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GIRLS ON FILM A Write r a nd d irector Sof ia Coppola’s movies excel at ca pt ur ing you ng wom e n on th e brin k — wh eth e r Mar ie A ntoinette or s uic id a l s u b urba n tee n s. Her latest f ilm, The Bl ing Ring, does it again. By Lynn Hirschberg. P h o t o g ra p h b y M i c h a e l T h o m p s o n . S t y l e d b y E d w a rd E n n i n f u l .

Louis Vuitton dress and bracelets; Chanel shoes; Sofia Coppola’s own necklace. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 116. Hair by Orlando Pita for Orlo Salon; makeup by Dick Page for Shiseido Makeup. Manicure by Sheril Bailey at Jed Root Inc. Set design by Stefan Beckman for Exposure NY.

side from a short film she made when she was 12 years old called Domain, in which the lead character turns into a cookie-dough monster, the first movie Sofia Coppola wrote and directed was 1998’s Lick the Star, the story of a seventh-grade girl, the queen bee of her junior high clique, who decides to poison the boys in her class. “She didn’t want to kill them,” Coppola told me. “She just wanted to weaken them so they would bend to her will. Lick the Star was about peer pressure and how teenage gang dynamics work. When I shot it, I was in my 20s, and it was the first time I felt like something clicked professionally for me. Movies incorporated all the things I liked: clothes, music, photography.” And girls. Coppola’s subjects have always been female characters caught up in the turmoil, excitement, innocence, and mistakes of youth—from the romantic, doomed sisters in 1999’s The Virgin Suicides to the yearning newlywed stuck in a Tokyo hotel in 2003’s Lost in Translation to the spoiled, sweet child-monarch in 2006’s Marie Antoinette. In The Bling Ring, which opens June 14, Coppola echoes the darker tones of Lick the Star. The film is based on the true story of four post–high school girls (and two guys) who used the Internet to track the whereabouts of their favorite celebrities—like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan—and then broke into their houses when they knew the stars were away. However misguided, the crimes were more about a chance to capture the aura of fame by wearing Paris’s fake jewels or Lindsay’s designer duds than anything violent. The members of the Bling Ring, as they called the group, loved to document their newfound fabulousness; they took selfies—self-portraits on their phones—which they posted online to boast about their exploits. “I remember being that age and how you get sucked into things you wouldn’t do as an adult,” Coppola said. “But this case was just so much more extreme.” We were sitting in the basement kitchen and dining room of Coppola’s townhouse in Manhattan’s West Village. She recently moved there with her husband, Thomas Mars, the lead singer of the French band Phoenix, and their two daughters, Romy, 6, and Cosima, 3. While we talked, Cosi was having macaroni and cheese for lunch at the end of the white marble counter that flanked the kitchen area. The dining room table, with its large black padded

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RAISING KAYNE

ASHLEY, ELIZABETH, AND MARY-KATE OLSEN

Child stars since the age of 6 months and designers of the venerated line the Row, Mary-Kate and Ashley make for a dynamic duo. Add younger sis, the critically acclaimed actress Elizabeth, to the mix and you’ve got one terrific trinity.

SYBIL , MARY, AND EDITH CRAWLEY

No offense to the Kardashians, but Downton Abbey’s smart and sassy aristocratic sisters are by far the most intriguing ladies on Sundaynight television.

WHERE TO BUY COVER Louis Vuitton jacket, $5,000, and shorts and belt, prices upon request, louisvuitton.com; Louis Vuitton necklace, price upon request, select Louis Vuitton stores, 866.VUITTON; Falke fishnet tights, $39, barenecessities.com.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 10: Marc Jacobs top, $2,995, and skirt, $2,100, marcjacobs.com; Jennifer Fisher earrings, price upon request, jenniferfisherjewelry.com; Dannijo cuffs, $245 each, dannijo.com; A Peace Treaty rings, $175 set of three, Saks Fifth Avenue, 877.551.SAKS. Page 16: Reed Krakoff skirt, $890, reedkrakoff.com; Louis Vuitton bag, price upon request, select Louis Vuitton stores, 866.VUITTON; Michael Kors heels, $395, select Michael Kors stores, 866.709.KORS. Vanessa Bruno dress, $960, Vanessa Bruno, Los Angeles, 323.655.5300; Proenza Schouler heels, $945, Proenza Schouler, New York, 212.585.3200. THIS MONTH AT WMAGAZINE.COM Page 18: Marc Jacobs shirt, $695, and pants, $750, marcjacobs.com; Chopard bangle, price upon request, chopard.com. KEEPING UP WITH KARLA Page 26: Jill Stuart sweater, $548, Jill Stuart, New York, 212.343.2300; Nina Ricci skirt, $930, saks.com; Nina Ricci belt, $390, by special order, Barneys New York, New York, 212.826.8900; Mulberry clutch, $1,000, mulberry.com; Tacori ring, $410, solomonbrothers.com; Tabitha Simmons shoes, $845, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, 212.753.7300. A.L.C. pants, $345, saks.com. Stella McCartney top, $3,060, neimanmarcus.com. Rebecca Taylor dress, $350, rebeccataylor.com. Hellessy top, $365, kirnazabete.com. Michael M. earrings, $970, Neiman Marcus, 888.888.4757. Rolex watch, $29,250, rolex.com. Alexandre Birman sandals, $595, saks .com. Fendi clutch, $950, Fendi, New York, 212.759.4646. Narciso Rodriguez clutch, $895, narcisorodriguez.com. Victoria Beckham clutch, $495, similar styles at victoriabeckham.com. Tod’s luggage, $3,325, Tod’s, 800.457.TODS. ON THE VERGE: HAILEE STEINFELD Page 29: Max Mara sweater, Max Mara, New York, 212.879.6100. STAR GEMS Page 47: Jasmine Alexander ring, $49,900, couturelab.com. Page 48: Mish necklace, price upon request, by appointment, Mish, New York, 212.734.3500. Page 48: Hemmerle earrings, price upon request, hemmerle.com. Page 48: Irene Neuwirth necklace, price upon request, by special order, Ylang 23, Dallas, 866.YLANG23. Page 49: Graff necklace, price upon request, Graff, New York, 212.355.9292. Bulgari ring, price upon request, bulgari.com. WHITE FLIGHT Page 51: Paco Rabanne pants, $850, pacorabanne .com; Reed Krakoff bag, $1,190, reedkrakoff.com; Fendi booties, price upon request, similar styles at saks.com. Salvatore Ferragamo boots, $1,490, Salvatore Ferragamo, 866.337.7242. Balenciaga bag, $1,895, similar styles at Bergdorf Goodman, New York, 888.774.2424.

IT TREND, IT GIRL: RILA FUKUSHIMA Page 52: Reed Krakoff jacket, $2,490, reedkrakoff .com; Wolford turtleneck bodysuit, $250, wolford.com; Reed Krakoff skirt, $1,490, reedkrakoff.com; Cartier ring, $2,300, cartier.com; Burberry Prorsum bag, $1,295, burberry .com; Manolo Blahnik pumps, $845, neimanmarcus.com. Roberto Cavalli dress, $2,060, similar styles at robertocavalli.com. Proenza Schouler top, $1,765, Proenza Schouler, New York, 212.585.3200. Jimmy Choo shoes, $1,075, jimmychoo.com. Dior Timepieces watch, $9,200, dior.com. Lanvin top, $2,230, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, 212.753.7300. Nancy Gonzalez clutch, $1,360, stylebop .com. Alexander Wang blazer, $750, Alexander Wang, New York, 212.977.9683. Pierre Hardy shoes, $1,475, pierrehardy.com. Narciso Rodriguez skirt, $1,195, Harvey Nichols, Hong Kong, 852.3968.2668. Longchamp clutch, $790, longchamp.com. FAST AND CHIC: BATHING BEAUTIES Page 60: Banana Republic cardigan, $70, bananarepublic.com. Rag & Bone bikini top, $95, and bottom, $115, shopbop.com; Jennifer Fisher earrings, $1,000, and necklace, $450, jenniferfisherjewelry.com; Movado watch, $1,195, Movado, 866.680.3105. Omo Norma Kamali swimsuit, $225, normakamali.com; Eres swimsuit, $415, Barneys New York, New York, 212.826.8900; Cutler and Gross sunglasses, $500, cutlerandgross.com; R.J. Graziano earrings, $35, similar styles at rjgraziano.com; Robert Lee Morris bracelet, $250, Robert Lee Morris, New York, 212.431.9405; Dooney & Bourke bag, $325, Macy’s, New York, 212.695.4400, Lord & Taylor, 800.223.7440. Page 61: Charlie by Matthew Zink swimsuit, $225, charliebymz .com; Jennifer Fisher earrings, $1,000, and necklaces, $450 and $1,050, jenniferfisherjewelry.com; Marc by Marc Jacobs watch, $300, Nordstrom, 888.282.6060; J.W. Hulme Co. bottle carrier, $250, jwhulmeco.com. Page 62: Escada swimsuit, $425, escada.com; Pilar Olaverri cuffs, $1,200 each, pilarolaverri.com. Eres swimsuit, $580, Barneys New York, New York, 212.826.8900; Balenciaga sunglasses, $325, select Solstice Sunglasses stores, 866.280.7620; Pilar Olaverri necklace, $490, and cuff, $780, pilarolaverri.com. Page 63: Rag & Bone T-shirt, $80, Rag & Bone, New York, 212.727.2990; Chloé swimsuit, $450, saks.com; Jennifer Fisher earrings, $1,000, and necklaces, $450 and $1,050, jenniferfisherjewelry.com; Meredith Wendell belt, $175, shop .meredithwendell.com. Kore Swim maillot, $234, korewear.com; R.J. Graziano earrings, $35, similar styles at rjgraziano.com. Page 64: Gap shirt, $30, gap.com; Chloé bikini, $395, saks.com; R.J. Graziano earrings, $35, rjgraziano.com; Jennifer Fisher chain necklace, $320, and shield charm, $500, jenniferfisherjewelry .com. Gap cardigan, $40, gap.com; Jo De Mer bikini, $206, jodemer.com; Jennifer Fisher earrings, $1,000, and necklaces, $450 and $1,050, jenniferfisherjewelry.com; Dooney & Bourke bag, $195, Macy’s, New York, 212.695.4400, Lord & Taylor, 800.223.7440. Page 65: Jo De Mer maillot, $260, jodemer.com; R.J. Graziano earrings, $30, similar styles at rjgraziano.com; Jennifer Fisher chain necklace, $320, and shield charm, $500, jenniferfisherjewelry.com; R.J. Graziano bangles, $38 set of five, rjgraziano.com; Alexander Wang bag, $725, Alexander Wang, New York, 212.977.9683.

LOU DOILLON, CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG, AND KATE BARRY

Though fathered by different men, all three of Jane Birkin’s daughters—two singer-actresses and a photographer—inherited their mother’s insouciant sense of style.

THE PRIME OF MISS EMMA WATSON Pages 74–75: Chanel dress, $5,680, select Chanel stores, 800.550.0005; Marc Jacobs gloves, $622, Marc Jacobs, New York, 212.343.1490; Wolford tights, $50, wolford.com. Page 76: Erdem dress, $5,450, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, 212.753.7300; Harry Winston earrings, price upon request, harrywinston.com; Sermoneta Gloves gloves, $450, Sermoneta Gloves, New York, 212.319.5946; Falke tights, $39, barenecessities.com; Prada shoes, price upon request, prada.com. Page 77: Louis Vuitton coat, $4,100, and dress, price upon request, louisvuitton.com; De Beers earrings, price upon request, debeers.com. Digital technician: Yumi Miki. Photography assistants: Gregory Aune, Shinobu Mochizuki. Fashion assistants: Ryann Foulke, Cody Pan. GIRLS ON FILM Page 79: Louis Vuitton dress and bracelets, prices upon request, louisvuitton.com; Chanel shoes, $1,075, select Chanel stores, 800.550.0005. Digital technician: Yumi Miki. Photography assistants: Gregory Aune, Shinobu Mochizuki. Fashion assistants: Ryann Foulke, Cody Pan. SURVIVAL OF THE CHICEST Page 82: Proenza Schouler bra, $1,250, and skirt, $14,200, Proenza Schouler, New York, 212.585.3200; Jennifer Fisher earrings, price upon request, jennifer fisherjewelry.com; Dannijo cuffs, $245 each, dannijo.com; A Peace Treaty rings, $175 set of three, Saks Fifth Avenue, 877.551.SAKS. Page 83: Isabel Marant bikini, $950, net-a-porter.com; Dior skirt, $5,000, by special order, 800.929.DIOR. Page 84: Christopher Kane top, $5,870, and skirt, $10,255, net-a-porter.com; Jennifer Fisher earrings, price upon request, jenniferfisherjewelry.com; Dannijo cuffs, $245 each, dannijo.com; A Peace Treaty rings, $175 set of three, Saks Fifth Avenue, 877.551.SAKS. Page 85: Roberto Cavalli swimsuit, $820, similar styles at robertocavalli.com; Dannijo cuff, $245, dannijo.com. Page 86: Gucci gown, $25,000, gucci.com; Jennifer Fisher earrings, price upon request, jenniferfisherjewelry.com; Dannijo cuff, $245, dannijo.com. Page 87: Versace swimsuit top, $225, and bottoms, $225, select Versace stores, 888.721.7219; Dannijo cuffs, $245 dannijo.com; A Peace Treaty rings, $175 set of three, Saks Fifth Avenue, 877.551.SAKS. Page 88: Emporio Armani coat, $1,095, Emporio Armani, New York, 212.339.5950; Jennifer Fisher earrings, price upon request, jenniferfisherjewelry.com. Page 89: La Perla bikini, $248, laperla.com; Dannijo cuff, $245, dannijo.com; A Peace Treaty rings, $175 set of three, Saks Fifth Avenue, 877.551.SAKS. Page 90: Rodarte gown, price upon request, Ikram, Chicago, 312.587.1000; Jennifer Fisher earrings, price upon request, jennifer fisherjewelry.com; Dannijo cuffs, $245 each, dannijo.com; A Peace Treaty rings, $175 set of three, Saks Fifth Avenue, 877.551.SAKS. Page 91: Michael Michael Kors belted swimsuit bottoms, $88, Bloomingdale’s, 800.777.0000; Dannijo cuff, $245, dannijo.com; A Peace Treaty rings, $175 set of three, Saks Fifth Avenue, 877.551.SAKS. Page 92: Marni cape, $2,590, Marni, New York, 212.343.3912; Burberry Prorsum skirt, $1,595, burberry.com; Jennifer Fisher earrings, price upon request, jenniferfisherjewelry.com; Dannijo cuffs, $245 each, dannijo.com; A Peace Treaty rings, $175 set of three, Saks Fifth Avenue, 877.551.SAKS.

