC). Sandal by Louis Vuitton, visit
louisvuitton.com. Page 188: Jacket by Roberto Cavalli, at Roberto
Cavalli Boutiques. Skirt by Fendi, at Fendi Boutiques. Necklace
by Alexis Bittar, visit alexisbittar.com. Page 192: Ring by Lydia
Courteille, $17,826, visit lydiacourteille.com. Jacket, leggings by
Alexander McQueen, at Alexander McQueen (NYC; Las Vegas; L.A.).
Bag by Natalia Brilli, visit nataliabrilli.fr. Page 195: Sandal by
Ennio Capasa Costume National, at Costume National (NYC; L.A.),
visit costumenational.com. Page 200: Bootie by Devi Kroell, call
212-228-3201. Sandal by Gucci, at select Gucci stores, call 800-456-
7663. Page 206: Sandal by Fendi, at Fendi Boutiques. Page 208:
Bag by Kate Spade, call 800-519-3778. Page 210: Diamond key
pendant, $15,000, gold key pendant, $950, by Tiffany & Co., call
800-526-0649.
ELLE FASHION WORKBOOK: FRAME GAME
Page 212: Bracelet by David Yurman, visit davidyurman.com.
T-shirt by Michael Stars, visit michaelstars.com. Ring by Bottega
Veneta, call 877-362-1715 or visit bottegaveneta.com. Bag by Escada,
at Escada Boutiques, call 877-206-4135. Page 213: Watch by
Patek Philippe, $24,500, call 212-218-1240. Bag by Fendi, at Fendi
Boutiques. Top by Obesity and Speed, at Oak (NYC), I Heart (NYC),
American Rag (L.A.). Jeans by Earnest Sewn, at Blue Bee (Santa
Barbara, CA), National Jean Company. Bag by Longchamp, at
Longchamp (NYC), call 212-343-7444.
ELLE SHOPS
Page 225: Bag by Hermès, call 800-441-4488 or visit hermes.com.
Page 230: Dress by Marciano, visit marciano.com. Dress by Celine,
at Celine (NYC; Bal Harbour, FL). Bracelet by Médecine Douce by
Marie Montaud, at Erica Tanov (NYC), call 800-881-6046 or visit
monshowroom.com. Gloves by Louis Vuitton, visit louisvuitton
.com. Clutch by Express, visit express.com. Shoe by Hugo, at Hugo
Boss stores. Page 232: Dress by DKNY, at select DKNY stores.
Dress by Calvin Klein Collection, call 212-292-9000. Necklace by
Lanvin, similar styles at Dighton Rhode (Greenwich, CT). Clutch
by BCBGMaxAzria, visit bcbg.com. Page 234: Jumpsuit by Ralph
Lauren Collection, visit ralphlauren.com. Sunglasses by H&M,
visit hm.com. Cuff by M+J Savitt, at Henri Bendel (NYC), visit
henribendel.com. Page 236: Shirt by 3.1 Phillip Lim, at 3.1 Phillip
Lim (NYC). Jeans by Serfontaine, at Kin Boutique & Gallery (West
Hollywood, CA). Bra by Roberto Cavalli, visit robertocavalli.com.
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Belt by 3.1 Phillip Lim, at Poole Shop (Charlotte, NC). Page 238:
Pants by Rachel Roy New York, call 212-629-7170. Necklace by
Sequin, call 800-H-BENDEL. Pants by A.B.S by Allen Schwartz, at
select Lord & Taylor, visit absstyle.com. Pants by Tommy Hilfiger, call
646-638-4812 or visit tommy.com. Leggings by Maxstudio.com, call
888-334-4629. Pants by Ralph Lauren Collection, visit ralphlauren
.com. Page 240: Jacket by Balmain, at The Webster (Miami Beach).
Jacket by 3.1 Phillip Lim, at 3.1 Phillip Lim (NYC; West Hollywood,
CA). Tops by Ports 1961 by Tia Cibani, at Ports 1961 (NYC), call 212-
414-1050. Page 242: Jacket by St. John, at St. John Boutique (NYC;
Beverly Hills), visit sjk.com. Jacket by Cynthia Steffe, call 212-403-
6200. Comb by Chanel, call 800-550-0005. Bags by Tommy Hilfiger,
call 917-237-0983 or visit tommy.com. Vest by 3.1 Phillip Lim,
collection at eluxury.com and net-a-porter.com. Jacket by Chanel,
$9,010, call 800-550-0005. Jeans by Diesel, at Diesel stores, call 877-
433-4373 or visit diesel.com. Blazer, clutch by Diane von Furstenberg,
at Diane von Furstenberg (NYC), call 646-486-4800. Page 244:
Sandal by Nine West, visit ninewest.com. Sandal by Coach, call
866-262-2440. Bag by Tod’s, call 800-457-TODS or visit tods.com.
Sandal by Sergio Rossi, visit sergiorossi.com. Bag by Marc Jacobs, at
Marc Jacobs stores. Sandal by Guess by Marciano, visit zappos.com.
Sandal by Steve Madden, call 800-SIR-MADD or visit stevemadden.
com. Shoes by Bebe, at select Bebe stores, call 877-232-3777 or visit
bebe.com. Wedge by Gianvito Rossi, at Saks Fifth Avenue (NYC),
visit gianvitorossi.com. Bag by Bottega Veneta, at Bottega Veneta
Boutiques, call 877-362-1715 or visit bottegaveneta.com. Page 246:
Pump by Phi, call 877-354-9100 or visit phicollection.com. Wedge
by Courtney Crawford for Furla, visit furlausa.com. Wedge by Gucci,
call 800-456-7663 or visit gucci.com. Satchel by Talbots, call 800-
TALBOTS or visit talbots.com. Bag by Boss Orange, visit hugoboss.
com. Bootie by Proenza Schouler, visit proenzaschouler.com.
FORWARD MARCH
Page 319: Top, skirt by Prada, call 888-977-1900. Belt by Tory
Burch, visit toryburch.com. Estate diamond bangle by Van Cleef &
Arpels, $33,000, call 877-VAN-CLEEF or visit vancleef-arpels.com.
Diamond ring by Cartier, $22,400, at Cartier Boutiques, call 800-
CARTIER or visit cartier.com. Page 323: Dress by Gucci, call 800-
456-7663 or visit gucci.com. Gold cuff, $47,300, gold ring, $20,300,
diamond ring, $22,400, by Cartier, at Cartier Boutiques, call 800-
CARTIER or visit cartier.com. Necklace by House of Lavande, at
House of Lavande (Palm Beach), visit houseoflavande.com.
