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CRAZY TRAIN Chris Pine, Denzel
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TOTALLY SKETCHY Londons
Design Museum will showcase
approximately 150 fashion
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(starting from the turn of the
twentieth century) such as Chanel,
Alexander McQueen, Viktor & Rolf,
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FASHION
104
STYLE A TO ZEE: THE NEW GUARD
Creative Director JOE ZEE shows five up-and-
comers how to win big on the red carpet
116
WHAT TO WEAR?
Our Fashion Know-It-All, ANNE SLOWEY ,
answers your pressing style questions
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THE GOOD LIFE
Designer Kenneth Cole travels to Vienna for
the Life Ball and discovers that goodwill is the
ultimate party favor. By BOB MORRIS
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L.A. SHOPPING GUIDE
WHITNEY VARGAS and ALEXA BRAZILIAN
uncover the most coveted L.A. designers,
stores, hot-spot destinations, and more
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ELLE FASHION: THE LOOK, TRENDS,
AND JEWELS
French chic outfitsGingham prints and
pretty pastelsVintage Chanel diamond
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WORKBOOK : CAST MEMBER
When it comes to Kristie Cheungs minimalist
sense of style, this Hollywood dealmaker
means business. By WHITNEY VARGAS
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ELLE FASHION NEWS
Phoebe Philos limited edition Wayfarer
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one-of-a-kind jewelry collectionPedigree
Sneaker Gallery opens in Brooklynand more
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SHOPPING MADE EASY! THE 50 BEST
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350+ pages of fashion advice: What to wear at
work, out at night, and everywhere else
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DOCTORS ORDERS
How to get smooth, even skinand keep it.
By JANNA JOHNSON
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SCREEN SAVERS
ASHLEY FODOR reveals Hollywoods most
sought-after style secrets from the top hair and
makeup artists
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TWEET DREAMS
In a world where every Facebook update is a
business opportunity, LOUISA KAMPS learns how
to sell herself without selling her soul
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A WOMAN IN FULL
Artist Sam Taylor-Wood decided to become a
director, get engaged to the teenage star of her
new movieand have a baby with him at 43.
RACHAEL COMBE reports
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THE WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD ISSUE
Kate Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jodie
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Kate Hudson wears an embroidered dress from Marc Jacobs,
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by Este Lauder. Photographed by Carter Smith. Styled by Samira
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Hilary Swank wears a viscose gown from Calvin Klein Collection
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTINUED ON PAGE 64
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ELLE FASHION: NEW DESIGNERS
Londoner Alessandra Richs impressive
floor-skimming garments, and NYC-based
Wes Gordons designs for a new generation of
uptown girls. By WHITNEY VARGAS
176
BABY GENIUS
Environmentalist and supermom Stella
McCartney debuts her first collection for
children. By ALEXA BRAZILIAN
178
L.A. INNOVATORS
The most influential designers in LaLa land:
Cameron Silver, Jade Lai, George Esquivel,
Chase Cohl, and more. By ALEXA BRAZILIAN
and WHITNEY VARGAS
328
SYNCHRONIZED SWIM
For sun seekers, its not an either/or: Youll pack
more pinup power by mixing cunning vintage
notes with high-tech cool. Photographed by
CARTER SMITH. Styled by MARIO GRAUSO
338
EASY RIDERS
Furs new frontier? A shake of shag, a hit of
Hendrix, and a bohemian wink. Photographed
by KT AULETA. Styled by KATE LANPHEAR
346
FASHION SPOTLIGHT:
FRANCISCO COSTA
ANNE SLOWEY interviews the Calvin Klein
Collection Womens Creative Director and
finds that sometimes nice guys finish first.
Photographed by DAN KING. Styled by
CHRISTOPHER NIQUET
FEATURES
102
JET-SETTER: MONTREAL
Romanian-born model Irina Lazareanu
finds her ideal country home on a lake in the
Laurentian Mountains. By MIRANDA PURVES
110
THE POWER LIST
NIKKI FINKES annual Hollywood report of the
most loved and feared women in the industry
213
ELLE INTELLIGENCE
Karen Durbin reviews the film Tiny Furniture
James Francos new book, Palo AltoThe
revival of Tony Kushners Angels in America
and more
281
OUR LADY OF FIESTAS
Whats designer Nicole Millers secret to
success and eternal youth? Lots of parties.
By JULIA CHAPLIN
286
THE MAN WHO LOVES WOMEN
For decades, Clint Eastwood embodied red-
blooded, red-state American manhood. But
under that persona evolved a deeply humane
perspective on the sexes. By KAREN DURBIN
294
LITTLE GIRL LOST AND FOUND
Guinness heiress Ivana Lowells memoir is
a triumph of hope and human spirit.
By A. M. HOMES
296
LOVE STORY
After her brother was convicted of a murder,
Betty Anne Waters spent the next 18 years
proving his innocence. What happened next
was truly shocking. By NINA BURLEIGH
298
ASK E. JEAN
Relationship hell? E. JEAN CARROLL to
the rescue!
354
FOREVER MOHR
Jay Mohr explains to ANDREW GOLDMAN what
hes learned from Dr. Phil and the profound
appeal of Jimmy Smits
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232
CUTTING EDGE
Instead of following trends, hairstylist Tommy
Buckett starts themand has a roster of celeb
clients . By JANNA JOHNSON
242
AS YOU LIKE IT
A fragrance that sends one woman into a
pleasure-swoon might make another hold her
nose. What creates the perfect match is a stroke
of alchemical luck. By APRIL LONG
256
THE BIG BUST
After a far too eventful decade with breast
implants, ELIZABETH HAYT faced yet another
deflating experienceone that made her think
twice about keeping them
Sofia Coppola wears a cotton shirt from Cline. To get her makeup
look, try HiP Studio Secrets Professional Crystal Shadow in
Precious, Double Extend Mascara in Black, True Match Naturale
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LOral Paris. Photographed by Carter Smith. Styled by Stacey
Battat. Hair by Ken ORourke. Makeup by Jenna Menard. Manicure
by Bernadette Thompson.
Jodie Foster wears an organza dress from Marc Jacobs. To get her
makeup look, try HiP Studio Secrets Professional Crystal Shadow
Duo in Darling, Telescopic Explosion Mascara in Black, and True Match
Naturale Gentle Lip Conditioner in Soft Mauve, all by LOreal Paris.
Photographed by Alexei Hay. Styled by Kate Lanphear. Hair by Peter
Savic. Makeup by Lucienne Zammit. Manicure by Tom Bachik.
Kate Hudson wears an embroidered dress from Marc Jacobs,
gold bangle from David Yurman, and a diamond bracelet from De
Beers. To get her makeup look, try Intense i-color for Green Eyes,
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Sex and the City 2 brings it all back as the girls take another bite out of the Big Apple and
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LONGCHAMP
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On July 14, ELLE and Longchamp celebrated Bastille Day in style
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REVOLUTIONARY
ROADS
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ts not a total stretch to think that someone other than Sam
Taylor-Wood might want to buy the rights to the story of Sam
Taylor-Woodthe 43-year-old director, producer, and fine
art photographer who recently had a baby with her 20-year-
old fianc, Aaron Johnson, the star of her first full-length fea-
ture film, Nowhere Boy. Though once the script of
Taylor-Woods life made it through a Hollywood rewrite,
shed be a man, played by Woody Allen; Scarlett Johansson,
the besotted teenager; and Diane KeatonOh, wait, thats
Manhattan. Or maybe Rita Wilson would play Sam, and Tom
Hanks would be the teenager, but in a mans body, and theyd dis-
cover when they got to space that their souls were exactly the
same ageso nothing untoward was going on after all. As much
as Hollywood is the whipping boy for the loosening of American
morals, on the whole it still plays solidly to the middle; other than
Harold and Maude, I cant think of a film that lets an older woman
find something solid and mature with a younger man. Theres al-
ways some kind of treachery lurking: heartbreak in store for the
woman; exploitation and cougar aggression for the young man. I
can say that my mothers relationship with her 19-years-younger
boyfriend was probably the one in which I saw her the happiest
and most fulfilled. The romance lasted nearly a decade, and their
deep friendship continues today, some 30 years later. So Im root-
ing for Taylor-Wood, and for her fianc, and hope we can see their
relationship not as something weird and threatening but as a call
to make room for all relationships that arent traditionalin-
cluding gay marriage. I just think its sad (since were on the topic
of love) that were still debating this.
Theres no debating that its our Women in Hollywood issue ,
which comes out right in time for ELLEs splashy yet intimate
event at the Four Seasons in L.A., honoring eight women in the
industry for their work. Its as A-list as it gets, and while there are
always men in the room, its an amazing two hours in which the
notion that women are subordinate in their chosen industry is put
passionately to rest. This year we honor anew the first-ever
Woman in Hollywood icon: Jodie Foster, whose 31-year career
is a showcase of talent, chops, and multidimensionality in acting,
directing, and producing. Our other honoreesicons in their
own rightare Diane Keaton, Kate Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Hilary Swank, Sofia Coppola, Kerry Washington, Diane Kruger,
and newcomer Jessica Chastain. (And then theres that other
icon, Clint Eastwood. Karen Durbins fascinating interview with
him [page 286] traces his evolution from Dirty Harry to one of
the few directors in Hollywood who consistently make films with
powerful, nuanced female leads.) Every year, the women we cele-
brate and other guests collar me to say, Please, whatever you do,
dont change it. Dont broadcast it, itll ruin it. Its a night for
us, its really about the work and our careers and not the camera
and the ticking clock. Rest assuredwe wouldnt change a thing.
But our coverage of the event on ELLE.com, which starts on
October 18, will bring you up close and personal to the stars you
love. I hope youll join us!
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Josh Duhamel is perhaps one

of the best-looking actors in
Hollywood today. Thank you
for featuring his deliciousness
in your September issue. I
cant wait to see his new movie
Life as We Know It!
Francesca, Portsmouth, NH
CITY SLICKER
I loved the New York State
of Mind fashion spread
ELLE LETTERS
Thank you for featuring Julia
Roberts in your September
issue [Eat Pray Love,
September 2010]. As a
young mother, its nice to be
able to relate to a celebrity
whos dealing with the same
everyday tasks and challenges.
She truly seems like a lovely
person and a woman Id
want to be friends with.
Heather, Missoula, MT
LEGIONS OF LOVE
Julia Roberts was a great
choice for your September
cover. Magazines tend to
splash twentysomethings
across their pages, but I think
its great that this cover better
represented your average
demographic. Keep it up!
Nikki, Nashville
I very rarely write to
magazinesmaybe once
every 20 years. But I have to
say, the photos of Julia Roberts
were absolutely stunning.
I could not stop looking at
them. Shes the quintessential
modern beauty. Shes smart,
self-possessed, funny, and a
true womans woman. Voil!
Perfection on a page.
Julie, via e-mail
I admire Julia Roberts for
her socially conscious and
gripping performances in
films like Erin Brockovich
and Charlie Wilsons War, but
imagine my surprise to see
the actress portraying her
antiself in your September
issue. I was disappointed to
see this Hollywood pioneer
perched on stilettos and
speaking about her life as
if she was reporting to a
tabloid. I would have liked
to see more of her wonderful
personality shine through.
Lenore, Newport, CA
I was very confused by your
photographs of Julia Roberts.
ELLE usually publishes
visual fantasies that connect
to reality, but placing Roberts
at a rustic campsite in gold
sequins and kneesocks hardly
fits such a description. Please
bring your shoots back down
to earth.
Leia, Tuxedo Park, NY
HOPELESSLY DEVOTED
I just want to say that I truly
love reading ELLE. Thank
you for covering such a wide
range of topics. Im a 24-year-
old African-American woman,
and I absolutely appreciate
reading stories that matter
to me as a woman and as an
African-American (e.g., the
review of Danielle McGuires
newest book, At the Dark End
of the Street, in the Intelligence
section, as well as the wide
range of artists in ELLE 25).
Your magazine is unlike others
out there that have a one-track
mind or think that their point
of view is the only one that
matters. So, again, I thank you
for keeping it real.
Clare, via e-mail
NEWSIES
Brian Williams [The Good
Night Guy, September 2010]
was quite different from your
usual back-page subjects,
many of whom are physically
attractive yet lack intellect.
Please publish more stories
about men like him!
Caitlin, Allenhurst, NJ
THE OUTSIDERS
Thank you for the behind-
the-scenes peek at Deborah
Lloyds al fresco dinner party
[Fete Accompli, September
2010]. I love to entertain, and
this piece provided me with
some great, unique ideas for
my next cozy event. I cant
wait to try her brother-in-laws
yellow curry recipe!
Ryan, Houston
Im a huge fan of Kate Spades
redesign engineered by Deb
Lloyd. What a treat it was to see
her creative and quirky party
in your September issue. Please
deliver more talented and
humble individuals like her.
Freja, Pasadena, CA
HES THE MAN
As a longtime fan of the
soap opera All My Children,
I thought it was great to see
AMC alum Josh Duhamel
in your magazine [The
Natural, September 2010].
This talented actor is finally
receiving the recognition
he deserves.
Abbey, Bayside, NY
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[September 2010], especially
as Im teaching English in a
secluded town in China for the
year and am going to miss my
hometown of NYC. I made
sure to grab a copy of ELLE
at the airport before I left. Im
truly going to treasure this
issue for the next 10 months!
Thank you.
Martta, via e-mail
TEMPER TRAP
What kind of crazy person
would serve herself an
extra-large helping of sex
hormones [My Chemical
Romance, September 2010]?
Get a therapist and learn
to articulate your sexual
misgivings. I was extremely
disturbed after reading this
story. This woman should be
institutionalized for having
such a lack of common sense
and endangering her family.
Kelly, Astoria, NY
FUNNY GIRL
I wanted to write to say how
much I (and my entire office!)
enjoy the Ask E. Jean column.
She really seems to spend
quality time researching each
question. And of course, her
P.S. notes and from-the-heart
advice are equally impressive,
not to mention downright
funny. Laughter may be the
best remedy for the worlds
heartaches.
Melissa, Ontario, Canada
THE SOLOIST
When I got married, my
dad (and others) assured me
my husband and I were just
the couple to be together
forever. Five years later,
I was divorced. Prior to
becoming divorced, I too was
self-righteous and naive like
Rachael Combe in her essay
Till Whatever Do Us Part
[September 2010]. I smugly
wondered how anybody
could let the most important
commitment of her life fall
apart. I also freely used the
word failure. Then came the
tidal wave of humility, the
arrogance slapped from my
face with an open palm.
Among other things, you are
left hoping like hell that people
like Ms. Combe dont have
to go through the same. But
you also hope society will be
a little less judgmental about
something theyve never
experienced and hopefully
wont have to.
Karen, San Francisco
To say that Rachael Combes
article Till Whatever Do
Us Part is accurate and
perfectly appropriate would
be an understatement. I
wasnt a regular ELLE
reader, until now. Her piece
on marriage and divorce
was absolutely spot-on. As
a single gal in my twenties,
I felt she spoke even to
me. I appreciate a fresh
viewpoint on sticking to
something, even when its not
particularly glamorous. Keep
up the good work, and please
keep Rachael writing! See
you next month.
Margaret, St. Louis
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
I loved the piece about
Angela Lindvall [Easy
Riders, September
2010]! Her personal style
is remarkably chic yet
understated and comfortable.
Shes the perfect model (no
pun intended) of a hip young
mother. Im definitely going
to stow my boyfriend jeans
away in exchange for some
slimming trousers!
Zita, Chicago
ID RATHER GO NAKED
Ive been a longtime ELLE
reader, and I usually enjoy
the stories and fashion
features in your magazine.
However, I was disappointed
and offended at the amount
of real fur featured in your
latest issue [September 2010].
While fur may have been a
historical necessity, in our day
and age there is absolutely no
need for it or its inhumane
ways of production. Cruelty
and ignorance are never
fashionable.
Elena, New York City
IN THE KNOW
Im a culture buff whos always
looking out for upcoming
buzzworthy events. ELLEs
roundup of soon-to-be-released
books, movies, and music
[The ELLE 25, September
2010] is just what I needed.
Im especially excited to see
Love and Other Drugs with
Anne Hathaway and Jake
Gyllenhaal!
Geena, Brooklyn
TRUE BEAUTY
Im extremely excited to read
Portia de Rossis upcoming
autobiography Unbearable
Lightness: A Story of Loss and
Gain , detailed by Nojan
Aminosharei [The Big Tell-
All, September 2010]. Its
nice to see an actress portray
her actual self and admit to
having flaws.
Emily, Hartford, CT
RINGLEADER
I was thrilled to see Stephanie
Winston Wolkoffs personal
taste detailed in Fashion
Workbook this month
[Showtime, September
2010]. I cannot think of a
better person to represent
New York Fashion Week at
Lincoln Center.
Robin, Sharon, MA
Stephanie Winston Wolkoffs
style preferences will greatly
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of New York Fashion Week despite its
new and unfamiliar digs at Lincoln
Center. Ms. Wolkoffs wardrobe exudes
classic American fashion, similar to the
weeklong event that shes now in charge
of producing. I look forward to seeing
how her terrific efforts pan out!
Jacalyn, Cranston, RI
BEAUTY AND THE BOY
My excitement for the fall fashion issue
was quickly spoiled by The Graduate
[September 2010]. Justin Bieber posing
with a camera aimed at Kim Kardashian
made me question whether Id picked up
ELLE or Tiger Beat.
Alexandra, via e-mail
UPSET SETUP
I love Joe Zees Style A to Zee column,
but Match Point [September 2010] was
over the top! Patti Stangers Weekend
Brunch getup made me laugh! It looks
like the model went from partying at
5 A.M. straight to a brunch date. Ms.
Stangers choice will only attract sugar
daddies and high-rolling commitment-
phobes. Joe Zees classic, feminine
ensemble was much more like it. As
always, Zees looks are right on target!
Flora, Raleigh, NC
As a fashion consultant and stylist, Ive
been using the pages of ELLE as a bible
for years. After reading this months
article pitting your Joe Zee against
Millionaire Matchmakers Patti Stanger, I
was shocked. Shouldnt there be some
validity as to your guests ability to style?
Who would wear that black dress to a
movie? And who would go to a movie
after dinner at Le Cirque? I found both of
her looks to be completely inappropriate
for the occasions. Her ability to match
people is one thing, but can we please see
some fashion talent on the same page as
your famous stylist?
Joyce, via e-mail
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From up-and-comers to established royals, this, the seventeenth
annual Women in Hollywood issue, pays tribute to a select group
whose talent never ceases to move us. On and off the red carpet, all
of our icons have style that never fails to inspire.
Two days before her thirty-sixth birthday, the ever-humble two-
time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank arrived on set in L.A.
wearing a tank top, jeans, and heels, carrying leftovers from lunch.
In the blink of an eye, she shimmied into a body-con Calvin Klein
dress, with flashy gold foil nails (her request) that she wore out that
night for an early birthday celebration. Also in L.A., Kate Hudson
slipped into the studio in her trademark gear: a flowy dress, Dolce &
Gabbana snakeskin wedges, and a gold necklace that spelled out
RYDER, after her six-year-old son. With 80s music blaring, Hudson
zipped in and out of Marc Jacobs and Oscar de la Renta confections,
snacked on a Caesar salad and chamomile tea, and happily hung
with her new beau, rocker Matthew Bellamyon hand to watch his
squeeze work her magic. In NYC, Gwyneth Paltrow arrived for her
shoot fresh from a summer in Amagansett, New York, every inch the
fashion muse in a Balenciaga dress and blazer with Givenchy snake-
skin sandals. The actress chatted about her imminent return to En-
gland (where she and husband Chris Martin live part-time) and her
now-famous workouts with trainer Tracy Anderson. When she
wrapped up in little more than a Prada cardigan to shoot her portrait,
it was clear those killer sessions are still paying off.Natasha Clark
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NAME: Meredith Bryan
PROVENANCE: All over, really, but my
family lives in the Chicago suburbs.
CURRENTLY: Brooklyn, with her fianc
and their amazing collie-esque
mutt, Gordon
PROFESSION: Writer and editor at
O magazine
THIS MONTH: As Goes Jane
(page 274)
BONA FIDES: Has written for GQ and
the New York Observer ; with celebrity
publicist Kelly Cutrone, coauthored
If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And
Other Things Your Mother Never Told You
(HarperOne, 2010)
THE UNOFFICIAL TAO OF FONDA:
You never get the sense that Jane is
living anywhere but the present. She
maximizes each stage of her life.
OFF DUTY: Im planning to become a
bridezilla soon. In the meantime, Im
obsessed with books about factory
farming: Eating Animals by Jonathan
Safran Foer, Dominion by Matthew
Scully, and The CAFO Reader: The
Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories.
GUILTY PLEASURE: The show Whale
Wars! Im tempted to quit my job and
go help the Sea Shepherd patrol the
high seas.
UPCOMING ATTRACTION: Im working
with Kelly on her next book, which
will offer career and spiritual advice
for young women.
NAME: Stacey Battat
PROVENANCE: Trumbull, CT
CURRENTLY: Manhattan
PROFESSION: Fashion stylist, costume
designer
THIS MONTH: Styled Sofia Coppola
and Kerry Washington for Women in
Hollywood (page 312). I wanted Sofia
to look like herselfvery chic, elegant,
not flashy. Ive known her for 10 years,
so I know what she likes.
BONA FIDES: Has styled for i-D, Vanity
Fair; has a BS in sociology from Hunter
School of Social Work.
MOST WATCHED MOVIES: My cool
answer is Jules and Jim. My uncool
answer is Annie. The orphans clothes in
her prered dress phase were my style
inspiration as a child. The amazing
prints, the colors, the holes in the knit
cardiganseverythings so good.
COMING ATTRACTIONS: For Sofias new
movie, Somewhere, I had the strippers
wear these little tennis outfits. The girls
were meant to look cute, never trashy,
though they were very scantily clad. I also
did costumes for Country Strong, Gwyneth
Paltrows new movie. Her character is
supposed to look vulnerable, so I picked
clothes that would make her hold herself in
a certain way, like an Alice+Olivia dress so
short that she had to keep tugging it down.
NAME: Nikki Finke
PROVENANCE: New York
CURRENTLY: Los Angeles
PROFESSION: Editor-in-chief and
founder of DeadlineHollywood.com
BONA FIDES: Formerly on staff at
Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, the New
York Observer, and New York
THIS MONTH: Wrote ELLEs Hollywood
Power List for the second year in a row
ON 2010 POWER SHIFTS: Some powerful
women lost their jobs. Partly due to the
recession, partly due to alpha males.
BEST THING ABOUT HOLLYWOOD: I love
the way people talk herethey have
their own language. Theyre meaner,
funnier, and crazier than anyone else.
WORST THING: The cheerful way that
everybody lies.
ON HER REPUTATION AS A BULLY: Hey,
the people I talk to are paid a ton to
deal with people like me. And Im not
really mean; I just write that way.
OFF DUTY: Actually, I really do like
being mean and vindictive. That may be
my favorite pastime.
NAME: KT Auleta
PROVENANCE: Oswego, NY
CURRENTLY: Manhattan
PROFESSION: Photographer
THIS MONTH: Easy Riders (page 338).
It was shot in an airfield in Brooklyn,
but it looked like the Serengeti.
BONA FIDES: Studied photography at
the University of Buffalo; has shot for
T: The New York Times Style Magazine,
Interview, V, i-D, Dazed & Confused.
Her short film, Runaround, is online at
runaroundthefilm.com.
ART MEETS LIFE: My husband and I love
to ride our 71 Triumphs that our friend
Mister Tinker made for ussome of his
bikes were in the ELLE shoot. When we
shot this story, wed been in an accident
two weeks earlier. Our back tire blew,
and we slid down the highway, burning
our skin through the leathers. I was still
feeling it at the shoot.
RECENT INSPIRATION: Rockers: Kings of
the Road by Johnny Stuart, and these
1960s magazine photos of people on a
commune, nude except for furs.
MOST WATCHED MOVIE: Robert Altmans
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PROVENANCE: Long Island, NY
CURRENTLY: Manhattan, with her
husband and sometimes their college-
age son.
PROFESSION: Writer
THIS MONTH: The Big Bust (page 256)
BONA FIDES: An MA in art history from
NYUs Institute of Fine Arts; winner of
the 2010 American Society for Aesthetic
Plastic Surgery journalistic award for
the October 2009 ELLE story Second
Chances; former sex columnist for
the New York Post; has written for The
New York Times, the International Herald
Tribune, The Daily Beast; authored Im No
Saint: Memoir of a Wayward Wife (Grand
Central Publishing, 2006)
OFF DUTY: Ballet, since age six (Im a
leaper, a jumper, and a kicker); black
belt in Tae Kwon Do
RECENT INSPIRATION: Carrie Fishers
Broadway show, Wishful Drinking.
She makes herself seem ordinary and
accessible despite the fact that she grew
up in a Hollywood bubble.
MOST-WATCHED MOVIE: Somethings
Gotta Give. I recently went to a dinner
party dressed all in ivory with little
round glasses, and a guy said I looked
like I stepped out of a Nancy Meyers
movie. I took it as a compliment.
UPCOMING ATTRACTION: A collection
of personal essays about beauty, sex,
fashion, and relationships
NAME: Louisa Kamps
PROVENANCE: Milwaukee, WI
CURRENTLY: Madison, WI, with her
husband and two young sons
PROFESSION: Writer, ELLE
contributing editor
THIS MONTH: Tweet Dreams (page
264)
BONA FIDES: Has written for the New
Yorker, Good Housekeeping, the New York
Times Book Review, Martha Stewart, and
Whole Living ; authored Where Do I Go
From Here?: Getting a Life After High
School (Penguin, 2004)
ON BEING A GENERALIST: I write about
health and psychology as well as book
reviews, entertainment, other things.
Its like crop rotation of the mind.
OFF DUTY: Urban hiking around the
lakes of Madison with the family
ON TOOTING HORNS: If you google me,
one of the first things that comes up
is a piece about labia surgery I wrote
more than 11 years ago. It continues
to follow me. Self-branding does allow
you to have more control over what
people see and what youd prefer to
have die away .
NAME: Bob Morris
PROVENANCE: Long Island, NY
CURRENTLY: Manhattan, with his
husband and long-hair miniature
dachshund, Zoloft, who, he says,
looks like Amy Winehouse
PROFESSION: Writing about the
neuroses of the aspirational
THIS MONTH: Life Ball (page 118)
BONA FIDES: Has written for The New
York Times, Travel + Leisure, Town and
Country; authored Assisted Loving: True
Tales of Double Dating With My Dad
(Harper, 2008)
DRESSING FOR A BACCHANAL: The
theme of this years Life Ball was earth,
so I wore a penguin suit.
NIGHT OWL: I was a party reporter for
the Times, so Ive covered everything
from Oscar parties, to the 175th
anniversary of the Hotel Maamoura
in Marrakech, to the launch of Talk
magazine under the Statue of Liberty.
OFF DUTY: Playing tennis in whites
with a wooden Jack Kramer racket;
playing the ukulele for Zoloft. She tilts
her head in appreciation.
MOST WATCHED MOVIE: High Society.
Its always a relief to see people in
dinner jackets who know how to
behave themselves.
NAME: Daniel King
PROVENANCE: Sydney
CURRENTLY: In New York City
PROFESSION: Photographer
THIS MONTH: Hard Romance (page
346); Women in Hollywood spotlight
on Jessica Chastain (page 318). We
shot Jessica in Levittown, Long Island,
the birthplace of modern suburbia! It
was once marketed as this idealistic
Americana, steps from the city, minutes
from the ocean, when really its in the
middle of nowhere.
BONA FIDES: Has shot for Corduroy, Zen,
Lula, Rush
OFF DUTY: Bike-riding, karaoke,
cooking, and growing herbs on my
balcony. My incomplete art projects
include furniture building, jewelry
design, horticulture, and painting.
RECENT INSPIRATION: Without a
doubt, John Baldessari
MOST-WATCHED MOVIES: True Stories
with the Talking Heads and Thatll Be
the Day featuring David Essex
and Ringo Starr. Ive seen both
over 20 times.
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complimentary, stylish two-wheelers. We cant imagine a nicer way to experience
the Hamptons off-season than on the Maidstones red Kronans, adapted from the
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York Citys Hudson or East River Park on a cruiser from the newly opened James
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ELLE TRAVEL
City cool : (From left)
Parisian Laundry gallery;
Lazareanus earrings
and moc-boots from
the local Kahnawake
reservation ; fresh catch
at Le Club Chasse et
Pche; Boutique Jacks
furniture storeand her
beer of choice, eh?
Bilingual beauty : Model and musician
Irina Lazareanu; (above) a view from the
wooded mountain park that anchors the
city; (below) Orange Julep, a fast-food
institution, on vintage-car night
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owner
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New York
Pack along Brit designers Tord
Boontje and Emma Woffendens new
scented candles as a prophylactic
against iffy guest room miasma.
Made by Guatemalan artisans from
recycled glass bottles and
hand-poured in Los Angeles for
Artecnicas Design w/ Conscience
Collection. $36, in Fresh Cut Grass or
Ripe Currant, artecnica.com
Irina Lazareanu, who has toured with
Babyshambles and walked all the top
runways, counts Kate Moss as an amie, and
is dropping an album with Sean Lennon
this month, has the world at her fingertips.
But when she needs to recharge her soul,
she returns to the same place that took in
her family as refugees from Nicolae
Ceausescu s Romania when she was five
years old: Quebec, Canada. Shes just
bought a country retreat in the Laurentian
Mountains (fall foliage, fireplace heaven)
about two hours outside the city, and, en
route, she always makes time for her
favorite Montreal haunts. Its a little North
American cross-cultural jewel, Lazareanu
says. The Plateau neighborhood has an
almost 80s New York vibewith artistic
squats, poetry cafs, small galleriesthats
hard to find anymore. If youre ready to
tap in before its too late (thank you,
Arcade Fire!), heres her It-est hit list.
Stay: For a special treat, I choose the St-
James , she says. A sure model lure? The
leopard-spot-upholstered room in this
grand hotel in an 1870s former bank
(355, rue Saint -Jacques).
Eat, Drink, and Dance: Le Club Chasse et
Pche is like a little romantic cave. I
have the amazing steak and fish plate (423,
rue St-Claude). For the best poutine
experience [the indigenous fries, gravy,
and cheese curd specialty], try Orange
Julep; its been there since the 50s (7700,
blvd Dcarie). For a drink and a bit of a dance
I go to the Buvette Chez Simone, which is a
bar for artsy kids, like the Beatrice Inn in
NYC used to be (4869, ave du Parc), or I hit
80s night at Copacabana (3910, blvd Saint-
Laurent); and though Im a Molson girl, Bl
Kun is the best beer place (354, ave du Mont-
Royal Est).
Shop: For vintage, go to Value Village! There
are four locations. You have to dig. I found a
Vivienne Westwood cape from the early
days for $35 (valuevillage.com). For furniture,
Boutique JacksI bought a 1940s marble
desk and art deco lamps for my house there
( 1883, rue Amherst).
Art Watch: Find the next Marcel Dzama or
Aurel Schmidt at the warehouse turned
gallery Parisian Laundry (3550, St-
Antoine Ouest).
Hair Do: For a style souvenir, have her
stylist, David, snip you long bangs la
Irina, at Salon Helmet (163, ave du Mont-
Royal Est).Miranda Purves
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MONTREAL
A model finds her ideal mise-en-scne in French Canada
In August, I was enlisted
as a Special Fashion Corre-
spondent for Extra at the
Emmys my first time covering a red-
carpet event on the red carpet! Or, more
precisely, on a 10-by-10 platform stuffed
with me, hosts Mario Lopez and Lauren
Sanchez, and a handful of producers and
cameramen . As the temperature soared
and I sweated through my very chic, slim
Bur berry Prorsum tuxedo, the stars seemed
preternaturally cool with their perfect coifs,
toothy grins, and, for the most part, slinky
column gowns. You know the ones: long,
chic, and elegant, always pretty, but a bit
sensible, some might say. If it seems the red-
carpet brigade has lost all sense of daring in
recent years, well, you have me and my
kind to thank for that. Hollywood stars de-
pend on stylists to keep them off those
dreaded Worst Dressed lists. Having read
both rave reviews and brutal attacks of
the celebrity outfits Ive styled, I get
it: If I feel the sting of each harsh
word, how must the person who ac-
tually wore the thing feel?
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out of the safety zone? Im not talking about
a Bjrk moment, necessarily, but a truly
beautiful, unexpected flash of movie star
chic. I clearly remember watching the 1990
Oscar s, when a gorgeous Kim Basinger
proudly announced she had made her own
one-sleeved ball gown. Kim gets points for
inventiveness, even if the result wasnt so
hot. Sadly, those days are gone .
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ELLE included) has made risk-taking way
riskier. We clamor for the arrival of the rare
mold-breaking dresser, only to blast her the
moment she steps out of her limo. Take Jan-
uary Jones at the Emmys. When we spoke
on the Extra platform, she told me she had
spotted her galactic, sculpted blue Atelier
Versace couture gown in Italian Vogue and
knew right away she had to wear it. Taking
her cues from editorial? Bonus points! But I
confess my initial reaction was more
along the lines of, Hmm, Im not sure.
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ing the cycle Ive seen countless times
before! Though even now I dont think it
was the best choice for her (a beautiful girl
who can wear anything!), ultimately I have
to wonder: Isnt being memorablegood or
badbetter than being forgettable?
The question brings me to our annual
Women in Hollywood Issue . Each year, we
celebrate the women honored in the maga-
zine at an intimate event held in Los
Angeles; each year, Ive seen these incredi-
ble women show up looking gorgeous and
understated and dynamite, but most of all
because the event isnt televisedfree of
the usual awards-show pressure. They re-
mind me that a worthwhile fashion risk
doesnt need to be showstopping; usually, a
small, subtle nod to something new and dif-
ferent will do the trick. For this months A to
Zee column , we borrowed the best touches
I spied at the Emmyssay, stacks of gold
vintage jewelry instead of the standard
aging wristfuls of Old Hollywoodinspired
diamondsand applied them to five rising
stars who are sure to be storming plenty of
red carpets in the coming year. Just dont
criticize the looks Ive chosen too harshly. I
can be sensitive too, you know.
Living in fear of dreaded worst dressed
lists, most stars play it safe. Creative
Director Joe Zee shows five up-and-
comers how to take style gambles
without bombing on the red carpet
THE NEW
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The Talent: Yaya DaCosta
Seen In: The Kids Are Alright (2010); next
months Tron: Legacy
Most Likely to Attend: The Oscars.
If the buzz on The Kids Are Alright is any
indication, Yaya, a runner-up on season
three of Americas Next Top Model, may
soon find herself undergoing a whole new
level of style scrutiny . (Her other major flick,
Tron, opens just before Christmas.) Going
from reality star to feature film star is no
easy feat, especially on the red carpet. But
being tall, young, and beautiful certainly has
its advantages.
How Id Style It: I love this stark, pared-down
vision of Yaya. I started with a gorgeous,
minimal white Cline columnyes, its a
familiar silhouette, but reimagined by the
designer of the moment, Phoebe Philo, it
feels so fresh. Most importantly, I added
zero accessories except for a simple black
headband. No flashy diamonds, no glitzy
clutch, no upswept chignon. The look is easy
and clean; it lets her beauty shine through,
not unlike that of such stylish predecessors
as Diana Ross and Liz Taylor. Think of it as a
clean slate for a brilliant new career.
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The Talent: Odette Yustman
Seen In: You Again (2010); 2011s
The Double
Most Likely to Attend: The Golden Globes.
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up on the arm of her fianc, Brothers
& Sisters Dave Annable, at industry
events. But its her slew of upcoming
movies that will put her center stage
next awards season.
How Id Style It: The best long-gown
alternative may be no gown at all.
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The Talent: Elizabeth Mathis
Seen In: Next months Tron: Legacy;
2010s Unstoppable
Most Likely to Attend: Peoples
Choice Awards.
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onto the scene comes with
plenty of sartorial pressure.
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acting chops and the cheekbones
to captivate on arrival.
How Id Style It: Wearing red on
the red carpet might seem
like a monochromatic mess,
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youthful way, the color can be
big newswithout blending into
the background. Elizabeth is 27
years old , and this Halston dress,
with its simple lines and hints
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short hemline! head-turning
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The Talent: Gillian Jacobs
Seen In: NBCs Community
Most Likely to Attend: The Emmys.
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Community, alongside funnymen
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red carpet offers her a chance to
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stands out in the best possible way.
The Talent: Alyssa Bernal
Coming soon : A debut album, In Love
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the single Cali, Cali, Cali
Most Likely to Attend: MTVs VMAs.
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been viewed 75 million times. In
the past year, she was discovered
by Pharrell, signed to Interscope,
and named the opening act for
Lifehouses current tour.
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fashion renegades as Lady Gaga,
Beyonc, Rihanna, and Katy Perry,
pop stars dress to a different beat.
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I kept her look strong and youthful
but not ridiculous: leather shorts,
a flashy sequin T-shirt, and the
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number-one singles.
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THE STYLE PACK
Not even a recession could keep these influential lawyers, agents, directors,
producers, managers, actors, executives, publicists, writers, and reality stars down!
And who better to judge them than Deadline Hollywoods own Nikki Finke?
Ive gotta be honest: This has been a lousy year for women in Hollywood. Too many lost ground through firings, layoffs, and
situations beyond their control in a deep recession characterized by mergers and acquisitions and shutdowns. So lets celebrate
those among our sex still standing, doing more with less, trying to hang on by their fingernails, and talking others off the ledge. At
the risk of sounding sexist, we women can handle any crisis better than men.
THE TALENT
THE MURDOCHS
THE MOVIE EXECUTIVES
SANDRA BULLOCK
She showed women how to kick a no-good
man to the curb with dignity and style. This
is why she has been and will be beloved by
audiences everywhere. She can do it all:
comedy, drama, real life.
CHELSEA HANDLER
Shes obnoxious, shes egotistical, and shell
be the first one to admit it. She came out of
virtually nowhere (thanks to a well-placed
boyfriend whom shes since dumped). Now
shes everywhereChelsea Lately and on
magazine covers and writing booksYou
cant help but admire her chutzpah.
ANGELINA JOLIE
Her latest film, The Tourist (December
2010 ), is so eagerly anticipated that the
media attention was paralyzing those
parts of Italy where it was shooting. She
has become the ultimate movie-marketing
pro, whether by enduring long autograph-
signing sessions at her pics premieres or
braving the geeks at Comic-Con. She is the
only woman in Hollywood who can reliably
open a blockbuster.
DIANE KEATON
This comedienne has lasted all these years
because she keeps the drama on-screen
and not on set. We should all look so good:
She has not gone under the knife and
ruined her looks, as so many have.
NICOLE (SNOOKI) POLIZZI
Frankly, I dont give a damn about reality TV
stars, but when a pint-size Italian warrior-
princess makes MTVs parent, Viacom, an
investor darling and rates a shout-out in
the CEOs earnings call with Wall Street
analysts, she has to be counted.
NOOMI RAPACE &
ROONEY MARA
Rapace is Hollywoods new It Girl. As the
hard-ass-on-a-Harley heroine in the Swedish
version of Stieg Larssons book trilogy,
most famously The Girl With the Dragon
Tattoo, shes being considered for an Oscar.
Rooney Mara won the most closely watched
casting search for an actress since Gone
With the Wind to star as Lisbeth Salander
in the Hollywood version of Dragon Tattoo.
That, and her big role in The Social Network,
makes her the get of every media outlet.

WONDER WOMAN 2.0
DC Comics rebooted this iconic amazon to
appear as youve never seen her before.
She may look ready for Goth Day at
the Galleria, but its an epic new era of
adventure for Wonder Woman, with story
lines that plant her firmly in the modern
world. And with cool accessories, too, like
cuff-bracelet weaponry!
Melanie Cook / Ziffren Brittenham
The first female partner at her powerhouse
firm, Cook represents, among many others,
Tim Burton, Sam Mendes, Stephen Daldry,
Nancy Meyers, and Justin Timberlake.
Patti Felker / Felker Toczek
Hers is a cool and eclectic roster, including
Orlando Bloom, Zac Efron, Candace
Bushnell, Jeremy Piven, and Jeremy
Renner. Felker is known for nurturing
clients growth: Her writers become
directors, actors become producersand
Felker becomes richer.
Deborah Klein / Jackoway Tyerman
She has a rep for repping top comedic
talents such as Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell, Toni
Elisabeth Murdoch /
Group Chairman and CEO, Shine Group
She steadfastly refuses her fathers wish
that she join the News Corp. board. Thats
because shes built a powerful production
company, Shine, creating scripted and
unscripted worldwide programming.

Wendi Deng Murdoch /
Chief Strategist, MySpace China
Sure, shes the former News Corp. exec
who broke up Ruperts marriage. But dont
underestimate her: Shes an expert on
multimedia enterprise in China and has
been a force of nature at MySpace.
Liza Chasin / President of U.S. Production,
Working Title Films
Chasin is known for Dead Man Walking, but
for the last decade she has been churning
out flicks that appeal to Anglophiles: the
Bridget Joneses, About a Boy, Notting Hill,
Pride & Prejudice, Atonement. Heres
hoping Nanny McPhee Returns is but a blip
on her rsum.
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Collette, and Paul Rudd. But her clients also
include Megan Fox, Dave Eggers, Samuel L.
Jackson, and Geoffrey Wright.
Jeanne Newman / Hansen Jacobson
Last year we nodded to Newman for
brokering the reality programming (Big
Brother, The Marriage Ref) distributed by
her client Endemol. Now were in awe of
the $9 million, two-year deal she did for
Mad Men creator and executive producer
Matthew Weiner. All while making wine in
her own vineyard!
THE LAWYERS
ELLE WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD
THE
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THE TV EXECUTIVES
MOVIEEXECUTIVESCONTINUED
THE ANIMATION SUPERPOWERS
THE DO-GOODERS
Coutaz is sitting pretty: Shes producing
Cowells next UK import, The X Factor.
Bonnie Hammer / President,
NBC Universal Cable Entertainment
Hammer turned a sleepy cable channel into
a ratings giantUSA Network averaged
3.4 million viewers this summerwith its
delectable guilty-pleasure shows (Burn
Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs).
Jane Lipsitz / Cofounder, Magical Elves
After a career begun as the worst assistant
ever to grace the music division of ICM,
Lipsitz turned it around to eventually
become a driving force behind Project
Runway and Top Chef.
Sue Naegle /
President, HBO Entertainment
Her latest good deed in a career as a friend
to writers was to order a half-hour comedy
pilot from Judd Apatow and hot young
prodigy Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture).
Dawn Ostroff /
President of Entertainment, The CW
Give her a prize for longevity: nine years in
the job (at the CW and predecessor UPN).
Anne Sweeney / Cochairman,
Disney Media Networks;
President, Disney ABC Television Group
Sweeneys network is riding a tide of
success, with the enduring Dancing With the
Stars and after Modern Family bested 30
Rock as best comedy series at the Emmys.
Nina Tassler / President,
CBS Entertainment
A megarisk taker whos replacing As the
World Turns with a mommy-and-me-esque
daytime gabfest, The Talk, and claims zero
qualms about green-lighting a show with
$#*! in the title (as in $#*! My Dad Says).
Dana Walden / Cochairman,
Twentieth Century Fox Television
Under the oversight of Walden and cochair
Gary Newman, Fox TV Studios continues to
grow in scripted material. Walden should be
positively Glee-ful about the 2010 Emmys.
Angela Bromstad / President of Prime-
Time Entertainment, NBC Universal
Shes still powerful, but after the Conan vs.
Jay debacle and the impending doom of
Steve Carell departing The Office in 2011,
Bromstad has her work cut out for her.
Nancy Dubuc /
President and General Manager,
A&Es Lifetime and History networks
Shes presided over 31 percent ratings
growth at the History Channel and now will
work her magic on Lifetime, too.
Cecile Frot-Coutaz / CEO,
FremantleMedia North America
The producing giant behind American Idol
and Americas Got Talent. Even though
Simon Cowell said goodbye to Idol, Frot-
Darla K. Anderson / Producer, Pixar
She was the driving force behind arguably
the best movie of 2010: Toy Story 3.
Anderson, currently mulling her next
project, was the first animation producer to
be elected to the Board of Directors of the
Producers Guild of America.
Bonnie Arnold / Producer
Arnold got her first break as a producer on
Toy Story. She then produced Tarzan and
this years DreamWorks blockbuster How
to Train Your Dragon, which grossed almost
half a billion worldwide. Did anyone say
sequel? Yes, they did.
Diane Nelson / President,
DC Entertainment
At DCs parent company, Warner Bros.,
Nelson steered the Harry Potter franchise
from the page into theaters, toy stores,
theme parks, and home DVD collections.
Now shell do the same for Wonder Woman,
Green Lantern, Flash, and Aquaman.
Jennifer Yuh Nelson / Director
She started as an illustrator in the mid-90s
and worked her way up the ladder through
Spawn, Spirit, Sinbad, Madagascar, and
Kung Fu Panda. Now Nelson, one of a very
few female animation directors, is directing
Pandas sequel, due out in 2011.
Nancy Biederman / Cofounder,
Saving the Lives of Our Own
Shes leading the fightso far,
successfullyto keep the Motion Picture
Television Fund Nursing Home open.
Stacy Codikow / Founder and
Executive Director, Power Up
Codikow is dedicated to promoting
the visibility of gay women in media.
Elizabeth Gabler / President,
Fox 2000 Pictures
Her good shepherding of Walk the Line just
landed her Reese Witherspoon starring and
Nora Ephron writing and directing a biopic
of singer Peggy Lee.
Sue Kroll / President of Worldwide
Marketing, Warner Bros. Pictures
Maybe the most powerful woman in movie
marketing, she helped the Harry Potters,
Oceans Twelve and Thirteen, and Batman
Begins score big bucks and Warner Bros.
Pictures International gross $2.4 billion in
one yearan industry record.