ESTE , DANIELLE , AND ALANA HAIM

The members of the band Haim started their career singing with their parents. Now the guitartoting California girls are topping charts on their own with an infectious blend of folk music and ’80s R&B.

Page 93: Burberry swimsuit, $325, burberry.com; Dannijo cuffs, $245, dannijo.com; A Peace Treaty rings, $175 set of three, Saks Fifth Avenue, 877.551.SAKS. Page 94: Prada jacket, price upon request, and skirt, $3,250, prada .com; Jennifer Fisher earrings, price upon request, jenniferfisher jewelry.com; Dannijo cuffs, $245 each, dannijo.com; A Peace Treaty rings, $175 set of three, Saks Fifth Avenue, 877.551.SAKS. Page 95: Chloé bikini, $445, Chloé, Bal Harbour, FL, 305.861.1909; Dannijo cuffs, $245 each, dannijo.com; A Peace Treaty rings, $175 set of three, Saks Fifth Avenue, 877.551.SAKS.

XL Page 103: Calvin Klein Collection coat, $3,495, and vest, price upon request, Calvin Klein Collection, New York, 212.292.9000; Maison Martin Margiela dress, $1,785, Maison Martin Margiela, Beverly Hills, 310.284.8093; Proenza Schouler shoes, $675, Proenza Schouler, New York, 212.535.3200. Page 104: Reed Krakoff coats, $2,690 and $1,490, reedkrakoff.com. Page 105: Rick Owens parka, $3,500, rickowens.eu; Max Mara dress, $750, Max Mara, New York, 212.879.6100. Page 106: Bottega Veneta sweater, $1,740, Bottega Veneta, New York, 212.371.5511. Page 107: Comme des Garçons top, and blazer, $3,865, trousers, $1,110, and sneakers, $465, Comme des Garçons, New York, 212.604.9200. Page 108: Céline jacket, $2,600, and dress, $2,300, Céline, New York, 212.535.3703; Maison Martin Margiela pants, $1,360, Maison Martin Margiela, New York, 212.989.7612; Comme des Garçons sneakers, $465, Comme des Garçons, New York, 212.604.9200. Page 109: Proenza Schouler coat, $5,500, jacket, $2,265, and skirt, $1,150, Proenza Schouler, New York, 212.535.3200. Page 110: Chloé cape, $4,395, and dress, $2,175, by special order, Chloé, New York, 212.717.8220. Page 111: Rick Owens parka, $3,500, rickowens.eu; Max Mara dress, $750, Max Mara, New York, 212.879.6100; Jil Sander Navy boots, $665, saks.com. RAISING KAYNE Pages 112–113: Jenni Kayne top, $395, and skirt, $995, Jenni Kayne, Brentwood, CA, 424.268.4765; Amulette ring, $8,750, Jenni Kayne, Brentwood, CA, 424.268.4765; Mannin Fine Jewelry ring, $2,900, Jenni Kayne, Los Angeles, 310.860.0123; Manolo Blahnik heels, $695, by special order, Manolo Blahnik, New York, 212.582.3007. Jenni Kayne gown, $995, Jenni Kayne, Brentwood, CA, 424.268.4765; Amulette ring, $4,500, Jenni Kayne, Brentwood, CA, 424.268.4765; Mannin Fine Jewelry ring, $345, Jenni Kayne, Los Angeles, 310.860.0123; Manolo Blahnik heels, $595, Saks Fifth Avenue, 877.551.SAKS. Jenni Kayne blouse, $350, and skirt, $650, Jenni Kayne, Brentwood, CA, 424.268.4765; Jimmy Choo pumps, $595, jimmychoo.com. Page 115: Jenni Kayne shirt, $250, cardigan, $595, and shorts, $395, Jenni Kayne, Brentwood, CA, 424.268.4765. Jenni Kayne top, $220, Jenni Kayne, Brentwood, CA, 424.268.4765; Vhernier ring, $4,750, Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, 212.753.4000; Amulette ring, $8,750, Jenni Kayne, Brentwood, CA, 424.268.4765. Jenni Kayne top, $325, and skirt, $475, Jenni Kayne, Brentwood, CA, 424.268.4765; Mannin Fine Jewelry ring, $345, Jenni Kayne, Los Angeles, 310.860.0123.

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Jenni, Saree, and Maggie Kayne aren’t the first trio of sisters to make a social splash. As writer Kevin West points out, there were also the Gabors, the Millers, and the Kardashians. Here, a few more of our favorites.

Chanel dress; Marc Jacobs gloves; Wolford tights.

The Prime of Miss Emma Watson THE STAR OF THE BLING RING IS ALL GROWN UP— AND NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON. BY LYNN HIRSCHBERG PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL THOMPSON STYLED BY EDWARD ENNINFUL

Louis Vuitton coat and dress; De Beers platinum and diamond earrings. Beauty note: A sweet berry mouth comes courtesy of Lanc么me Rouge in Love High Potency Lipstick in No. 379N. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 116. Hair by Orlando Pita for Orlo Salon; makeup by Dick Page for Shiseido Makeup. Manicure by Sheril Bailey at Jed Root Inc. Set design by Stefan Beckman for Exposure NY.

Erdem dress; Harry Winston platinum and diamond earrings; Sermoneta Gloves gloves; Falke fishnet tights; Prada shoes.

hen Emma Watson was cast in the Harry Potter films as Hermione Granger, the serious, smart role model to countless young girls, the actress, who was only 9 years old, set a nearly impossible course for herself. Not only did she have to bring life to a beloved fictional character for generations to come, but in an increasingly prying Internet-tabloid culture, she also had to measure up to the perfection of Hermione while creatively moving past that ideal. To grow up in public is brutal on many levels, but Watson, 23, has managed to escape both the bad behavior and the career paralysis that afflict so many child stars. Her biggest act of defiance seems to be her recent move to the United States. She is currently an English major at Brown University in Rhode Island. And although roles in corset movies surely have been offered to her in abundance, she has chosen, post-Hermione, to play two different American girls: Sam, the charismatic object of desire in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, in 2012, and Nicki, an aspiring actress and part-time thief in Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring, out this month. Interestingly, The Bling Ring, which is based on a true story about a group of teenagers who broke into the homes of celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, could be read as the chronicle of Watson’s road not taken. The break-ins were not particularly malicious but, rather, a chance for the gang to live in the aura of stardom by stealing some glitzy baubles and designer duds. Alexis Neiers, the real-life Nicki, has even had her own reality show. “I was dying to play her,” Watson confessed. “Nicki is so different from me. How do I try and understand a young woman who loves these things so much that she is prepared to commit crimes to have them?” While wildly dissimilar in almost every way, Nicki and Emma do share a keen interest in image control. At our shoot, Watson was meticulous about her hair and makeup, and aware of every frame. It was not diva behavior; she was lovely and polite yet exacting. Perhaps this is how you gracefully transition from child to adult in the global eye: Be bold but never, ever sloppy.

“The allure of being sexy never really held any excitement for me. I’ve never been in a rush to be seen as a woman.” What is the first movie you remember seeing? Pretty Woman. I was 7, which was way, way too young. That was when I started loving Julia Roberts and American movies. As a child, I loved being onstage. I loved singing, I loved the lights, I loved the adrenaline. I even loved learning lines. I was completely obsessive. A friend of my mother’s found a tape of me auditioning for Hermione. I wanted to get really, really good at my lines. There was reel after reel, take after take, of me doing the same thing over and over again. How old were you? Nine. I was crazy. I did eight auditions, and I would literally sit by the telephone in my house and wait for each call. When they had me in for the ninth audition, I was like, Wow, nine! They called me into the producer David Heyman’s office, and he said I was the “preferred” candidate for the role. Before I could obsess over what “preferred” meant, they took a photograph of Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and me, and it was broadcast on the Internet that we had been cast in Harry Potter. By the time I got back to my house, there was press waiting outside. We moved straight into a hotel. Did you ever feel the pressure of having to be a shining example to young girls worldwide? I was always a very serious child. I remember being 13 and girls in my class saying, “So-and-so is going to kiss so-and-so on the school fields.” I said, “That’s stupid. They’re too young for it to matter—he doesn’t love her, and that’s just a waste of time.” It’s amazing that I had any friends! [Laughs] So I was the right child to get cast: I loved the responsibility. Did you have your first kiss on camera? Thankfully, no. I’ve always been fascinated by Elizabeth Taylor, and I had read that her first kiss happened on a film set, which actually made me a little sad. You need to have normal experiences of your own. I’ve never wanted to grow up too fast: I wanted to wear a sports bra until I was 22! The allure of being sexy never really held any excitement for me. I’ve never been in a terrible rush to be seen as a woman. And yet, in The Bling Ring, you are a little bit of a bad girl. With Nicki, I was really taking on a character. Some of her lines are so crazy and absurd—making sure she wasn’t a parody was a challenge. Did her outfits help you get into character? Who wouldn’t love to go to work in Uggs and very low-slung tracksuit bottoms? The iconic detail of Nicki is her tramp stamp. It’s a lotus flower, a Buddhist-like symbol just above her butt crack. Really classy! [Laughs] And at one point I told the costume designer, “You can see my bra strap in this top; shouldn’t we pin it?” And she said, “No, sweetie—Nicki is all about her bra strap showing.” I was like, Right, okay, different mind-set. When did you realize you were famous? I lived in denial for as long as I possibly could. Until the age of 18, I would take the Oxford Tube, which is a public bus. Then it got to the point where the fact that I was on the bus would spread from one end to the other. I’d think, Why am I doing this to myself? Ignoring fame was my rebellion, in a funny way. I was insistent on being normal and doing normal things. It probably wasn’t advisable to go to college in America and room with a complete stranger. And it probably wasn’t wise to share a bathroom with eight other people in a coed dorm. Looking back, that was crazy. I’m surprised you chose to come to America. I’ve always loved America. When we came here with Harry Potter, everyone was so warm. Eventually, all of my friends were American, and I think that’s why I was attracted to playing Americans, even extreme ones like Nicki. When I’m presented with a character, I think, Hmmm…I have not had this experience. I don’t really know what this would be like. I’ll have the experience through the character. Do you have a Hollywood crush? My cinematic crush has been pretty much the same since I was 12: Kevin Costner. I met him in an elevator the other day, and I couldn’t even speak. He said hello, because he is lovely like that, and I couldn’t say anything back. Kevin Costner is so American. Of course! Kevin Costner is forever. And America too!

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THE STORIES BEHIND OUR STORIES

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RAISING KAYNE

ASHLEY, ELIZABETH, AND MARY-KATE OLSEN

SYBIL , MARY, AND EDITH CRAWLEY

No offense to the Kardashians, but Downton Abbey’s smart and sassy aristocratic sisters are by far the most intriguing ladies on Sundaynight television.

LOU DOILLON, CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG, AND KATE BARRY

Though fathered by different men, all three of Jane Birkin’s daughters—two singer-actresses and a photographer—inherited their mother’s insouciant sense of style.

