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GALAXY QUEST 104 PARTY Visionaire 62 RIO in Istanbul, Prince Charles’s toast to London menswear, Chanel’s Little Black celebration, the CFDAs take Manhattan, all aboard Louis Vuitton’s Shanghai Express, and Valentino parties in Paris

106 MARIO’S ANGELS

108 HEROES Richard Branson’s airborne enthusiasm and Buzz Aldrin’s enduring out-of-this-world influence

112 CITY SLICKERS V’s friends and collaborators take us to their preferred destinations to show us all their favorite local haunts

120 HOT SPOTS In the competitive world of hotel hospitality, here are some standouts where shacking up is chic

122 PLAYING TELEPHONE With one absurdly catchy refrain, Carle Rae Jepsen achieved pop-chart domination 86

The randy and resilient Traci Lords may be a full-time mom, but that doesn’t mean she’s retired from sex talk

126 BARKS AND RECREATION Meet Samantha Barks, the stage siren who beat out a Hollywood who’s who to land the role of a lifetime

128 CODE RED With a series of breakthrough performances, 2012 may become the year of Mirielle Enos

130 AROUND THE WAY GIRL Roc Nation’s new rising star, Rita Ora, is ready to party with a record of pop jams

132 HEAD SPACE Get ready to hit the slopes in Gstaad with oversize hats that are like chic fur sculptures

134 TWO BAROQUE GIRLS This season’s ubiquitous brocade escapade, twice conveyed

136 RAFTROSPECTIVE In honor of his appointment as the new artistic director of Dior, we dip into the archives to share our favorite moments with Raf Simons

138 WORK IN PROGRESS José Parlá paints in broad strokes, Lucien Smith makes it rain inside, and the Bernadette Corporation attempts to unpack its past

144 WATCH DOG Artist Jon Rafman employs Google’s nine-eyed cameras to catch the world by surprise

146 EARTH ANGEL Mariko Mori looks forward by honoring nature in a series of stunning installments

148 POWERHOUSE Four global airlines take us beyond the security gates to explain what it’s like to work in the friendly skies

152 NEWS Bid bon anniversaire to some of our favorite brands, feast on fall’s fresh musical offerings, and meet the next major talents in design

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MISSION TO MARS 158 THE NEW GIRLS A primer to the season’s newest faces

162 THE ART OF BEAUTY Delve into the saturated hues of fall’s fresh beauty palette, courtesy of artist Marilyn Minter

166 GAGA MEMO No. 7 Famed contributor Lady Gaga returns with a special memo describing her favorite nail art and why gals should always keep their claws looking fab

168 SMOKE & MIRRORS The Carine Roitfeld Collection for M.A.C, based on the editor’s signature smoldering look, launches this fall. Cat eyes, anyone?

170 TRUTH OR BARE BY MARIO TESTINO Cover star Nicole Kidman’s risqué shoot celebrates her latest role in The Paperboy. Given the chance, she’d take risks like this more often

185 YOUNG TURKS BY MARIO SORRENTI Bask in the byzantine beauty of Istanbul with Kati Nescher and fall’s fanciest ephemera

206 THE VOICE BY SEBASTIAN FAENA Celine Dion’s inimitable voice will go on and on.

Here, her fashion goes off in ways you’d never see coming

LANCÔME ABSOLUE L’EXTRAIT REGENERATING ULTIMATE ELIXIR DIOR VERNIS NUDE IN GRÈGE, TRENCH, AND CHARNELLE

218 REALITY CHECK BY NICK KNIGHT Just when you thought Kim Kardashian was down for the count, she’s back with a new beau and a makeover to match

228 GLAMOUR PUSS BY KARL LAGERFELD Laetitia Casta is ready to take the big screen by storm, and sharing a bed with Karl Lagerfeld’s Choupette, she is nothing short of the cat’s meow

238 ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK BY NATHANIEL GOLDBERG Saskia de Brauw stalks through Thailand’s swankest spaces in the season’s sleekest pieces

250 CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ BY LUKE GILFORD Hollyweird gets a high-gloss treatment with surreal second skins ready to live in

258 NORTHERN EXPOSURE BY MAGNUS UNNAR Stef Van Der Laan, the Nordic new face, dons winter’s warm outerwear—perfect for Iceland’s great outdoors

265 RIDING HIGH Saddle bags never looked so chic: see our favorite accessories take a galloping leap

272 TRUNK SHOW Embark on an adventure to destinations unkown, precious cargo enclosed in these timeless trunks

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no-holds-barred performance (a journey unto itself) in the upcoming Lee Daniels’s film The Paperboy.

Elsewhere in the issue, the star-power continues to burn bright with a trio of top-notch profiles featuring one of the best-selling vocalists of all time, a reality star turned brand queen, and a beloved French actress with crossover appeal. Celine Dion, photographed by Sebastian Faena at her compound in Florida, lets loose in her first non-promotional shoot in six years—which ended with her jumping around on a trampoline, giddy as a child, until 2 am. Kim Kardashian, meanwhile, posed prettily for Nick Knight during the Paris couture shows, and talks frankly about her boyfriend, Kanye West, and why “she should never be a marriage counselor.” Finally Laetitia Casta shares a moment in Paris with Karl Lagerfeld: he snapped his prized pet feline, Choupette, with the sultry actress, who has five films coming out in the next year.

But back to the fashion. Aside from the incredible glam of Celine, Kim, and Laetitia, the models do what they do best, with Kati Nescher (photographed by Mario Sorrenti) in popping prints and textures from Istanbul, luxe layers worn by Stef van der Laan in Iceland, and Saskia de Brauw traipsing through Thailand in dark and dramatic pieces. Also Carolyn Murphy flashes us in Fendi, and the season’s top equestrian-inspired accessories appear in dressage.

So there you have it, our September book. Around the world as V see it and back again.

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Globalism has made the world a smaller place, but you still need a ticket to travel. With that in mind, we bring you the best of planet Earth, dear reader. Travel is as much about the spiritual journey as the physical one, and the printed page can take you where you need to go, help you dream, inspire. Prepare to gallivant from coast to coast and around the globe with the simple turn of a page.

Our first feature celebrates Richard Branson—the ultimate adventurer—whose Virgin brand envisions that commercial trips to the moon will be as easy as a drive to the grocery store within the next 20 years. The issue is filled with similarly driven creative types who make the world a more interesting place. From relative newcomers (actresses Samantha Barks and Mirelle Enos, pop starlets Rita Ora and Carly Rae Jepsen) to industry stalwarts (artist Mariko Mori and designer Raf Simons) we celebrate verve and veracity. We also commend the unsung heroes of the sky— pilots and their crews—in a special homage to the airlines.

Of course it wouldn’t be the September issue without the fiercest of fall fashion, and on that front we have left no stone unturned. Kicking off our style safari is none other than international icon Nicole Kidman, who was photographed in New York by Mario Testino and styled by Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele. Kidman bares her bum on our cover (in Chanel, no less) and inside is decked out in designer pieces (Tom Ford, Lanvin, and Miu Miu among them). The accompanying article—written by Jacob Bernstein, a frequent contributor to The New York Times—celebrates her

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THE WORLD-RENOWNED LENSMAN MARIO TESTINO SHARES HIS PERSONAL PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING OF HIS NEW ARTS FOUNDATION, MATE, IN LIMA, PERU PHOTOGRAPHY MARIO TESTINO In 1528 the Spanish conquered the Incans, wiping out a brilliant civilization. But for one weekend this past July, a Peruvian king once again was ensconced on the throne in Lima: photographer

extraordinaire Mario Testino.

The word “Inca” actually means “king” or “lord” in Quechua, the ancient Incan language, so it was fitting that when Testino sought to herald the opening of his new arts foundation in Lima, a very glamorous court was assembled there to attend to him.

Supermodels Karlie Kloss, Lily Donaldson, Izabel Goulart, Isabeli Fontana, Constance Jablonski, and Edita Vilkeviciute were among the lovely beauties who arrived to commemorate MATE—pronounced ‘mah-tay,’ after the way Testino’s initials are said in Spanish—a foundation which will

feature rotating shows of the photographer’s own art collection as well as provide educational programs for local talents.

Of course this being a Testino production, no party detail was left unturned. For the big opening, the gaggle of top girls were made over by a holy trinity of fashion: clothing selected by Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, hair by Oribe, and makeup by none other than visage expert (and beloved Visionaire cofounder) James Kaliardos. An endless supply of pisco sours—a sweet but potent local alcoholic bebido—made for a lively dinner atop a covered swimming pool that had been decorated like a 19th-century garden. “Getting to the finale of any project is an adrenaline high,” says Testino.

“There is like nothing else like it, and the opening of our foundation, MATE, was no exception in the company of Karlie, Lily, Edita, Isabeli, Constance, and Izabel!”

The evening also marked the premier of Testino’s own work “Todo o Nada” (“All or Nothing”), which started with women wearing buttoned-up couture and evolved into ladies in various states of undress. By the end, the Testino swans that need no introduction (Gwyneth, Demi, Kate, and Sienna) appeared wearing nothing at all.

“I hope the foundation gets to help Peruvian artists that work and live in my city of Lima,” says Testino. “I hope it will push young Peruvian talent to go and fight for their dreams.” DEREK BLASBERG 1. Izabel Goulart, Edita Vilkeviciute, Karlie Kloss, Constance Jablonski, and Isabeli Fontana 2. Isabeli’s peace offering 3. Thomas Hargreave, Izabel, Karlie, V’s Stephen Gan, and Edita 4. Brigitte Sondag, Jan Olesen, Georgina Godley, and George Petraco 5. Karlie strikes a pose 6. Jasmine Guinness and Charlotte Tilbury 7. Charlotte Draycott with the leggy beauties 8. Michelle Lu, Tonne Goodman, Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, Thomas Hargreave, Constance, and Karlie 9. Susana Giménez and Nati Abascal 10. The girls work the camera!

RICHARD BRANSON THE KNIGHTED KINGPIN OF GLOBAL TRANSPORT WITH AN UNQUENCHABLE THIRST FOR EXPLORATION THRIVES ON A GOOD CHALLENGE. NEXT STOP: THE GREAT BEYOND Even if you’re aware of Sir Richard Branson, you might have forgotten that he began his career in music. “I flew on a lot of other people’s airlines, because I had record businesses all over the world,” recalls the magnate chairman of the Virgin Group and reported fourth-richest man in the United Kingdom. “I hated the experience and I felt we could do better. So we started out with one secondhand 747 flying between London and New York, to put our toe in the water, so to speak.” Since then, over the course of 25 years, Branson and co. have built four airlines on four different continents, all part of his multinational lifestyle conglomerate that boasts more than 400 companies worldwide.

Branson’s fortuitous business career began quite expectedly during his high school years, when he successfully launched an independent magazine entitled Student. He quickly branched out by advertising a mail-order record service, run out of the crypt of a London church. By offering LPs priced higher at local outlets, the endeavor—dubbed Virgin by Branson and a friend due to their inexperience in sales—paid enough that he could open his own record shop in 1971 on Oxford Street. The label Virgin Records came a year later, and would leave an indelible mark on the listening tastes of a generation, thanks to its incredible roster of the era’s budding talent—the Sex Pistols, Culture Club, Human League, and XTC among them.

“If we had stuck with the first business we’d done, we would have been out of business today,” Branson says of the recording industry’s current decline. Instead he sold Virgin Records to EMI for a lump sum in order to focus on his air-travel business, Virgin Atlantic Airways. Since then he has built businesses spanning a wide range of interests and industries—from Virgin Trains, Virgin Australia, Virgin Nigeria, and Virgin America to Virgin Vodka, Virgin Cola, Virgin Comics, and even Virgin Racing. One of the newest, shiniest, and most dazzling jewels in the Branson crown is Virgin Galactic, the company’s game-changer in progress. Launching next year, it will be the among the first to provide commercial space flight to the public. Allow that to sink in.

“It’s the most exciting thing we’ve ever done,” Branson says. “As we speak this minute, our spaceship is in the air with a test pilot that used to be a pilot at Virgin Atlantic, and he’s performing his first flight, learning to become an astronaut. Everyday is pretty exciting.”

Branson’s humility is disarming—he displays none of the cocksure, smugly comic narcissism that he puts on for his tongue-incheek advertisements and late night television appearances. (In one such turn on the Conan O’Brien show, Branson threw Salma Hayek into his lap several times and then goaded her into giving him a mid-interview massage.) He is equal parts gracious, encouraging, thoughtful, and self-deprecating, though he seems to always have his mind on the next issue he wants to tackle. “In the last 50 years, since space travel started, there have only been about 500 people who have been to space,” he says. “In the first year that Virgin Galactic starts, we will send more people into space than have been in space in the history of space travel. So things will move forward quite rapidly, I believe.”

A great amount of information about this mission is available online, where if you could easily get sucked into a virtual black hole of stats, rendered images, and passenger lists detailing which celebrities and multimillionaires have already snagged their reservations. Katy Perry famously bought a ticket for the maiden voyage as a wedding gift for her now ex-husband Russell Brand. Angelina Jolie will reportedly suit up for the same flight (Brad will be on the second).

The project has been criticized as a flamboyant, over-the-top thrill ride, in which the world’s wealthiest can exacerbate their

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RICHARD BRANSON IN NECKER ISLAND, JUNE 2012

PHOTOGRAPHY JACK BROCKWAY

Inset: courtesy Virgin Group

Virgin Galactica

God complexes in zero gravity. Much of this noise surrounds the exclusivity and price of admission, but Branson is optimistic that as the technology and the business expand, the fee will fall into a more affordable bracket. “I mean, we’ve brought space travel down from the $50 million it costs to go up in a regular spaceship to $200,000,” he says. “But over the next 20 years I hope that we can dramatically reduce that price, so that many, many people reading this article can aspire to one day become astronauts.”

There are environmental costs to factor in as well. Branson freely admits, “my carbon footprint is vast. Therefore I have to work hard to balance my books. Our spaceship program is using hardly any carbon at all. And we’re already doing a lot of scientific tests that we’ve been commissioned to do and we should be able to facilitate a lot of research in the edge of the earth’s atmosphere, because we have a way of slowing the whole spacecraft as it comes into it.”

Environmental causes factor into nearly every facet of Branson’s brand, with his charities taking up the majority of his time. He’s set up the Carbon War Room, a Washington, D.C.–based organization that works with 25 different industries in order to reduce carbon emissions wherever possible. He has also created something called the Virgin Earth Challenge, through which a $25 million prize will be awarded to the first person who can come up with a way to extract large quantities of carbon from the earth’s atmosphere. As a result, thousands of scientists and inventors are now immersed in research, hoping to solve this critical puzzle. Then there is Branson’s fight to protect endangered wildlife in Africa: most recently he’s taken an interest in saving the Madagascar lemur by building a sanctuary on Necker Island, where he mostly resides. He is also developing more ways to fly green. “We put 100 percent of our profits from our airlines into developing heat and fuels,” he says. “So in about four years’ time our planes will be flying on alkaline-based isobutanol fuels. All in all, I feel comfortable enough that I can sleep well at night.”

What goes up apparently also goes down, as Virgin is currently developing a small submarine to explore uncharted depths at the bottoms of the oceans. “There’s a trench just about five miles from the island I live on, called the Puerto Rico Trench, which is 28,000 feet under the sea, and nobody’s been down in it,” Branson says.

“In about six months’ time our submarine will go down to the bottom of it, see what’s down there, and I’m going to be piloting it myself.

We’re calling the people who pilot the submarine ‘aquanauts.’

We know there are 500 Spanish galleons at the bottom of this trench, and there could be a lot of species that haven’t been discovered. So it’s another quite exciting adventure.” Next, Virgin will tackle the ambitious and competitive world of hotels with an outpost opening in Chicago at the tail end of 2013.

While many are content to stay at the top of their game in a single industry, it’s an old-fashioned spirit of exploration that drives Branson to continue leaping into new fields. “I love learning.

I love a new challenge. I love creating things that I can be really proud of, and I love making a difference,” he explains. “If we feel that we can make a difference, whether it’s for profit or not for profit, we’ll dive in. I had flown on various American airlines and never enjoyed the experience, so a couple of years ago we said, Screw it! Let’s set up Virgin America and create the best airline flying in America. If you create the best of anything, generally there’s a market for it.”

Ask the multibillionaire explorer what lies beyond these farflung pursuits and he will give you a curious answer, one that is very Richard Branson: “The next step would be a hotel in space.”

If that’s really on the agenda, what will it entail? “Well, you’ll have a spectacular view,” he laughs. “We’d most likely have little space ships attached to the hotel, so you could go for a day trip around the moon, and it could be programmed to maybe fly a few hundred feet above the surface, and then it would come back to the hotel at nighttime.”

Seriously?