Donna Langley / Cochairman,
Universal Pictures
Heres a vote of confidence: Just after she
got back from maternity leave, she got the
bump up to cochair.
Amy Pascal / Cochairman,
Sony Pictures Entertainment
This summer she helped turn water into
wine for Sony, not with franchises, as in
years past, but with The Karate Kid , Salt,
The Other Guys, and Eat Pray Love.
Stacey Snider / Cochairman and CEO,
DreamWorks Studios
Still Spielbergs right hand, she and he
optioned the World War I epic War Horse,
which Spielberg will direct for a 2011 release.
Mad Women
This is a show mostly about
men written mostly by women,
which is rare in Hollywood. As a
consequence, the powerful female
portrayals captivate us as much as
does Don Draper. Joan (Christina
Hendricks), Peggy (Elisabeth
Moss), Betty (January Jones), and,
this season, Dr. Faye (Cara Buono)
are some of the most interesting
women ever to hit television. The
actresses, writers, and producers
are brilliantly channeling the issues
of sexism, marriage, divorce,
adultery, and ambitionall of which
we are still grappling with today.
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Sherry Lansing / CEO and Founder,
Sherry Lansing Foundation
Lisa Paulsen / President and CEO, The
Entertainment Industry Foundation
Laura Ziskin / Producer
These three Hollywood dynamos are behind
Stand Up to Cancer and organized a big
star-studded TV fundraiser in September.
Kassie Evashevski / United Talent Agency
Shes the agent who dropped James Frey
(on principle, she says) and, as part of UTAs
Motion Picture Lit department, sold big-
screen versions of Twilight; Eat Pray Love;
and Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
Risa Gertner / Creative Artists Agency
As cohead of the motion-picture literary
department, she manages a roster that
includes Emmy-toting writers Matthew
Weiner (for Mad Men) and Michael Patrick
King (for Sex and the City).
Sharon Jackson /
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
She reps some of TVs funniest players:
Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Jack Black,
Lea Michele, and Jason Schwartzman .
Aleen Keshishian / Partner and Manager,
Brillstein Entertainment Partners
She reps Paul Rudd (My Idiot Brother),
Natalie Portman (her Black Swan is
generating Oscar buzz, and she was offered
Alfonso Cuarons Gravity after Angelina
Jolie pulled out), Zoe Saldana (Avatar),
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right), and
the much-revered Laura Linney.
Cynthia Pett-Dante /
Co-owner and Managing Partner,
Brillstein Entertainment Partners
Pett-Dante is the insider for Brad Pitt in
Terrence Malicks The Tree of Life; for
Courteney Cox, whose Cougar Town still
has claws; and for Casey Affleck, who never
stops making interesting choices.
Kelly Bush / Founder and CEO, ID PR
A power player who doesnt abuse her
power. As a consequence, her roster is
hot and heavyweight: Ben Stiller, Dustin
Hoffman, Javier Bardem, Catherine Keener,
Paul Reubens, and Josh Brolin.
Mara Buxbaum / ID PR
When Heath Ledger died, she won kudos
from colleagues for her deft quashing of
the How Did He Die? stories. If youve been
naughty (Sean Penn, Winona Ryder), shes
your damage controller.
Leslee Dart / Founder and CEO, 42West
Dart is a class act with A-class talent:
Woody Allen, Penlope Cruz, Jonathan
Demme, Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman, Mike
Nichols, Martin Scorsese, and Meryl Streep.
Tracey Jacobs / United Talent Agency
One of the few women on the board of a big
agency, Jacobs reps Gwyneth Paltrow and
Harrison Ford, was with Johnny Depp from
the beginning, and now has Gabourey Sidibe.
Theresa Peters / United Talent Agency
Snagged in 2008 from William Morris
to be a partner and head of talent, she
counts Kirsten Dunst, James McAvoy, Ewan
MacGregor, and January Jones as clients.
Hylda Queally / Creative Artists Agency
She reps a classy list of ladies who win
Oscars: Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet,
Penlope Cruz, and Marion Cotillard.
Sonya Rosenfeld / Creative Artists Agency
Shes the force behind major TV packaging
deals, repping Veena Sud, Salma Hayeks
Ventanarosa, and Graham Yost.
Jennifer Rudolph Walsh /
The only woman on the WME board and
head of the profitable book division, she
recently sold Portia de Rossis memoir of
growing up an anorexic lesbian .
Elyse Scherz /
She reps Rebecca Hall, Sacha Baron Cohen,
Javier Bardem, and Gael Garci Bernal.
Beth Swofford / Creative Artists Agency
It was Swofford whom James Cameron
went to (after 15 years without an agent)
when he decided he wanted repping again.
Team Conan
Yes, the agents were men, but
the real heavy lifters were the
lawyers who threatened, cajoled,
and ultimately ironed out deals
for Conan to leave NBC and go to
TBS. Leigh Brecheen (of Bloom
Hergott) oversaw Conans Tonight
Show contract. Patricia Glaser (of
Glaser Weil) is whom he brought
in to negotiate with the network
when it dropped the time-change
bomb. Sandra Dewey is the
Turner Entertainment Networks
SVP who worked through her
vacation to get him to TBS.
Almost $40 million bucks for the
summer off and a new show on
TBSthat he owns? We should all
have such people around us.
The Twilighters
Thanks to a team of brilliant
women, the Twilight saga has
grossed $380 million worldwide,
making it one of the most
formidable franchises ever.
Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg
scripted Twilight, New Moon,
Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn parts
1 and 2, all based on Stephenie
Meyers wildly successful novels
(shes sold a record 85 million
books to date and is also a
producer). Summit Entertainments
Nancy Kirkpatrick (president
of worldwide marketing) is
responsible for launching a shrewd
social network ad campaign
that is credited with heightening
fan anticipation, while Summits
executive VP and head of physical
production, Andi Isaacs, helped
shape the modern tween-noir look
of the film. And of course, theres
the vehicles star, Kristen Stewart,
whom the franchise couldnt live
withoutand frankly, vice versa.
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Nellie Andreeva / TV Editor,
Deadline Hollywood
She was the queen of TV scoops at The
Hollywood Reporterand now works for
yours truly! Believe me, the story doesnt
exist unless shes written it.
Manohla Dargis / Co-Chief Film Critic,
The New York Times
Dargis, who didnt like Sex and the City
2, wrote insightfully about how people
who hated it had gone over the edge into
misogyny. She also took Hollywood to
task for its crappy track record on women
directors, and women directors to task for
making crappy romantic comedies, rather
than more Hurt Lockers.
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Dear FKIA,
Ive always liked pantsuits,
but how do I wear them without
looking stuffy?
Charlotte, Jackson, MS
Dear Charlotte,
Theres certainly nothing
stuffy about the colorful
60s-style suits that designers
are so enamored of right now
for resort. After seasons of
serious, somber dresses in
cityscape palettes of granite,
charcoal, and camel, these
trim, primary-colored
numbers not only feel
ultramodern (in the post-post
sense) but signal that fashion is
in the mood for a little fun.
Many assume that these
suits, featuring softer-
shouldered jackets and high-
water trousers, got their start
with the British Invasion bands
of the early 60sHermans
Hermits, anyone? But their
origins can actually be
traced to the sportswear that
American men cottoned to in
the 1950s after returning from
WWIIthink the Rat Pack
swilling cocktails at a Palm
Springs nightclub.
Jackets were mostly single-
breasted and fitted, with
narrow lapels; pants were
often creased, cuffed, and
worn just above the ankle. The
look is flattering for women
but requires a little more
confidence for men to pull off,
though suburban middle-class
nerds adopted high-water
trou as their uniform in
the 50s and 60s. Michael
Jackson was perhaps the most
famous proponent of the look,
favoring it to best show off
his flashy moves. For spring,
the present-day arbiter of the
skimpy suit, Thom Browne,
plans to offer madras-plaid
versions for women nearly
identical to those he showed
for men last July for spring
2011. His preferred silhouette
is casual yet crispand
nothing fits the bill better
than the 60s suit, he says.
The way the sleeve goes into
the shoulder is deliberately
relaxed and imperfect. Its a
truly American sensibility.
Designers on both coasts of
the Atlantic are, uh, following
suit. Givenchys Riccardo Tisci
whipped up his in clergy red.
Stella McCartney opted for a
single-breasted brilliant blue.
Reed Krakoff, for his own
line, showed a double-breasted
version in a muted gray (for
the color-shy), with the line
close enough to the body to
prevent the jacket from being
overly boxy. Pants are creased
and cuffed and perfect for
the seasons obsession with
oxfords. Warning: Theres
nothing less hep than taking a
menswear look thats perfectly
balanced between casual and
formal and mucking it up with
a pair of prissy heels.
From classically tailored walking shorts to
60s-style sack suits, ELLEs Fashion-Know-It-All
Anne Slowey shows you how to get hep for resort LOOK SHARP
for shorts to be office-ready.
Which is what makes resorts
sophisticated take on this
sport-camp classic To Die For!
(in the exclamatory terms of
the movie that marked Nicole
Kidmans shiningest hour).
Too-trendy styles often
find their shelf life in the
lower-priced (read: younger)
markets. But from Louis
Vuittons walking ensemble
and Stella McCartneys trench
version to Jason Wus belle
epoque Little-Boy-Blue-by-the-
sea suit, these cityworthy looks
are as luxurious for nights
out as they are for days at the
office.
Lets be honest: When
something this chic comes
strutting down the runway, it
does so at a price. Best paired
with flatsget that Physique
57 class card ready, girls
these well-crafted outfits are a
pulled-together option for the
woman unwilling to walk a
line that might veer toward the
vulgar or look like its heading
straight for the beach.
Only a woman of means
will be able to afford these
looks. And perhaps thats
poetic justice. The post-PCT-
ers have earned the right
to compete when it comes
to supershort. But, my little
pretties, Im afraid the game
is rigged: When you look as
chic as you do in Vuitton,
McCartney, and Wu, the
less-expensive version will just
never measure up.
INSIDER ELLE FASHION
Dear FKIA,
I love wearing shorts, but how
do I dress them up?
Tina, Cedar Valley, OK
Dear Tina,
Having spent the past five
months waddling around with
yet-to-be-named baby X in
my belly, I havent really given
much thought to wearing
shorts or dressing up. Huh? My
standard what-not-to wear joke
last summer involved carrying
triplets, one in the front
and two in the rear. So by the
time this hits the newsstands,
though baby Violet or Plum
will hopefully have a name
to call her own, yet another
summer will have passed
where Ive foresworn shorts.
But fear not! Resort is right
around the corner!
I think part of my
resistance has been twofold:
Environment-appropriateness
and a healthy reluctance to
jump on the bandwagon while
it makes its first few rounds at
the rodeo. Working a trend
before it establishes itself as
more than a flash in the pan
is better left to the preclock
tickers (PCTs), as I now refer
to anyone under 30. These
lucky chicks can get away
with anything mainly because
the cuteness factor is still in
play. For them, its enough
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The Rathaus, Viennas
City Hall; Rebecca
Romijn and Kenneth
Cole backstage
From left: Bill Clinton;
parade revelers; lead
singer of Bunny Lake,
Teresa Rotschopf (aka
Suzy on the Rocks) in a
dress by Kenneth Cole;
model in a Kenneth
Cole shirt; models and
Austrian Airlines flight
attendants
From above: Life Ball
poster on Viennas City
Hall; Cole with Life Ball
models; Navi partygoers;
Rockettes in Diane
von Furstenberg; Lydia
Hearst in Kenneth Cole
THE GOOD LIFE
Designer Kenneth Cole travels to Vienna for the Life Ball and
discovers goodwill is the best party favor, come rain or shine.
By Bob Morris
M
odel-actresses Lydia Hearst and Rebecca
Romijn were hoping for a quiet flight to
Vienna. The next day would be a blur of fit-
tings and appearances for a runway show for
Kenneth Cole, one of three designers being
featured at Viennas annual bacchanal
AIDS fundraiser known as the Life Ball. And then there
was the event itself to rest up for: part gay costume party,
part nineteenth -century Viennese waltz extravaganza ,
with an expected 40,000 revelers dancing and drinking
and otherwise whooping it up from dusk to dawn. Worn
out from a week with her twin toddler girls, Romijn didnt
seem to notice that the chartered Austrian Airlines flight
was a veritable Life Ball preparty, peopled by other mod-
els, stylists, Patti LaBelle plus entourage, 24 Rockettes,
and a crew of flight attendants sashaying down the aisles
flipping feather boas. Romijn fell asleep, in a window seat
next to her actor husband, Jerry OConnell. Hearst, mean-
while, stuck two hot-pink earplugs in her ears and two sky-
blue sleeping pills in her mouth. My mom [Patty Hearst
Shaw] turned me on to these pills and they really work,
she said, before nodding off.
In the morning, when it was time to land, Hearst and
Romijn awoke, rubbed their eyes, and slapped on full
makeup before disembarking straight into a tarmac press
conference hosted by Red Bull, one of the Life Balls spon-
sors. The whole thing was very La Dolce Vita (or perhaps
Linzer Louche), as was the midnight party later at Le
Mridien Hotel, attended by Cole and the Vienna cult
band Bunny Lake, who were scheduled to perform at his
fashion show the next night. I havent done a runway
show since 2006, said Cole amid the merrymaking. The
designer was an early and outspoken supporter of AIDS
causes through ad campaigns and message T-shirts
( WE ALL HAVE AIDS), and as a chairman of amfAR, the
American Foundation for AIDS Research. But this is
really important to me, because I have always said
that its not what you stand in, its what you stand for.
Which is not to say we arent having fun!
The next night, before the Life Ball (which raised
$2 million through ticket sales and donations)
began, a massive crowd clad in everything from formal-
wear to underwear (also present were earth mothers,
sequin palm forests, animals, insects, and blue-painted
Navi all adhering to the balls theme of earth) cheered
the arrival of Bill Clinton, Whoopi Goldberg, Boris Becker,
Dita Von Teese, and assorted other celebs, aristos, and roy-
als. Along with Cole, Diane von Furstenberg, and Calvin
Kleins Francisco Costa (the events other two presenting
designers), the VIPs walked the red carpet in front of
Viennas City Hall, which was lit so colorfully it made the
Disney castle look like a garden shed.
The evening was terribly hot and muggy, but the
many nearly naked carousers werent the only ones
dressed for the heat. As part of a special Life Ball collec-
tion, Coles new creative director, Ingo Wilts, who joined
the company after 10 years at Hugo Boss, put the petite
Hearst in a skimpy white one-piece swimsuit covered
with red AIDS ribbons . We went for a very provocative
look, Wilts said of a collection that included raspberry
patent leather platform pumps, studded sneakers, white
leather hot pants, and perforated sheaths. We wanted
everything to pop on the runway. Including Romijn, it
seemed, who was in a very tight white tee by Cole that
boldly declared: WEAR A RUBBER.
Of course we do, she told her husband, who was also
waiting to walk the runway, wearing a white Cole tuxedo
jacket over his bare, tan chest. I mean, we already have
twins, right?
A few minutes later, the skies opened up. Guests scat-
tered for elaborate parties around the city. The crestfallen
Rockettes (the party was to have been their first European
appearance in years) did a photo op with von Furstenberg
in the colorful mini-wraps she had designed for them. Cal-
vin Kleins Costa quietly watched his models strip off the
dramatic black dresses from his fall collection and change
into shorts and flip-flops. Cole could not hide his dismay
at the rain . But I guess whats important is the cause and
the money raised, he told an associate.
Nearby, Romijn watched the showstopping deluge
with her husband. If they want to turn it into a wet T-shirt
contest, Im game, she said.
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s someone who re-
cently moved from
New York to L.A., de-
signer Erin Fetherston
has a theory as to why
West Coast women
take more fashion
risks: cars. When
youre driving, you
dont have to think,
This will be really good when I get to where
Im going, but can I wear it on the subway?
she says, with her trademark giggle. Fether-
stons had plenty of time to ponder such
geographical sartorialisms, what with all
the bicoastal red-eye flights shes been tak-
ing. Shes juggling her eponymous ready-
to-wear line in Manhattan with her new job
as creative consultant for Juicy Couture,
where the 29-year-old now oversees
womens apparel and accessories.
Initially, Fetherston, who specializes in
romantic, floaty dresses in silky European
fabrics, seemed an unexpected choice for
Juicy, the company that turned velour
tracksuits into a multimillion-dollar busi-
ness. But with her debut collection for holi-
day, the bleached blond has quickly proved
herself the right woman for the job. Her
very first design for the label was a plunging
floor-length gown with a draped back in
golden velour. I wanted to respect what the
brand was already about, she says. I could
relate to the core DNA values: free-spirited,
casual clothing with a sense of fantasy,
imagination, and whimsy, which, in a way,
isnt so different from my own line.
The final 11-piece, 30s-inspired collec-
tion features other sumptuous velour
dresses, such as a short version of that first
gown in colors like Berry Noir and Afri-
can Sun. Theres also a velvet empire-waist
babydoll with a bow across the bust, a vel-
vet jacket with rhinestone embellishment
on the pockets and collar, and a velour dol-
man-sleeve jacket with sateen lapels and
encrusted buttons. Playing up Juicys lei-
surewear signature, Fetherston has in-
cluded a washed-silk jumpsuit and
drawstring trousers. Its taking some-
thing thats supereasy and elevating it with
a glamorous aesthetic, says Fetherston.
Plus, I think you have so much more fun
at a party when youre comfortable.
To road test how well she did, the de-
signer agreed to style her favorite pieces as
she would wear them around town. At her
rented Los Feliz home, designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright Jr., Fetherston shimmied into
a jersey T-shirt with a jewel-print necklace
and a silk crepe skirt. Everything is seri-
ously cute, she says, with a charming show
of pride, then adds , I didnt even bother
changing between locations, just chillin in
the van in my halter dress with elastic
through the back. Lets call it car-culture
chic.Whitney Vargas
CALIFORNIA
DREAMIN
Erin Fetherston teams up with Juicy Couture and
brings her romantic vision to the house of velour
Fetherston, wearing the
collection she designed
for Juicy Couture, at
Vacation Vinyl (left) and
Soap Plant/Wacko (right)
ERIN
FETHERSTONS
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1. Petit Ermitage
For the rooftop pool
8822 Cynthia Street, 310-854-1114
3. Shareen Vintage
For hanging out while shopping
350 North Avenue 21, 323-276-6226
2. Vacation Vinyl
For the album cover art
3815 West Sunset Boulevard, 323-666-2111
4. Cliffs Edge
For outdoor seating
3626 Sunset Boulevard, 323-666-6116
5. Soap Plant/Wacko
For gifts and books
4633 Hollywood Boulevard, 323-663-0122
Fetherston,
in more Juicy
designs, at the
Petit Ermitage
(top left), French
General (left), and
Shareen Vintage
(right)
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SOLANGES
L.A.
3. The Smell: The best place to
see experimental art rock. Anything
can happen here and anything goes.
thesmell.org
3. The Fountain Coffee Room at the
Beverly Hills Hotel: Old Hollywood
burgers and shakes.
beverlyhillshotel.com
2. Hidden Treasures: For amazing
leather jackets and 1930s lingerie.
310-455-2998
2. Fred Segal: For the most
glamorous shoes in L.A.
fredsegalfeet.com
1. Pacific Palisades modern
architecture tour: I love the Eames
House and homes by Richard Neutra.
modcom.org/202020.shtml
1. The Wiltern Theater: The most
stunning art deco venuea great
place to see a show.
wilterntheatertickets.com
We can just imagine Greta Garbo drinking
gimlets and loafing around by the pool, say
Vena Cava designers Lisa Mayock and Sophie
Buhai of the storied Chateau Marmont in Los
Angeles, where the actress famously retreated.
We spent three days in a room last spring,
Buhai says. We sketched, made collages, and
ordered room serviceit looked like a teenag-
ers bedroom by the time we were done! After
their long weekend, they returned home to work
on their spring collection. Full of slinky 1930s-
style gowns and California prints inspired by
the hotels glamorous guests (and ghosts) and
overgrown jasmine plants, the duos newest cre-
ations are perfect for elegant revelry or just vant-
ing to be alone.A.B.
Manhattan design darlings Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock are
bewitched by old Hollywood magic
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
Mayock, right, and
Buhai, holed up in the
Chateau Marmont.
Below left: A sketch
for s/s 2011
Chateau-
inspired
dress for s/s
2011
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flair for the dramatic, whether its her decadently
cheeky jewelry collectionsher last was a selec-
tion of engagement rings featuring enameled
carrots in place of diamondsor her recent foray
into film, producing a short featuring her line ,
starring a bejeweled Thandie Newton. It should
come as no surprise, then, that the London-based
designer opens her third store in Los Angeles this
month. Complete with a starry carpet inspired
by Hollywood Boulevard and brand-new trea-
sures including emerald-studded disco-ball ear-
rings and a diamond tiara, the Rodeo Drive shop
will no doubt be brimming with modern-day
Marilyns.Alexa Brazilian
A London jewelry designer finds
inspiration in modern L.A. glamour
ENGLISH
ROSY
VENA CAVAS
L.A.
From top: The
Rodeo Drive store
interior, Azagury-
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Chiara Clemente is possibly the most fashion-
able documentarian of her generation. The 33-year-
old sits front-row at fashion shows; hosts exclusive
happenings at Manhattans of-the-moment spots,
such as the Jane Hotel; and is regularly photo-
graphed on the red carpet wearing the work of one
or another of her designer friends, such as Phillip
Lim and Zac Posen, with her long hair flowing wild-
ly in that chic way that only Italians seem able to
pull off. But unlike most well-connected New York
offspring (her dad is neo-Expressionist painter
Francesco Clemente), whod rather party than pay
their dues , Clemente likes to mix work with plea-
sure. This October, the Sundance Channel pre-
mieres Beginnings, her new series on seven blue-chip
New Yorkers, including fashion designer Carolina
Herrera, photographer Mario Sorrenti, and Yoko
Ono. I wanted each person to talk about the really
early moments of their career, when, almost sub-
consciously, everything clicked, says Clemente,
whose idea for the project was born out of todays
vacuous celebrity culture. Depending on Begin-
nings success, she hopes to take the show on the
road, filming in Paris and Tokyo, as well as L.A.,
where she studied filmmaking at the Art Center
College of Design before shooting her first critically
acclaimed art-world documentary, Our City Dreams.
Ill always be a little bit edgy New York and a little
bit romantic, old-world Rome, says Clemente, who
misses the artistic freedom fostered by L.A.s slower
rhythm. Wed also argue that shes a little bit Old
Hollywood.Whitney Vargas
Clemente on set (left)
and stills from her
new documentary
series, Beginnings
Coppola (left) and
stills from an Opening
Ceremony video she
directed, starring Dunst
and Schwartzman
For breakthrough documentary filmmaker Chiara
Clemente, art imitates her own glamorous life
The latest member of the genetically gifted
Coppola clan to come of age brings her indie
aesthetic to fashion and photography
THE BRAVE ONE
CLEMENTES
L.A.
COPPOLAS
L.A.
3. Chateau Marmont
For ping-pong by the pool
8221 Sunset Blvd., 323-656-1010
3. Little Tokyo
For the Hello Kitty store, Shabu Shabu,
and the Tokyo Spa
Downtown Los Angeles
2. Scout
For home and fashion finds
that no one else will have
1646 N. Cherokee Ave., 323-658-8684
2. Larchmont Beauty Center
For everything and anything beauty
208 N. Larchmont Blvd., 323-461-0162
1. The Huntington Botanical Gardens
For walking the grounds and sipping tea
in the Rose Garden
1151 Oxford Rd., 626-405-2100
1. Musso and Franks
For good martinis
6667 Hollywood Blvd., 323-467-7788
At 23 , Gia Coppola has quite an impressive
rsum : Shes directed Kirsten Dunst and Jason
Schwartzman (Coppolas cousin) in a video for
Opening Ceremony; collaborated with Spike
Jonze; and filmed the Like performing in a
Zac-Posen-for-Target short. The photographer/
filmmaker with the famous last nameFrancis
Ford is her grandfather; Sofia is her aunt
recently graduated from Bard Colleges rigorous
studio arts program and moved back to
California, to be closer to her tight-knit family.
L.A. is just so much more laid-back and
comfortable than New York, says Coppola, who
personifies lo-fi West Coast cool with her
unassuming boatneck tees, lived-in designer
one-offs, and ballet flats. Of her burgeoning
career in fashion and film, she says, I kind of just
fell into it. Theyre all people Im friendly with, so
its not much of a long shot. While the kids back
in Omaha sigh, another indie star is born.W.V.
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AGENT
Known for its opulent but thoroughly modern
fine jewelry selection, Roseark is the go-to
spot when, say, Brad Pitt wants to pick
up a little something for Angelina.
Owned by jewelry designer Kathy
Rose, the appointment-only
boutique brims with unique
sparklers from
designers such
as Daniela Villegas and K Brunini Jewels and
features a rotating stable of contemporary
artwork from the likes of Claire Oswalt and
Alison Van Pelt . Basically, its the kind of store
most of us only dream of shopping in . But at
the new outpost in Santa Monica, theres hope
for us all. Its much more relaxed, Rose says .
And you dont have to make an appointment.
In addition to her regular stable of designers
and her own one-of-a-kind baubles, Rose is
selling a lower-priced line of Navajo-inspired
beaded suede necklaces and earrings and sea
serpent rings that start at $400. A small price to
pay to mingle with the stars. A.B.
THE
EXPERIENCE
PROJECT
JENSENS L.A.
ROSES L.A.
4. Sara
Eaglewoman
Shes a medicine
woman. A
must-visit.
saraeaglewoman.com
3. Scribble Press
Kids can hand-make
books. Art projects
for days!
scribblepress.com
2. Dragon Books
One of my favorite
placesrare first
editions, 1940s
bookends, and more!
dragonbooks.com
1. Orange
Furniture
The best for sconces,
lighting fixtures,
mirrors, and sofas.
323-782-6898
4. The Trails Cafe
A rustic little spot
under the Griffith
Park Observatory
with homemade
treats and coffee.
thetrailslosfeliz.com
3. Le Pink & Co.
Apothecary
An adorable beauty
shop with the best
organic facials.
lepinkandcompany
.com
2. Ooga Booga
A Chinatown
shopgreat vintage
gifts and they host
music and art shows.
oogaboogastore.com
1. Blue Collar
Working Dog
A family-owned pet
store in Echo Park .
bluecollarworkingdog
.com
Left: A leather
cuff by Janice
Rae. Above:
Roseark Santa
Monica
A Kathy Rose for
Roseark snake ring
Rose at
her new
boutique
In a town dominated by brand-name vintage
stores with price tags to match, Kitty Jensens
Secret Shop is a rare breed. Forgoing big-ticket
items from Azzedine Ala a, Pucci, and Dior,
Jensen carries T-shirts, little lace dresses, and
sunglasses with an average price of $50. Visitors
to the shop, which is based in the 31-year-olds
small apartment in we-cant-tell-you-where
Los Angeles, learn of its location only after
making an appointment via her website
(secretshopvintage.com). However, the boutique
has none of the attitude youd expect after such
a fuss. Theres no pressure to buy, she says.
There are treats and snacks. Customers are
treated like friends. Indeed, most of them are,
including performance artist Miranda July and
model Frankie Rayder, who posed for the shops
first lookbook. Shot by skateboard photographer
Patrick ODell, the book features Jensens
favorite finds, including a Neiman Marcus slip,
a crochet dress from the 20s, and a two-tier lace
camisole. And unlike most of her counterparts,
Jensen keeps a notebook of clients requests
in order to track down exactly what theyve
been looking for . Consider her your new secret
weapon.A.B.
Top: Frankie
Rayder trying
on a lace cami
and straw hat; a
selection of the
stores vintage
eyewear
Jensen in her
Secret Shop
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singer22.com | 4. Cotton shirt, AKA NEW YORK , $148, at Scarlett, Miami | 5. Nylon and spandex bandeau-top bikini, SHOSHANNA , $205, collection at Saks Fifth Avenue stores nationwide | 6. Leather and cotton
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KARINA IN ALPHAVILLE
WITH SCALLOP DETAILS
AND GLAMOUR-GIRL
MUST-HAVES
Half
Moon
MARC JACOBS CHANEL VALENTINO
1. Sunglasses, GYMBOREE, $10, visit gymboree.com | 2. Eyelet embroidered silk faille gown with maco bead bow, OSCAR DE LA RENTA, price upon request, collection at Saks Fifth Avenue stores nationwide |
3. Minaudire, JUDITH LEIBER, $3,995, visit judithleiber.com | 4. Matte lambskin dress, DIOR, price upon request, call 800-929-DIOR | 5. Ankle-strap kitten-heel pump, MARC JACOBS, $895, call 212-343-1490 |
6. Silk and elastane bra, STELLA MCCARTNEY, $125, collection at Bergdorf Goodman, NYC | 7. Cropped tweed jacket, $1,400, skirt, price upon request, both, MARC JACOBS, at Marc Jacobs, NYC
SEEN AT:
CHRISTIAN DIOR
ALPHAVILLE, 1965
4. Dior
5. Marc Jacobs
2 Oscar de la Renta
6. Stella McCartney
1. Gymboree
3. Judith Leiber
7. Marc Jacobs
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MOSCHINO ERIN FETHERSTON JASON WU
1. Silk twill halter, MARC JACOBS, $525, at Marc Jacobs, NYC | 2. Cutout dress, MIU MIU, $1,395, visit miumiu.com | 3. Scarf, MIU MIU, $145, at select Miu Miu boutiques nationwide | 4. Silk crepe de chine
skirt, MOSCHINO, $865, at select Nordstrom stores nationwide | 5. Quilted napa bag, MOSCHINO, $970, call 212-243-1490 | 6. Platform sandal, MIU MIU, $495, visit miumiu.com | 7. Nylon and spandex bikini,
EBERJEY, $137, visit eberjey.com | 8. Sunglasses, MARC JACOBS, price upon request, at Marc Jacobs, NYC
SEEN AT:
OSCAR DE LA RENTA
CHARLOTTE ET SON JULES, 1960
1. Marc Jacobs
3. Miu Miu
2. Miu Miu
4. Moschino
5. Moschino
7. Eberjey
6. Miu Miu
8. Marc Jacobs
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SEASONS SHADY TAKE ON
FEMININE FLORALS
CHRIS BENZ
Twilight
Zone
VALENTINO LOUIS VUITTON CACHAREL
1. Cotton jacket, STELLA MCCARTNEY, $1,165, call 212-255-1556 | 2. Canvas bag, DOLCE & GABBANA, $875, call 877-70-DG-USA | 3. Printed one-piece swimsuit, ZIMMERMANN, $253, visit shopbop.com |
4. Canvas mule, DOLCE & GABBANA, $545, at select Dolce & Gabbana boutiques nationwide | 5. Silk-blend dress, JONATHAN SAUNDERS, $1,490, at Bergdorf Goodman, NYC | 6. Strawberry gold ring with
sapphires and tanzanite, LE VIAN, $3,447, call 877-253-8426 | 7. Faille shorts, CHRIS BENZ, $895, at Elyse Walker, Pacific Palisades, CA
SEEN AT: UNE FEMME MARIE , 1964
2. Dolce & Gabbana
1. Stella McCartney
3. Zimmermann
5. Jonathan Saunders
7. Chris Benz
6. Le Vian
4. Dolce & Gabbana
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START A BUDDING
ROMANCE WITH SOFT
APPLIQU DRESSES,
BLOOMING SEPARATES,
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ACCESSORIES
Belles
Fleurs
VALENTINO CHRISTIAN DIOR STELLA MCCARTNEY
MARC JACOBS
1. Cotton and silk dress, STELLA MCCARTNEY, $4,995, at Stella McCartney, NYC | 2. Floral-detail chain-link necklace, LOUIS VUITTON, $1,265, call 866-VUITTON | 3. Appliqu shorts, DIANE VON
FURSTENBERG, $625, call 646-486-4800 | 4. Leather sandals with floral detail, GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI DESIGN, $650, call 212-650-0455 | 5. Flap clutch, ISAAC MIZRAHI NEW YORK, $995, call 212-288-8111 |
6. Cotton and silk top, STELLA MCCARTNEY, $1,895, call 310-273-7051 | 7. Metal cuff with rhodolite and semiprecious stones, RINA LIMOR, $2,800, visit rinalimor.com
SEEN AT: CATHERINE DENEUVE, 1967
2. Louis Vuitton
1. Stella McCartney
4. Giuseppe Zanotti Design
5. Isaac Mizrahi New York
6. Stella McCartney
7. Rina Limor
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MAIDENFORM
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PROMOTION
Any fashion maven
knows that the key
to an award-winning
look happens way
off-camera. For more
insider tips check out
The Fashion File, out this month, and
learn how to dress from the inside out.
FOR FLAWLESS LINES
AND SMOOTH CONTROL
W.Y.O.B.
Wear Your Own Bra
Firm Control Slip with
The Dream Bra
T-Shirt Bra
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OF MAD MEN, EMMY
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AND MAIDENFORM
WARDROBE EXPERT
JANIE BRYANT
SHARES HER SECRETS
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ON AND OFF THE
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with Easy Up
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with Decadence Tailored Lite Control Full Brief
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JANIES MUST HAVES
Go to ELLEextra.com/maidenform to enter Maidenforms Red
Carpet Undercover sweepstakes, and you could win a complete
lingerie wardrobe plus a styling session with an ELLE stylist.
People may not see
the foundation pieces
I use when
designing a show
but it's so important
to me that the
actors not only
feel their character
on the outside,
but on the inside as
well, and that is why
intimates play
an integral role.'
-Janie
THE TANK
Fat Free Dressing
Firm Control Tank

Wear on its own
or layer
maidenform.com
Ultra Firm
Hi-Waist Brief
A must for every
skirt or dress
maidenform.com
The Ultimate
Push-Up Bra
maidenform.com
The Dream
Bra
T-Back
a necessity for
every wardrobe
maidenform.com
Easy Up
Slip
This sexy number
makes every
dress look
fabulous
maidenform.com
WE LOVE
THE TUMMY
TONING
LEGGINGS
BECAUSE
THEYRE CHIC,
SLIMMING
AND EASY
TO WEAR.
THE DYNAMIC DUO
THE T-BACK
THE SLIP
Maidenform.com
8. Marc Jacobs
BALENCIAGA VERSACE SONIA RYKIEL
TAKE OFF IN PRIM
STEWARDESS-INSPIRED
ENSEMBLES AND JET-SET-
READY ACCESSORIES
Flight of
Fancy
1. Raffia bag with leather weaving, MARC JACOBS, $1,350, call 212-343-1490 | 2. Silk blouse, LOUIS VUITTON, $2,005, visit louisvuitton.com | 3. Magnetic button vest, BALENCIAGA BY NICOLAS GHESQUIRE,
$2,075, call 212-279-4440 | 4. Stamp-print bankers envelope, JACK SPADE, $250, call 212-625-1820 | 5. Wool tweed skirt, CHANEL, $2,245, call 800-550-0005 | 6. Ball-trim flats, MARC JACOBS, $645, at Marc
Jacobs, NYC | 7. Silk skirt, LOUIS VUITTON, $1,215, call 866-VUITTON | 8. Cotton scarf, MARC JACOBS, $250, call 212-343-1490
SEEN AT:
MARC JACOBS
1. Marc Jacobs
3. Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquire
4. Jack Spade
5. Chanel
6. Marc Jacobs
7. Louis Vuitton
2. Louis Vuitton
AIRPORT, 1970
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SCOGNAMIGLIO
By the
Sea
PACK FOR SAINT-TROPEZ
ROMANCE WITH
NAUTICAL STRIPES AND
KNOTTED TRIMMINGS
1. 29.89-carat chalcedony ring set in white gold with diamonds, GILAN, price upon request, visit gilan.com | 2. Silk camisole, MILLY, $250, available in December, visit millyny.com | 3. Silk rope knot earrings,
MEREDITH WENDELL, $745, visit meredithwendell.com | 4. Striped skirt, $895, red patent leather belt, $275, both, MIU MIU, visit miumiu.com | 5. Canvas and cork wedge, BRIAN ATWOOD, $665, to special order,
e-mail info@brianatwooddesigns.com | 6. Nylon and spandex bikini, EBERJEY, $137, visit eberjey.com | 7. Lambskin cap, DIOR, $750, call 800-929-DIOR | 8. Striped canvas shoes, MIU MIU, $395, visit miumiu
.com | 9. Embroidered canvas clutch, OSCAR DE LA RENTA, $950, at Oscar de la Renta boutiques nationwide | 10. Cotton-blend pants, RENA LANGE, $595, visit renalange.com
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Canvas espadrille, TORY BURCH,
$95, visit toryburch.com
Leather sandal,
REED KRAKOFF,
price upon request,
call 877-733-3525
Faux-suede moccasin,
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$321, call 212-255-1556
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Cotton tote, MARNI, $525,
at Marni boutiques nationwide
Canvas tote, SALVATORE
FERRAGAMO, $790, call
800-628-8916
Printed linen tote with
lambskin lining, CHLO,
$990, call 212-717-8220
Canvas tote, DIANE VON FURSTENBERG,
$85, call 646-486-4800
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LOUIS VUITTON, $675,
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ESCADA, $305, call 877-206-4135
OLIVER PEOPLES, $310,
at Bergdorf Goodman, NYC
TODS, $350, call 800-457-TODS
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VERA WANG, $325, at
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Suede loafer, TODS, $425,
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IS A SURE SIGN OF
MODERN TIMES
TAG HEUER, $2,550,
visit tagheuer.com
HUBLOT, price upon request, at
Hublot Boutique, Bal Harbour, FL
MOVADO, $695, call
888-4-MOVADO
RAYMOND WEIL,
$795, at Tourneau
stores nationwide
PATEK PHILIPPE, price upon
request, visit patek.com
DIOR TIMEPIECES, $3,650,
call 866-675-2078
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CHANEL MINES ITS
PAST WITH A JEWELRY
COLLECTION THAT
BRIGHTENS THE FUTURE
Radiant
Return
Under the spectacular glass roof of the
Grand Palais in Paris, French socialites and
the worlds most renowned curators and
private collectors gathered at the Biennale
des Antiquaires to celebrate the fairs
twenty-fifth anniversary and behold a col-
lection of exquisite antiques, fine art, and
jewelry from around the globe, dating back
to eras such as the European Renaissance
and midcentury modern.
One of only four fashion houses invited to
participate, Chanel returned to the site of its
extravagant runway shows to present an
original diamond jewelry collection de-
signed expressly for the milestone event.
The 34 unique pieces, ranging from
watches to necklaces (some comprising
nearly a thousand diamonds!), were in-
spired by a plume brooch from Coco Cha-
nels premiere fine jewelry exhibition from
1932 titled Bijoux de Diamants. Made-
moiselle Chanels original collection was
the toast of Paris when it debutedand 78
years later, it seems nothings changed.
Erin Boyle
White gold watch
set with 182 round-cut
diamonds, CHANEL
FINE JEWELRY,
price upon request,
call 800-550-0005
White gold brooch set with
186 brilliant-cut diamonds,
CHANEL FINE JEWELRY,
price upon request, call
800-550-0005
White gold brooch set with
a 2-carat round-cut center
diamond and 980 brilliant-
cut diamonds, CHANEL
FINE JEWELRY, price upon
request, call 800-550-0005
White gold
watch set with
diamonds,
CHANEL FINE
JEWELRY, price
upon request, call
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Living room of Coco Chanels
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Camellia necklace set with a pink sapphire
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My anc and I both knew we would choose
platinum for my engagement ring and our
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that are beautiful and will last. Platinum is
one of the most durable metals, and perfect
for a lifetime of everyday wear.
This month, meet Jennifer, an interior decorator and
designer, who shares her platinum story with us.
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PRECI SI ON SET
CAST MEMBER
When it comes to her minimalist sense of style,
this Hollywood dealmaker means business
Being the practical girl that I am, I like
structured bags that go with everything.
This one doesnt have any flashy details,
so its perfect for a morning meeting.
Above: Leather bag, DOONEY & BOURKE, $350,
at Dooney & Bourke boutiques nationwide.
Top: Cotton pleat trench coat, THAKOON, $1,990,
at Saks Fifth Avenue, NYC. Puff-sleeve top,
BIRD BY JUICY COUTURE, $228, at Juicy Couture,
NYC. Pants, THEORY, $245, at Theory stores
nationwide. Leather bag, DOONEY & BOURKE,
$425, visit dooney.com. Calfskin sandals, RALPH
LAUREN COLLECTION, $675, visit ralphlauren.com.
MONDAY 9 a.m.
Everybody dresses business casual on the Disney
lot. Its like a college campus atmosphere. I wear
a ton of dresses because theyre so comfortable
and easy but also make me look pulled together
and professional. Silk cloque dress, DKNY, $245, call
800-231-0884. Bronze and silver belt (as necklace), LANVIN,
$690, at Tender, Birmingham, MI. Suede sandals, DIANE
VON FURSTENBERG, $280, at Diane von Furstenberg, NYC.
Calf-hair bag, MULBERRY, $1,595, at Mulberry, NYC.
Leather bag, DOONEY & BOURKE, $425, visit dooney.com.
TUESDAY 1 p.m.
Not everyone in Hollywood is a peacock. As a manager of glo-
bal promotions at Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Kristie
Cheung spends her days behind the scenes on a team that negoti-
ates promotional campaigns for films such as Pirates of the Carib-
bean, Toy Story, and the upcoming animated Rapunzel adventure,
Tangled. Any time you see a cell phone being used in a movie, or
Buzz and Woody on a cereal box, thats us, says the 30-year-old
University of California, Santa Barbara communications grad.
Because she swings between meetings with creative-minded film-
makers and others with corporate execs, Cheung favors a clean,
polished look with feminine, Im-so-not-a-suit flourishes, such
as cropped trousers with an embellished T-shirt or a short black
dress, belted at the waist, with magenta heels. Jennifer Aniston is
my idol, says Cheung, who lives in Brentwood and drives a white
Lexusrelevant details in L.A., where domain and car tell you as
much about a woman as the bag she carries. (Cheung, FYI, favors
Miu Miu and Louis Vuitton.)Whitney Vargas
Impractical Matters
Im only 56, so I love sky-high
heels. I wear flats when I have a
work event and know that its going
to be a long day. Otherwise, Im
teetering around in shoes that are
so tall I can barely walk. Above:
Silk twill top, ANN TAYLOR, $88, visit
anntaylor.com. Below: Brown sandal,
NINE WEST, $89, call 800-999-1877.
Party Dress
This sequin jacket is great
for a premiere or a fun dinner
with my husband at Katsuya, in
Hollywood. Above: Sterling silver
turquoise ring with diamond detail,
ZASHA BY JUDEFRANCES, $385,
collection at Hyde Park Jewelers, Denver.
Right: Silk sequin jacket, WREN, $495,
visit wren-clothing.com. Jersey tank top,
ADAM, $125, call 212-229-2838. Viscose-
blend skirt, ALEXANDER WANG, $450, at
select Neiman Marcus stores nationwide.
Sterling silver and enamel bangles, M.C.L
BY MATTHEW CAMPBELL LAURENZA,
$2,575$2,670, at select Neiman Marcus
stores nationwide. Gold chain ring, VITA
FEDE, $340, visit vitafede.com. Python
sandals, FENDI,$1,255, at Fendi, NYC.
WORKBOOK
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LIGHTS

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PASSION
FRIDAY 5 p.m.
This dress is so gorgeous! Its girly
and sharp at the same time. Faille
dress, NANETTE LEPORE, $368, at Nanette
Lepore, NYC. Calf-leather clutch, BOTTEGA
VENETA, $1,980, call 877-362-1715. Leather
sandals with Swarovski crystal detail,
GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI DESIGN, $1,295, visit
giuseppezanottidesign.com.
THURSDAY 6 p.m.
Youll almost never see me in jeans.
And no matter how big the trend, I
refuse to buy a pair of skinny jeans.
Silk top, EQUIPMENT, $188, collection at
Ron Herman, L.A. Wool trousers, REBECCA
TAYLOR, $295, at select Neiman Marcus stores
nationwide. Lambskin bag, CHANEL, $3,400,
at select Chanel boutiques nationwide. Patent
leather sandals, ALEXANDER WANG, $550,
visit shop.alexanderwang.com.
If I have a meeting with studio
executives or one of our promotional
partners, Im in a polished shirt
and tailored pants. When Im
dressed for business, Im ready to
do business. Left: Leather sandal,
GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI FOR VIONNET,$770,
visit vionnet.com. Below: Leather clutch,
REED KRAKOFF, $590, call 877-733-3525.
Executive Decision
WEDNESDAY 3 p.m.
Id wear this dress on a day when Im in
the officenot having meetings and then
going to a friends party in West Hollywood.
Viscose dress, 1971 REISS, $185, visit reissonline.com.
Python-print canvas bag, LANVIN, $1,490, at Lanvin,
NYC. Oxford shoes, SAM EDELMAN, $140, at select
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I N S I D E DESIGNERS, SHOPS, HOT SPOTS, AND MORE EDITED BY ANNE SLOWEY