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The Icing on the Cake

Why stop at the dress when you can have an haute couture coiffure and decadent makeup to match? Photographs by Patrick Demarchelier Styled by Edward Enninful

This page: Makeup artist Val Garland found inspiration in Renaissance portraiture but gave it a modern edge by adding dramatic highlights. “I worked with sheens and wet shines, like Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream, just where the light hit her face,” Garland says. Ulyana Sergeenko Couture gown; Cathy Waterman platinum, amethyst, peridot, diamond, and lace choker; Camilla Dietz Bergeron circa-1870 yellow gold and agate cameo necklace. Opposite: So as not to compete with what she describes as “the mad and gorgeous” rainbow tresses, Garland avoided loading on too much color: “I went for pearlized skin that still showed pores, so you could feel it breathe.” Valentino Haute Couture cape and dress; Pearl Collective freshwater pearl choker.

This page: Haphazard haircuts are becoming de rigueur, from the very asymmetric bangs in Prada’s recent ad campaign to the “I trimmed it in the dark” ’dos at Thakoon’s fall show. “She was supposed to look like a kid who cut her hair with the kitchen scissors,” says hairstylist Malcolm Edwards of this model, with a laugh. “That’s why we used a wig.” Dior Haute Couture dress; Georland white gold, tourmaline, tsavorite, and diamond dragonfly brooch and white gold, topaz, andradite, and diamond butterfly brooch (both in hair); David Yurman platinum, pink spinel, and diamond earrings; Sermoneta Gloves gloves. Opposite: On the runway and on the street, natural-looking highlights have given way to whimsical shades like lavender and green, and metallics, often with ombré effects and contrasting roots. Here, Edwards spray-painted gold and silver onto extensions. “It’s very grand, with the metallics,” he says. Try Manic Panic Dye Hard in Stiletto and Kevin Murphy Color Bug in Shimmer. Alberta Ferretti gown; Dior Fine Jewelry white gold, agate cameo, garnet, and diamond earrings; Stephen Russell circa-1880 diamond choker.

This page: To create the “marbled cellophane-like” lip shown here, Garland used two Tom Ford lipsticks—Blush Nude and Nude Vanille— topped with MAC Lipglass. Chanel Haute Couture dress. Opposite: This season’s bold lips can make the rest of the face appear washed-out. The solution: matching cheeks. Garland was going for “a slap—versus ‘I’m wearing a lot of blush.’” While she didn’t get violent, she did get physical, massaging the model’s face as well as applying a stain. For a similar effect, try Napoleon Perdis Mosaic Powder in Blushing. Giambattista Valli Haute Couture gown; Tiffany & Co. platinum, morganite, and diamond earrings. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 168. Hair by Malcolm Edwards at Streeters London; makeup by Val Garland at Streeters London. Models: Kayley Chabot at Next Model Management; Cora Emmanuel at the Society; Tess Hellfeuer at New York Model Managment; Juliana Schurig, Zoe Colivas, and Ondria Hardin at DNA Model Management. Prop styling by Ryan MacFarland for Juliet Jernigan at CL M. Digital technician: Brendan Burke. Photography assistant: Rob Massman. Fashion assistants: Felicia Garcia-Rivera, Ryann Foulke.

GROWING UP JUDD

At 101 Spring Street, Donald Judd not only conceived some of his most important work— he also raised a family. By Jim Lewis

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H ! I H AV E N ’ T S E E N T H I S in a while,” said Rainer Judd, pulling open a door on the second floor of 101 Spring Street to reveal the space behind a small built-in puppet theater that her father, Donald, made for her when she was a girl. He’d bought the building, in New York’s SoHo, in 1968; it had been a textile factory, with 8,500 square feet of space over five floors and two basements. When Rainer was born two years later, she came home from the hospital to its huge, high-ceilinged rooms. On the day she and I visited last January, there were protective layers of paper on the floor, crates around the artworks, freshly painted iron railings leaning against the wall, ladders everywhere. After 11 years of planning and restoration, her childhood home will open to the public next month, as a monument, an art space, and an architectural gem. Donald Judd was an artist with exceptional foresight. He paid $68,000 for the building when SoHo was still a wasteland of faltering light industry—indeed, before it was known as SoHo. Within a decade, the neighborhood was the world’s capital of art, and its converted cast-iron factories were as central to its character as parlors had been in Paris a half-century earlier. Until SoHo changed the rules, artists tended to live in one building and work in another; lofts dissolved the border between domestic and studio space and made both of them larger. That changed the kind of art that was made and, in turn, the places where it was shown; it encouraged works that wouldn’t fit on a living room wall or in the modest rooms of a museum—instead they were exhibited in large, bright galleries, a kind of idealized version of the spaces where artists lived and worked. It’s not an exaggeration to say that the SoHo loft helped create the conditions that made contemporary art possible. They didn’t last long. By the turn of this century, SoHo had become little more than a shopping district, and 101 Spring was in such disrepair that scaffolding was put up around it to catch falling chunks of the facade. Sic transit gloria New York. But perhaps Judd anticipated that, too: When he died, in 1994, he left a directive to establish a foundation dedicated to preserving his art and the buildings where he made and installed it, alongside the work of his friends and colleagues: 15 properties in Marfa, Texas; and 101 Spring. Rainer and her brother, Flavin, were appointed executors of their father’s estate—guardians of his work and overseers of the plans he left unfulfilled. She was 23 at the time, and Flavin was 26. Walking through the building with Rainer, almost two decades later, is a little like touring the Frick with someone who grew up there. As we wandered around the quiet floors, she explained how they found the right glass for the windows, how a foundry manufactured and restored more than 1,300 pieces of cast iron to repair the facade, how they put in humidity controls to protect the artworks. Then she said, “It still smells like Spring Street.” Sense memory is like that, recapturing past experiences that elude the more conscious mind. Rainer was too young to register all the details of 101 Spring in its early days, but she does recall the benefits for the War Resist- From top: Rainer Judd Alexander McQueen ers League her father hosted; wears dress; Van Cleef & Arpels the hearthlike second floor of gold earrings (for stores, the building, with a cast-iron prices, and more, see stove, a refrigerator, a bathtub, Backstory, page 168). Donald Judd at 101 Spring and the TV; playing among Street, 1975; the fifth floor, plywood shipping crates; and where the family slept.

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a Claes Oldenburg sculpture of a “mean Mickey Mouse.” The variety of those memories attests to the success of Judd’s ambition: to create one coherent environment with three separate functions—home, studio, and exhibition space, each well defined but flowing into the next. He met visitors on the ground floor, for example. If he liked them, they were invited up to the second, with its well-stocked kitchen (Judd liked buying cooking equipment, but he didn’t cook much; one of Rainer’s more vivid memories is of running back and forth to Dean & DeLuca, where neighborhood artists had monthly tabs). The third floor was another studio; the fourth was a quieter living room for family and close friends; and the fifth was where the Judds all slept. But there was art everywhere—an Ad Reinhardt painting, a David Novros fresco, an Alvar Aalto table. And Rainer remembers the days when even a child could live with such things without worrying about how much they were worth, when Mom and Dad’s bedroom had a floor-toceiling Dan Flavin fluorescent-light sculpture, and a Marcel Duchamp shovel readymade leaned in a corner. “Nobody was saying, ‘Hey, hey, hey! Don’t touch that!’ ” she said. “It felt pretty casual. People say, ‘You must have been such a controlled child.’ But I don’t remember it being that way at all.” As for Judd, Rainer has spent almost as much time with her father since he died as she did when he was alive. Her official duties call for her to work 20 hours a week on Judd Foundation matters, though in truth she usually works much more. She refers to him as Dad as often as she calls him Don, and she speaks of him respectfully and affectionately but without piety. “My dad was shy, soft, soft-spoken, very twinkly in the eyes,” she told me. He was also, by many accounts, a somewhat prickly man— no more so, perhaps, than the average artist, but no less so, either. “He had a temper, so he would get very hurt; he would react as if he’d been betrayed,” she concedes. “I don’t know if he could forgive a grudge.” In 1976, Rainer’s father and mother—Julie Finch, a choreographer and community activist—split up. As an opening gambit in a custody battle that took several years to settle, Donald spirited his children to Marfa, where he had set up a home and studio that would grow into a sprawling compound. For Rainer, it was idyllic, and she became, either by temperament or by default, a classic tomboy: “A large chunk of my childhood was spent sunburned in boy’s clothes,” she said, and indeed, a picture of her from the time shows a little girl with long blonde hair, wearing jeans and cowboy boots and a big straw hat, standing with her older brother on the edge of a dusty 82 WMAGAZINE.COM

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yard. Over the years, she and Donald fostered the kind of bond that forms between headstrong fathers and their daughters. “The more distance I have, the more I realize how rare it was and how close it was, and that is a testament to his courage in his opening up to his kid,” she told me at the end of a long day’s conversation. “For some reason, I don’t know why, I feel like the father-daughter relationship is one of the most worldchanging relationships. My dad was radical in his field, radical in the art he was making, radical in the way he lived, but in so many ways a conservative man. I just think it’s fortunate for everybody that…” She trailed off, her eyes wet with tears. Judd died quite suddenly, of lymphoma, in considerable debt and with his estate in disarray. He left each of his children a small sum of cash—“He just did not feel responsible for supporting us,” Rainer said. Getting her father’s estate sorted out has taken almost 20 years, but it hasn’t taken up all of Rainer’s life. She graduated from New York University’s film school, had small parts in some Hollywood movies, made a few short films, and is in the midst of making a feature. She splits her time between Manhattan and Hudson, New York, where she writes and draws. In 2011 she had a show of photographs at a Hudson gallery. Earlier this year she directed a music video with the animator Benjamin Rowe for the Polyphonic Spree, and she’s elbow-deep in an oral history of her father’s life and work. It all can be a bit hard to keep track of, but she prefers it that way. When I asked her for help devising a one-line description of what she does, she smiled and mentioned a character in a Philip K. Dick novel who wears a “scramble suit” that grants him a changeling identity. For now, though, the rebirth of 101 Spring is the main event, the culmination of many years’ work and a great deal of money—$23 million, which was raised by auctioning off some of Judd’s sculptures. The result is close to pristine—down to the sheets on the bed—altered only to accommodate the requirements of making a private home public: offices in the basement, various fire-safety measures. As we tromped up and down the stairs, Rainer grimaced every time we came across an exit sign, and she went on a quiet rant about the endless demands of New York City’s building codes, which, among other things, required the removal of a turn-of-the-century spiral staircase. Still, the place is something to behold, a revolution frozen in time. Many of the cast-iron buildings in SoHo are landmarked, but Judd’s is the only one left not divided into stores or single-floor spaces. Its elaborate exterior ironwork is painted battleship gray, and the windows are so large that the building looks like an early attempt at the International Style. To see it standing nobly on the northeast corner of Mercer Street is almost startling—like coming across a period-perfect carriage house on Broadway. Inside, the carefully preserved living spaces host a collection that could anchor a very good museum of the art of Judd’s time: works by Frank Stella, Claes Oldenburg, John Chamberlain, and others, as well as several by Judd himself. It’s strange to see how neatly it all fits together and hard to parse the experience. Sometimes it feels like a museum with a bedroom on top and sometimes like an apartment with a museum underneath. Rainer told me that when she and her brother were teenagers, “we just destroyed the floors. Never give teenagers really soft pine.” But it makes sense, somehow, and when 101 Spring reopens, one corner of SoHo that has not made sense for some time will make sense again. As for Rainer, she makes sense, too— a considerable feat, when you think about it. Many people would find it a burden to devote a good part of their adult life to managing their father’s affairs, his life’s work, his reputation, his legacy. She seems to be energized by it, and she betrays not the slightest resentment or regret. We spent several days together, and we talked about many things, but the last thing she said to me was “I do what needs to get done. And I have a lot of respect for my own happiness.”

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ab fab

Cleavage? So last season. This spring, the midriff reveals itself as the new erogenous zone. Photographs by Craig McDean Styled by Edward Enninful Comme des GarĂ§ons top and skirt; CĂŠline pumps. Beauty note: For smooth, glowing arms and gams, try Vaseline Spray & Go Moisturizer in Cocoa Radiant.

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skirt, and stole. Beauty note: Highlight fierce cheekbones with Tom Ford Skin Illuminator in Fire Lust. Opposite: Balenciaga by Nicolas GhesquiĂ¨re top and skirt; CĂŠline pumps.

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top, and shorts; Céline pumps. Beauty note: Fekkai Coiff Magnifique UltraLight Finishing Crème gives windblown definition. Opposite: Marc Jacobs top and skirt; Céline pumps.

This page: Fendi coat; Giambattista Valli top and skirt. Beauty note: Give skin a daily dose of sun protection with Supergoop SPF 30 Sunscreen Mist With Vitamin C. Opposite: Louis Vuitton top and skirt; CĂŠline pumps. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 168. Hair by Orlando Pita for Orlo Salon; makeup by Mark Carrasquillo; manicure by Yuna Park at Streeters. Model: Amber Valletta at DNA Model Management. Set design by Piers Hanmer. Digital technician: Nicholas Ong. Photography assistants: Simon Roberts, Huan Nguyen, Maru Teppei. Fashion assistants: Felicia GarciaRivera, Ryann Foulke. Special thanks to Highline Stages.