“We’re dreaming big,” he says casually. “Some of these things will happen, some of these things will never happen. But unless you dream, nothing happens. We’re setting our wonderful corps of engineers and scientists challenges to see if they can make dreams become reality.” Dream on. PATRIK SANDBERG

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BUZZ ALDRIN THE LEGENDARY ASTRONAUT WAS THE FIRST TO LAND ON THE MOON, AND THAT’S JUST THE BEGINNING OF HIS WELL-LIVED TALE. AFTER ALCOHOLISM, DIVORCE, AND A FACE LIFT, HE HAS FOUND A NEW LOVE AND RENEWED VIGOR In the opening pages of his 2009 memoir, Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon, Dr. Buzz Aldrin recalls the quiet moments in July 1969 when he was waiting to be packed into Apollo 11 alongside fellow crew members Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins. The trio was about to embark on one of the greatest adventures in American history and millions of people were watching, including former president Lydon B. Johnson, safely ensconced in a viewing area three miles away. “All of the facets and experiences had worked out along the way to put 110

me in the right place at the right time,” Aldin writes. “Now I was leaving Earth to land on another celestial body, and, if all went as planned, I would return to family, friends, to a full life.”

The history books show that three astronauts safely completed their mission (after almost running out of fuel), Armstrong was the first person to step on the moon’s powdery surface, and Aldrin—the dutiful copilot, who felt a bit chippy not being the one to assume that mantle—later confessing that he was the first “to urinate” on it. Following their return, they would rightfully be heralded as space heroes. They embarked on a worldwide tour—filled with photo ops alongside supportive dignitaries (for takeoff Aldrin had a silicon disk signed by 70-plus world leaders in his pocket) and super fans. They even stood on a stage in Houston, Texas, with Frank Sinatra crooning “Fly Me to the Moon” in their honor.

The USPS created a commemorative stamp—though Armstrong was the only man pictured. Appreciative crowds abounded, but a feeling of emptiness plagued the Air Force fighter pilot and M.I.T. rocket scientist who had gone on to realize his greatest dream.

Aldrin eventually left NASA to pursue a career with the Air Force while Armstrong stayed to work with the space program.

When someone literally goes over the moon, where does he go next? With no new heights to scale, Aldrin made boredom and scotch his constant companions. Depression too. (The astronaut says that these were inherited family traits. His mother had committed suicide in 1968, after her son’s successful mission aboard Gemini 12.) Then his marriage collapsed, and Aldrin sought rehab.

After years of feeling like a pawn in the publicity game, Aldrin

temporarily turned his back on his space odyssey. While attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, he befriended someone who worked at Cadillac, and soon took a job as a salesman at a Beverly Hills dealership. It was a short-lived experiment. “I spent more time signing autographs,” he later said. He faced another relapse before fully committing to sobriety and getting back into the space fold, in October of 1978. “It had been my decade of personal hell,” he writes.

He was on the verge of creating Aldrin Mars Cyclers, which would have traveled between the Earth and the red planet, did a guest spot on Punky Brewster, and was photographed by Helmut Newton in Paris with his third wife. It was the ’90s and he was once again making the rounds as a space hero, from the White House to Planet Hollywood openings. He discovered that scuba diving brought him solace (the hobby still invigorates him today) and even admitted to a face lift to repair a “sagging jowl.”

These days, Buzz, now 82, is getting divorced (for the third time), but has found love again, with a woman 30 years his junior.

They are traveling every week and diving when possible. He has been a big proponent for commercial space travel for the past 25 years. He was correct in predicting that upon his return to Earth he would live a full life. Like the surface of the moon, Aldrin’s story is pocked with craters, but shines through the darkness all the same. No less honest and resilient than his journey was remarkable, Buzz is a hero in more ways than one. SARAH CRISTOBAL

PHOTOGRAPHY MARCO GROB

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CITY SLICKERS FILM SHOOTS, FASHION SHOWS, AND FREE-SPIRITED FUN HAVE LED V’S FRIENDS AND COLLABORATORS TO TRAVERSE THE GLOBE. WHETHER IT'S THE BOLSHOI BALLET, A BURGER JOINT IN PARIS, OR THE SMALLEST STORE IN TOKYO, FIND OUT WHERE TO GO FROM THE ONES WHO SHOULD KNOW

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Gorky Park

Café Pushkin

WHY GO: The Russian capital is overflowing with contemporary culture and architectural wonders. Get the scoop from one of the

world’s greatest supermodels, who has made it her new hometown.

Bamboo Bar Presnenskaya nab. 8, p. 1 (00.7.495.970.4341) “Great Japanese fusion restaurant.”

TOP SHOPS: “I like Cara&Co and Leform because they have great young and new Belgian, Australian, and Japanese designers.”

FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: Leform Dmitrovskiy per 7 (00.8.495.660.0280; leform.ru) Tsum Petrovka Street 2 (00.8.495.933.3374; tsum.ru) Podium Leninsky Prospect 20 (00.8.495.952.0307; podiumfashion.com)

TO DINE: Café Pushkin Tverskoy bul’var 26a (00.7.495.739.0033; cafe-pushkin.ru) “It’s traditional and a highlight of Moscow. I love the herring dishes, borscht, pelmeni, and beef Stroganoff.”

Buddha Bar at Legend of Tsvetnoy Pushechnaya ul 3 “I recently did a tasting there and it was very tasty! Great fusion food.”

Winzavod 4th Syromyatnicheskiy per 1/6 (00.8.495 917.4646; winzavod.ru) “A lot of contemporary art galleries are here.”

Gorky Park 9 ulitsa Krymsky Val “Gorky Park is undergoing major changes and will be a new home to the Garage Center.”

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts Volkhonka Street 12 (00.8.495.697.7998; arts-museum.ru) Tretyakov State Gallery Lavrushinskii Peryulok 10 (00.8.499.230.7788; tretyakovgallery.ru)

THE BEST BALLET: Bolshoi Theatre Teatralnaya ploshchad 1 (00.8.499.250.7317; bolshoi.ru) “The Bolshoi Ballet is simply divine!”

arova Svetlana Zakh Ballet of the Bolshoi

Winzavod

Clockwise from top: Campbell courtesy Danil Golovkin; courtesy Café Pushkin; courtesy Bolshoi Theatre; courtesy Winzavod; courtesy Gorky Park; courtesy Cara&Co

Cara&Co Syromyatnicheskii per 4, h. 1, bld. 9 (00.7.495.223.4111; caraandco.com)

FOR A DAY OF BEAUTY: Milfey Presnenskaya Naberejnaya 8/1 (00.7.495.229.6920; milfey.ru) “I do my manicure, pedicure, and hair at the Milfey Beauty Salon and Spa in the city business center. World Class Fitness is also located there. I try to do it all in one place as traffic is bad!”

Coppola’s Parisienne chic

SOFIA COPPOLA PARIS WHY GO: With her classically elegant style, it is of little surprise that the writer and director—whose highly anticipated film The Bling Ring comes out next year—has established roots in Paris, with her husband (musician Thomas Mars) and their two children.

Barthélémy

FLOWER POWER: Moulié Fleurs 8 place Palais Bourbon (00.33.1.45.51.78.43; mouliefleurs.com) “It’s a classic French shop with beautiful flowers.”

LUNCH SPOT: Le Castiglione 235 rue Saint-Honoré (00.33.1.42.60.68.22; lecastiglione.com) “I love the burger there.”

VINTAGE FURNITURE: Le Garage Christian Sapet 7 rue Alexandre Bachelet, Saint-Ouen (00.33.1.40.12.27.72) “Just outside of Paris, it’s a big warehouse full of vintage furnishings with great things to see, all expertly arranged.”

Coppola along the Seine with the Louis Vuitton clutch she designed

Bonton

FOR ELEGANT UNDERPINNINGS: Carine Gilson 18 rue de Grenelle (00.33.1.43.26.46.71; carinegilson.com) “On the rue de Grenelle, it has beautiful, delicate lingerie.”

EXTRAVAGANT PURCHASES: Charvet 28 place Vendôme (00.33.1.42.60.30.70; charvet.com) “This classic shirtmaker, with millions of fabrics to choose from, is one of my big indulgences. I go there to get my shirts for work; whenever I’m shooting I have to have a uniform.”

The burger at Le Castiglione

DESIGNER FAVORITE: Alaïa 18 rue de la Verrerie (00.33.1.42.72.19.19) “He’s always great for dresses and shoes.”

FOR THE BEST FROMAGE: Barthélémy 51 rue de Grenelle (00.33.1.42.22.82.24) “The great, super French cheese shop on the rue de Grenelle.”

DE L’ÉLÉGANT ENFANTS: Bonton 50 rue Étienne Marcel, Paris (00.33.1.42.72.34.69; bonton.fr) “For cute kids' clothes and gifts.”

Moulié Fleurs

The Ernesto Neto installation

DIANE VON FURSTENBERG BUENOS AIRES WHY GO: If you’re a culture seeker like the famed designer and CFDA president, you’ll appreciate the thriving metropolis of Buenos Aires

for its authentically Argentinian experiences.

BEST CAFÉ: Café La Biela Avenida Quintana 600 Recoleta (00.54.11.4804.0449; labiela.com) “The famous Café La Biela is a bustling brasserie full of interesting people. I kept thinking of Jorge Luis Borges passing the time there.”

Tango performance at the Faena Cabaret Above, clockwise from top: Coppola courtesy Andrew Durham; courtesy Barthélémy; courtesy Bonton; courtesy Café de Flore; courtesy Moulié Fleurs Below, clockwise from top: all photos courtesy Diane von Furstenberg

CHOCOLATE DREAM: Café Tortoni Avenida de Mayo 825 (00.54.11.4342.4328; cafetortoni.com.ar) “Café Tortoni is my favorite place for hot chocolate. Decadent and delicious!”

VIP SERVICE: Faena Hotel Martha Salotti 445 (00.54.11.4010.9000; faenahotelanduniverse.com) “At the Hotel Faena, the owner, Alan Faena, hosted an amazing barbecue. It was such a festive evening.”

Von Furstenberg

DANCE PARTY: El Cabaret Martha Salotti 445 (00.54.11.4010.9200) “I could not take my eyes off the performers! Tango is the most seductive of art forms and all about body language.”

Café Tortoni

Barbecue at the Hotel Faena

EXPERIENCE THE ABSTRACT: Faena Arts Center Aimé Paine 1169 (00.54.11.4010.9233; faenaartscenter.org) “I am not sure who loved [Ernesto Neto’s exhibit] more—me or my grandchildren! The colors were amazing, and I love his work because you sort of lose yourself and become a part of it.”

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Cavalli in Florence

Luisa Via Roma

ROBERTO CAVALLI FLORENCE WHY GO: The crown jewel of Renaissance Italy, Florence is an art lover’s dream. No wonder Roberto Cavalli finds this gem of a city so inspirational.

Piazza della Signoria

FEAST YOUR EYES: Uffizi Gallery Via della Ninna 5 (00.39.055.238.8651; polomuseale.firenze.it) “The Uffizi Gallery is a source of pride for Florentines and is very close to my heart. Here you’ll find works by all of the greats—Giotto, Botticelli, Michelangelo, da Vinci, Raphael, Caravaggio. The collection is world-famous! I go as often as I can and always come away from my visit full of emotion, inspiration, and proud of my heritage.”

Enoteca Pinchiorri

PLACE TO PICK UP DAMES: Piazza della Signoria “This beautiful piazza is at the heart of the Centro Storico, and it is here that you will find a replica of Michelangelo’s David. It’s a very famous piazza that holds a special significance for me—I always say that I learned English in Piazza della Signoria! I used to go there when I was a young man to meet the foreign girls!”

MOLTO BENE CAFFÈ: Caffè Giacosa Via della Spada 10/r (00.39.055.277.6328; caffegiacosa.it) “For a light lunch I go to Caffè Giacosa, a name that goes back as far as 1815. I turned the historical Casa Giacosa into an antique shop with an adjoining entrance to my Roberto Cavalli boutique.

I oversaw the entire refurbishment and now it is an elegant, traditional-style caffè that I’m very proud of—it serves the best coffee in Florence!”

AVANT-GARDE SHOPPING: Luisa Via Roma Via Roma 19/21r (00.39.055.90.64.116; luisaviaroma.com) “Luisa Via Roma is part of fashion history—not just in Florence or Italy, but in Europe! It was the first European store to source avant-garde designers, such as Kenzo, in the ’60s, and it’s still a hub for emerging and avant-garde talent today. It’s a beautiful concept store. I admire the space they give to new talent. In this business, it’s important to be open to new ideas.”

HOMETOWN HERO: Roberto Cavalli boutique Via de’ Tornabuoni 83 (00.39.055.239.6226; robertocavalli.com) “My boutique on via de’ Tornabuoni is very special to me. It’s a designer’s dream to have a boutique in their hometown. I oversaw every single detail of the interior design, as with all of my stores.

The concept is that you are entering into the Cavalli world. When you need a break from shopping, you can enter the Caffè Giacosa next door for a pick-me-up!”

TASTE OF ITALY: Enoteca Pinchiorri Via Ghibellina 87 (00.39.055.242757; enotecapinchiorri.com) “I’m not a huge fan of going to restaurants—I prefer to eat at

home—but when asked to recommend a restaurant in Florence, I send friends to Enoteca Pinchiorri. It’s in a gorgeous Renaissance palace with frescoes on the ceilings. The food is exquisite, the dishes are experimental, but with an Italian flair, and of course they have a world-famous wine cellar.”

The stage at The Echo

Enoteca Pinchiorri

KE$HA LOS ANGELES WHY GO: With its rock-and-roll core, L.A. has a lot more to offer than just celebrity home tours. The City of Angels is stacked with culture, if you know where to look.

Ke$ha’s Zumdior manicure

BEST PIT STOP: Laurel Canyon Country Store 2108 Laurel Canyon Boulevard (323.654.8091) “I lived in a flophouse across the street and would get coffee here every morning and bottles of wine at night. We had infamous latenight jam sessions at our house. The whole canyon is full of the most electric rock-and-roll energy.”

Wasteland

SHOPPING DESTINATION: Wasteland 7428 Melrose Avenue (323.653.3028; shopwasteland.com) “I used to pay my rent by selling clothes to this place. I would go when my friends were working to make sure they’d buy my old clothes for as much as possible. Hit it on a Monday—all the hip kids sell their clothes to drink on the weekends.”

MOD MANICURES: Zumdior 503 Main Street, Santa Monica (310.399.3888; zumdior.com) “This place is the shit. They can do whatever crazy nail art you want—skeletons, flags, you name it. It’s like a nail art wonderland.”

Ke$ha at the LAX Firing Range Laurel Canyon Country Store

BEST PLACE TO BLOW OFF STEAM: LAX Firing Range 927 West Manchester Boulevard (310.568.1515; laxrange.com) “I won’t tell you whose face I picture as the perp, but suffice to say you shouldn’t ever cross me—lest yours be the one I think of when I’m loading my ammo.”

Above, clockwise from top: Cavalli courtesy Roberto Cavalli; courtesy Luisa Via Roma; courtesy Enoteca Pinchiorri; courtesy Turismo, Provincia di Firenze Below, clockwise from top: courtesy The Echo; Ke$ha courtesy Ke$ha;courtesy Laurel Canyon Country Store; courtesy Wasteland

FAVORITE PLACE TO ROCK: The Echo 1154 Glendale Boulevard (213.413.8200; attheecho.com) “This is the first place I played songs from my album Animal (you can still find the video on YouTube). I used to flirt with the doorman and get kicked out on a weekly basis. The metal shows are great for meeting babes.”

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travelogue

Mosshart streches out on a Trans-Am

Jack White

ALISON MOSSHART NASHVILLE WHY GO: With a cool young crowd and laid-back atmosphere, Nashville is quickly becoming a haven for New York and L.A. expats. The Kills frontwoman name-checks her favorite spots in the country-music capital of the world.

BEST PLACE FOR A SMOKE: Nashville International Airport 1 Terminal Drive (615.275.1675; nashintl.com) “It’s the best airport in America. I’ve been to just about every airport in America, so I can say this with a straight face. There’s a smoking lounge that’s actually fun to smoke in. They sell cigarettes, cigars, zippos, silver cups, magnets, and dream catchers. They have water and free coffee in there. It’s cozy and full of strange conversations. The airport also has wonderfully clean bathrooms, live music, and a Native American silver store. The whole thing takes about 10 minutes to walk, security takes two minutes, and the Southern belles and gentlemen could give a flying fuck if you have bullet shells in your pocket. It’s Nashville, after all. Of course you have bullet shells in your pocket.”

FEEL THE BEAT: Third Man Records 623 7th Avenue South (615.891.4393; thirdmanrecords.com) “Jack White has built a kingdom of impeccable taste, awesome music, and endless creativity. It’s not only the most inspiring place

in Nashville, but I’d say it’s the most inspiring place in America.

The record label is run from there, bands play and record there, videos and photo shoots are shot there, parties and happenings, art and gatherings, and a constant flux of beauty and characters.

The seeds of good ideas bloom into awe-inspiring reality within those walls, to be sprung out on the world every single day. It’s hard to take it all in. It’s fucking magical.”