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WILD CHILD Over the past 20 years,
Yoshitomo Nara has been winning
the art and fashion worlds over with
his diabolically youthful characters.
Now everyone has a chance to
collect his work, thanks to Yoshitomo
Nara: Nobodys Fool (Abrams) ,
which features more than 300 of his
devilish illustrations.
amazon.com
TOKYO
FUR-EVER MORE Alabama-based Billy
Reid is incorporating fur in his fall
collection. The designer, whos
building a strong reputation for
layered Huckleberry Finn fashion,
has created trapper hats and
mittens from nutria. The short-hair
water animal is found in the South
and legally hunted year-round for
population control.
billyreid.com
GEAR UP Stetson has enlisted
milliner Albertus Swanepoel to
design a limited-edition collection
of outdoorsy hats, including this
ruggedly handsome cowboy.
hartfordyork.com
ALABAMA
MONTAUK
NEW YORK
SAN FRANCISCO
HAPPY THOUGHTS Vera: The Art and Life
of an Icon (Abrams) shows the late
pop illustrator and designer Vera
Neumann at her best and brightest:
floral prints, colorful geometrics,
ladybug illustrations, and all!
amazon.com
GOOD EVENING The Bay Area has a new
designer to watch. Louisa Parris, who
graduated from Londons Central
Saint Martins with its prestigious
Womenswear Collection Award,
constructs witty cocktail dresses,
heavy on the graphic prints and
voluminous draping.
louisaparris.com
WATER BABY As the owner of the Surf
Bazaar boutique at the Surf Lodge
in Montauk, Bethany Mayer curates
a must-have collection of breezy
sundresses and cover-ups. Now shes
launching her own line under the
stores name. thesurfbazaar.com
GET IN LINE Uh-oh! Fashion editors and
other style obsessives are getting
yet another Cline item to drool
over. Designer Phoebe Philo has
created a limited-edition collection
of wayfarer-style sunglasses in
natural horn and black. With only
300 pairs going on sale this month,
itll be interesting to see who has the
fastest dialing fingers.
celine.com
PARIS
ATLANTA
KICKIN IT Theres a new shop for
sneaker heads who lean toward
high fashion. Pedigree Sneaker
Gallery, located in Brooklyns trendy
Fort Greene neighborhood, carries
brands such as Y-3, AMQ , and Adidas
Originals. Make a run for it.
45 Willoughby Ave., 718-858-8755
BROOKLYN
NAKED AMBITION If you havent
stumbled upon Bond Streets latest
ber-stylish boutique yet, nows the
time. Rem Koolhaas nephew, named
Rem D Koolhaas, has opened United
Nude, a space orb of a shop featuring
his own architectural footwear. Uncle
Rem didnt design the space, but
talent clearly runs deep in this family.
25 Bond St., 212-420-6000
NEW YORK
CELEBRITY SECRET Stars from Anne
Hathaway to Eva Longoria Parker
have been wearing Dana Rebeccas
romantic fine jewelry on the red
carpet since it debuted in 2007.
This season, her collection of
one-of-a-kind pieces, including
these onyx-and-quartz drop
earrings, is doubling in size.
danarebeccadesigns.com
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Twenty-four-year-old Geor-
gia gentleman Wes Gordon
is mature beyond his years.
While most of his Central Saint
Martins friends are still pass-
ing pins, this designer is on the
couture fast track. For his re-
fined fall debut, shown in the
Grand Suite at Manhattans St.
Regis hotel, he treated editors
to his ideashaped in part by
internships at Tom Ford and
Oscar de la Rentaof feminine
luxury: silk bow blouses, hand-
hemmed coats in cashmere wo-
ven with mink and fox-fur cuffs,
and cropped tuxedo pants with
python piping. I want to design
pieces that women can come
back to year after year, which is
why its important to me to use
the best fabrics and quality tai-
loring, says Gordon, who as a
young boy scoured bookstores
for fashion monographs of Val-
entino and Ert, then dutifully
traced their sketches. I would
follow the lines and study how
one seam fell into another.
Those books were my bibl e , he
says. Gordons buttons are cus-
tom-made by a New York jew-
eler, and, rather than machine
fuse his jackets, the designer
reinforces them with canvas and
horsehair, like old British mens
jackets, he says. He also lines
sleeves with lambskin that is vis-
ible only when cuffs are turned
uplike a nicely kept secret.
Gordon claims the collection,
which hangs alongside those of
Lanvin and Valentino at Saks
Fifth Avenue and Harrods, was
inspired by Lauren Bacalls
1940s noir films. But its clear
hes also studied women closer
at hand: his girlfriends in high
placesthe types of swans who
frequent Annabels in Lon-
don and Bemelmans in New
Yorkand de la Renta,
who , much to Gordons
surprise, appeared
in the wings that
snowy day at the St.
Regis.W.V.
WHO: Alessandra Rich, 43
WHAT: Austere oor-length
shirtdresses and tunics
(approximately $1,500 to
$3,700 ) in silk, metallic jersey,
and Chantilly lace
WHERE: London
WHY TO BUY: Long is the new
length, preferably worn with
atsday and night. Even
though the dresses are long,
theyre not structured, so
theyre not pompous or too
fancy, Rich says. I would
like a woman to wear them
nonchalantly.
WHERE TO BUY: Harrods in
London; DNA in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
PEDIGREE: Before starting her own
line last year, Rich furnished and
decorated high-end residences
in London, the south of France,
and her native Italy. I have no
formal fashion background, but
I know what I like. I based the
line on what Id want to wear:
easy, unstructured pieces, she
says. She ies to Italy every 10
days to meet with her design
assistant and patternmaker, and
to visit the factory.
INSPIRATION: Grace Kelly.
She had that allure of
always looking perfect in
the momentso glamorous,
immaculate, and pristine.
COLOR SCHEME: Black and white.
The right white can be so
gentle on your skin. On one
belted sleeveless dress, stark
white is overlaid with softer
white panels. SPECIAL ITEM: A
double-layered Chantilly
lace and jacquard abaya with
boxers hood and neoprene
shoulder cover.
Whitney Vargas
SAVING
GRACE
PURITY TEST
Wes Gordon debuts his considerably
debonair designs to a new generation
of uptown girls
Londons Alessandra Rich takes a monastic approach to the
latest floor-skimming length
Looks
from the
designers
debut fall
collection
Rich
Richs
signature
floor-length
silhouette
One of
Richs subtly
two-tone
dresses
Gordon
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BABY GENIUS
This month, environmentalist and supermom
Stella McCartney welcomes a very special delivery
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developed at a very
young agepeople
tend to forget that. I
designed my first piece
when I was 12,
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don. It was a little
bomber jacket! With
similarly fashion-focused tykes in mind, the
designer debuts her first collection of chil-
drens clothes and, serendipitously, the
fourth member of the McCartney brood,
this month. The line is sure to please fans
she gained from her wildly popular capsule
collections for GapKids last winter along
with her glamorous posse of eco-minded
moms, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate
Moss, Liv Tyler, and Naomi Watts.
The collection ranges from infancy to
age 12, starting with unisex organic cotton
onesies and separates in berry hues. Im in
the old-fashioned camp that doesnt like to
find out the babys sex beforehand, so I
made the colors neutral, McCartney says .
Although she admits that if her sons, Beck-
ett, two, and Miller, five, were providing
creative direction, shed be designing
superhero costumes, theres a host of mini
must-haves for boys and girls , such as
chunky knit hoodies and bright yellow wel-
lingtonsall vegan and cruelty-free, of
course. One lovely piece is conjured from
childhood memories : Theres a sentimen-
tal factor there, she says. The printed shift
with the butterfly collar was inspired by
some of my mothers dresses.
Even the most basic of the 48 styles,
whether dove-gray corduroys or silky red
bloomer shorts, have an innate cool
factora characteristic McCartney deems
paramount in childrens design. Yes, its
projecting the look parents want for their
child, but little ones are very aware of what
theyre wearing and what youre wear-
ing, for that matter. My kids compliment
my clothes the most out of anyone! Mc-
Cartney took this point to heart, literally
shrinking looks from past runway collec-
tions, including hits such as her Fair Isle
sweaterdresses from fall 07, which will no
doubt prompt full-grown size zeros to
squeeze in .
Even more alluring, the new website
McCartney plans to launch for the collec-
tion aims to entertain and engage tots
with colorful graphics while moms and
dads click and buy. Its the modern way
to shop, she says. Its hard enough being
a parent, and getting clothes isnt always
easy, so if youre online and theyre enter-
tained too, it helps everyone, she says.
Wed start drafting a thank-you note
now.Alexa Brazilian
Looks and
inspiration for
McCartneys new
childrens line
From top left:
Linda McCartney,
1974; Paul and
Linda, 1972; the
designer snapped
by her sister Mary
A sketch
from the
collection
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PERSONALITY
DECADES OWNER
CAMERON SILVER STARTS
A DENIM REVOLUTION
From top left to right: kerlund and her twins in
Decades denim at her home in L.A.; kerlund in an
Agatha Blois pirate hat and Silvers Marlene cut;
the stylist with her favorite vintage umbrella by
her pool; modeling her best sunnies; stills from her
dressing room; kerlunds loyal clients Lady Gaga,
Fergie on tour with the Black Eyed Peas,
and Blondie
Its been a rough 10 years for jeans. First the
rise went low (exposing undergarments
and pelvic bones on all the wrong people),
then the legs got skinnier and skinnier, and
finally, last season, the jegging (a denim-
legging hybrid) was born, a style that has
plagued the cast members of Jersey Shore all
year. Enter Cameron Silver, owner of Los
Angeles vintage mecca Decades, and his
elegantly retro denim collection, which
will also include safari jackets, swing
dresses, and high-waisted shorts inspired
by the vintage Azzedine Alaas and YSLs
that have passed through the racks of his
Melrose Avenue boutique. Its meant to
bring out your inner icon, says Silver, who
painstakingly designed each of the 11
styles with a famous muse in mind. Theres
a tuxedo cut inspired by Marlene Dietrich;
lace-up safari pants named after the 60s
model Veruschka; an all-American
straight leg dubbed the Cheryl (Tiegs); and
the Marilyn, a perfectly cropped pair of
white jeans with seams that slim and
lengthen the legs . I love the Marilyn, Sil-
ver says. They will make you feel like
youre on a tropical vacation!
In a town where the ghosts of studio in-
ventions such as Monroe and Veronica
Lake still loom large, and personal style is
in a constant state of extremesfrom red-
carpet dresses to Starbucks-and-sweats
Silver hopes for something in between.
Most of my trousers could be worn to a
black-tie gala with a fantastic blouse and a
marabou feather jacket, he says.
Taking this vision to extremes, Silver
asked stylist B. kerlund to wear pieces
from the collection in her decidedly original
way. I have known B. for 14 years, Silver
says. And I adore her eccentricity. The
35-year-old is widely credited with creating
Lady Gagas early look, including the bond-
aged, paraplegic pop star she played for her
controversial music video Paparazzi, shot
by the stylists husband, Jonas kerlund, in
2009. She also fashioned Fergies futuristic
fembot ensembles for The E.N.D. Tour with
the Black Eyed Peas. I like playing charac-
ters when I dress, kerlund says. Im not a
jeans-and-T-shirt kind of girl, but Camer-
ons designs are more diverse than that.
Channeling a French hobo, kerlund
mixes the Farrah style (a deep-indigo bell-
bottom) with a straw boater hat she picked
up at a Provence flea market with her
mother, a cherry red Chanel jacket, and
Terry De Havilland wedges. Playing the
punk, she matches the Marlene with a cus-
tom leather jacket and a studded pirate hat
from her favorite new designer, NYC-based
Agatha Blois. But if youre not ready to do a
Jack Sparrow just yet, Silvers sophisticated,
hardware-free silhouettes are, at the very
least, meant to elevate a humble basic.
Denim is the foundation of a womans
wardrobe. I was excited to clean up the de-
sign, he says. In their purest form, jeans
are supposed to enhance an outfit, not dis-
tract from it.Alexa Brazilian
Silver at Decades in L.A.
Looks from Silvers new line for Decades
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Little Does nature-inspired headdresses are a
glorious bounty of flora and fauna
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ccessories designer Chase Cohl
knew she was on to something
after one fateful lunch back in
2008. There she was, eating at
L.A.s Chateau Marmont with her good
friend model Erin Wasson, who had just
asked to borrow one of her handmade
feather headpieces for an event that night
when, minutes later, in the bathroom, Fergie
stopped Cohl and asked to buy the piece
right off her head. As the daughter of the
Rolling Stones longtime tour manager,
Cohl spent the first 15 years of her life on the
road with the band, so she knows how to roll
with the punches. I guess Im going into the
jewelry business, the 22-year-old remem-
bers thinking. Today, the bicoastal designer -
singer-songwriter produces a full collection,
called Little Doe, fit for the modern-day fairy
princess. Among the pieces are headdresses
made from silk flowers and antique velvet,
tigerwood-antler crowns, and honey calcite
earrings (meant to be worn singly) that drop
to the shoulder. I found these amethyst crys-
tals that have tiny bubbles, and you can actu-
ally see the trapped water moving in the
light, says Cohl. Most people dont want
the flaws, but I look for them. I like imperfect
things that look like they were plucked from
nature. Next up, the Toronto-born Swiss-
boarding-school grad, who majored in Na-
tive American poetry at New York Citys the
New School, is planning to sell the vintage
cache of Sisters of the Black Moonthree
Texas girls who share Cohls sharp eyeon
the Little Doe website. Shes also got a jewelry
collection in the works with New York chum
and Bing Bang designer Anna Sheffield. All
that will have to wait, however, until she re-
turns from a camping trip in the San Ber-
nardino forest, which will double as a shoot
for her spring lookbook. Were going to be
staying along a river, sort of like a culty, hippie
family, says Cohl as shes cruising up Route
38 in her white Toyota Prius. Like a 60s
commune, but without all the Manson weird-
ness.Whitney Vargas
Cohl styling one of her
handmade headdresses
The TenOverSix
shop in L.A.
WALK THIS WAY
We made shoes that all four of us were
obsessed with, say Anndra Neen designers
Phoebe and Annette Stephens of their first
collaboration ever. Having abandoned their
handmade medieval-inspired chokers and
warrior cuffs, the Stephens sisters now
decorate TenOverSix owners Kristen Lee
and Brady Cunninghams in-house line of
kicks. Its a new spin on the shoe clip, say
the sisters. We imagined the pieces growing
out of the shoe like vines on a wall.A.B.
Right: Anndra
Neen designers;
their collaboration
with TenOverSix
HEAD TRIP
A Little Doe ower and antique velvet headpiece
and a wide-brim hat
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espite its bright location on Mel-
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seemed like a Manhattan bou-
tique wedged among pretty palm trees.
Selling under-the-radar designers such as
Peter Jensen, Maria Cornejo, Hansel From
Basel, and Tom Scott, owner Jade Lai is
known around town for her exquisitely so-
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flip-flops). It seems only right that with the
debut of her first-ever collection under the
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ways been in the grand scheme of things,
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York for most of my life.
For the boutiques opening in September,
Lai stocked the racks with her first effort: an
Amish-inspired collection of full-length
skirts in polka-dot organic wool, Japanese
cotton dresses in blue and white stripes, and
jersey jumpsuits. Theres a homemade ele-
ment to the line . Its innocent and modest,
says Lai, who bounced between L.A. and
Hong Kong doing set design, interior deco-
rating, and product development for com-
panies such as Esprit before opening
Creatures of Comfort in 2005. The spring
collection is a little bit more romantic.
Theres a wide range of colors in lightweight
silks and linens that can be mixed and
matched however you want. The line
builds on falls demure silhouettes
cropped trousers, prairie skirts, and lady-
like blousesbut in an Eric Fischlesque
palette of mint, kelly green, and cantaloupe
that Lai envisioned a beautiful, eccentric
explorers wife from the early 1900s wear-
ing in the desert, with the wind blowing
through her clothes and hair. Besides her
own duds, Lais NYC outpost boasts a gal-
lery space, home decor items, local RTW
stars like Rachel Comey and VPL, and ex-
clusive collaborations with designers such
as L. D. Tuttle, United Bamboo, and Manu.
Im not trying to reinvent the wheel, says
Lai. I simply want to provide items women
can feel beautiful and comfortable in for
years to come.Alexa Brazilian
OXFORD PRESS
When it comes to shoes, Los Angelenos are
brand loyal. Christian Louboutin peep-toe
platform slingbacks? Uggs? The West Coast
owns that turf. Now Hollywood hep girls
are tilling new ground: George Esquivels
hand-cobbled lace-up oxford. A wide range
of individualistic A-listers, from Gwen
Stefani to Ellen DeGeneres, already wear
his custom footwear (only 2,600 pairs are
produced a year). But as fashion continues
its love affair with late-80s androgyny
(picture tomboyish Josie Borain modeling
Calvin Klein briefs) and L.A. style evolves
from casual loungewear toward a more
urbanedare we say New Yorklook,
Esquivels self-described working shoes
are gaining serious traction. Theyre
meant to be lived in, says the Orange
Countybased designer, who started his line
in 2000 and spent two years perfecting his
womens oxford, which is narrower, lighter,
and more flexible than his mens version. A
woman shouldnt have to wear a superhigh
A mans shoe is now a
womans best friend
heel to feel sexy. Confidence is sexy. Take
Esquivels latest muse, Janelle Mone. The
rising funk/pop/cabaret singer, whos as well
known for her retro Roy Orbison look as for
her high-octane voice, is almost exclusively
shod in Esquivel. The two met at a photo
shoot last year and began to collaborate
soon after on black-and-white saddle
shoes and harlequin-stitched oxfords.
I love that George caters to the artists
special needs, Mone says. He knows
that I do a lot of dancing, so he makes my
custom oxford with handmade cushioned
insoles to support my feet. For his Frank
Gehryinspired spring collection, Esquivel
constructed perforated lace-ups with
metallic cutouts, military zipper boots, and
a modernist take on Mexican huaraches. Be
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bout six months ago, stylist Jes-
sica de Ruiter stumbled on a
long, white linen Ralph Lauren
skirt that her mother used to
wear in the 80s and, pairing it with black
blazers and denim shirts, realized shed
found her new look. Id been wearing
skinny, high-waisted pants and pencil
skirts, and it felt really fresh and modern
to wear something so free and easy, says
the L.A.-based bellwether, whos dressed
everyone from Diane Kruger to Char-
lotte Gainsbourg. Luckily for those with-
out Ralph Laurenwearing mothers, a
number of designers are offering their
take on the new ankle length. Phillip Lim
did Bianca Jagger louche; Calvin Klein of-
fered velvet tank shifts. But de Ruiter,
when in need of a change from her old
white skirt, will be wearing her hometown
hero and personal friend Juan Carlos
Obandos ruffled Victoriana version, which
comes hand-dyed in dusty rose and faded
gray for an antique, found-in-the-attic look
just right for his West Coast clientele. Dra-
matic skirts are so perfect for Hollywood
This month, two luscious coffee-table
booksone focusing on the unbridled
glamour of the 1940s, the other on the
sunny bohemia of the 1960shave us
dreaming of the golden ages of California
fashion. Writer and interiors guru Wendy
Goodmans new opus, The World of Gloria
because they make women feel like theyre
playing a character but also allow them to
show off their own personality, Obando
says. Case in point: De Ruiter and film
producer Stephanie Danan, another style-
setting Californian, both snapped them up,
but while de Ruiter opts to dress hers down
with a gray sweatshirt and K. Jacques
sandals or a beige Isabel Marant trench,
wide braided belt, and brown loafers,
Danan turns up the glam with a Dries Van
Noten leopard-print fur coat and over-the-
knee Lanvin boots. I love the romance,
she said . Heres to long, happy love
stories !Whitney Vargas
Obando; de Ruiter in
J. C. Obandos dusty rose
floor-length skirt and her
own gray sweatshirt and
K. Jacques sandals
DREAM
GIRLS
From left: Models wearing looks
from Suis capsule collection for
Anthropologie; the designers book
Vanderbilt (Abrams), follows the life and
times of the trendsetting icon.It started
with an early photograph I found of Gloria
Vanderbilt, taken by Richard Avedon,
Goodman says. It was so intriguing and
mysterious. I wondered if there were more
images like thisI discovered there were
many. Filled with rare snaps and a forward
by Vanderbilts son, Anderson Cooper, the
book is the first to span the grande dames
entire lifetime, including her wild summer in
Tinseltown as a 17-year-old mega-heiress.
When Gloria arrived in Hollywood in the
summer of 1941, it was the last hurrah
right before Pearl Harbor, Goodman says.
All hell broke loose because she was so
beautiful. Visiting her mother and aunt
in Beverly Hills, she was at the center of
Hollywoods fantastic social swirl, trading in
debutante dances at Manhattans Waldorf
Astoria for the most glamorous nightclubs
in Los Angeles, such as Ciros and
Mocambo, and attending Salvador Dals
surrealist ball at the Hotel Del Monte on
the arm of the artist himself. (No wonder
she later served as inspiration for Holly
Golightly in Truman Capotes Breakfast
at Tiffanys!) It was the perfect storm,
Goodman says. She was new on the scene,
and she was a young heiress. Streaking
her chestnut hair gray to appear older,
wearing bracelets made of clamshells from
Santa Monica and white cat-eye sunglasses
to evening parties, Vanderbilt had a
showstopping style that perfectly captured
a moment of hedonistic Hollywood allure.
If Venice Beachs breezy bohemia is
more your speed, a new tome celebrating
the master of the batik baby-doll dress
will provide days of outfit ideas. Anna Sui
(Chronicle) offers a visual retrospective
of the designers greatest hits, adored by
mellow L.A. beauties such as Sofia Coppola.
Sui is celebrating the volumes debut with
a capsule collection for Anthropologie,
featuring reworkings of three iconic
dresses practically made for strolling
Abbot Kinney. A.B.
From left: Gloria
Vanderbilt with
Salvador Dali at his
surrealist ball in
Monterey in 1941;
Vanderbilt circa 1940;
the icons new tome
Clockwise from top left: De Ruiter and Danan trying
on the designers skirts; de Ruiter wearing the
Obando skirt with her own Isabel Marant trench;
Danan in the designers skirt and a Dries Van Noten
leopard-print fur coat; Danan in the Obando skirt and
her own black leather jacket
Two L.A. tastemakers try
the seasons hot new shape
courtesy of Juan Carlos
Obando
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Bruno has movement on her mind. For
spring, shes taking on Ivy League Ameri-
cana, with long cardigans over floor-
grazing dresses. And in a recent short
film for her previous fall collection, her
friend Lou Doillon stars as a sort of wood
nymph, floating through the Normandy
countryside in Brunos dance-inspired
knit leotards and chiffon wrap skirts .
Brunos also literally going places. This
August, the platinum blond former model
opened her first United States boutique
on Los Angeles tony Melrose Avenue.
L.A. women are chic in a way that
is not completely dissimilar to those in
Paris, Bruno says. The main objective is
movement: Just as I ride my bike to work
in Paris, women are in and out of their
cars in L.A., cruising under the fantastic
palm trees. In keeping with this easy,
romantic ethos, the store, which Bruno
describes as a modern boudoir, features
expansive windows, artfully distressed
concrete floors, and sparse vintage furni-
ture, including a pair of wingback chairs
the designer found in a shop on Venices
Abbot Kinney.
While her particular styleeffortlessly
relaxed layers, autumnal tones, scuffed
bootshas become the signature of seem-
ingly every modern-day gamine strolling
Paris Marais , its clear her look is easily
translating to the West Coast crowd, too.
An opening fete at the Chateau Marmont
included young Hollywood fashionables
Kate Bosworth and Rachel Bilson; at a
breakfast celebrating the film , she hosted
low-key early adopters such as photogra-
pher Tierney Gearon, Michele Hicks, and
Shiva Rose. That Bruno can already draw
such a diverse crowd, though shes never
spent much time in L.A., says a lot about
how well shes managed to tap into the
citys deliberately breezy vibe. The de-
signer already has big plans for her new
life: I love swimming every morning at
the Beverly Hills Hotel pool, eating at res-
taurants like Gjelinas and Axe in Venice,
and Ive discovered my current favorite
jeweler, Liseanne Frankfurt! Bruno says,
adding that when she was last in L.A.,
she also took in a concert by one of her
all-time icons, Carole King. I know
my next trip with be filled with more
music performances, art galleries, and,
of course, learning to surf in Malibu.
Whitney Vargas
Ever wish you had a friend who could tell you
about cool, under-the-radar bands and indie
books? Who could also find the perfect pair of
vintage corduroys and rustic home furnishings?
David Browne can be that friend! At his recently
opened shop, Driftwood, on L.A.s Sunset
Junction, you and regulars such as Alexa Chung
and the Kills Tennessee Thomas, can get all of
the above, including trendy tomboy labels such as
Unis, Ace & Jig, and Bass. W.V.
Ida Falck the designer who debuted a
line of laminated paper jewelry cut right
out of Sothebys and Christies catalogs
last year has made us smile once again.
This season, she makes her first foray
into clothing with a matte silk poncho
dress in a flurry of pastels. As one might
expect, Falcks design process was unique.
Starting at a beach in Malibu earlier this
year, the Norway-born L.A. local tested
different positions for sunbathinga
relaxed sitting pose and a fully reclined
positionwhile wearing a large piece of
terry cloth. Falck then based the dress
silhouette on the way the fabric creased
and fell in these positions . Pattern making
has never looked so easy!
LOUNGE ACT
An L.A. designer creates
a dress collection at the
beachliterally
Stills of Doillon from a lm for
Brunos fall 2010 collection
GET THE DRIFT
Cool hunting at L.A.s
latest indie boutique
Left and
near right:
Driftwoods
eclectic interior;
for sale: a table
designed by
Browne
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
Hollywood goes breathless for Paris designer Vanessa Bruno
Bilson and the designer
at the Chateau Marmont;
fellow fan Bosworth; the
new L.A. boutique
Falcks beachy
creation
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Harbour, FL. Mother-of-
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LOUIS VUITTON, $3,400, at
select Louis Vuitton locations
nationwide. Mother-of-pearl
clutch, JUDITH LEIBER,
$1,595, visit judithleiber.com
EVENING FALLS
Everyone knows November (not December)
actually kicks off the holiday seasonwhether
youre flying the coop to ski or sun or staying in
town and going out . Any way you slice it, back-
to-back nights of revelry are upon us. So heres
news worth listening to: Dressing for evening is
a whole new ball game this season. Luckily,
were here (as always) with a nine-page guide to
living it up, no matter your destination: step-
ping out in fur (fauxs the new fox) and prairie
skirts in Crested Butte ; dancing barefoot in
aquatic-inspired jewels and pure white in the
tropics; and conga-ing the concrete in tuxedo
separates and lam shirtdresses in the city.
There are also exciting new takes on soiree
classics, from the hot new minipurse (extra-
long strap included) to futuristic new baubles
and head-to-toe sequins (you must try it). Just
remember, its not a party until youre having
funwhile looking smashing, of course!
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Wear It With...
URBAN EVENING
NEW: THE SHI RTDRESS CLASSI C: THE TUXEDO
NIGHTLIFE
Jacquard shorts, THEORY, $225, at
select Intermix stores nationwide
Lace shorts, TIBI, $276,
at Tibi, NYC
Sequin-embellished silk georgette shorts,
CLUB MONACO, $169, visit clubmonaco.com
Jacquard shorts with bow belt, THREAD
SOCIAL, $430, visit threadsocial.com
Lambskin shorts, 3.1 PHILLIP LIM,
$675, at 3.1 Phillip Lim, NYC
Bead-embellished silk shorts, DIANE
VON FURSTENBERG, $285, at Diane von
Furstenberg, NYC
Sequin-embellished polyester shorts,
LITERATURE NOIR, $230, visit
literaturenoir.com
Mlange crepe shorts with embellished
pockets, MARK+JAMES BY BADGLEY
MISCHKA, $265, call 561-655-0721
Embellished viscose-blend shorts, TIBI,
$285, visit tibi.com
Cotton shorts, $555, faux-suede belt, $295, both,
STELLA MCCARTNEY, at Stella McCartney, L.A.
Wool-blend shorts, LEIFSDOTTIR, $258,
visit neimanmarcus.com
Suede shorts, CHANEL, $2,520, call
800-550-0005
Cotton-blend shorts, SEE BY
CHLO, $295, at Kitson, L.A.
Wool jacket, STELLA
MCCARTNEY, $1,895,
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URBAN ESSENTIAL
NIGHTLIFE
MARC JACOBS
Suede cape with
raccoon and kalgan
fur, MARC JACOBS,
price upon request, at
Marc Jacobs, NYC
Silver cuff
bracelet with
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JANIS BY JANIS
SAVITT, $375, call
212-245-7396
Leather belt, NINA RICCI,
$350, visit ninaricci.fr
Jeans, HELMUT
LANG, $195, visit
net-a-porter.com
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RALPH LAUREN
BLACK LABEL,
$2,498, visit
ralphlauren.com
Organic cashmere
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KORS, $1,195,
collection at select
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Velvet skirt, MARC
JACOBS, $1,400, at
Marc Jacobs, NYC
Chiffon skirt, TORY
BURCH, $395, visit
toryburch.com
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A.L.C., $695, visit
net-a-porter.com
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$154, collection at
Bloomingdales stores
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EMILIO PUCCI, price
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emiliopucci.com
Suede sandal with
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JIMMY CHOO,
$2,295, at Jimmy
Choo boutiques
nationwide
Lace-up crinkled
patent leather
boot, ALEXANDER
WANG, $625, visit
alexanderwang.com
Silver ring with lacquer,
SOLANGE AZAGURY-
PARTRIDGE, $1,980,
at Solange Azagury-
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clutches, ANTHROPOLOGIE,
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anthropologie.com
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MAXMARA, $395, at
MaxMara, NYC
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Wear It With...
SKI RESORT EVENING
NEW: THE LONG SKI RT CLASSI C: DRESSED- UP DENI M
Silk gown, price
upon request, leather
belt, $225, both,
MICHAEL KORS, call
866-709-KORS
Fox-fur jacket,
THEORY, $1,525, at
select Theory stores
nationwide
Faux-fur jacket,
RACHEL ZOE FOR
QVC, $142, in October
at qvc.com
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MONACO, $249, visit
clubmonaco.com
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shrug, SUE WONG,
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bloomingdales.com
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CH CAROLINA
HERRERA, $2,445,
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ISABEL MARANT,
$4,530, at Isabel
Marant Boutique,
NYC
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shrug, MICHAEL
MICHAEL KORS,
$130, at select
Stein Mart stores
nationwide
Rabbit-fur coat,
MANGO, $820, visit
mangoshop.com
Coyote-fur jacket
with silk lining,
M.PATMOS, $2,295, at
Barneys New York
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NIGHTLIFE
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ITS A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
CHANEL
Embroidered silk
and cashmere
cardigan, OSCAR
DE LA RENTA,
$1,790, collection
at Bergdorf
Goodman, NYC
Plexiglas bangles,
PRADA, $160 each,
visit prada.com
Shell, silver, and
pearl ring, MESI
JILLY, $1,195, at
Kirna Zabte, NYC
Studded
calfskin
wristlet, 3.1
PHILLIP LIM,
$350, at 3.1
Phillip Lim,
NYC
Tea-dyed gazar pumps
with wood flower detail,
ROGER VIVIER, price
upon request, to special
order, call 212-861-5371
Elastic belt with flower buckle, STELLA
MCCARTNEY, $315, at Stella McCartney, NYC
Macram lace
dress with belt,
GIAMBATTISTA
VALLI, price
upon request,
at Barneys
New York
Wool jacket,
BILL BLASS,
$995, at Bill
Blass, NYC
Silk dress, BADGLEY
MISCHKA COUTURE,
$1,675, at Bergdorf
Goodman, NYC
Swarovski crystal-detail
silk dress, DOO.RI,
$1,795, collection at
Saks Fifth Avenue
stores nationwide
Washed silk
jacket, A.L.C.,
$495, at H.
Audrey, Nashville
Silk blazer, 3.1
PHILLIP LIM, $650,
call 212-334-1160
Macram
lace-detail cotton
poplin dress,
VALENTINO,
$2,980, at
Valentino
Boutique, NYC
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Lurex sandals,
LANVIN, $990,
at Lanvin, NYC
Crystal, rhinestone, and sea-
glass earrings, TOM BINNS
DESIGN, $440, at Tom
Binns Megastore, NYC
Jewel-detail lambskin
bag, MARC JACOBS,
$1,250, at Marc
Jacobs, NYC
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NEW: THE WHI TE BLAZER CLASSI C: THE LWD
TROPICAL EVENING
Swiss Movement
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OSCAR DE LA RENTA, $995,
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.com. Lambskin dress,
BALENCIAGA BY NICOLAS
GHESQUIRE, $1,745,
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Goodman, NYC
Amethyst, citrine, and shell
necklace, IRADJ MOINI, $1,210,
at Bergdorf Goodman, NYC
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LANVIN, $1,895, at Marissa
Collections, Naples, FL
Cuffs with poured glass and
rhinestone detail, MARK WALSH
LESLIE CHIN, $675 each, visit
vintageluxury.com
Enamel coral necklaces,
AURLIE BIDERMANN, prices
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Miami Beach
Crystal-detail
necklace, J.CREW,
$150, visit jcrew.com
Silver-plated
starfish necklace,
SEQUIN, $248, visit
sequin-nyc.com
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YVES SAINT LAURENT,
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Laurent, NYC
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NICOLE WHISENHUNT,
$695, collection at
vivre.com
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VERDURA, price upon
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Gold-plated brass necklace
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Leather and metal
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WOMEN
Whoever said girls were made of everything nice would be
scandalized by Hollywoods newest crop of tween stars, who are
tackling dark, gritty material with the aplomb of seasoned icons.
Thirteen-year-old Isabelle Fuhrmans performance as a murder-
ous midget in 2009s Orphan prompted Robert Downey Jr.whose
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pinching myself, thinking, How many Oscars are in the room?
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Coen Brothers remake of the Western True Grit, opposite Jeff
Bridges and Matt Damon. Theyre practically just big kids, she
says . And Kiernan Shipka, the 11-year-old behind Sally Draper
the somber daughter of Jon Hamms elusive Don and January Jones
distant Betty in AMCs Mad Menhas carried some of the saddest,
most affecting arcs of the outstanding past season. Deborah Lacey,
who plays Carla, Sallys quiet nanny, recalls a scene in which Sally,
emotionally flattened after the loss of her grandfather, pummels her
younger brother in a fit. She went to a place thats really angry for a
kid, Lacey says. After we shot it, I thought, Where did this come
from? Its even more impressive considering that in real life, Ship-
kas too sweet even to choose between Twilights Jacob and Edward.
Her solution? Im Team Jedward.Nojan Aminosharei
Hollywoods youngest leading ladies have already shared the screen with an A-list buffet
of costars. One things for sure: Prom wont be this cool.
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Girl power
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Introducing the sport hybrid. Hybrids are all the rage, as they should be.
Efficiency and economy are more important now than ever. But at Honda,
we werent about to turn our back on hairpin turns and manual gearboxes.
EX model shown with accessory wheels. 2010 American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
So we designed a hybrid that seemingly defies logic. One that embraces
the driving experience most hybrids ignore. The result is certainly a hybrid.
But also obviously something else altogether. Learn more at cr-z.honda.com.
A CERTAIN AURA
Lena Dunhams debut uses material ready at handher familyto give us a
fresh, edgy take on a twentysomethings tribulations. Karen Durbin reviews
Film juries have been known to get borderline violent when they
cant agree on prize awards. But at last springs South by Southwest
festival, the three-person jury I was on deliberated pretty much as
follows: Juror No. 1: Tiny Furniture, right? Jurors 2 and 3: Yep.
The first full-length feature by the 24-year-old filmmaker Lena
Dunham, Tiny Furniture is a post-grad coming-of-age tale, a timeworn
genrebut none the worse for the wear in Dunhams wickedly tal-
ented hands. Writing, directing, and starring in her microbudget com-
edy, Dunham covers a lot of territory, ranging from how a wounded
but brainy plain Jane negotiates her way in the worldsexually not
least of allto exploring the nature of friendship and giving us a tasty
slice of haute-bohemian New York City life. And while more than
one eligible man puts in a vivid appearance, the relationships that
matter most in this movie are intensely female.
Tiny Furniture opens with Dunhams plump, bedraggled Aura
arriving home from her Ohio college with a degree in film theory,
a handful of YouTube videos shes begun to regret, and a freshly
broken heart. Home is a two-story white loft in TriBeCaone of
Manhattans most exclusive neighborhoods, and one known in par-
ticular for its rich artists. Inhabited by Auras mother, Siri, and teen-
age sister, Nadine, the loft is huge but barely seems to have room
for the returnee. As Nadine, who has just won a national prize for
her poetry, snottily puts it, How long are you going to be staying
in our house? Siri, sporting the downtown art-star uniform of black
cigarette pants and matching scoop-neck top, is warmer, but shes also
totally absorbed in her latest project. When Aura asks her where she
keeps the lightbulbs, Siri says distractedly, Theyre in the white cabi-
netat which point the camera directs our gaze to a wall-size built-in
with so many identical doors that it looks less like storage space than a
game show from hell. But whats really making Aura feel like an alien
is that, unlike her driven sister and mother, she has no idea what she
wants to do with her life. So naturally, she starts looking for a fellow to
soothe her ego and take her mind off things.
Thanks in no small part to the talented young cinematographer
Jody Lee Lipes, Tiny Furniture looks as witty and surprising as its
dialogue is. Not bad on a five-figure budgetbut surely casting and
location were Dunhams thriftiest moves. The loft and surrounding
neighborhood we see are where she grew up. As for Nadine and
Siri, theyre played with easy conviction by her sister, Grace, and
Floored:
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Sister act: Lena and Grace
Dunham in Tiny Furniture
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their mother, Laurie Simmons, an acclaimed artist-photographer whose work includes, yes, very small
furniture placed in unnerving relation to life-size women. (One such piece features a bride shot from the
shoulders down who, lifting her skirt high, looks as if she might just have given birth to the modest gray
and white ranch house between her feet.) Simmons work has a transgressive edge without being obvious
about it, and so does her daughters. Dunham turns in a vanity-free performance that mines Auras pudgi-
ness less for laughs than for a revelatory shock value: When was the last time you saw a plump person
deftly cram herself into a Spanx-like body stocking? It has the fascination of a magic trick.
In a mainstream comedy, Aura would be the glowing beneficiary of a tidy, tension-free ending. But
Lena Dunham is an original, and so is her movie. Its one of Tiny Furnitures cockeyed pleasures that when
the closing credits roll, it would seem that nothing has changed for Aura and yet everything hasand that
feels just right, because even on those rare occasions when
life ties itself up into a tidy bow, you can bet it will come
undone in no time. And there are some especially satisfy-
ing developments along the way, including a glamorous
old friend who turns out to envy Aura rather than the other
way around, and two men, both cads, the second of whom
is almost worth the trouble. Lucky for us, this leads to an
all-time-great outlandish sex scene, which, even as were
cackling in disbelief, manages to be rather hot. As with
many moments in Tiny Furniture, this one has the kind of
strangeness that makes the movie feel more, not less, real-
istic. After all, what sort of future awaits the woman who
hasnt looked over her shoulder at least once and thought
with a bit of a thrill, I did that?
FACTORY GIRLS
In Made in Dagenham, Brit director
Nigel Cole spins a fierce and funny
tale based on a 1968 incident in
which women at a Ford motor plant
in England went on strike when
they learned that the male workers
were earning twice what they did
for the same hard jobs. A dauntless
Sally Hawkins leads the charge,
Miranda Richardson steals her
scenes as a wily politician, and Bob
Hoskins soothes the startled chaps.
CLASS DISMISSED
Ben Affleck, Maria Bello, and
Tommy Lee Jones form the hot
center of John Wells The Company
Men, a gripping drama of high-
living corporate execs knocked off
their perches by a ruthless boss
running from the recession. With
the suspense of a thriller, the movie
makes you question just about
every American value, from rugged
individualism to the notion that
limitless wealth is a noble goal.
WAR OF WORDS
As Englands royals on the eve of
World War II, Colin Firth and Helena
Bonham Carter show great charm,
grace, and courage in The Kings
Speech. Problem: The stammering
King George VI can barely get out a
sentence, let alone an address that
will rally the nation. A commoner
speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush)
comes to his rescue. And Timothy
Spalls portrayal of Winston
Churchill is simply spot-on.K.D.
For more Karen Durbin recommendations, go to elle.com/karendurbin
TRUST US
Pipe dream: Dunham with David Call as one of her suitors
Even postKathryn Bigelow, Hollywood is a mans world. So its still a particular triumph when a new
crop of female writer-directors succeeds in putting the postmodern female experience front and
center , from a disaffected NYC beatnik (You Wont Miss Me), to a lost college grad (Tiny Furniture), to an
inner-city teen battling her vices as she searches for redemption (Yelling to the Sky). ELLE salutes the
women who are changing the cinematic landscape from behind the camera.Seth Plattner
WHO: Ry Russo-Young AGE: 29
RECENT PROJECT: You Wont Miss
Me (2010), which follows the
disillusioned, city-dwelling
Sally. ON HER PROTAGONIST: Is
she an [awful] person? Is she
deeply troubled? Yes, in some
ways. But shes honest, and
theres something amazing
about someone whos that
true to themselves. PLAYI NG
WITH THE GUYS: I find it really
exhilarating. There are
moments when Im crying in
a heap, but I think boys cry in
heaps too.
WHO: Lena Dunham AGE: 24
FESTIVAL DARLI NG: Tiny Furniture
(2010) won the SXSW Film
Festival Jury Prize for best
narrative. FATHERLY ADVICE: My
dad says, A rising flood lifts
all boats, so whats good for
one womana writer, director,
producer, actress who makes
bold choicesis good for all of
us. GUIDI NG PRI NCIPLE: I never
ask actors to do something I
wouldnt do [on-screen] myself.
Ive asked them to take their
pants off, but no more than Ive
taken my own pants off.
WHO: Victoria Mahoney
AGE: 43 DEBUT: Yelling to the Sky
(2010) EASY DOES IT: Theres
a language within my
generation of filmmakers of
trying to slow things down.
Were not interested in Hurry
up! and Prevent feeling! The
pace is judicious and has to
do with investigation. ROCK
THE VOTE: When a film opens
with a female lead or director,
I say to my friends, You want
to keep working? You go, you
buy a ticketthats a vote to
keep us in the throes.
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EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING
ABOUT...NICKI MINAJ
Because most contemporary plays have little
use for history, history usually returns the favor .
And political dramastakedowns of sitting lead-
ers, agitprop about oppressionhave a shelf life
even shorter than most. (You dont see too many
revivals of MacBird, a satire of Lyndon Johnson
that was all the rage in 1967.) So it may come as
a surprise that Angels in America, Tony Kushners
two-part, six-hour self-described Gay Fantasia
on National Themes, which won tons of awards
in the early 90s and was made into an HBO
miniseries in 2003, is returning to New York in a
major production at the Signature Theatre. Why
should a play whose nominal subject is AIDS and
whose btes noires include Ronald Reagan and
Roy Cohn (a right-wing lawyer who died in 1986)
feel so fresh and necessary in 2010?
Its more than just being ahead of the curve po-
litically, though Kushner has a knack for that. (His
2001 play Homebody/Kabul, about the trap that is
Afghanistan, was begun long before the United
States went to war there.) The real strength of
Angels lies beneathand is usefully disguised
bythe politics. We see AIDS depicted, but we
feel the eternal injustice of victimhood. Reagan is
both the man who wouldnt speak the name of
the new disease and the embodiment of the age-
old appeal of arrogance, and the repulsive Cohn
becomes an enemy to be pitied when revealed as
an avatar of that timeless figurethe outsider who
believes hes become an insider. Even the plays
good guys, including the guilt-riddled overthinker
Louis Ironson (played in this revival by Zachary
Quinto) and the fabulously bitchy prophet Prior
Walter (Christian Borle), are imbued with a com-
plicated humanity that lifts them out of time as
they are simultaneously dragged down by it.
Shakespearean is a tag not lightly conferred,
but if somehow the suffering of a fourteenth-
century Veronese couple means a great deal to
us though the historical details of their family
feuds are now inscrutable, Louis and Prior and
even Roy Cohn will surely seem just as real when
one day AIDS is merely a footnotable acronym.
Jesse Green
With their box office appeal and
boldest roles yet, these over-60
actresses have put a bullet in
the age-old trope that showbiz
is just for girls.
NOJAN AMINOSHAREI
WE HEART BETTY WHITE:
The 88-year-olds May gig hosting
Saturday Night Live was the highest-
rated ep since Tina Feys Palin
parodies in November 08, and it
earned White an Emmy. Her summer
comedy, TV Lands Hot in Cleveland,
ended its inaugural season as
cables highest-rated sitcom. Weve
been told men wont watch women,
that young people wont watch
old people, says Suzanne Martin,
Clevelands creator. Now we can
question that.
THE EVER-RAUNCHY
JOAN RIVERS: The documentary
about the 77-year-olds career, Joan
Rivers: A Piece of Work, at first
shunned by financiersmost of
whom thought moviegoers wouldnt
pay to watch the day-to-day grind
of an aging female comicis 2010s
most successful (per theater)
documentary to date .
HELEN MIRREN, QUEEN
BEE: This year alone, Mirren, 65,
plays six badassesincluding an
ex-Mossad agent in The Debt; the
gender-inverted lead Prospera in
Julie Taymors adaptation of The
Tempest (both out in December);
and a gunslinging CIA retiree in RED .
One withering look from Helen
Mirren and any man falls into place,
says Deborah Aquila, REDs casting
director. Thats what you get
with experience.
When you hear the 52 neon-wig-wearing Nicki Minaj spitting out growls, cartoon voices,
and tightly wound lyrics on verses for Mariah Carey, Usher, Kanye West, Ludacris, Drake,
and Lil Wayne, its obvious why the critical masses have dubbed her Lil Kim 2.0. (Not that
Kims too pleased with the comparisonthis past summer, she accused Minaj of cribbing
her style.) But the 25-year-old Queens native, who grew up listening to Salt-N-Pepa and
Lauryn Hill, is more concerned about keeping up with the boys. When I write, I dont try
to compete with any other female rapper, she says. The only way youre going to push your
pen is to think, Ive got to shut these dudes down. And thats coming from the only female
rapper signed to Cash Money Records, which on November 23 will release Pink Friday, a
debut album lled with boombastic club anthems sung by her alter ego, Roman Zolanski,
collaborations with Will.I.Am and Drake, and so-bizarre-they-work hooks (she samples Annie
Lennox in the slow-jam single Your Love). Now who compares to that?Julie Vadnal
ANGELS
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DEMONS
Quinto in Angels rehearsal. Inset:
Milton Glasers posters for the
1993 (above) and current (below)
productions
Minaj
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ELLES LETTRES
READERS PRIZE
2011
For our readers comments, go to elle.com/readersprize
For details on becoming a Readers Prize juror, e-mail us at eagerreader@elle.com.
1. MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM
BY NIGHTFALL
(FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX)
Most readers were pulled in by the
prose of this Pulitzer-winning writer
(The Hours), even though the
storyabout the midlife crisis of
Peter and Rebecca, an arty SoHo
couple with an empty nest suddenly
filled with Rebeccas neer-do-well
brotherstruck some as small beer.
Every month, 15 ELLE readers
vote for their favorite book among
three new releases we love
Paul Austers sixteenth novel, Sunset Park
(Henry Holt), articulately probes the unachieved
desires and ambitions of four squatters in a house
in the eponymous down-at-the-heels Brooklyn
neighborhood. The story centers on Miles Heller,
a handsome, bright, guilt-racked guy on the run
from his family and New York City for the past
seven years, following the traumatic death of his
stepbrother. Miles has landed in South Florida,
where he works trashing out foreclosed houses
and falls in love with brilliant, charismatic high
school senior Pilar Sanchez, the youngest and
now orphaned daughter of Cuban immigrants.
The two live happily together until Pilars older
sister Angela threatens to make trouble for Miles,
as Pilar is underage. So he returns to New York,
on the run yet again, to shack up with his friend
Bing Nathan, the shambling, hirsute, loyal de
facto leader of the squat in Sunset Park, and the
two bright, complicated women who also live
there, Ellen Brice and Alice Bergstrom.
While there, Miles gradually reconnects with
his familyfather and stepmother, mother and
stepfatherall of whom Auster delin eates with a
deep, affectionate knowledge of the citys cultural
circles that makes them ring familiarly true:
They are, respectively, an independent literary
publisher, an English literary scholar, a famous
actress, and an independent-movie producer.
Their scenes resonate with a warm acknowledg-
ment of the tests and limitations of age and the
vibrancy of experience, providing a solid counter-
point to the unvoiced longings and unresolved
conflicts of Miles and his friends.
The novel is infused with an atmosphere of
nostalgia: bittersweet anecdotes of famous base-
ball players; an old Hollywood movie called The
Best Years of Our Lives that serves as a touchstone
for several characters; Bings Hospital for Broken
Things, where typewriters, fountain pens, and
vacuum-tube radios are repaired. The style is
digressive and lopingone long, easy run-on
sentence after another, phrases joined by commas
instead of periods, lulling the reader into a cozy
famil iarity with both the tone and the characters.
The end, sudden and abrupt,
comes as a full stop; after 320
pages of easy cantering, we are
thrown from the horse and left to
dust off and walk on, slightly
bewildered. No matter. It was a
lovely ride.Kate Christensen
Paul Auster continues his evolution from cerebral existential muser
to sage raconteur of New York Citys alluring byways and lifeways
Auster
2. MYLA GOLDBERG
THE FALSE FRIEND (DOUBLEDAY)
Twenty years after the fact, Celia
experiences a suddenly recovered
memory of the day her childhood
friend Djuna went missing. The
author of Bee Season intrigued and
entertained with Celias subsequent
quest to find closure, but a lot of
readers ended up scratching their
heads about the way it all plays out.
3. ANTONYA NELSON
BOUND (BLOOMSBURY)
Menace haunts this tale, too, as the
BTK killer is again stalking a Wichita
neighborhood in which Catherine,
the young third wife of an old hound
dog clearly looking to bag a fourth
marriage, is also trying to cope with
being named guardian of a deceased
friends daughter. But wait, readers
ask, What was that about the killer?
The absent
people have all fled in haste, in
shame, in confusion, and it is certain that
wherever they are living now (if they have found a place
to live and are not camped out in the streets) their new
dwellings are smaller than the houses they
have lost.
BROTHER, WHO
ART THOU?
For the wonderfully titled Freuds
Blind Spot (Free Press), editor Elisa
Albert (author of a critically adored
2008 novel, The Book of Dahlia)
asked 24 literary authors to write
about their life experiences with
what she calls the unsung heroes
of our psychological development:
siblings. Even the Good Doctor never
really focused on brotherly and
sisterly influences on our psyches
(which is ironic, considering that he
was from a family of 10 children),
but these writers prove that such
interactions, for better or for worse,
profoundly shape who we are.
In the essay The Gospel
According to P, Victor LaValle
recalls meeting his dad for the first
time at 10 years old, only to discover
that he also had a stepbrother
hed never met. How do you form
a kinship with someone you never
knew existed? In Faith and Jill
Soloways Burning Questions,
the two sisters, only a year apart,
interview each other as adults about
sexuality (Faith is gay), TV shows (Jill
likes The City), and growing up white
on the South Side of Chicago.
And then theres T Coopers
Thirty-eight Questions Ive Always
Wanted to Ask My Brother Steve but
Never Have Until Now, a touching
family history told through the
Cooper brothers e-mails, which
asks and explores this volumes
most bewildering question: No
matter how unconditionally we
might love our siblings, how much
do we actually know about the inner
workings of the person we once
bonded with over Shrinky Dinks and
Ren & Stimpy?JULIE VADNAL
An anthology of short takes
on those weve known longest
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Maladies (Scribner), a sweeping, erudite,
and challenging biography of cancer.
A Rhodes scholar educated at Stanford,
Oxford, and Harvard, Mukherjee began
this monumental account years ago as a
humble journal; it soon became a journey
that carried me into the depths not only of
science and medicine, but of culture, history,
and politics, he writes . Indeed, it transports
him back to the first known description of
breast cancer, on a papyrus, cour tesy of
Imhotep, an Egyptian doctor who lived
some 3,600 years ago. (Therapy? There is
none.) And it propels us forward through
the alter nately exhil arating and desolating
series of discoveries and setbacks in modern
medicine that have led us gradually into bat-
tle with this eternal foean itinerary that is
frankly no walk in the park once Mukherjee
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throughs in genetic and molecular medi-
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perspective and understanding in the end.
Along the way, the author threads his
narrative with recurrent visits to Carla
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mother of two, whom he thought was
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2004 (thankfully , she is still alive today). He
also seasons his bracingly intelligent pere-
grinations with deft touches of irony and
whiffs of humor: He finds an ad on the back
of a 1952 Life magazine that bragged,
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risk of not having a mammogram until after
age 50 is about the same as riding a bicycle
for 15 hours without a helmet, he wink-
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such screening: Patients
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Even over the phone, you can tell that this is a sweetheart of a
guy. Talking late into the night from Los Angeles, James Franco
comes across as being so friendly, laid-back, and loquacious that