There is no shortage of ways to show off your midriff this spring, but getting a midriff worth showing off is a whole other story. Vanessa Lawrence endures some serious waist management. I don’t consider myself especially modest. I own some string bikinis. My distaste for curtains means that I walk around my apartment naked in full view of my neighbors. And I’m not one of those women who insist on disrobing only in the dark. But there is a vast difference between feeling comfortable in a birthday suit at home or a bathing suit on the beach and flaunting one’s body at, say, a work event. So, at the spring 2013 collections, as I watched one designer after another send out tops and bottoms that never quite met up in the middle, I felt both envious of the models’ taut stomachs and resigned that I’d never wear such midriff-baring ensembles myself. The looks ranged from coquettish to outright daring: At Marc Jacobs, abbreviated jackets and low-riding skirts revealed a mere sliver of abdomen and hip; at Balenciaga, skimpy tops—bras, really—sexed up tweed suits; and at Miu Miu crinkled silk camisoles showed off a full four fingers of skin. The one thing they all had in common was a tailored sophistication: Britney Spears’s greatest hits these were not. “We’re all used to seeing cleavage,” says Jason Wu, whose collection featured leather bras and strappy cropped tops. “It’s a nice balance to show off the abs. It feels sexy without being vulgar.” Still, I wasn’t convinced the silhouette would work off the runway until I saw a party photo of Diane Kruger in a Rochas top and skirt that left at least two inches of upper abdomen on view. She looked hot—in a fresh, elegant way. I was sold. But before I’d be willing to reveal my own midsection, I had some work to do. My situation wasn’t completely dire: I was already exercising most days, including taking long runs and Core Fusion classes. But I had never paid much attention to my abs—and they certainly weren’t stellar enough to flaunt. If anything, I was a little soft in the middle, and if I was going to change that, I needed the motivation of a deadline. I resolved to test-drive a belly button–baring Michael Kors cropped sweater and matching skirt during fashion week. This meant I had a mere 20 days. I wasn’t about to starve myself. Anne Hathaway might have been content with two blobs of oatmeal a day when she was prepping for Les Misérables, but I’m half-Chinese and half-Jewish, so food matters—and I had no interest in looking like a dying 19th-century prostitute, anyway. I sought professional help: trainer Marc Gordon, who counts the preternaturally sculpted Joan Smalls among his model-heavy client list. Our initial conversation hinted at what I had coming. “How much pain do you want to be in?” he asked. Gordon, a six-foot-two tower of lean muscle, agreed to meet me at Complete Body, the Flatiron space in New York he’s called home for 19 years. But before we even hit the gym, he expressed concern about my deadline: “I do not recommend this path—it should always be a progression,” he said, handing me a daily food log and taking a few before shots. “But I already see a lot of things I want to change.” Like what, exactly? “You have some fun going on,” he said of the excess flesh around my waistband. “You need some contouring. You’re too straight up and down. And your posture! You stand like a shy person—you have no muscle tone on your lower back.” 154 WMAGAZINE.COM

The prescription: an hour a day with Gordon, preceded by 30 minutes of solo time on the elliptical five times a week; Saturdays I’d rest; Sundays I would run my usual nine miles. Our sessions interspersed intense strength training with hellish cardio. You haven’t lived (or rather, died) until you’ve done two minutes of jumping jacks while holding a 12-pound weight, followed by seemingly endless push-ups. And that wasn’t even the most torturous part: I also had to balance in a plank position with my forearms on a bench while moving my toes up and down the sides of a giant ball. I spent much of my downtime in beached-whale pose. And according to Gordon, this wasn’t enough. “You can kill yourself in the gym, but what are you doing the other 23 hours of the day?” he said. “It starts with nutrition.” My diet didn’t seem awful, for the most part. (“Frosted Mini-Wheats?” Gordon intoned one day glancing at my food sheet. “I didn’t wake up in my apartment,” I replied sheepishly. “You do what you have to do,” he said.) I checked in with nutritionist Ashley Koff, R.D., who works with Molly Sims and Emily Deschanel; she instructed me to cut out flour, sugar, alcohol, and evening carbs and add green juice every day—effective immediately. “You want to underdeliver slightly,” Koff explained. “When we don’t give the body anything, it thinks it’s starving, and it holds on to stuff. But if you’re just a little hungry, it pulls away fat.” In the days leading up to an ab-revealing event, Koff tells her clients to eat purees, which, she says, prevents bloating and constipation. “I do a green soup with a little bit of sardine puree,” she offered. Since I was barely surviving Gordon’s workouts on solid food, I gave that idea a pass. Instead, I decided to lie on a table and let someone else do the work— that someone being New York–based body-sculpting expert Camille Obadia, who specializes in electrotherapy and radiofrequency treatments. She began by placing electrodes all over my abs and back. When the voltage was turned up, my midsection began to pulse so vigorously, it looked like an exorcism. “Thirty minutes is equivalent to four hours of exercise,” Obadia said. Next, she used an instrument that looked like an oversize hand shower to heat my abs to 104 degrees (a temperature that reportedly encourages collagen production, thus smoothing skin) and then to between 107.6 and 111.2 (at which point fat supposedly emulsifies). If that didn’t flatten my stomach, nothing would—it felt like someone was ironing my skin. After a plant-extract wrap and lymphatic-drainage massage, I was out the door with the promise of losing a whopping centimeter from my middle. Perhaps it was psychosomatic, but I did feel a bit tighter the next morning, and my abs felt, well, fatigued. But sadly, so did my soul. As D-day approached, I became increasingly glum. I spent Super Bowl Sunday gazing longingly at chips and dip while nibbling sliced turkey and sipping straight Scotch (a necessary deviation to avoid clinical depression). I was so exhausted from my workouts that I canceled dinners and drinks and even bailed on birthday parties, falling into bed at 9 p.m. like a friendless narcoleptic. This had to end. Fortunately, after 15 sessions, Gordon was pleased with the results. “Most people wouldn’t see these changes,” he said, chalking up my quick progress to the fact that I was already fit to begin with. And I could definitely see a difference: My posture was better, I had definition across my ribs, and my waist curved in where before it had been straight. On the night of the party, I donned my cropped Kors sweater and walked, bare-bellied in 30-degree weather, to the Marni fragrance launch party feeling confident. And a bit subversive. Unlike a short hemline or a deep neckline, a midriff is unexpected. More sly than blatantly sexy. And, apparently, eye-catching. “Hi,” said one friend to my stomach. “It’s nice to see you,” said another, staring several feet below my face. This, I assumed, must be what it feels like to have an amazing rack. And I’ll admit, it did feel nice. But not as nice as a glass of wine. Or a bowl of pasta. Or a night with friends. Unless you are 16 years old or genetically gifted, maintaining great abs is a full-time job—one I was happy to quit. As one of my favorite Core Fusion instructors, Rebecca Sherman Morcelo, told me when I embarked on my mission, “I have friends with great abs— and no life.” For now, at least, I choose life.

Michael Kors sweater and skirt; CĂŠline pumps. Beauty note: Kanebo Sensai Cellular Performance Body Contour Concentrate offers a little extra insurance for a firm midsection. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 168.

The Whites of Spring

Monochromatic dressing has a way of growing on you. Photographs by Craig McDean Styled by Edward Enninful

Michael Kors cotton crepe coat, stretch cotton pants, and belt. Charvet poplin shirt. White + Warren cotton and modal blend turtleneck. Tory Burch cotton poplin skirt. Rochas boots.

This page: Boss cotton blend shirt. BCBG Max Azria viscose blend turtleneck. Brunello Cucinelli silk pleated skirt. Ports 1961 plissĂŠ organza pleated skirt (worn underneath). Alberta Ferretti silk cotton trousers. Michael Kors belt; Rochas boots. Opposite: Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci wool jacket and trousers with skirt panel. Wolford cotton and nylon blend turtleneck bodysuit. Beauty note: Dab on MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Chilled on Ice for gleaming lids.

From left: American Apparel fleece hoodie. Oscar de la Renta embroidered cotton dress. White + Warren cotton and modal blend turtleneck. Derek Lam stretch cotton twill trousers. Jil Sander boots. American Apparel fleece hoodie. Missoni dress and viscose blend pants. BCBG Max Azria viscose blend turtleneck. J. Mendel silk chiffon pleated skirt. Jil Sander boots. Beauty note: Get slip â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; slide hair texture with Phyto Professional Wet Gel.

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McCartney cotton crepe jacket. Sportmax crepe de chine and cotton shirt. Vince pima cotton blend turtleneck. Akris cotton and silk skirt. Ports 1961 plissĂŠ organza pleated skirt. Akris wool trousers. Jil Sander boots. Opposite: Salvatore Ferragamo leather trenchcoat and cotton shirt. Wolford cotton and nylon blend turtleneck bodysuit. Beauty note: Double down on flawless skin with Korres Quercetin & Oak Antiageing Foundation.

This page: HermĂ¨s cotton poplin shirtdress. Sophie Theallet cotton collared shirtdress (worn underneath). White + Warren cotton and modal blend turtleneck. Michael Kors belt; Falke tights; Alexander Wang sandals. Opposite: Proenza Schouler cotton shirt and skirt. Vince pima cotton blend turtleneck. Ports 1961 silk organza pleated skirt. Falke tights. Beauty note: Fake bleached brows by combing in Kevyn Aucoin Sensual Skin Enhancer in SX 01, a porcelain concealer.

From left: Vera Wang Collection embroidered cotton voile dress. Wolford cotton and nylon blend turtleneck bodysuit. Falke tights; Rochas boots. Carolina Herrera silk taffeta blouse and silk georgette skirt. BCBG Max Azria viscose blend turtleneck. Theyskens’ Theory cotton peplum. Ports 1961 plissé organza pleated skirt. Falke tights; Comme des Garçons shoes. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 366. Hair by Orlando Pita for Orlo Salon; makeup by Aaron De Mey at Art Partner; manicures by Yuna Park at Streeters and Naoko Saita. Models: Kati Nescher and Juliana Schurig at DNA Model Management; Iselin Steiro at Women Management. Set design by Piers Hanmer. Digital technician: Nicholas Ong. Photography assistants: Simon Roberts, Huan Nguyen, Maru Teppei. Fashion assistants: Felicia Garcia-Rivera, Ryann Foulke.

Prada satin stole and bra. Johanna Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hagan hat. House of Harlot corset and belt. Beaut y note: Draw the perfect cherry pout with Urban Decay Super-Saturated High Gloss Lip Color in F-Bomb.

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coat. We Love Colors fishnet knee-high (worn as headpiece); Kimono De Go by Mamiko obi; Perrin Paris gloves. Opposite: Rick Owens python jacket. Kimono De Go by Mamiko wig. Beauty note: Giorgio Armani Maestro Fusion Makeup provides lightweight coverage while masking little flaws.

Prada silk dress. House of Harlot corset and belt; LaCrasia Gloves gloves. Beauty note: For a matte crimson lip, swipe on Burberry Lip Velvet in Bright Poppy.

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De Go by Mamiko obi; Etro cotton pants. A.F. Vandevorst hat; Maria Piana ring (worn as a pin); LaCrasia Gloves gloves. Beauty note: Highlight shoulders and cared-for skin with Garnier Fructis Triple Nutrition Miracle Dry Oil for Hair, Body & Face. Opposite: Gucci silk cady and tulle top. House of Harlot belt. Beauty note: Dust on Chanel Poudre SignĂŠe Illuminating Powder for a shine-free yet glowing finish.

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harness. John Galliano silk taffeta pants. Kimono De Go by Mamiko wig; House of Harlot corset and belt. Beauty note: Hair keeps even the most extreme shape with Joico Power Gel Sculpting Gel.

This page: Haider Ackermann polyester top. Kimono De Go by Mamiko kimono (worn as skirt) and obi. Beauty note: For chatter-worthy bright blue lips, try Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar in RX. Opposite: A.F. Vandevorst cotton blend shirtdress, and belt. Peter Jensen oversize necklace; Prada socks and shoes. Beauty note: Define choppy layers with Oscar Blandi Dry Sculpting Pomade.

House of Harlot corset and belt; Mokuba ribbon.

This page: Rick Owens python jacket and silk blend skirt. We Love Colors fishnet knee-high (worn as headpiece); Prada socks and shoes. Opposite: Dior silk duchess satin dress.

Alexander McQueen jacquard bustier and caged crinoline. Emilio Pucci embroidered silk kimono.

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De Go by Mamiko obi. Balenciaga by Nicolas GhesquiĂ¨re silk crepe blend skirt. Opposite: Tom Ford silk taffeta dress. We Love Colors fishnet knee-high (worn as a headpiece); House of Harlot corset and belt; Underground boots.