Live music at the Nashville International Airport

WHERE TO CRASH…OR NOT: Twelve Oaks Motel

Third Man Records

656 West Iris Drive (615.385.1323) “I wouldn’t recommend this place. I’m pretty sure it’s a flophouse.

Jamie and I stayed there for three days on our first American tour in 2002. It was about 20 bucks a night. It mostly seems like people are living there rather than passing through. I have fond memories of staying there. It has a lovely view of the highway. I’m not sure if I’d find it scary now. There were definitely some strange things going on. Some business. But the car was always still there in the morning, the easy-to-kick-in door latch was never kicked in, the TV worked, and the sheets seemed clean. It’s circa 1972 in all its glory, with stained carpets, a quilted bedspread with cigarette burns, and a clunky air conditioner that drips. I dig it.”

Twelve Oaks Motel

circa 1970

MICHAEL KORS NEW YORK CITY

An aerial view of the High Line

WHY GO: “New York is the ultimate city to me,” says Kors. “The diversity, the food, the culture, the constant change that is at its core—it is truly one of the most inspiring places on the planet.

While my collections are often informed by my travels, my aesthetic is based on making the kind of tough-elegant, glam-luxe clothes that can be worn in the most urban-chic setting in the world—this town!”

Peter Luger Steak House

PRIME EATERY: Peter Luger Steak House 178 Broadway, Brooklyn (718.387.7400; peterluger.com) “Quintessential New York steak house…Williamsburg before it was cool!”

Museum of Modern Art

DÉCOR FOR THE HOME: Wyeth 315 Spring Street (212.243.3661; wyethome.com) “Absolutely the most beautiful selection of carefully curated 20thcentury pieces.”

IMA READ: Three Lives & Company 154 West 10th Street (212.741.2069; threelives.com) “You just don’t find bookstores like this anymore. They pack the small space with the perfect mix of the classics and the new buzzy reads…I always ask the staff what they’re reading and am never disappointed!”

Debra Messing, Rene Russo, Kors, Patti Hansen, and Angie Harmon fête the designer’s 30th anniversary at Bemelmans Bar

THE PERFECT STROLL: The High Line Three Lives & Company

Manhattan, New York (00.1.212.206.9922; thehighline.org) “A wild meadow grows on the far west side of Manhattan—who

ever expected it?”

A NEW YORK CLASSIC: Bemelmans Bar

Wyeth

35 East 76th Street (212.744.1600; rosewoodhotels.com/en/ carlyle/dining/bemelmans_bar) “The murals here are possibly the most whimsical, delightful pieces of art in the world. And what fun people-watching—fabulous locals, chic travelers, and low-key celebrities are all in the mix.”

Above, clockwise from top: courtesy Alison Mosshart; courtesy Nashville International Airport; courtesy Third Man Records Below, clockwise from top: Iwan Baan; courtesy MoMA;courtesy Three Lives & Company; courtesy Wyeth; courtesy Peter Luger Steak House; Kors courtesy Michael Kors

ART ATTACK: The Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53rd Street, New York (212.708.9400; moma.org) “Being able to duck into the fourth-floor galleries to see works by my two favorite artists, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock, on any given day…it’s one of the reasons MoMA is endlessly inspiring to me!”

travelogue Formichetti in Shin Okubo

NICOLA FORMICHETTI TOKYO WHY GO: The largest metropolis in the world, Tokyo’s got the heartbeat of a Kandi Kid on speed. It's obsessed with all that’s new.

There’s always a cutting-edge shop, restaurant, or district to explore.

SHOP TILL YOU DROP: Opening Ceremony 21-1 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku (00.81.3.6415.6700; openingceremony.us) “It’s the cutest store in Tokyo, obviously! It just had my Nicopanda products all over it!

WHERE TO HANG: Shin Okubo (Korea Town), Shinjuku, Tokyo “It’s becoming very popular because of K-POP! It’s all about groups like Big Bang and 2NE1, plus loads of shops and amazing barbecue restaurants. Open 24/7 for eating and dancing.”

NEW NIGHTCLUB: Rehab Lounge 2-13-16 Shinjuku, Ni-chome (00.81.3.3355.7833; rehabloungetokyo.com) “Go for the Prism party, located in Shinjuku 2-chome. It’s very small and busy!”

Formichetti at a Prism party in Rehab Lounge

Friends having fun in Shin Okubo

THE HAIR APPARENT: Shima Harajuku 1-10-30 Jingumae, Shibuya-Ku (00.81.3.3470.3855; shima-hair.com) “Please ask for Yuya Nara, he is the best. He is also a great DJ.” SMALLEST STORE: Faline Tokyo 1-7-5 Jingumae, Shibuya-Ku (00.81.3.3403.8050; bambifaline.com)

“Owned by Baby Mary, the queen of Harajuku.”

Nicopanda display at Ope

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“Best place to go if you want to get the latest Japanese things and check out the cool shop assistants.”

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WHY GO: “Every year I look forward to my vacation in Positano,”

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says Valli. “It’s my ‘madeleine de Proust,’ where I reconnect with all my old places and revive my senses. Even though my final destination is Positano, I like to stop in Naples to decompress.”

WHERE TO STAY: Grand Hotel Vesuvio

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Via Partenope 45, Naples (00.39.081.764.0111; vesuvio.it) “I stay at the Grand Hotel Vesuvio, which has the most beautiful view of the sea, the Naples Bay, and Castel dell’Ovo.”

“I like to go to my favorite tailor, Cesare Attolini, who combines the classic Neapolitan cut and the best Irish wool—perfect for my next winter’s jackets.”

FEAST FOR THE HOME: Skippa Corso Italia 35, Naples (00.39.081.737.1033) “Napoli is full of beautiful antique stores, including my favorite one, Scippa.”

ART WALK: Museo Madre Via Luigi Settembrini 79, Naples (00.39.081.193.13016; museomadre.it) “I am always interested in art and museums. You can find a great selection of contemporary art and see the beautiful Francesco Clemente fresco room at Museo Madre, which is, by the way, an amazing building.”

ITALIAN DELICIOUSNESS: Ristorante Le Tre Sorelle Via del Brigantino 27/29, Positano (00.39.089 875.452; ristoranteletresorelle.it) “I highly recommend the Le Tre Sorelle restaurant. This is where I eat my most favorite food in the world.”

WORTH THE SWIM: Ristorante da Adolfo Via Laurito 40, Positano (00.39.089.875.022; daadolfo.com) “I love to take a swim in a place called Da Adolfo that you can only access with a little boat. It’s good to have a drink there, and you can find the best wine and delicious fresh peaches.”

DANCE PARTY: Africana Famous Club Via Terramare 2, Praiano (00.39.089.874.081; africanafamousclub.com) “I always have friends coming from all over the world, and on Sunday night I like to go to the Africana, which is a legendary nightclub on the coast.”

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY: Hotel Buca di Bacco Via Rampa Teglia 4, Positano (00.39.089.875.699; bucadibacco.it)

“I also truly recommend the August 15th fireworks—it’s amazing to watch it from the terrace of Buca Di Bacco.”

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Above, clockwise from top: all photos courtesy Nicola Formichetti Below, clockwise from top: courtesy Cesare Attolini; courtesy Madre Museum; courtesy Africana Famous Club; courtesy Ristorante Le Tre Sorelle; courtesy Hotel Buca di Bacco

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LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO HANG YOUR HAT? HERE ARE THE CHICEST PLACES FOR WORLDLY TRAVELERS TO STAY TEXT NICHOLE JANKOWSKI

SHANGRI-LA PARIS 10 avenue d’Iéna, Paris (00.33.1.53.67.19.98; shangri-la.com/paris) Karl Lagerfeld’s favorite hotel was once the residence of Prince Roland Bonaparte.

Fit for royalty, the Shangri-La’s first European venture lacks nothing. Architect Richard Martinet and interior designer Pierre-Yves Rochon spent as many years refurbishing this historic monument as were needed to build it. Today, the modern palace boasts two Michelin-rated restaurants and unobstructed views of the Eiffel Tower.

HOTEL ÓÐINSVÉ Thorsgata 1, Reykjavík (00.354.511.6200; hotelodinsve.is) The four-star Hotel Ó,insvé is centrally located in the hipster haven 101 postcode of Reykjavík—Björk-certified stomping grounds—within walking distance of the National Theater, the National Opera, the National Gallery, and the main shopping street. Each of the 43 rooms and suites epitomizes sleek Scandinavian design, making it all the more becoming.

SAIT HALIM PAŞA MANSION Köybasi Caddesi 83, Yeniköy, Istanbul (00.90.212.223.0506; saithalimpasa.com) Istanbul is inarguably an international hotspot, and there is nowhere more chic to stay here than at the pink palace referred to by locals as the Mansion of the Lions (two stone kings of the jungle flank the Selamik gate). In 1914, before the outbreak of WWI, Germany and the Ottoman Empire signed an alliance here. Celebrated for its baroque style, the location now hosts parties for visiting dignitaries like Hillary Clinton and 50 Cent. Go Shorty!

EDEN ROCK Saint Jean Bay, St. Barts (00.590.590.29.79.99; edenrockhotel.com) Eden Rock is the finest luxury hotel in St. Barts, the ultimate escape for adventurers and playboys. Perched atop a rocky peninsula jutting into St. Jean Bay—land originally purchased for $200—it has grown into a worldrenowned hotel with accommodations that include garden cottages, beach houses, and a suite named after Greta Garbo, who would check in under an alias. The property’s 16,000-square-foot butler-serviced Villa Rockstar boasts its own recording studio, an added bonus for some of the more musicallyinclined clientele, including Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, and Dr. Dre.

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SIAM KEMPINSKI HOTEL BANGKOK 991/9 Rama 1 Road, Bangkok (00.66.2162.9000; kempinski.com/bangkok) The Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok is located on the former grounds of the palace of King Mongkut, the Thai royal who inspired The King and I. In 2000, it was torn down to make way for the Siam Paragon shopping center. Enter Europe’s oldest luxury hotel group, which stepped in with a commitment to preserve the ground’s history and a mission to build a five-star resort. The 303-room hotel is decked out with roughly 4,000 pieces of art as well as garden suites with private terraces and salt water pools. If you’re venturing to affordable Thailand, why not treat yourself to an ultrasweet suite?

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SOON AFTER HER SPLASHY HOMAGE TO UNREQUITED LOVE CAUGHT THE EAR OF JUSTIN BIEBER, CARLY RAE JEPSEN SKYROCKETED TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS. NOW WITH A NEW ALBUM AND WORLDWIDE TOUR IN THE WORKS, THE CANADIAN SONGSTRESS IS THE ONE CALLING THE SHOTS, DEFINITELY 122

[sic] is possibly the catchiest song I’ve ever heard lol,” posted @justinbieber to his legions of followers. It was December of last year and the pop star was in his hometown of Stratford, Ontario, for the holidays. He’d heard the song on the radio—a sunny, synthy appeal to a crush—and like millions to come, was hooked. Almost instantly Jepsen’s own Twitter account was inundated with direct messages from around the globe. “[It] sparked a little bit of an online fire,” she says. “Justin is really the reason why the game changed for me.”

Indeed. At the time, the 26-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter was touring her home turf in what she describes as “a soccer-mom van,” opening for the band Hanson. Two months later, she had signed with School Boy Records, the U.S. label helmed by Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun, and agreed to let the Biebs himself promote and mentor her. “It wasn’t until we actually signed the deal that I really let myself get excited,” says Jepsen. “And every day since then it’s just been, Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!” A Cinderella story no doubt, but to paint the chirpy, likable Jepsen as an industry neophyte would be a little disingenuous.

The singer has enjoyed a solid career in Canada since 2007, when she came in third on Canadian Idol. “That was enough to get a bit of face time and be able to put out some songs,” says the British Columbia native, who released a debut album, Tug of War, the following year and an EP, Curiosity, last winter.

But now, with Bieber in her corner and a hit song under her belt, Jepsen is on the brink of serious stardom. This month she

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It started with a tweet. “Call me maybe by Carly Rae Jepson

hits the road on Bieber’s sold-out Believe tour, opening every concert on the 45-city jaunt. “I feel like I should feel frightened, but it’s just pure joy that I have right now,” she says.

Fall also brings the release of her sophomore album. “It is pop, but it’s not all just happy feel-good,” says Jepsen of the LP, which includes a track she recorded with Bieber.

“There’s going to be some angry love songs and more passionate pieces as well.”

Meanwhile “Call Me Maybe,” which Jepsen wrote about her now boyfriend, has achieved summer anthem status, peaking at number one on iTunes, the Top 40, and Billboard’s Hot 100.

The song also spawned a meme monster, with everyone from Bieber and Selena Gomez to Katy Perry to the Miami Dolphins’ cheerleaders uploading lip-sync versions onto YouTube. Even President Obama (unknowingly) joined the movement when excerpts from a few of his speeches were strung together to form the song’s lyrics in a music video. “It was pretty odd, but really cool,” says Jepsen of watching America’s Commander in Chief recite some of her PG-13 verses (“Ripped jeans, skin was showin’”).

Jepsen doesn’t seem overly fazed by her newfound fame and its attendant absurdities. She still drives her soccer-mom van, and when she mentions that her songwriting idol, John Mayer, sent her a handwritten fan letter, you can practically feel the burn emanating from her blushing cheeks. In fact, the only concession she’s made to her heightened celebrity is in the wardrobe department. “One day I went to the grocery store in my pajama bottoms to grab milk, and the cashier asked if he could have a picture,” she says. “I was like, Oh, I should probably no longer wear pajama bottoms in public.” EVELYN CROWLEY

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LIPSTICK TRACES Marlene Dietrich once said that “Sex is America’s obsession.” If

this is true, then Traci Lords is perhaps our favorite fetish. First making headlines as a real-life Lolita in 1986—appearing in numerous X-rated films and magazines while underage—Lords navigated the ensuing scandals with defiant poise, which lead to genuine crossover success in Hollywood. She epitomized ’90s cool, flaunting her signature blonde locks and glossy red pout both in films and on television. Her debut album, 1995’s 1,000 Fires, put a celebrity face to techno, years before dance music would invade mainstream pop. Since then Lords has released an articulate tell-all, and she continues to sing, act, produce, and direct. Now in her 40s and happily married, the provocateur and mother of one is turning heads again, with a campy role in this year’s Sundance swensation Excision. ALEX PENNEY Your look is iconic. Who were your idols growing up?

Traci Lords The first time I remember thinking Wow was Marilyn Monroe—the red lips and the pale skin. I really related to blondes.

My neighbor, a friend of my mother’s, was a gorgeous woman, and she always had the cat eye. I remember the makeup and shoes the most. I’m still a bit of a shoe whore.

Which are your favorites?

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of here? For a long time it hurt me, then I realized that was nonsense. At some point my son will say, “Mom, do you know what so-and-so said?” That conversation will happen. It’s unavoidable. I’m really fortunate—my husband is proud of me and knows where all the bodies are buried, knows all my secrets and he absolutely loves me. That’s what makes me strong and keeps my feet on the ground, even in my six-inch heels.

How has your Hollywood experience changed over the years?

TL I’m past my Hollywood expiration date, but I’ve just always had the attitude that it doesn’t apply to me. I’ve never fit in or run with a certain crowd—eventually there was a crowd that ran with me. Now I’m trying to figure out what I am in my 40s.

I’m definitely working on creating my own projects. I’m not the kind of person who sits by the phone.

What is the secret to staying so good-looking?

TL I’m blessed with really great skin. I haven’t done the lotions and the potions and the Botox—not that I’m against plastic surgery or any of that, but there are some pretty bizarre-looking faces in Los Angeles.

You’ve really done it all. Is there anything you’re burning to do now?

TL This is going to sound really funny, but I want to talk more about sex. I want to be the Martha Stewart of sex. Not in a vulgar way, I just think that sex needs to be celebrated. I’m talking about things that are erotic: lotions, oils, stimulants, and music—porn for your ears. We have a whole new generation of people growing up looking at stuff that is so...I don’t want to say ugly, but so clinical. Sex is a gift. There’s room for beauty and sexuality. I want to build an empire of romance.

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TL Louboutins, definitely. They kill your feet, but they’re fantastic.

They make me feel very powerful. My husband is an iron-worker and one day they asked my son at his preschool, “What do your parents do?” and he said, “My daddy walks on high ledges and my mama walks on high heels.” [Laughs] Let’s talk about Excision.

TL We worked so hard on that movie. Ricky [Bates Jr.] put together a really great cast. People will be surprised to see AnnaLynne McCord in a completely different role than she plays in 90210. It’s her Monster role. My dear friend John Waters is really a breath of fresh air. When his face came on the screen [at Sundance], he didn’t say one word—he merely raised an eyebrow and the whole place just went crazy.

You’ve played a mother in your last two films (Excision and 2011’s Au Pair, Kansas). How has being a parent changed your life?

TL When you go through a pregnancy, you find yourself holding on to the rail. It’s not that you want to hide, but you nest. You want to blend into the mommy world—that was definitely my instinct.