its hard to fathom the fact that hes also a nimble-minded, ber-
creative, 24/7-type multitasker. Ever since his breakout days on
the single-season cult television series Freaks and Geeks, Franco
unlike Daniel Desario, his class-cutting slacker character on that
showhas been going places, setting the bar high for himself,
then higher.
He has taken roles in both commercial and indie movies
(Spider-Man, Milk, Pineapple Express, Eat Pray Love, Howl) and
currently plays an artist/serial killer named Franco on the televi-
sion soap opera General Hospitalas part of an art project of his.
Last summer, he had his first solo art show, The Dangerous Book
Four Boyscomprising videos, photos, random scribblings,
and a taxidermied catat New York Citys Clock tower Gallery.
A short film based on a poem by Spencer Reece that Franco
directed while a graduate student at New York University was
scheduled to be shown in October at the Hamptons International
Film Festival. Plus, he is a first-year grad student at Yale Univers-
itys theater department, and hes working on a lot of other stuff.
But tonight, hes talking about his debut book of coming-of-age
stories, Palo Alto, just out from Scribner, which he admits took him
six years to finish. Id been working on them for a while, he says.
I was aware that theres a lot of material out there that deals with
this age group. A lot of it is depicted in a way that the writer makes
appealing enough but doesnt own in a certain waydoesnt own
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was given a lot just by being born where
I was, but adolescence is a hard period in
anyones life. It took time to figure out how
to group the Palo Alto stories in a way that
gives an overall impression thats focused
and intense.
Divided into two sections and linked
across the high school years, the stories are
raw and funny-sad, and they capture with
perfect pitch the impos sible exhil aration,
the inevitable downbeat-ness, and the pure
confusion of being an ado lescent. While
working on them, Franco maintained a
busy film-shooting schedule and obtained
an MFA from CUNYs Brooklyn College
while also taking creative-writing courses
at Columbia Universitys MFA program
and studying film-making at New York
Universitys Tisch School of the Arts, work-
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as Michael Cunningham, Mona Simpson,
Amy Hempel, and UCLAs Ian R. Wilson.
At 32, Franco is winsome, handsome,
and a short sleeper whose voice is ener getic
and slightly husky. Hes an avid reader
who has proved to be a talented storyteller
with this set of tales conjuring his epony-
mous California hometown. The stories
link up to illuminate a group of teenagers
and preteens whose lives, and hormones,
are in a period of crazy, dangerous flux.
Says Franco, I was drawn to write about
this age group because high school is a time
of great change and great confusion. Your
hometown is your whole world. Its there
before you understand that theres a big-
ger world and understand your place in it.
Each area of town has significance. Theres
a side of Palo Alto you wouldnt think of
first that isnt about Stanford [the univer-
sity where Francos parents met] or Steve
Jobs or bookstores. [The Palo Alto years]
allowed me as a writer to create heightened
situations about awakening to sexuality,
acting out, getting in trouble. My child-
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other cities [Ive lived in]. I have a real love
for that town.
Franco strongly identifies with his
teen years, as well. I like this age group
because teenagers dont have all the
answers, he says. That allowed me to
put some mystery in the stories, make
some things elusive, maybe put
larger themes in there that add a
certain vitality, moments when
the reader can enter the deeper
inter ior world of the characters.
There are a lot of situations in
the stories the characters dont
quite know how to get out of.
Hopefully that intensity, that
chaos pulls you in.
The half hour allotted for our inter-
view has long passed as Franco relaxes
into lively, engaged shop talk about the
real-life stories behind the connected nar-
ratives that make up Palo Alto. He remem-
bers the high school guy who seemed bent
on self- destruction, who had the kind of
suicidal streak that can be read by teen-
age peers as cool bra vado and by parents
and teachers as loser braggadocio. Franco
says he was fascinated by this guy and took
his hellbent gestalt, his wild essence, and
transformed it into two of the books recur-
ring main characters, Ryan and Michael.
Jack-O, first published in Esquire mag-
azine, is the books final story, and it
bookends the opener, Halloween. In
Jack-O, Michael sits in his grand fathers
old Cadillac with his friend Joe out in front
of a school office: We sit here because
its dark, and there are no lights outside
this building. Were stopped for no reason
except that the night is still going and were
drunk, and who wants to go home, ever,
and this spot is as good as any to just sit in
the shadows and let life slow.
Franco has a flair for creating these
stopped moments that lift a story from
its specific setting into a universal place,
so that particular meanings resonate out
from themselves and redouble their effect.
In Halloween, Ryan drunkenly muses,
Every one pretends to be normal and be
your friend, but underneath everyone
is living some other life you dont know
about, and if only we had a camera on us
at all times we could go and watch each
others tapes and find out what each of us
was really like.
Franco takes an epigraph from Prousts
Remembrance of Things Past to frame his
stories that reads, in part: In later life we
look at things in a more practical way, in
full conformity with the rest of society, but
adolescence is the only period in which we
learn anything.
I ask Franco to comment on how this
power ful sentiment references both these
stories and his own life exper ience. One
of my teachers told me that you have to be
ashamed of the world you know in order
to write about it, he replies. Proust was
saying something similar. We have a lot
of untamed feelings that as we grow up
become more socialized, kill-
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book, I was trying to own
those extreme feelings, to get
that sense. I looked at [writing
the book] as a way to examine
my own actions through the
prism of these characters. To
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much alive.Lisa Shea
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LASER TAG
Ironic? Yes. Zapping a UV-induced solar lentigo with light can usually erase the mark. The Q-switched
YAG laser is perfect for sun spots, Gross says. Its light wave is absorbed by the brown color without affecting
surrounding skin. This onetime in-office treatment targets the spot, leaving a thin, crepey scab that flakes off
in days. But melasma and PIH patients should steer clear. Studies have found melasma to be unresponsive
to or exacerbated by laser and intense pulsed-light treatments, Linder says. The heat and inflammation can
trigger new pigment production. A 2006 Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology article agrees : Successful
laser treatment for melasma is the exception, rather than the rule, author David Goldberg, MD, says .
Its possible to fake awless skin with foundation, but wouldnt you rather not have
to? Whether you rely on a high-tech laser or a lo- topical cream, with the right
plan, you can erase pigmentation, andyes! make cover-up optional. The rst
step? Identify your pigmentations provenance: Diagnosis is crucial, New York
City derm Dennis Gross, MD, says. Not only is the right treatment key, the wrong
treatment can make discoloration darker.JANNA JOHNSON
Slather on sunscreen to stop spots from
darkening, andeven betterprevent new
ones from forming. Prone
to melasma? Minimizing UV
exposure will prevent flare-
ups . Even small amounts of
unprotected sun exposure can
make pigmentation worse,
Scottsdale, AZ, dermatologist
Jennifer Linder, MD, says. Stick
with a hypoallergenic version
(try Neutrogena Sensitive Skin
SPF 60 Sunblock Lotion), free of
irritating chemical blockers such
as avobenzone or oxybenzone.
SCREEN SAVER
Not all dark spots are created equal: They stem from
three sources. UV exposure can trigger a growth of
excess skin cells called solar lentigo, aka sun spots,
liver spots, or age spots. The cells, pigmented with
melanin, cluster together, forming a circular mark
a few shades deeper than your skin tone . Estrogen
fluctuations due to pregnancy or birth control pills
stimulate melanocyte cells to work overtime and
create melasma, unwanted pools of melanin in
the skin; unlike sun spots, these patches dont stay
confined to a nice circle. And injuries such as a
curling-iron burn or a swollen pimple can also jump-
start melanin production (especially in Asian, Hispanic,
or black skin), leaving a stubborn mark called post-
inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH).
ANATOMY OF A BROWN SPOT PEEL POWER
Both Linder and Gross recommend
monthly in-office peels to exfoliate the
epidermis, remove superficial pigment-
packed cells, and hasten the effects
of topical products. But Gross warns
against bleaching peels that claim
immediate depigmentation results.
You need long-term exposure to an
active ingredient to reap the benefit; a
short period of time is not going to be
effective, he says. For small PIH marks,
try an at-home glycolic peel like Grosss
own or Cane + Austin Retexturizing
Treatment Pads. Both reduce fine lines
and correct discoloration.
SEE SPOT RUN
All pigmentation will respond to
topical bleaching creams, Kansas City,
MO, derm Audrey Kunin, MD, says.
The most commonly used bleaching
agent is hydroquinone, which stops
melanin production and speeds up the
exfoliation process. The ingredient
is controversial high potency, long-
term use can cause a bluish black
discoloration of tissue, and studies have
shown extreme doses to be potentially
carcinogenic. (That said, insane levels
of almost anything, from vitamin E to
pickles, can be linked to carcinogenic
activity. ) The American Academy
of Dermatology stands behind
hydroquinones decades-long record
of efficacy and safety, and derms
continue to praise results. Still
wary? Try botanical-packed
Clinique Even Better Clinical
Dark Spot Corrector, which
rivaled hydroquinone in the
companys clinical trials .
Above, from left: The vitamin C in Shiseido White
Lucent Brightening Moisturizing Gel reduces existing
pigment, while its apricot extract exfoliates. Olay
ProX Discoloration Fighting Concentrate slows
melanin production with natural amino acids. An
alternative to hydroquinone, Dr. Dennis Gross
Skincare Hydra-Pure Vitamin C Brightening Serum
contains three formulations of the vitamin, ensuring
each skin layer is treated. Ambi Even & Clear
Targeted Mark Minimizer improves tone and smooths
with vitamins A and E.
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reveals the styling secrets of Hollywoods
top hair and makeup artists
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UNIVERSAL
APPEAL
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MORNING
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PICKUP
PRIVATE
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Hairstylist Client
REN FURTERER
NATURIA DRY
SHAMPOO boosts
body without
adding oil. Use it
to make your hair
fresh again.
Williams has his
clients prep with
KIEHLS CRME
WITH SILK GROOM
before a big event.
Results: superior
conditioning and
easier styling.
Skip the blow-dryer;
apply MOROCCANOIL
HYDRATING STYLING
CREAM to damp
hair and let it dry
naturally for silky
waves, guaranteed.
Big and bold
award-show styles
require 12-hour hold.
Williams suggests
his high-stamina
BYRON SPIRULINA
HAIR SPRAY.
BRIGITTE BARDOT,
because her hair
always captured the
essence of glamour.
She was so sexy in
her time and still is
today.
TELA BEAUTY
ORGANICS ENCORE
STYLING CRME
secures updos in
place with superior
grip and definition.
The satin finish
looks natural.
Not just for skin,
JOSIE MARAN ARGAN
OIL tremendously
helps unruly and
thirsty hair by
preventing split ends
and frizz.
Cho insists her
clients show up
squeaky-clean. She
suggests SUAVE
PROFESSIONALS
ALMOND AND SHEA
BUTTER SHAMPOO.
Young Hollywood
loves a loose,
pulled-back knot.
FEKKAI COIFF SHEER
HOLD HAIRSPRAY
holds hair and
also gives a glossy
finish.
JACQUELINE
KENNEDY ONASSIS
was and still is the
queen of chic and
grace.
With no time to
flatiron, soften
unruly strands with
JOHN FRIEDA FRIZZ-
EASE SECRET WEAPON
FLAWLESS FINISHING
CRME.
When a press day
requires multiple
looks, ELLIN LAVAR
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frizz at bay but still
allows for easy style
changes.
IMANs looks are
always well thought
out and timeless. I
love her attention
to detail. Her hair
always complements
what shes wearing.
EVA MENDES
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Makeup Artist Client
For crucial
protection, apply
SPF daily. Im
obsessed with
NEUTROGENA
SPECTRUM + FACE
ADVANCED SPF 100.
In my bag at all
times, SMITHS
ROSEBUD SALVE can
be used anywhere
on the face for a
little shine and
moisture.
For on-set touch-
ups, CLEAN & CLEAR
OIL ABSORBING
SHEETS instantly
remove excess oil
and dont smudge
makeup.
Jewelry for the
body, NARS BODY
GLOW gives skin a
beautiful glow with
just the right amount
of texture.
Im always using
SOPHIA LOREN as a
beauty reference
for shoots. She
is the epitome of
womanliness, for her
makeup, hair, and
style.
VERA FARMIGA
JESSICA
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NIKKI REED
STILA ALL OVER
SHIMMER LIQUID
LUMINIZER adds a
natural glow when
applied to the high
points of the face.
A dusting of N.Y.C.
SUN 2 SUN BRONZING
POWDER gives the
perfect amount
of color thats
especially great for a
natural look.
Brows add
expression and
symmetry to the
face. For some
drama and density,
Restrepo brushes on
M.A.C BROW SET.
For one-step
evening eyes, try
a smudged, smoky-
effect with COVER
GIRL LIQUILINE BLAST
EYELINER in Silver
Spark.
MARLENE DIETRICH
had a look that was
so feminine, yet so
powerful. In her old
films, her glamour is
mesmerizing.
CLARINS INSTANT
LIGHT BRUSH-ON
PERFECTOR makes
you look more
awake and even
adds a sparkle to
the eyes.
For a flawless
finishing touch,
Stiles uses LAURA
MERCIER LOOSE
SETTING POWDER.
I use this on
everyone, especially
under the eyes.
Invest in a good
eyelash curler,
insists Stiles. It
opens your eyes
and makes you look
more awake. Her
favorite: SHU UEMURA
EYELASH CURLER.
LANCME COLOR
DESIGN SENSATIONAL
EFFECTS LIPCOLOR
IN CORSET, a fresh,
modern shade,
works on all skin
tones.
In the days of
long, hippie hair,
MIA FARROW cut off
all of her locks and
exposed her face,
letting her amazing
freckles shine.
FRANCELLE
Nars National Makeup Artist
New York City
REBECCA RESTREPO
The Wall Group
New York City
FIONA STILES
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A fragrance that sends one woman into a pleasure-swoon might make
another hold her nose. What creates the perfect match is a stroke of
alchemical luck. By April Long
AS YOU LIKE IT
W
e may be drawn
to a perfume for
many reasons: be-
cause it reminds
us of a gardenor
a personwe once
loved ; because we
hope it will reduce
all men who cross
our path to help-
less, love-struck fools. Its difficult to imagine
reaching for a scent thinking, Here is a fra-
grance that will put people off. Yet a quick
glance at the discussion boards on juice-
junkie sites such as Nstperfume.com or
Basenotes.net will verify that a perfume
that sends one person into raptures of de-
light is practically guaranteed to be some-
one elses eau no. Just as some will linger in
the wake of a cigar with noses aloft while
others flee its acrid aftermath, we all expe-
rience scent differently.
The prevailing theory about why we
love or hate certain smells is that scents at-
tach to positive or negative moments in our
lives, since the region of the brain that pro-
cesses odor cozies up to the area tied to
memory. So someone may love the sharp
green whiff of fresh-cut grass that character-
izes Issey Miyakes A Scent because it con-
jures mental postcards of childhood
vacations, while someone else may hate the
smell because she associates it with the
sweaty toil of having to mow lawns. Theres
new research, though, to indicate that we
might be hardwired to appreciate or detest
at least some smells: A paper published in
Public Library of Science Computational Biology
in April 2010 by neurobiologist Rafi Haddad
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of the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Is-
rael, showed that when a robotic e-nose
rated scents on a scale from pleasant to un-
pleasant, its assessments were 90 percent
aligned with ratings by both Ethiopian and
Israeli human test subjects. Interestingly,
many of the scents deemed most universally
appealing in the study were those that regu-
larly crop up as top notes in popular per-
fumes: grapefruit, bergamot, orange, lime,
freesia, and mimosaand many of the
smells that rated lowest in the pleasant
spectrum were those that provide the base
notes (and, for some people, the ick factor),
such as musk and patchouli.
For the perfumer, there are notes that are
considered patently more difficult than
others, just as there are those that are guar-
anteed crowd-pleasers. Some notes are
def initely more divisive than others, says
Kilian Hennessy, whose By Kilian range of
perfumes includes A Taste of Heaven,
which smells of absinthe and lavender, and
Love, which leads off with a heady whiff of
marshmallow. For example, we know that
leather notes are much more polarizing
than citrus notes. Gardenia and tuberose
are more polarizing than light florals such
as lily of the valley, lilac, or fresh rose. Ani-
malic notes are also very polarizing. The
heavier you go, the more the essential oil is
going to have a texture, and the more diffi-
cult its going to be to wear. Perfumer
Calice Becker, a noted nose at fragrance
house Givaudan who created the afore-
mentioned By Kilian perfumes, as well as
such celebrated blockbusters as Tommy
Girl, Dior JAdore, and Marc Jacobs Lola,
says, For the broader market, a perfume
will often feature fresh, fruity notesor
vanilla, which is an international favorite.
Its components will be constructed in a cer-
tain way, like in the movie industry, where
you must have a little bit of romance, a little
bit of sex, and a little bit of action, with each
part lasting the right amount of time to
please the most people. With mass per-
fumes, its the same: We go for the stars that
we know everyone likes.
Historically, says Vera Strubi, the for-
mer president of Thierry Mugler Parfums
who was instrumental in the 1992 launch
of Angel, the perfumes that have managed
to be both wildly successful and deeply di-
visive have been those with an intentional
imbalancean overdose of something.
If you have something very well balanced,
it might be beautiful or nice, but youll also
forget about it, she says. Thats precisely
why many of the last centurys most iconic
fragrances were reviled as often as they
were adored when they first appeared on
the market: Think of Shalimars woozily
dense vanilla, Angels walloping dose of
patchouli, Opiums spice den of cloves and
cinnamon. Even the seemingly universally
liked CK One hit the market as a bit of a
shocker in the 90s, because Americans
hadnt yet smelled such a strong hit of citrus
in anything other than cleaning products.
Mr. Mugler said, I would like to create a
classic, remembers Strubi. So I looked
into the fragrance business and discovered
that the perfumes that have stood the test of
time have one thing in common: They
have a lot of character. Thats when I real-
ized that if you want a fragrance to be
memorable, it cant please everybody.
Angel famously took years to gain momen-
tum, but its now one of the most popular
fragrances in the world. As the first juice to
employ delectable edible notesin this
case the syrupy sweet caramel and choco-
late that temper the earthy, voluptuous pa-
tchouliit not only sparked countless
copycats, it established a new perfume
genre, the oriental gourmand.
Similarly, when Shalimar was launched
at the International Exposition of Modern
Industrial and Decorative Arts in 1925, it
caused a sensationnot least because it
was worn by Madame Raymond Guerlain,
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who had a devastating effect on men,
says Sylvaine Delacourte, director of fra-
grance evaluation and development at
Guerlain. It was considered so provocative
that Good girls dont smoke, dance the
tango, or wear Shalimar became a popu-
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Over the past decade, the more shock-
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ms. People tend to go through our col-
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But while bigger companies have be-
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thingscelebrity scents, for example, are
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siblethat doesnt mean intriguing scents
are the exclusive domain of niche brands.
For example, Tom Ford (many of whose
scents are envelope-pushers), Chanel,
Cartier, and D&G have all released fra-
grance anthologies in which easier-to-
wear fragrances sit alongside more
challenging creations. (And, on the flip
side, not all smaller brands hew strictly to
the offbeat: ber-niche Serge Lutens re-
cent LEaua laundry-fresh, sudsy-smell-
ing concoctionwas a targeted strike at
the straightforward, widely appealing
concept of clean.) Sometimes, too, a note is
initially polarizing because its newa re-
cent example being oud , which is derived
from a resin of rotten wood and suggestive
of the earthy, warm olfactory sensation
youd get by pressing your nose to the for-
est floor. While it has been a favorite in the
Middle East for centuries, oud has only re-
cently crept into Western perfumery, now
turning up in everything from Tom Fords
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Jo Malone Oud & Bergamot.
It takes moxie to anoint yourself with
something that you know your neighbor
might find repellent, but at the same time,
we all dream of finding a signature scent
that perfectly distills our personalityand
that, no doubt, is the allure of polarizing
scents, whether they be niche or mass. As
Serge Lutens so nicely puts it: I am not in
favor of silent majority perfumery, and I am
not in favor of loud minority perfumery. I
am in favor of a perfumery of individuality
where each self is expressed.
Ultimately, it behooves all of us to seek
out and surround ourselves with a scent we
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of woodsmoke and gin or a field of glorious
white freesia. When exposed to smells that
they love, people become happier and
more positive toward other people. They
listen better and are more agreeable, says
Alan Hirsch, MD, founder and neurologi-
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and Research Foundation in Chicago.
Conversely, being exposed to a smell you
hate can induce aggression, impair learn-
ing, and cause you to be more critical of oth-
ers. And of course theres no need to feel
limited to one eau: a person can have more
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like the difference between a cashmere
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ment piece but that doesnt mean you
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Its a question of connection, says Dela-
courte. When youre in perfect harmony
with a perfume, its like meeting the right
man: Its obvious that youve found some-
thing that suits you very well.
It takes moxie to anoint
yourself with something
your neighbor might
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I cried out, stark naked
before my bathroom
mirror. It was dawn on
a Sunday morning last
May, and Id been up
all night writing. Id
planned on hitting the
shower but was instead
hit by the horrifying
sight of my suddenly lopsided-looking
torso specifically, my breasts, which now
appeared to be scarily asymmetrical. With-
out any warning, trauma, or sensation, one
of my implants had simply gone whoosh, its
saline solution draining into my body. My
right breast had dwindled down to a third
of what it had been only the day before, to
about an A cup, while the left one remained
rounded and full, still a perfect B. The
implants outer shellthin silicone rubber
very similar to that of orthopedic joint
replacements and pacemaker covers
must have perforated. But how? By poking
a hole in itself? By a voodoo pinpricking?
At least no mystery surrounded the salines
After a far-too-eventful decade spent seeking a
modus vivendi with her breast implants, Elizabeth
Hayt faced yet another deflating experienceone
that made her think twice about keeping them
exit: The sterile salt water, no different from
that found in a medical IV, would flush out
through my kidneys. Such indignitythe
last of my right boob going down the loo!
Well, not quite. Lying behind my newly
meager and mushy-soft bosom, I detected a
spooky, folded, flattened thing, like squashed
origami. Its corners and edges felt stiff under
my fingers, prompting the stomach-turning
realization that I was touching the emptied
plastic casing of my implant. To restore my
fallen dcolletage would require surgical
intervention. And to top it off, this was all
disturbingly familiara bizarre repeat of
an episode seven years earlier.
In retrospect, its clear that for the past
decade my breasts have been tricked out
with ticking time bombs. My implants have
twice blown well before their projected
10-year life span and for no obvious
reasonno destruc tive impact from car air
bags, exces sive groping by a lovers vise-grip
hands, nor a mammograms wince- inducing
compression. The fact is, the majority of
bust enhancements eventually go bust and
require addi tional surgery. But Ive already
had three sets of implants, plus one pro-
cedure to reduce their size by removing a
portion of saline solution, for a total of four
rounds under the knifeplus needles, seda-
tion, sutures, recovery time, the works!
But dont take my word for it: Buyer
beware comes straight from the manu-
facturers mouth. The two FDA-approved
saline-implant makers, Mentor and Aller gan
(the latter using the brand name Natrelle),
both have brochures on their websites
titled Saline-Filled Breast Implant Surgery:
Making an Informed Decision. In addition
to instruct ing that implants are not lifetime
devices, both documents provide a practi-
cally identical caveat: You should [know]
there is a high chance that you will need to
have additional surgery at some point to
replace or remove the implant.
And just as your insurance doesnt cover
elective surgery such as augmentation (the
average surgeons fee alone is more than
$3,500, not including addi tional charges for
the implants, anesthesia, and O.R. time),
you cant count on reimbursement for any
medical treatment due to complications
arising from the original procedure, either.
Both implant makers, therefore, provide
limited lifetime warranties. The standard
policy, to which all patients are automati-
cally entitled, includes free replacement
parts and partial labor costsup to $1,200
for operating room, anesthesia, and surgi-
cal charges. For an extra $100, you can
ensure a rebate of $2,400the bigger
booby prize, as it were.
But warranties, schmarranties! Breast
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augmentation wouldnt rank as American
womens number-one choice for cosmetic
surgerytallying nearly 312,000 procedures
in 2009, according to the American Society
for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS)if
every patient let herself get pre-freaked-out
that her implant could one day spring a leak.
I certainly didnteven after the fact.
In January 2000, I decided that my natu-
rally boyish frame could use a synthetic
boost. Four years earlier, my marriage had
ended amicably, and I was still single and
now north of 35. In those pre-cougar times,
I looked upon getting a rack as a means of
sweetening my meat, if you will. I hoped
to whet a wider range of male appe tites,
upping my chances of attracting the right
matetop quality, relationship-ready, and
stamped with a Manhattan zip code.
Was I expecting too much from a couple
of cans? Not from the perspective of a flat-
chested seventh-grade schoolgirl named
Liz, the frequent ruler of my psyche,
whose best friend, Baree, had devel oped
D cupsmagnetic orbs that attracted
droves of hormonally hopped-up boys.
Like a goddess, Baree did not deign to
speak, her lovely brown eyes silently
lavishing mean teen-girl contempt upon
the countless bazoom- besotted creatures.
I was awestruck and envious. Lacking my
best friends monumental physical assets, I
relied on my smart mouth for attention. But
the boys just rolled their eyes. Such was my
introduction to feminine sexuality.
A quarter of a century later, the memory
of Barees bountiful cleavage coupled with
the paucity of my own lingered, leaving me
with a sense of inadequacy about my body.
In spite of my discovery that a sizable male
population was rapturously devoted to
daintily bosomed females, I perceived the
stacked as possessing a primeval power, an
elusive feminine mystique.
And so, after many years of yearning,
I consulted with David Hidalgo, MD, the
renowned New York City plastic surgeon.
He gave me the backstory of the FDAs
1992 temporary restraining order against
silicone-gel breast implants, their possible
link with connective-tissue disease, and thus
why their saline doppel gngers were the
dummies du jour. In an examining room
at his Park Avenue office, he fired off his
saline-implant bullet points: (1) Dont expect
a onetime procedure; (2) the devices wear
out, typically at 10 years; (3) five percent, or
one out of 20, deflate prematurely within
three or four years; and (4) at least five
percent of women develop capsular con-
tracture, or scarring around the implant,
potentially distorting the breast, causing
pain, and requiring reoperation.
Barring disaster, what youre say-
ing is that 10 years from now Ill have to
do the whole shebang againreplace the
implants? I asked.
No, you dont have to replace them if
theyre still in good shape, he clarified.
Only if one deflates or theres some com-
plication do you have to take them out and
put new ones in, and usually you do replace
both. But 70 percent of implants are intact
at 10 years, and after that you might make
it to 20, even 25 years. He swung apart
his arms as if to say, Voil! before asking
whether Id given any thought to size.
Not big, but not so small that the sur-
gery would be a waste, I replied, pulling
from my bag a postcard of Titians Venus
of Urbino and two fashion-magazine tear
sheets: a bare-breasted Christy Turlington
and a Turlington look-alike in a tight pink
dress. I live in Manhattan. Its a chic place;
fashion matters here, and to me it really
matters. Euro pean designers cut small, and
I like very fitted, figure- revealing clothes.
The trick is to reveal less, not to bare excess
cleavage, though clearly I want more to
reveal less of. But jugs spilling out uncon-
trollably, screaming for attentionthats
Miami, livin la vida en el string bikini .
What about cup size? Hidalgo asked,
calmly steering me toward a more fixed
means of measurement than urban sartorial
differences. Perhaps a C cup?
Oh my God! I said. Thats enormous!
I wore a C when I was nine months preg-
nant! Bolting upright, I flashed open my
gown: Look, here I am, 5'3", 103 pounds.
My bra size is a solid 32A. Hidalgo cleared
his throat, averting his eyes and motioning
for me to cover up and close my gown.
Going up one size, to a B, wont make
much of a difference, he said. In my
exper ience, women more often than not
wish theyd gone bigger after theyve had
the surgery. Were the upper third of my
face not Botoxed, I would have been able to
arch an eyebrow, conveying my skepticism
for his bada-bing theory of boob greed.
This isnt an exact science. A lot has
to do with judgment, Hidalgo explained.
During surgery, I ultimately determine
implant size based on your build and
breast anatomy. And the implant doesnt
even come pre-inflated. It gets filled during
surgery. He retrieved a Mentor sample,
handing me the wobbly, round, softball-size
saline-brimming bag. It has a valve, he
pointed out, showing me the teensy outer
plastic stem.
After my hands-on lesson, I received a
brief education in the surgical nitty- gritties
of breast augmentation. Of the three types
of incisionperiareolar, around the nipple;
inframammary, under the breast fold; and
axillary, under the armI would be the
lucky recipient of the latter, the ne plus
ultra, as the scars are virtually imperc eptible
half-inch marks hidden within each armpit.
In addition, between the two implant place-
ment sitesthe subglandular, beneath the
breast tissue but above the pectoral muscle,
or the subpectoral, behind the muscle
itselfI qualified for option number two,
which would guarantee optimal conceal-
ment, minimizing the telltale fraudulence
of a too-round, too-firm appearance and
thus making for the most natural- looking
enhancement.
Ultimately, I want to achieve balance
and symmetry and proportion, all rela-
tive to the individual patients anatomy,
Hidalgo concluded. My goal is to please
the eye. His final verdict for me: A small
C or a full B.
On January 18, 2000, with my cup size
up for grabs, I lay upon Hidalgos operating
table, located in his fully accred ited in- office
operating room, where an anesthesiologist
mainlined my IV and the snooze potion
started to drip. Smiling up at my surgeon,
I slurred my last words: Rememberrrrr
smalllll.
But when I awoke several hours later in
the blush-pink recovery area, there seemed
Ive had three sets of
implants, one
procedure to reduce
their size: a total of four
rounds under the knife.
to be two one-ton torpedoes ready to launch
from my chest. What size? I demanded,
terrified, the instant Hidalgo appeared.
Two hundred cc for both left and right,
he said. Although it takes about 200 cc to
increase your bra size by one cup (and
440 cc equals approximately one pound),
my 200 cc must have consisted of Wonder
Molecules, as my new bra measurements
doubled from a 32A to a 34Ca full C.
My wardrobe mounted a full-scale
rebel lion, the jackets and blouses refusing
to button or their closures bursting off, the
flying shrapnel turning my walk-in closet
into a war zone. My Gaultier suits, their
military tailoring the ultimate in sexy sleek-
ness for the androgynous physique, now
practically refused to salute my new reign
of curves. The Alaa unit, presumably loyal
to an ultrafeminine cause, rejected mine
as too radical, demonstrating, without any
wiggle room to spare, that knitwear, by and
large, is better served by a less command-
ing figure. The mutiny gave me no alterna-
tive but to surrender the whole lot to eBay.
Sexual encounters left me cringing no,
they began with me cringing. One night at a
party at the Frick Museum, I flirted madly
with a confirmed bachelor, an upper-crust
guy whom Id known back in high school
when he had been but a scrawny prep, a
hopeless virgin. Now hed become a dash-
ing Lothario, his irresistibly devilish grin
instantly firing up my libido. Lets cool
off outside, I suggested, holding his hand
while we walked to Fifth Avenue, where,
under the dark cloak of a moonless night,
the steam rose off our bodies as we made
out feverishlyuntil his imminent pawing
of my duplicitous duo drove me to blurt out
a preemptive warning: Theyre fake.
Uh, duh! he observed. No woman
your age has tits like these.
I was mortified. Soon, my ramrod-
straight, ballet-trained carriage started cav-
ing forward, hunching over due to an incip-
ient case of excessive body-conciousness. I
had knockers! As a little kid, I used to shove
water balloons up my Danskin tops, minc-
ing before my bedroom mirror, pretending
to be my top-heavy mother. Ironically, my
implants, these arch appendages of hubba-
hubba femininity, came to seem like a dis-
semblance of womanly sexiness, my body
feeling as if it had backslid to my childhood
chest games and I had reverted to the girl
playing all-grown-up.
I stuck it out for nearly two years, until
finally, on October 16, 2001, I went back
to Hidalgo to get an oxymoronic breast-
augmentation reduction. Only 13 percent
of augmentation patients seek re operation
within three years, and though the most
common reason is a size change, I belonged
to the sliverless than half of one percent
who opt to scale down. (Which also made
Hidalgos boob-greed theory not so bada-
bing after all.)
As my implants were in perfectly good
shape, Hidalgo chose a more prudent and
expedient procedure than simply replacing
them: This time making periareolar incis-
ions around my nipples, he was able to
attach a syringe to the teensy two-way valve
protruding from the outer shell of each
implant in order to withdraw a portion
30 ccof their saline content.
On the plus side, the one-inch scars
along the bottom curve of my nipples faded
nicely, without any sacrifice to my sensitiv-
ity, and my bra size ebbed to a full Ban
improvement. But my breasts remained
uncomfortably taut, still feeling and appear-
ing pumped up. My patient satisfaction
level overall: just good enough.
But fate wouldnt have it. On April 22,
2003, as I awakened in bed, my right hand
fell onto my left breast. The landing felt
wrong, the slackened surface creepy. My
fingers ran back and forth, searching for
something missing: my mound manqu! I
bolted from bed, grabbed my phone, ripped
off my top, and gaped in the bathroom mir-
ror. Dialing Hidalgos office, a number I
knew by heart, I gulped, Emergency, yes!
My left breast is g-gone! Within 72 hours, he
swapped out both implants, the dud and the
not-dead, for a fresh, more diminutive duo.
In the recovery room, an O.R. nurse dressed
in blue scrubs greeted me, her gloved hand
cupping a milky white plastic pancake:
my sorry left implant. Holding it aloft, she
squeezed; an arc of saline spurted out.
Punctures tinier than a pencil point,
she declared, turning on her rubber heel.
I never got to ask Hidalgo about the
puncture because he, anticipating my usual
size-centric line of assault and intent on
beating me to the punch, announced his
arrival by calling out the count: 175 cc!
Size and fill: both 175!
And third times the charm! My newbie
boobs were just right. Despite the funny
math, my new 175 cc implantsas com-
pared to my 170-cc-by- depletion setwere
truly a sigh smaller, the sweetest sigh!
My 34Bs were so perfect that I couldnt
conceive of my faux-credible breasts as
other than rightfully my own, my figure
reconfigured into the shape that now
seemed always meant for me. Besides, I had
racked up enough surgical redos between
my reduction and my premature deflation
that I figured my cleavage should finally
be in the clear, its shelf life extending well
beyond the typical 10 years. Id go to my
grave with my ancient falsies pertly afloat in
their vintage 175 cc.
So it was truly the bitterest woe when
my right implant broke open that doomful
Sunday dawn last May.
Am I a statistical anomaly? I asked
Hidalgo, referring to my two deflations and
a size change necessitating, after factoring
in my imminent surgical fix, a total of four
procedures over the course of one decade.
Youre skewed toward having more
issues than most, Hidalgo answered.
Sometimes its just the luck of the draw.
But the luckless demanded a reason,
so Hidalgo enlightened me about the
breast implants insidious foe: fold flaw. A
crease sneaks up the implants outer shell,
its crimped edges rubbing together as a
womans body moves, eventually wearing
a hole in the envelope. Accordingly, an
underfilled implant and possibly even one
filled to normal capacity are most vulner-
able to fold flaw and deflation. The best
defense may be an overfilled sac.
Pausing to peruse my tattered inch-thick
medical folder, Hidalgo then conjectured
a few causal connections. Theres no way
to know for sure, but perhaps my deflation
in 2003 stemmed from my first reoperation
back in 2001, when he removed the 30 cc
of saline. And my currently collapsed right
implant might have been averted seven
years ago had he added a touch more saline
to my (impeccable!) 175 cc. As for my
currently cockeyed poitrine, he proposed
changing both implants (as my not-yet-
kaput lefty had done enough time), though
hed stick to my present sizebut how
bout topping off the new set with an extra
20 cc of saline, just to play it safe?
No way. I loved my breasts the way
they were. I want them exactly the same,
saline implants, just like before.
Then silicone implants might be a better
option, he countered. Theyve been FDA-
cleared since 2006 and are more popular
today than saline. Theyre now filled with
Jell-Olike silicone called cohesive gel.
This material is expected to remain inside
the shell if it ruptures and not migrate out of
the implant site.
Never! I snapped, still leery of the stuff.
All righty, thensaline, just as before,
Hidalgo noted, scribbling on my chart
before bolting out the door.
Despite my urgent predicament, the
soonest he could schedule my surgery was
at the end of June, a full four weeks away.
I would have to sweat out the wait with my
no-longer-identical twins, my tipsy two-
someone tanked up, the other passed out.
Their disreputable state demanded immedi-
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ate concealment, which left me in complete
dishabille. I had a closet full of clothes,
but suddenly nothing to wearnothing
sufficiently figure-forgiving, that is.
Intermix was only three blocks from my
apartment. However, between the warm
weather and my makeshift burka of layered
garments, I arrived with perspiration pour-
ing from my every pore.
Can I help you? asked a pretty young
saleswoman.
I need casual, for everyday, but I cant
show off my chest, you see, theres a prob-
lem, one of my boobs, is um.
A mastectomy? she whispered. Yikes,
did she really say the M-word? Cause the
other day, I helped a woman whod just had
one, so I understand.
To set her straight, I went into morbid
detail about my deflation, which moved
her to hunt down a cute Stella McCartney
tunic and, for extra coverage, a drapey
Helmut Lang cardigan. I bought them
both, saying goodbye with a smile, and yet
I was profoundly shaken and sobered. I
now recognized my ordeal for what it was:
a draga transient inconvenience, not a
dire diagnosis (thank you, God, over and
over and over). The fix would come soon
enough, but meanwhile there was no taking
my good health for granted. Were my prior-
ities shifting? To me, physical beauty and
well-being are inextricably entwined, yet
now their antagonism was all too clear. At
what point do vanity and health conflict?
The monthlong surgery delay also gave
me sufficient time to reappraise my tiny
breast. Without realizing it, Id started to
clasp one hand over the tender mound of
shrunken tissue, finding it cozy to the touch.
Putting on a bra, I would take a minute to
appraise my deflated breast, its shy slope
pitifully sheepish-looking within the cups
sturdy support structure. However, it wasnt
long before I had bonded with my little
bundle. She was darling, reallyrounder
and fuller than what Nature had origi-
nally furnished after years of being puffed
out by an implant, but without any sag or
droop. Best of all, in ballet class my boob-
lette bounced right along with me, while
my other one tugged, pulled, and dragged.
Never in sync, it lagged behind for a split
second, like a Looney Tunes character who
runs off a cliff and hangs in midair before
looking down: Oopstoo late!
Except it wasnt too late for me. Instead
of a redo, I could get an undohave my
implants totally taken out. Did I really need
them anymore? In the 10 years since my
original surgery, my lifestyle had taken
a 180- degree turnfor the better. My
husband, my young love during my coed
coming-of-age, was now the coming-into-
middle-age love of my life. Never divorced,
we eventually reconciled and since Septem-
ber 2008 had been living together in a new
place, our romance having endured more
than a few saline-implant life spans. Either
way, augmented or unaugmented, I could
count on him, ever steady, ever strong, and
always the one to keep me laughing.
My mind ranged back to the decade just
past. Was it a delusion that hooters held
hypnotic powers? That implants, however
sublimely crafted, could bewitch an eligible
bachelor into a committed relationship?
The truth was, having bigger breasts failed
to alter my sense of femininityand noth-
ing torrid, no stirring of passions or slaying
of hearts, ever came of my ta-tas.
My imitations did convince me that
femininity remains mysterious, but not
because the genuine goodsgobs of nubile
flesh, fleetingly gravity-defying and there-
fore completely captivatingare magically
charged. Rather, it is the mercurialness of
being a woman, which for me has proven to
be ever-shifting with age and circumstance.
The extra curves could be accoutrements or
encumbrances, while internally, I struggled
for a delicate balance, though it felt more
like a raging battle, between vulnerability
and strength, needing and nurturing, self-
love and all the other loves. In the end,
boobs mattered beans.
That said, once my figure was refitted
with the right-size implants, they were noth-
ing less than transforming, rendering my
anatomy, from head to toe, from boob to
butt, immaculately proportioned (if I do
say so myself). This harmony granted a
quiet pardon to my plastic parts . In fact,
my breasts failed to receive male flattery for
their own sake, as separate and secondary
sex signi fiers; instead, the reception from
men was most often limited to two tremen-
dously welcome words: Great body. Talk
about wish fulfillment.
My joy beyond measure is dressing. The
experience of slipping on any Prada silhou-
ette hugger, or a Dolce dcollet-gusher, or
something nipped and tucked by Dior, or
Vuitton or, most of all, Chanel: Forgive my
Rachel Zoe rip-off, but really, I die !
As the upcoming surgery stared me
down, I grew more conflicted daily between
my erstwhile ersatz B cups and the notion
of a natural, worry-free, why-bother-with-a-
bra insouciance. With 48 hours to go until
O.R. time, I had a last-minute mammo-
gram. After the X-rays and the ultrasound,
I met with my radiologist, who was ready to
send me off, having already determined my
breast tissue to be fine. But my mouth had
a mind of its own, and despite my expecta-
tion of her veto, I dumped out my dilemma.
Get the implants replaced, she advised,
without hesitation. I think youll be sorry if
you dont. You already have a body image
based on your breasts with implants. Youll
probably miss them.
Are your boobs real? I asked, fishing
for the only seemingly plausible explana-
tion for her response.
Yeah, of course! And yours are all clear.
Good luck with your surgery.
And that was that. On June 24, Hidalgo
performed the big overhaul. And man, did
I ever regret it! If only for the next 10 days,
it was a bitch of a recovery. My right breast,
the deflated one, was especially painful
and swollen. Cruel though it was, I was
also forced to reflect on the potential real-
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45-day deadline for enrolling in Mentors
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convalescence faded in a narcotic mist of
memory, my breasts emerged like deuces
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racing with the top down, the wind rush-
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boasting ALL MINE. Holy smokin rubber,
what a ride! I sped along to the beeping
of car hornshonking and tooting for a
tootsie, no matter the mileage under her
belt, full of moxie and shamelessly spank-
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beauts, fresh from the package but still as
fine as ever, this happy pair of hello-fellas,
always raring for an encore. So, one more
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dont want to sell anything bought or
processed, or buy anything sold or
processed, or process anything sold,
bought, or processed. You know,
as a career. So declared Lloyd
Dobler, John Cusacks indelible high
school refusenik in 1989s Say Any-
thing, and while too shy to punctuate
the sentiment with a fingerless-
gloved fist pump myself, I was right
there with him. As a soon-to-be college
grad pondering my own career path, I fig-
ured no one could accuse me of pushing a
product (a three-dimensional one, anyway)
if I became a writeras long as I concen-
trated on news and ideas that I thought
could be genuinely helpful to people, I
could sleep nights. Andbonus, for a
homebody with many divergent interests
and a fear of being seen as a horn-blower
I could avoid the madness of the market-
place and office politics alike by tucking
When every Facebook update is a business
opportunity, one shy girl learns how to sell herself
without selling her soul. By Louisa Kamps
TWEET DREAMS
myself well inside my work.
But now my hope of never having to get
in anybodys face and hustle seems a dying
dream. Unemployment and underemploy-
ment are hovering at 10 and 19 percent,
respectively; while I was once in a small
minority, today more than 30 percent of
workers are freelancers, competing for ever-
shorter short-term gigs. And the manage-
ment gurus keep telling us we must build
our personal brandspinpoint our core
competencies, work up high-concept self-
promotional pitches detailing our accom-
plishments, and leverage our brands profit
potential by talking ourselves up any chance
we get and (whether were employed,
wanting to be employed, or wanting to be
better employed) cheerfully spread the
good news about ourselves through aggres-
sive social media networking.
Broadcasting my brand (whatever it
might be) to build a following is a pesky de-
tail I always left to clever cover-line writers
and dear readers recommending my arti-
cles to friends. Ive signed on to blog for
ELLE.com and another website (let the self-
promo commence!) on a mix of subjects, in-
cluding books, design, parenting, and
politics. And I know that my survival on-
line will depend on how much traffic I can
drive to my posts. But being a ham-fisted
Facebooker and a barely there Twitterer,
whose inaugural tweet seems to have dis-
couraged even my real friends from follow-
ing me, I feel uneasy onlineunsure of my
voice, unclear on what I can add to the col-
lective conversation in 140 characters, and
dreading the moment I have to come right
out and ask already info-soused friends to
turn their attentions to me. So Im stuck at
square one, staring in the mirror, hollow-
eyed, wondering, Who am I? What is my
brand? And how can I toot my own horn
pimp my damn brandwithout feeling like
grandstander?
First up , looking for some brass-tacks
technical help crafting the new Lou cam-
paign, I call Dan Schawbel, the 27-year-old
wunderkind author of Me 2.0, a guide to
personal branding that, he says, isnt just a
top-selling business book in Japan but a
best-seller among all books there. I discov-
ered Schawbel by googling personal
branding and finding his website at the top
of the list a search-engine hack that he or-
chestrated by billing himself the personal
branding spokesperson for Generation Y,
and signing off every post on someone
elses blog (a great way to let already famous
people know youre an admiring fan, he
says) with a link back to his own site. In this
way, his namesnuggled against the popu-
lar search phrase personal branding
got steadily bandied about, and he landed
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on social media marketing.
Schawbel had googled me, too, and
seems almost mystified by what he had
found or, more precisely, had failed to
find. He saw links to stories Id written, but
no website of my own archiving all of my
work. His remedy: Reserve my domain
name today for a future site, which can
serve as a rsum and become the vital
portal for expanding my own brand.
Then, get on LinkedIn (something Ive
long resisted, thinking my CV, like fancy
underwear, should be shared only with
select company) and do somethingfast
about my Twitter account. Theres, like,
nothing here. No picture, no bio, he says ,
adding beseechingly, You have to think of
yourself as a small business.
Finally, Schawbel gives me the advice he
gives everybody: Find a single subject and
make it my stock-in-trade on the Internet
by posting on it regularly. That wayby
giving value to readers, providing free
content roughly 90 percent of the time
(Schawbel spends two hours each day read-
ing business articles, retweeting the best,
and offering other thoughts to his more
than 90,000 Twitter followers)no one
will begrudge my sending out notices
directly promoting my own work (in my
case, writing) the other 10. You could be-
come a writing teacher! That would give
you more career and freelance opportuni-
ties, but it would not come off like youre
looking for new opportunities. Its an indi-
rect way of saying, on some level, I know
what Im doing, and you should hire me.
Some scientists and singers I admire write
on their websites about their career paths
and other extracurricular interests, Ive
noticed, and its a generous sideline service
they provide. But while I could see myself
occasionally writing for the aspiring-writer
audience Schawbel envisions , that territory,
alas, just doesnt jazz me enough to claim
it as my full-timeor 90-percent-of-the-
timeturf on the Internet.
Pondering a new dilemmahow to find
a raison dtre for my social media net-
working that wont feel like a Potemkin
frontI am glad to hear from Peter Arnell.
The brand maven behind DKNYs iconic
black-and-white photo campaigns, Arnell
has just published a book called Shift: How
to Reinvent Your Business, Your Career, and
Your Personal Brand, in which he describes
dropping 256 pounds to become a fitter,
calmer version of himself (though presum-
ably still a bit batty about foodhe keeps
the weight off by eating 50 oranges a day).
Arnell is in Italy overseeing a sports-car re-
launch, and barking through a grainy
BlackBerry connection, he gets right to the
essence of manufacturing desire. You
have to believe that your mission statement
has value and project it with confidence.
We may have been told in society that
doing that is selfish. But in fact, if your
vision is positive and proactive, then these
are very good things to telegraph. When
he was on his diet, Arnell regularly
e-mailed updates on his progress, and,
overwhelmingly, his friends responded by
cheering him on. People have good hearts.
They dont always know how to help you.
But when you define it for them, they come
running to support you.
Everybody needs a metaphor for the
focus and discipline they want to own and
portray, Arnell says, and for him that sym-
bol has becomeyou got itan orange.
Im still struggling to find my own hook, but
I ask Arnell what he thinks of the idea of
putting a picture of a carved wooden rab-
bita family heirloom from my beloved
late uncle whose weirdly catholic tastes,
zooming from Zappa to Schubert, helped
shape my ownup on my Twitter page
to start. Could a rabbitwhich I also see
as a metaphor for my writing career, in
which Ive hopped from subject to subject,
sometimes nervously, sometimes joyfully,
but always juiced by some core animal
energybecome a kind of touchstone, a
talisman reminding me, at least, to aim
high and keep hoppin? Everybody likes
oranges, everyone likes a rabbit! Put up pic-
tures of famous rabbits! Be known as the
woman who knows rabbits! Arnell says.
Become the authority, and all of a sudden
people will think of you as the bunny, the
rabbitsomeone who jumps, someone
with power, someone who is cute!
Gulp. That thought, combined with
skepticism about the financial benefits of
jumping on the branding bandwagon,
sends me down a new rabbit hole. Col-
leagues and friends who have tried, more
and less stealthily, to use social media to
promote themselves and their wares tell
me theyve gotten some kickback from
their efforts (a couple of hundred books
sold, a gang of friends cheering them on
from the bar at a rock show, a few new cli-
ents) but nothing earth-shattering. Busi-
ness is just moving slow . But talking to
career coach Peggy Klaus, I finally see how
to talk about myself and what I have to offer
(call it positioning, if you must) in a way that
doesnt tie me up in knots. When I first
started reading about personal branding, I
thought it was bullshit, actuallyjust a way
for some consultants to make a quick buck,
says Klaus, the author of The Hard Truth
About Soft Skills: Workplace Lessons Smart
People Wish Theyd Learned Sooner. But
then I did a lot more reading and research
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BOTOX
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right away if you have any of these problems any time (hours to weeks) after injection of BOTOX
Cosmetic:
Problems swallowing, speaking, or breathing, due to weakening of associated muscles, can be severe and result in loss of life.
You are at the highest risk if these problems are pre-existing before injection. Swallowing problems may last for several months.
Spread of toxin effects. The effect of botulinum toxin may affect areas away from the injection site and cause serious symptoms
including: loss of strength and all-over muscle weakness, double vision, blurred vision and drooping eyelids, hoarseness or change or
loss of voice (dysphonia), trouble saying words clearly (dysarthria), loss of bladder control, trouble breathing, trouble swallowing.
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Read the Medication Guide that comes with BOTOX