Alexander McQueen embroidered tulle dress and caged crinoline. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 366. Hair by Malcolm Edwards at Streeters London and Odile Gilbert at Exposure NY; makeup by Lucia Pieroni for ClĂŠ de Peau BeautĂŠ; manicures by Anatole Rainey at Premierhairandmakeup .com. Models: Ondria Hardin and Saskia de Brauw at DNA Model Management; Xiao Wen and Yumi Lambert at IMG Models. Coordination and assistance for Kimono De Go by Mamiko by Suzanne Perrin at Japan Interlink London. Set design by Poppy Bartlett at the Magnet Agency. Production by Lalaland. Digital capture: Dtouch. Photography assistants: Matt Easton, Ted Park, Tomas Hein. Fashion assistants: Felicia Garcia-Rivera, Jack Borkett, Lucy Kebbell, Ryann Foulke, Caroline Grosso.

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ACTRESS JESSICA CHASTAIN PLAYS HUMAN CANVAS TO FOUR LEADING ARTISTS OF THE DAY. By Diane Solway

GEORGE CONDO

Though best known for his fiercely wacky portraits, the American artist George Condo is as much a portraitist as he is an abstract expressionist. “I love the idea of two incompatible worlds brought together—opposing forces harmonically melded,” he says. When he met Chastain, his plan was to create two artworks—and cast her not as their subject but as a character in them. “I wanted Jessica to become part of the painting and then appear to come off it, as if she were breaking free and leaving behind an empty space,” he says. “I liked that the paintings were 3-D.” To achieve that effect, Condo designed two simple canvas dresses for Chastain, taping them to the canvas and painting over them so that when they were removed, they would leave a blank space but appear to be a fragment of the piece. Standing in front of the work on the previous page, with her red hair teased to eternity, Chastain blended into the cacophony of line and color, a member of the loopy crew. As Condo studied Chastain posing next to the other figures in the work, he began drawing a cluster of noisy characters close to her head to give the impression “that they were yelling into her ear.” While Chastain was having white makeup applied to half her face, Condo grabbed a scrap of paper and created an eye for her to use as a prop. “I thought if she just held it in front of her, it would give a real sort of Stanley Kubrick feel to the experience.” The result, of course, is suitably schizoid, just as Condo envisioned. “With that popped-out eye, there are two different sides to her face: one hysterical and the other soulful,” he says. “Multiple emotions at the same time.” This page: Condo’s Spatial Notations, 2012. Previous:

Condo’s Abstract Conversations, 2012. Photographed by Max Vadukul. Styled by Felicia Garcia-Rivera. Hair by Jimmy Paul for Bumble and bumble; makeup by Fulvia Farolfi for Chanel; manicure by Gina Viviano for Chanel. Photography assistants: Reto Sterchi, Carlos Ruiz.

RINEKE DIJKSTRA

There’s a breathtaking intensity to Rineke Dijkstra’s videos and large color portraits, perhaps owing to the way the Dutch artist and her subjects lock eyes and dare the viewer to look away. Dijkstra, whose midcareer survey earlier this year at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and at New York’s Guggenheim Museum won critical raves, focuses on people poised on the cusp of change: adolescents on the beach, mothers clutching newborns, bloodied bullfighters. Her subjects are aware of the camera but not practiced at manipulating whom it sees. Unlike them, of course, Jessica Chastain is well-versed in the art of presenting herself. Still, for Dijkstra, the process is always the same. Working with a 4x5 format camera, she places her subjects against a nondescript backdrop and waits for something to happen. “There has to be an interaction for the photograph to work,” Dijkstra says. “We have to be interested in each other.” Intrigued by Chastain’s porcelain-pale skin, Dijkstra wanted to shoot her wearing subdued colors that set off her red hair and blue eyes. But beyond the palette, the artist didn’t know what she was going to do until she and Chastain met in the studio. “I always work from observation and try to capture something from the clues I get,” notes Dijkstra, a master at conveying psychological nuance. “If you plan everything, there’s no room for interpretation. And Jessica was really open. She wasn’t hiding.” This page: Rochas silk and cotton shirt. Carolina Herrera wool shorts. Opposite: Valentino lace dress. Styled by Felicia

Garcia-Rivera. Hair by Renato Campora for Frédéric Fekkai at the Wall Group; makeup by Francelle Daly; manicure by Alicia Torello at the Wall Group. Photography assistants: Devin Doyle, Anitha Darla. Fashion assistants: Ryann Foulke, Kate Gingold. 54

CHANTAL JOFFE

Chantal Joffe’s large-scale paintings celebrate the female form even as they distort it—to great effect—with thick, unfussy brushstrokes. Occasionally Joffe will paint her subjects directly from life or from photos she has taken of them, but more often, she borrows from fashion spreads, ads, and friends’ family snapshots. For her portraits of Chastain, Joffe tried something new: She simultaneously drew from photographs Max Vadukul had taken of Chastain in a bedroom at New York’s Gramercy Park Hotel, as well as from her own observations of Chastain, whom she directed in that shoot via Skype from her London studio. Joffe says the red-haired actress reminded her of nudes by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Edvard Munch (“Her rawboned face seemed to me quite old-fashioned,” she notes), so the bed was covered with richly patterned fabrics. But when Joffe saw Chastain in person and in real time on her laptop, she says she glimpsed “a slight awkwardness to her that was sort of charming. I wanted to find a way to paint that—to know her slightly so I could hold onto the awkwardness and not make it too smoothed out or pretty-pretty. She had a way of slumping that was really natural. That felt like a blessing to me, because it’s hard for me to edit artifice out of my head.” Joffe first made watercolors to sort out details, then created enormous 10-foot works by using scaffolding. “As they go along, everything seems to become more exaggerated in the paintings. In one [above, bottom center], she’s somewhat hunched and looks sort of startled and a bit annoyed; in the other one [opposite and above, bottom right], she seems withheld—but in an empowered way, as if she’s in charge.” Opposite and bottom left: Carine Gilson Lingerie Couture lace-detail satin silk slip. Bottom right, left painting: Calvin Klein Collection silk shantung dress. Clockwise, from top left: Joffe’s studio, photographed by Suki Dhanda; paintings based on photographs by Max Vadukul (one shown, bottom left). Styled by Felicia Garcia-Rivera. Hair by Jimmy Paul at Bumble and bumble; makeup by Fulvia Farolfi for Chanel; manicure by Gina Viviano for Chanel.

MICKALENE THOMAS

“What’s always intriguing to me is transforming my subjects into a character from another era,” says Mickalene Thomas, whose rhinestone-embellished collage paintings, photographs, and installations have regularly given African-American women a starring role. Posed as reclining odalisques, 1970s divas, and bold nudes, they express Thomas’s fascination with female power and stereotypes of black femininity. For this portfolio, Thomas photographed Chastain in one of the ’70s-inspired domestic interiors she had constructed for her recent retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum. She created “a performance inside a finished work of art” by instructing Chastain to “wait for your man to come home so you can seduce him.” Though Donna Summer blared from a record player and the set was reminiscent of the disco era, Thomas said her references ranged from portraits by Balthus and Edouard Manet to scenes from the 1983 film Scarface. She asked Chastain to channel her own version of the drug kingpin’s moll in that film (played by Michelle Pfeiffer) and had her blinged out from wig to toe in shimmering shades of gold. “I tend to gravitate toward characters who have a razor-sharp edge,” Thomas says. “I saw Jessica’s character as a woman who has conquered her environment. There’s a sense of triumph.” Throughout her career, the artist, who is African-American, has mostly painted “those closest to me—my friends and family,” but she insists that her choice of subject is not contingent on ethnicity. “I’m interested in their energy and the look in their eyes and the confidence they convey. It’s about the essence of their prowess.”

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Po l a n d Dennis Basso fox-fur jacket. Vince pima cotton and modal tank top. Calvin Klein polyester blend trousers. Balenciaga by Nicolas GhesquiĂ¨re turban; New Balance sneakers; Kartell CG counter stool. Beauty note: For a piecey, structured style, try Philip B. Perfect Finish Shaping Fiber.

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Escada triacetate blend pants. Boss cummerbund; CĂŠline mules. Balmain wool and leather jacket. Dolce & Gabbana satin briefs. Roberto Coin 18k white gold bracelet; Falke tights; Jimmy Choo pumps.

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satin and lace-detail briefs. Kwiat platinum and diamond necklace and 18k white gold and diamond necklace (from top); Vhernier 18k white gold and diamond ring; Leviev platinum and diamond bracelet, Harry Winston platinum and diamond bracelet (from left); Falke stockings; Manolo Blahnik pumps. Tom Ford jersey gown with Swarovski Elements embroidery. Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci booties. Beauty note: When a sleek bun is called for, Redken Smooth Lock Protective Smoother seals the style.

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Netherlands Marciano polyester jumpsuit. M&S Schmalberg flower on Mokuba ribbon; De Beers platinum and diamond bracelet; HermĂ¨s belt. Beauty note: Achieve an intense berry pout with Aveda Lip Liner in Tarragona.

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England Salvatore Ferragamo silk and metal jacket. White + Warren cashmere T-shirt. Reed Krakoff wool canvas pants. Lola Hats beret; Roberto Demeglio 18k white gold and diamond earrings; Manolo Blahnik sandals. Beauty note: Skin looks naturally glowing with Maybelline Dream Fresh BB in Deep.

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China LIU WEN

China From left: Dior Haute

Couture belted wool crepe coat, and pumps. Cornelia James gloves. Dolce & Gabbana wool and silk blazer and skirt. Ellen Christine Couture veil; Gucci belt; Cornelia James gloves; Giuseppe Zanotti Design sandals. Beauty note: Protect skin from pesky environmental hazards with EstĂŠe Lauder Advanced Time Zone SPF 15. 000

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Estonia From left: Giorgio Armani cotton and silk blend jacket and linen twill pants. Emporio Armani cotton tank top. Balenciaga by Nicolas GhesquiĂ¨re turban; Ippolita sterling silver cuff; Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci booties. Giorgio Armani silk pants, and cummerbund. Carolina Amato gloves; Giuseppe Zanotti Design sandals. Opposite: KAREN ELSON

England J. Mendel mink coat. Agent Provocateur lace bra and briefs. Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci belt; Harry Winston platinum and diamond necklace; Marina B 18k white gold and diamond ring (on right hand); de Grisogono 18k white gold and diamond ring (on left hand); Roberto Coin 18k white gold and diamond bracelet, Kwiat platinum and diamond bracelet, Simon G. Jewelry 18k white gold and diamond bracelet, Roberto Coin 18k white gold and diamond bracelet (on left hand, from left); Kartell CG counter stool. Beauty note: A complexion stays vibrant and smooth with Perricone MD Formula 15. 000

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United States Carolina Herrera silk gown. Eugenia Kim turban; Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co. 18k yellow gold cuffs; Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci booties; Kartell CG counter stool. Beauty note: When the body needs to be camera-ready, Kate Somerville Nourish Body Perfection does just that.

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Russia ISELIN STEIRO

Norway From left: Gucci tricotine

jacket and pants. Ralph Lauren Blue Label cotton turtleneck. Robert Lee Morris silver-plate brass collar necklace; CĂŠline mules. Burberry London satin jacket and pants. Gap cotton shirt and turtleneck. Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co. sterling silver and jade necklace; Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci boots. Beauty note: A come-hither style holds its oomph with Kevin Murphy Texture Master Strong 000 Hold Texture Mist.

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Russia Prada mink coat, wool shirt, and mohair pants. Proenza Schouler belt; Perrin Paris 1893 gloves. Beauty note: A Bardot-worthy cat eye is easily achieved with Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;OrĂŠal Paris Infallible Never Fail Lacquer Liner 24H.

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cotton twill jacket and shorts. Verdura jade and diamond ear clips; Wolford stockings; Tom Ford sandals; M&S Schmalberg flower brooches (on sandals). Louis Vuitton gabardine blend vest and skirt, and silk organza blouse. David Webb 18k yellow gold, platinum, enamel, and diamond earrings; Falke stockings; Tom Ford sandals; M&S Schmalberg flower brooch (on sandal). Beauty note: Catwalk by Tigi Your Highness Firm Hold Hairspray keeps highly placed 000 buns in place.

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United States Max Mara wool coat. M&S Schmalberg flower on Mokuba ribbon; Carolina Amato gloves; Brian Atwood boots.

Brazil Céline cotton jacket, shirt, and trousers, scarf, and belt. Roberto Demeglio 18k white gold and diamond bracelets; model’s own earrings. Beauty note: The perfect look-atme red lip? Lancôme L’Absolu Rouge in 000 Berry Noir.

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Puerto Rico Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci tulle blouse, chiffon sleeveless blouse, and satin trousers. M&S Schmalberg flower on Mokuba ribbon; de Grisogono 18k gold ring, 18k gold and diamond ring, 18k gold ring, 18k gold and diamond ring, and 18k gold and diamond ring (from top). Beauty note: Estée Lauder Pure Color Gloss in Chaotic Currant packs a sexy punch.