Then it was like, What the fuck am I doing? I’m not a soccer mom!

I’m determined to teach my son [about sex]. I really want him to love and respect women and know that sex is wonderful.

Where do you find the confidence to be as open and honest as you are about your past?

TL I don’t have any skeletons in my closet. What are they going to say, that I did drugs and had sex? I wrote a book about it! It was at a time that kind of feels like black-and-white movies, it was so long ago. When I did porn, people were trying to figure out if they wanted VHS or Beta. Is anybody really even interested in that anymore? I guess you have one time to make your impression, and mine was as this kind of badass Lolita sex star.

So people will always think of me that way. I can’t help but laugh as I sit here in my mom sweats and Uggs. I’m not as wild as I was. Fortunately I have the ultimate bad-girl reputation. John [Waters] once told me that everything that happened to me was a blessing because I never have to do another bad thing in my life. People will just assume that I’m cool.

You seem to have made peace with that chapter of your life.

TL As I’ve gotten older I’m just looking around going, Wait a minute, what exactly is this thing I’m supposed to be ashamed

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BARKS AND RECREATION

ALREADY A STAR IN LONDON’S THEATER CIRCLES, SPRIGHTLY YOUNG ACTRESS SAMANTHA BARKS IS ABOUT TO STUN MOVIEGOERS IN A SILVER-SCREEN ADAPTATION OF LES MISÉRABLES, AND IS HAVING A JOLLY GOOD TIME WITH IT

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At the tender age of 21, Samantha Barks, it’s safe to say, is poised to be the breakout star of the year. She did, after all, beat out the likes of Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Lea Michele, and Evan Rachel Wood to land the role of heartbroken heroine Éponine in Tom Hooper’s forthcoming film adaptation of Les Misérables, the cast of which includes Hollywood heavyweights Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, and Anne Hathaway. When we meet, the exuberant starlet is perched on a café stool in London’s West End, displaying a charming combination of confidence and candor that belies her age, which makes it a little easier to reconcile the giggling, video game-obsessed girl with the complex characters listed on her CV. “I like to play kick-ass roles, and my character in the film, Éponine, kind of embodies that,” she explains. “This is my first film, so it was a big deal for me. The theater world is very different to the film world. You have to go from projecting to a room of thousands to stripping it back to performing to something right in front of you, the camera. It allows you to be more intimate, and you can be more truthful because you’re in the moment, not putting on a show.”

After being thrust into the limelight at 17 as the youngest contestant on the BBC television series I’d Do Anything, Barks cut her teeth playing Isherwood’s tawdry temptress Sally Bowles in a national tour of Caberet. Afterward, in what turned out to be a warm-up for her film debut, she played the role of Éponine in London’s West End, and then she starred in the U.K. tour of yet another Sir Cameron Mackintosh production, Oliver! The great producer himself appeared during her final curtain call to announce her new film role.

“I wasn’t nervous about any of it,” Barks says of her career gone wild. “I’ve just been too excited about it all. And once I was on set, everybody was so supportive. Helena Bonham Carter ran up to me on my first day, yelling, ‘Look! It’s my daughter!’”

Barks’s enthusiasm is infectious, especially when she breaks into song, as she did three times during the course of this interview. She’s incapable of being guarded and goes off on tangents about everything, from her first performance in a lime-green leotard, at the age of seven, to her love of Nintendo 64 games like Zelda and Perfect Dark to why she’s a little afraid of mittens. Wait.

How can you be afraid of mittens but not afraid of performing in front of an audience of 20,000?

“People always say ‘Don’t sweat the small stuff,’” she explains, after some contemplation. “But for me, I’d rather sweat the small stuff so that the big stuff isn’t so scary! I think that’s the secret to success.” ZAC BAYLY

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“It gave me a place to do my work and to let people see it,” says

Mireille Enos of The Killing, the bleak AMC murder mystery she famously anchored for two seasons as homicide detective Sarah Linden, before the show was unceremoniously cancelled in July.

The cable series attracted obsessive fans who pined for a resolute ending to the central mystery. Alas, their cries fell on deaf ears.

Enos—previously known for playing Mormon twins JoDean and Kathy on Big Love and for her Tony-nominated role as Honey in the 2005 Broadway revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?— benefitted from her time on the show. Her performance as Linden, which she describes as “cracked open, human, weird, brave work,” garnered her Emmy and Golden Globe nominations as well as top-tier film offers, one of which led to her appearing in

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MIREILLE ENOS IN LOS ANGELES, JULY 2012

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FROM GANGSTER SQUAD TO THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE, ON-THE-RISE ACTRESS MIREILLE ENOS IS EMBRACING HER ROLE AS HOLLYWOOD’S GO-TO ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE REDHEAD

director Ruben Fleischer’s upcoming Gangster Squad. She tackles the role of Connie O’Mara—the smart, strong-willed, pregnant 1940s housewife whose police sergeant husband (played by Josh Brolin) decides to take back Los Angeles from East Coast mafia kingpin Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). “It was basically a death sentence,” says Enos of her fictional partner’s fate. “In order to cope with his decision, I say, ‘I’ll give you my blessing, but I get to choose everyone who is on your team. I want to know who has your back.’”

In Marc Forster’s forthcoming epic blockbuster World War Z, Enos gets to “kick a couple of zombies in the head” as she and Brad Pitt fight to protect their daughters. Enos then performs alongside Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth in Atom Egoyan’s Devil’s Knot, a retelling of the true story of the West Memphis Three.

The cayenne-hot trail blazed by fellow ginger Jessica Chastain suggests that Enos’s future may be as bright as the sun. All of this exciting career action means the actress has had little time to stop and catch her breath. “The last two years have been such a whirlwind,” says the Houston native, who has a two-year-old daughter, Vesper, with husband Alan Ruck. “I haven’t even been able to be starstruck by my own life.” MARK JACOBS

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BORN IN KOSOVO AND RAISED IN LONDON, THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE ROC NATION FAMILY IS BRINGING BACK ’90s-CHARGED, PARTY-FUELED ANTHEMS. HERE, JAY-Z PROTÉGÉ RITA ORA DISHES ON GETTING ADVICE FROM BEYONCÉ AND HER LOVE OF ICONIC BAND TLC 130

“The ’90s had that bounce that I miss, and I want to bring it back,” says pop star Rita Ora, sipping a Bloody Mary in a booth at New York’s Soho House. The 21-year-old, who started performing at the tender age of 14, delivers this statement without a trace of irony, though she would have been barely learning to walk, never mind dance, during hip-hop’s most expansive period. But to take one look at her—with the signature bleach blonde ringlets, laid-back attitude, and Salt-N-Pepa-inspired attire (knock-around hoops, gold jewelry, Billionaire Boys Club tee, and floral mini-shorts)—it is clear that although she’s young, she’s sampled the vibe perfectly.

“I love TLC and how comfortable they looked,” she says. “And we have so many ethnicities [in London], it all jumbles up and it’s really cool and beautiful.”

Ora’s rise to stardom got off to a rocky start when her family fled ethnic persecution in Kosovo, before she was two years old.

They settled in London and she began singing in bars as a teenager. Eventually she was discovered by Roc Nation co-founder and president, Jay Brown, who brought her directly to Jay-Z. “I met him when I was 18,” she says of the life-altering encounter.

“I was in New York and the next day I had a record deal.” For the past three years the singer has remained under Jay-Z’s wing.

The resulting album drops this month and is fittingly entitled Ora, which means “time” in her native Albanian tongue.

“I’m just really excited that my music is out,” she says. “There were moments when I was frustrated and wanted to put everything out.

I have an amazing team that told me to be patient.” The patience

has paid off: in addition to the impending release, Ora has already scored a number one hit in the U.K. with the song “R.I.P.,” toured with Coldplay as their opening act, and been blessed by Beyoncé. “[She] said, ‘Believe in what you’re singing, because the public isn’t stupid. They want the truth, and they want to see you.’”

Not one to mess about, Hova enlisted a who’s who of producers to collaborate with Ora on her debut, Will.I.Am, Diplo, and Drake among them. Not surprisingly, her ongoing success is not totally devoid of controversy—a wardrobe mishap here, a rumored romance with a Kardashian (Rob) there—but the artist takes it all in stride. “I’m a firm believer in energy, taking each day as it comes,” she says with a Zenlike calm. “I’ve got a plan.”

As part of that plan Ora commands her growing audience, in an homage to the Notorious B.I.G., to “party and bullshit,” which is perfectly in tune with her fun-loving—and determined—demeanor.

“Those two words sum up a great scene,” she says with a laugh about her newest hit song. MIGUEL FIGUEROA

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Visionaire 26 FANTASY For his Spring/Summer 1999 show, Raf’s “Kinetic Youth” collection was paraded to a soundtrack by David Bowie in front of a giant reflective globe.

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Visionaire 26 FANTASY Fall/Winter 1998/99 collection PHOTOGRAPHY BERT HOUBRECHTS

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A graphic from Raf’s “Black Palms” collection of the Spring/Summer 1998 season.

A story on capes in V’s inaugural issue included one from “Belgian designer-on-the-verge Raf Simons.” (How right we were!)

ILLUSTRATION BY FRANKY CLAEYS

PHOTOGRAPHY STEVEN KLEIN FASHION VICTORIA BARTLETT

V7, 2000 V commissioned designers to imagine their own fragrance and campaign, even if for just one issue. Raf responded with “Crystal Skull,” using model Jelle as the face.

PHOTOGRAPHY WILLY VANDERPERRE FASHION OLIVIER RIZZO

V11, 2001 After a brief hiatus, Raf returned for the Fall 2001/02 season with a menacing collection exploring the layers that men employ as armor.

PHOTOGRAPHY WILLY VANDERPERRE

V18, 2002 In the fall of 2002, Raf explored the brutality of nature amid mounting global turmoil. He subverted traditional outerwear—collegiate letter jackets and American university logos—in a collection entitled “Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus Quinquefolia),” named after the poisonous vine.

PHOTOGRAPHY STEVEN KLEIN

VMAN 13, 2009 Looks from Raf’s Spring 2009 collection were an exercise in extreme tailoring. For his eponymous line, he hacked off collars and sleeves and showed stretchy bike shorts for a strict but sporty feel.

PHOTOGRAPHY WILLY VANDERPERRE FASHION OLIVIER RIZZO

RAFTROSPECTIVE WHILE THE WORLD EAGERLY AWAITS HIS UPCOMING READY-TO-WEAR COLLECTION AS THE NEWLY-MINTED ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR THE HOUSE OF DIOR, V TAKES A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON OUR MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS WITH RAF SIMONS

Raf riffed on the idea of mass consumption in Spring 2003 with a statement about the logo mania and conspicuous luxury of the early aughts.

PHOTOGRAPHY KENJI AOKI

PHOTOGRAPHY DAVID ARMSTRONG FASHION PANOS YIAPANIS

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WORK IN PRO GRESS PHOTOGRAPHY JASON SCHMIDT

STEP AND REPEAT WITH NEW WORKS SET TO BE UNVEILED IN BROOKLYN, SAVANNAH, AND PARIS THIS FALL, PAINTER JOSÉ PARLÁ IS MAKING SERIOUS MOVES One of the ways in which I approach painting is with a dancing, fast-paced movement in each mark I make. My eye leads the way between the brush and each line’s end. Language is the key to my work, and the performance of each work manifests the layers that make up the history of the painting.

When commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music to paint a mural for the lobby of the new BAM Fisher building, I felt very honored, as I am from the same neighborhood and visit BAM often to see theater, music, films, and visual art shows. I also felt that my work was a perfect match with BAM’s history of performing arts. While the work is in progress, I carefully add and subtract layers of writing through semi-opaque transparencies that allow the history to be seen and also compared to the passing of time.

The size of the work allows me to paint with my entire body being involved inside of it, as if I am in a world of colored fields.

I work from left to right and back again, jumping, stretching my arms, sometimes scraping the surface with speed in each gesture to be able to make thinner lines and slowing down when I want thicker ones. The mural is heavily textured, with the likeness of a wall in the city, any city, with a language that can be from anywhere, a language of expression and of freedom, for all visitors to see.

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MAKE IT RAIN FROM HIS HOME IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, PAINTER LUCIEN SMITH TAKES SHELTER FROM THE ELEMENTS IN ORDER TO RECREATE THEM This is in Claverack, New York, inside a tent I converted from a standard outdoor canopy, normally used as a temporary shelter for cars.

Here, I am in the midst of finishing a painting for my upcoming show at OHWOW, titled “Seven Rain Paintings,” opening this September. A few months after attempting the first rain painting, I realized I needed some sort of shelter to create them. Mostly because I needed the ability to mark the spray range and angle necessary to achieve consistency throughout the series. As winter came, it really proved to be tremendously helpful against the snow and rain. It would have been impossible to make these paintings without this structure, and looking back at the year I spent creating this body of work, I really wouldn’t have been able to make these paintings in the city. In that sense, they are site-specific. There’s a warmth to the paintings that I don’t think would have been there if I’d made them in, say, somewhere like Long Island City. So I am excited to see them functioning in a gallery environment. LUCIEN SMITH 140

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HIGH TIME BERNADETTE CORPORATION PREPARES FOR ITS FIRST RETROSPECTIVE, SPANNING NEARLY TWO DECADES OF COLLECTIVE ACTIVITY, AT ARTISTS SPACE We were interested in having an image of us unpacking, because

that’s kind of what we’ve been asked to do. For dead artists, retrospectives can be straightforward affairs: bring in the historians and curators, translate and recontextualize, make things audience-friendly and newly digestible. Things are different when the artists are living, or almost dead but not yet ossified and rigid.

Then there’s a bit of unpacking to do, both the dangerously sentimental kind that happens when you come across an old Zip disk full of memories and the intellectual kind that follows the introduction of an odd statement into an otherwise familiar discourse.

Bernadette Corporation’s products range from an underground ’90s fashion label to an early ’00s video tract with Chloë Sevigny promoting Black Bloc anarchism to the multiauthored cult novel Reena Spaulings to a 130-page epic poem that combines intricately structured verses with pictures of skinny models in jeans.

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Unknown Road, Carltonville, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2012

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Monzenmachi Dori, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 2012

A82, Scotland, United Kingdom, 2012

WATCH DOG ARTIST JON RAFMAN IS CONSTANTLY ON THE PROWL, DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM MODERNIST ART, VIRTUAL REALITY, AND THE WEB’S INFINITE SUPPLY OF GOOGLE STREET VIEWS If you’re a lover of the Internet, chances are that you already know Jon Rafman’s work. There’s

a viral quality to his ongoing series called “Google Street Views,” a collection of fluky moments

published to Google Maps by the Google camera cars that rove the streets of the civilized world, documenting them and frequently the people on them. The images that Rafman stumbles upon, often after “eight hours a day of surfing, sometimes with the help of prescribed Ritalin,” are as fun and quirky as an Instagram and as ontologically dense as an austere work of art. A nude woman standing in the sea, a traffic accident, a cinematic vista, a cute animal, a robbery...When Google’s nine-eyed cameras catch these notable images (which happens surprisingly often), chances are that Rafman will find them.

Rafman’s artistic output naturally goes beyond these screen-capture appropriations. “‘Google Street Views’ has been going on for four years now, because it’s struck such a chord with society,” says Rafman, via Skype, from his Montreal studio. “When you create a body of work and it gets popular, then you have to promote it, and while you’re promoting it you are also making a new body of work that nobody really knows about. It’s basically like how bands put out albums.”

One of his newest projects is “Brand New Paint Jobs,” a meme-ish series that exists online and in galleries as printed images fully realized as elements in photo installations. Rafman takes 3-D models of objects, architecture, and interiors freely available online and re-skins them with iconic modernist paintings. He has redone the Oval Office in a kaleidoscopic repetition of Jasper Johns’s American flags, coated a Starbucks in the spare black-on-white brushstrokes of Franz Kline, and livened up Michelangelo’s David with some motley Matisse action. “I like the fact that modernist art is so highly fetishized in the art world, especially painting,” says Rafman. “On one level these are shrines to great works of art, but on another they are reduced to wallpaper or shrinkwrap around other objects.”

Another endeavor, which has kept a lower profile while maintaining a certain cult cachet, is “Kool Man in Second Life,” a “sister project to ‘Google Street Views,’ where instead of exploring the real world, I was exploring Second Life as a giant Kool-Aid Man avatar.” In the videos, the anthropomorphized pitcher of red punch doesn’t bust through brick walls but rather hashes out both existential and prosaic questions with the denizens of the online community.