THE CHANGELING
Pages 324-325: Top by Gap, at Gap stores, call 800-GAP-STYLE
or visit gap.com. Page 328: Tights by Wolford, call 800-WOLFORD
or visit wolford.com. Sandals by Gucci, at Gucci stores, call 800-
456-7663. Page 330: Sandals by Fendi, at Fendi Boutiques, call
800-FENDI-NY. Page 332: Tights by Falke, collection at Galatea
Lingerie (Hoboken, NJ).
BORN TO BE WILD
Pages 334-335: Top, skirt by Dolce & Gabbana, call 877-70-DG-
USA or visit dolcegabbana.it. Cardigan by Moschino Cheap and
Chic, at Moschino Boutique (NYC), call 212-243-8600 or visit
moschino.com. Bikini by Tooshie, at Barneys New York. Scarf by
Dianora Salviati, collection at Serenella (Boston), Julienne (Port
Washington, NY), Stanley Korshak (Dallas). Earrings from
Camilla Dietz Bergeron, NYC, call 212-794-9100 or visit cdbltd.com.
Cuff by Southwestern Jewelry, visit southwesternjewelry.net. Sash
by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC), call 212-343-1490. Boots by
Brian Atwood, visit net-a-porter.com. Page 336: Top by Miu Miu,
at select Miu Miu Boutiques, call 888-977-1900. Skirt by Chanel,
$16,400, at select Chanel Boutiques, call 800-550-0005. Knickers
by Betsey Johnson, at Betsey Johnson (NYC), call 212-734-1257 or
visit betseyjohnson.com. Scarf by Dianora Salviati, at Sophy Curson
(Philadelphia), Julienne (Port Washington, NY). Necklace by
Ports 1961 by Tia Cibani, at Kisan (NYC), Ports 1961 (NYC), visit
ports1961.com. Necklace by Hervé Van der Straeten, visit vivre.com.
Clutch by Miu Miu, at Balliets (Oklahoma City). Sandals by Marc
Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC), call 212-343-1490. Page 337: Dress,
pants by Louis Vuitton, call 866-VUITTON or visit louisvuitton
.com. Skirt by Ports 1961 by Tia Cibani, at Ports 1961 (NYC), visit
ports1961.com. Visor by Topshop, visit topshop.com. Necklaces
by Southwestern Jewelry, visit southwesternjewelry.net. Bangles by
Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC), call 212-343-1490. Boots by Isabel
Marant, visit isabelmarant.tm.fr. Page 338: Shirt by Ralph Lauren
Collection, at select Ralph Lauren stores, visit ralphlauren.com. Dress
by Proenza Schouler, visit eluxury.com. Scarf by H&M, visit hm.com.
Canteen by Ralph Lauren Vintage Collection, visit ralphlauren.com.
Boots by Anna Sui, at Anna Sui (NYC), call 212-941-8406. Page
339: Blouse by DKNY Jeans, at Macy’s. Pants by Betsey Johnson, at
Betsey Johnson (NYC), call 212-734-1257 or visit betseyjohnson
.com. Hat, bag by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC), call 212-
343-1490 or visit marcjacobs.com. Necklace, cuff by Hervé Van der
Straeten, visit vivre.com. Wrap by Echo, visit echodesign.com. Boots
by Diesel Black Gold, call 877-433-4373 or visit diesel.com. Pages
340-341: Sweater by Ralph Lauren Collection, at select Ralph Lauren
stores, visit ralphlauren.com. Headpiece by Philip Treacy for Ralph
Lauren Collection, at select Ralph Lauren stores, visit ralphlauren
.com. Bustier by Emporio Armani, at Emporio Armani (L.A.), call
310-271-7790. Page 342: Hat by Eugenia Kim, visit eugeniakim
.com. Necklaces by Crumley, visit crumleynewyork.com. Necklace
by House of Lavande, at House of Lavande (Palm Beach), call 561-
802-3737 or visit houseoflavande.com. Necklace by The Limited,
visit thelimited.com. Page 343: Jacket by Betsey Johnson, at Betsey
Johnson (NYC), call 212-734-1257 or visit betseyjohnson.com. Sash,
pants by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC), call 212-343-1490.
T-shirt by C&C California, visit candccalifornia.com. Necklaces by
Guam by Crumley, visit urbanoutfitters.com. Necklaces by Crumley,
visit crumleynewyork.com. Boots by Anna Sui, at Anna Sui (NYC),
call 212-941-8406. Page 344: Blouse by 3.1 Phillip Lim, at Muléh
(Washington DC), 3.1 Phillip Lim (NYC), call 212-334-1160. Skirts
by Limi Feu, at Yohji Yamamoto (NYC), collection at Joan Shepp
(Philadelphia), Maxfield (L.A.). Earrings by Alexis Bittar, at Alexis
Bittar (NYC), visit alexisbittar.com. Belt by Etro, at Etro Boutiques,
visit etro.com. Necklace by Roberto Cavalli, at Roberto Cavalli
Boutiques, visit www.robertocavalli.com. Bag by Louis Vuitton, call
866-VUITTON or visit louisvuitton.com. Minaudiere by Oscar
de la Renta, at Oscar de la Renta Boutiques, visit oscardelarenta
.com. Page 345: Tunic by Escada Sport, at Escada Boutiques, call
877-206-4135 or visit escada.com. Gown by Escada, at Escada
Boutiques, call 877-206-4135 or visit escada.com. Dress by A.P.C.,
at A.P.C. (West Hollywood, CA), call 212-966-0069 or visit apc.fr.
Headpiece by Philip Treacy for Ralph Lauren Collection, at select Ralph
Lauren stores, visit ralphlauren.com. Necklace by Alexis Bittar, at
Alexis Bittar (NYC), visit alexisbittar.com. Bag by Ralph Lauren
Collection, $8,595, at select Ralph Lauren stores, visit ralphlauren
.com. Necklace by Subversive Jewelry by Justin Giunta, call 212-679-
0453 or visit subversivejewelry.com. Page 346: Blouse by Moschino,
at Moschino Boutique (NYC), call 212-243-8600 or visit moschino
.com. Earrings by Erickson Beamon, at Erickson Beamon (NYC),
call 646-619-6818. Collar by Fallon, at Barneys New York. Belt by
Miu Miu, at select Miu Miu Boutiques, call 888-977-1900. Belt by
A. Tierney, visit atierney.com. Page 347: Bustier by Betsey Johnson,
at Betsey Johnson (NYC), call 212-734-1257 or visit betseyjohnson
.com. Pants by Akris, at Akris Boutique (NYC; Boston), call 212-717-
1170. Necklaces by Monies US, at Baron De Limoges (NYC). Boots
by Sam Edelman, call 877-932-7726.