or BOTOX
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each time it is given to you. There may be new
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place of talking with your doctor about your medical
condition or your treatment. You should share this
information with your family members and caregivers.
What is the most important information I should
know about BOTOX
and BOTOX
Cosmetic?
BOTOX
and BOTOX
Cosmetic may cause serious

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

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

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

dose to treat severe underarm sweating,
blepharospasm, or strabismus, or when
BOTOX
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recommended dose to treat frown lines.
What are BOTOX
and BOTOX
Cosmetic?
BOTOX
is a prescription medicine that is injected

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

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

children younger than 18 years of age.
It is not known whether BOTOX
and
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types of muscle spasms or for severe sweating
anywhere other than your armpits.
Who should not take BOTOX
or BOTOX
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Do not take BOTOX
or BOTOX
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are allergic to any of the ingredients in BOTOX
or
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Guide for a list of ingredients in BOTOX
and
BOTOX
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had an allergic reaction to any other botulinum toxin
product such as Myobloc
or Dysport
have a skin infection at the planned injection site

What should I tell my doctor before taking BOTOX

or BOTOX
Cosmetic?
Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions,
including if you have:
a disease that affects your muscles and nerves
(such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS or Lou
Gehrigs disease], myasthenia gravis or Lambert-
Eaton syndrome). See What is the most important
information I should know about BOTOX
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allergies to any botulinum toxin product
had any side effect from any botulinum toxin
product in the past
a breathing problem, such as asthma or emphysema
swallowing problems
bleeding problems
plans to have surgery
had surgery on your face
weakness of your forehead muscles, such as
trouble raising your eyebrows
drooping eyelids
any other change in the way your face normally looks
are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not
known if BOTOX
or BOTOX
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your unborn baby.
are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. It is not
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breast milk.
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you
take, including prescription and nonprescription
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BOTOX
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medicines may cause serious side effects. Do
not start any new medicines until you have told
your doctor that you have received BOTOX
or
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Especially tell your doctor if you:
have received any other botulinum toxin product in
the last four months
have received injections of botulinum toxin, such
as Myobloc
(rimabotulinumtoxinB) or Dysport

(abobotulinumtoxinA) in the past. Be sure your
doctor knows exactly which product you received.
have recently received an antibiotic by injection
take muscle relaxants
take an allergy or cold medicine
take a sleep medicine
Ask your doctor if you are not sure if your medicine
is one that is listed above.
Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of your
medicines with you to show your doctor and
pharmacist each time you get a new medicine.
How should I take BOTOX
or BOTOX
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BOTOX
or BOTOX
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your doctor will give you.
BOTOX
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BOTOX
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Your doctor may change your dose of BOTOX
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best dose for you.
What should I avoid while taking BOTOX
or
BOTOX
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BOTOX
and BOTOX
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of strength or general muscle weakness, or vision
problems within hours to weeks of taking BOTOX

or BOTOX
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a car, operate machinery, or do other dangerous
activities. See What is the most important
and
BOTOX
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What are the possible side effects of BOTOX
and
BOTOX
Cosmetic?
BOTOX
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side effects. See What is the most important
and
BOTOX
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Other side effects of BOTOX
and BOTOX
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include:
dry mouth
discomfort or pain at the injection site
tiredness
headache
neck pain
eye problems: double vision, blurred vision,
decreased eyesight, drooping eyelids, swelling of
your eyelids, and dry eyes.
allergic reactions. Symptoms of an allergic
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or BOTOX
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include: itching, rash, red itchy welts, wheezing,
asthma symptoms, or dizziness or feeling faint.
Tell your doctor or get medical help right away if
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Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that
bothers you or that does not go away.
These are not all the possible side effects of
BOTOX
and BOTOX
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information, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side
effects. You may report side effects to FDA at
1-800-FDA-1088.
General information about BOTOX
and
BOTOX
Cosmetic:
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes
other than those listed in a Medication Guide.
This Medication Guide summarizes the most
important information about BOTOX
and
BOTOX
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information, talk with your doctor. You can ask
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BOTOX
and BOTOX
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and hubcaps, as she calls themjust hot.
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eyes and the sag from under her chin. It
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catching myself in a window and looking
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body. Her eyes, which always dominated
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carnations, from antiwar protester to exer-
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she knows. And lately, its that we could be
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Fonda has a plan about how to reshape
our stale assumptions about getting older.
Her new series of low-impact workout
DVDs, Prime Time Fit & Strong and Prime
Time Walk-Out, set to hit shelves on Novem-
ber 30, is meant to help men and women
over 50 resist going gentlyor rather going
softinto that good night. The idea for the
DVDs first struck her while writing a new
book about the life span , a follow-up to her
best-selling 2005 autobiography, My Life So
Far (penned without ghostwriters, virtually
unheard of in celebrity publishing). I stud-
ied a lot about exercise and the aging body,
Fonda says, tearing into a piece of dried
apricot. And I realized that staying physi-
cally active is probably the most important
thing to do if you want to age successfully. It
doesnt have to be marathon running, but a
certain amount of physical activity that in-
cludes flexibility, stretching, muscle mass
toning. I decided, Well, I guess nows the
time to get back into the fitness biz!
Fondas return to exercise proselytizing,
in her telling, has a whiff of divine impera-
tive; she feels compelled by the blessing and
burden of her knowledge and life experi-
ence to coach the rest of us along. Of course,
as in the early 80s, when she got a genera-
tion of women doing leg lifts in the living
room and toned up the female body ideal for
the first time in modern history, we could
use some help. As Fonda sees it, were dying
from preventable diseases, spending our
final years immobile in nursing homes. Her
new workouts arent suggesting anything
revolutionaryjust plenty of walking, some
basic standing exercises, hand weights, and
eating right (for herself, this means some-
thing dark green every day and abstaining
from dessert). Do you know that every
year, one in three people over 65 fall, and
this can lead to potentially crippling, even
fatal fractures? she asks in one of the
DVDs, demonstrating a balance exercise in
mauve yoga pants and matching top, a thick
black belt cinching her teeny waist. She
remains the best advertisement for her own
program, agile and slender, doing free
weights alone in a well-appointed living
room, steadying herself on a Lucite chair.
Her blunt determination is still palpable,
but for the most part shes preaching rigor-
ous practicality, aiming these new workouts
squarely at her own demographic, whose
conditioning needs are not always met by
the current fare. Hence her reference in one
of the routines to toning the slackening
pubococcygeus (pew-ba-cocka-gee-us) muscle
with Kegels , which can apparently reduce
incontinence enormously, as well ascue
classic Fonda enhance sexual pleasure.
Fonda has always had a knack, intentional
or not, for intuiting and becoming exactly
what the moment demands. Shes navigated
the past 60 years like a twentieth-century
shape-shifter, absorbing our preoccupations
and neuroses and reflecting them back at us,
often before weve even noticed them, there-
by moving the needle faster. Consider her
entre into home fitness, Jane Fondas Work-
out, released in 1982. In it, Fonda was impos-
sibly glamorous and flexible and sexy,
wearing a striped leotard and purple tights
with leg warmers encasing her ankles, a look
that became the uniform for a generation of
physical-fitness strivers. Her loose, shiny
curls and blue eye shadow seemed to remain
intact no matter how much she sweated. She
was 45 , a two-time Oscar-winning actress
and former model, not to mention radioac-
tive antiwar activist, whod been raised in
Greenwich, Connecticut, and Hollywood
by her famous father, Henry Fonda, and for a
while her mother, socialite Frances Sey-
mour, who committed suicide when Fonda
was only 12. For the most part, Fonda was
the most unrelatable woman on the planet.
Yet millions of viewers embraced her and
trusted her and bought VCRs so they could
do her every afternoon. She wasnt (and
isnt) warm and fuzzy; she didnt coddle or
overexplain; folding herself in half in those
gymnastic videos, she sometimes seemed to
be showing off. At the beginning of Workout,
Fonda literally springs herself in the air sev-
eral times before starting the routine, burst-
ing with energy. Its immediately obvious
that your excuses will get you nowhere, but
its also hard not to get caught up in the torna-
do of sheer life force she projects.
Fonda admits that part of her success was
timing, since there were few options then for
women seeking real exercise. (Fonda herself
had been practicing ballet for 20 years; she
discovered aerobics in the mid-70s while
trying to lose weight for a film and was
instantly hooked.) The original VHS tape
became the best-selling workout video of all
time and helped kick-start the entire home
video market, something Fonda is very
proud of. Before them, there was nothing
worth investing in a VCR for, she says. The
Workout started the workout industry! But
for all her prodigious output and block-
buster success, she never set out to be the
decades comprehensive lifestyle guru. In
the 70s, she was just running a fitness studio
on the side, trying to be a dutiful wife and
raise money for her activist then husband
Tom Haydens political campaigns. When
she was approached about taking her mes-
sage to VHS, she was initially skeptical. I
thought, Theres no way; Im an actress!
she tells me. It wouldnt be fittin! She was
as astonished as anyone by the nerve her
videos struck and by the dozens of imita-
tions that soon flooded the market.
Perhaps Fonda shouldnt have been:
Shed already coproduced and starred in
I wish I was brave enough to
let it all hang out, but Im not. I
was tired of catching myself in a
window and looking exhausted
when I felt fine!
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vengeance Judy Bernly in Nine to Five (1980); as kooky Corie Bratter in Neil Simons Barefoot in the Park (1967)
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Nine to Five (1980), a comedy about secretar-
ies plotting to take over the workplace that
proved a prescient segue into an era in
which women everywhere were shrugging
off the antiestablishment and hippie causes
of the 60s and 70s to focus on type A self-
improvement, not to mention overthrowing
the male-dominated corporate ladder. She
projected a contagious and electric get-to-it-
ness that was specific to the 80s, and though
Fonda may seem like an unlikely symbol of
female empowerment, bouncing around in
her neon leotards, pushing us to firm our
thighs and tuck in our tummies, the build-
ing of her brand can, in a certain light, be
viewed as a feminist success story. Over the
next decade, Fonda would release 22 more
videos, write several follow-ups to her best-
selling Jane Fondas Workout Book (1981), and
even produce a cookbook. Here was a
woman who had long starved and purged to
please the men in her life, beginning with
her father and continuing through two hus-
bands (French director Roger Vadim and
then Hayden), finally wresting control of
her image and making a buck off it without
their help or input.
Of course, Fonda and her anxieties about
her body have always been an object lesson
for women. In the 60s, Fonda was the
consummate blond , her hair as high as
her voice. She showed off a tiny waist and
rounded rear in the charming Barefoot in the
Park (1967 ) opposite Robert Redford and
later took the entire concept of bombshell-
dom to its lusty, cartoonish end in Barbarella
(1968), which climaxedquite literally
with Fonda sweaty and writhing in a space-
age sex machine. Eventually, her roles
darkened with her hair, and she became
reed-thin in Klute (1971), playing a prostitute
but not a bombshellDaniels was perhaps
the most Fonda-like character of them all,
bought and consumed yet elusive.
Less than a decade later, Fonda changed
again, turning inward to conquer her
decades-long battle with bulimia, which
would invariably overcome me whenever
I was being inauthentic in a relationship,
pretending something that I didnt really
feel, she writes movingly in her autobiog-
raphy. While living in France and married
to Vadim, for example, Fonda would sub-
vert her feelings of hurt over his infidelity
with her disease: When he didnt come
home, I would usually eat all the food Id
prepared for us, go out and buy pastries and
French glace , devour all of it, throw it all
up, and collapse into bed exhausted and
angry. (She would abuse her body in other
ways, too, enduring threesomes with hook-
ers to avoid seeming bourgeois.)
But even after she conquered her food
issue and became a fitness magnate, Fonda
didnt stop there: She continued to release
exercise videos after her marriage to media
mogul Ted Turner in 1991 (she divorced
Hayden in 1990), eventually retiring from
her career as an aerobics queen and actor in
the mid-90s to overcome her fear of real
intimacy. Whether she meant it to or not,
Fondas focus on her marriage gelled with
larger cultural trends, representing a stark
break with the flashy selfishness and ram-
pant wealth accumulation of the 80s (never
mind that shed married a billionaire).
When she divorced Turner in 2001, it was
because shed become re-embodied at
the age of 62 and finally realized she didnt
need a man to complete her. It was an
extremely spiritual feeling, she tells me.
It was at this point, she says, that she
began living in that famous body, not up in
her head. I ask her how life changed for her
after this. You dont stress as much, she
says. I think you become more talented if
you happen to toil in the artistic vineyard.
Ironically, just as she rebrands herself as
a new icon of aging, Fondas also cultivating
another niche, becoming a badass cultural
hero to a younger generation raised on
benign, voiceless, and strangely inter-
changeable Hollywood stars. Shes part
Che Guevara , part Marlene Dietrich, a gor-
geous rebel and a symbol ripe for the redis-
covery (regardless whether you agree with
or even know what she was rebelling against
back in the day). Currently, shes even sell-
ing T-shirts and clutches on her website
imprinted with her 1971 mug shot , taken
when she was arrested at the Cleveland air-
port during her antiwar -activist days and
stripped of numerous suspect pill bottles
that turned out to contain vitamins. Im
throwing a fist, she tells me, of the mug
shot. You know, power to the people!
And then theres a story I heard about
Fonda from a former employee of her good
friend Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina
Monologues. Several years ago, Fonda was
reading in bed at her ranch in New Mexico,
when her dog let out a howl. Fondas tiny
grandson was sleeping in a crib in the cor-
ner, so she left the room to investigate.
When she returned, a brown bear was lum-
bering across the room toward the crib. I
became huge and roared, she says to me
with all the flourish of ordering a coffee at
Starbucks. She explains that she opened
her robe wide in order to project heft. And
that the poor beast actually stopped dead in
his tracks and peed on the rug before
retreating out the sliding glass door.
Which made me furious, Fonda says, an-
noyed. Its easy to take this as the ultimate
Fonda parable: She could always make her
body whatever she wanted it to be, after all.
Whether or not you buy Fondas philos-
ophy on navigating those golden years, one
things for certain: Her version of 72 is en-
viable. Instead of slowing her down, age
has sped her up. Fondas film career is
flourishing; in addition to Misunderstand-
ing, slated for release in 2011, she just com-
pleted a French film, Et Si On Vivait Tous
Ensemble, and shes set to reprise her role in
Moises Kaufmans 33 Variations next year
in L.A . Recently, she wrote on her blog
about falling in love at the age of 71 with
Richard Perry, the legendary music pro-
ducer. Her friend Carrie Fisher set them up
on a date in L.A. right after Fondas knee
replacement last year. I went to get a new
knee and ended up with a new knee and a
new lover! Fonda exclaims. She has sold
her condo in Atlanta, her adopted home-
town since her divorce from Turner in
2001, and is now shacked up with Perry
in L.A., living out of her suitcase, all her
possessions in storage. She says she is more
capable of intimacy than ever before. And
he is very capable, she adds, suggestively.
(Fonda makes it known on her blog that
shes still enjoying an active sex lifepost-
ing pictures of her former condo in Atlanta,
she notes a mirror under the canopy of her
bed.) She explains that she prefers to think
of this later part of lifewhat she calls the
Third Actas a physical, spiritual, and
social culmination rather than a long slide
and that relationships should be viewed
with a certain understanding only attained
by living as long as she has. Im standing
on my own two feet, she says. Im individ-
uated, is the psychological word for it.
Could I be fluffed up and made better in
many ways by my relationships? Sure. But
I am who I am. And it took me a long time
to get there.
Always stressing spiritual health and
consciousness alongside body condition-
ing, Fonda, who has spent the past decade
engaged in religious searching (shes a
Christian with a small c who also studies
Buddhism), is offering herself as sage to a
generation of aging boomers as they live this
gift of years their grandparents never had,
showing them how to achieve depth, mean-
ing, transcendence, and, ultimately, peace
with the thought of ones own end. Ive
spent a lot of time in Mexico, and in Mexi-
can culture they embrace death, Fonda ex-
plains. On All Saints Day they sit on their
ancestors graves and they drink and they
laugh. Thats how to do it. To know its com-
ing, to try to understand. Youre shortchang-
ing yourself in life if you dont countenance
your mortality. Toned, embodied, sexually
liberated, putting back a few cold ones in
the cemeterythe path Fondas blazing
isnt necessarily a practical choice, but then,
neither were leg warmers.
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Designer Nicole Miller is a megabrand with
legs. Her secret to success and eternal youth?
Throwing lots of parties. Youre invited to her
Day of the Dead dinner
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Guacamole and tortilla chips,
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chipotle shrimp, pork tamales
Main
Local corn and cherry-tomato
salad, snapper with tomatillo
sauce, chicken mole, green rice*
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Mexican chocolate tart with dulce
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Indoor/outdoor: Millers
Francis Fleetwood
house; a coaster;
Marcia Mishaan,
philanthropist, dressed
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Miller by the Donald
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that motivated the
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George Nelson sofa
with skull cushion
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Twitter. And, yes, between designing mul-
tiple collections, not to mention eyewear,
fragrances, and a bed and bath line, the
freckled 58-year-old, who somehow man-
ages to give off the carefree air of a teen-
ager, is in the midst of penning a book on
entertaining . Recalling one of Millers in-
famous DIY lunchesthis one with a sea-
food themephilanthropist Marcia
Mishaan said, Nicole literally went out
into the bay behind the house, rolled up her
pants, and dug the clams herself .
To accommodate his wifes chronic so-
cializing, Millers husband, the financier
Kim Taipale, added on a special souped-
up party porch to their Sag Harbor, New
York, beach house (see: outdoor sound
system , canopyesque weather guards, and
air-conditioning and heat in case of pesky
temperature fluctuations ). The couple,
heavily into midcentury modern design,
bought the neo-traditional shingled estate
14 years ago shortly after the birth of their
son, Palmer, and did their best to rid the re-
treat of all quaint ornamentation. But her
feasts are beyond baroque. They almost al-
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ts fall, but forget about Thanksgiving.
How about a Day of the Dead party, the
first and second day of November,
when, in Mexico, revelers parade from
door to door swilling tequila, then meet
at graveyards at midnight to celebrate
the departed. Its just the sort of over-
the-top theme party that fashion de-
signer Nicole Miller takes on as an
endorphinous challenge.
You may know Miller as the pixieish,
red-haired powerhouse who perfected the
body-conscious cocktail dress back in the
80s and novelty-print silk ties, then grew
her company into what it is todaya mul-
timillion-dollar lifestyle brand. Her hold
on form-flattering dresses remains, and
shes mastered the elegant staple sepa-
rate; all-ages customers, from Anjelica
Huston to Beyonc Knowles, flock to her
for stress-free eventwear. But if she hadnt
channeled prt--porter , she could easily
have wound up a Martha Stewart-y guru.
Miller masterminds up to 20 parties a
year and obsessively posts recipes (Nicoles
Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie ! Nicoles Baked
Clams With Chorizo!) on Facebook and
ing souvenirs of Millers global
hopscotching . Last year was Turkey (guests
left wearing their evil-eye napkin-holders as
bracelets ); another time it was Frida Kahlo.
The next day there were unibrows all
over the floor, giggles Miller.
This, her second-ever Mexican-themed
night, was in part dreamed up in homage to
beloved south-of-the-border escapes : Oa-
xaca, San Miguel de Allende, Acapulco,
and Mexico City. But then theres the Don-
ald Baechler skull painting. Heres Millers
obsessive-collector logic: After it arrived
from New Yorks Cheim & Read gallery, it
had to have a proper Hamptons debut. And
it is now hanging, sphinxlike , in the living
room among works by her artist coterie:
David Salle, Eric Fischl, and April Gornik.
Miller launched her fashion line during
Bright Lights, Big City New York, when con-
temporary art, fashion, and clubbing co-
alesced with finance to launch a generation
of superstars and megabrands such as Cal-
vin Klein and Donna Karan. (A pre Sex in
the City Candace Bushnell was Taipales
then girlfriend.) Miller showed herself to be
a shrewd rebel independent in an industry
dominated by corporate buyouts and in-
vestment deals. She and her business part-
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Good liquor: Casa
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Happy decorations:
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Mexican vacations:
Boca Chica in Acapulco
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Warmly stylish: Mexican
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still in the kitchen dicing heirloom tomatoes
last minute, with little concern for splotching
her white embroidered peasant blouse. Her
Parisian mother can be thanked for the
laissez-faire entertaining genes. From her
Lenox, Massachusetts, kitchen, the expat
Mme Miller effortlessly tossed together com-
plex but homey confections such as coq au
vin, ragot de mouton, homemade bread, and
wonderful desserts like oeufs la neige .
Intuiting the du jour passion for upmar-
ket takes on Mexican street food, the bar is
piled high with Day of the Dead yummies:
pork tamales, chocolaty chicken mole,
homemade tortilla chips, and the show-
piece: a giant margarita glass lined with
sliced limes and filed with spicy chipotle
shrimp on delicate skewers. (For big Hamp-
tons dinners, Miller generally plans the
menu with chef Robert Gurvich, with whom
she sealed a culinary relationship during a
marathon duck confit cooking lesson.)
Foodie (and Billy Joel ex) Katie Lee shows
up looking glam in high high heels and a surf
instructor in tow. Ive been thinking a lot
about gourmet Mexican food lately, she
says . Lee spent last January in Punta Mita,
Mexico, north of Puerto Vallarta, writing a
novel and sampling copious amounts of fish
tacos that she calls the new $25 hamburger.
In typical Millerian style, when the
guests gather to break tortillas, Miller
spares us the long-winded accolades.
Glasses clink-clink for a toast, but all she
says is, Lets eat. As easy as a perfect cock-
tail dress.Julia Chaplin
ner of 28 years, Bud Konheim, still own
their self-built empire with 20 boutiques
and $650 million in annual sales.
Miller parlays her deft skill as a power-
creative into her role as a hostess. In one
post- waterskiing afternoon, Miller has
single- handedly transformed her parlors
with suitcase loads of collectibles crammed
into a closet upstairs. Embroidered skeleton
throw pillows appear atop the 1950s George
Nelson couch, ceramic circle of friends
candle holders from San Miguel de Allende
have been placed on the bar, and brilliantly
colored paper flowers from a scouting trip to
El Paso, Texas, brighten every bare corner.
Her social engineering is as precise as a
runway collection : (1) Put the place cards on
the table after all the guests have arrived.
That way if someone doesnt show or some-
one brings an uninvited friend, there are no
embarrassing moments. (2) Have a table
that can be expanded or made smaller to
avoid any holes or crowding. (3) Always
have a theme cocktail, but dont drink too
many yourself, says Miller , passing on the
freshly shaken margaritas and opting for a
lower-alcohol glass of white wine.
The dinner table, set for 35, now resem-
bles a scrumptious piata. Brightly colored
papel picado banners line the walls of the
party porch and mats woven in Oaxaca
and painted skull tiles mark each place.
( Palmer and the junior set are holed up in
the TV room.)
Its so boring to just hire a fancy caterer
and have them do everything, says Miller,
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hannel surfing one lazy
afternoon in the 90s, I was
stopped in my tracks at the
sight of Clint Eastwood
on the hot seat in John
McLaughlins One on One
interview show. McLaugh-
lin is best known as the
irascible, right-leaning host
of The McLaughlin Group,
a weekly Washington, DC, journalists free-
for-all. That day, thrilled to have such a
spectacular guest all to himself, McLaughlin
was pitching softballs. But as in the fable of
the scorpion and the frog, his true nature sud-
denly erupted, and, fixing Eastwood with a
suspicious glare, he barked, Some people say
your movies have a hidden feminist agenda.
Is that true? His eyes dancing with delight,
Eastwood could barely keep a straight face,
finally saying, The only agenda I have for
my movies is they should be good.
Well, sure, but funnily enough, McLaugh-
lin was on to something. Recalling the show
today, Eastwood says, Everybodys always
trying to put a spin on what a person is or
what they do. When I was growing up,
George Cukor was known as a womens
director, primarily because his movies had
great female leads. But Howard Hawks did
wonderful movies such as His Girl Friday,
and he was considered a mans director.
Eastwood has proved to be both . I think a
feminist element entered his work almost
40 years ago and made it better. Its not an
ideological thing, nor does it need to be.
A gut sense of fairness toward women and a
camaraderie built on empathy and respect
will do just fine.
Eastwood has become a woman- friendly
director because hes actually interested in
us. In his recent films, the sexes take turns
on center stage, from Million Dollar Baby
(Hilary Swank as a young woman hoping to
box her way out of poverty) to the Iwo Jima
war films, then Changeling (Angelina Jolie as
a 1920s mother who loses her child under
corrupt and horrific circumstances), then
Gran Torino (Eastwood as a crusty bigot able
to change) and Invictus (with his good buddy
Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela).
In his new film, Hereafter, the twain meet
again, with the lovely Belgian actress Cecile
de France as a journalist trapped underwater
by a lethal tsunami, then almost miracu-
lously returned to life, and Matt Damon as
a reluctant psychic who can communicate
with the dead but longs desperately to be
normal. Bryce Dallas Howard puts in a
luminous appearance too, and so do little
identical British twin brothers.
The supernatural theme in Hereafter is
subtle, although the movies inspired descrip-
tion of the afterlife is something to savor. But
the films real subject and the source of its
emotional power is that terrible thing we all
face: not our own death, but the deaths of
those we love. Eastwood, who just turned
80, treats this subject with uncommon grace.
Age hasnt made him maudlin, just deft.
Talking about working with him for the first
time, de France says, Every day he would
put his hand on my headhes very cool,
very tender. He really emanates love. Watch-
ing him work, I thought I really would like
to be in his skin. Hes happy, and hes found
serenity in himself.
Does that sound like Dirty Harry to you?
Over the years, Eastwood has evolved as
few actors have into one of the trueand
most versatileartists of American cinema:
acting, directing, producingeven compos-
ing the music for some of his films. But
before any of this happened, he became a
world-famous icon of industrial-strength
machismo by playing two characters. In the
mid-60s, he was the Man With No Name,
a roughneck serape-wearing cowboy in a
Clint Eastwood has for decades embodied red-
blooded, red-state American manhood. But under
that persona evolved a soulful, deeply humane
perspective on the sexes that has blossomed into a
late, great filmmaking adventure.
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trio of Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns, a
character he gave an allegorical tinge to in
1973 in High Plains Drifter, his third movie
as a director. A tale of vengeful salvation,
it contains a scene in which his character,
dubbed the Stranger, makes a point of
raping a womanan awful woman in the
awful town that hes ruthlessly setting to
rights, but rape is rape. By that time, the
70s backlash against the transformative 60s
had set in. The Man With No Name had an
urban counterpart in Dirty Harry Callahan,
a Magnum-flashing San Francisco cop who
shoots the bad guys and gets in trouble with
the citys Constitution-quoting liberals.
The Dirty Harry movies were glib, nasty,
and maliciously false; theyre not just silly
dick flicks but a relentless attack on the Bill
of Rights: Judges dont gloat at letting mur-
derers go free, and DAs dont love tying
cops hands. Once the mayor of Carmel,
California, Eastwood genuinely cares about
the health of the body politic, and whatever
he thought about those films at the timehe
was past 40 and they made him a huge
starhis fans reactions made him uneasy.
People are always trying to equate you
with the roles you play. When you start
going out and diversifying, they say, Wait a
minute, why is he doing this? In my earlier
years, I found that people would be disap-
pointed if I didnt pull out a .45 Magnum.
He sounds even more uneasy today about
the country at large. Were at a point now
where nobody can have a political discus-
sion without calling each other meatheads
and idiots, he says. In the old days you
discussed things. I guess we were more
liberal then. Now it seems that no one is
inter ested in that. Its very frightening.
Luckily, Eastwood had already begun to
diversify, and his first effort as a director,
1971s Play Misty for Me, immediately drew
complaints. The beautiful Jessica Walter
known today as the mean mom in Arrested
Developmentplays Evelyn, a fling of East-
woods late-night DJ who becomes his
lethal stalker. Via e-mail, Walter says, We
decided we shouldnt know anything about
her because it would be scarier that way. It
is. Evelyn is truly frightening, but shes
familiar, too. Who hasnt gone postal on a
man and felt mortified afterward? East-
woods camera never mocks Evelyn. Walter
shows us her painful fear and confusion;
her eyes widen anxiously as paranoia
sweeps over her like a veil, erasing any trace
of sanity and culminating in off-the-leash
rage. You cant help feeling relieved at her
death; its an end to her suffering as well.
Forty years ago, people were very con-
scious of feminism, Eastwood says. The
first picture I directed had Jessica Walters
wonderful performance in a wonderful role,
and I had feminists saying, Why are you so
oppressive to women? At the same time,
one of the executives at Universal asked me,
Why would Clint Eastwood want to make a
movie where a woman had the best role?
Eastwood s oeuvre soon became studded
with rich, prominent roles for women, and
this time, virtue was rewarded. Five years
ago, Million Dollar Baby brought Eastwood
Oscars for best director and best picture,
another to Hilary Swank for best actress,
and one for Morgan Freeman for best sup-
porting actor . The story portrays Maggie
Fitzgeralds dogged quest to become a
boxer. Eastwood, as the aging trainer
Frankie Dunn, unpleasantly points out, I
dont train girls. Eventually he does, of
course, and the decision profoundly alters
his life. Eastwood and Swank carry equal
weight in this movie, but her performance
goes so deep its impossible to imagine
anyone else in the role. Swank puts it all on
him, of course. Its his great belief in you
that lets you jump off the cliff, she says.
Yet you have to have a safety net, and Clint
gives that to you by making the set a very
safe place in which to work.
Perhaps the most surprising thing about
Eastwood is how romantic he can be, off-
screen as well as on. Known in his
jazz-playing youth as a ladies man not
unlike the DJ in Misty, hes now a pater-
familias in spades and revels in it. He has
seven children with five women, book-
ended by marriages. His first union, a
young actor and models heady impulse,
lasted for more than three decades; the
second began when TV journalist Dina
Ruiz interviewed him, and theyre still
going strong. His daughter with the actress
Frances Fisher lives with him and Dina and
their daughter during the school year
because Monterey beats L.A. as a place to
raise a kid. And he speaks with palpable
pleasure about his son Scott, now 24, whom
he introduced to music early on and who is
now dedicated to it in a way that, Eastwood
says wistfully, he and his Depression-era
dad couldnt be. If his approach to family is
more countercultural than nuclear, then
judging by the lack of gossip and bitter tell-
all books emanating from the arrangement,
everybody seems reasonably content. (In
the 80s, however, following her breakup
with Eastwood and an undisclosed settle-
ment with him and Warner Bros., Sondra
Locke did write a tell-all with the Leone-ian
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just star with Meryl Streep in The Bridges of
Madison County, he was her director, too, and
the result is one of the best love stories, mid-
dle age be damned, ever to grace a movie
screen. In adapting the purple-prose novel of
thwarted passion between a rural housewife
and a photojournalist, Eastwood gave
Streep a gift that wasnt just generous but
smarthe reversed the perspective. The
book told the story from the mans point of
view, he says, but its the womans dilemma
of having a family and facing big decisions.
Streep describes a scene in which the lovers
fight and she accuses him of standing apart
from life, just being an observer, and says
shes just a byway for him. And he breaks,
she says. He shocked me when it happened.
It was something Sean Penn would be very
proud ofyou can just march right up to the
podium with that performance. And he cut it
out. It wasnt about him. It was a matter of
never losing focus on the piece and its integ-
rity. As for the notion that a lot of directors
dont have a deep interest in women, just say-
ing that to Streep inspires a vigorous hoot.
That is the understatement of the century,
she says. And thats right, its just interest.
Clint at some point became interested.
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I
t was a pilgrimage, traveling to meet
artist and director Sam Taylor-
Wood in the South of France. She
was vacationing there with her fi-
anc, actor Aaron Johnsonwho
happens to be 20 to Taylor-Woods
43 and the star of her feature film di-
rectorial debut, Nowhere Boy their
six-week-old daughter, and her chil-
dren from her previous marriage.
I journeyed by station wagon, transat-
lantic red-eye, two taxis, and, finally, foot,
climbing from the tiny village of Beaulieu-
Sur-Mer to the splendor of the $1,130-
a-night hotel La Reserve de Beaulieu,
notched into a cliff over the sparkling Med-
iterranean, where Taylor-Wood had asked
me to meet her for breakfast.
Back in New York, my own family was in
chaos after a year that included Alzheim-
ers, addiction, attention deficit disorder,
manic depression, two deaths, and three
moves. At the end of my rope, I fled the rub-
ble of boxes and broken toys and, blinking a
little in the bright light, found myself on a
sun-drenched patio waiting with equal
parts hope and desperation for my audi-
ence. Because if youre thinking it might be
time to set your whole life on fire and start
over, forget Elizabeth Gilbert ingesting and
genuflecting; Taylor-Wood is the real
woman from whom to seek counsel.
We in the United States have not gotten
quite the eyeful of Taylor-Wood that the
English have, but an argument could be
made that she is the archetypal Gen-X
woman, leading the zeitgeist in everything
from do-me feminism and nihilism in her
twenties, to glamorous working mother-
hood and breast cancer survival in her
thirties, to now, in her forties, career rein-
vention and the neat trick of flipping the
powerful-man/much-younger-girlfriend
paradigm on its head. Its been a bumpy
ride, but amid all the glitz and illness and
childbearing and heartbreak, shes always
produced thoughtful, thought-provoking
work Nowhere Boy, her visually arresting
and moving portrait of John Lennons
youth in Liverpool, which opens in Amer-
ica this month, being only the most recent
example. Shes had a million excuses to
stop: cancer, kids, becoming so wealthy
she never has to work again (she and her
ex-husband, art dealer Jay Jopling, were
reportedly worth $154 million when they
divorced two years ago). But she has al-
ways moved forward. What kind of person
can do that, and with such aplomb? A
saint? A madwoman? A goddess?
Taylor-Wood walks onto the patio, lithe
and energetic (impressively so for the
mother of a newborn ), wearing striped jean
shorts, a large mens-style blue-striped
shirt, and gladiator sandals. Shes on time,
golden-haired, freshly scrubbed, and
mosquito-bitten, with one particularly red,
prominent welt on her nose. On her left
ring finger she sports an even more promi-
nent diamond solitaire engagement ring,
rising out of a sleek platinum and gold
band. Should we eat? she asks the mo-
ment she sits down. Im so hungry.
Shes not staying in the hotel, it turns out,
but in a house with Johnson, her two daugh-
ters with Jopling (Angelica, 13, and Jessie
Phoenix, 3), her sister and brother-in-law,
their three daughters, and Angelicas best
friend. Its like a girls school up there, she
says, shaking her head. [The house] is full of
naked toddlers running around screaming
and throwing pains au chocolat at each other.
Its quite a nice relief to come out here.
Taylor-Wood exhibits no reserve, of ei-
ther the British or celebrity variety. Shes
breast-feeding her baby , Wylda Rae, she
tells me straightaway, and thats why shes
famished. Because she had a mastectomy
(Taylor-Wood battled colon cancer in 1997
and breast cancer in 2000), shes nursing
with only one breast and concerned about
how shell keep it up during her upcoming
press tour for Nowhere Boy. Thats a fucking
challenge and a half, she says, laughing.
Artist Sam Taylor-Wood
decided to become a
director, end her art-world
power marriage, get
engaged to the teenage
star of her new movie, and
have a baby with him at 43.
Is she mador brilliant?
By Rachael Combe
A WOMAN
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And, of course, the most aesthetic compli-
cation is having a cup E and a cup C Im
going to have to put in four pairs of socks.
Wylda was born at home in London,
with Johnson and a midwife by Taylor-
Woods side. Angelica and Jessie were
home but not in the room during the birth.
I know people do do that, but I didnt quite
feel comfortable howling the house down
in front of my kids, she says, in part be-
cause she didnt want to scare them.
Cause youd be going, Im fine
Aaaaaah!!!Im fine! This is fun!
Taylor-Woods sense of humor has been
evident since she came on the art scene in the
early 90s with the other Young British Art-
ists (YBAs), with works like Slut (a
self-portrait in which shes covered in hick-
eys and smiling) and 16 mm, a video in which
she dances to the sound of machine-gun fire.
While this may not sound like particularly
subtle work, compared with her counter-
parts, who were exhibiting
pieces that incorporated
menstrual blood and dead
animals, Taylor-Wood had a
light touch.
In 1997the year the
Sensation exhibition of
the YBAs opened in London
(you may remember its stop
in Brooklyn, which got then
mayor Rudy Giulianis
knickers in a wad over a
dung-embellished Virgin
Mary)Taylor-Wood won
the prize for Most Promising
Young Artist at the Venice
Biennale, married Jopling,
the owner of Londons pres-
tigious White Cube gallery, and gave birth
to Angelica. The couple became known as
much for the art Jopling was selling like
hotcakes (Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst)
and that Taylor-Wood was making at a sim-
ilar clipmostly video installations of
people failing to communicate and her Five
Revolutionary Seconds series, 360-degree
photographs of people not interacting
(sometimes hilariously, as when a couple
has sex in the middle of a drawing room
and nobody seems to notice)as for their
raucous soirees with such guests as Kate
Moss and Elton John.
In December 1997, when Angelica was
eight months old, the party momentarily
came to a halt when Taylor-Wood, then 30,
was diagnosed with colon cancer. She had
a foot and a half of her colon removed on
Christmas Eve, went straight back to work,
and was short-listed for the Tate Gallerys
Turner Prize in 1998. Three years later, she
was diagnosed with an unrelated breast
cancer and underwent the mastectomy
and six months of chemotherapy. (She re-
fused the cancer drug Tamoxifen, in part to
preserve her fertility, and her gamble paid
off with the birth of Jessie in 2007.)
Taylor-Wood took more notice of the
cancer the second time, shes said, and
these days, shes a pescatarian, green-tea-
tippling yoga-and-running devotee. Her
work became more meditative, focused on
isolation, grief, and the passage of time, as
in Pieta, a film in which she cradles Robert
Downey Jr.s apparently dead body, and
Still Life and A Little Death, time-lapse de-
pictions of a plate of fruit and a dead hare,
respectively, rotting at super speed. Her
pieces also featured more celebrities Da-
vid, a lush film of David Beckham sleeping,
her Crying Men series, in which such iconic
actors as Dustin Hoffman and Laurence
Fishburne wept for her cameraand she
was criticized by some for making public-
ity rather than art.
The focus on actors, however, gradually
evolved into an interest in narrative film:
She made a short, Love You More, that was
nominated for the Palme dOr at the
Cannes Film Festival in spring 2008. By
that summer, shed landed the job of direct-
ing Nowhere Boy. ( Taylor-Wood says she
really properly probably stalked the pro-
ducers, writing a three-page, double-sided
plea in her madwomans scrawl to con-
vince them to take a chance on her.) On the
personal front, in October 2008, she and
Jopling ended their 11-year marriage. Just a
year later, she and Johnson, who was then
19, announced their engagement at No-
where Boys British premiere; news of her
pregnancy followed a few months later.
The official groupthink of the main-
stream press was one of discomfort more
than outrage. Bloggers and their anony-
mous posters were, howeveras they are
on every topicbreathtakingly vicious,
offering comparisons to Mary Kay Letour-
neau, the teacher convicted in 1997 for
having sex with her 12-year-old student. A
lot of math was done: Perez Hilton won-
dered whether it was wrong that Johnson
would be closer in age to the baby than to
his wife. On a cringe-inducing segment of
GMTV, a sort of British Today show, host
Lorraine Kelly asked Taylor-Wood point-
blank if the pregnancy had been an
accident. When she replied that she and
Johnson had planned it, Kelly merrily
snarked that, at Taylor-Woods age, her
biological clock would be ticking on, so if
you have to do ityou have to do it
quickly. Then Kelly began, with a wor-
ried wrinkle in her forehead, to make
calculations about how things will work
out as the couple age, until Taylor-Wood
finally interrupted her. I just dont think
about it, she said amiably, her voice be-
traying only the barest tremble. Ive been
through plenty in my life where Ive really
had to focus on the day aheadbecause,
as I know, the future is, you know, what-
ever the future is. Once youve stared
mortality that hard in the face, you really
seize the day. And then she grabbed a
glass of water and downed it like she
wished it were scotch.
Oh God, [Kelly] was a fucking night-
mare. She set feminism back another,
another Taylor-Wood shakes her head
in exasperation. She chalks up all the
raised eyebrows to sexism. I know so
many men who have similar age differ-
ences in relationships, and its never an
issue, she says.
In fact, when Jopling, then 45, briefly
dated Lily Allen, then 23, shortly after his
separation from Taylor-Wood, he was sub-
ject to a minor public flogging. But
Taylor-Wood has a point, of course. When
a powerful man of a certain age woos a
pretty young thing, people roll their eyes
and even express censure, but they dont
react as though its diabolical or incompre-
hensible. But reverse the gender roles and
Multimedia artist: Taylor-Wood shooting Johnson for Nowhere Boy, spring 2009; A Little Death, 2002
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everyone starts squirming. No matter how
accomplished a man is, a richer, older, or
more successful romantic partner is per-
ceived as emasculating to him. Somehow
he is always diminished by her power, yet a
womans reputation is generally burnished
by landing a Big Fish. But lets get to the
crux of the matter: We still, still, stilleven
after all that sexual liberation and Internet
pornrecoil at an older womans libido,
never mind her body. Perhaps we puritani-
cally still require women to have sex thats
procreative, or at least has that gloss (the
Pill took care of the actual procreation
part). On that count, Demi Moore has been
more daring than Taylor-Wood, having her
younger man but not his baby too.
Taylor-Woods face suddenly brightens as
she sips her green tea and chats. Oh, youll
get to meet them, she says. Johnson comes
up beside us on the patio, pushing a stroller
and leaning in to kiss Taylor-Wood. While
the couple has repeatedly said that Johnson
is an old soul, his mortal shell still bears the
last gleaming traces of pubescence. In a skull
T-shirt and plaid Bermuda shorts with a thin
chain of zipper teeth around his waist, he has
the large-handed, bony leanness of someone
whose eating hasnt caught up with his
growth. Hes beringed and wears a silver
earring that gives the appearance of two tiny
horns protruding from either side of his ear-
lobe. With his wild mop of brown curls and
the narrow strokes of a moustache and goa-
teeas if someone took a Sharpie to his
facethe look is a little portrait of the pirate
as a young man. Needless to say, the most
radiantly youthful person on the patio is
WyldaTeeny-weeny! Taylor-Wood coos
over herdouble-chinned, puffy-lipped,
eyelids fluttering as she drops off to sleep.
Johnson kisses Taylor-Wood again and am-
bles off to the beach, pushing Wylda.
Its a peaceful scene for a couple who have
just come through a windstorm of change,
but Taylor-Wood says shes always thrived in
chaos. Its the skill that has allowed her to be
so prolific amid the competing demands of
family, fame, romance, and work. I suppose
I dont separate anything. In the same way
people used to say to me, Are you a photog-
rapher? Do you paint? Its all creative and
therefore all kind of complements each
other, she says.
As an example, she put Angelica and Jes-
sie in Nowhere Boy to justify their being on
set so much, with Angelica playing John
Lennons younger half sister. In the wake
scene, after Lennons mother has been
killed, Taylor-Wood directed the adults to
cry and told Angelica, Okay, you just play
with toys on the floor. Taylor-Wood says
Angelica looked at her indignantly and, in
front of the whole cast and crew, said, My
mother has been killed. I would not be play-
ing with toys. I will cry like everybody else
will cry because I am sad. Taylor-Wood
says she meekly admitted Angelica was
right. She was quite good to have on set to
keep me in check a little bit.
Johnson strolls back when weve fin-
ished breakfast. While Taylor-Wood goes
off in search of a cool spot to feed Wylda, he
sits down to rhapsodize about Taylor-
Woods directing. He began working as a
child actor when he was six and was often
separated from his parents and sister. Thus
the family feeling of a set has always been
important to him. The vibe of Sam that
you just get straightaway is that shes just a
warming person and just a loving soul, and
people seem to want to do their best for
her, he says, running his hands through his
hair, looking more nervous in the company
of a reporter than his fiance. He says she
has a way of controlling the crowd on set
without being controlling. Some directors
want to bark orders and be bossy. Sams
never, ever negative about anything. When
anyone has a problem, she can solve it, al-
most. Like shes a healer as well.
When I later call director Baillie Walsh
(Flashbacks of a Fool ), one of Taylor-Woods
closest friends, he compares her to a great
natural cook. Her life is incredibly compli-
cated. Shes got three kids, shes always got
projects on the go, but its done with such
ease, he says. Sam manages to be that
chef whos having a conversation with
youa really deep conversationwhilst
creating the most incredible meal.
Taylor-Wood did several series of self-
portraits between 2004 and 2008 for which
she had a bondage expert tie her up and
hang her from the ceiling of her studio.
After the pictures were taken, she digitally
removed the ropes from the images, trans-
forming what was actually excruciating
(she never faces the camera, in part, shes
said, to hide her grimace) into what appear
to be effortless moments of levitation, or
falling. While each series expresses a differ-
ent moodin Bram Stokers Chair she
appears to be in danger; in Self Portrait Sus-
pended, the poses look ecstaticthe method
behind them all brings to mind the way
Taylor-Wood somehow makes the suffering
and discomforts of life look easybeauti-
ful, even.
Taylor-Wood had an unconventional
childhood: Her father, a biker, left when she
was nine, and her yoga-instructor mother
raised her in a commune, before leaving
herself when Taylor-Wood was 15. While
she used to express some resentment about
it, Taylor-Wood now wishes shed kept
mum. I often want to issue a statement and
just go, Everythings changed! I get on fine
with my mom, fine with my dad. Yes,
theyre both barking mad, but thats okay.
Ive accepted it. Shes also come to see how
her crazy girlhood created her, in the best
possible way. You have to force yourself to
give yourself parameters, boundaries, she
says. Its not necessarily the best way to be
From left: David, 2004; Slut, 1993; on the red carpet at the Jameson Empire Film Awards, in London, in March; Taylor-Wood in London with fianc Aaron Johnson and
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vive practically anything.
The parallels between her own child-
hood and Lennons are probably what drew
her so forcefully to Nowhere Boy, she says.
The film documents Lennons relationship
with his aunt Mimi (Kristin Scott Thomas),
who raised him, and his mother, Julia
(Anne-Marie Duff), who abandoned him
when he was young and then came back
into his life in his teen years. In the past,
when this part of Lennons childhood has
been aired, either Julia has been marked a
bad mother or Mimi accused of stealing
Lennon. But Taylor-Woodinspired in
part by a letter from Yoko Ono urging her
to remember that John loved Aunt Mimi
and Aunt Mimi loved Johnraised the
story above blame to create something
much sadder and truer: These were people
who did their best, loved one another, and
still couldnt save one another.
Though the press has poked around for
sore spots in Taylor-Woods family reshuf-
fling, no scapegoats seem to be lurking in
her house either. Jopling and Taylor-Wood
announced that their split would be cordial
and, perhaps for the first time in history, ac-
tually made good on that promise. Jopling
still represents Taylor-Wood; he shows up
at her premieres, she at his openings; and
the children by all accounts accept Johnson
as their stepfather.
When Taylor-Wood finishes feeding
Wylda, we take a walk down to the village.
Johnson may be anxious around me, but
hes calm and competent with his baby, ex-
pertly tying a blanket around her stroller to
shield her from the sun and steering the
pram over the bumpy medieval sidewalks.
The couple pick up a bag of plastic toys at a
newsstand for a treasure hunt Johnsons
been putting together for the girls and then
a cornucopia of fruit, vegetables, parma
ham, cheese, and wine at an open-air farm-
ers market for lunch back at their villa.
When we circle back to the hotel, we sit
in the deserted bar to get out of the sun. Tay-
lor-Wood settles into a couch, but Johnson
stands sentry by Wyldas stroller, as though
hed like to wrap things up and flee the
sceneeither that or step in to protect his fi-
ance if I get too rough with her. Not that
she appears to need assistance.
In fact, she has said she became more
protective of herself after her second
go-round with cancer. When I read that
overwhelmed and strung-out as I was at
the timeit sounded revolutionary:
Women exert so much energy creating
happiness for others. I tell Taylor-Wood
that I loved the idea of her turning this en-
ergy on herself. One doctor, in the depth
of the dark days, said to me, Youll be re-
ally thankful for this experience, she
says. And I so wanted to hit him. But I can
see where he was coming from. Now Im
much more choosy about the situations Ill
put myself into.
Friends, however, say they arent sure
that cancer really changed Taylor-Wood
more like she transformed cancer by
looking at it through her own prism. Sam
was probably heaved into this world with
her Samness intact, says Seamus McGar-
vey, director of photography on Nowhere
Boy and a collaborator on much of of Taylor-
Woods artwork. She takes things
seriously, but she engages with everyone
around as human beings and with such
humor. Its something Ive never really seen
in anybody else.
Johnson is aghast when I ask him if he
ever worries about Taylor-Woods health.
After all, what 20-year-old thinks about
mortality? Noooo, he says. Oh gosh,
no. Sam is so far from that place now, any-
ways. Shes as healthy as, like, a
16-year-old. She couldnt possibly have a
baby and go through pregnancy and do
everything the right way and be so fantas-
tic and strong. Shes more healthy and fit
than I am. Before her pregnancy, Taylor-
Wood could apparently outrun Johnson.
And he told me (perhaps one too many
times to evade my thou-doth-protest-too-
much meter) that she was ridiculously
active when they met, not only running
and doing yoga, but also kickboxing
even pole dancing.
Still, you can pole dance from now
until next Christmas and its not going to
make you 20 years younger. Though the
couple have often said that their ages are
abstractions to them, it seems frankly im-
possible to me that Taylor-Wood, with
her attentive artists eye, doesnt take note
of Johnsons aching youth and feel, well,
old in comparison. Ive had so many
physical changes of such drama, and its
never, ever been an issue with Aaron, that
it sort of has made me calm about all of
that. Im not saying that I dont look in the
mirror and go, Okay she says. But you
just have to kind of ride out all those inse-
curities. I feel lucky to be getting older.
The fact that I made it to 30 and then 40
was big enough. So I cant get too down
on getting older, otherwise it kind of un-
does everything Ive fought for.
Johnson tells me that he actually longs
for more corporeal gravitas. [I want] the
opposite to what men probably want. I
want to have a big, fat belly. I think thats
what daddies should have. My daddys got a
big belly, so I want one too.
Johnson says its hard for him to even dis-
cuss the age difference between them since
I dont look at Sam as if shes a lot older
than me. I feel like were on the same path,
he says. Not only is Sam beautiful and ev-
erything, but shes smart and ambitious and
artistic and shes a woman.
This is the part when I should be out of
the room, Taylor-Wood says, with a laugh.
Now shes the one who looks nervous.
But Johnson is just warming to his topic.
Ive always wanted this. I planned on hav-
ing a baby, and Sams a fantastic mother.
Ive never been interested in girlsand you
can be a girl even if youre in your forties or
something. Men are the same. There are
some men who I know a lot older than me
who act so fucking immature and dont get
their priorities [straight] or what their re-
sponsibilities are if they are a father. I think
there are a lot more prattish men out there
than I am.
Its true; hes right. Any child would be
lucky to have a father who looked forward
to family life with such unbridled opti-
mism. Naysayers about the couple have
tended to infantilize Johnsonwondering
what his parents must think and scolding
Taylor-Wood for robbing him of the plea-
sure of being young, as though he were a
child living at home with mommy and
daddy before he met Taylor-Wood and not
a grown movie star. In turn, people have
wondered what interest Taylor-Wood could
have in someone with such limited life ex-
perience. But both are narrow perspectives,
focused on the downsides of each period of
life. Is to be older to never have fun? (Dont
answer that!) Is to be young to have nothing
interesting to say? I went to France sagging
under the weight of my own adult responsi-
bilities, but Johnson and Taylor-Wood may
be on to something: Adult family life
doesnt have to be antithetical to the cre-
ative, joyful flow of youth.
And Im sure every fortysomething
working mother of three could benefit from
having her partner gush about her like a
teenager, like he invented love just for her.
For, though Johnson may be more accom-
plished than most 20-year-olds, when he
talks about his love for Taylor-Wood, he
sounds exactly his age. With Sam, I just
feel like were like two souls that have been
joined together that are like Johnson
trails off, words unable to contain the large-
ness of his emotion. He turns to
Taylor-Wood. I really do. I love you so much,
you know? I couldnt He turns back to
me. The only thing Ive ever been sure of
in my life is when I wanted to be with Sam,
do you know what I mean?
Taylor-Wood blushes and smiles a small,
delighted smile. She looks over toward their
baby. Aww, she says. Wylda just pulled a
really sweet face then.
I
vana Lowells Why Not Say What Hap-
pened? is a particularly lucid memoir of
growing up in simultaneous extremes
of privilege and neglect. The book is a
riveting history of a family that folds in
on itself, consuming generation after
generation with money, power, alco-
holism, and profound selfishness and
emotional disconnection. Lowells com-
pact, finely tuned paragraphs render the
saga with brave urgency and courage, and
while the import and impact of events is
horrifyingly clear, theres an absence of
melo drama to the telling and a deep
compassioncall it lovefor those who
failed the author so miserably.
I sat down with Ivana in the Sag Har-
bor, New York, house she inherited from
her mother, Caroline Blackwood, whom I
knew during the last years of her life. The
house is now a much more placid establish-
ment than it was under Carolines reign,
when it was always charged with drama
who was coming, who had just goneall of
life lived as if on a precipice about to crash
into a storm-tossed sea. Ivana does share
with her mother a rather profound inten-
sity, though her eyes are a deep and forgiv-
ing brown and not the famous terrifying
blue that Caroline would focus upon you
like X-ray specs. Despite the memoirs self-
exposure, in person Ivana has an English
affect, saying less rather than more.
Ivanas mum, Caroline, was the daugh-
ter of Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,
the Fourth Marquess of Dufferin and Ava,
and brewery heiress Maureen Guinness
one of three sisters renowned in the 1930s
as the Golden Guinness Girls. The multi-
generational prominence of the Guinness
family includes today a high-profile role in
the fashion world: Ivana is cousin to style
icon Daphne Guinness as well as model
Jasmine Guinness.
Lady Caroline was a brilliant author
of 10 books and was often described as
a muse. She was first married to painter
Lucian Freud and then to composer Israel
Citkowitz, with whom she had three
daughters: Natalya, Evgenia, andfor
many years it was assumedIvana. Later,
Lady Caroline married the American poet
Robert Lowell, and Ivana took his name.
(Ivanas two sisters declined to make the
name change.) The day after Lady Caro-
lines death in 1996, Ivana was told by
one of her mothers oldest friends that her
father was not Citkowitz but screenwriter
Ivan Moffat, or perhaps Robert Silvers,
the editor of The New York Review of Books,
who had long played a paternal role in her
life. The surrounding confusion and sub-
sequent DNA tests confirming that Moffat
was her father got Ivana writing. It wasnt
so much cathar tic, but in putting it out
there and reading it, instead of being so
angry, I really missed everyone. I wished
they were here.
Author Andrew Solomon (The Noon-
day Demon), a longtime mutual friend,
describes Ivanas family as the origi-
nal marriage of brilliance and madness,
impos sibly glamorous and terrifyingly
unreliable. I have never laughed as much
with anyone as I used to with Ivana and
her mother, but I have also been only
If Guinness heiress Ivana Lowell had
a fairy-tale childhood, it was the kind
seemingly shadowed by evil spells
and a profound confusion about
just who she was. Her memoir is a
triumph of hope and human spirit.
By A. M. Homes
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Ivana Lowells
mother, Lady Caroline
Blackwood, in the 1950s
seldom in touch with someone who could
be as casually cruel as Caroline. Her good
and bad qualities were so tightly entwined
that you could no more separate them than
you could a persons heart and brain.
Ivana also endured sexual abuse by
her nannys husband, which stopped only
after a horrible kitchen accident in which
Lowell was scalded by boiling water so
badly that she was not expected to survive.
She recalls liking the specialness of those
awful evening visits and realizing now
as the parent of a young daughter how
truly awful it was. I knew it was something
thatwas to be ashamed of, and I didnt
want to fess up. It was my guilty secret. I
was 13 when I finally said something.
Ivana spent months in a burn unit, her
mother and Robert Lowell at her side.
Much later, reading her mothers work
from that time, Ivana says, It was hard
to read her writing. It was very dark
wonderful but dark. I read some short
stories, one about a burns unit, and I said,
Mum, youre writing about me. She said,
Oh, noits another burns unit. Lowell
laughs and recollects how kind her step-
father was during this period. Its a side
of him that no one ever writes or hears
about, she says, so sweet, so cozy and
considerate.
More often one hears about Robert
Lowells madness and his being carted
away in ambu lances. Mum was very good
about hiding it from us, Ivana says, but a
couple of times I saw him act really odd.
Lowell famously died of a heart attack in
1977 in the back of a taxi from JFK air-
port in New York while returning to his
previous wife, the writer Elizabeth Hard-
wick, clutching in his arms a painting of
Carolinea portrait by her first husband,
Lucian Freud. Ivana remembers shopping
for dresses for Lowells funeral at Harrods
with her older sister, Natalya, as one of the
good moments. Just a year later, Natalya
was dead of a drug overdose at 18, and the
family was never the same.
Andrew Solomon elaborates: By and
large, the one recompense for people who
are neglected is that they look pathetic and
everyone treats them with compassion. If
you come from one of the most glamor-
ous families in England and are neglected,
the compassion can be in short supply. So
I think that combination is a very danger-
ous one. Ivana was a much-loved child.
She had so much of what most impover-
ished lives lack, and lacked so much of
what even impoverished lives contain, and
other people had a hard time understand-
ing that. Most of us have scars on our faces,
but hers were in the most hidden places.
Ivana doesnt push back against her
familys history. She seems enthralled with
all its twists and turns, raising the ques-
tioncan one get free of the past rather
than be damned to repeat the same mis-
takes? I dont think youre ever free,
she says. Writing the book, I did get a
better under standing, and I did feel quite
proud. Everyones very interesting, eccen-
tric, scaryI dont think I would have
preferred having a normal family. I do
assoc iate normal with boring, which is really
bad. No stranger to the family battle with
alcohol, Ivana has been to rehab five times.
Adding to the familys literary legacy,
Ivanas younger sister, Evgenia Citkow-
itz, who is married to actor Julian Sands,
also published a promising first book of
short stories last spring, titled Ether. In her
finely crafted stories, one sees the threads
of family connectionadults paralyzed by
denial and alcoholism, the sense of things
being perpetually on the verge of collapse.
Citkowitz declined to be interviewed for
this piece, and there is clearly tension
between the sisters. Ivana says only, I
love my sister very much. We have been
through quite a lot together, and she has
always been there for me. I dont think she
has read my book yet, but I thought her
short stories were very powerful, and I am
so proud of her.
Our meeting is brought to a perfect end
by the arrival of Daisy, Lowells 11-year-old
daughter by ex-husband Matthew Miller.
Lowells current beau, the writer Howard
Blum, is somewhere in the house. As we
say our goodbyes, Lowell is preparing to
take her daughter and Blum to Ireland to
meet the family. Growing up in the United
States has spared Daisy a certain amount
of family drama, and Blum has met some
of the cousins but hasnt seen them in
their natural habitat, Lowell quips. She is
cheerful about the trip, looking forward to
visiting her mothers surviving sister, Per-
dita, and showing Daisy the house where
she grew up and thinking about what shes
going to write nextmore about the fam-
ily. When asked whether her life now feels
more of a piece, she smiles, strokes Daisys
hair, and says, Its really nice when you
can appreciate things in the moment.
Clockwise from left: Ivana Lowell (left) with Evgenia
Citkowitz and their grandmother Maureen Guinness;
Georgian house Milgate Park in Kent, the girls
home from 1968 to 1974; Ivana socializing with Sir
Alec Guinness (no relation); Caroline Blackwood
with mother Maureen, circa 1930s; Robert Lowell
and Caroline Blackwood with their son, Sheridan, at
Milgate Park; Caroline (left) with mother Maureen and
sister Perdita at a coming-out ball, circa 1940s Everyones interesting,
eccentric, scaryI dont think
I would have preferred a
normal family. I do associate
normal with boring.
I
first saw Betty Anne Waters from a distance, waiting her turn
at a podium at the Innocence Projects fundraising dinner in
the cavernous luxury eatery Cipriani Wall Street in Manhat-
tan. She was remarkable as the lone white female among two
dozen mostly black male exonereeswrongly convicted
people sprung from prison after the Innocence Project
forced courts to apply DNA testing to their cases.
Waters, a trim, fiftysomething with a northeastern drawl
to outdo the Kennedys, wasnt an exoneree. An unadorned
woman in a simple black pantsuit, she was onstage to speak
for her brother Kenny, who spent 18 years in Massachusetts state
prison for a murder he didnt commit. He was released because of
his sisters superhuman quest to prove his innocencethough
what happened next is the kind of wildly random, cruel twist of fate
that might make even the most ardent believer question the exis-
tence of God.
But before the ending, the beginning. Betty Anne and Kennys
story, the subject of a movie out now called Conviction, starring
Hilary Swank , begins in rural 1960s Massachusetts, where they
were two of nine children of more than one father left to their own
devices by a neglectful, passionate mother (to put it kindly, which is
the way Betty Anne tells me she prefers it be put; their mom died
last year). Only a year apart, Betty Anne and Kenny formed a tight
little posse with two other siblings, and the four went from playing
hide-and-seek on their grandfathers vegetable farm, where they
lived with their mom in a cottage, to skipping school and breaking
into houses for fun. Kenny was Betty Annes protector, she was the
adoring little sis; he was the extroverted prankster, she was the
more cautious straight man. In Kenny, Betty Anne had instant en-
tertainment; in Betty Anne, Kenny had an appreciative audience.
And when Kenny got into serious trouble, his number one fan was
always there for him.
When Betty Anne was 12 and Kenny 13, the state removed all
nine children from their mothers custody. [Kenny and I] were
devastated, totally devastated, Betty Anne says when I talk to her
in a Manhattan restaurant. (The movie captured the feeling of their
parting exactly right, she adds: The two children are shown cling-
ing to each other as adults wrench them apart.) For the next three
years, Betty lived in a series of foster homes, while Kenny landed in
reform school. Eventually the large brood were returned to their
mother, but Kennys troubles continued and Betty Anne dropped
out of school in the eleventh grade. She married a realtor in her
midtwenties and then quickly gave birth to two boys , whom she
stayed home to raise. Meanwhile, Kennys antics werent nearly so
quotidian: heavy drinking, bar fights, brushes with the law. He
moved back to their grandfathers farm, working nights at a diner.
One of his girlfriends had his only child, a girl.
In 1982, at the age of 29, Kenny was arrested and charged with
the brutal slaying of a neighbor in the Massachusetts hamlet of
Ayer. There were no witnesses or solid physical evidence to link
him to the crime only the statements of a pair of disgruntled ex-
girlfriends, one the mother of his daughter, who testified that hed
told them he killed the female victim.
While her brother had a long history of arrests, Betty Anne
knew he wasnt a killer. Kenny drank; trouble could follow
Kenny, she says, pausing and lowering her voice. He had very
bad luck. Just not the kind of trouble and bad luck that included
slashing and bashing a 48-year-old mother to death in her own
trailer home with a knife and a toaster. Kenny was sentenced to life
without parole.
By 1985, Betty Anne had moved to Florida with her husband
LOVE
STORY
After her brother was convicted of a
murder Betty Anne Waters knew he
didnt commit, she devoted the next
18 years to proving his innocence. Her
mission succeeded, so spectacularly
that its the subject of a new biopic
though what happened next was too
shocking for the big screen.
By Nina Burleigh
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Then she didnt hear from him for a month; finally, his attorney
called with the news: Kennys last appeal with the Massachusetts
Supreme Court had been denied, and hed been put in isolation
after trying to kill himself. When I finally did talk to Kenny, I was
so upset, so mad, Betty Anne says. He told me he didnt have any
hope left, but the one thing that might give him hope is if I was to go
to law school and become his attorney. I said itd take forever. He
said, I can wait forever if I know youre doing that.
I really didnt have a choice, she says now. In the beginning,
she wasnt even sure she could get through college, but she agreed
because she believed that it was her effortthe sheer effortthat
stood between Kenny and suicide. Shed once batted around the
idea of being a lawyer, though not very seriously. I was through
the court system so much with the foster homes. The nun who
gave me a ride home to my mothers house at the end asked me,
What do you want to do, Betty Anne? And we had this conver-
sation about me becoming a lawyer.
It took Betty Anne 13 years to make good on her promise. Mov-
ing back up north, she got an associates degree at the Community
College of Rhode Island, then a masters in education at Rhode
Island College, before finally entering Roger Williams University
School of Law. Almost to the day that she graduated from commu-
nity college, her husband left her, accusing her of, among other
things, loving her brothers and sisters more than him. A few years
later, her then 10- and 12-year-old sons decided theyd rather live
with their dad than change schools to stay with their mother, whod
moved to be closer to her college. That loss kicked off a yearlong
depression, Betty Anne says, during which she nearly gave up on
her goal. But with Kennys encouragement, she roused herself to
cram for the LSAT.
New Haven public defender Abra Rice was Betty Annes best
friend in law school, both women having enrolled as older stu-
dents. She is understated and doesnt brag, Rice says, but shes
very smart. During the years she was in law school, Betty Anne
worked at a bar called Aidans Pub and for a while was engaged to
marry the owner. The two never made it to the aisle but remain
best friends, she says, and shes now the bars business manager
and co-owner.
Midway through law school, Betty Anne read about the Inno-
cence Project, a nonprofit started by lawyers Peter Neufeld and
O. J. Simpson dream teamer Barry Scheck to ask courts to recon-
sider convictions using DNA evidence. Until then, Betty Anne
says, I didnt have a clue how I was going to [prove him innocent].
Staying in school was giving him hope, but I was actually anxious
about what would happen when I graduated.
She called the Innocence Project and was told Kenny would be
put on a long waiting list and his case accepted only if evidence had
been preserved. Pretending to be writing a research paper, Betty
Anne and a couple of classmates began calling the clerk of courts in
Boston . At first, the office insisted that everything had been de-
stroyed, but after months of haranguing, Betty Anne persuaded a
clerk to search the storeroom, where she found a box labeled WA-
TERS. Betty Anne, whod passed the bar by this point, raced up to
Boston and opened the box . Without daring to touch anything for
fear of contaminating it, she saw a bloody piece of curtain and
knifebits of evidence ripe for DNA testing. My heart was pound-
ing so hard I felt you could hear it, Betty Anne recalls. The next
morning, she asked the court to officially preserve the boxs con-
tents and called Scheck , who agreed to act as cocounsel.
Two years later, Kenny and Betty Anne walked out of the Bos-
ton courthouse into a scrum of TV cameras and microphones,
both grinning from ear to ear. DNA testing had shown that the per-
petrator couldnt have been Kenny Waters. (The crime is now un-
solved; DNA testing has not turned up any new suspects.)
Here, the movie ends; the final shot shows Kenny sitting on a
picnic bench at Betty Annes house, having his first morning cup
of joe as a free man and watching the mist evaporating from a
pond. Hollywood being Hollywood, Conviction takes many liber-
ties with the depiction of Betty Anne and Kenny. There are only
the two of them in the film, not nine kids crammed into a ram-
shackle cottage ; their mother is portrayed as 1960s sexy, svelte,
and attractive. But what happened to Kenny post-prison the film-
makers ignored completely.
The first three months, he lived with Betty Anne, then moved in
with another sibling who lived nearer to the rest of his family, try-
ing to reconnect with his many relatives. That summer of 2001
was the best time of his life, Betty Anne says, although the shad-
ow of the wasted years cast a pall. Nearly two decades of incarcera-
tion hadnt erased Kennys exuberance, but Betty Anne says she
saw hints of depression looming as he realized his freedom came
without the usual midlife milestones: the homes, the cars, and the
children his siblings enjoyed.
On September 6, 2001, Kenny was having dinner with his
mother and a brother at a local Chinese restaurant, when he
decided to run home to see if his nephews and nieces wanted him
to bring them some food. Taking a shortcut, he hoisted himself
over a fence that collapsed, pitching him down 15 feet, where he hit
his head on a cement foundation. A neighbor heard him fall and
called an ambulance; he died 13 days later , just six months after his
sister and her newly minted law degree brought him home.
Its been nine years, but Betty Anne still cries talking about
Kennys death. Oh yeah. We miss him. Yeah. Sometimes I can
talk about it better than other times, she says, taking a deep breath
and wiping her eyes. Her brother was physically absent during his
time in prison, but hed become a kind of family counselor from his
jail phone his death left a gaping hole. Kenny helped a lot of
people in the family through problems, Betty Anne says. Half the
time, you wouldnt know he was behind bars. He was very patient.
Director Tony Goldwyn says early scripts of the movie included
Kennys death, but he decided it detracted from the story that cap-
tivated him in the first place. What I wanted it to be about wasnt
whether Betty Anne was able to get him out or whether he was in-
nocent, but about the fact that these two people loved each other so
much, Goldwyn says. People were overwhelmed by the death.
Though she is licensed to practice in Rhode Island and Massa-
chusetts, Betty Anne has zero interest in working as a lawyer, hav-
ing won the single case that mattered to her. She does occasionally
speak to policymakers about the Innocence Project and judicial
reform. The movie, she reckons, wont change much about her life,
although it has extended her proverbial 15 minutes. Kenny would
be so excited about the movie, and hed love Sam Rockwell [who
plays him]. He really captured Kenny.
Shes pleased with the Hilary Swank version of Betty Anne Wa-
ters too. I think she did a good job. It does feel so weird. I watch her
and I forget shes playing me. That character makes me sad. And
then I think, That characters me.
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course. Sin keeps our careers and love
affairs stimulating. Each of the following
letters is from a beautiful offender whos
had a very good time (or a very bad time)
committing one of the Deadlies.
ENVY
Dear E. Jean: My boyfriend and I are both great-
looking, yet Im the one whos territorial. I hate
other girls flirting with him. Since everyone in
town knows Im in a relationship, almost no guys
flirt with me (or when they do, Im alone and my
boyfriend isnt there to witness it). When I casually
mention getting hit on, my boyfriend laughs it off
the man barely flinches! He says, Were so solid, I
trust you. When someone does start flirting with
me, my boyfriend walks over, starts a conversation
about sports or something, and they end up becom-
ing friends!
Hes just a healthy, confident man without
an envious bone in his body. Why cant it ever be
his turn to feel the green-eyed monster? Why do I
always have to be the insecure one? I want him to
fall apart and say, I dont like you talking to that
guy, or maybe even one night walk over and tell
the other guy, Scram! Shes mine!
The Female Iago