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“I’ve always been interested in stories,” says Rafman,“but I’m not interested in things having conclusions or even coherent narratives.” This has led the artist to make several films using a variety of cinematic approaches. Last year he completed Codes of Honor, which mixes interviews with legendary Street Fighter players from an arcade in New York’s Chinatown—“the best Ryu of the 1990s,” for instance—with footage shot within the video game. This free-flowing form, called machinima, is currently Rafman’s main focus. “The project I’m working on now basically aims to build a narrative structure that parallels the experience of surfing Wikipedia, where you begin researching the French Revolution and then end up learning about some rare lotus flower and then move to learning about a samurai from the 17th century, then some 1960s sitcom.” Try that for a search term. KEVIN McGARRY

Codes of Honor, 2011

“Google Street Views” courtesy Seventeen Gallery, London Codes of Honor courtesy the artist

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EARTH ANGEL HER RAVE CARICATURES A THING OF THE PAST, ARTIST MARIKO MORI FOCUSES ON CREATING NEW ECO-FRIENDLY INSTALLATIONS TO BE ENJOYED BY GENERATIONS TO COME

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Indeed, she worked with the religious leaders of the community on the timing, placement, and execution of the project.

This past July I met up with Mori again, but in her Garment District studio in New York, which she describes as “very rough” in comparison to her Tokyo sanctuary. Upon my visit there, more tea was served, along with a single cherry preserved in a jewellike glob of gelatin. Mori explained her upcoming show, in December, at the Royal Academy of Art in London, which will travel to the Japan Society in New York next year. The concept is a series of works that cycle through the life, death, and rebirth of a star, each a “visualization of what it would be like to be a being of pure energy.” A collaboration with Japanese scientists, the exhibition will culminate with a glass-encased LED screen that visualizes real-time neutrino spirals detected by the Super-Kamiokande laboratory in Hida, a 50,000-ton underground tank of ultrapure water that detects the sub-particles as they reach Earth after having been released by supernovae around the galaxy. Another piece is a backlit Lucite ring. “This symbol is very well-known in Zen Buddhism, for reincarnation and for life, but I think it’s supposed to be more like this,” she says, spinning her finger up in a spiral, “or you could go down, you never know…I guess it depends.”

A similar oversize ring will serve as Mori’s second earthwork, this one made for South America, to be installed above a waterfall in Visconde de Mauá, about halfway between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. “There are hundreds of waterfalls in the mountains there. In the 1960s and ’70s, lots of people moved there, from Rio to Mauá, especially artists. It’s known as kind of a hippie energy place. One morning we discovered that the birds there sing samba.” It’s a telling example of the kind of nature-culture harmony that Mori’s projects aim to achieve. KEVIN McGARRY

PHOTOGRAPHY SUSANNA HOWE FASHION CHRISTOPHER BARNARD DRESS DEREK LAM EARRINGS AND NECKLACE MORI’S OWN RIGHT: COMPUTER GRAPHIC IMAGE OF RING, 2016

Makeup Kouta for Nars Cosmetics (Jed Root Inc) Photo assistants William Joos, James Smolka, Max Branigan Location Mariko Mori Studio, NYC Special thanks Eleni Petalot Ring courtesy Mariko Mori, Faou Foundation, NY

Over the past twenty years, connectedness has been a driving theme in Mariko Mori’s art, one sparked by our ever-mounting technological frenzy. Born in Tokyo, Mori was a fashion student and runway model in the 1980s before she moved to London and then New York. She burst onto the art scene in 1994 with photographs of herself as cartoonish, cyber-sexual fantasies standing in typical Japanese urban settings: outside a video game store, in a futuristic mall, on a fictional TV talent show. Soon afterward she gravitated toward extraterrestrial and spiritual figures, portraying shamanistic alien princesses and gauzy Shinto deities.

Mori became famous for combining competing traditions and fetishes into characters emblematic of universal desires that have mutated in step with globalization.

Now the artist has retrained her focus, away from herself and the media and onto “prehistoric ideas” about how art might promote the unity of man and nature—ideas which she feels are urgently relevant. “It’s very simple, but we’ve forgotten that our existence depends on nature, and if we don’t care for it, we’ll have no resources to take care of ourselves,” she explains.

This creative shift has resulted in minimalistic sculptures and installations rather than the rave-hacker dollies for which she became known. Since her New York gallery Deitch Projects shuttered in 2010, she has founded a nonprofit organization to realize six permanent earthworks to be sited on six continents over the next several years.

I first met with Mori at her studio in Tokyo, shortly after the first of these works, Primal Rhythm, was partially installed off the coast of Miyako Island, in Okinawa, last December. The artist answered the door in one of her signature all-white, avant-garde yet utterly reserved outfits and escorted me into an all-white space reminiscent of Michael Jackson’s Scream video, in which the walls and door frames curve into the floors. I sipped a savory pink tea containing specks of gold until Mori opened a recessed sliding glass door the size of a pizza box and invited me to climb through. Inside was a pod-sized tea ceremony room, where we discussed her latest work over matcha.

She described Primal Rhythm as having two parts: a mighty Lucite “sun pillar” jutting out from a craggy rock in the bay and a yet-to-be realized “moon stone” that will float in the water closer to shore. Glowing in iridescent blue-greens, the sun pillar refracts natural light and reflects it onto the water where the moon stone will be. “They will last 2,000 years,” she explained. “It’s not art for the art world only, but for the people of Miyako Island too.”

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Year founded: 1985 How many destinations do you fly to? 176 destinations in 74 countries How many flights does your airline pilot per day? On average, over 400 times a day an Emirates aircraft takes off from somewhere in the world. What is the most luxurious service you offer to your customers? We have an unparalleled First Class experience on board our A380 fleet that includes the Shower Spa—a feature distinct to Emirates—private suites, dining on demand, a chauffeur drive service, luxury airport lounges, and over 1,400 channels of entertainment. How many flight attendants are employed at EA? Over 15,000 cabin crew of over 130 nationalities Describe your uniforms. Our iconic Cabin Crew ladies uniform is symbolic of the region we come from and is inspired by the colors of the desert. Intrinsic to the Emirates uniform is the distinctive headdress, an attractive white silk scarf that wraps around a red hat and curves round the wearer’s neck.

The male uniform is chocolate brown. Has your team ever had to initiate an emergency procedure? We are fortunate never to have dealt with a major emergency, but we have handled medical emergencies onboard. It is a matter of great pride that our crews have delivered babies onboard. Moving in and out of different time zones, what are your tricks for staying healthy, rested, and sane? We always encourage our crews to maintain a healthy lifestyle and indeed to get sufficient rest between flights. We also share practical information and techniques they can adopt to combat jetlag. What is the number one request you receive from patrons during a flight? The requests we receive are varied—our customers are multicultural and cosmopolitan, and each flight is different. Describe the ideal destination. Ideal destinations vary for each crew member. For some it could be a day on the beach in Seychelles, for others it is about experiencing the culture and vibrancy of a new city, and for some it’s simply about being able to fly to their home city and see their loved ones.

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SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES PHOTOGRAPHY DANIELLE LEVITT

How many flight attendants are employed at SIA? Singapore Airlines employs slightly over 7,400 cabin crew. Moving in and out of different time zones, what are your tricks for staying healthy, rested, and sane? Adjust your sleep patterns between flights.

For example, if it is an overnight flight, sleep as much as you can during the day so that you will feel rested during the flight.

This way, not only do you arrive at the destination feeling fresh, but it’s also easier for your body clock to adjust to the new time zone. Also, keep hydrated by drinking plenty of water and avoiding caffeinated drinks. What is the number one request you receive from patrons during a flight? There isn’t one that stands out.

Dealing with passengers requires a lot of empathy. You have to

put yourself in their situation and understand how they feel and what they really need. A good listening ear and patience always helps. Team Motto: A happy passenger makes for a happy flight!

FROM LEFT: FLIGHT STEWARD TEO YIAN QUAN, FLIGHT STEWARDESS LIM ME LING, FLIGHT STEWARDESS EMILDA SUHAIMI

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PHOTOGRAPHY DANIELLE LEVITT Year founded: 2007 How many destinations do you fly to? 19:

nearly 1,500 in-flight teammates and pilots onboard. Describe

San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C. (IAD), Seattle, Las Vegas, San Diego, Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Dallas–Fort Worth, Los Cabos, Cancun, Chicago, Puerto Vallarta, Palm Springs (seasonally), Philadelphia, Portland and—as of August 14—Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National (DCA). How many flights does your airline pilot per day? Currently about 170 What is the most luxurious service you offer to your customers? Virgin America’s First Class cabin offers international–grade amenities, including plush white leather seats with 55 inches of seat pitch and lumbar massagers. The carrier’s premium Main Cabin Select service offers 38 inches of pitch, complimentary food and cocktails, an all–access pass to entertainment, a dedicated overhead bin, a free checked bag, and priority check-in/boarding. How many flight attendants are employed at your airline? We have

your uniforms. Our new uniforms were designed to be modern and sleek, in keeping with the Virgin America brand and cabin design, but also accommodate the unique work needs of teammates. They are made of performance fabrics—for comfort during long travel days, stretch, and extra room—and include a variety of pieces that are suitable for weather conditions all over the country as well as the demands of the airport and aircraft environment.

Banana Republic worked directly with our teammates to rise to this challenge and create uniforms that are ultra chic, durable, and comfortable. Moving in and out of different time zones, what are your in-flight team’s tricks for staying healthy, rested, and sane?

Our in-flight teammates swear by drinking lots of water to stay hydrated! What is the number one request your airline receives from guests during a flight? Our planes are gorgeous and brand

new—they have mood lighting and custom-designed seats—so they look more like an upscale lounge rather than a plane. There are just so many things that our guests can enjoy onboard. We find that most guests are so busy enjoying all of the entertainment options that they’re not ready for the flight to end once we arrive at our destination. Our guests tend to be hip, tech-savvy, urban travelers—our planes have been called “multimillion dollar iPods that fly.” Our goal is always to “create Wow” for our guests and make sure that their experience is a great one.

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PHOTOGRAPHY GREG MANIS Year founded: 1937 (this year we celebrate 75 years of aviation!) How many destinations do you fly to? 9 North American gateways, Keflavik, Iceland (as a hub), and over 20 destinations in Scandinavia, the U.K., and Continental Europe How many flights does your airline pilot per day? Around 30 during the summer What is the most luxurious service you offer to your customers? Three cabins of service with comfortable leather seats and personal in-flight entertainment for all passengers, and fresh catch of the day served in Saga Class when traveling from Iceland. How many flight attendants are employed at your airline? About 600 (including summer employees) Describe

your uniforms. Our uniforms are designed by award-winning fashion designer Steinunn Sigur,ardóttir, who took inspiration from Icelandic nature—including its landscape’s textures—for their cuts as well as the selection and treatment of materials. Has your team ever had to initiate an emergency procedure? We have been fortunate enough to have had no serious incidents, but our crew members are always prepared in case of an emergency. Moving in and out of different time zones, what are your tricks for staying healthy, rested, and sane? One never gets completely used to traveling between different time zones, especially on long flights when we can reach up to eight hours

of time difference. There is really no secret, but common sense techniques like drinking lots of water and keeping a healthy diet are a good start. Every crew member has his or her own way of dealing with jetlag and staying sane. What is the number one request you receive from patrons during a flight? Water, pillow, blanket, and “when do we land?” Describe the ideal destination.

Someplace warm, friendly, and inexpensive with beautiful nature and not too far away. Team motto: Safety, Punctuality, Service

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V NEWS BON ANNIVERSAIRE, CHLOÉ!

Sixty years ago, Chloé designer Gaby Aghion set out to create clothes that were the antithesis of haute couture stateliness. Abandoning the made-to-measure model, she established a new,

stylish wardrobe for women that was still elegant but not over-the-top. The cuts were less strict, and the look a bit more je ne sais quoi with louche separates that were to be sold in stores for the first time. (Aghion is credited with the pret-a-porter concept.) This month, to fete its anniversary, the brand has created its first exhibition at the newly restored La Palais de Tokyo in Paris, commending this kind of progressive thinking and independent spirit.

“Chloé. Attitudes” will feature 70 pieces from their recently restored archive by masterminds such as Aghion, Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney, Phoebe Philo, current creative director Clare Waight Keller, plus other influential designers. “You may associate the Maison with a rather dreamy, hippy girl, but in fact, at the heart of Chloé there has always been that free-spirited attitude that defies the status quo in fashion,” says Waight Keller. If you can’t make it to Paris for the two-month-long exhibition, don’t fret. There is a glossy coffee-table book on the way in 2013, as well as a limited-edition reissuing of 16 of the most iconic pieces from the brand’s tenure, out in February. The spirit lives on at the house of Chloé. SARAH CRISTOBAL

Karl Lagerfeld’s Spring/Summer 1972 fashion show, at the restaurant Laurent, Paris Photography Jean-Luce Huré

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Humberto Leon and Carol Lim in London

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THE MUST-HAVE BAG For a proper night out, a girl doesn’t need an oversize satchel. (Who would want to bring that clunky thing to the club?) And while mini-bags were all the rage for resort, Theory’s Olivier Theyskens is presenting his own offering for Fall. The strappy mini Willa bag is as subtle as it is chic with its cool jet-black color and soft calfskin exterior. Pick one up and make the night yours. CB Willa, $790, available at Theory stores and theory.com this September

Clockwise from top: courtesy Chloé courtesy Theyskens’ Theory Opening Ceremony photography Willem Jaspert

Over the past decade Opening Ceremony founders Humberto Leon and Carol Lim have expanded from a sliver of a retail space in an untrafficked area of Manhattan (where they were so nervous about new customers that they hid behind the counter when they came in) to a trio of multistory boutiques in New York, L.A., and Tokyo, and a fourth coming soon to London. Along the way they’ve collaborated on fashion lines with Rodarte, Chloe Sevigny, and M.I.A.; published zines by Spike Jonze and Benjamin Cho; partnered with everyone from Terence Koh to Timberland; and introduced a bevy of cool designers, including Mary Ping, Acne, and Suno, to the general public. They’ve also founded their own Opening Ceremony line of apparel and traversed the globe to bring the best of design to their stores, all the while remaining completely grounded with family-style meals prepared by their mothers, who are very much part of their organization. However, if you ask them how they do it, their reply is remarkably chill, as one would expect from a by-the-people-for-the-people establishment.

“The way we have approached Opening Ceremony has been very instinctual,” says Leon. “The people that we’ve collaborated with and the projects we’ve worked on have all been ideas that came from our gut.”

This fall, their organic approach will yield more golden goodness—a new line of handbags; a 300-page book by Rizzoli, featuring all of their famed friends; a new magazine that focuses on sports; and following the success of the London Olympic pop-up store in July, a freestanding boutique. “We love telling stories, and we love working with unique individuals with a distinct point of view,” says Leon. “We are more nerdy than cool.” They are our brand of brainiacs. SC

To commemorate its tenth anniversary, Hudson Jeans creative director Ben Taverniti has created a limited-edition skinny that nods toward the brand’s punky London heritage. “I wanted to create a print that personified the spirit and DNA of our brand,” he says. “It’s British cool meets California freedom—born in California but rooted in London. The inspiration for the print comes from an artistic interpretation of a combination of the Union Jack and American flags.” Model Georgia May Jagger—you may have heard of her papa, the Rolling Stone—is once again fronting the Hudson Jeans campaign, ensuring that this particular pair delivers the perfect blend of American-meet-British rebellion.

SISTER ACT For Fall 2012, Edun creative director Sharon Wauchob channeled a higher power by enlisting 100 Kenyan nuns to help create product.

The sweetly dubbed Crochet Sisters heeded her call by handknitting skirts and vests using locally sourced fabrics. Look for the cool crochet pieces to hit the brand’s website in October, just in time for a bit of pay-it-forward holiday shopping. CB

ODE TO ANTONIO Antonio Lopez was a true original who reimagined the face and image of fashion through his inimitable illustrations, glam photos, and larger-than-life personality. His sketches filled the pages of WWD, Vogue, and the New York Times in the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s, chronicling the powrful silhouettes and visages of that era’s youth. In their forthcoming book from Rizzoli, Antonio Lopez: Fashion, Art, Sex, & Disco, authors and brothers Roger and Mauricio Padilha trace Lopez’s creative swath

through the swinging sixties, the ‘70s in Paris, and the decadent New York of the eighties with contributions from friends and intimates like André Leon Talley and Anna Sui. It’s an unvarnished view of a restlessly mad and beautiful spirit, one that inspired everyone from the most haute of nouvelle society to the grittiest of club kids. CB

LIQUID LYNCH “I don’t feel confined by anything,” says David Lynch on a warm summer afternoon during a media blitz at the famed Chateau Marmont penthouse in celebration of his recent Dom Perignon collaboration. Indeed, it is the director’s artistic freedom and willingness to experiment that has led him from cinema into a variety of fields—music, photography, acting, and art direction among them. Lynch’s endeavor of the moment, celebrated with a series of events both at the Chateau and L.A.’s MILK Studios, saw him venturing into the commercial marketplace with a bit of bubbly.

Two limited-edition champagnes—Dom Perignon Vintages 2003 and Rose 2000—are being released this fall in special gift boxes adorned with Lynch-designed shields. The overall design is dark, shimmering, reflective, and aesthetically dazzling, the result of good old-fashioned trial and error.