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
Page 348: Top by Marc Jacobs, call 212-343-1490. Pants by Chloé,
to special order at Chloé Boutiques, call 212-717-8220. Pumps by
Christian Louboutin, at Christian Louboutin (NYC; Las Vegas),
visit www.christianlouboutin.com. Page 349: Dress by Emilio
de la Morena, to order at Tender (Birmingham, MI), call 248-258-
0212 or visit www.emiliodelamorena.com. Page 350: Dress by
Versace, $18,950, call 888-721-7219. Neckpiece by Johanne Mills, visit
kabiri.co.uk. Legwear heels by Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière, at
Balenciaga Boutique (NYC). Page 351: Dress by Marios Schwab,
visit mariosschwab.com. Clutch by Salvatore Ferragamo, at Salvatore
Ferragamo (NYC), call 800-628-8916. Page 352: Jacket by D&G,
visit dolcegabbana.it. Swimsuit by American Apparel, at American
Apparel stores, call 888-747-0070 or visit americanapparel.net. Bra by
Sophia Kokosalaki, call 646-613-8457 or visit www.sophiakokosalaki
.com. Pants by Ralph Lauren Collection, $11,160, visit ralphlauren
.com. Headpiece by Johanne Mills, visit kabiri.co.uk. Sandals by
Louis Vuitton, call 866-VUITTON or visit louisvuitton.com. Page
353: Coat, $10,290, pants by Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière,
at Balenciaga Boutique (NYC). Page 354: Dress by Burberry
Prorsum, visit burberry.com. Shirt by Ralph Lauren Collection, at
select Ralph Lauren stores, visit ralphlauren.com. Bracelets by
Isaac Manevitz for Ben-Amun, call 212-944-6480 or visit ben-amun
.com. Page 355: Bag by Dolce & Gabbana, call 877-70-DG-USA or
visit dolcegabbana.it. Pumps by Christian Louboutin, at Christian
Louboutin (NYC; Las Vegas), visit www.christianlouboutin.com.
Page 356: Top by Calvin Klein Collection, call 212-292-9000. Pants by
Yves Saint Laurent, at Yves Saint Laurent Boutiques. Legwear heels by
Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière, at Balenciaga Boutique (NYC). Page
357: Dress by Prada, call 888-977-1900. Neckpiece by Johanne Mills,
visit kabiri.co.uk. Page 358: Top, skirt by Louis Vuitton, call 866-
VUITTON or visit louisvuitton.com. Pumps by Christian Louboutin,
at Christian Louboutin (NYC; Las Vegas), visit christianlouboutin
.com. Page 359: Top by Stella McCartney, at Intermix stores, Stella
McCartney (NYC; L.A.), visit stellamccartney.com. Trousers by
Stella McCartney, at Stella McCartney (NYC; L.A.), visit net-a-porter
.com. Tote by Coach, at Coach stores, call 866-262-2440.
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Pages 360-361: Swimsuit by American Apparel, visit
americanapparel.net. Earrings by Kenneth Jay Lane, call 877-953-
5264. Pumps by Manolo Blahnik, at Manolo Blahnik at Wynn Las
Vegas (Las Vegas), call 702-770-3477. Page 362: Bodysuit by
Isaac Mizrahi, at Saks Fifth Avenue. Pants by Proenza Schouler, visit
net-a-porter.com. Belt by Louis Vuitton, call 866-VUITTON or visit
louisvuitton.com. Earrings by Kentshire, call 212-421-1100 or visit
kentshire.com. Bangle by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC), call
212-343-1490. Bangle by Ted Rossi, visit tedrossi.com. Pumps by
Manolo Blahnik, at Manolo Blahnik at Wynn Las Vegas (Las Vegas),
call 702-770-3477. Page 363: Swimsuit by Hervé Léger by Max Azria,
at select Hervé Léger Boutiques, visit herveleger.com. Necklace,
skirt by Louis Vuitton, call 866-VUITTON or visit louisvuitton.com.
Pumps by Manolo Blahnik, at Manolo Blahnik (NYC), call 212-582-
3007. Page 364: Bustier by Carolina Herrera, at Carolina Herrera
(NYC), call 212-249-6552. Earrings by Kentshire, call 212-421-1100
or visit kentshire.com. Clutch by Bottega Veneta, at Bottega Veneta
Boutiques, call 877-362-1715 or visit bottegaveneta.com. Page 365:
Jacket by Chanel, $21,265, call 800-550-0005. Pants by Thakoon,
at Bergdorf Goodman (NYC). Earrings by Kenneth Jay Lane, call
877-953-5264. Bracelets by Kentshire, call 212-421-1100 or visit
kentshire.com. Bag by Chloé, at Chloé Boutiques. Pumps by Manolo
Blahnik, at Manolo Blahnik at Wynn Las Vegas (Las Vegas), call
702-770-3477. Page 366-367: Dress by Salvatore Ferragamo, call 800-
628-8916. Skirt by Lanvin, at Susan (Burlingame, San Francisco,
CA). Earrings by Kentshire, call 212-421-1100 or visit kentshire.com.
Bangle by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC), call 212-343-1490.
Bangle by Ted Rossi, visit tedrossi.com. Cuffs by Badgley Mischka,
at Henri Bendel (NYC), call 800-423-6335. Page 368: Jacket by
Gucci, call 800-456-7663 or visit gucci.com. Earrings by Kentshire,
call 212-421-1100 or visit kentshire.com. Cuffs by Badgley Mischka,
at Henri Bendel (NYC), call 800-H-BENDEL. Page 369: Dress by
Carolina Herrera, call 212-249-6552. Pants by Thakoon, at Bergdorf
Goodman (NYC). Earrings by Lanvin, at Susan (Burlingame, San
Francisco, CA). Sandals by Lanvin, at Ikram (Chicago). Bangles by
Ted Rossi, visit tedrossi.com. Page 370: Skirt by Marc Jacobs, at Marc
Jacobs (NYC), call 212-343-1490. Swimsuit by American Apparel,
visit americanapparel.net. Bangle by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs
(NYC), call 212-343-1490. Bangle by Ted Rossi, visit tedrossi.com.