My dear Female: This is the most frightful
bilge Auntie Eeee has seen in a while. Noth-
ing can beat the blindness of a woman in
love, I realize; and it is highly gratifying to
watch ones boyfriend getting a black eye
while defending ones honor. (Indeed, an
ex-husband of mine, a virile, hairy-chested
Hemingway type, once received two shiners
the same night fighting over mean event of
such cachet, I shot to the top of the social reg-
ister of Ennis, Montana). And your man? He
would be an intolerable dullard if it werent
for the fact that he is an absolute genius.
His walking over and starting a conver-
sation about sportsi.e., taking a position
by your sideis his manly way of warning
the chaps macking on you that you belong
to him. Subtly macho, ridiculously effective.
There. Auntie Eeee just saved your relation-
ship. Because if you start pulling stunts to
make him fall apart, I promise you, some
other woman will be there to pick him up.
WRATH
Dear E. Jean: I look like the Wendys girl. Anne
of Green Gables is my hero for calling her red hair
a curse. (I know thats pathetic, but as a kid I
knew she was right.) Im a natural redhead, and
Ive never accepted it. Im 25 years old and need
to understand how to come to terms with my red
hair. I hate it! Im obsessed with it! It makes me
feel out of place and ugly! What do I do? How am
I supposed to think about myself? How can I have
any self-esteem?
Inflamed
Inflamed, my firecracker: What? Youve
never heard of Nice n Easy? You upbraid
your braid in a country where anything can
be fixedespecially those things that dont
require it?
You ask, How am I supposed to think
about myself? Heres how: You belong
to the semidivine race of russet-tressed
bombshellsthe Christina Hendrickses,
the Isla Fishers, the Rita Hayworths. When
Mr. Botticelli, Mr. Titian, Mr. Rubens,
Mr. Raphael, and Mr. Renoir painted the
most beautiful women in the world (Eve,
Venus, Andromeda), what did they use
on their ladies locks? Thats right, Miss
Rubicund. They applied Moores paint.
Not Benjamin MooreJulianne Moore.
Its all about finding your personal style.
Auntie Eeee loves you as you are, but one
womans crowning glory is another womans
emergency flare. You wont be happy until
you see how you look, feel, eat, sleep, walk,
work, and boff with a different color on. Go
ahead, experiment. To me this is like telling
Tilda Swinton to try out self-tanners until
shes as sepia as Snooki, but give it a whirl.
Good luck. Send us pics!

GLUTTONY
Dear E. Jean: Since my fianc and I broke upwe
were together four yearsIve come to behave very
differently during my evenings out. Ive always been
flirty with men after a couple of drinks, but I never
took it to any dangerous levels. Lately, Ive been
really badwaking up piss drunk after a night Id
rather not have had. My behavior is hardly discreet,
and Im worried my previously spotless reputation
is going into the gutter.
Im getting worse. Its happening more and more
often. Sometimes I have no recollection of the night.
Im turning into a woman I dont even recognize.
Please help me.
Lost in the Gutter
Gutter, darling: As the poet Rumi, that
thirteenth-century hipster, wrote: Just be
quiet and sit down/ The reason is: you
are drunk.
The cocktails must stop. That gutter
youre worried about? Forget it. Youre not
in the gutter, honey. Youre on the edge of
the roof, as Rumi says. Youre so high, your
reputation thinks it is bad manners to be seen
with you. Heres how to come down:
See a therapist. The breakup with your
fianc set the stage for your drunken indis-
cretions, no doubt. You can work with a
therapist to understand what happened. But
the best therapist will help you challenge the
irrational beliefs that are causing your current
crude conduct. She or he can help you learn
and practice new ways of behaving.
Get rid of the alcohol in your house. It
enfeebles your intelligence. Tell your friends
youve quit drinking. It may not be forever,
Tormented? Driven witless? Whipsawed by confusion?
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SLOTH
Dear E. Jean: Im married to a man whos sexu-
ally inept, extremely difficult to be around, and
enormously overweight. At my last high school
reunion, the most popular guy in schoola jock,
an Adonisconfessed he always wanted to ask me
out. Me! The poor addled girl who never had a
date! Hes rich and handsome, his wife died a few
years ago, and he can have any woman he wants.
We agreed to e-mail each other. But listen to what
happened next: On the flight home , on an airplane
full of people, for absolutely no reason, I experienced
a spontaneous orgasm. It was colossal. Ive never
felt anything like it in my life! Over the following
months, during the period we were e-mailing each
other , I continued to have hands-off orgasms. Ive
never even had a climax with my husband! Or
with anyone else, for that matter.
The Adonis and I tried to get together a couple of
times, but he kept canceling at the last minute. The
e-mails have now stopped, but so have the orgasms.
How can I continue having them?
Liftoff Has Left Off
Lift, my luv: Watch the magnificent Mary
Roach, author of Bonk: The Curious Cou-
pling of Science and Sex, tell you about the 10
Things You Didnt Know About Orgasm
on TED.com. Brain-dead women can exper-
ience orgasms, women with spinal-cord
injuries enjoy orgasms, Miss Roach even
talks about a woman who throbs with an
orgasm every time she brushes her teeth. Or-
gasms are simply a reflex of the autonomic
nervous system (the motor that runs the stuff
beyond your controlbreathing, heartbeat,
drooling over a grilled cheese sandwich with
pickles). As Ms. Roach suggests, you dont
even need genitals. Orgasms transpire inter-
nally. And you, Miss Lift, have accidentally
discovered a pathway to your autonomic
nervous system.
The secret is to create exactly the same con-
ditions that worked the explosions in the first
place. And what were those conditions? You
were in a plane far, far away from the sexu-
ally inept, extremely difficult to be around,
enormously overweight husband. Go see
a lawyer. Why are you even married to this
guy? If you dont love him, get free of him!
Life is too short to waste on a rude brute! I
suspect once youre free and e-mailing your
Adonis again, the bombs will again detonate.
Auntie Eeeeeruptinglyhas been enjoying
these involuntary buggers for years. (I know,
I know. I should not have confessed, but I
figure, What the hell? Now, when people run
into me at parties, theyll be thinking, Oh my
God! Oh my God! Oh my God!)
LUST
Dear E. Jean: Im a 26-year-old lawyer with an
MBA from South Dakota . I got married last year,
and right after our wedding, I naively agreed to
move to my husbands hometown with a horrify-
ingly small population of 1,200 people.
I thought it would be a sexy-serene, cowboy-
chic adventure, perfect for raising beautiful Ralph
Laurenclad babies and keeping my hunter-
fisherman husband happy.
Im dying. Im practicing law hereI love being
a lawyerbut its not challenging, and the locals
look at me like Im a whorish city girl whose sole
purpose is to snatch up their husbands like a fang-
bearing Twilight character. My in-laws hate me. I
find myself constantly on my BlackBerry with be-
loved friends and family elsewhere, most of whom
tell me to hop on the next flight out (but who are
we kidding? Theres no airport here). And, oh, how
I miss fashion! The joy that would explode in me
if anyone here recognized that my fabulous floral
wrap is DVF!
Worst of all: I keep falling in lust with every
sweet, smart, funny, attractive man who gives me
the teeniest bit of attention! I find myself deeply
regretting getting married. My husband will never
leave here. Should I stay or go?
Mess in the Midwest
My dear Mess: Im about to make you happy,
Ms. Mess. Im going to tell you to get the hell
out of Dodge. Warning: Before you go, you
must complete two tasks: Gather your hus-
bands family and say, I got off on the wrong
foot here. Can I do anything to bring us
together as a fond and united family?
And second, consider a run for county
prosecutor or states attorney. Youre a
woman who requires a challenge to be
happy. Putting scuzzbuckets behind bars
may do it. Trust me. I was raised in a small
town, was married in a small town, and live
in a small town. Im so small town, Im practi-
cally John Mellencamp. I know small towns.
Run for office!
Update: Mess in the Midwest wrote
back: Funny you mention the prosecuto-
rial route. If I stay, I do plan on running for
states attorney. My hearts really in charging
wrongdoers, rather than defending them.