“Commercial work is money,” says Lynch of his foray into the world of advertisements and branding. “It’s a chance to do something, and a lot of times a chance to experiment with the latest technologies. I always learn something and feel really good about the result, and the process of getting that result.” This time around, his process involved transforming a California studio into a darkroom, where he concocted stories, built sets, designed theatrical

machines, and enlisted the help of close friend Hollywood specialeffects supervisor Gary D’Amico. When asked what attracted him to the landmark hotel, he responds simply, “They have fried chicken and mashed potatoes on Sunday nights.”

“It’s got a great mood,” he goes on to say. “It’s got a mood that is keeping alive the golden age of cinema, and I think that’s really beautiful and important.” Lynch should know as much, having at this point amassed a filmography revered for its dreamlike, surreal beauty and groundbreaking vision. Films like Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and Wild at Heart have reinvigorated Hollywood with the sort of iconic imagery that it was built upon. He brings this auteurism to his collaboration with Dom Perignon.

“I’m trying to catch ideas for the next film,” he says, though declining to elaborate on what the next project might be. “I think a couple of things were new to me and conjured images that couldn’t have been conjured otherwise. I learned a lot about what goes into Dom Perignon, so now when I take a drink it’s a very rich experience.” PATRIK SANDBERG

Dom Perignon by David Lynch will be available in October

Grace Jones courtesy of Paul Caranicas, © Estate of Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos

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As you may have read earlier in this issue (page 151), Virgin America

The 26th Biennale des Antiquaries is taking place from September 14 to 23, and overseeing the affair is one of the world’s greatest cultural connoisseurs, Karl Lagerfeld. “I like antique dealers and everything the Biennale represents,” he has said of the luxurious fair. It is not just furniture that will fill the cavernous space. Nearly 120 leading art, antiquities, and fine jewelry purveyors will represent over $50 billion worth of treasures. Ten houses—Piaget, Cartier, Harry Winston, and Dior among them—will unveil custom creations as well as vintage pieces. SC

has tapped Banana Republic to upgrade the uniforms of its 2,000+

in-flight teammates. Rooted in tropical, travel-themed clothing, the retail brand fits perfectly with the creative direction of the

airline, which brings a certain swank elegance to the skies not seen in the United States since the 1960s. “Utility chic” was the missive behind the successful makeover. Don’t feel too jealous if your next flight boasts attendants better dressed than you…travelers can upgrade their look through in-flight mail orders. What will that wily Richard Branson think of next? Actually, we cover that too, on page 110. PATRIK SANDBERG

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Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch

DREAM TEAM “When we set out do this book, we were very specific about calling it Part One,” says Robin Standefer, who with husband and creative partner Stephen Alesch founded the in-demand interiors and architectural firm Roman and Williams a decade ago. “Ten years is not a death.

It’s a first chapter.” Their new tome—Things We Made—is a soulful half-catalogue, half-scrapbook page-turner that chronicles the duo’s somewhat rebellious, always innovative projects. If their names are not instantly recognizable, their work certainly is. The book breaks it down into six separate sections each detailing the extent of their creations through blueprints, sketches, anecdotes, and personal photos. They are responsible for the überchic environs at The Standard New York (including the Standard Grill, and the exceptional—and exceptionally exclusive—Boom Boom Room) as well as the Ace Hotel, The Royalton Hotel, celebrity homes in upstate New York and Los Angeles, Facebook’s cafeteria, and several

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AUSSIE ALL-STAR Boom Boom Room at The Standard New York

see-and-be-seen eateries. They can even lay claim to the most epic of fashion references: the farcical film Zoolander.

Standefer (a former Hollywood production designer) and Alesch (a super groovy surfer/architect) merged their talents to literally create the backdrop of Ben Stiller’s send-up of the industry. The movie was a catalyst for an everlasting friendship and the actor even wrote the foreword to Things We Made.

“We live out our lives as our own movies, that each of us star in,” he writes. “Robin and Stephen re-create our real world into a place that has its own history and future narrative.” SC Things We Made, Part One will be released this fall by Rizzoli

TEXT T. COLE RACHEL WILD NOTHING NOCTURNE (CAPTURED TRACKS) Jack Tatum—the wunderkind behind

HOW TO DRESS WELL TOTAL LOSS (ACEPHALE) How To Dress Well—the dreamy solo

project by Brooklyn’s Tom Krell— directs the path for the future of soul and R&B music. Like missives beamed down from outer space, the songs on Total Loss are both inspiring and profoundly inspired.

YEASAYER FRAGRANT WORLD (SECRETLY CANADIAN) On their third proper full-length release, Brooklyn’s Yeasayer mixes hefty helpings of synth and soul into their signature indie-rock sound, making Fragrant World the band’s most compelling offering to date.

It’s a perfect soundtrack for dancefloor meltdowns.

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OMBRE BELIEVE YOU ME (ASTHMATIC KITTY)

CAT POWER SUN (MATADOR)

The fantastic pairing of vocalist Juliana Barwick and musician/ artist Roberto Carlos Lange (aka Helado Negro) provides one of the year’s most sumptuous recordings.

Less a folk record than some sort of warmly toned sound sculpture, Believe You Me is the kind of record that keeps on giving; it grows and changes the more times you play it…which should be often.

The universally adored indie heroine Chan Marshall is back with her first album of original music in nearly six years. Not only is Sun the most remarkably upbeat Cat Power album of all time, but Marshall also plays every instrument herself, leaving little doubt that she remains one of the most endlessly talented young musicians of her generation.

TEENGIRL FANTASY TRACER (TRUE PANTHER)

Manchester’s Holy Other is truly

HOLY OTHER HELD (TRI ANGLE)

The second album from Teengirl Fantasy is like a blueprint for the future of electronic music—a place where hip-hop beats, raver-friendly vibes, and guests like Panda Bear and Laurel Halo can all hang out together and snort glow sticks.

like no other. Where else would you find a record that claims U.K. garage, early ’90s R&B, and Gregorian chants as jumping off points? This music sounds as if it were made by a ghost with really good taste who wants nothing more than to break your heart.

LEVEK LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER (LEFSE)

DEAD CAN DANCE ANASTASIS (4AD)

Essentially the one-man creation of multi-instrumentalist David Levesque, Look A Little Closer plays like some phantasmagoric lounge-pop dream.

The record is equal parts old-school funk, freak folk, and Steely Dan–vibes by way of a tiki bar, which means it’s perfect chill-out music for autumn’s cooler nights.

Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry have been casting musical spells as Dead Can Dance since 1981.

On Anastasis—the band’s first new record in over 16 years—the same ancient rhythms and hypnotic vocals that made them heroes to the oldschool goth set are still very much in play. This is music for the dark arts.

Clockwise from top: Things We Made courtesy Rizzoli Dion Lee photography Paul Mclean & Chad Pickard Model Sharon Kavjian (IMG) Hair Tomihiro Kono using Bumble and bumble Makeup Shama using M.A.C Cosmetics (CLM Hair & Makeup)

Wild Nothing, who recorded the entire album alone in his bedroom— gives his moody songs a proper fleshing out on Nocturne. For those raised on the jingly-jangly English indie-pop of the mid ’80s, Nocturne is like musical manna from some distant dreamy heaven.

Dion Lee is part of a rising tide of Australian design talent (see also: Josh Goot, Therese Rawsthorne) that is currently making waves in the fashion industry. His Fall collection incorporated an inventive use of chiffon that was impressively devoid of any fluff or frippery and instead favored long, lean lines and geometric silhouettes. “This season was based on the idea of breath moving throughout the body,” says Lee. “The blood and circulation. It makes the lightness grounded in something more visceral.” Needless to say, editors had a visceral reaction to his London Fashion Week debut as well as his recent New York resort collection, which was inspired by surf culture and featured lots of neoprene and Lycra pieces. The newfound attention has given the young upstart a fresh perspective on his home country. “Working and living in Australia is a double-edged sword,” he says. “The geography really cuts you off from so much, but the atmosphere is so laid-back and optimistic. It’s always positive toward the future.” CB

Makeup and Hair Vassilis Kokkinidis using Christian Dior, Kerastase, ghd tools (Ford Artists) Manicure Fifi Salon Retouching Brian de Pinto Production Sloan Laurits (Ford NY)

RENAISSANCE MAN No one can question Paul Rowland’s keen eye for beauty. After early stints as a painter and model in the ’80s, he found his calling in New York as a model agent, and eventually founded the iconic Women and Supreme agencies. Currently at the creative helm of Ford Models, Rowland can lay claim to launching the careers of supes such as Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Stella Tennant, and more.

With in-depth knowledge of what it takes to create an iconic image, the model-maker has expanded his purview to include photography. His aim is to broaden the definition of beautiful.

“To open up the idea of beauty, not only being classic, but being global,” he says.

This September marks the opening of Rowland’s latest exhibition, “New Portraits: From the Inside Looking Out.” In a nod to his painterly roots, he captures the moody romanticism of models as they pose inspired by the influential works of Klimt, Picasso, Bacon, and Matisse. If beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder, then this exhibition is not to be missed. CB “New Portraits: From the Inside Looking Out” runs from September 10 to October 19 at the fordPROJECT Gallery, 57 W. 57th Street, New York City

PHOTOGRAPHY PAUL ROWLAND FASHION DANIEL EDLEY DRESS GUCCI SHOES CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN MODEL MARYNA LINCHUK (FORD NY)

Photo assistant Aaron Fuks Location Haute Box Retouching Imag’in Productions NYC

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KNIGHT’S LANDING For Fall, the runways reflected the subtle patina of silver jewelry. Chanel’s fantasy trip rendered a breastplate with chains

as a gallant proposition to any fashion roundtable, while Tomas Meier of Bottega Veneta incorporated chunky medallions as a medieval counterpart to his collection’s slicked-back style.

Classicists would be remiss not to have some fashionable armor of their own. For that there’s Reed Krakoff’s reliable cuff—a perfect alternative to the bangle stack. CB

PHOTOGRAPHY LIONEL KORETZKY CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: CHANEL BREASTPLATE AND NECKLACE (PRICE UPON REQUEST, AT CHANEL BOUTIQUES) BOTTEGA VENETA NECKLACE, $5,500, BOTTEGAVENETA.COM REED KRAKOFF CUFF, $1,095, AVAILABLE AT REEDKRAKOFF.COM

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Hometown: Gothenburg, Sweden Biggest Splash: My first big editorial with Bruce Weber and Joe McKenna SHIRT FENDI JEANS PAIGE EARRINGS GENEVIEVE JONES

THE NEW GIRLS

SIX FRESH FACES ARE TAKING THE FASHION WORLD BY STORM. IF YOU DON’T KNOW THESE ROOKIES

BY NOW, YOU WILL SOON ENOUGH PHOTOGRAPHY TERRY TSIOLIS FASHION JAY MASSACRET 158

MADISON

Hometown: Charleston, SC Biggest Splash: The Fall 2012 Prada campaign TURTLENECK DIANE VON FURSTENBERG PANTS HUDSON BELT STYLIST’S OWN

DAGA

Hometown: Wroclaw, Poland Biggest Splash: The upcoming Tom Ford Beauty campaign TURTLENECK VINCE SHORTS NICOLE MILLER BELT VINTAGE A.P.C.

Hometown: Los Angeles Biggest Splash: Being a high school student one day and discovered by Hedi Slimane the next!

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JULIA

Hometown: Cannes, France Biggest Splash: Starring in Jason Wu’s first-ever campaign

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DRESS LANVIN NECKLACE DAVID YURMAN

Digital technician Nick Bean (MILK) Stylist assistant Olivia Kozlowski Hair assistants Marcos Diaz and Paul Warren Casting Roger Inniss (Boom Productions Inc) Catering Fabiane’s Café and Pastry Retouching Dtouch Location Root Brooklyn

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JACKET G-STAR SHIRT TRIPP NYC SHIRT (AROUND WAIST) EDUN PANTS NICOLE MILLER

Makeup Niki M’Nray using Chanel (Artlist) Hair Rutger (Streeters) Models Moa Aberg and Susannah Liguori (IMG), Lena Hardt (DNA), Julia Frauche (Next), Daga Ziober and Madison Headrick (Marilyn) Manicure Julie Kandalec (BA-Reps) Photo assistants Sam Rock, Chad Lukaszewski, Stas May

Hometown: Cologne, Germany Biggest Splash: Walked exclusively for Versace and YSL in the Fall 2012 shows

THE ART OF BEAUTY

THE SATURATED HUES AND GILDED ACCENTS OF FALL’S RICH BEAUTY PALETTE ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE BY ARTIST MARILYN MINTER. GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THIS SEASON’S MOST DECADENT LOOKS PHOTOGRAPHY MARILYN MINTER MAKEUP JAMES KALIARDOS

YSL ON LIPS, YSL ROUGE PUR COUTURE THE MATS LIPSTICK IN No 203 ON EYES, YSL DOUBLE ENDED EYE PENCIL IN No 14 AND PURE CHROMATICS EYE SHADOW PALETTE IN No 10

CHANEL NECKLACE CHANEL ON SKIN, CHANEL COCO NOIR ON LIPS, CHANEL GLOSSIMER

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TOM FORD ON EYES, TOM FORD EYE COLOR QUAD IN EMERALD LUST AND EYE DEFINING PENCIL IN EXOTIC TEAL ON LIPS, TOM FORD ULTRA SHINE LIP GLOSS IN NAIVETÉ

BEAUTY EDITOR CAITLIN GAFFEY FASHION CHRISTOPHER BARNARD MODEL FRIDA AASEN (WOMEN) GOLD LEAFING WILLIAM JAY KAHN PHOTO ASSISTANT JOHAN OLANDER LIGHTING TECHNICIAN CHRIS GUNDER RETOUCHING PRIMARY PHOTOGRAPHIC VIDEO EDITOR ALESSANDRO MAGANIA

ESTÉE LAUDER ON LIPS, ESTÉE LAUDER PURE COLOR VELVET LIPSTICK IN BLACK CASSIS AND PURE COLOR GLOSS IN CHAOTIC CURRENT ON EYES, ESTÉE LAUDER CYBER METALLIC EYESHADOW IN CYBER GOLD

TO SEE A VIDEO OF THIS SHOOT GO TO VMAGAZINE.COM

CLEAN

Can’t go wrong. Goes with everything: work, party, sex, dinner. This nail is fab. I suggest getting them filed with an extra pointy tip to add some personality.

GLAMOROUS

Okay, this is an epic manicure—not for every woman to love, but for every woman to try on or admire. Try these larger rhinestones for a chicer take on crystals. I love the aurora borealis effect.

NAIL OF THE MONTH

Trash elegance. This is the Born This Way Ball nail, the one I wear in the show. It’s meant to be the nail bed of an alien, pretty princess, or Polly Pocket fugitive—aka iridescent glitter under a translucent pink tone gel.

Any questions?

PHOTOGRAPHY SPENCER HIGGINS NAILS AND MANICURE AYA FUKUDA USING SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS LADY GAGA ARTWORK RUBEN TER-SARKISSIAN HAND MODEL CHRISTINA AMBERS (PARTS MODELS LLC) PHOTO ASSISTANT JASON FALCHOOK RETOUCHING VIEW IMAGING HAND ILLUSTRATION ELI ROSENBLOOM SPECIAL THANKS LANE BENTLEY

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For the creative!

I’M OBSESSED WITH THIS NAIL. It is TRUE RED LEATHER UPHOLSTERY. Great for a special occasion or photo opportunity. Careful when you are eating. Find a Japanese nail artist to make these for you—you need a good nail technician to pull these off.

The beauty is in the art of illusion. From far away they are sexy, clean, and rounded red, but close-up your nails are teeny-tiny designer handbags.

The texture is beautiful!

SEXY

I love this nail because it’s a little more dangerous.

There is nothing sexier than a woman who could either kiss you or gun you down! I love to put a lover’s initials in the jewels, it makes it fun!

V MAGAZINE GAGA MEMO No. 7 HOLD ON. BEFORE YOU READ, THIS YOU MUST BE AWARE THAT MANICURES ARE EXTREMELY UNDERRATED! YOU MAY ALREADY BE ROLLING YOUR EYES, BUT PLEASE LET ME GET A WORD IN ABOUT THIS! I find that any woman—no matter how stylishly she is dressed—is instantly above the rest if well-manicured. I know this may sound harsh, but perhaps if I beat it into you, you will CUT THOSE CUTICLES. TAKE the time for yourself, do it more frequently, just to stay in a nice self-compassionate habit. Grab a coffee and a magazine, this moment is just for you. Also, if you don’t have the money, doing it at home by yourself is an excellent hobby (spring for fun nail products to make this more enjoyable), and tell your friends that manicure-related products make good gifts! If you are not pressed for cash, find and kidnap the best nail technician in your city and make her your best friend (when you’re trying to close that deal with Coca-Cola, your shiny talons will come in handy, I promise).