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United States MEGHAN COLLISON

Canada From left: Balenciaga by

Nicolas Ghesquière leather top and jersey crepe dress. Bottega Veneta gloves. Stella McCartney viscose jacket, silk top, and viscose trousers. Hair by Serge Normant for Sergenormant.com; makeup by Aaron de Mey at Art Partner; manicures by Megumi Yamamoto for Essie. Models: Daphne Groeneveld at Supreme Management; Candice Swanepoel, Joan Smalls at IMG; Caroline Trentini, Karen Elson, Jamie Bochert at Elite Model Management; Sigrid Agren, Karmen Pedaru, Candice Huffine at Ford Models; Natasha Poly, Fei Fei Sun, Jourdan Dunn, Isabeli Fontana, Daria Strokous, Iselin Steiro, Aymeline Valade at Women Management; Kati Nescher, Saskia de Brauw at DNA Model Management; Meghan Collison, Anja Rubik, Karlie Kloss at Next Model Management; Liu Wen, Lindsey Wixson at Marilyn Agency. Set design by Jason Curtis. Digital technician: Matthew Barela. Photography assistants: Yumi Miki, Roy Beeson, Shinobu Mochizuki, Gregory Aune. Fashion assistants: Felicia Garcia-Rivera, Ryann Foulke, Kate Gingold. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 314.

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MIDAS TOUCH

Making your Hollywood film debut as Helen of Troy is a pretty tough act to follow. But with every fashion move Diane Kruger makes, she trumps Helen’s mere-mortal status, looking like a modern-day goddess— in Giambattista Valli gowns,Vivienne Westwood confections, and even simple sundresses. Photograph by SANTIAGO & MAURICIO Styled by FELICIA GARCIA-RIVERA Chanel viscose blend bodysuit and skirt. Beauty note: Hair keeps a carefree softness with Bumble and bumble Hairdresser’s Invisible Oil. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 164.

SILVER SCREEN

Oscar nominations aren’t the only road to stardom: These talented actresses know how to put on a serious style show, on and off the red carpet. From Michelle Williams’s pixieishtomboy strain to Zoë Kravitz’s seventies hippie vibe, they channel their individuality with each paparazzi-chronicled step.

THE STYLE COUNCIL THESE LADIES ALWAYS PUT THEIR MOST FASHIONABLE FOOT FORWARD.

Hailee Steinfeld

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Clémence Poésy

Michelle Williams

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BODY MAKEUP BY TRACY ALFAJORA AT JOE MANAGEMENT; PEDICURES BY MAKI SAKAMOTO FOR DIOR VERNIS AT KATE RYAN INC.; MODELS: COURTESY OF PARTS MODELS; DIGITAL TECHNICIAN: SAM GOLD; PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS: ALESSANDRO ZOPPIS, EVAN BROWNING; FASHION ASSISTANT: RYANN FOULKE; SPECIAL THANKS TO ROOT (BROOKLYN)

WHAT | HOT PROPERTY From front: Valentino Garavani leather and crystal bag; Nina Ricci watersnake sandals. Eres silk blend bra and panty. Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière calfskin and lambskin boots; Chanel lambskin bag. Beauty note: Keep gams buttery smooth with Vaseline Intensive Rescue Repairing Moisture Body Lotion. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 164.

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KICK UP A FUSS With statement-making heels and ladylike bags.

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latex cape and catsuit. Beauty note: When all else is superpowered, go natural on skin with Napoleon Perdis Off Duty Tinted Moisturizer. Opposite: Lanvin patent leather trench coat. Atsuko Kudo latex catsuit. Atsuko Kudo gloves; Manolo Blahnik boots; stylistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own mask. Duratran background by Color X, NYC. Previous spread: Atsuko Kudo latex cape and catsuit. Moschino sunglasses; 3.1 Phillip Lim belt; Atsuko Kudo gloves; Versace boots.

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nude patent leather coat. Atsuko Kudo flesh latex catsuit. KSI NYC goggles; Atsuko Kudo gloves; Manolo Blahnik for J. Mendel booties. Opposite: Calvin Klein Collection leather dress. Piazza Sempione wool and silk turtleneck. David Samuel Menkes mask; Atsuko Kudo gloves; Falke tights; Manolo Blahnik boots.

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Menkes vinyl catsuit. Atsuko Kudo latex hood; Mordekai by Ken Borochov cuffs; Ines Gloves gloves; Yves Saint Laurent belt; Tom Ford boots. Beauty note: Prevent flaxen color from fading with Schwarzkopf Professional BlondMe Blonde Brilliance Conditioner. Opposite: Tommy Hilfiger leather jumpsuit and belt. Moschino hat; Vex Clothing hood; Balenciaga by Nicolas GhesquiĂ¨re boots.

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jersey cape. Atsuko Kudo latex catsuit. Hermès hat; Versace boots. Opposite: Azzedine Alaïa lambskin trench coat. Norisol Ferrari lambskin vest. Guess cotton blend shirt. Hermès calfskin pants, and hat. Vex Clothing hood; Atsuko Kudo tie and gloves; Emporio Armani belt; The Row lambskin top. Alexander Wang boots. Givenchy byIn Riccardo Tisci Beauty note: a sea of black, leather pants and boots. frosty eyelids really pop.Vex Try Clothing hood; Atsuko Revlon ColorStay Smoky gloves. Shadow StickKudo in Volcanic.

This page: Loewe leather dress. Missoni latex top. Vex Clothing hood; Atsuko Kudo gloves. Opposite: Theyskensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Theory black calfskin jumpsuit and boots. Eugenia Kim kitten hood; Vex Clothing hood; Lanvin gloves. Head styling by Julien dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ys; makeup by Peter Philips for Chanel; manicure by Bernadette Thompson for Bernadette Thompson Nail Collection. Model: Linda Evangelista at DNA Model Management. Set design by Jack Flanagan at the Magnet Agency. Produced by North Six. Digital technicians: Justin Farkas and Charles Lu. Photography assistants: Dominick Sheldon, Nicolas Kern, Alex Lockett, Pavel Voz. Fashion assistants: Felicia Garcia-Rivera, Ryann Foulke, Dena Giannini. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 404.

MANICURES BY DAWN STERLING FOR DIOR VERNIS AT STARWORKSARTISTS.COM. PARTS MODEL: ELISAVETA AT PARTS MODELS. DIGITAL TECHNICIAN: SAM GOLD; PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS: ASHLEY REYNOLDS, ALESSANDRO ZOPPIS, EVAN BROWNING; FASHION ASSISTANT: RYANN FOULKE. SPECIAL THANKS TO DUNE STUDIOS

WHAT | HOT PROPERTY Salvatore Ferragamo wool and leather-trim blazer. Dolce & Gabbana satin and lace briefs. Salvatore Ferragamo leather belt and crocodile clutch; Ippolita 18k yellow gold ring; Stuart Weitzman embossed leather boots.

STRIKE IT RICH …With these luxurious accessories in crocodile, fur, and bejeweled satin.

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From left: Agent Provocateur lace bra. Burberry Brit wool skirt. Harry Winston platinum, ruby, and diamond necklace; FabergĂŠ 18k yellow gold, palladiumplate white gold, aquamarine, moonstone, and diamond ring; Gucci crocodile belt; Valentino Garavani leather and crystal bag. Escada embroidered silk blend dress. Harry Winston platinum, 18k yellow gold, and sapphire ring; Lanvin satin and crystal clutch.

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Jimmy Choo sable clutch (top); CĂŠline mink clutch (bottom); Simon G. Jewelry 18k white gold and diamond bracelet.

WHAT | HOT PROPERTY From left: Dolce & Gabbana satin and lace bodysuit. Van Cleef & Arpels 18k white and yellow gold and diamond bracelet; Todâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crocodile bag; Falke stockings. Prada embroidered wool coat and wool pants. Reed Krakoff alligator clutch. Hair by Duffy at Tim Howard Management; makeup by Maud Laceppe for Nars Cosmetics. Model: Eniko Mihalik at Marilyn NY. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 404.

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Fall’s bewitching fashion is the stuff of your darkest desires. PHOTOGRAPHS BY STEVEN MEISEL † STYLED BY EDWARD ENNINFUL

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silk blend dress and wool blend turtleneck. Urstadt Swan gloves. Beauty note: A killer bloodred can be found in Le Métier de Beauté Colour Core Stain Lipstick in Madaket. Previous spread, from left: Proenza Schouler leather crewneck top and skirt. Boss Black virgin wool turtleneck. L. Erickson headband; Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière gloves; Wolford tights; Alexander Wang boots. Alberta Ferretti leather jacket. Michael Kors merino wool turtleneck and cashgora skirt. Carolina Amato gloves; Wolford tights; Prada shoes. Marni lambskin coat, viscose blend shirt, wool blend skirt, and collar. McQ Alexander McQueen gloves; Wolford tights; Marc Jacobs shoes. J.W. Anderson mohair sweater and Swarovski Elements–embellished polyester skirt. Tom Ford cashmere turtleneck. Tommy Hilfiger gloves; Wolford tights; Marni shoes. Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci leather jacket, and boots. Gap cotton turtleneck. LaCrasia Gloves gloves; Yves Saint Laurent belt; Wolford tights.

From left: Miu Miu embellished suede dress and suede skirt. Falke cotton blend turtleneck bodysuit.Urstadt Swan cuffs; Falke tights. Versace silk and chain mail dress. Akris cashmere and silk turtleneck. Georg Jensen 18k white gold ring; Falke tights; Versace boots.

From left: Fendi gazelleskin and calfskin coat. DSquared2 crystal and feather embellished silk blend gown. L. Erickson headband; Adrienne Landau gloves; Diane von Furstenberg belt; Michael Kors boots. Beauty note: A set hairstyle holds its shape with Oribe Fiber Groom Elastic Texture Paste. J. Mendel raccoon and fox-fur coat. Wolford cotton blend bodysuit. Vera Wang stretch chiffon skirt. Adrienne Landau hat (top); Pologeorgis hat (bottom); Fendi belt; Urstadt Swan gloves; Casadei boots. Roberto Cavalli mink top and fox-fur skirt. Gap cotton turtleneck. Mokuba ribbon; Marni gloves; Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci belt; Wolford tights; Michael Kors boots. On male models, from left:

BCBG Max Azria scarves (around legs); Izquierdo Studio faux fur (worn as bottoms); Forum Novelties gloves. Damir Doma fur (worn as bottoms); Forum Novelties gloves; Pologeorgis fur sleeves; Michael Kors fur tail.

Giorgio Armani goat-fur jacket and cashmere turtleneck.

From left: Dolce & Gabbana silk lace dress and cotton bodysuit. Cornelia James gloves; Falke tights. Valentino embroidered Chantilly lace dress. Cornelia James gloves; Falke tights; Valentino Garavani shoes. Dolce & Gabbana tulle dress and polyester and lace bodysuit. Cornelia James gloves; Falke tights. McQ Alexander McQueen velvet embroidered dress and bodysuit, and belt. Jennifer Behr headband; Cornelia James gloves; Falke tights; Dolce & Gabbana heels. Beauty note: Let pale locks flow freely with John Frieda Sheer Blonde Lustrous Touch Conditioner.

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Oscar de la Renta tulle gown. H. Stern 18k gold, amethyst, and diamond necklace. Oscar de la Renta silk gown. Tiffany & Co. platinum, tourmaline, and morganite bracelet. Carolina Herrera silk faille gown. Nina Ricci embroidered silk dress, and pumps. Early Halloween, NYC vintage skirt. Mokuba ribbon; Van Cleef & Arpels 18k white gold, sapphire, garnet, aquamarine, and diamond necklace. Alexander McQueen organza gown. L. Erickson hair clip; Dior Fine Jewelry 18k pink gold, quartz, and diamond ring. Hair by Guido for Redken; color by Victoria Hunter courtesy of Whittemore House Salon; makeup and special effects makeup by Pat McGrath for Cover Girl; manicures by Jin Soon Choi for Jin Soon Natural Hand & Foot Spa. Models: Anniek Kortleve at NY Model Management; Hanne Gaby Odiele and Ethan James at Ford; Mae Lapres at Marilyn Agency; Meghan Collison at Next Model Management; Peyton Knight at IMG; Yuri Pleskun at Request Model Management; Aaron Vernon at D1 Model Management; Rachel Trachtenburg. Set design by Mary Howard. Produced by Steven Dam for PRODn at Art + Commerce. Digital capture: DTouch New York. Photography assistants: Stanislav Komarovski, Christian MacDonald, Stas May. Fashion assistants: Felicia Garcia-Rivera, Ryann Foulke, Mia Adorante, Kate Gingold. Jewelry assistant: Tina Huynh. Red carpet tile floor courtesy of Flor. Taxidermy: Evolution, Black Gold Brooklyn, Joe Bouillot. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 404.