PRIDE
Dear E. Jean: Weeks have been going by without
my fianc wanting sex. I finally decided to be brave
and ask him what was up. Heres what he said:
Im in the best shape of my life. You dress so ador-
able all the time, but you dont really care about
how you look under the clothes anymore. You just
dont seem to care about yourself anymore. I do.
My jaw hit the floor. I am 55 and 155
pounds. Granted, I should be around 130, and
Ive been feeling not so awesome about the way I
look, but I got angry and told him to go f--k some
skinny bitch! I love this man with all my heart,
but I cant figure out how to handle this situation!
Doing Without
Without, my withered blossom: Oh, please.
Quit bellyaching and go for a three-mile
run. Suddenly its a sin for a man to men-
tion your body? When did we women turn
into such pantywaists? Your lads perfectly
within his rights to say hes worried that you
dont seem to care about yourself anymore.
Go for the run, girl! The endorphins will
annihilate your feeling not so awesome.
Tomorrow, do another three-mile run or bike
ride, snowboard, rock climb with your beau.
After all, a man who notices youre wearing
anything is one thing; a dude who says you
dress adorable cant be all bad.
Ask a question, dolls! Write to e.jean@AskEJean
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GREED
Q: Five years ago, I cheated on my wealthy boyfriend with
his best friend. I told him a year later. Now weve been
together seven years, and after all the fighting, weve come
to an agreement: Hes permitted to cheat on me once. Will
our love survive?
A: When two lovers share the same interests, romance has
a beautiful chance , but when two pinheads share an idiot
plan to cheat , the agreement is not worth the posterior it is
written upon.
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ALMOST FAMOUS (2000)
One of my favorite experiences.
One, because I love Cameron Crowe.
And two, because it was just such a
wonderful movie. The whole thing was
overwhelmingin the best way.
HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (2003)
I always had the most fun doing improv
competitions in theater programs when I
was younger, and thats what I love about
making comedies: the challenges of
timing and physicality and improvisation.
BRIDE WARS (2009)
I loved making this film. I developed it
for five years and produced it with my
good friend [Julie Yorn], so it was a great
learning process.
NINE (2009)
Rob Marshall is an incredible
choreographer, and he made me feel so
comfortable. To be able to do that and
share it with my mom, who was also a
dancer, was pretty cool.
THE KILLER INSIDE ME (2010)
There were moments during filming that
freaked me out and sent shivers up my
spine. When youre working on something
this dark, you have to try to separate
yourself from it a bit.
A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN (2011 )
Gael is an amazing, lovely, fun guy. We
had some very intimate, tough scenes,
and he was the best partner. I felt really
lucky to work with him.
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ts hard to imagine a more serendipitous cast-
ing moment than when Kate Hudson landed
the role of free-spirited groupie Penny Lane in
2000s Almost Famous after actress Sarah Pol-
ley dropped out. Though she had previously
cut her teeth in under-the-radar films such as
Desert Blue and 200 Cigarettes, it was Hudsons
pitch-perfect, Oscar-nominated performance in
Cameron Crowes valentine to 70s rock that ush-
ered in the effervescent, green-eyed ingenue as
cinemas newly minted sweetheart.
The daughter of Goldie Hawn and musician
Bill Hudson (though she refers to Hawns partner
Kurt Russell, who raised her from childhood, as
Pa ), the actress was born into a family of what
she calls all-around weird, crazy performer
types. Even her six-year-old son, Ryder, whom
she had with her ex-husband, Black Crowes lead
singer Chris Robinson, when she was 25, al-
ready has his own shtick, she says. Showbiz is a
big part of who we are. It goes beyond other peo-
ples perceptions of what it is to be famousits as
simple as being people who like to tell stories.
Whether shes sparring with two-time costar
Matthew McConaughey (in 2003s love-tale-with-
bite How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and 2008s sunken-
treasure caper Fools Gold), scene-stealing from
Owen Wilson in You, Me and Dupree, or unleashing
her best Miss Piggyesque harrumph-and-flounce
opposite Anne Hathaway in high-camp chick-
flick Bride Wars (which she also coproduced), Hud-
son emanates a captivating glee, infusing even her
ditziest heroines with a knowing intelligence. And
while her star power in rom-coms cant be de-
niedBride Wars raked in more than $21 mil-
lion on its opening weekendshe has more
strings to her bow. In last years Nine, her hip-
wiggling song-and-dance number failed to se-
duce Daniel Day-Lewis movie maestro, but it
showed off her impressive pipesand moves
while also providing the films razzle-dazzle
high point. Ive danced my whole life and al-
ways loved to sing, so that was a dream come
true, says Hudson, calling from Vienna, where
shes with her current beau, Matt Bellamy of the
band Muse. It was scary, thoughto be out
there on that stage with all the lights, in that tiny,
shimmery little outfit that looked like nothing
but weighed about 15 pounds.
Her recent role in Michael Winterbottoms
controversial noir The Killer Inside Me, which de-
buted at Sundance this year, took Hudson out of
her comfort zone in an even more extreme fash-
ion: Her character is beaten violently by her hus-
band, played by Casey Affleck. Brace yourself!
she warns. Its disturbing. At one point Casey
had to spit on me, which was hard to take. Still,
Hudson relishes a challenge: The industry likes
to box you in, she admits. I love making come-
dies, but I want to continue playing different char-
acters. To wit, shell be delving into quasiTerms
of Endearment territory with the small-budget A
Little Bit of Heaven next, which she wrapped in
New Orleans alongside Gael Garca Bernal. Its a
funny, sad story about a woman whos dying of
cancer, she says. I connected to what its saying
about surrendering to something that were all
afraid of but thats completely universal. You just
have to live your life the best way you can.
In 2011 Hudson will be back in comedic
form opposite Ginnifer Goodwin in Something
Borrowed, the film adaptation of Emily Giffins
best-seller about a fianc-stealing friend. My
character is relentlessly self-centered, she says,
laughing. I had to make her horrible but also
not too unlikable. Theres little chance that
Hudson, whose optimism stands out in every-
thing she does, could ever appear entirely with-
out magnetism. As Nicole Kassell, who directed
her in A Little Bit of Heaven, says, Her charisma
is unbelievable. Theres a mystery element that
makes someone a real star, and Kate has it. And
when she smiles, its like a thousand lightbulbs
going off.April Long
KATE HUDSON
Hollywood Icon
Kate Hudson has been charming audiences since
her irresistible turn in Almost Famous. Now shes
ready to prove her darker side is just as electrifying
Q. What actress do you most
admire? A. I wouldnt be honest if
I didnt say my mom. Apart from
the fact that shes my mother,
shes a brilliant comedian and a
force as a producer. She paved the
way for women to produce and
star in their own films, and to
balance that with being the
matriarch of our family is really
inspiring. Q. What do you think
women in Hollywood could be
doing more of? A. When women
root for each other, we get so
much further. And its funny,
because you dont see a lot of that.
Theres still a real imbalance of
male and female positions in the
industry. And the older you get,
the more you witness it firsthand.
Q. Are good female roles hard
to find? A. They arebecause in
most male-driven vehicles, the
female parts tend to be dispens-
able. I have faith that we can make
female-driven films that are as
interesting to men as they are to
women. Q. What did you learn
from your mother about being
a parent in Hollywood? A. My
mom and dad had it figured out:
They never worked at the same
time, and they were very conscious
of making anywhere we went feel
like home. When youre working,
the hours are brutal, but when
youre not working, you have all
the time in the world. Thats always
a difficult balance.
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COUNTRY STRONG (2010)
Ive gotten really into the country
thingMiranda Lambert, Tim McGraw,
Rascal Flatts, Hank Williams and his
granddaughter Holly Williams. And I love,
love Dolly.
IRON MAN (2008)
I wasnt in many of the action scenes.
Since those take, like, two weeks to film,
I would be lying by the pool with my kids
and having picnics with them in L.A. It
was awesome!
SYLVIA (2003)
Ive been lucky to work with mostly
really nice men. One of the most explicit
sex scenes Ive done was in Sylvia. I really
like Daniel [Craig] a lot, so fortunately it
wasnt a weird-out.
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (1999)
The movie Im working on now, [Steven
Soderberghs] Contagion, has an amazing
ensemble cast. Ill get to act with Matt
Damon and Jude Law again.
SLIDING DOORS (1998)
I worked with an incredible accent coach,
Barbara Berkery, who kicked my ass until
I said the words right. I find it difficult to
improvise in an accent; I have to learn it
on the page.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998)
I thought we were just making this little
art movie with insider jokes for playwrights.
I never would have thought this movie
would take off the way that it did.
W
hen casting the lead role
of a washed-out and
possibly washed-up al-
coholic singer for next
months Country Strong,
writer-director Shana
Feste chose the one ac-
tress who, to her mind,
has both the incredible
chops to pull off a wrenching downward spiral
and the pipesand gutsto sing in front of a
stadium-size crowd . More crucially, Feste says,
we needed a brave actress whod fall in love with
this character and wouldnt be afraid of showing
her dark sides or of getting judged for them.
Enter Gwyneth Paltrow .
Paltrow blazed into the 90s as the smart wom-
ans It Girl. Tall and willowy, packing an impres-
sive amount of voom without the bodice-busting
va-vas , she didnt have to pay her dues by playing
endless iterations of The Girlfriend. Early on, she
bewitched the Weinstein brothers as David
Schwimmers high school crush in The Pallbearer
(1996) and soon became the First Lady of Mira-
max. She starred, rapid-fire, in six of the com-
panys films, including The Talented Mr. Ripley ,
Bounce , and, of course, Shakespeare in Love, which
took home seven Oscars, including Paltrows, for
best actress . Paltrow stood out from the get-go;
her poise, elegance, and uncanny knack for Brit-
ish accents (perfected long before she wed Eng-
lish musician Chris Martin of Coldplay) helped
her nail such brainy-chick roles as the heroine of
Jane Austens Emma (1996), the winsome Helen
in Sliding Doors, and the literary sleuth in Posses-
sion (2002), based on A. S. Byatts novel. I must
have done 25 movies in my twenties, says Pal-
trow, now 38. I didnt realize that you could be
choosyI just did what was put in front of me.
Luckily, some of the films were really good.
Paltrow soon became the go-to actress for
movies featuring ambitious, creative women.
While the jobs of most female characters are
barely alluded to, unless, as Paltrow quips, theyre
party planners or publicists, her portrayal of a
tormented poet in Sylvia and of a mathematical
wunderkind in 2005s Proof (which won her a
Golden Globe nomination) were differentthese
were women who had passions outside the bed-
room. Even Paltrows superheros assistant is
more than a secretary in distress: In both Iron
Man installments, her Pepper Potts is a power-
suited problem-solver who saves her bosss pro-
fessional ass so that he can save others.
Paltrows characters often play both to and
against her own cool, blond, Grace Kellyesque
exteriorand she never appears to flinch when a
role slides into darkness or complex sexuality. Its
fun to play someone whos really got some prob-
lems, she says. When her Sylvia Plath introduces
herself to Daniel Craigs Ted Hughes, rhapsodizing
over his great, big, crashing poems, then minutes
later bites his cheek hard enough to draw blood,
the act has a shocking zing of erotic intensity.
These days, Paltrows children, Apple, six, and
Moses, four, get the lions share of her time. Its
really hard to find things that are worth leaving
them for, she says. But the role of Kelly Canter in
Country Strongpicture Nashville sweetheart
Faith Hill, were she ever to seriously hit the sex-
and-booze skidsoffered an irresistible cocktail
of vulnerability, strength, craziness, and talent,
she says. Paltrow worked overtime to prepare for
the role, training with a singing coach and a guitar
teacher and even endangering her own famously
hard-earned physique, chowing down with the
rest of the film crew on fried chicken and sweet po-
tato fries (a splurge that , predictably, grabbed tab-
loid headlines earlier this year). But even as a pipin
hot mess, her face streaked with mascara, Paltrow
possesses an innate radiance that outshines even
Kellys glitzy costumes. Feste, who employed every
homely-making weapon in a directors arsenal,
from harsh lighting to unflattering makeup,
laughs: Its hard to make Gwyneth look unattract-
ive. That was a real challenge. Corrie Pikul
GWYNETH PALTROW
Hollywood Icon
After nearly two decades on top, she continues
to occupy the very spot she started out at:
the risk-taking smart womans actress
Q. Have you ever had a casting-
couch experience?
A. Yup. When I was just starting
out, someone suggested that we
finish a meeting in the bedroom. I
left. I was pretty shocked. I could
see how someone who didnt know
better might worry, My career
will be ruined if I dont give this
guy a blow job!
Q. How do you feel about
the kinds of roles available
to women today? A. Kind of
dejected. Theres a lot thats
okay, but theres little thats really
good, especially for someone
my age. Sometimes you find out
that something you really liked
is going to someone 10 years
younger. I find it heartening that
Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock
have been able to find and create
amazing projects. Q. How do you
balance work and motherhood?
A. Its really hard. One night in
Nashville, my son was screaming
with a terrible stomachache. I was
like, I have to get out of here!
but we had to finish. My friend
Jenno, a mother of three who was
producing, was great, reminding
me that nine times out of 10, they
just have gas.
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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (1995)
Foster, in her second directorial
feature, giving notes to Charles Durning
and Anne Bancroft .
INSIDE MAN (2006)
There are people who will have someone
killed and go to the symphony that night.
In my characters case, theres a bit of
I will belong to the boys club. She sees it
as creating justice.
LITTLE MAN TATE (1991)
This movie is about the wonder and
beauty of lonely characters who want
to connect but arent able to. That
connection is worth living for, and it takes
creativity and vitality.
PANIC ROOM (2002)
With a young, pre-Twilight Kristen Stewart
as her daughter, Foster convincingly leads
this solid thriller, which is as smart as it is
pulse-quickening.
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
Clarice Starlings fate is to save those
marginalized women because she could
have been one, and Lecter sees that.
They share a destiny and the intimacy
that comes with hard-won respect.
THE ACCUSED (1988)
As Sarah Tobias, the victim of a brutal
gang rape and subsequent high-profile
courtroom trial thats more harrowing
than judicial, Foster garnered her first
Oscar for best actress.
T
he perfect Jodie Foster scene in the
perfect Jodie Foster movie is the open-
ing of The Silence of the Lambs: FBI
cadet Clarice Starling huffing and
puffing her way through the agencys
training course in the Virginia coun-
trysidethis small, solitary, and very
determined figureas she prepares to enter the
lair of a woman-skinning psychopath.
The history of womens roles in Hollywood is
rife with those who love the hero, seduce the hero,
or provide a welcome distraction from the often
grim business of being the hero. But ever since
she left her adolescent roles behindmost mem-
orably, the 12-year-old prostitute in Taxi Driver
Foster has been the hero. In 1991s Silence, her trial
by fire grew to mythic dimensions , but it had
played out less baroquely nearly three years
before in her first Oscar-winning performance in
The Accused, as a knockabout girl who finds
justice, and self-respect, in court after a vicious
gang rape, and more recently as a mother fighting
to save her child in Panic Room (2002), and even in
The Brave One (2007), in which she spent some
accum ulated moral capital in portraying a crime
victim who embraces vigilantism.
I think shes changed the game for women in
Hollywood, The Brave One director Neil Jordan
says. In a way, shes created the environment
where an Angelina Jolie can be cast in Salt, a
movie that was designed for Tom Cruise.
No one has thought more closely about the
significance of her transformation from vixen
victim to woman warrior than Foster herself, who
graduated magna cum laude from Yale in 1985.
In the first part of my career, I played a lot of
survivors, she says. That was very much the
mythology of my mothers generation. They
werent allowed to picture themselves as the
prince who goes into the forest to slay the dragon.
They were the ones, the dragon ate their foot off
and they managed to hobble to the hospital.
Her mother steered her into the acting busi-
ness, and from an early age she was the family
breadwinner, appearing on Gunsmoke and The
Courtship of Eddies Father. By 14, she had an Oscar
nomination (for Taxi Driver). One of Hollywoods
top stars in the 80s and 90s, Foster, now 47,
works in front of the camera when and with
whom she wantsDavid Fincher, Neil Jordan,
and Spike Lee among them. To every role she
brings a taut intelligence and a certain coiled
energy, as if readying herself for the attack that
almost always comes. Remarkably, Foster con-
siders herself something of an actress by accident.
For me, the high is creating the story, not the per-
formance, she says. The performance is, in
some ways, the dirty business of fighting the war.
But for someone more interested in story than
in crying on cue, her career as a director has
taken a surprising backseat: Little Man Tate and
Home for the Holidays, both from the 90s . Which
brings us to her latest directorial project, The
Beaver, about a man brought back from the brink
of despair bya hand puppet. Sounds absurdist,
and not at all like Foster , but dont prejudge, she
says, just see it. Which could be a problem, as the
movie stars Mel Gibson . I think he asks the big
questions in this movie in a dark way, she says.
And yes, she has stuck by Gibson through his re-
cent troubles. Weve been good friends for 15
years. I love him, Foster says, and leaves it at that.
The same circumspection extends to her own
personal life. Shes managed to raise her two kids,
now 9 and 12, away from the tabloid glare. Thats
only fitting for an artist who places such a prem-
ium on living in her own head. Think of her
astronomer in Contact (1997) sending messages
over the airwaves to beings who may not exist. I
do tend to make movies about people dealing
with loneliness and absence and abandonment ,
Foster says. If that feeling of apartness is the price
of inde pendence, even of a kind of heroism, shell
gladly pay it. Joseph Hooper
JODIE FOSTER
Hollywood Icon
The two-time Oscar winner thrills us, whether as
victim or vigilante, and has, as one awed director
says, changed the game for women in Hollywood
Q. Ive heard youre not looking
forward to acting in your fifties,
but that you will enjoy it in your
seventies. A. The transition is a
weird one. Theres an expectation
that its still about your looks. Im
looking forward to being more of
a character, a Simone Signoret or
Shelley Winters. Q. When youre
acting, are you taking notes on
direction? A. Thats one of the
real pluses now. I feel like I
learned more from David Fincher
[Panic Room] than from
practically anyone. Hes a guy
who does 102 takes. He requires
you to be an incredible
technician, or else you will end up
in the insane asylum. Im a
two-take director. But I get it. Id
do any movie with him. Q. I still
think of The Silence of the
Lambs as your pivotal
performance. A. None of us has
since done the kind of work we
did in that movie Jonathan
Demme and Anthony Hopkins
too. Sometimes you get
captivated and inspired by
something. It doesnt happen
very often. Q. Any acting
inspirations or role models?
A. Meryl Streep does something
no one still quite understands.
She made me appreciate what
acting is.
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CONVICTION (2010)
For Betty Anne Waters, I gained 15
pounds because that made her more
believable. For me, its all about servicing
the story. There are few movies Ive done
where I can say, That looks like me.
AMELIA (2009)
I still cherish the opportunity to learn
how to fly and to play someone who was
such an inspiration for me and a lot of
other women. It was a fun,
transformative movie.
P.S. I LOVE YOU (2007)
In an adaptation of Cecelia Aherns novel,
Swank plays a woman whose husband
(Gerard Butler) arranges to send her 10
messages after his death encouraging
her to embark on a new experience.
FREEDOM WRITERS (2007)
Ive played a lot of true-life characters,
like [teacher] Erin Gruwell, and I try
to understand them physically and
emotionally and get into it
as much as I can.
MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004)
To work with icons like Clint Eastwood
and Morgan Freeman, learn how to
box, and push myself to a new place is
something I hold dear to my heart. Ill
always be grateful to Clint.
BOYS DONT CRY (1999)
I went out and tried to pass as a boy
every day for four weeks before filming. I
got my hair cut in New York, came home,
and pretended I was James [Hilarys
cousin from Nebraska].
H
ilary Swank is among a select few
who have turned in performances
that could fairly, with no James
Liptonesque straining for effect, be
called iconic: in Boys Dont Cry as a
girl so desperate to pass as a boy that
she stays in character, even after
shes gang-raped by so-called friends; in Million
Dollar Baby as an up-from-nowhere prizefighter
who begs mentor Clint Eastwood to pull the plug
when things go terribly wrong.
It wouldnt be surprising if her latest is added
to that list of Oscar-winning roles . In the just-
released Conviction, the real-life story of Betty
Anne Waters, she portrays a small-town Mas-
sachusetts woman locked in a slow-motion,
18-year struggle to save her brother from a
wrongful life sentence in prison before the
single-minded intensity of her mission burns
out every other person in her life. We believe
her. Although Swank looks different every time
out, with a bound chest and shorn locks for
Boys, 19 pounds of boxing muscle for Baby, and
15 pounds of stressed-out-single-mom padding
in Conviction, the leonine aspect to her face
the sharp lines, the full mouth with its toothy
overbite suggests shes ready to devour a role,
and our sympathies. I dont choose roles that
are walks in the park, Swank says.
Sam Rockwell, who plays her imprisoned
brother in Conviction, says, Shes an acting
machine, right up there with Gene Hack-
man and Chris Walken. He remembers one
low point during production when cast and
crew had to reshoot an entire 16-hour day, the
original filmscene after scene of him and
Swank locked in emotionally exhausting prison
visitshaving been destroyed in an airport
X-ray machine. She looked at me and said,
Stay with me. Its you and me all day.
Thats Hilary Swanks life in a nutshell: focus
and discipline and overcoming a lousy hand. In
her oft-told (and yes, iconic) tale, she was raised
mostly by her mother in a trailer park in Bell-
ingham, Washington, until Mom packed up
15-year-old Hilary in an Oldsmobile Delta 88
and drove to Hollywood with $75, bound for
glory or homelessness. Swank quickly landed
teen fare (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a part on Bev-
erly Hills 90210) that spared them the latter , and
a few years later, the lead in the stark, made-for-
peanuts Boys Dont Cry, which changed her life.
Swank throws herself headlong into what
she does on-screen: Before the Boys shoot,
she moved back to her hometown and passed
herself off as her male cousin from Nebraska;
to play Amelia Earhart in the 2009 biopic, she
learned how to fly. A number of her movies
subvert gender expec tations head-on. I was a
tomboy, Swank says, and staying clean and
crossing my legs didnt fit into my attitude of,
Lets play baseball now.
Making films is a crapshoot, she adds, and
sometimes the elements dont come together. But
that doesnt make it any less of a passion. Youre
connecting with something in you thats in that
other person. Where else do you get the oppor-
tunity to explore yourself like that?
That passion for career has perhaps had some
personal cost, including her divorce from actor/
director Chad Lowe. Now she lives in L.A. with
her boyfriend, talent agent John Campisi, and
his seven-year-old son , and heads a production
company whose first film will be next years
Something Borrowed, starring Kate Hudson and
John Krasinski. Im such an in-control person,
Swank admits, but my job allows me to let go
of that constant need to control. If I had to break
it down, Id say my work is about the abandon-
ment of ego.
One thing is for sure: Swanks 12-round
bouts of self-exploration have helped expand
the universe of whats possible for actresses in
Hollywood.Joseph Hooper
HILARY SWANK
Hollywood Icon
A two-time Oscar winner who masterfully subverts
gender expectations, Swank says that her acting
is about both connection and abandon
Q. What have been some of your
best moments in front of the
camera? A. Id put Conviction up
there with Million Dollar Baby as
two of my best experiences. Sam
Rockwell and I had some scenes
where the director yelled and we
were dropped back on Earth. You
literally go someplace else. That
does not happen very often.
Q. A lot of your roles are based
on real peopleBoys Dont Cry,
Freedom Writers, Amelia,
Conviction. Why is that?
A. I would say seven out of 10
scripts I get are biopics, and I dont
know if its because I have chosen
to do a lot of them or if I just find
them more interesting than some
of the other scripts I get. Its really
hard to come by a fictional script
where theres a strong female
character. Q. Do you take pains
not to carry yourself like a
celebrity? A. I see myself as an
actorI dont see myself as a
celebrity. I went to Italy last year,
and I was driving around the
country by myself, and people
were like, What are you doing?
Getting from A to B! In New York
City, I take the subway all the time.
I take it out to Shea Stadium and
watch baseball games. Its easy to
lose touch with people when youre
not around them anymore. You
become so secluded and
isolatedand thats just not
something Im interested in.
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MORNING GLORY (2010)
Harrison [Ford] is like Spencer
Tracyso masculine and yet in some
way a pushover. I love that quality. Hes
secretive. Hes definitely a turn-on, as
they say.
SOMETHINGS GOTTA GIVE (2003)
This movie allowed women of a certain
age to be recognized as viable. People
still ask, Did you like kissing Keanu
Reeves or Jack Nicholson better? Jack
will let you smack him on the mouth.
FIRST WIVES CLUB (1996)
All of us girls [Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler]
turned 50 within months of each other
while making the movie. We didnt know
it would be a hit. It was a momentous
timeI adopted my daughter, Dexter.
BABY BOOM (1987)
My career was on the skids. No studio
wanted me. I had never been near a
baby! I agreed to take no salary and took
a back-end deal, which worked out very
well for me.
ANNIE HALL (1977)
Woody always said, Why dont you
just dress the way you actually dress?
The wardrobe was based on what I was
interested in at the timewhat was going
on in SoHo. I got ideas from the street.
THE GODFATHER (1972)
How did I get there? There were many,
many actresses who auditioned for that
part. I dont know why Francis [Ford
Coppola] chose me. I was always labeled
too kooky.
F
rom the start, Diane Keaton seemed to
have sprung from the head of Zeus, a
woman fully formed and armed with
talents too big and complicated for her
to be cast as The Girl or The Babe. In the
way that Keaton seems much younger
than her years now, she seemed much
older than her years then, all of which adds up in
her long-term favor. My sexuality really wasnt
my strong point, says Keaton, 64. It wasnt like,
Wow, yeah, she just emanates a fascinating sexu-
ality. Thats not what I led with.
She still possesses a silent-movie-star beauty
the high cheekbones, wide, down-turned eyes,
vulnerable smile. And when she does speak, its in
that fractured, funny, emphatic way of expressing
herself thats all her owna kind of foreign lan-
guage weve all come to know and love. It was,
Keaton says, what was appealing about me.
That self-assessment is extremely truncated,
says Meryl Streep, her costar in Marvins Room
(1996). Her sexuality and femininity are very
much a part of her and her strength. She adds,
Woody [Allen] allowed us to love her the way we
love people in our livesfor her humanity and
three-dimensionality. That was the romance, the
sentimentality in his sort of unsentimental films
a really nice combo. Shes central to that appeal
and the connection people made with his films,
best illustrated in 1977s Annie Hall, which Allen
wrote with her in mind. Singsonging La-di-da,
la-di-da, la la, she took home the Oscar.
Only Judy Holliday was as great a screen
comedian as Diane Keaton, Allen says. And
thats not saying anything about Dianes enor-
mous range as a dramatic actress, her lovely sing-
ing voice, and her clear-cut skill as a director.
In 1977, Keaton gave another Oscar-caliber
performan ce, in the thriller Looking for Mr. Good-
bar. Thats the greatness of Diane, says Buck
Henry, who wrote Town & Country (2001). Imag-
ine doing those two films in the same season
one as dark and the other as sprightly as can be.
Her turn in 1981 as Louise Bryant in Reds, oppo-
site her then love Warren Beatty as the socialist
John Reed, earned her a second nomination and
Beatty the Best Director award. Who can forget the
scene in which Keaton waits at the train station,
hoping to find him alive? Its heartbreaking, even
when she finally does. To do justice to Dianes
spectacular gifts would require a book, not a
quote, Beatty says . But in 2006 he told me: Diane
can easily and interestingly seem to be in a constant
state of ambivalence. And that is true for the char-
acter of Louise Bryant: The world is flat, but the
world is round. The matter is black and also white.
Shes going to go but shes going to stay. Diane
brings a suspense that is invaluable. I found her
funny and I find her funny, and always surprising.
And she has a high level of integrity.
Jack Nicholson played Keatons lover in the film
and went on to star with her in the 2003 romantic
comedy Somethings Gotta Give, for which she
earned yet another Oscar nod. In that films heart-
wrenching scene, Keaton admits, through tears,
her unrequited love for him. After the take, Jack
came to me nervously and whispered, Diane
just told me she loves meshe said, I love you,
recalls director Nancy Meyers. I said, Yeah,
thats in the script. Shed played it so real, he
thought shed slipped a confession! Jack looked
relieved. And then very disappointed.
Keaton has made 50-plus movies, but you
dont feel the inertia of someone whos been work-
ing for years in the business, says Sarah Jessica
Parker, her Family Stone costar. Theres no drag-
ging the feet, looking at the watch. Shes still com-
pletely invested, in an innocent way. Shes sort of
like a raw nerve, so exposed. To me, its more the
way she chooses to live her life that makes her a
great actress. The danger of this industry is that its
self-involved. But Diane is incredibly curious and
has a lust for information and people. She has an
interest in a complete life.Holly Millea
DIANE KEATON
Hollywood Icon
Shes the pinup girl for our time: clever and
screwball, lovely and kind, ever stylish, ageless,
Oscar-winning, andyay!still in the lead
Q: Your first real gig was
starring on Broadway in Hair.
A: And my big break out of Hair
was Woody [Allen]s play, Play It
Again, Sam. [Keaton was Tony
nominated.] I remember a girl
coming up to me, I believe her
name was Leanne Fahey,
saying, If I dont make it by the
time Im 24, Im leaving. At the
time, I was 23, and I remember
just being panicked . I dont feel
I made it until Annie Hall.
Q: But five years earlier you
were in The Godfather?
A: It really didnt propel me
into stardom . It was like, there
was that and then a lot of
nothing. The person who really
gave me consistent
opportunities was Woody. Id
have a long spell of nothing
and hed say, Do you want to
do Sleeper? Love and Death?
Then in 77, Annie Hall got all
the accolades. That really did
cement me as somebody.
Q: Does the gender of a direct
or make a difference?
A: No. Warren [Beatty] and
Nancy Meyers both want more.
Theyre both intensely
interested in human behavior.
Warren was the first director
who wanted so much
more. [Laughs]
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SOMEWHERE (2010)
Elle Fanning is so radiant in this picture.
She was only 11, and she was growing all the
time. I wanted that moment when a mans
child is beginning to become a woman and
how complicated that would be for him.
MARIE ANTOINETTE (2006)
I loved Kirsten in that movie, and it was
fun to do it with an irreverent attitude
toward the history, which pissed some
people off. But it was in the spirit of Marie
Antoinette, who was a little rebellious.
LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003)
I wrote the movie with Bill Murray in
mind, who wouldnt sign a contract, but
he sounded interested. So I went to Japan
and started lming. It was a huge relief
when he showed up.
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999)
The sister Kirsten played was at the
center of the movies sexual drama.
But Kirsten was a teenager too, so I think
she was working things out for herself
as well.
L
ike all filmmakers whove earned the
status of auteur, writer, director, and
producer, Sofia Coppola has a style as
distinctive as her dads, though they
could hardly be more different. Francis
Ford Coppolas best work is full of bold
strokes that burn themselves into your
brain; Sofia is a master of the oblique, mingling
humor and melancholy with a touch so light that
her films feel tantalizingly elusive. Her work has
another distinction: I feel Im telling things from
a female point of view, she says over breakfast in
downtown Manhattan. Im not trying to do
thatfirst Im making something personal that I
want to see or express. But I do feel that a man
would make that story in a different way.
If Coppola werent so talented, her life might
seem inordinately charmed. In Hearts of Darkness,
her mother Eleanors documentary about the
making of Francis Apocalypse Now, we glimpse her
as a little girl in Manila, dancing with a friend of
her fathers. At 15, she got a summer internship at
Chanel in Paris. After high school, determined
not to follow in her fathers footsteps, she went to
California Institute of the Arts to study photo-
graphy, but while there, she made a terrific short
called Lick the Star, and the die was cast.
Did having Francis for a father open some
doors? Sure, but now she opens her own. Her
second feature, Lost in Translation, made her the
first woman to win the Oscar for best original
screenplay. Preparing her third, the costume epic
Marie Antoinette, she was given astonishing access
to shoot in Versailles. How was this possible?
The director of the museum said he loved Lost in
Translation, she says, with a slightly amazed
smile. Coppola has two daughters, Romy and
baby Cosima, with her French boyfriend,
Thomas Mars, whose band Phoenix won a
Grammy this year for best alternative album.
Romy, now almost four, got to call Action! on
the set of her mothers new film, Somewhere, which
opens next month. And once the picture wrapped,
Coppola was asked to design shoes and a bag for
Louis Vuitton, which wants more.
Coppolas sense of humor shines through in all
her movies. Shes particularly witty about female
sexiness. Think of the lushly pubescent Kirsten
Dunst gazing at us obliviously as she licks a
Popsicle in Coppolas first feature, The Virgin Sui-
cides; or the cameras slow survey of a horizontal
Scarlett Johans sons cashmere-clad back and
translucent pink panties in the opening of Lost in
Translation; or Dunst in Marie Antoinette, eagerly
climbing on top of her lover in her white stockings,
fulfilling a real desire. But for outright hilarity, you
cant beat the pole-dancing Shannon twins in
Somewhere, who entertain action star Johnny
Marco (Stephen Dorff), whos weathering a
divorce at the Chateau Marmont. Theyre clad so
scantily that they should come across as porno-
graphic, but theyre also so bright-eyed and beam-
ing that their naughtiest moveflipping their
bums up and downlooks less dirty than double-
jointed. I wanted more of a cheerleader quality
than the big-boob, supersexual thing, Coppola
says. Im a bit of a prude, but the twins, theyre
gung ho. They were fun to have around.
Somewhere is a wicked portrait of Hollywoods
vida loca, something Coppola has been observing
since childhood. When Johnnys ex suddenly
dumps their 11-year-old daughter (an excellent
Elle Fanning) into his life and takes off, you know
a change had better come. In the presence of a
vulnerable child, the vacuousness of celebrity and
its perks feels horrific, and the movie becomes
memorable. Dorff, who has known Coppola since
they were teens, suggests why. I dont think Ive
ever seen a director so confident in what she wants
to make. I was deep in the part and thought I
should say this thing or that, but she said, No,
youll see. And when I watched the film, she was
right every time. She knows what shes doing, and
its awesome.Karen Durbin
SOFIA COPPOLA
Hollywood Icon
With three stunning features in a row and a fourth
one on the way, this groundbreaking auteur is
just getting started rewriting Hollywood history
Q. Is there a woman in film who
particularly influenced your
career? A. My biggest influence is
my dad, but Jane Campion was the
woman I admired most as a director.
Shes on par with all the great men.
Q. Is there a woman in Hollywood
whom you especially admire?
A. Ive always had a fondness for
Anjelica Huston because as children
of movie families, our lives share
similarities. I thought she handled
that really gracefully. Q. Marie
Antoinette was a huge project for
you. What hurdles did you have to
overcome as a woman directing a
major film? A. It was big for me,
although in Hollywood $20 million
wasnt a big budget. But I got a lot of
support from Amy Pascal, who
championed me at Columbia. I think
that without her, it wouldnt have
gotten made. She was really
supportive of my telling the story
from a young girls point of view,
when maybe a man wouldnt have
been. Q. What low point stands out
for you in making a film? A. When I
appeared in Godfather III. I had
never wanted to be an actress, and I
was 18, and being criticized for
ruining my dads movie was a hard
thing. But I also think it makes you
stronger. I felt that I could handle
things after that. John Huston told
me when I was very young, Not
everyone is going to like you, he
said, so dont try to get everyone
to. And that was so liberating.
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TROY (2004)
I was extremely uncomfortable with the
attention that I got for this movie, and I
panicked a little because I was green. The
big lesson from Troy was: Go to work, be
prepared, and dont ever think, This is it.
NATIONAL TREASURE (2004)
Nic Cage is just mad and eccentrichis
mind goes a thousand times faster than
mine. He would have 50,000 ideas of how
to play a scene. I was in awe of him.
JOYEUX NOEL (2005)
When it premiered at Cannes, the
audience was weeping and applauding for
a half hour. It was the first time I realized
who were making movies for. I still have
goose bumps when I think about it.
COPYING BEETHOVEN (2006)
Agnieszka Holland directed this film, and
she was very demanding. Ive worked with
other female directors, and they are the
toughest! Theyre not impressed easily.
All they want is the performance.
THE COLOR OF FREEDOM (2007)
In this film, based on a true story, Kruger
plays the wife of Nelson Mandelas South
African prison guard. She was a racist, and
not very bright. But whether or not you agree
with your character, you cant hate her.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (2009)
The dialogue is poetry! Even though
Im German, people think I spoke in my
natural accent, but really, not at all.
Quentin didnt even want to audition me
because he didnt believe I was German.
I
ts comforting to hear 34-year-old Diane
Krugera former fashion model and muse to
Karl Lagerfeldtell the story of her most sur-
real Hollywood moment: attending National
Treasure costar Nicolas Cages Christmas
party among Hollywood heavyweights like
Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson. But thats
not the surreal part: She left the fete feeling slightly
offended that Nicholson hadnt even tried to hit on
her. She jokes, Id heard so many stories about him
that I was like, Come on, dude! Seriously?
You could assume Kruger, the otherworldly
face of Calvin Kleins new fragrance, Beauty
(of course thats what its called), to be an obvi-
ous target for Nicholsons advances. Her striking
Germanic featureswinged cheekbones, icy blue
eyes, haricots vertslike limbswon her the role
of Helen, as in the face that launched a thousand
ships, in 2004s Troy. Watch the nearly three-hour
Homeric epic and youll completely forget about
the rest of the genetically blessed castBrad Pitt
and Orlando Bloom were in it?
Born Diane Heidkrger in Algermissen, Ger-
many, she spent her adolescence studying dance,
but at 16, a knee injury cut short her dream of
becoming a ballerina. Shortly after , she won a
modeling contest, moved to Paris, and worked
steadily for five years, appearing in big-ticket print
campaigns. Despite her success, at 21, Kruger
felt dissatisfiedthe actual picture-taking part
was boringand enrolled in the Parisian acting
school Cours Florent.
But after landing the hyped-up role of Helen,
Kruger worried that her entre into the film in-
dustry would also be her swift exit. Troy could
have ended my career right there, she says of
the undergrossing film. I look at it today, and I
would have played it completely differently. The
truth is, I had no experience. But, she admits, I
got National Treasure without even trying because
I was cast in Troy. From there, Kruger could have
easily carved out an acting career without putting
much effort into honing her craft. Instead, the tri-
lingual actressshe also speaks Frenchthrew
herself into meatier parts, the kind that wouldnt
necessarily plaster her face all over billboards and
buses. For 2005s Oscar-nominated Joyeux Noel,
the true story of a World War I Christmas truce,
Kruger, who plays a Danish soprano, studied
opera for months to master the breathing tech-
niques she would need to sing convincingly on
set, even though her voice would be dubbed. For
2006s Copying Beethoven, costar Ed Harris, as the
deaf composer, met with Kruger, who portrayed
his plucky copyist, every day for two months to
run lines and learn how to conduct an orchestra.
I became an actor on that movie, she says. Ed
taught me to turn my fears into my strength.
But it was Inglorious Basterds, Quentin Taran-
tinos ballsy redux of World War II, that offered
Kruger a chance to show the masses what she
was capable of. As Bridget von Hammersmark,
a scheming German actress who doubles as a spy
for a pack of Nazi-hunting American soldiers,
Kruger paired Marlene Dietrichs 40s-era pin-
curled allure with G.I. Janes ruggedness, a combo
that Tarantino found captivating. So much so that
when it was time to film von Hammersmarks
violent strangling, he stepped in and clenched her
neck with his own two hands. Quentin pushed
me in a direction I didnt dare go yet, she says.
After that film, the image that people had of me
as being small and dainty-looking was shattered.
Next, shell play an illegal Bosnian immigrant
in Unknown White Male, a thriller starring Liam
Neeson and January Jones, directed by Jaume
Collet-Serra. Theres a scene were Im running,
and when it came to my close-up, I kept asking
makeup to spritz water on my face so itd look
like I was sweating, she says. And the DP was
like, No. You have to look pretty. I said, Come
on. Ive been running four miles. Who looks
pretty after that?
Does she even have to ask?Julie Vadnal
DIANE KRUGER
International Breakout
She could have worked forever as a pretty
face. Instead, she took on demanding, risky
roles that earned her kudosand wattage
Q. What female part would you
most like to play? A. Right now,
Im interested in playing
ordinary yet extraordinary
women, but Id also love to make
a funny, brainy comedy. I just
watched Get Him to the Greek,
and Rose Byrne, a good friend
of mine, is in that. Shes so
friggin good, and shes such a
dramatic actress. Q. But are you
funny? A. I think I am! Id kill for
a Judd Apatow movie. Q. Why
arent there as many great
female parts as there are male
ones? A. When movies get cast,
the first thing they get is the
male star, and then they go
about casting the girl. Its never
the other way around. There are
very few women in that
position. Q. Like who?
A. Angelina Jolie comes to mind.
Q. Since Inglourious Basterds,
do you think Hollywood sees
you as a powerful player?
A. Im more confident, for sure.
When someone like Quentin
Tarantino has faith in you, it
validates your belief in yourself.
Thats the hardest thing to do as
an actor, because theres
always going to be someone
younger or prettier. Its hard to
stop looking from right to left
and just follow your own path.
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RAY (2004)
This was the very first scene we shot. We
were in New Orleans before the floods,
and it was incredible to be able to work
there and get to know the city.
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (2006)
I loved the idea of a love affair being
a suicidal act. What kind of desperate
straits are these two people in that they
let themselves do that? I mean, sex is
powerful, but come on.
LAKEVIEW TERRACE (2008)
It was so fun to go to work and have
Sam Jackson be cruel to you. Theyd yell
Cut! and Id be hysterically laughing.
In reality, hes like family to me. Our
relationship is nothing but love.
MOTHER AND CHILD (2009)
It was important for my character, Lucy,
to be intimidated by this adolescent
woman, so I knew it was gonna take a hell
of an actress. Well, with Shareeka [Epps],
Im done. She intimidates me at the gate.
FOR COLORED GIRLS (2010)
The cast is so sick that we used to sit
around taking pictures of each others
chairs: Look at all these names! When are
any of us going to be in a movie with this
many women of colorin one place?!
NIGHT CATCHES US (2010)
I love working with Anthony [Mackie]
this was our second film together. We
didnt have time to rehearse, but we had
a quality of Ive already done love scenes
with you. I know who you are.
K
erry Washington is not your typical
brooding method actor, nor is she
a smug I-dont-believe-in-method
type. Instead, she manages to oc-
cupy a rare, exotic middle ground on
which its possible to be a stirringly
good actress who simply cross-
examines the hell out of every character she plays.
Before she could become the unhinged adul-
teress to Forest Whitakers Idi Amin in The Last
King of Scotland, she needed to know, How in the
world do you engage in unprotected sex with a
white man, as a black woman, as Idi Amins wife
in Ugandaknowing the ramifications?!
Considering her character in last years Mother
and Child, a highly neurotic woman desperate for
a baby, she wondered, Who are the people for
whom its so important to have the button buttoned
and the pearls sitting right where theyre supposed
to? And what is going on underneath that?
Washington has always been a thinker, an
asker. She was born in the Bronx (in 1977just
like hip-hop culture, she says), the only child
of a professor mom and real estate broker dad,
a family whom she drove crazy with her re-
enactments of Whoopi Goldbergs one-woman
Broadway show. I knew every line, she says. In
that piece, I understood that you could change
peoples way of thinking about other human
beings through theater. And it was the one reason
my parents let me cursethis character says, She
went around the world in 80 motherfuckin days.
They were like, Well let her say it. Its art.
In sixth grade, Washington switched from pub-
lic school to Spence, the Manhattan all-girls prep
academy, on a scholarship. To get from the Bronx
to the Upper East Side, it only takes a trainbut
you might as well have had a passport, she says.
At 11, I knew what it meant to have a mother
who was willing to drive to an outlet so I could get
the Bass shoes that these girls wore. I understood
costume; the small indicators of culture around
you. Its why I pay so much attention to the kind
of cake Im going to cook for my kids in a movie,
or the shoe that my characters going to wear.
But, she continues, my classmates mother
was struggling with alcoholism the same way that
my uncle in the Bronx was. You begin to see: Oh,
the human condition is the human condition. It
just gets clothed in character in different ways.
After Spence, Washington continued to probe
the human condition at George Washington Uni-
versity (studying anthropology and sociology)
and all the way to Hollywood, where its seemed
to make the difference in her spot-on portrayals
of complicated women, from a ball-busting teen
mom (Save the Last Dance) to a smoking-hot home-
wrecker (Chris Rocks I Think I Love My Wife). But
analysis can only do so much; watching her on-
screen, its her raw talent that you see. In 2006s
The Dead Girl, in which Washington played a les-
bian Latina drug-addict hooker, the actress who
likes to wax philosophical about a characters
gritty circumstances is replaced completely by the
heartbreaking girl who lives inside them.
The character was written to be Hispanic, says
director Karen Moncrieff, and the producers said
no to her at first. But she came in and was undeni-
ably this part. If you see her in Ray, shes just differ-
ent and I think they didnt understand that shes a
chameleon and can really do anything .
This month, Washington joins a dream-team
ensembleThandie Newton, Janet Jackson,
Phylicia Rashad, and Whoopi herselfin Tyler
Perrys adaptation of the poetry play For Colored
Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow
Is Enuf. Its when talking about For Colored Girls that
Washington turns almost pep-squad giddy. Every
black girl whos ever been on a stage worships this
play, says Washington, who appeared in David
Mamets Race on Broadway this year. But after the
suicide theme, she admits shes ready to let loose
for the romantic comedy We the Peeples. Might that
cutup-festproduced by Perry, no lessprove a
stretch for the pensive scholar? Not likely.
Kerry has the best laugh in the world,
declares Samuel L. Jackson, her Lakeview Terrace
costar. You hear her laugh, and you think, Is
there a drunk sailor out here somewhere? She
just lets go.Rachel Rosenblit
KERRY WASHINGTON
Hollywood Icon
From a Ugandan queen to a slums-of-L.A. hooker,
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Q. Was it surreal being cast with
Whoopi in For Colored Girls?
A. Who knew, when I was a little girl
walking around saying the F-word
because of her, that Id be able to
thank her for what she gave me?
Q. When has being a woman in
Hollywood felt especially powerful?
A. Working with Karen Moncrieff [on
The Dead Girl]this film is so dark.
She had just given birth, and here is
this beautiful earth mother with her
babe on her breast, and shes like, I
really need it to be more angry and
violent! It made me think, We really
do have the power to hold so many
different responsibilities at once.
Q. Which roles do you still have to
fight for? A. If I want to play the wife
of a famous black guy, Ive kind of got
that in the bag especially if the
[actor] wants to win an Oscar!
Because its Jamie [Foxx], its Forest
[Whitaker]: Get Kerry to play your
wife! But if I want to step outside of
my comfort zone, Im going to have to
fight for that. Q. Which actresses do
you look up to? A. Anna Deavere
Smith; Cate Blanchettwhen she
came to see Race, I was like, I dont
know if I can do this! And Meryl
Streep is obvious. Its like saying you
like flourless chocolate cake.
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nless youre a casting agent, 29-year-old Jessica
Chastain is right now almost certainly the most
in-demand actress youve never heard of. That
will change over the next year or so, as the nine
movies shes shot in the past four years
collaborations with a Whos Who of filmhit the
screen. In director Terrence Malicks family
drama The Tree of Life, she plays Brad Pitts wife
(and, thanks to the miracle of flashback, Sean
Penns mother). In the film adaptation of the mega-best-selling
novel The Help, shes a newly minted up-from-white-trash southern
belle. Shes also the lead in Al Pacinos cinematic translation of
Oscar Wildes Salome, the wife of Ralph Fiennes Coriolanus in the
Fiennes-directed film version of Shakespeares bloody tragedy,
and, in what may prove to be her most memorable performance,
a fledgling Israeli intelligence operative assigned to abduct an
infamous Nazi war criminal in mid-60s East Berlin in The Debt this
December. All my friends are going, What is going on right now?
says Chastain, who shares their amazement. She still remembers
the moment when Malick called to tell her hed cast Pitt as her hus-
band in The Tree of Life. Im trying to act all coolThatd be great!
Meanwhile, a friend of mine is with me, and I have this big notepad
and a pink highlighter, so I just write, BRAD PITT.
Who would have predicted? Chastain grew up in small-town
Northern Californiaher mother runs a vegan restaurant, her
stepfathers a firefighterbut by the time she was 10, she was
channeling what she calls her obsessive personality into the fine
artsfirst, dance for six hours a day, and then, after she decided she
wasnt tall enough to make it as a ballerina, theater. I was the girl
who cut school to go to the park, and the other kids would be
smoking and drinking and Id be reading Shakespeare, she says.
The Bard brought Chastain to New York. For her Juilliard audi-
tion, she chose Juliets soliloquy about pining for Romeo to take her
virginity (come, loving, black-browed night) and gave it the full
hormonal treatment. Im on the floor writhing about, completely
crazy, she says, laughing. It probably made them go, Ah, this
chick, shes brave. (In The Debt, the visible intensity of her feelings
for her Mossad coconspirator, played by Sam Worthington, gives
the taut political thriller its own star-crossed romantic grandeur.)
After four conservatory years, Chastain moved to L.A. to make
it in the movies, and the fish-out-of-water feeling returned: Id be
sitting in the audition waiting room thinking, Everyone looks like a
model, really tall and really blond. She is gorgeous, of course, and
petite, with strawberry blond hair and translucent skin. How ever,
once Al Pacino discovered what a finely tuned instrument she was,
the other A-list directors and actors fell into line. Al taught me, once
you accept the camera and love it, it can see into you, Chastain
says. Ralph Fiennes, for one, has admired the view: Her emotions
are on her skin, he says about Chastain. She doesnt do any acting.
It all moves through her, seemingly without effort. The rest of us
will learn what all the fuss is about when her movies begin to roll
out. My poor mother is telling everyone she knows, Jessica is doing
a movie with Brad Pitt, with Al Pacino, she says, and everyone is
looking at her two years later, going, Sure, sure.
But anonymity has its privileges. Still preserved after four years
of making movies, untroubled by the impediments of celebrity-
hood, is Chastains girlish sense that anythings possible. The Debt
made me realize I love making action movies, she says. And when
her cover is blown? People ask me, Is it going to be weird when
people start to see your films? she says. I must be in denial,
because I dont think so. When its suggested that a steady stream of
Jessica Chastain movies over the next few years is going to play out
like the Revenge of the Drama Nerd, she counters, Yeah, but now I
feel like the cool drama nerd.Joseph Hooper
JESSICA CHASTAIN
Hollywood Spotlight
Take a good look at this face, because its coming to a
movie screen near youin fact, a whole multiplex of
screensin nine upcoming films. Watch out, world!
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leather miniskirt, $2,250,
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with raccoon trim, J. Mendel, price on request.
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Elise verland, $850. Hat, Minnetonka, $43.
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on request. Fox-fur-trim dress, Martin Grant,
$4,325. Sunglasses, Oliver Peoples, $400.
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Turbeville, $3,200. Stretch tulle bodysuit,
Devi Kroell, $390. Ring, Pamela Love, $1,232.
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on request. Reversible muskrat and raccoon
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Hat, Minnetonka, $43. Beaver-fur bag, Marc
Jacobs, $3,895. Boots, Giuseppe Zanotti
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Turbeville, $3,200. Russian sable and goat-fur
coat, Fendi, price on request. Blouse, Nicole
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Knitted fox-fur coat, Helen Yarmak, price upon request. Dress, Ralph Lauren Collection, price upon request. Hat, Dior, $1,250. Ring, Stephen Dweck,
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Turbeville, $3,800. Bag, Cactus Mountain, $250. Mahogany mink coat with fox-fur trim, Giuliana Teso, price upon request. Dress, Peter Som, $2,475. Hat,
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Salvatore Ferragamo, prices upon request. Boots, D&G, $933. For details, see Shopping Guide.
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from House of Lavande, Palm Beach, $698. Mens shearling coat, Burberry Prorsum, price upon request. Turtleneck, $640, pants, $800, both, Gucci.
Dyed horizontal American Legend mink coat, Sorbara for Neiman Marcus, price upon request. Dress, Anna Sui, $706. Hat, Patricia Underwood,
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request. Blouse, Ruffian, $995. Skirt, Salvatore Ferragamo, $1,590. Muskrat vest with raccoon, J. Mendel, price upon request. Blouse, Ruffian, $895.
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over her shoulder, channeling her best Madeline Kahn. Its the
kind of proclamation this 24-year-old indie darling would only
make ironically; yet, prancing around in a pair of towering
40s-style platforms on the set of her ELLE photo shoot, she looks
all that and more. This is due, in part, to a shimmering silver Lurex
dress from the fall/winter 2010 collection of her costar at this shoot ,
Francisco Costa, the creative director of Calvin Klein Collection
womens wear. The two just met, but before long theyre shaking
their groove thangs and exchanging hugs and besos.
As Dennings slinks from pose to pose, her arms writhing in the
air, as if risen from an oyster shell like a Botticelli disco ball, Costa
joins in the fun with all the bossa nova bravado of a Brazilian night-
club dancer . Still, he saves his real excitement for the construction of
the dress. Look! It only has one seam! he says.
Only someone with an in-depth knowledge of fashion physics
could fully appreciate that single-seam feat. Its almost as complex
as the genetic coding that gave issue to the quirky and talented
Dennings. For all her endless curls and ginormous bedroom eyes,
the actress doesnt have a Hollywood-standard look, and that suits
Costa just fine shes just the kind of smart, sexy woman hed love
to see wearing his clothes on and off the red carpet.
Wisecracking roles in The House Bunny and The 40 Year Old Virgin
have earned Dennings a following as Tinseltowns reigning smart-
aleck ingenue . As the girl who wins Michael Ceras indie-loving
heart in 2008s Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist, she put a sardonic,
Generation-Y spin on the classic romantic-comedy heroine. (Next
up, she joins Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins in the Kenneth
Branaghdirected superhero fantasy Thor, out next year.) With not a
hint of Botox, Restylane, or saline in sight (okay, shes only 24 , but
actresses start young these days), her 5'4" frame jiggles, crinkles, and
smushes in all the right places. I love her, Costa says later, pouring
over outtakes from the shoot. Shes so real, so nice. Beautiful.
Costa certainly knows a thing or two about keeping it real. Hes
won over even the most die-hard fashion critics with his sweet-
natured charm and somewhat softened take on his companys
hard-edged heritage. After a slightly shaky start when Calvin
Klein and business partner Barry Schwartz retired from the
company in 2003 , selling it to manufacturing giant Phillips-
Van Heusen and anointing Costa as Kleins successor, Costas
stewardship of this ber-cool intellectual brand has turned its
aesthetic ever so slightly on its modernist head.
The billowing color-block silk dresses of spring/summer 2006,
for which he won the CFDAs womens-wear designer of the year
award; the floaty-yet-structured suits of fall/winter 2007; the white
columns and lean, bias-cut silhouettes of spring/summer 2008 (for
which he won his second CFDA award); the serene, geometric ,
cool-tone neutrals of spring/summer 2009; and this falls sculptural
tailoringcollections like these, which marry hard and soft, have
made Costa the smart dressers go-to designer.
For resort, he returned to the companys separates roots, working
handmade stitching into all the looks to create flat, foldable shapes
that stand away from yet still delineate the contours of a womans
body. Veering subtly from the essential Calvin mantra, he has
gone so far as to make the clothes softer, evengaspin some
small ways romantic . So, while resorts dresses have a traditional
Calvin length (below the knee) and techno fabric (rubberized
cupro) , Costa adds a devore velvet in beachy shades of seafoam
green and yellow to give the silhouette a decidedly feminine ele-
gance. Im not a minimalist, Im a reductionist, says the 46-year-
old . Since 90s minimalism ended, there has been an evolution at
Calvin. For me, that means theres a lot of heart behind what I do.
Costa, who designed his first suit at the age of ninea burgundy
safari number with patch pockets , for a trip he was taking to his
uncles cattle ranch never had designs on becoming a fashion
celebrity. He grew up one of five children in Guarani, Brazil , and
spent his after-school hours working in his mothers childrenswear
factory. There wasnt a lot of privacy, he says. If you went off to
your room to read a book, everyone thought there was something
wrong with you. When his mother died in 1991 , he came to New
York to attend FIT. In short order, he learned English and got a job
working for Bill Blass Dresses and, later, Oscar de la Renta. I grew
up in a very neutral-tone world, Costa says of his familys home
and its surrounding landscape. Oscar taught me how to play with
color. After working with de la Renta for five years, he was tapped
by Tom Ford, becoming one of the lead designers on Guccis semi-
nal spring 1999 Cher collection, with its $2,000 embroidered jeans
and turquoise-embellished slingbacks. Costa had been design
director at Calvin Klein Collection for less than a year when he fast-
forwarded to the top spot.
Recently, Costa has tweaked his fashion shows model lineup to
better reflect what he sees as the companys clientele , casting such
nonteenagers as Kirsty Hume, Kristen McMenamy, and Stella
Tennant . Of the much-discussed Lara Stone, the face of the
companys Calvin Klein Collection, ck Calvin Klein, and Calvin
Klein jeans campaigns, he says: Lara embodies sexy, yes. But she
also has a full life. And she has a big, womanly figure, but shes not
dowdy. Hes brought in women of diverse shapes, ethnicities, and
personalitiesEva Mendes , Kate Bosworth, Kerry Washington,
Diane Kruger, Zoe Saldana, Natalia Vodianovaas friends of
the brand. While on one hand, Costa appreciates the androgyny of
a McMenamy or Tennant , he loves a woman with curveshello,
Ms. Dennings (or fellow fans Liv Tyler, Elle Macpherson, and
Michelle Obama). In my mind, being modern means embracing
more races, ways of being, and yes, body types, he says.
Silk Lurex raglan-sleeve column dress, Calvin Klein Collection, $3,695, at
Calvin Klein Collection, NYC, call 212-292-9000. Designer, his own clothes.
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Q: Whats the best advice a director has
given you?
A: On Manhattan Murder Mystery [1993], I
filled in at a difficult time in Woodys life. Mia
was going to play the role and she dropped out . I
had a scene with Alan Alda where we were talk-
ing about our marriage falling apart. The day
after, Woody called and said, Its terrible, its
terrible. I hadnt been in a movie with Woody
for some time, so now Im in a panic: Am I going
to get fired? I said, Okay, what should I do?
And he said, Do better. [Laughs] That scene
never made it into the movie. I never got it right.
Q: Lets talk leading men. Your new film,
Morning Glory, costars Harrison Ford.
A: A very attractive man! He has a very dry
sense of humor. Whereas Im a big slob, hes con-
tained and then he throws these zingers.
Q: Youve made eight films with Woody.
A: He has a contempt for healing humor, as
we used to call it. He had a huge bulletin board in
his house, and he sent me this thing 10 years ago
with a note: Di, Im cleaning out stuff , thought
youd like this. Its called A Clowns Creed.
[Laughs] And its the most horrifying illustration
of a very smiley clown. It says things like, To
laugh is to live. I believe to give joy is to give
greater than gold. [Laughing harder]
Q: How about Al Pacino [The Godfather
trilogy (1972, 1974, 1990)]?
A: Im trying to think. [Cue the Jeopardy!
theme music] I dont know exactly what to say
about that. Im coming up short here.
Q: Shall we move on?
A: Yes. [Laughs]
Q: Marlon Brando was the Godfather.
How cool was he?
A: Who was he? Really. Marlon Brando went
very far, way beyond anything I can even imag-
ine. I guess thats why he was such a galvanizing
actor and why he transformed acting, period .
All I ever saw of him was on the set. I was just a
kid, so what did I know? All the guys were
mooning, thats all I remember. And the detail
he was detail-oriented in a way that was just kind
of, Whoa. Must be a scary guy to have known.
Q: Robert Duvall was in the film too.
A: He always will be Boo Radley to me [his
role in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)]. I named my
son Duke Radley because of that character. Boo
Radley was a hero.
Q: Warren Beatty [Reds and Town &
Country (2001)].
A: The thing about Warren is that he alone
can make you feel like you have true potential
for greatness. He can make you feel, Oh, I could
be a politician, I could be a director. Its a very
seductive and thrilling feeling, but of course has
nothing to do with reality. But at the same time,
he has the gift for seeing the potential in people
and he appreciates them. He couldve been a
psychiatrist. His insights are brilliant.
Q: Albert Finney [Shoot the Moon (1982)].
A: I loved Albert Finney! He was this big
cigar-smoking hedonist. Everything about him
was sort of big and oozing. He was sexy. One of
the things about being an actress is being thrown
into situations, harmless situations, where youre
playing around with very intense feelings. I was
in bed with him in a scene and I remember we
were kissingit was really fun, of course, it al-
ways is completely fun for me. But anyway, he
would just talk dirty. And I remember thinking,
Oh my God! That was fun.
Q: Mel Gibson [Mrs. Soffel (1984)].
A: I had the biggest crush on Mel of anybody.
He was stunning, and Id just stare at him.
Q: Sam Shepard [Baby Boom (1987)].
A: Oh my God. Not real. Hes just Western, a
man. I was shooting Crimes of the Heart [1986],
with Jessica Lange and Sam. I was playing the
sad-sack older sister . And I remember watching
themthey were so in love. I was sort of like, Oh
my god, they were living out my dream. They
were in love in the hottest possible way.
Q: But youve been in love! Woody, Al,
Warren.
A: No, not like that. [Ive always been] rid-
dled with some sort of fear or worry. No free
falls. A friend of mine has just fallen in love, and
she said to me, I am so in love! I thought, Wow,
Ive just never been where I would say to some-
body, I am so in love. I loved and I was in love,
but they were, like I said, not simple.
Q: Steve Martin [Father of the Bride I and
II (1991, 1995)].
A: I love Steven, and the thing about Steve is
hes a friendand thats rare.
Q: Leonardo DiCaprio played your
nephew in Marvins Room [1996] .
A: At the time he was trying to decide whether
he should do Titanic. He was talking about it and
Id be thinking, Gee, is that a good idea or not ,
because he was an incredibly gifted kid actor.
[He was whining about it! Meryl Streep adds,
laughing. He had to go to Mexico, whine. And shoot
in a big water tank, whine, whine.]
Q: Jack Nicholson [Reds, Somethings
Gotta Give (2002)].
A: I love Jack Nicholson. I love him. And you
would too. He needs to do a memoir where
somebody turns on a tape recorder and follows
him around. This is a brain like none otherI
dont understand his imagination or his point of
view. Obviously, hes a genius.
Q: Youre writing a memoir now, incor-
porating the diaries of your mother, Doro-
thy [who died two years ago].
A: She wrote more than a hundred journals
over the course of her marriage to my father. I
couldnt bear looking at them while she was
alive. Id pick them up and say, No, I cant deal
with this. Now Im dealing with it.
Ive always been somebody who needed a
partner. I looked for people who could give me
the courage and staminaI couldnt do it alone.
My mother, of course, was the partner of my life .
That loss is insurmountable.
[ In the background, Keatons nine-year-old son,
Duke, announces, Avatars on!
Keaton: Okay, good to know.
Duke: When youre done, come to the TV room.
Keaton: I will.]
Ive got my orders! When I hear people
lament, Whats happening to movies? theyre
wrong! Like, last night I was watching Up. That
house, floating off with the balloons? [Carl] has
to let go. He has to let go of his fucking past to live
his life with adventure . Every generation has
brilliance ; if they tell moving stories with ani-
mation, whats the difference? Onward! The
past is not more appealing to me than the pres-
ent, thats for damn sure.
Q: Im kind of amazed at how real you
are after navigating such an unreal part of
the world all these years.
A: Im ordinary, an ordinary person. But I
have to say, What a life, huh? What a life were all
living. Its frightening and beautiful and magical
and absolutely inexplicable. But were in it.
THE MAN WHO LOVES WOMEN
(conti nued from page 288)
Eastwood has a witty way with love scenes,
particularly the hesitation waltz between people
who are just starting to realize whats happening.
De France describes a scene in Hereafter in which
she and Damon are meeting in a public place.
The camera went around and around, circling
us. Suddenly Eastwood says, Okay, can you kiss
the girl? She laughs, adding, It was not written
in the script! No, but its there on the screen, two
people surprised by love, looking utterly real.
In such unlikely films as the militaristic Heart-
break Ridge, with its gnarled gunnery sergeant
(played by our guy) who has a secret stash of
womens magazines he pores over to understand
usparticularly his ex-wifebetter, Eastwood
has a way of acknowledging the importance
of women. And in Bird, he tells the story of the
heroin-doomed jazz genius Charlie Parker from
the perspective of Parkers wife, Chan, with Diane
Venora both a pungent presence and a satisfying
reality check throughout the movie. But never
has Eastwood injected a female perspective into a
male genre to greater effect than in Unforgiven, the
movie he calls his last western because he doesnt
believe hell ever find a better one. Unforgiven,
which brought Eastwood his first pair of Oscars in
1993 , and the less celebrated 1984 New Orleans
noir Tightrope, are two brilliant repudiations of the
ethos that made Harry Callahan and the home-
less man on horseback into romantic figures.
Unforgiven opens with a particularly ugly
act of violence : A cowboy cuts up the face of a
young prostitute he thinks has laughed at his
small penis. When the bully who runs the town
refuses to punish the cowboy, the prostitutes
enraged madam rallies them to raise a bounty:
Just because we let them smelly fools ride us like
horses doesnt mean they can brand us like horses.
Maybe we aint nothing but whores, but we, by
God, aint horses. Thats what brings Eastwoods
retired and bitterly regretful gunslingernow an
impoverished widower with small childreninto
the drama, which plays out violently, and largely
among men. But the womens implicit critique
of the codes of masculinity infuses the whole
movie, preventing it from becoming just another
righteous thrill ride.
In Tightrope, credited to Richard Tuggle but
much of it directed by Eastwood, he creates the
antithesis of the confidently lethal Dirty Harry.
Wes Block is a New Orleans homicide detec-
tive riddled with guilty self-doubt who is the
devoted single dad of two daughters. This murk-
ily handsome movie doesnt pit good and evil
against each other so much as explore the thin
line between them. Pursuing a serial killer, Block
finds himself in a moral fun house hall of mirrors;
among other things, the killer makes a specialty
of murdering the prostitutes Block has taken to
visiting. But the movies most radical element, in
more ways than one, is the woman Block finds
himself increasingly drawn to. Shes the smart,
no-nonsense head of a rape crisis center who
teaches self-defense, and as played by the master-
fully understated Genevieve Bujold, she holds out
to Block not just the possibility of redemption but
of simple peace. When I asked Eastwood if she
was in Tuggles script to begin with, he mentioned
other things in the script but said he couldnt
remember. Im not sure I believe him, but thats
okay. To go in 12 years from High Plains Drifters
portrayal of a womans punishment by rape to a
romance with the kick-ass head of a rape crisis
center is a hell of a learning curve.
DIANE KEATON
(conti nued from page 311)
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at Marc Jacobs (NYC). Diamond bracelet by De Beers, $850, at De
Beers stores, call 800-929-0889 or visit debeers.com. Yellow gold
bangle by David Yurman, $3,250, at David Yurman Townhouse (NYC),
visit davidyurman.com. Her own necklace. On Gwyneth Paltrow:
Embroidered silk dress by Chlo, $3,074, at Neiman Marcus.
Pink gold ring with diamonds, cuff by re by Repossi, visit repossi
.com. Her own diamond ring. On Hilary Swank: Viscose gown
by Calvin Klein Collection, $895, at Calvin Klein Collection (NYC).
Sterling silver ring by Stephen Dweck, $1,155, collection at Bergdorf
Goodman (NYC). On Jodie Foster: Organza dress by Marc Jacobs,
$2,900, at Marc Jacobs (NYC). Her own earrings. On Diane Keaton:
Belted cashmere coat, $6,300, leather boots, $1,650, by Herms,
at Herms stores, call 800-441-4488 or visit hermes.com. Turtleneck,
$250, tights by Wolford, call 800-WOLFORD or visit wolford.com.
Hat by Victor Osborne, at Victor Osborne (NYC), visit victorosborne
.com. On Sofia Coppola: Cotton shirt by Cline, $560, at Kirna
Zabte (NYC). Her own necklace. On Kerry Washington: Suede
dress by Balmain, $10,400, collection at Bergdorf Goodman (NYC).
On Diane Kruger: Silk twill jacket by Calvin Klein Collection,
$3,295, at Calvin Klein Collection (NYC).
BEHIND THE COVER
Page 64: Brooch by Breguet, $56,400, call 866-458-7488.
ELLE FASHION: THE LOOK
Page 129: Swimsuit by Chanel, at Chanel boutiques.
ELLE FASHION: TRENDS AND ACCESSORIES
Page 130: Dress, bag, bracelet by Chanel, at Chanel boutiques,
call 800-550-0005. Dress by Dior, $6,200, call 800-929-DIOR. Page
132: Cardigan, skirt, sunglasses by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs
(NYC). Ring by Swarovski, at Swarovski boutiques, call 800-426-
3088. Dress, belt, flats by Louis Vuitton, at Louis Vuitton locations,
call 866-VUITTON or visit louisvuitton.com. Bag by Dior, at Dior
boutiques. Page 134: Dress by Dior, $7,000, at Dior boutiques.
Pumps, jacket, skirt by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC). Page
138: Top, sunglasses by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC). Dress,
scarf, sandals by Miu Miu, similar styles at Miu Miu boutiques, visit
miumiu.com. Skirt, bag by Moschino, visit moschino.com. Page
140: Jacket by Stella McCartney, at Stella McCartney (NYC; West
Hollywood, CA). Bag, mule by Dolce & Gabbana, at Dolce & Gabbana
stores, call 877-70-DG-USA, or visit dolcegabbana.com. Ring by Le
Vian, visit levian.com. Page 142: Top, dress by Stella McCartney, at
Stella McCartney (NYC; West Hollywood, CA). Necklace by Louis
Vuitton, at Louis Vuitton locations, visit louisvuitton.com. Sandal
by Giuseppe Zanotti Design, at Giuseppe Zanotti Design boutiques.
Clutch by Isaac Mizrahi New York, at Isaac Mizrahi (NYC). Bangle
by Rina Limor, call 800-999-0583. Page 146: Bag, flats, scarf by
Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC). Blouse, skirt by Louis Vuitton, at
Louis Vuitton locations, call 866-VUITTON or visit louisvuitton.com.
Vest by Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquire, similar styles at Balenciaga
Boutique (NYC). Envelope by Jack Spade, at Jack Spade stores. Skirt
by Chanel, at Chanel boutiques. Page 148: Ring by Gilan, $5,100, at
Gilan (NYC). Skirt, belt, shoes by Miu Miu, similar styles at Miu
Miu boutiques, visit miumiu.com. Page 150: Flat by Stella McCartney,
at Stella McCartney (NYC). Page 152: Bag by Salvatore Ferragamo,
at Salvatore Ferragamo boutiques. Tote by Diane von Furstenberg, at
Diane von Furstenberg (NYC). Tote by Chlo, at Chlo Boutique
(NYC). Page 158: Sunglasses by Escada, at Escada boutiques, visit
escada.com. Sunglasses by Tods, at Tods boutiques, visit tods.com.
Sunglasses by Michael Kors Eyewear, visit marchon.com. Sunglasses
by Louis Vuitton, at Louis Vuitton locations, visit louisvuitton.com.
Page 160: Loafer by Tods, at Tods boutiques, visit tods.com.
Loafer by Louis Vuitton, at Louis Vuitton locations, visit louisvuitton
.com. Page 162: Watch by Hublot, $8,900, at Hublot Boutique (Bal
Harbour, FL). Watch by Dior Timepieces, at Dior boutiques, visit
diorhorlogerie.com. Watch by Rolex, $6,050, call 800-36-ROLEX.
Watch by Patek Philippe, $25,400, call 212-218-1240.
ELLE FASHION: WORKBOOK
Page 168: Dress by DKNY, visit dkny.com. Top by Adam, visit
shopadam.com. Her own belt, wedding ring. Page 170: Bag by Chanel,
at Chanel boutiques, call 800-550-0005. Clutch by Bottega Veneta, at
Bottega Veneta boutiques, visit bottegaveneta.com. Sandal by Giuseppe
Zanotti Design, at Giuseppe Zanotti Design boutiques. Dress, top by
Reiss, at Reiss (NYC), visit reissonline.com. Cuff by H.Stern Oscar
Niemeyer, $15,200, at H.Stern (NYC; Coral Gables, FL; Las Vegas), call
800-7-H-STERN or visit hstern.net.
ELLE SHOPS
Page 191: Minaudire by Louis Vuitton, call 866-VUITTON or
visit louisvuitton.com. Page 192: Blazer by Allen B. for JCPenney,
visit jcp.com. Belt by Yves Saint Laurent, at Yves Saint Laurent (NYC).
Blazer by Esprit, visit esprit.com. Trousers by 3.1 Phillip Lim, at
Ron Herman (L.A.), 3.1 Phillip Lim (West Hollywood, CA). Dress
by 3.1 Phillip Lim, at 3.1 Phillip Lim (NYC). Ring by Mark Davis, visit
markdavis.com. Sandal by Giuseppe Zanotti Design, at Giuseppe Zanotti
Design boutiques. Page 194: Shorts by 3.1 Phillip Lim, collection at
Hirshleifers (Manhasset, NY), Barneys New York. Shorts by Tibi, at
Tibi (NYC), visit tibi.com. Shorts, belt by Stella McCartney, at Stella
McCartney (NYC; L.A.). Shorts by Chanel, call 800-550-0005. Page
196: Cape, $6,000, skirt by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC). Top
by Ralph Lauren Black Label, visit ralphlauren.com. Skirt by Tory Burch,
call 866-480-8679. Clutch by Anthropologie, at Anthropologie stores.
Sandal by Jimmy Choo, call 866-J-CHOO-US or visit jimmychoo.com.
Necklace by Emilio Pucci, at Emilio Pucci stores. Page 198: Gown,
$7,995, belt by Michael Kors, at Michael Kors stores, call 866-709-KORS.
Shrug by Michael Michael Kors, call 888-783-4662. Page 202: Wristlet
by 3.1 Phillip Lim, at 3.1 Phillip Lim (NYC). Blazer by 3.1 Phillip Lim,
at Confederacy (L.A.). Belt by Stella McCartney, at Stella McCartney
(NYC). Bangles by Prada, at Prada boutiques. Pumps by Roger Vivier,
$10,300, to special order at Roger Vivier (NYC). Page 204: Bracelets
by Chanel, call 800-550-0005. Necklace by Oscar de la Renta, visit
oscardelarenta.com. Necklaces by Aurlie Bidermann, $5,521 each,
visit aureliebidermann.com. Necklace by Verdura, $15,500, visit
verdura.com. Page 206: Blazer by Esprit, at Esprit stores, call
877-ESPRIT-8. Pants, cardigan, dress by Adam, at Adam (NYC).
Cardigan by DKNY, at DKNY locations, visit dkny.com. Tunic by
Armani Exchange, at Armani Exchange stores. Dress by Kardashians
by Bebe, call 877-232-3777 or visit bebe.com. Page 208: Ring by Reed
Krakoff, call 877-733-3525. Collar by Alexis Bittar, at Alexis Bittar stores.
Ring by Chanel Fine Jewelry, call 800-550-0005. Ring by Bottega Veneta,
$7,900, at Bottega Veneta boutiques, call 877-362-1715. Ring by M.C.L
by Matthew Campbell Laurenza, collection at Neiman Marcus. Page 210:
Bag by Gap, at Gap stores, call 800-GAP-STYLE. Bag by White House
| Black Market, at White House | Black Market boutiques, call 877-948-
2525. Bag by Talbots, at Talbots stores, call 800-TALBOTS. Bag by
Dolce & Gabbana, at Dolce & Gabbana boutiques, visit dolcegabbana
.com. Clutch by Club Monaco, visit clubmonaco.com. Minaudire by
Louis Vuitton, at Louis Vuitton locations, call 866-VUITTON.
WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD
Page 302: Shoes by Lanvin, collection at Jeffrey New York (NYC).
Page 304: Sweater, belt by Prada, visit prada.com. Bodysuit by
Dolce & Gabbana, at Dolce & Gabbana boutiques. Diamond bracelet,
$173,000, gold bracelet, $12,000, by Van Cleef & Arpels, call 877-VAN-
CLEEF or visit vancleef-arpels.com. Page 310: Turtleneck by
Wolford, call 800-WOLFORD or visit wolford.com. Pants by Ralph
Lauren Blue Label, at Ralph Lauren stores, visit ralphlauren.com.
Pumps by Yves Saint Laurent, at Yves Saint Laurent boutiques. Her
own glasses.
JESSICA CHASTAIN
Page 318: Tunic by Calvin Klein Collection, at Calvin Klein Collection
(NYC). Page 320: Sweater, skirt by Ralph Lauren Collection, visit
ralphlauren.com. Bag by Coach, at Coach stores, call 866-262-2440.
Page 321: Blouse by Giorgio Armani, at Giorgio Armani (NYC;
Chicago; Houston; L.A.). Skirt by Giorgio Armani, at Armani/5th
Avenue (NYC). Bag by Z Spoke Zac Posen, collection at Saks Fifth
Avenue. Page 322: Coat, $6,400, skirt by Valentino, call 212-772-
6969. Bag by Longchamp, at Longchamp boutiques, visit longchamp
.com. Page 323: Top, shorts by Prada, visit prada.com. Satchel by
Dooney & Bourke, visit dooney.com. Her own sunglasses. Page 324:
Coat, skirt, bikini by Louis Vuitton, call 866-VUITTON or visit
louisvuitton.com. Page 325: Top, skirt by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs
(NYC). Bag by Reed Krakoff, call 877-733-3525.
SYNCHRONIZED SWIM
Pages 328329: Bodysuit by Bottega Veneta, call 877-362-1715 or
visit bottegaveneta.com. Shorts, sandals by Balenciaga by Nicolas
Ghesquire, similar styles at Balenciaga Boutique (NYC). Hat by Lola,
visit lolahats.com. Belt by Miu Miu, at Miu Miu boutiques, visit miumiu
.com. Bracelets by Verdura, $18,500$18,750, at Verdura (NYC),
visit verdura.com. Bracelets from Beladora, Beverly Hills, call 800-
680-9569 or visit beladora.com. Watch by Bulgari, $18,500, at Bulgari
stores, call 800-BULGARI or visit bulgari.com. Towel from Kmart,
visit kmart.com. Page 330: Swimsuit by Gucci, call 800-456-7663 or
visit gucci.com. Hat by Eugenia Kim, visit eugeniakim.com. Necklaces
by Oscar de la Renta, at Oscar de la Renta boutiques. Bangle by Mark
Davis for Monique Pan, collection at Barneys New York. Bangles by
Monique Pan, at Barneys New York. Cuffs, $5,500$10,000, rings,
$8,000$9,000, by John Hardy, visit johnhardy.com. Page 331:
Sweater, briefs, scarf by Miu Miu, visit miumiu.com. Sunglasses by
Balenciaga, collection at Solstice Sunglass boutiques, call 866-246-9043.
Page 332333: Vest by Valentino, at Valentino boutiques. Swimsuit
by Dolce & Gabbana, call 877-70-DG-USA or visit dolcegabbana.com.
Bracelet by Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquire, similar styles at Balenciaga
Boutique (NYC). Sandals by Louis Vuitton, at Louis Vuitton locations,
call 866-VUITTON or visit louisvuitton.com. Towel by Herms,
at Herms stores, call 800-441-4488 or visit hermes.com. Page 334:
Surfboard by Jacobs by Marc Jacobs, at Marc by Marc Jacobs stores.
Jacket by Dior, $7,900, call 800-929-DIOR. Top, bottoms by Marc
Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC). Bangles by Prada, at Prada boutiques,
visit prada.com. Bangles by Miu Miu, at Miu Miu boutiques, visit
miumiu.com. Bangle by A.V. Max, visit avmaxaccessories.com. Page
335: Jacket by Chanel, $25,455, call 800-550-0005. Bikini by Eres,
visit eresparis.com. Shorts by Diane von Furstenberg, at Diane von
Furstenberg (NYC). Hat by Oscar de la Renta, at Oscar de la Renta
boutiques. Necklaces by Monique Pan, $4,860$12,970, at Barneys
New York. Cuffs by Patricia von Musulin, at Mariko (NYC; Palm
Beach, FL), visit pvmonline.com. Cuff by Bochic, $23,000, visit bochic
.com. Page 336: T-shirt by Versace, call 888-721-7219. Bikini by Lisa
Marie Fernandez, visit lisamariefernandez.com. Necklace by Proenza
Schouler, visit net-a-porter.com. Bracelets by Dezso by Sara Beltran, visit
dezsosara.com. Bracelets by Mary Kate Steinmiller, at Nina at Fred
Segal (Santa Monica, CA). Towel by Missoni Home, visit missonihome
.com. Page 337: Necklaces by Erickson Beamon, at Beyond 7 (NYC).
Necklaces by Luis Morais, visit luismorais.com. Necklace, belt by
Tory Burch, call 866-480-8679 or visit toryburch.com.
EASY RIDERS
Page 338339: Vest by Adrienne Landau for Anna Sui, at Anna Sui
(NYC). Blouse by Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci, at Bergdorf Goodman
(NYC). Trousers by Emilio Pucci, at Emilio Pucci stores, visit
emiliopucci.com. Muff by Dennis Basso, at Dennis Basso (NYC).
Hat by Yves Saint Laurent, at Yves Saint Laurent (NYC). Vest by
J. Mendel, $5,900, at Neiman Marcus, J. Mendel Boutique (NYC), call
800-J-MENDEL or visit jmendel.com. Jacket by 3.1 Phillip Lim, at 3.1
Phillip Lim (NYC; West Hollywood, CA), collection at Hirshleifers
(Manhasset, NY). Pants by Elise Overland, call 212-239-4004. Hat
by Minnetonka, visit moccasinhouse.com. Cuff from Bess, NYC, at Bess
(NYC). Stole by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC). Coat by Dsquared
2
,
collection at Bergdorf Goodman (NYC). Crewneck by Burberry
Prorsum, at Burberry (NYC), call 800-284-8480 or visit burberry.com.
Pants by Gucci, at Gucci stores, call 800-456-7663 or visit gucci.com.
Jacket by Altuzarra, collection at Barneys New York. Dress by Martin
Grant, collection at Saks Fifth Avenue. Sunglasses by Oliver Peoples, at
Oliver Peoples (L.A.). Choker by Cactus Mountain, visit cactusmountain
.com. Belt by Vicki Turbeville, visit southwesternjewelry.net. Ring by
Pamela Love, visit forwardforward.com. Bodysuit by Devi Kroell, at
Devi Kroell (NYC). Coat by Alexander Wang, collection at Bergdorf
Goodman (NYC). Gown by Valentino, $19,000, at Valentino boutiques.
Ring by Deborah Pagani, $9,168, at Deborah Pagani Jewelry (NYC).
Pages 340341: Jacket, coat, pants, boots by Comme des Garons
Homme Plus, at Comme des Garons (NYC). Shirt by Comme des
Garons, at Comme des Garons (NYC). Tie, belts by Vicki Turbeville,
visit southwesternjewelry.net. Coat by Sorbara for Neiman Marcus,
$8,995, at Neiman Marcus. Belt by B-Low the Belt, visit b-lowthebelt
.com. Shirt, pants by Roberto Cavalli, at Roberto Cavalli boutiques, visit
robertocavalli.com. Vest by J. Mendel, $11,900, at J. Mendel Boutique
(NYC), call 800-J-MENDEL or visit jmendel.com. Blouse by Escada,
at Escada boutiques, call 877-206-4135 or visit escada.com. Pants by
Chanel, at Chanel boutiques, call 800-550-0005. Hat by Minnetonka,
visit moccasinhouse.com. Bag by Marc Jacobs, at Marc Jacobs (NYC).
Boots by Giuseppe Zanotti Design, at Giuseppe Zanotti Design boutiques,
visit giuseppezanottidesign.com. Coat by Birger Christensen for Saks Fifth
Avenue, $145,000, at The Fur Salon at Saks Fifth Avenue (NYC). Pants
by Lost Art, at Lost Art (NYC), visit lostart.com. Hat by Adrienne Landau,
visit calypso-celle.com. Ring by Stephen Dweck, collection at Bergdorf
Goodman (NYC). Coat by Fendi, $52,700, at Fendi (NYC). Blouse
by Nicole Miller Collection, visit nicolemiller.com. Hat by Minnetonka,
visit moccasinhouse.com. Coat by Prabal Gurung, at The Fur Salon at
Saks Fifth Avenue (NYC). Bag by Elie Tahari, at Elie Tahari Collection
boutiques, visit elietahari.com. Hat by Victor Osborne, at Victor Osborne
(NYC), visit victorosborne.com. Boots by Michael Kors, at Michael Kors
stores, call 866-709-5677 or visit michaelkors.com. Page 342: Coat
by Helen Yarmak, at Helen Yarmak Boutique (NYC), visit helenyarmak
.com. Vest by R13, visit r13denim.com. Jeans from What Goes
Around Comes Around, NYC, visit whatgoesaroundnyc.com. Cross,
necklace by Vicki Turbeville, visit southwesternjewelry.net. Coat
by Lanvin, $14,990, at Lanvin (NYC). Shirt by Tory Burch, call 866-
480-8679 or visit toryburch.com. Jeans by Cheap Monday, collection
at tobi.com. Boots by D&G, at D&G boutiques, call 800-979-3038.
Coat by Burberry Prorsum, visit burberry.com. Shirt by Current/Elliott,
collection at Bloomingdales. Jeans by Shipley & Halmos, collection
at Barneys New York. Page 343: Coats by Helen Yarmak, at Helen
Yarmak Boutique (NYC), visit helenyarmak.com. Dress by Ralph
Lauren Collection, $18,000, at Ralph Lauren stores, visit ralphlauren
.com. Hat by Dior, at Dior boutiques, call 800-929-DIOR. Rings by
Stephen Dweck, collection at Bergdorf Goodman (NYC). Bag by Herms,
$8,550, at Herms stores, call 800-441-4488 or visit hermes.com. Dress
by Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti, visit albertaferretti.com. Sunglasses by
Victoria Beckham Eyewear, at Bergdorf Goodman (NYC). Coat by John
Galliano, $13,900, collection at Saks Fifth Avenue, visit johngalliano
.com. Jumpsuit by Roberto Cavalli, at Roberto Cavalli boutiques,
visit robertocavalli.com. Hat by Patricia Underwood, call 212-268-
3774. Bag by Michael Kors, at Michael Kors stores, call 866-709-5677
or visit michaelkors.com. Boots by Alexandre Herchcovitch, at
TenOverSix (L.A.). Coat by Marc Jacobs, $7,000, at Marc Jacobs
(NYC). Dress by Emilio Pucci, at Emilio Pucci stores, visit
emiliopucci.com. Hats by Minnetonka, visit moccasinhouse.com.
Belt by Vicki Turbeville, visit southwesternjewelry.net. Bag by Cactus
Mountain, visit cactusmountain.com. Coat by Giuliana Teso, visit
giulianateso.com. Dress by Peter Som, call 212-221-5991. Sunglasses
by Oliver Peoples, at Oliver Peoples (L.A.). Bag by Dylan Egon, $9,000,
visit dylanegon.com. Coat, pants, sweater by Salvatore Ferragamo, at
Salvatore Ferragamo boutiques, call 800-628-8916. Boots by D&G, at
D&G boutiques, call 800-979-3038. Pages 344345: Coat by Fendi,
$128,500, at Fendi (NYC). Shirt by Proenza Schouler, collection at
Saks Fifth Avenue. Vest by William Rast, visit williamrast.com. Pants
by Balmain, at Ikram (Chicago). Necklace from House of Lavande,
Palm Beach, visit houseoflavande.com. Coat by Burberry Prorsum,
$5,495, at Burberry (NYC), call 800-284-8480 or visit burberry.com.
Turtleneck, pants by Gucci, at Gucci stores, call 800-456-7663 or
visit gucci.com. Coat by Sorbara for Neiman Marcus, $10,000, at Neiman
Marcus. Dress by Anna Sui, at Anna Sui (NYC). Hat by Patricia
Underwood, call 212-268-3774. Sunglasses by Victoria Beckham Eyewear,
at Bergdorf Goodman (NYC). Rings by Stephen Dweck, collection at
Bergdorf Goodman (NYC). Belt by Vicki Turbeville, visit southwestern
jewelry.net. Boots by Michael Kors, at Michael Kors stores, call 866-
709-5677 or visit michaelkors.com. Jacket by Zac Posen for Pologeorgis,
$10,000, at Neiman Marcus. Trousers by Erin Fetherston, visit
erinfetherston.com . Hats by Minnetonka, visit moccasinhouse.com.
Ring by Deborah Pagani, $12,406, at Deborah Pagani Jewelry (NYC).
Ring by Nicky Hilton, visit endless.com. Boots by Giuseppe Zanotti Design,
at Giuseppe Zanotti Design boutiques, visit giuseppezanottidesign.com.
Coat by Michael Kors, $8,000, to order at Michael Kors stores. Skirt
by Salvatore Ferragamo, at Salvatore Ferragamo boutiques, call 800-
628-8916. Blouses by Ruffian, at Stanley Korshak (Dallas). Vest by
J. Mendel, $5,900, at Neiman Marcus, J. Mendel Boutique (NYC), call
800-J-MENDEL or visit jmendel.com. Sunglasses by Giorgio Armani,
at Giorgio Armani boutiques, visit giorgioarmani.com.
Prices are approximate. ELLE recommends that merchandise
availability be checked with local stores.
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Benefit All You Need Is Gloss double-ended lip
glosses, $26 for set of six shades, benefitcosmetics
.com. Cherry Bomb Killer Perfume in Rebel Angel,
$35, cherrybombkillerperfume.com. Clarins
Barocco Shimmering Gold Powder for Face and
Dcollet, $35, clarins.com. Cl de Peau Beaut
Vintage Palette, $125, bergdorfgoodman.com. Dior
Vernis nail polish in Czarina Gold, $21, at Saks
Fifth Avenue. Lancme Trsor in Love, $72, at
Saks Fifth Avenue. Mark. Sophistique Give Me A
Ring Solid Fragrance Ring, $16, meetmark.com.
Sunday Riley Juno Transformative Lipid Serum,
$125, sundayriley.com.
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Annick Goutal Eau dHadrien Eau de Parfum,
$160, nordstrom.com. Atelier Cologne Oolang
Infini Cologne Absolue, $155, bergdorfgoodman
.com. Killian Straight to Heaven Eau de Parfum,
$225, saksfifthavenue.com. Clinique Happy Eau
de Parfum, $40, sephora.com. Guerlain Shalimar
Eau de Parfum, $118, neimanmarcus.com. Issey
Miyake LEau dIssey Noir Absolu Limited Edition
Eau de Parfum, $92, neimanmarcus.com. Jo
Malone Lime Basil & Mandarin Cologne, $100,
jomalone.com. Serge Lutens LEau, $150, barneys
.com. Thierry Mugler Angel Eau de Parfum, $185,
bloomingdales.com. YSL Belle DOpium, $49,
exclusively at Nordstrom.
drugstore.com. Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum,
$20, drugstore.com. Ren Furterer Naturia Dry
Shampoo, $12, sephora.com. Shu Uemura Eyelash
Curler, $19, shuuemura-usa.com. Smiths Rosebud
Salve, $6, sephora.com. Stila All Over Shimmer
Liquid Luminizer, $22, stilacosmetics.com. Suave
Professionals Almond & Shea Butter Shampoo,
$3, drugstore.com. Tela Beauty Organics Encore
Styling Crme, $32, nordstrom.com.
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ELLE HOROSCOPE
CAPRICORN
(Dec 22 Jan 19)
Mars is in your twelfth house
of privacy until December
7th, so take things slow and
easy and allow yourself to
enjoy the two sweetest parts
of life this month: friends and
travel. The new moon on the
6th will bring at least one
acquaintance into a prominent
role, even more so if a trip
away together is part of the
equation. Your career progress
may have plateaued recently,
but by mid-November youll
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov 22Dec 21)
A buildup of planets in your
private twelfth house and the
new moon on the 6th will put
you in a reflective, planning
mode. Youd be wise to wait
until Jupiter, your ruler, and
Venus go direct on the 18th
before settling anything
important. Mars in Sagittarius
will ensure that when youre
ready to make moves, youll
have the determination to do
so. By the full moon on the
21st, a work project will reach
*
YOUR YEAR AHEAD:

