August 23, 2004 Issue
Cover Story
Everyone Is A Model
Looking good in a city where the street is like a runway
Features
Instant Cover Girl
No actual models were used to make this fashion issue.
Donna Karan’s Vision Quest
Donna Karan sold her design company and lost her husband in the same year. Now there’s a new Donna (with a thirtysomething boyfriend) being born. Portrait of a seeker in mid-voyage.
How to Be a Park Avenue Princess
Nan Kempner offers up her apartment, and her advice, to three bright young things
Human Shields
Almost 25 years after she appeared as an impossibly slender, untouchable Calvin Klein model, Brooke Shields is a New York mom just as vulnerable as her fellow passengers on the local train.
The Graduates
How four Parsons class of 2004 designers spend one ambitious summer.
Extreme Brand Loyalty
Meet three fashion obsessives, including one with 85 Chanel suits
Sweathampton
Inside a Hamptons share house where the inhabitants care less about meeting the famous than about how much they tip.
Mister T
Dov Charney, American Apparel's unusual CEO, stretches his knit empire.
Fashion Detective
Playing detective in a search for fashion's next trend
Men on the Street
Jack McCollough and Lazaro
Hernandez, the duo behind
the women’s line Proenza Schouler,
dress six regular guys in variations
on American classics
Across a
Crowded Room
A trip into the lives of four fabulous New Yorkers we spotted at
a party, minus that awkward morning after.
Field Trip
A visit to the country with
fashion-forward creations�and
the art students who might
actually wear them
Departments
Letters to the Editor
Reades sound off on the Mailers' politics, New York seceding from the Union, and more.
Smart City
Floral Literacy
The art of giving flowers, updated
23 Best Bets
Skate Expectations
Only the finest shoes, boards, and boys’ toys at a skate store without attitude.
Dining Room
If you’re short on both space and money, the solution is Ikea’s Docksta dining table.
This Week's Top Sales: Dosa, Azalea, Michal Golan, Cath Kidston, Eva, Assets London, Diane Von Furstenberg, If, John Varvato and Intermix
Intelligencer
Intelligencer Gossip
More Trouble for Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital... Beach Development Gets Celebrity Support...Political Art, Cielo For Sale
Raising the Barrier
Architects fight terror with style.
Rooney Tunes
Mickey and his eighth wife, Jan, put on a show.
Summer Time
Just how long do you have to wait for a table�or a drink�in August?
A Chef’s Taste Test
Bugs, Romans, Vatel, and other food facts
Party Lines
Protesters are torn between Burning Man and the RNC.
Liberal Arts
A guide to August 2004's politically inclined artistic offerings.
Columnists
The Bottom Line
What to do with ailing drug stocks
Cityside
Time Warner Center’s upscale food court’s falling apart.
Beauty
Weary travelers, rejoice: Suddenly, JFK has two spas.
Test Drive
Unpacking storage spaces
Critics
Don't Look Now
On TV, as in life, surveillance is now inescapable.
Movies
Stephen Fry’s Bright Young Things
Theater
The Shaw Festival proves Canada has us beat on more than health insurance.
Classical Music
�Mostly Mozart� goes from largo to vivace.
Television
This Girl’s Life clouds men’s minds
Restaurants
V Steakhouse gets few things right, and the meat isn’t one.
The Week
New on DVD
Movies Released on DVD this week include: Martin Scorsese Collection, Ella Enchanted, Mayor Of The Sunset Strip, Millennium Mambo, Da Ali G Show: The Complete First Season, Blind Shaft, Happy Days: The Complete First Season
Restaurant Openings & Buzz
Opening this week: Marco New York, Capital Grille, Pollo Campero, Banc Cafe and Tía Pol. Plus, Gael Greene visits Patsy’s Pizzeria and Chef Joey Campanaro finds Peace.
The Top Five Events at Downtown’s Howl! Festival
The best events at downtown’s Howl! festival make us want to holler.
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