SIX REASONS YOU SHOULD DO THIS: 1 HAVING A PERFECT MANICURE INSTANTLY MAKES YOU FEEL BEAUTIFUL AND CLEAN. 2 YOU’LL BE READY FOR SEX OR TO PUT A PENIS IN YOUR HAND. 3 IT’S A WAY FOR YOU TO EXPRESS YOURSELF (CAREFUL HOW YOU DO THAT).

4 IT FORCES YOU TO SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING TIME FOR YOURSELF. 5 IT BOOSTS YOUR SELF-ESTEEM EVERYDAY. 6 IT PROJECTS AN IMAGE OF SUCCESS, WHICH IS GOOD FOR BIZ. So, for my dear veteran salon goers, I’m including some more adventurous options and tips on how I like to do my nails. Thank you to my amazing manicurists, Aya, Emma, Marian, and Deborah, for always taking care of my prims. And to Freddie for gluing on my nails, Brandon for telling me when I need a manicure, and Tara for telling me I don’t. LADY GAGA P.S. Ladies in lights, in the magazines, and on red carpets—know that I am judging your cuticles...but that’s about it.

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SMOKE AND MIRRORS

FAMED EDITOR AND V CONTRIBUTOR CARINE ROITFELD IS GETTING INTO THE BEAUTY BIZ WITH A NEW M.A.C COLLABORATION. THE SULTRY LOOK INSPIRED BY “LAST NIGHT’S PARTY” HAS NEVER BEEN SO CHIC PHOTOGRAPHY SPENCER HIGGINS

M.A.C COSMETICS CARINE ROITFELD COLLECTION FROM LEFT: LIPSTICK IN TROPICAL MIST FULL FACE KITS IN JUNGLE CAMOUFLAGE AND DESERT CAMOUFLAGE MINERALIZE CONCEALER IN NC33 KOHL POWER EYE PENCIL IN FELINE NAIL LACQUER IN UNDERFIRE RED

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dark, like it’s falling apart. I find that charming.”

To conjure its creator’s pleasantly imperfect appeal, the assortment includes a selection of shadow palettes, kohl pencils, and brow powders. But unlike limited-edition collabs that focus squarely on color, this one is rounded out with basics, like liquid foundation, and tools that are both functional (a sleek lash curler) and fanciful (a stencil in the shape of a star).

“I’ve always been like this, for 25 years,” Roitfeld says of her signature look. “I didn’t change, but people didn’t notice before.”

Rest assured, they are certainly noticing now. MS. V

Retouching View Imaging

Having mastered the art of fashion, style arbiter Carine Roitfeld is adding to her repertoire by conquering the beauty world. This fall she launches not only a new magazine (ahem, CR Fashion Book, a new biannual from the company that publishes V) but also a limited-edition cosmetics line with M.A.C. The Carine Roitfeld Collection celebrates the famed editrix’s iconic visage with products that can be used to mimic her smoldering eyes and bold brows. “Makeup can help you capture a moment,” she says. “My makeup is a little bit messy, and it’s not perfect. Yet I think it is still a success. I like my makeup a little bit

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TRUTH OR BARE AN ACTRESS WHOSE ART KNOWS NO BOUNDS, NICOLE KIDMAN HAS MADE A CAREER OUT OF GOING TO EXTREMES. EQUAL PARTS GLAMAZON AND UNDERDOG, BOTH FEARLESS AND INNOCENT, SHE IS UPPING THE ANTE ONCE AGAIN IN THE PAPERBOY, LEE DANIELS’S CAMPY HOMAGE TO THE SOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY MARIO TESTINO FASHION CARLYNE CERF DE DUDZEELE TEXT JACOB BERNSTEIN

COAT TOM FORD BRA AND BRIEFS DEBORAH MARQUIT EARRINGS PATRICIA FIELD

DRESS LANVIN BRA AND BRIEFS VICTORIA’S SECRET BELT PATRICIA FIELD JEWELRY NOIR SHOES MANOLO BLAHNIK ON EYES, CHANEL EYESHADOW OMBRE ESSENTIELLE INFINI ON FACE, CHANEL POWDER ROUTE DES INDES DE CHANEL

COAT DIANE VON FURSTENBERG TOP AND EARRINGS PATRICIA FIELD

BRA VICTORIA’S SECRET ON EYES, CHANEL MASCARA INIMITABLE INTENSE NOIR

DRESS MIU MIU PINK BRA VICTORIA’S SECRET GREEN BRA COSABELLA SHORTS PATRICIA FIELD EARRINGS NOIR BRACELET ALEXIS BITTAR SHOES MANOLO BLAHNIK ON LIPS CHANEL LIPGLOSS LÈVRES SCINTILLANTES PLAISIR

cene: a photo studio in downtown Manhattan. Windows overlooking the West

Side Highway. Heaps of designer clothing line the racks. Loads of ’80s-inspired costume jewelry, all of it neon or metallic. If it doesn’t glow in the dark or you can’t check out the state of your teeth on it, back it went. Laptops everywhere, making sure each shot is perfect, perfect, perfect.

At the center of it all: World-class photographer Mario Testino, who is orchestrating the proceedings, and world-class movie star Nicole Kidman, with whom he is absolutely, completely, totally head over heels in lauve.

“Beautiful, beautiful,” Testino is saying as Kidman purses her lips and looks intently into the camera, pretty young fashion assistants, hunky set designers, and various crew members hovering around. “You are so hot it is beyond! Look at your body! It is incredible!”

Now would be the appropriate time to tell you what the actress is wearing, but at the moment the answer is, well, almost nothing.

For a while, the shoot was going ordinarily enough. The woman of the hour primped and posed in pieces from Chanel, Lanvin, Miu Miu, and the like. But then, her figure being just too sick for words, the clothes came flying off. We have now reached the point at which Kidman is lying on the ground in a bra and panties with a red fur coat falling off her, in what is sometimes referred to in fashion circles as the dead girl pose.

Most any other actress of her caliber (there aren’t many) would likely say, “You know what? I don’t think so.” Or someone from her camp would swoop in and with a tap on the shoulder inform the stylist and creative team that things were going just a bit too far.

But not Kidman. In fact, the only protestations coming from her rep, Leslee Dart, are that 1) the shoot is running over and Nicole could miss her plane, and 2) who on earth is going to help get all this bronze body paint off her?

No, everything is totally calm, because Kidman likes taking risks. Having been in the industry for more than half of her 45 years, she has learned to trust her instincts, and her collaborators. “I don’t really make decisions,” she says just after the shoot, having changed into some running clothes and retired to a couch in a quiet corner of the studio. “I go with the flow. If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career. But I would be more outlandish if I could.

A lot of times you just don’t get the chance.”

Such an outré opportunity did however present itself in the form of her latest film. On October 5, Kidman hits movie theaters once again in The Paperboy, directed by Lee Daniels (of Precious fame).

To say that this film is a risky one is something of an understatement.

A black comedy/neo-noir, it’s about a journalist (Matthew McConaughey) and his younger brother (Zac Efron) attempting to rescue a man from death row (John Cusack). Kidman plays a woman named Charlotte who obsessively writes to inmates. She strikes up correspondences with dozens of them, finally settling on Cusack as the man she’d like to marry.

The first time Charlotte visits her incarcerated paramour, she winds up feigning oral sex in front of his legal counsel. A few scenes later, she goes to the beach with Efron…and urinates all over him when he gets stung by a school of jellyfish.

“The peeing thing, I didn’t think was that weird, because I was in character,” Kidman says. “That was for the jellyfish. And for me it said so much about Charlotte. One, she’s protecting him. Two, she’s tough as nails and no one else is going to pee on this guy. All of that made total sense to me.

I just went for it and didn’t overthink it.”

As sweetly self-assured as she is, Kidman’s stature nevertheless tends to intimidate. As Daniels tells me by phone later on, he’d initially been apprehensive about working with her. During the prep for the film, he danced around her like a starstruck schoolboy. “I was terribly nervous working with her in the beginning,” he says. “It was so hard to remember she was a person. She could see I was in awe. And she said, ‘Lee, you’ve got to direct me. I’m just a working girl.’”

The director was quick to reply: “I said, ‘Alright bitch, let’s go,’ and we jumped off the cliff together, into Charlotte-land.”

Their first day on set, Kidman and Cusack did a brutal sex scene atop a washing machine, in which he nearly strangles her to death. “I said, ‘If she can get through this, she can get through anything,” Daniels recalls. “At a certain point, I saw the bruises on her legs. So I said, ‘Nicole, are you okay?’ She lied. ‘I’m fine,’ she said. She wasn’t fine. I could see the bruises. But she kept going.”

And going and going and going...

To understand how Kidman got to this creative ledge, it makes sense to go back in time to her childhood, which took place first in Honolulu (where she was born) and then Australia (where her parents were from).

Fair skinned and red-headed, she was forbidden as a girl from going in the sun between the hours of 10 am and 3 pm, even on beach trips. So a young Nicole would retire to her room and

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pour through Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Flaubert. “At the time I thought it was the cruelest thing, and

and I’m like, ‘We really should bring the kids.’ And then the kids come down and the whole dynamic

now I know it was the greatest gift,” she says. “I probably had a strong sexuality as a child, so that informs all that yearning and wanting things, and the hormones that are running through you at a really early age—they all started to surge because of the things I was reading.”

By 12 she was starring in kiddie productions of The Seagull. By 16 she had her first “crawl on hot coals for you” romance (he left her for someone else) and got her first film role, in an Aussie holiday flick, Bush Christmas.

A handful of years later, on the set of Days of Thunder, she met Tom Cruise, the world’s most famous Scientologist. The couple’s marriage lasted ten years, and resulted in two adopted children, before he blindsided her with a quickie divorce. (In a karmic twist, Cruise recently suffered the same fate at the hands of now ex-wife Katie Holmes. The topic is completely off-limits for Kidman, especially given reports that she was one of the many who advised Holmes.)

Brokenhearted, Kidman signed on with director Stephen Daldry to do The Hours (an adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel), for which she donned a prosthetic nose to play Virginia Woolf. The project was her way of making lemonade out of lemons. “If you’re being completely drained in your personal life and you’re never being nourished there, it’s very hard to make it work,” she says. “But sometimes, if you meet the right person who will mine it, and you’re open to being mined, it can really work. Stephen was able to mine me. I was crazy in love with him, and so I was like, I’ll do whatever, because I love you. I gave him every part of me that I could give him.”

And in March 2003, Kidman won the Oscar for Best Actress.

Over the next several years, she made a number films, some of them great (Margot at the Wedding, Rabbit Hole), some of them less so (The Stepford Wives, The Invasion).

But her reputation as a brave actress with considerable range was never much debated, and in 2005 she found love again, with country musician Keith Urban. The pair were engaged after a three-month courtship (“part of my spontaneousness, I guess,” she laughs) and went on to have two children together.

Urban has a child from a previous relationship as well, and today the quintet lives largely in Nashville, far away from the glare of the paparazzi and the ridiculousness of the red carpet. “It’s so fun, and it’s also really private,” she says. “I had no problems moving down there.”

Like most couples with small children, Kidman and Urban struggle some with the demands of work and play, parenthood and romance. A little while back, Kidman says, she organized a getaway for the two of them, to celebrate their anniversary. “I rented this beautiful house on the beach.

I thought, We’ll go and swim in the ocean and just get lost in each other. So we go down, just us,

changes. Another time, we got one night, and then we were both in tears. It was ridiculous. But time

is so precious and I love the sound of them and the feel of them. I just don’t want to miss anything, and I don’t want them to go ‘Where’s my mom?’ So I’m working through that.”

As we talk about her family life, it becomes increasingly clear that while she may be willing to get almost naked for a Testino shoot, there is nothing exhibitionistic about her. Indeed a serious gulf exists between what she’s willing to do as a performer and who she is in real life. She’s certainly not the hilariously diabolical woman she played in To Die For. In fact, she is rather shy. And she is nothing like Virginia Woolf.

Says Philip Kaufman, one of many directors who has worked with Kidman and gone gaga for her: “She’s completely normal and family-oriented, but she’s very perceptive, so she is able to transform herself into something that is amazing and surprising. She can play Nicole Kidman, which is the mark of a true star, but she also has that other quality of being an actor, like Meryl Streep.” Adds John Cameron Mitchell, who directed Kidman in Rabbit Hole: “She seems like a princess, but she’s a real guerrilla fighter, and she does what needs to be done for the role.”

This puts her in a pretty good position career-wise. After The Paperboy she’ll be appearing in Stoker, a mystery directed by Park Chan-wook, the South Korean auteur behind 2003 cult classic Oldboy. Then she will switch it up once again, playing Grace Kelly in Grace of Monaco. She has even signed on to do a cameo in The Nymphomaniac, an upcoming Lars von Trier film.

Von Trier has been something of an industry pariah since making statements at the Cannes Film Festival last year that were arguably anti-Semitic, but Kidman—who collaborated with him on 2003’s Dogville—refuses to abandon the director. “He’s going to do another thing that is going to shock the world,” she says with a laugh. “Charlotte Gainsbourg is doing the lead, but Lars sent me the piece and said, ‘I wrote a part for you.’ He’s done that before and I’ve gone, ‘No you didn’t, Lars, and I’m not playing it.’ But this time I really liked the character, and I like Lars. I think he has made some terrible, terrible statements and mistakes, but I don’t think he really meant what he said. If he did, then I would not be friends with him.”

“You know,” she shrugs, “he does strange stuff. He tried to get me to come out in a dog collar.”

“At Cannes,” interrupts Dart, who’s now come over to wrap things up.

“And sometimes you just say, ‘Shut up, Lars,’ ‘Put your clothes on, Lars,’” Kidman says. “I swear, you do say that to him. But there’s different philosophers in the world, and some of them are going to be extreme and controversial and some of them aren’t. And we need both.”

“I WAS TERRIBLY NERVOUS WORKING WITH HER IN THE BEGINNING..

SHE COULD SEE I WAS IN AWE. AND SHE SAID, ‘LEE, YOU’VE GOT TO DIRECT ME. I’M JUST A WORKING GIRL.’ AND I SAID, ‘ALRIGHT BITCH, LET’S GO,’ AND WE JUMPED OFF THE CLIFF TOGETHER, INTO CHARLOTTE-LAND.” –LEE DANIELS

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THE VOICE WITH MORE THAN 200 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD WORLDWIDE, ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST GLAMOROUS VOCAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME CONTINUES HER REIGN AS AN INTERNATIONAL ICON WITH A HIGH-FLYING VEGAS REVUE. SEE CELINE DION AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HER BEFORE PHOTOGRAPHY SEBASTIAN FAENA FASHION CARLYNE CERF DE DUDZEELE TEXT DEREK BLASBERG

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“I’VE ALWAYS BEEN SCARED OF THE INDUSTRY. WHY? BECAUSE I THINK IT’S A PLACE WHERE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. IT’S A ‘YES’ PLACE. ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE SUCCESS.” –CELINE DION

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“I’VE BEEN AN OPEN BOOK ALL MY LIFE, AND I THINK THAT’S WHY PEOPLE LIKE ME. I’VE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR IT, BUT I’M NOT FORCING MYSELF TO BE THE PERSON THAT YOU SEE.” –CELINE DION n a Wednesday night in June, Celine Dion’s preconcert meeting room is buzzing with activity.

A wood-paneled fortress nestled below the Colosseum—the 4,000-seat theater at Caesar’s Palace built specifically for the icon in 2003— Dion’s lair is filled with a disparate group of superfans: big spenders from the casino, contest winners, and young people suffering terminal illnesses, all united by their love of one of the highest-grossing musicians in history, all waiting their turn to meet with the megastar.

When Dion swans into the room, time stops and all eyes land on the singer. With the patience of a saint and an honest-to-goodness sincerity, she greets each guest individually, one minute high-fiving a casino baller, the next crouched down on one knee, tears in her eyes, telling a young girl with cancer how happy she is to see her.

Moments later the star shifts from lighting up the room to igniting the stage. And for a hundred scintillating minutes she performs her best-known ballads, pop hits, and even an Adele medley. Throughout, she makes adoringly corny jokes, which her dedicated fans thoroughly appreciate. (Can you imagine Madonna building a whole bit around the rhyme “It’s been a pleasure in every measure?”) She moves about the stage like a cross between a ballerina and a drag queen. The whole show revolves around her; the only other participant, besides a 30-piece orchestra, is a hologram of (you guessed it) Celine, which joins her in a duet.

For the grand finale, Dion takes flight, her gown flapping in the wind as waterfalls cascade all around her. Seven standing ovations and an encore later, the crowd files out into the sweat-suited, smoky mass of Caesar’s casino, smiles plastered on their faces.

Many then flock to the Celine Dion gift shop to buy programs, T-shirts, shot glasses, wine corks, feathered boas, military caps, key chains, clutch bags, and rhinestone-encrusted watches, all emblazoned with the performer’s face and logo.