Necklace by Louis Vuitton, call 866-VUITTON or visit louisvuitton.
com. Pumps by Manolo Blahnik, at Manolo Blahnik (NYC), call 212-
582-3007. Page 371: Earrings by Kentshire, call 212-421-1100 or visit
kentshire.com. Bangle by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC), call
212-343-1490. Bangle by Ted Rossi, visit tedrossi.com. Pumps by
Manolo Blahnik, at Manolo Blahnik (NYC), call 212-582-3007.
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Page 374: Dress by Fendi, $5,050, call 800-FENDI-NY. Skirt
by Morgane Le Fay, visit morganelefay.com. Tights by Hue, at
select Macy’s. Shoes by Capezio, visit capeziodance.com. Page
375: Collar by Heaven Tanudiredja, at Henri Bendel (NYC), call
800-H-BENDEL, visit heaventanudiredja.com. Tights by Hue,
at select Macy’s. Shoes by Capezio, visit capeziodance.com. Page
376: Collar by Heaven Tanudiredja, at Henri Bendel (NYC), call
800-H-BENDEL, visit heaventanudiredja.com. Tights by Hue, at
select Macy’s. Page 377: Top by Louis Vuitton, visit louisvuitton
.com. Panty by Eres, call 888-656-ERES or visit eres.fr. Tights by
Hue, at select Macy’s. Shoes by Capezio, visit capeziodance.com.
Dress by BCBGMaxAzria, visit bcbg.com. Necklace by Fenton,
to special order at Ikram (Chicago), call 312-587-1000. Page 378:
Dress, hat by Chanel, at select Chanel Boutiques, call 800-550-
0005. Page 379: Dress by Calvin Klein Collection, call 212-292-9000.
Cap by Eugenia Kim, visit eugeniakim.com. Necklace by Heaven
Tanudiredja, at Henri Bendel (NYC), call 800-H-BENDEL, visit
www.heaventanudiredja.com. Page 380: Shirt by Bottega Veneta,
call 877-362-1715 or visit bottegaveneta.com. Panty by Eres, call 888-
656-ERES or visit eres.fr. Belt by Yves Saint Laurent, visit ysl.com.
Tights by Wolford, call 800-WOLFORD or visit wolford.com. Page
381: Bra by GapBody, at GapBody stores, call 800-GAP-STYLE or
visit gapbody.com. Tights by Hue, at select Macy’s.
NAKED AMBITION
Page 383: Corset by Zac Posen, visit zacposen.com. Watch by
Audemars Piguet, $13,500, visit audemarspiguet.com. Pages 384-
385: Bodysuit by Alberta Ferretti, to special order, call 212-632-9300.
Bracelet by Tom Binns, at Tom Binns (NYC). Bracelets by Disaya,
at Curve (NYC; L.A.), visit disaya.com. Bracelet by Diamond in the
Rough, visit diamondintherough.com. Watch by Audemars Piguet,
$13,500, visit audemarspiguet.com. Socks by Hue, visit hue.com.
Shoes by Church’s, at Church’s (NYC), call 800-221-4540. Page
387: Dress by Dior, at Dior Boutique (NYC). Necklace by Janis
by Janis Savitt, visit janisbyjanissavitt.com. Necklace by Kara Ross,
collection at Bergdorf Goodman (NYC). Page 388: Pajamas by
Dolce & Gabbana, $5,550, call 877-70-DG-USA or visit dolcegabbana.
it. Bracelet by Isaac Manevitz for Ben-Amun, call 212-944-6480 or
visit ben-amun.com. Bracelet by Robert Lee Morris, at Robert Lee
Morris Gallery (NYC), call 212-431-9405. Rings by Iosselliani, at
Honey in the Rough (NYC), call 212-228-6415. Bag by Longchamp,
at Longchamp (NYC), call 212-223-1500 or visit longchamp
.com. Page 389: Necklace, bracelet by Janis by Janis Savitt, at
Bergdorf Goodman (NYC), visit janisbyjanissavitt.com. Bracelets
by Disaya, at Curve (NYC; L.A.), visit disaya.com. Bracelet by
Fallon, visit barneys.com. Cuff by Christine J. Brandt, $18,000, visit
christinejbrandt.com. Page 390: Bra by Victoria’s Secret, at Victoria’s
Secret stores, call 800-888-8200 or visit victoriassecret.com. Boxers
by Tom Ford, at Tom Ford (NYC), call 212-359-0300 or visit tomford
.com. Bracelets by Robert Lee Morris, at Robert Lee Morris Gallery
(NYC), call 212-431-9405. Socks by Hue, visit hue.com. Shoes by
Church’s, at Church’s (NYC), call 800-221-4540. Page 391: Dress
by Blumarine, $6,480, in other colors at Neiman Marcus. Shorts by
Eres, call 888-656-ERES or visit eres.fr. Necklace by Stephen Dweck,
at Bergdorf Goodman (NYC), visit stephendweck.com. Necklace
by Tom Binns, at Tom Binns (NYC). Bracelets by Disaya, at Curve
(NYC; L.A.), visit disaya.com. Bracelet by Diamond in the Rough, visit
diamondintherough.com. Watch by Audemars Piguet, $13,500, visit
audemarspiguet.com. Socks by MeMoi, call 877-453-8268. Shoes by
Church’s, at Church’s (NYC), call 800-221-4540. Page 392: Bra by
Victoria’s Secret, at select Victoria’s Secret stores, call 800-888-8200 or
visit victoriassecret.com. Necklace, bracelet by Janis by Janis Savitt,
at Bergdorf Goodman (NYC), visit janisbyjanissavitt.com. Watch
by Audemars Piguet, $13,500, visit audemarspiguet.com. Cuff by Kara
Ross, $14,543, at Bergdorf Goodman (NYC). Page 393: Bracelet
by Isaac Manevitz for Ben-Amun, call 212-944-6480 or visit ben-amun
.com. Bracelet by Robert Lee Morris, at Robert Lee Morris Gallery
(NYC), call 212-431-9405.