ON THE VERGE

HAIR BY DAI MICHISHITA AT JED ROOT; MAKEUP BY CHIHO AT FRANK REPS; DIGITAL TECHINICAN: CARLO BARRETO; PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS: PAOLA AMBROSI DE MAGISTRIS, SCOTT SIMPSON; FASHION ASSISTANT: RYANN FOULKE; SPECIAL THANKS TO FAST ASHLEYS

ARI GRAYNOR

WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY

At 29, Ari Graynor has chugged, snorted, and yes, puked her way through a string of party-girl roles, the most memorable of which—Caroline in Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist—had her blazing a booze-blind path through Manhattan from a gay cabaret club to a bathroom stall at Penn Station. A lady can get a reputation. Perhaps that’s why, on a recent summer evening after ordering a chaste glass of rosé, Graynor cautiously asks, “Is that okay?” She needn’t worry—it’s her blend of impeccable comedic timing and unfettered physicality, not her illicit onscreen behavior, that has caught the eye of heavyweights like Woody Allen (he cast her in his one-act play Honeymoon Motel on Broadway last fall). But nowhere is Graynor’s talent more evident than in next month’s film For a Good Time, Call…, which the Massachusetts native also executive produced. She plays the brash Katie, who finds herself living with her college frenemy, the prim Lauren, at a time when the two are cash-strapped. To pay the bills, they hatch the unlikely plan of starting a phone-sex business—and become platonic soul mates in the process. “Ultimately, it’s their love story,” says Graynor, who got her acting start in community theater at age 7. The actress did, however, discover an untapped asset. “Luckily, my voice has a scratchy, deep tenor to it that lends itself nicely to phone sex.” vanessa lawrence Sportmax wool and velvet blazer and viscose twill jumpsuit. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 110.

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Mulberry tweed top, skirt, and bag. Prada jacquard jacket and pants, poplin shirt, belt, bag, and shoes. Blu Dot sofa. Stella McCartney brocade top, jacquard shirt, brocade skirt, clutch, and pumps. Doris Leslie Blau carpet. Proenza Schouler leather dress, bag, and booties. Suzanne Sharp for the Rug Company rug (on wall).

Hair by Rudi Lewis for Cutler at Management Artists; makeup by Francelle at Art + Commerce; manicures by Maki Sakamoto for Dior Vernis at Kate Ryan Inc. Set design by Juliet Jernigan at CLM. Models: Sissi Hou, Samantha Gradoville, at IMG Models; Milana Kruz at Women Management; Madelene de la Motte at Marilyn Agency; Shanina Shaik at Next Model Management. Digital technician: Sam Gold. Photography assistants: Alessandro Zoppis, Anthony Guillory, Jaesung Lee. Fashion assistant: Ryann Foulke. Special thanks to Fast Ashley Studio. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 110. 000

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Tory Burch leather jacket, pants, and bag. Burberry Brit cotton shirt. Miu Miu shoes. Roche Bobois chair.

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Bright patterns splashed across chic ensembles and elegant handbags find their match in bold color-block heels.

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WHO 27

British actress Kaya Scodelario takes on Wuthering Heights.

Olympia Le-Tan expands into clothing. Proenza Schouler’s debut denim line. Pop artist Tom Wesselmann.

GIO’S JOURNAL: From the Met Ball and beyond, Giovanna Battaglia reports from the style universe.

Actor Chris Hemsworth is winning epic battles—and throngs of new admirers.

Summer’s boho-bold vibe calls for a freshly scrubbed face—and a standout pout.

JANE’S ADDICTION: What W’s Beauty Director, Jane Larkworthy, is hooked on this month.

Model Suki Waterhouse takes the modschoolgirl look for a spin.

WHY 44

Posh mommies follow the example of celebrities with diva-style baby deliveries. By Vanessa Lawrence

WHEN 46

We’ve marked our calendars with this month’s must-sees: The coolest summer stages. Israel honors Yohji Yamamoto’s illustrious career. A 10th-century villa estate in Tuscany reopens...and more.

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Armand Limnander finds that rarest of things— a true off-the-beaten-path escape—at the paradisiacal Dedon Island in the Philippines.

ON SET: Oliver Stone’s gritty crime film Savages, starring Salma Hayek and Blake Lively.

Above, from left: Yves Saint Laurent leather pump; Céline leather wedge; Fendi ponyhair and patent-leather bootie; Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière crocodile and calfskin boot. On model: Zinke silk blend bralette and bottoms. Styled by Felicia Garcia-Rivera. For shopping information, see Backstory, page 102.

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COVER Karlie Kloss

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Photograph by Steven Meisel. Styled by Edward Enninful. Hair by Oribe for Oribe Hair Care; hair color by Anthony Palermo for Anthonyleonardsalon.com; makeup by Pat McGrath for Cover Girl; manicure by Jin Soon Choi for Jin Soon Natural Hand and Foot Spa. Model: Karlie Kloss at Next Model Management. Fashion: Yves Saint Laurent silk jacket. Beauty: Cover Girl & Olay Tone Rehab foundation; Cover Girl Eye Enhancers eye shadow in Brown Smolder; Queen Collection Vivid Impact Eyeliner in Truffle; LashBlast 24 HR mascara in Black Brown; Checkers blush in Soft Sable; LipPerfection Lipcolor in Delish.

Photograph by Steven Meisel. Styled by Edward Enninful. Hair by Oribe for Oribe Hair Care; hair color by Anthony Palermo for Anthonyleonardsalon.com; makeup by Pat McGrath for Cover Girl; manicure by Jin Soon Choi for Jin Soon Natural Hand and Foot Spa. Model: Joan Smalls at IMG. Fashion: Dolce & Gabbana cotton and silk blend ruffle-detail blouse. Beauty: Estée Lauder Invisible Fluid makeup; Five Color Eye Shadow Palette in Film Noir; Double Wear Eye Pencil in Graphite; Sumptuous Extreme Mascara in Extreme Black; Pure Color Blush in Alluring Rose; Pure Color Lipstick in Beige. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 102.

HAIR BY RUDI LEWIS FOR CUTLER AT MANAGEMENT + ARTISTS; MAKEUP BY FRANCELLE AT ART + COMMERCE; MANICURE BY MAKI SAKAMOTO FOR DIOR VERNIS AT KATE RYAN INC. SET DESIGN BY JULIET JERNIGAN AT CLM. MODEL: MILANA KRUZ AT WOMEN MANAGEMENT. DIGITAL TECHNICIAN: SAM GOLD. PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS: ALESSANDRO ZOPPIS, ANTHONY GUILLORY, JAESUNG LEE. FASHION ASSISTANT: RYANN FOULKE. SPECIAL THANKS TO FAST ASHLEYS

W | JULY

THE NEW AMERICAN COLLECTIONS ARE ALL ABOUT ALLEGIANCES—WHETHER YOU’RE MOVED BY THE SPIRIT OF PUNK, OR DEVOTED TO A LIFE OF GLAMOUR.

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THE HAUTE ORTHODOX PUNKS

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Having outgrown braces and Doc Martens for silk chiffon dresses, the tribe plots a stylish uprising. From left: Marchesa’s silk tulle corset dress. Ellie sandals. J. Mendel’s silk chiffon gown. Stylist’s own shoes. Vera Wang’s chiffon gown. Ellie boots. Nicole Miller’s stretch georgette silk gown. Jason Wu’s silk radzimir lace appliqué dress. Ellie boots. Marchesa’s gauze and silk lace dress. Ellie boots. On men: Tim Hamilton x Collier Schorr’s cotton T-shirt; Levi’s cotton denim jeans. David Yurman bracelet. John Varvatos’s polyester and cotton T-shirt. Model’s own necklace.

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THE METHODIST MODS

First-gen Mods were British working-class dandies; the new crop is copping their bleacher wardrobes from Stateside sources.

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From left: Derek Lam’s gray mélange stretch wool coat and black and gray wool flannel pants; Gap’s white cotton shirt; Tommy Hilfiger’s green cotton turtleneck. Banana Republic’s gray plaid cotton trenchcoat; Rag & Bone’s navy, red, and white striped wool and cotton blazer; Tommy Hilfiger’s white cotton shirt; J. Crew’s white cotton turtleneck; J. Brand’s red cotton denim jeans. Falke socks; Church’s shoes. Ralph Lauren Blue Label’s navy wool blazer; Guess’s white cotton and nylon shirt and black rayon turtleneck; Thakoon’s red and gray wool pants. Falke socks; Cole Haan shoes.

THE LUXE CALVINISTS

From left: Donna Karan New York’s viscose and silk gown. David Yurman necklace and rings (on right hand, from left); Fred Leighton bracelet. Oscar de la Renta’s mink coat and silk velvet gown. Van Cleef & Arpels necklace; vintage Kwiat ring; Judith Leiber clutch; Ralph Lauren Collection shoes. Marc Jacobs’s jersey crepe and silk satin peplum top and stretch crepe skirt. Marc Jacobs hat; De Beers necklace; David Yurman bracelet; vintage Kwiat rings; Judith Leiber clutch; Marc Jacobs boots. Beauty Note: Towheads keep their color with a daily rinse of John Frieda Sheer Blonde Go Blonder Lightening Shampoo.

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Though they’ve renounced many of their theology’s central Five Points, these fur-stole evangelists have held tight to No. 4: “Irresistible Grace.” (As for tenet No. 1—“Total Depravity”— there’s no official comment.)

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Oscar de la Renta’s silver fox fur stole; Michael Kors’s stretch matte jersey jumpsuit. Mikimoto necklaces; Vhernier ring (on right hand); H. Stern bracelet; David Yurman ring (on left hand); Calvin Klein clutch. Ralph Lauren Collection’s silk velvet gown. Van Cleef & Arpels necklace; Ralph Lauren Collection belt; Roberto Coin cuffs; Vhernier ring (on right hand); Diane von Furstenberg by H. Stern ring (on left hand); Judith Leiber clutch. Oscar de la Renta’s fox fur stole; Carolina Herrera’s silk embroidered gown. David Yurman ring (on right hand); Fred Leighton bracelet and De Beers bracelet (on left wrist, from top); Vhernier ring (on left hand); Ralph Lauren Collection shoes. On men, from left: John Varvatos’s cotton T-shirt and cotton denim jeans. Calvin Klein’s cotton T-shirt; Levi’s cotton denim jeans. Alejandro Ingelmo shoes.

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THE REFORMED GOTHS

Gone are the doom-mongering concerts from the likes of Bauhaus and Death in June. Today’s Goths have found new purpose in fox fur hoods and leather bodices.

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From left: Alexander Wang’s calfskin parka poncho with fox fur hood and wool shorts. Alexander Wang leg warmers; Vera Wang Lavender boots. Theyskens’ Theory’s wool, linen, and cotton coat. The Row’s wool coat and cashmere shorts. Vera Wang Lavender boots. Prabal Gurung’s leather bodice and pleated dress and silk chiffon blouse. Nicholas Kirkwood boots. Altuzarra’s comero parka with fur collar, merino wool sweater, and nylon skirt. Vera Wang Lavender boots. On him: Richard Chai’s cotton denim jacket; Marc Jacobs’s cotton denim jeans.

THE SHAKER MINIMALISTS

From left: Calvin Klein Collection’s gray and white jersey dress; BCBG Max Azria’s white and black lyocell turtleneck. Calvin Klein Collection shoes. Reed Krakoff’s gray vellum jacket and dress; BCBG Max Azria’s black and white lyocell turtleneck. Michael Kors sandals. Rag & Bone’s cream woolblend dress; Ralph Lauren Blue Label’s white jersey turtleneck. Calvin Klein Collection shoes. Narciso Rodriguez’s gray, white, and black mélange wool felt jacket and stretch wool twill pants; BCBG Max Azria’s black and white lyocell turtleneck. Beauty Note: Sisley Black Rose Cream Mask keeps skin illuminated and smooth.

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Like Mondrian without the color, the new uniform of the progressive branch of the United Society of Believers makes minimalism’s less-is-more mantra their own.

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From left: DKNY’s silk jacquard blouse; Jill Stuart’s lamé skirt; Oscar de la Renta’s silk pants. Robert Lee Morris necklaces; Oscar de la Renta cuff and Citrine by the Stones bangles (on right wrist, from top); Oscar de la Renta bracelet (on left wrist, from top); Lilith’s NYC belt; Alexander Wang sandals. Rodarte’s silk draped gown with Swarovski Elements detail. Dannijo necklace with Swarovski crystals and Citrine by the Stones necklace (from top); Ippolita bangle; M.C.L by Matthew Campbell Laurenza bracelet and Ben-Amun bangles (on right wrist, from top); M.C.L by Matthew Campbell Laurenza bracelet, Jennifer Fisher cuffs, and Ben-Amun bangle (on left wrist, from top); Proenza Schouler sandals. Diane von Furstenberg’s silk top and pants; Carlos Miele’s knit fox fur vest. Ben-Amun necklaces; Paige Novick cuff, Ben-Amun bangle and David Yurman bracelet (on right wrist, from top); Heather Benjamin ring; Proenza Schouler sandals.