“I’ve been an open book all my life, and I think that’s why people like me,” Dion says after the show. She is petite, polite, and lets her Québecois accent slip when not using her stage voice. “I’ve been criticized for it, but I’m not forcing myself to be the person that you see.” For this story—her first non-promotional photo shoot in six years—Celine channeled her inner playfulness. “I’m like this in my real life,” she says, smiling. “I was scared a little bit because this was so different for me, but I’m glad I did it. Usually there’s always a reason when I do a photo shoot, there’s not the opportunity to go crazy. With this it was two in the morning and I was still jumping on the trampoline. In the house, in my normal life, we are always playing. It doesn’t seem this way on stage, but I’m playing a lot.”

The over-the-top Vegas revue is an extension of Dion’s life, which is quite traditional when she’s not suspended in midair, a kind of singing unicorn. She revels in the time that she shares with her two-year-old twins, eleven-year-old son, and husband, René Angélil, the man who mortgaged his house to jumpstart the career of a skinny French Canadian teenager with the voice of an angel. (“He has been the only man in my life,” says Dion.)

For the artist, there is no line between Celine onstage and Celine offstage. “For me to tell someone that my husband had cancer, that we were struggling to have kids, or whatever we’ve gone through, talking about my life lets people know the real me.”

Dion takes pleasure in involving her fans. “I’ve shared everything with them,” she says, which she believes is the reason they’re

so loyal. “They come for the whole package. I don’t think they just come for the songs.”

She is a passionate, honest, and open performer whose public face reflects who she really is, which as she attests is something uncommon in show business. Think about Whitney Houston, whose polished exterior in front of the cameras belied a more tragic reality. When Houston comes up in conversation, Dion looks sullen. “I’ve always been scared of the industry. Why? Because I think it’s a place where anything is possible. It’s a ‘yes’ place.

Especially if you have success,” she says, adding that her big family has provided a network that keeps her out of trouble. “And then you think that you have family and friends, true friends. But then sometimes the love of a family is not strong enough to overcome.” She mentions Michael Jackson, whose music appears in the show, but Houston’s fate seems to have affected her more.

“I was just in shock when Whitney’s life had been taken because of drugs. It’s a big loss for all of us.”

The performer on her radar now is Adele. “I think her whole image is good,” she says. “Very sophisticated for her age: the nails, the dresses, the hair, the size, and her talents as a songwriter and a singer. She’s the total package. The way that she is will definitely help the new generation of girls accept themselves.”

The Adele medley in her concert is a new addition. “I wish I could sing the whole album!” she jokes.

Dion’s drive is incomparable. It’s like she was born to do her job. “I was brought into this world to do this, no doubt,” she asserts. When I compare her to Michael Phelps, the record-breaking Olympic swimmer whose physique seems to have been genetically designed to excel in the water, she cheers “I agree!” before raising her hand for an enthusiastic high five. “I really never had time to dream about my life,” she confesses. “I was five and my brothers and sisters were dressing me up on the kitchen table and making me sing Janis Joplin songs, and I didn’t even know what I was saying.” Her favorite story about her early days was when she made one of her first TV appearances, in a handmade dress, to sing a song written by her mom. “We couldn’t afford new shoes, so my Mom painted my red patent leather shoes white. The paint started to crack by the end.”

Well, Dion can afford new shoes now. Lots of them. (Her concert includes seven costume changes, all couture dresses that she personally commissioned from Armani, Versace, Elie Saab, and Balmain.) She’s made hundreds of millions of dollars in Vegas, toured the world, and has double-platinum records hanging on her wall and five Grammys sitting on her mantle. Yet with all that she’s achieved, it’s motherhood that has brought her the most satisfaction. “I thought I had a life before, but until I was a mom, I had no idea. Why would I want a hit? Why would I want to win awards? There is nothing I can hope and wish for my career: I can just hope to be blessed as a mother for the rest of my life the way I am now. That’s the only nomination I want.” And she’s serious. Asked what she would like her legacy to be, she doesn’t pick a record or soundtrack. “Motherhood,” she says. “Without a doubt. I did not lose myself to try to realize a dream. Everyone thinks that now I’ve climbed this ladder and I’m at the top of the top of the top. I really see the opposite. When I was five and nine and twelve, I was on the top of the ladder and I was looking down.

My head was in the clouds. In time I came down the ladder. I’m a mother now. I’m more grounded now than ever before.” And with that she gives me a close, warm hug, the kind one gets from a lifelong friend, then gracefully departs to remove her makeup and return to her brood at home, where the star is simply Mom.

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WATCHING KIM KARDASHIAN LIVE THE LAVISH LIFE IN L.A. HAS BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL PASTIME. AND JUST WHEN IT SEEMED LIKE HER BUBBLE HAD BURST, SHE BOUNCED BACK—WITH A NEW BOYFRIEND AND A SLEEK NEW STYLE, HAVING LEARNED A LITTLE PRIVACY GOES A LONG WAY PHOTOGRAPHY NICK KNIGHT FASHION ELLIE GRACE CUMMING TEXT PATRIK SANDBERG 218

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The voice that purrs on the other end of the line belongs to Kim Kardashian, though it could easily be mistaken for that of a Disney princess…or a phone-sex operator. The reality, as is often the case when it comes to Kim, is more surreal than fiction: over the past five years and through seven seasons of her hit cable reality show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians—along with several spin-offs and an over-the-top wedding special—the doe-eyed, supernaturally beautiful girl from Calabasas, California, has blossomed—no, ballooned—into a megawatt celebrity, TV star, branding impresario, retail CEO, and ubiquitous media fixation whose every move is documented by either paparazzi or her own camera crew, everywhere from Dublin to Dubai. Today, she’s back in Los Angeles following a whirlwind trip to Europe (and a stop in Atlantic City) with her new boyfriend, Kanye West.

“I had to make sure I was here for when Kourtney was going to give birth,” she says, referring to the arrival of her older sister’s new child, a baby girl named Penelope. Conversing with Kim feels laid-back and familiar; when discussing her relatives she offers first names only and no additional explanation—but who would need it? Episodes of the family’s serial docudrama rake in upward of three million viewers a night (not to mention both legal and illicit online downloads), and the story lines are supplemented by a neverending chronicle of their activity across social media platforms and in the tabloids. In other words, even if you haven’t been keeping up with them, they’ve probably somehow found their way to you.

“We’re all so exhausted by the end of a season, especially this one,” she says. “So it feels good to just chill out and not really do much.

I finished filming the day I went to Paris, it was the perfect little trip to get away. Paris is one of my favorite cities and it’s always been a dream of mine to be out there during fashion week, so I was just kind of soaking it all in.”

Not long ago, the thought of Kim in the front row of the Paris couture shows seemed a bit of a stretch. Fashion hasn’t been quick to embrace reality TV stars, many of whom vanish into obsolescence as swiftly as they arrived. On top of this, the recent controversy surrounding Kim’s larger-than-life 2011 wedding and subsequent 72-day marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries had many writing her off as an attention-seeking stunt queen…not the type of press the famously insular fashion world is interested in courting. But her connection to budding fashion designer/megaproducer/hip-hop impresario West has her back in the meme cycle— the public has spoken: they are “Kimye”—and many noticed a subtle transformation when Kim debuted a sleek, sophisticated new look at the Cannes Film Festival and around town in London.

Gone were the hair extensions, false eyelashes, and skintight ensembles, replaced by a straight, shoulder-length haircut, natural

makeup, and simple yet stunning pieces by Lanvin, Céline, and Givenchy. Photographer Nick Knight was one of the first to take notice, and the story seen here is the result.

“I met Nick in London,” Kim recalls. “He came to one of my boyfriend’s concerts, the Watch the Throne tour. He took out his iPhone and snapped a picture of Kanye and me, and even on a little iPhone camera he captured the moment so perfectly. We hit it off and we were like, We need to do a real shoot and not just a shoot on an iPhone!”

While the media has speculated that the evolution of Kim’s look can be attributed to the influence of her new beau, she explains that its roots run deeper than that. “It came from me taking time away at the end of last year and the beginning of this year and really simplifying my life,” she says. “I went and stayed at my mom’s house for like four months, and I didn’t bring any makeup, high heels, or anything. I just brought sweats, workout clothes, and pajamas. It was so refreshing to me! Spending more time in Paris and traveling has broadened my fashion horizon and my palette of what I want to wear. I love makeup. I love the glitz and the glam, but I think there are just different ways to go about it now.” Still, she admits, there is a ’Ye factor. “Obviously having a stylish boyfriend who has helped introduce me to things and opened up my vision has been an inspiration and has helped me change it up a little bit and become more sophisticated. Being with him, designing and doing things, that’s been motivating to me and has taught me a lot. I’m just thankful.”

Another aspect of Kim’s new relationship is the mutual appreciation for respite from the public glare. “Before, I wouldn’t have valued privacy as much as I do now,” she says, alluding to her turbulent year. “I think anyone I’m in a relationship with can really appreciate the things I’ve gone through to bring me here, because I probably wouldn’t have fought for that privacy before. Being with someone who’s more private but who understands public life, we have an understanding. It’s a good balance.”

Believe it or not, fashion is where Kim’s career started out.

“I think that some people think we opened our store, D-A-S-H, on the show, but when we got the show offer we were thinking of it as a way to promote our store. Styling and fashion have always been my number one job, or obviously my first passion.

Our goal had always been to promote the store by doing the show, and then we realized our dream life would be to have our own clothing line. Never in a million years did we think that we could go way more mass with it and have a Kardashian collection at Sears and a QVC clothing line. We weren’t even thinking that big.” She doesn’t bother to mention her five fragrances or the cosmetics line that she and her sisters are launching for the impending holiday season.

Kim and kompany are so big, in fact, they’ve inspired an impressive pop-cultural iconography, the pageantry and specificity of which is normally reserved for the most monumental of stars. When it comes to encountering renderings of herself and her family, whether in spoofery, drag, or professional impersonation, Kim says, “I find it super flattering. My friends and I joke, we’re like ‘Oh, that’s so 2007 Kim K.’ The tight dress, the curls, the wavy hair parted in the middle with the nude lip and the smoky eye—they tend to go with that look. I get it and I’m flattered by it, but I don’t think that it’s accurate. I look at my wax figure and

I’m like, Oh my God, I would never dress like that. But it’s kind of cool. Immortalized as a waxed figure? It’s definitely an honor to have that.” Indeed, anything from a dress to a pair of earrings to a hair flip can be labeled “very Kardashian” by the pop-savvy public; the family name and brand has become its own adjective. The user-generated slang website UrbanDictionary.com includes “a beautiful nobody” among other offensive and more vulgar definitions.

“It’s always funny to me when people say that I’m famous for being famous,” Kim says, frankly. “I think it’s fascinating, because it’s still entertainment, you know? It’s fun to see the progression of that idea. I don’t take offense to it at all. I’m not naïve to the fact that I’m not a singer or an actress or anything like that. I’ve never claimed to be anything that I’m not. I think [reality] is still a new form of entertainment that was kind of an unexpected thing.”

Perhaps this sensibility, too, reflects the influence of Kanye. She offers a curious analogy: “It reminds me of rap music.”

“When rap music first came out, people were like, We don’t understand this, what is this, it’s just a fad. But rap music is definitely here to stay, and I think reality shows have proven they are as well. But when something is newer, people don’t really understand it.” As more television genres go the way of the analog tube, why shouldn’t there be room to explore the potential of a new family dynamic?

“You can see that soap operas aren’t on the air as much anymore. I think reality shows are taking over that genre, but I think the draw to our show is that we are relatable. I get it all the time, people saying, ‘I don’t have any sisters, but you make me feel like I’m part of the family,’ or, ‘I have four sisters and it reminds me of you guys!’ I think it’s just a new world with social media. The interaction I have with my fans and the access is so much fun to me. I love that connection.”

When asked if she can see herself earning enough respect to one day be revered like television greats such as Lucille Ball or Susan Lucci, Kim grows impassioned. “I think there was a quote where somebody said that reality stars will never get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. So, of course I’m so competitive that I think that it would be a huge achievement and a goal that anyone would want. I would love to break that mold.”

Whether or not Hollywood comes around, Kim is, apparently, coming to Hollywood. For her next feat, she’ll tackle a featured role in the upcoming Tyler Perry movie, The Marriage Counselor.

Will acting for the screen really prove to be that different from simply living on it? “It’s a departure,” she says of her role as a therapist. “In real life, I’m definitely not a marriage counselor. I shouldn’t be giving marriage advice to anyone! It was pretty ironic, especially at the time that I was filming it, but it was therapeutic. It’s sort of my motto in life that I’ll try anything once that is outside my comfort zone, and if I don’t like it I won’t do it again.

But acting I liked.”

With her show renewed for three more seasons, there will be plenty of time to catch more of Kim, though this may be the last time the family signs on the dotted line. “To have more episodes than were shot of I Love Lucy and more seasons than The Andy Griffith Show will be such an accomplishment. But we’ll reevaluate after ten seasons, and if it’s not fun anymore or if we’re just ready, we’ll let it go,” she says. “I don’t think any of us would have a problem with that. We’d all probably enjoy a little bit of privacy.” That’s so 2012 2PT 2

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aetitia Casta arrives alone, five minutes earlier than arranged. Dressed in a simple saffron yellow cotton sundress under a black leather jacket, she appears about a decade younger than her 34 years. Indeed, the mother of three could easily pass for a ravishingly pretty ingénue, especially when she walks across the floor of a Parisian brasserie as if lit by her own personal spotlight. In spite of her radiance, she’s unusually grounded and direct. Casta may be a huge star in France—she’s made hit films and appeared in top advertising campaigns, was a muse to the late Yves Saint Laurent, and in 1999 was selected as the face of Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic and liberty—but she wears her fame lightly.

Keen to conduct the interview in English, Casta admits that she is “not so happy” about her command of the language. “I have a big accent,” she says with a soft smile. “And it’s quite hard to do films in the States with an accent.” Nevertheless the multitalented beauty is about to shine again, in her first American film—the thriller Arbitrage—playing the mistress of Richard Gere, who portrays a high-powered businessman. “Although my part is really small, I felt I could do something with it,” she says. Describing Gere as “a cool, sweet guy,” she says that she admired his attitude and “how you forget that he’s Richard Gere.” Casta was also excited to work with director Nicholas Jarecki on his first narrative feature.

Arbitrage is the opposite of what Casta has been aiming to avoid, namely the big commercial film requiring her to “play the big, pretty girl.” Lionsgate produced Arbitrage while Weinstein Co. is releasing an English version of The War of the Buttons, which stars Casta and is set in occupied France, during the Second World War. Harvey Weinstein—the powerful force behind the latter project—has known Casta since 2001. “We met at the Cannes Film Festival when I was promoting Les Ames Fortes,” she says. “He was very critical and said, ‘You’ve got to stop making movies like this,’ and I said, ‘Listen, I was young then, and I needed to learn.’”

The massive Weinstein confronting the petite Casta must have presented a rather amusing David and Goliath image, and indeed the French actress’s courage has served her well. At the age of 15, she was discovered by a model agent while building sand castles, and since then she

has successfully vamped it up for photographers like Jean-Paul Goude, Mario Testino, and Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. She has never had a single acting lesson, yet she has been hailed for her honesty on screen, garnering acclaim for her performance in Born in 68—which required her to age throughout—and her portrayal of Brigitte Bardot in Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life. The biopic about the amorous singer led to seven César nominations, including one for Casta, for Best Supporting Actress. “When I am photographed or acting, I am playing a role,” she says demurely. “I turn it on and I turn it off. In reality I am pretty shy about my body, but professionally I know how to switch into character. I need to feel that.”

For this shoot, Casta was not shy about posing with Karl Lagerfeld’s beloved cat, Choupette.

“She is an unusually beautiful cat, and it was a lovely experience,” she says. “Karl is so cultured.

He arrived and was very surrounded, but I told him that I want to have lunch alone with him.

I am interested in one-on-one.”

This fall in France, she’ll be seen in films including Hump Day—a light comedy that spoofs the porn industry, directed by Yvan Attal (the longtime paramour of Charlotte Gainsbourg)—and Les Adorés, which is based on Édouard Stern, the billionaire banker who was found dead in a latex bodysuit. Benoît Poelvoorde—the brilliant albeit temperamental Belgian actor—plays the role of Stern, while Casta is once again cast as the mistress. “That film was really dark,” she says, adding that Poelvoorde was an inspiration. “He’s very raw and sensitive, but I like creative, fragile people. They touch and move me.”

And on that note she begins talking about her special relationship with the legendary Saint Laurent. “He was so shy, but so was I,” she says. “We needed each other like two people who decide to take the plunge and go underwater.” And the feeling was clearly reciprocated. When the designer and his partner Pierre Bergé first introduced Casta on the YSL runway, Marilyn Monroe's recording of “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” served as the soundtrack.

“They both said, ‘Do what you want,’ and so I started to dance and play. Afterwards Saint Laurent said, ‘Well, one day, Laetitia, you’ll be an actress.’ So it all started there. I don’t think you meet so many people like that in your life. He taught me. I had no idea about anything.”

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