THE MODERN
Page 394: Sandal by Gianfranco Ferré, visit www.gianfrancoferre
.com. Bangle by Georg Jensen, call 800-546-5253 or visit
georgjensenstore.com. Page 395: Clutch by Versace, call 888-721-
7219. Sandal by Sophia Kokosalaki, call 646-613-8457. Bracelet by
Kentshire, call 212-421-1100 or visit kentshire.com. Page 396: Bag
by Giorgio Armani, call 212-988-9191. Sandal by Roger Vivier, $9,150,
call 212-861-5371. Page 397: Clutch by Chanel, call 800-550-0005.
Clutch by Bottega Veneta, call 877-362-1715 or visit bottegaveneta
.com. Page 398: Wedge by Dolce & Gabbana, visit dolcegabbana
.it. Clutch by Cole Haan, call 800-201-8001. Cuff by Gianfranco Ferré,
call 310-273-3211 or visit www.gianfrancoferre.com. Page 399:
Clutch by Emilio Pucci, visit emiliopucci.com. Pump by Calvin Klein
Collection, call 212-292-9000.
WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME
Pa ge 40 0 : Sw i m s u i t by OMO Norma Kamali, v isit
normakamalicollection.com. Cap by David Samuel Menkes, call
212-989-3706 or visit davidmenkesleather.com. Cuffs by Robert Lee
Morris, at Robert Lee Morris Gallery (NYC), call 212-431-9405.
Gloves by Chanel, call 800-550-0005. Sandals by Alexander Wang,
at Barneys New York, Edon Manor (NYC). Page 401: Dress by
Hugo, visit hugoboss.com. Necklace by Subversive Jewelry by Justin
Giunta, visit subversivejewelry.com. Necklace by Keni Valenti, visit
kenivalenti.com. Tape by Kiki de Montparnasse, visit kikidm.com.
Cuff from Trash and Vaudeville, NYC, at Trash and Vaudeville (NYC).
Bracelet by Emporio Armani, visit emporioarmani.com. Cuffs by
Natalia Brilli, visit nataliabrilli.fr. Bag by Cole Haan, at Cole Haan
stores, call 800-201-8001 or visit colehaan.com. Clutch by Coach,
at Coach stores, call 888-262-6224. Sandals by Alexander Wang, at
Barneys New York, Edon Manor (NYC). Page 402: Cap by David
Samuel Menkes, call 212-989-3706 or visit davidmenkesleather.com.
Sunglasses by Yves Saint Laurent, at Yves Saint Laurent Boutiques.
Bracelets by David Yurman, at David Yurman (NYC; Chicago;
Beverly Hills), visit davidyurman.com. Bracelet by Georg Jensen, at
Georg Jensen (NYC), call 800-546-5253 or visit georgjensenstore
.com. Bracelet by Loree Rodkin, $41,475, call 888-L-RODKIN or visit
loreerodkin.com. Bangles by LowLuv by Erin Wasson for Alexander
Wang, visit erinwasson.com. Boots by Alexander Wang, at Opening
Ceremony (NYC). Page 403: Leggings, sandals by Givenchy
by Riccardo Tisci, at Ikram (Chicago). Choker, $7,655, pendant,
$2,770, wallet chain, $6,250, bracelet, $1,650, by Chrome Hearts, at
Chrome Hearts stores, visit chromehearts.com. Bangles by LowLuv
by Erin Wasson for Alexander Wang, visit erinwasson.com. Bracelet
by Georg Jensen, at Georg Jensen (NYC), call 800-546-5253 or visit
georgjensenstore.com. Gloves by Chanel, call 800-550-0005. Page
404: Dress by Dior, $17,890, at Dior Boutique (NYC). Top by OMO
Norma Kamali, visit normakamalicollection.com. Cap by David
Samuel Menkes, call 212-989-3706 or visit davidmenkesleather.com.
Tape by Kiki de Montparnasse, visit kikidm.com. Cuffs by Seril, call
323-277-3886 or visit seril.net. Gloves by Rodarte, visit rodarte.net.
Page 405: Cap by David Samuel Menkes, call 212-989-3706 or visit
davidmenkesleather.com. Cuffs by Natalia Brilli, visit nataliabrilli
.fr. Cuff from Trash and Vaudeville, NYC, at Trash and Vaudeville
(NYC). Sandals by Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte, visit rodarte.net.
Page 406: Cap by David Samuel Menkes, call 212-989-3706 or visit
davidmenkesleather.com. Gloves by Chanel, call 800-550-0005.
Sandals by Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte, visit rodarte.net. Page 407:
Jacket by Gucci, call 800-456-7663 or visit gucci.com. Bikini by Dolce
& Gabbana, call 877-70-DG-USA or visit dolcegabbana.it. Skirt by
Fendi, at Fendi Boutiques, call 800-FENDI-NY. Bangles by LowLuv
by Erin Wasson for Alexander Wang, visit erinwasson.com. Gloves by
Chanel, call 800-550-0005. Sandals by Alexander Wang, at Barneys
New York, Edon Manor (NYC). Page 408: Dress by DKNY, call
800-231-0884 or visit dkny.com. Cap by David Samuel Menkes,
call 212-989-3706 or visit davidmenkesleather.com. Necklaces
by Georg Jensen, at Georg Jensen (NYC), call 800-546-5253 or visit
georgjensenstore.com. Tote by Valentino, at Valentino Boutiques.
Bracelet by Emporio Armani, visit emporioarmani.com. Cuffs by
Natalia Brilli, visit nataliabrilli.fr. Cuffs by Seril, call 323-277-3886
or visit seril.net. Cuff from Trash and Vaudeville, NYC, at Trash and
Vaudeville (NYC). Gloves by Chanel, call 800-550-0005. Boots
by Alexander Wang, at Opening Ceremony (NYC). Page 409: Vest
by William Rast, visit williamrast.com. Top by Alexander Wang, visit
eluxury.com. Pants by Giorgio Armani, at Giorgio Armani Boutiques,
call 212-988-9191. Cap by David Samuel Menkes, call 212-989-3706 or
visit davidmenkesleather.com. Necklace by Ann Demeulemeester, at
If Boutique (NYC), visit anndemeulemeester.be. Bangles by LowLuv
by Erin Wasson for Alexander Wang, visit erinwasson.com. Cuff by Tom
Binns, at Tom Binns (NYC). Gloves by Chanel, call 800-550-0005.