HAIR BY EUGENE SOULEIMAN FOR WELLA PROFESSIONALS; MAKEUP BY DIANE KENDAL FOR SUNDAY RILEY; MANICURE BY MEGUMI YAMAMOTO FOR NARS COSMETICS. MODELS: HIRSCHY AT SUPREME MANAGEMENT; KATLIN AAS AND NYASHA MATONHODZE, BOTH AT MARILYN AGENCY; MING XI, CORINNA INGENLEUF, ERJONA ALA, AND JULIA NOBIS, ALL AT FORD MODELS; MILOU VAN GROESEN AT DNA MODEL MANAGEMENT; COLE MOHR, YURI PLESKUN, AND CHRISTOPHER WETMORE, ALL AT REQUEST MODELS; JESS GOLD AT IMG. SET DESIGN BY PIERS HANMER; PRODUCTION BY KATE COLLINGS-POST FOR NORTH SIX; DIGITAL TECHNICIAN: QUINTON JONES. PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS: PHOTO CHRISTIAN CREDIT FERRETTI, TK HERE HUAN PHOTO NGUYEN, AND MARU TEPPEI. FASHION ASSISTANTS: FELICIA GARCIA-RIVERA, LAURA JONES, EVE BLAZO, RYANN FOULKE, AND LACEY LENNON. JEWELRY ASSISTANT: TINA HUYNH.

THE POP PANTHEISTS

The only dogma is no dogma. Mixing colors, textures, and fabrics is simply part of their nature.

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Proenza Schouler’s silk velvet dress; Christian Cota’s silk lace top; Diane von Furstenberg’s jersey leggings. Lizzie Fortunato Jewels for SUNO necklace; Ralph Lauren Collection belt; Heather Benjamin rings; Manolo Blahnik shoes. Tory Burch’s silk blouse; Gregory Parkinson’s silk lace and rabbit and goat fur vest; Elie Tahari’s wool-blend pants. Diane von Furstenberg bangles; Jason Wu sandals. J. Mendel’s silk satin top; Adrienne Landau’s Mongolian lamb capelet; Diane von Furstenberg’s silk pants. Lizzie Fortunato Jewels necklace. Anna Sui’s silk satin chiffon blouse; Oscar de la Renta’s silk chiffon pants. Tom Ford necklace and Heather Benjamin necklace (from top); Michael Kors cuff (on right wrist); Citrine by the Stones ring and Heather Benjamin ring (on right hand, from left); Michael Kors cuff (on left wrist); Heather Benjamin rings (on left hand); Thakoon shoes. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 184.

It Trend, It Girl

VEILED THREADS

Fashion plate and interior designer Rebecca de Ravenel shows off lace’s cooler side.

Gloria Swanson in 1924.

On de Ravenel: Ralph Lauren Black Label’s cashmere black turtleneck; The Row’s silk lace skirt. Cole Haan belt.

Sophia Loren in 1957.

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4 1. Boucheron yellow gold and diamond watch; 2. Tod’s leather clutch; 3. Jason Wu’s wool coat; 4. Giuseppe Zanotti leather bootie; 5. fall looks from Marc Jacobs, Valentino, and The Row; 6. Erdem’s silk pants; 7. Stella McCartney’s lace dress; 8. Solange Azagury-Partridge 18k yellow gold earrings. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 184.

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PHOTOGRAPH BY NICOLAS KERN. STYLED BY FELICIA GARCIA-RIVERA. HAIR BY CHARLIE TAYLOR FOR REDKEN; MAKEUP BY KRISTI MATAMOROS FOR NARS COSMETICS AT KATE RYAN INC. FASHION ASSISTANT: RYANN FOULKE. STILL LIFES: PAMELA COOK; LOREN: GETTY IMAGES; SWANSON: CORBIS; WATCH: COURTESY OF BOUCHERON; EARRINGS: SOLANGE AZAGURY-PARTRIDGE; RUNWAY: COURTESY OF THE DESIGNERS

REBECCA DE RAVENEL is not one for footwear fantasies. “I’m constantly barefoot,” says the 29-year-old Bahamian, the daughter of the Marquis and Marquise de Ravenel (her mother is an English banking heiress). “I hate wearing shoes.” While this would be heresy for most stylish girls, it’s in keeping with de Ravenel’s effortless, ultrafeminine look: long, flowing printed dresses by the British label Soler, silk slips by Sabbia Rosa, caftans picked up on trips to India—and lace tops and bottoms as daywear (like this skirt, left, from The Row). In cooler climes, she adds a tailored men’s-style jacket by Chloé or Balenciaga and black flat Giuseppe Zanotti boots. Her cosmopolitan wardrobe comes by way of DE RAVENEL SHARES HER STYLE a globe-trotting life: Raised in Nassau’s Wmag SECRETS AT WMAGAZINE.COM/ exclusive Lyford Cay community until she was EDITORSBLOG IN LAWRENCE’S .com STYLE NOTES SERIES. seven, de Ravenel moved to Paris for school and then relocated 10 years ago to New York, where she studied fashion design at Parsons. She has since worked at Carolina Herrera, Vera Wang, Oscar de la Renta, Tory Burch, and Ungaro. Now back in Lyford Cay in her own little bungalow, de Ravenel has been forsaking the reggae clubs of her early 20s for weekend trips with her landscape-architect boyfriend to Miami, New York, and beyond. During the week, she clocks long days with Amanda Lindroth designing interiors for homes (and The Dunmore, a newly refurbished private beach club on Harbour Island). All in all, it’s been a seamless transition from her fashion days. “If I go to flea markets, I’m usually drawn to the furniture rather than the clothes,” says de Ravenel, whose parents owned an antiques store in Paris when she was younger. “It’s a new passion, and I hope it sticks.” vanessa lawrence

SEPTEMBER

WHO 189 Doe-eyed Abduction star Lily Collins.

198 An architect-cum-perfumer’s historical scents. A beauty insider opens shop. Fall’s don’t-miss documentary. 200 You know the labels—now meet the businesswomen behind them. 204 GIO’S JOURNAL From a foil blanket-turned-turban to the last word in shoes, Giovanna Battaglia’s finds. 206 Dermatologist and radio personality Dr. Brandt takes our questions. Hollywood’s beauty tribes. 208 Daphne Guinness laid bare. 210 Cecil Beaton’s New York stories. Plus: Madcap wallpaper; all-American fragrances. 222 How to avoid the wait list at your favorite beauty specialist. 228 GAGA FOR GOGA Christopher Bagley meets the stag-hunting, couturewearing Kazakh oil tycoon who’s taking London by storm. 234 The inspirations for the season’s wildest looks. 236 The U.S. Open’s ones to watch. 241 ON SET: Anne Hathaway headlines an epic love story.

WHAT 251 Maximalism is back with baroque bags and baubles. 264 BEAUTY, JEWELRY & FASHION: The latest greatest fragrances; sparklers for all occasions; a fresh take on Ferragamos; Anna Dello Russo’s capsule collection; uptown Uggs? 272 Model-actress Camille Rowe Pourcheresse flashes a jewel-toned palette.

WHERE 274 Manhattan’s unlikely hot spot. A David Lynch– designed boîte. 276 Italy’s villa-hotels. Berlin takes a turn for the upscale.

WHY 278 Caroline Weber explores fetishistic fashion firsthand. 282 Sloane Crosley’s double-edged inheritance. 284 Jane Larkworthy revels in the new flats trend. Inside the cleanse craze. 286 Fashion’s top critics can dish it out, but Troy Patterson asks: Is anyone listening? From “The Art of Shopping,” page 251. St. John’s cashmere coat; Stella McCartney’s wool skirt. Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière calfskin clutch, Céline spazalatto and python shoes. For shopping information, see Backstory, page 404.

WHEN 294 We’ve marked our calendar with the month’s mustsees: Paul McCartney’s first ballet score. Björk’s latest album…and more.

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PHOTOGRAPH BY MAX FARAGO. STYLED BY FELICIA GARCIA-RIVERA. HAIR BY JORDAN M. FOR BUMBLE AND BUMBLE; MAKEUP BY HUNG VANNGO AT THE WALL GROUP; MANICURE BY ELISA FERRI FOR CHANEL COSMETICS AT SEE MANAGEMENT. MODEL: ANGELE AT PARTS MODELS NYC. PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS: LEONARD FONG AND JAMES RYANG. FASHION ASSISTANT: RYANN FOULKE. SPECIAL THANKS TO CHRISTIE’S, NEW YORK, AND PRIMARY PHOTOGRAPHIC NYC.

192 Seven up-and-coming designers and the new faces leading fashion’s biggest houses.

JOHAN OKULICK’S SKYWAY: COURTESY OF CHRISTIE’S, NEW YORK

Marc Jacobs’s Lurex short-sleeve sweatshirt; Jil Sander’s cashmere and silk turtleneck. Yves Saint Laurent patent-leather bag.

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SHOPPING Fall’s ornate bags and jewelry are worthy of a serious collector. photographs by max farago styled by felicia garcia-rivera

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BALDESSARI, BRUCE NAUMAN—AND A MORE RECENT, CLUTCHABLE PIECE BY VERSACE.

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TOP LEFT, FROM TOP: SOL LEWITT’S BANDS OF LINES ONE INCH WIDE IN FOUR DIRECTIONS & FOUR COLOURS AND BANDS OF LINES ONE INCH WIDE IN FOUR DIRECTIONS IN BLACK & GREY. TOP RIGHT, CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: SAM FRANCIS’S RED AGAIN, UPPER YELLOW II, AND UNTITLED. BOTTOM LEFT, FROM LEFT: JOHN BALDESSARI’S TWO OPPONENTS (BLUE AND YELLOW) AND BLUE, FROM STONEHENGE (WITH TWO PERSONS); BRUCE NAUMAN’S DOUBLE FACE. ALL ARTWORK COURTESY OF CHRISTIE’S, NEW YORK.

Versace’s cropped wool jacket; Jil Sander’s cashmere and silk turtleneck; Marc Jacobs’s cloque skirt. Versace velvet clutch. Beauty Note: Peachy nail shades like OPI Are We There Yet? add a chic burst of color for fall.

Max Mara’s wool and cashmere coat with leather patches; Marc Jacobs’s chiffon blouse; Dries Van Noten’s silk skirt. Tiffany & Co. 18k rose gold, enamel, and diamond bracelet. Beauty Note: The smoky eye gets gilded with Lancôme Color Design Limited Edition Eye Brightening All-in-One 5 Shadow & Liner Palette in Golden Frenzy.

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LARRY BELL’S UNTITLED (VAPOR DRAWING): COURTESY OF CHRISTIE’S, NEW YORK

BY LARRY BELL— PART OF THE WEST COAST’S LIGHT AND SPACE MOVEMENT— KEEPS COMPANY WITH A STUNNING COAT, BLOUSE, AND BRACELET.

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FREEMAN’S COLOR-FIELDINSPIRED ELECTRIC NOISE IS THE BACKDROP FOR A CLASSIC BAG AND A LUSH, ORNATE DRESS—WITH A RING TO MATCH.

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HAIR BY JORDAN M. FOR BUMBLE AND BUMBLE; MAKEUP BY HUNG VANNGO AT THE WALL GROUP; MANICURE BY ELISA FERRI FOR CHANEL COSMETICS AT SEE MANAGEMENT. MODEL: ANGELE AT PARTS MODELS NYC. PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS: LEONARD FONG AND JAMES RYANG. FASHION ASSISTANT: RYANN FOULKE. SPECIAL THANKS TO CHRISTIE’S, NEW YORK, AND PRIMARY PHOTOGRAPHIC NYC. ERIC FREEMAN’S ELECTRIC NOISE: PROPERTY OF THE ESTATE OF BUCK A. MICKEL/COURTESY OF CHRISTIE’S, NEW YORK.

Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci’s silk satin dress with crinoline underlay. Bally leather bag; Armenta 18k yellow gold, oxidized sterling silver, labradorite, and diamond ring.

Hugo’s silk blouse; Rochas’s silk pants. Sevan Biçakçi 24k yellow gold, sterling silver, and diamond padlock on a 24k yellow gold and sterling silver chain; Fendi leather bag. Hair by Andre Gunn and makeup by Stevie Huynh, both at the Wall Group; manicure by Gina Viviano using Lancôme. Model: Carola Remer at One Management. Photography assistants: Leonard Fong and Shaun Hartas. Fashion assistant: Elliot M. Soriano. Special thanks to Christie’s, New York, and Primary Photographic NYC. For stores, prices, and more, see Backstory, page 404.

GOD IS IN

JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD’S LA NUIT: COURTESY OF CHRISTIE’S, NEW YORK

THE DETAILS— WHETHER THEY’RE FRAGONARD’S ROCOCO CHERUBS OR THE WORKMANSHIP OF A BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED BAG.

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