You start your birthday year with Jupiter in your house of true
loveremarkable news for anyone looking for romance and
youll end it next November with this same generous planet
in your house of marriage (the implications are obvious
for attached Scorpios). In matters of health, youre being
protected and motivated by Jupiter in Aries from January to
early June. If ever there were a time to get the body you want,
its now! A financial change is coming in June, but dont fear
after the new moon in July, a promotion and more money are
coming your way. By September, Mars in your house of fame
and honors will give you yet another chance to score a major
career victory.
get a welcome pick-me-up
at the office, thanks to the
positive interplay between
action-oriented Mars, your
ruler, and stabilizing Saturn.
Venus, linked to profit, will
be strongly positioned to help
as well . The love planet will
also turn direct on the 18th,
and that, coupled with the
full moon on the 21st and the
arrival of fellow earth sign
Taurus in your house of true
love, means November will
end on a very amorous note.
AQUARIUS
(Jan 20 Feb 18)
With a new moon on the 6th
and Jupiter and Uranus in
your second house of earned
income, you could land a job
with status and money. Mars in
Sagittarius suggests one or two
friends will be helpful in giving
you tips on new opportunities,
and be ready for your best day,
the 19th, when Uranus beams
the Sun in your house of career
success. At the full moon on
the 21st, your attention will
turn to home and family.
With a blessing on any plans
to buy property or enliven
your own space , you wont
find a better time to focus
on these matters. Romance
may confuse you this month,
as Mercury, your solar fifth-
house ruler of new love, will
conflict with Neptune, causing
miscommunication . Things
will improve after the Sun
moves into Sagittarius on
the 21st, but with Mercury
retrograding next month,
keep your guard up until
this troubling phase passes.
PISCES
(Feb 19Mar 20)
For you, Pisces, the new moon
on the 6th will not only open
doors for the most exotic travel
(possibly business-related) but
also show you what more you
can do in life. November will
indeed mark a turning point
a key stage, but Neptune in
hard angle may cause you to
overlook errors as you reach
completion. Have someone
check your work. Your
home, property, and family
sector will glow all month
thanks to a surge of once-in-
a-lifetime planetary support,
so marshal your energies to
break down any barriers.
Romantically, 2011 will be
your year. For now, enjoy an
active social life and clear
the decks for a relationship
that will completely envelop
you (in a good way).
SCORPIO
(October 23November 21)
Your birthday month gleams with good fortune,
as Saturn has finally moved far away enough from
Pluto, your ruler, to cease causing trouble and allow
you to enjoy life. Given how stressed youve been,
this could feel foreign , but youll have peace of mind!
And you can revel in the enviable cosmic energy
coming your way from the new moon on the 6th.
Whatever you wanta new job, more money, or
passion in your relationshipis yours to take when
you make your move. Romance will flourish when
Venus and Jupiter both go direct on the 18th, but
you can take advantage of amorous vibrations the
13th through the 16th. In fact, Scorpios ready to wed
should consider engagement at the full moon on
the 21st, as it signals both Jupiter and Uranusa
heavenly occurrence for nuptials. If there are any
nuisances this month, theyll come in the form of high
expenses, which will settle down by December, so just
maintain your spending for now. These cash outlays
could be related to home or family issues, as cranky
Neptune, in hard angle to Mercury (who rules news
and agreements) is prone to cause confusion . Rather
than get frustrated, dont push for any decisions.
Time is on your side, so let talks proceed as they will.
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November 12, 1982
Two sublime moons and Jupiter and Venus
both out of retrograde will have you prepped
and ready for a holiday season to remember.
By Susan Miller
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when you realize who, what,
and where is important to you.
Its an epiphany that will make
you take action, especially
after the 18th, when Venus and
Jupiter move out of retrograde.
Days later, on the 21st, the full
moon will first enhance your
communication at work, and
then sweeten your home and
family situation. In romance,
love will flourish away from
home, and singles should be
ready to circulatesomeone
you meet could change your
life forever. If youre attached,
the difficulties you may have
had since 2007 are now long
gone, and youll be either
stronger than ever or ready to
move on and certainly up.
ARIES
(Mar 21Apr 19)
With summers eclipses far
behind you and winters
beyond the horizon, youve
reached a lovely oasis in your
chart. Neptune, planet of
imagination, will speed up
orbit on the 7th, and good
fortune Jupiter will follow
suit on the 18th. Youll finally
gain support from business
associates, clearing the way
for substantial progress in
exciting ventures. Dont lose
grasp on your funds, though.
The new moon on the 6th will
keep you focused, and, for
true success, wait until Venus,
who rules your finances,
moves out of retrograde on
the 19th. With regard to
a romantic partner, youll
address an old problem with
an untested remedy. Happily,
though, Venus will guard your
relationship, and youll find
a solution without much fuss.
After the 18th, Venus enters an
even stronger phase, creating
tender moments for anyone
looking for fun and love.
TAURUS
(Apr 20May 20)
With Venus (affection),
Mercury (communication),
and the Sun and moon
(opportunity) all in your
seventh house of long-term
commitment, this is your
month to enter into any kind
of collaborationromantic
or business-related. There
will be an equal emphasis on
financial management, but
wait to make any big moves
until profit-planets Jupiter and
Venus move out of retrograde
on the 19th. Their direct
turn will also do wonders for
your social life friends are
about to play a major role.
The full moon in Taurus on
the 21st will bring a matter
of enormous importance to
fruition. Things will move
quickly, culminating in an
unexpected way, but a long-
held dream (possibly romantic)
will materialize. As if the
full moon werent enough,
Jupiter and surprise-a-minute
Uranus will be backing you
with full force. This could be
your biggest moment of 2010.
GEMINI
(May 21June 21)
Expect a significant career
boost with gift-giver Jupiter
and unexpected Uranus
perfectly positioned at the
top of your chart, bringing
attention and acclaim to your
accomplishments. Once the
new moon appears on the 6th,
projects will come up, and,
no matter what they are, trust
that theyll become key to your
future progress. By the 19th,
when Jupiter and Neptune
move out of retrograde, youll
be in the right place at the
right time for a breakthrough.
Mars is now circulating in
your partnership sector, so
your mode of operation in
both love and business will
be collaborative. It wont be
perfect, but headway will be
made nonetheless. If youre
single, Saturns presence
in your romance sector is
currently urging you to be
discerning and practical to
find happiness, which will
depend on one thing: your
ability to sort fact from fiction.
CANCER
(June 22July 22)
Romance will bloom after the
new moon on the 6th, when
your social calendar will be
brimming with invitations.
Youll have some of the best
opportunities of the year to
meet someone, or, if attached,
youll find quality moments
with your one and only. Venus,
whos all about fun, will finally
go direct on the 18th, turning
on full power in everyones
love life. Venus is also touring
your home sector, allowing
you to add chic touches to
your abode. Do so in haste,
as Venus will then move into
your true romance sector on
the 29th. At work, Neptune
in hard angle to the new
moon will add confusion,
so youll have to dig deeper
and ask questions to gain
ground. Rather than drive a
hard bargain, back off a little
and rethink your plan, then
try again in the third week
of the month. Coworkers
and VIPs will be much more
amenable to your ideas.
LEO
(July 23Aug 22)
The month starts with a new
moon on the 6th and the
need to spruce up your living
space. With four happy planets
lined up in your residential
sector, all home endeavors
will be accomplished with
ease. If you need cash to help,
Jupiters direct turn on the
18th and Uranus support
will see to that. A day later,
Uranus beams the Sun, your
ruler, highlighting a brilliant
moment for financial news.
November sparkles with
romance as Mars streaks
across your house of true love.
But Neptune, in hard angle to
your partnership sector, could
cause misunderstandings.
Theyll be mild, so treat
them that way to avoid an
unnecessary argument. By
the weekend of the 13th,
when Jupiter sends beautiful
vibrations to the Sun, all
Leos will be smitten. At
the full moon on the 21st,
look for exciting and long-
awaited announcements
about your career.
VIRGO
(Aug 23Sept 22)
Before the holidays kick in,
consider scheduling some
vacation time just after the
new moon on the 6th. With the
Sun, new moon, Mercury, and
Venus in this house, any quick
trips will be unforgettable.
Travel will come up again
at the full moon on the 21st,
possibly related to real estate
or financial matters. Upon
your return youll be swiftly
wrapped up in domestics ,
with either renovations or
possibly a full-blown move.
Romantically, attached
Virgos are now going through
a blissful stage, especially
near the 15th and 19th. For
singles, your time will come
in December. This month will
be about getting your finances
in order so you can return to
a normal and enjoyable social
life. If you have to get out
of the house, go somewhere
public and populated to
increase your chances of
meeting a special someone.
LIBRA
(Sept 23Oct 22)
Youre obsessed with
managing your money
lately, and, happily, the new
moon on the 6th could help
you deal with a temporary
financial setback. You may
also be working on household
ledgers, and if there have
been disputes, theyre due to
settle by the full moon on the
21st. Now that Saturn is in
Libra, you have a much more
serious outlook on life. Dont
mope. With Venus, your ruler,
heading into Libra on the 7th,
youll be the darling of the
zodiac. Even better, Venus
will move out of retrograde on
the 18th, the same day Jupiter,
the good luck planet, follows
suit. Romance will jump
back to life, and any stagnant
plans will be revitalized
as you take advantage of
these two planets energies.
Pleasant developments
involving work projects and
matters of health will also
give cause for celebration.
F
orget everything you know
about Jay Mohr. Actually,
dont forget everything. Its fine
if you remember that hes
a 40-year-old comic, actor,
and author, and that decades
after first nailing those weird
Queens vocal intonations,
he still does the best Chris-
topher Walken in what has become a very
crowded field of Walken impersonators. And
even if you never actually knew that he mar-
ried actress Nikki Cox in 2006 and has an
eight-year-old son, Jackson, from a previous
marriage, its okay to remember that, too.
And while youre recalling stuff, go ahead
and commit to memory that Mohr will soon
be seen playing Matt Damons brother in
Hereafter, a Clint Eastwooddirected medi-
tation on the afterlife. But forget everything
elsenamely, that feeling that Mohr has
quite a bit in common with Bob Sugar, the
none-too-likable sports agent he played in
Jerry Maguire. That was 1996, after all. As the
now-content family guy happily admits, even
he hated himself back then.
ELLE: What can you tell me about your
first time?
JAY MOHR: I was 16. It was with a girl from
another town. After about a month, I found
out that I was not the exclusive partner of
the girl. I was doing stand-up in Montclair,
New Jersey, when four of her loversall
older than mecame to my show to tell
me to step off. You been hanging around
with so-and-so. Not anymore. Okay, my
man? It was very Jersey Shore .
ELLE: Let me get this straight. Her
boyfriends showed up together to tell you to
stay away. Four was okay, but five was just
a bridge too far?
JM: I think I was out because I was a
junior and they were seniors . But yeah,
they all came in the same Camaro. It was
a little homoerotic.
ELLE: Whats the angriest youve seen
your mom?
JM: When Jimmy Smits died on NYPD
Blue. Man, they loved them some Jimmy
Smits in my family. I remember coming
into the house one night and finding my
parents in the living room weeping. My
mom was going, This is bullshit!
ELLE: In Gasping for Airtime, your memoir
about your two panic-attack-filled seasons
as a rarely seen featured player on Saturday
Night Live, you wrote that David Spade was
only on SNL so that he could sleep with
models. And you werent?
JM: No. I got into the business at a very
young age for one reason only: to get
fucking famous. I wanted as many people
as possible to be looking at me. Im sure
Saturday Night Live contributed to my panic
disorder; the fact that I got on the bullet
train, but it wasnt moving.
ELLE: Tell me about your most awkward
interaction with a female celebrity.
JM: Being on the set of a movie where the
leading woman was unhappy with my
presence and made it clear from day one. I
hadnt done many movies, and even though
they screen-tested some pretty famous
guys, I somehow snaked into the leading
role. The actress said, No way! Youve got
to be kidding me! Loudly. Between takes.
To other actors on set. I would literally go
to my moms house and cry.
ELLE: As luck would have it, I happen to
be on the Internet Movie Database right
now. The only film that could possibly fit
this description is 1997s Picture Perfect, with
Jennifer Aniston. Thats it, right?
JM: I will never, ever answer that.
ELLE: What do women commonly
misunderstand about you?
JM: Im sure that having acted like an
asshole for a great deal of my life, then
having played assholes for a good part of
my life, created a perception that Im an
asshole. But as Dr. Phil would say, Trust is
earned. The longer I stick around, people
realize its not so. At least I hope they do.
ELLE: Why did you act like an asshole?
JM: Inferiority. I was the youngest kid on
my street, the youngest comic in the clubs.
I always felt like I was playing catch-up. I
was very angry.
ELLE: So howd you manage this, uh, de-
asshole-ification?
JM: There was a sea change when I met my
wife on the set of Las Vegas. She teases me
about the fact that I didnt make any moves
on her for so long. I explain that if there
was one thing in my life I was determined
not to ruin, it was the fact that she was in
my life, even if just as a platonic friend. Nik
made me the version of me that I had only
glimpsed a few times in my life.
ELLE: You lament the pussification of
child-rearing in your parenting memoir,
No Wonder My Parents Drank. I have to say
I was surprised to read that you legally
changed your last name to Cox Mohr .
JM: She took mine; why wouldnt I take
hers? What better way to extend my
respect to this family that took me in? I
think its the opposite of pussification. Its
very manly. I encourage other men to do it.
ELLE: For obvious reasons, I guess there
was no chance either of you were going to
become Mohr Cox .
JM: No.
ELLE: Figured. You chose to circumcise
your son, Jackson, so hed avoid being
singled out, like two boys in your school
who were nicknamed Anteater and
Eggroll. Now that less than 50 percent of
boys are circumcised, would you consider
sparing any future sons the knife?
JM: If you did it to the first one, you have
to do it to the second. You dont want
them in the tub comparing penises like the
Sneetch and the Star-Belly Sneetch. It may
be absurd, but peoples arguments against
it are, too. If it were really so traumatic, no
man would ever want his penis touched. I
had a bunion taken off my foot, and to this
day, when my feet get rubbed, I go, Ay!
Ay! Ay! Watch it! Theres a scar there.
ELLE: Youve written candidly about how
your low sperm count has been hampering
your efforts to have another child. How
fare the little swimmers these days?
JM: Ive been going to an acupuncturist to
get my sperm count up. She once asked
me, Do you have a strong ejaculate? And
I said, I really have nothing to compare
it to. And if I can see how strong my
ejaculate is, I think Im going about making
babies the wrong way.
Jay Mohr explains to
Andrew Goldman what hes
learned from Dr. Phil and
the profound appeal of
Jimmy Smits
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