Boots by Alexander Wang, at Opening Ceremony (NYC).
Prices are approximate. ELLE recommends that merchandise
availability be checked with local stores.
BEAUTY GUIDE
Page 272: Best in Show: Aquaphor Healing Ointment,
at drugstores. Aveda Brilliant Retexturzing Gel, aveda.
com. Blax Hair Elastics, beautyhabit.com. Bumble and
bumble Bb. Gel and Surf Spray, bumbleandbumble
.com. Chanel Ombre Essentielle Soft Touch Eyeshadow,
chanel.com. Clarins Eye Pencil, macys.com. Clé
de Peau Eye Color Quad, bergdorfgoodman.com.
Clinique Quick Blush, macys.com. Cutler Protectant
Treatment Spray, cutlersalon.com. Dior Beauty Crayon
Eyeliner – Waterproof, sephora.com. Elizabeth Arden
Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant, elizabetharden
.com. Eric Javits Turban Headband, ericjavits.com.
Eva Scrivo Leather Hair bands, evascrivo.com.
Fekkai Beach Waves, sephora.com. GHD IV Styler,
ghdhairusa.com. Goody ColourCollection Bobby
Pins, at drugstores. Guerlain Ombre Éclat Duo &
Liner, saksfifthavenue.com. Kérastase Double Force
Hairspray, kerastase.com. Lancôme Color Design Eye
Shadow, lancome-usa.com. Logics Color DNA System
Aerial Liquid Volume, logicshair.com. L’Oréal Paris
Bare Naturale Gentle Mineral Powder, at drugstores.
M.A.C Cream Colour Base, Gloss Crème Brilliance,
both at maccosmetics.com. Max Factor Vivid Impact
Lipcolor, at drugstores. Maybelline New York Mineral
Power Naturally Luminous Blush, at drugstores. Nars
Single Eye Shadow, narscosmetics.com. Neutrogena
Mineral Sheers Powder Foundation, at drugstores.Paul
Mitchell ProTools Express Ion Round Brush,
paulmitchell.com. Redken Fabricate 03 Heat-Active
Texturizer, redken.com. Revlon Illuminance Crème
Shadow, at drugstores. Sebastian Professional Liquid
Gloss, sebastianprofessional.com. Shiseido Perfect
Rouge lipstick, dillards.com. Smashbox Cream Eye
Liner Artist Pencils, ulta.com. Tresemmé 24 Hour Body
Finishing Spray, at drugstores. Trish McEvoy Liquid
Face Color, neimanmarcus.com. Wella Professionals
Color Preserve Molding Paste, wellausa.com. Yves
Saint Laurent Pure Lipstick, yslbeautyus.com.
Page 280: Top Five: Aveeno Skin Brightening Daily
Scrub, at drugstores. Clinique Liquid Facial Soap,
clinique.com. Neutrogena Deep Clean Facial Cleanser,
at drugstores. Olay Regenerist Daily Thermal Mini-
Peel, at drugstores. Philosophy Purity Made Simple
High-Foaming Daily Cleanser, philosophy.com.
Page 285: Insider: Carita Paris Daily Protective Hair
Cream, caritadirect.com. J.F. Lazartigue Deep Action
Treatment with Carrot Oil, amazon.com. Nexxus
Dualiste Color Protection + Volume Conditioner,
Gorgeous Curls Curl Enhancing Foam Styler, both
at drugstores. René Furterer Naturia Dry Shampoo,
sephora.com.
Page 290: The Gene Genies: Avon ANEW Ultimate
Elixir Premium, avon.com. Canyon Ranch Your
Transformation, beauty.com. Clinique Youth Surge
SPF 15 Age Decelerating Moisturizer, clinique.com.
Estée Lauder Time Zone Line and Wrinkle Reducing
Moisturizer, esteelauder.com. Olay Professional Pro-
X Wrinkle Smoothing Cream, at drugstores. Nia 24,
nia24.com.
Page 294: It List: B de Boucheron Body Cream,
bdeboucheron.com. Bulgari Omnia Green Jade,
sephora.com. Chanel Limited Edition Rouge Allure,
chanel.com. Elizabeth Arden Pretty, elizabetharden
.com. Estée Lauder Fleur de Lys Shimmer Powder,
esteelauder.com. Tracy Reese for Sally Hansen 2009
Spring Runway Collection, at drugstores. Guerlain
Ombre Éclat, neimanmarcus.com. Pucci Vivara
Variazioni collection, sephora.com. Yves Saint
Laurent Palette D’Artiste Collector Powder for the
Eyes, yslbeautyus.com.
Page 298: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Holly:
Fresh Brown Sugar Body Polish, Crème Ancienne
30G, both at fresh.com.
Page 376: Beauty note: Max Factor Vivid Impact
Lipcolor, at drugstores. Page 383: Beauty note:
Maybelline New York Moisture Extreme Lipcolor, at
drugstores.
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MARCH
PISCES
(Feb 19–Mar 20)
When feisty Mars joins the
Sun and Mercury in Pisces on
the 15th, you’ll feel invincible.
But your real power comes
from your rulers’ presence in
your house of intuition and
the collective unconscious.
Remember: Always tap into the
universal power source before
taking action, especially the
life-altering kind. If your loved
ones are being oppositional,
give them just enough slack
not to hang themselves.
ARIES
(Mar 21–Apr 19)
Seismic shifts at work send you
running to create stability in
other areas of life. The first two
weeks of the month find you
obsessing about your social life,
saying yes to every invite that
comes your way. By the 15th,
you’re ready for a detox—and
a two-week staycation. Be open
to new ideas. With Mars in
your zone of deep thoughts,
you could find inspiration for
an exciting career change.
TAURUS
(Apr 20–May 20)
Want to make a splash at
work? Get in the pool! There’s
a sense of destiny surrounding
your career, so if you have
some big ideas knocking
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BY SUZANNE GERBER
JESSICA BIEL:
March 3, 1982
around, get cracking. While
opportunities will fizz up like
champagne bubbles for much
of ’09, you’ll only have the
assistance of firebrand Mars
in that sphere till the 14th. On
the 9th and 15th, don’t let a
naysayer pop those bubbles.
GEMINI
(May 21–June 21)
It’s as if a genie is granting you
three wishes right now. When
your ruler, Mercury, crosses
your career axis on the 8th,
hitting transformative Uranus
and manifester Sun, you could
utterly reinvent yourself. On
the 13th, think outside the
box: Your travel and freelance
zones are on fire. On the
romance front, retrograde
Venus urges patience, so
don’t rush into anything.
CANCER
(June 22–July 22)
You like to fly under the radar
(pulling the strings rather than
risk being yanked yourself),
but that may not be possible
this month. The Sun enters
your career field on the 20th,
followed by Mercury on the
25th, and a new moon of fresh
starts in new-leaf king Aries
the next day. Your career cup
will not only runneth over,
but you also could taketh off
in a whole new direction.
LEO
(July 23–Aug 22)
Your mission, if you choose to
accept it, is to balance the life
you’ve been very happy leading
and the reality of financial
constraints. Your one get-out-of-
jail-free card arrives during the
full moon on the 11th, so spend
wisely (and quickly) before
retrograde Saturn cancels your
credit cards. At least passionate
Mars is spreading lusty cheer
in your relationship quarter.
VIRGO
(Aug 23–Sept 22)
With Venus and a new moon
in your most erogenous zone,
if you can’t get no satisfaction,
you can only blame your sweet,
practical self. Throw out the
rule book—and the sense of
decorum—and bust out some
moves from a Beyoncé video.
Think leather, think lace—
actually, quit thinking and get
dancing. By the time Mars
moves in on the 15th, you’ll be
one smirkily satisfied customer.
LIBRA
(Sept 23–Oct 23)
Crushes are sweet, but when the
Sun and Mercury join Venus in
your partnership sphere, you’ll
exhume phrases like “our next
step” and “your turn to cook.”
A new moon on the 26th—
right next to fair-play Venus—
suggests things are going to
get serious fast, so start laying
the ground rules. On the 15th,
Mars lights a small bonfire in
your work corner, so vacation
plans may have to wait.
SCORPIO
(Oct 24–Nov 21)
Inertia is a wonderful force,
especially when it stitches
you to comfy furniture in
your well-feathered nest.
But instigator Jupiter in your
domestic sector has taken
a yearlong lease, so if you
don’t force yourself to act,
nothing’s gonna happen.
Follow Mars when it crosses
your creative axis on the 15th
and get up and get the blood
circulating. A new moon in
your relationship corner on the
26th screams tango lessons.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov 22–Dec 21)
You don’t need Alanis to
point out the irony. Saturn is
stagnant in your career sector,
but you want a change. Good
news comes from Sister Luna.
First, a full moon on the 11th
signals the culmination of an
important project that could
carry you forward, and a
new moon in your creativity
field on the 26th kicks off big
ideas—and gets you noticed.
How you communicate your
ideas is at least as crucial
as the message itself.
CAPRICORN
(Dec 22–Jan 19)
As your inner farmer is well
aware, some months are for
harvesting and others, like this
one, are for letting the fields
recover. Next summer, you’ll
feel reborn, but only if you
reevaluate the last year of work,
play, love, and accessories.
Through the 14th, focus first
on finances and then on how
you express your needs. After
the 15th, tackle clutter in your
home. You need to clear space
for a potential new body.
AQUARIUS
(Jan 20–Feb 18)
You’re wise to focus on
finances. For one thing,
with Venus and Saturn both
retrograde, your love life
won’t be going anywhere
for a while. And from the
15th to 25th, your money
zone is like a launching pad.
Give it enough attention and
sometime this spring your
Doug Inglish/CLM/Trunkarchive.com
shuttle could take off. But
pay proper heed to worthy
opponents (human or forces of
nature) on the 9th and 15th.
For your personal daily forecast,
visit ELLE.com.
 ELLE NUMEROLOGY

MARCH Numerology uses the

power of numbers to
predict significant life
cycles. Determine your
personal number by
1 Now’s the time to do some early
spring-cleaning. Clear your desk,
organize your closet, and reschedule
rain-checked lunch dates. If you make an
effort to loosely plan the next several
adding the day and months, it’ll give you a sense of control
month of your birth over your about-to-be-crazy life. In the
date. Continue adding friendship department, you’ll stop
until you get a single focusing on your pals’ flaws (gum
digit. For example, if your smacking, credit card overspending,
birthday is March 10, unreturned phone calls, etc.) and start
your personal number noticing their strengths.
is 3 + 10 = 13, and 1 + 3 =
4, the personal number
you’ll keep for life.
By Bridgett Walther
2 This is the month to goof off and, for
once, actually get away with it.
You’ll suggest an off-the-wall idea in
a meeting (and your boss will call it
innovative), experiment with your hair
color (friends will consider it hip), and
shake your groove thing at a party (ABBA
is always a good excuse for “the
sprinkler”). Also, your Fey-ishly sharp wit
will win you major flirting points, whether
with a long-standing paramour or
someone with relationship potential.
6 Symptom: hypersensitivity between
you and your best friend. Every little
frown, raised eyebrow, or seemingly
innocent comment seems to hit a nerve.
And now for the cure: Bring on the men.
Gender balance is important this month,
and if you can’t find a group of guys to
chill with, focus on your own activities. In
the love department, a lightened schedule
will enhance your relationship (more
cuddle time!) or, if you’re single, lead you
to a new one.
7 This month, you’ll experience an
excellent financial or career
rebound, with or without a beau
on your arm. (You’ve always done fine
on your own.) And just in time for the
worst national economic downturn in
decades, you’ll miraculously find ways to
acquire your favorite must-haves without
paying full price or bargaining with
salespeople. When it comes to your often-
neglected workout plan, you’ll start up
again, but slowly.

3 This month, it’s all about money,

power, and sex. (And if you’re lucky,
all three at once.) But don’t expect
them to come easy; to get what you want,
you’ll have to bargain hunt, motivate your
peers, and channel your inner Gisele,
respectively. Others won’t be able to keep
up with your forward momentum as you
close important deals and arrange glam
events. When it comes to love, single and
spoken-for Threes are feeling aggressive.
8 Staff reductions have turned some
jobs into dead zones, and you could
be more at risk on the deck of the
Titanic than in the safety of a lifeboat. To
avoid an icy Leo DiCaprio fate, you
might want to consider becoming your
own boss. Scary? Maybe. But you have
the nerve (and the brains!) to make it on
your own. While revamping your career,
toss any other unnecessary items,
including a dud you’ve been dating.

4 This is the month to get lost in a

project you’ve been meaning to start
for ages. (Your memoir? Your fashion
line? Your Web start-up?) Avoid self-
editing: The important thing is to coax out
your brilliance and make it tangible. Work
alone as often as possible. Sure, friends get
a little annoyed when you constantly turn
down their invites, so give them priority
when your work is finished. Within a few
months, you’ll be immensely proud and
ready to play again.
9 You’ve always wanted to tap into
your spiritual side but weren’t able
to take a yearlong Eat, Pray, Love
tour of the world. This month, you’ll find
alternative ways to expand your cultural
repertoire sans travel. (Bonus: You’ll
avoid jet lag.) Start by enrolling in a
language class—you’ll want to know how
to order your favorite cocktail before
holing up in an ashram, right? At work, a
new hire motivates you with her passion.
Take notes.

5 March hands you an opportunity

that’s supposedly out of your league,
and your closest friends and family
won’t be shy in telling you so. Ignore them.
(They’re just jealous!) You’ve got
incredible stamina, which keeps you
focused on your new pursuit, whether it’s
in the boardroom or in the bedroom.
When it comes to romance, you’ll get
exactly what you ask of your love interest
(and again, envy from your pals).

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Wilson
HE’S NO ANGEL
Don’t let his clean-cut, chiseled mug
fool you. Patrick Wilson tells Andrew
Goldman there’s something to be said
for rock-star hair, velvet overalls, and
owning the butt shot
P
atrick Wilson, wherever you are, don’t bother put-
ting your pants on. Instead, just stand to receive the
first ever Helen Mirren Award for Achievement in
Rampant Wardrobe Doffing in the Service of Art.
The 35-year-old Floridian has streaked through the
genres, from ripping off a G-string on Broadway in
The Full Monty, to playing a skinny-dipping closeted
Mormon on HBO’s Angels in America, to providing
Kate Winslet with a memorably bare-assed big-
screen washing machine ride in 2006’s Little Children. Wilson, a
gifted singer and dancer—even when clothed—has been married
for nearly four years and has a son, Kal, who’s almost three. This
month, he appears as Nite Owl in Watchmen, based on the revered
’80s graphic novel. It has long been speculated that Nite Owl’s alter
ego, Dan Dreiberg, is one of the few Jewish superheroes; will any
below-the-belt shower shots of Wilson provide further clues?
ELLE: I read that when you married Dagmara Dominczyk, you
sang “Faithfully” and “Open Arms.” Were you concerned that
performing two Journey songs at your own wedding might have
been a little excessive?
PATRICK WILSON: No, no. Here’s how it went down, just so you
don’t think that’s how I am: We had karaoke at the reception.
ELLE: Okay. So you didn’t have to provide the wedding planner
with cues for when to turn on the accompanying track?
PW: No. And the “wedding planner”? We were the wedding
planners.
ELLE: You’ve spoken of your obsession with ’80s hair band icons
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like Bret Michaels from Poison and Gary Cherone from Extreme.
These are guys who, we can agree, sported unfortunate looks. Did
you have similar judgment lapses?
PW: I’ve got whole years of unfortunate clothing. It’s funny you
bring that up, because I remember seeing Extreme play with
Winger and Cinderella. Gary Cherone was wearing purple velvet
overalls with no shirt and saddle oxfords—you know those shoes
that look like little Maryjanes? Afterward, I went home and told
my mom, “I need to find saddle oxfords.” And she said, “Like
little girls wear?” Naturally, I couldn’t find them in my size, so I
went to a shoemaker and had him make me a pair. I wore them for
a while, but they didn’t seem as cool on me, because when your
foot is size 12, they sort of look like clown shoes.
ELLE: Did you have the matching purple velvet overalls?
PW: No, but I did have Skidz overalls. Remember Skidz, those
baggy plaid pants that look like pajamas? So I did rock overalls,
but not in purple velvet. I couldn’t find those.
ELLE: What if, back then, you were told you could go on tour with
Van Halen, but only if you performed a shirtless dance for some
dirtbag roadie?
PW: What are you talking about? I’d still do that now.
ELLE: You played Raoul in Joel Schumacher’s movie adaptation of
The Phantom of the Opera, a show known for its rabid fan base.
What was your oddest interaction with a female Phantom fan?
PW: I remember being presented with a romance novel cover with
me as Raoul, the wind blowing my hair and the body like Fabio’s.
That was pretty odd.
ELLE: In Little Children, all the moms in the kiddie park swooned
and called you “prom king” because of your squeaky-clean good
looks. Apart from wearing clown shoes, is there anything about
your past that hints you’re not prom king material?
PW: Well, I didn’t win prom king. By that point, I’d quit sports
except for soccer, so I was really just a theater guy. I totally lost to
the captain of the football team.
ELLE: If you’d stuck with football, might you have eked out a win?
PW: I certainly would have given him a run for his money. But still,
a wide receiver like me wouldn’t have won. The quarterback—or
even the running back—always wins.
ELLE: Little Children featured you and Kate Winslet nude together
quite a bit. In one love scene, I noticed some rather intense
buttock flexing from your character. Was that your actual butt?
PW: Do you think I have a fake butt?
ELLE: No, but I did wonder if you used a butt double.
PW: No, I didn’t have a butt double! And if you ever meet a dude
who has a butt double, you have to tell me who they are, because
that’s ridiculous.
ELLE: Well, there are actors who would have been served well by
butt doubles, most famously Michael Douglas in Basic Instinct.
PW: Yeah, but think about how cool that scene was in Lethal
Weapon where Mel Gibson gets buck naked in that shitty little
trailer. He’s giving you his whole butt, and it’s totally cool!
ELLE: Hypothetically, if, after this interview, my wife told me that
she was so obsessed with you, she refused to ever sleep with me
again, is there any fact about you that might change her mind?
PW: Jeez. I have a lot of flaws. I just have to pick one. Okay, my left
big toe is terrible because I broke it 15 years ago. It looks stupid. So
if you like feet, I’m not your man.
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ELLE: Somehow, I feel like you having a somewhat deformed big
toe is not going to cure her. Got anything better? Herpes, maybe?
PW: Lord, no. It’s been good, clean living for me.
ELLE: Dan Dreiberg, the character you play in Watchmen, goes by
the superhero name Nite Owl. If you were a sexual superhero,
what might you be called?
PW: After this conversation, I might be the Great Butt Flexer.