August 24, 2009 Issue
Cover Story
Fall Fashion 2009
Wide shoulders and cinched waists, boy-tailoring for girls, buckets of lollipop red,
jackets for the open road, a resurgence of dots, belts for conducting diplomacy, and more. By Harriet Mays Powell
Plus: Exquisite Circus
A gallery of the beautiful chaos surrounding the fashion shows in New York,
Milan, and Paris. Photographs by Marcus Bleasdale
On the Cover: From left, Yulia Kharlapanova, Aleksandra Rastovic, and Sheila Marquez at the Yves Saint Laurent show in Paris; the collection is available at Yves Saint Laurent, 3. E. 57th St., nr. Fifth Ave. (212-980-2970). Photograph by Marcus Bleasdale/VII, for New York Magazine.
Features
Vive Lacroix
If he doesn’t find a backer soon, the legendary couturier may be gone in a pouf. But what, Christian Lacroix wonders, did profit ever have to do with haute couture?
How Could This Happen to Annie Leibovitz?
The $24 million question.
Cuckoo for Coco
As a designer, Coco Chanel became synonymous with modernity. She also jumped into bed with the Third Reich. Audrey Tautou, the latest actress to play her, explains why Chanel’s legend is as enduring as a quilted handbag.
T-Shirt by Darwin
It’s been burned, washed, stoned, dipped in acid, discarded and rediscovered, even shot. The evolution of a once-humble garment.
Tinz & Topp in Tears
The fracturing of an haute-Wasp fairy tale.
Intelligencer
Unhealthy Debate
100 pedestrians polled about our national health-care battle.
The Too-Quiet City
People always disappear from New York in August. But this year’s emptiness feels eerie.
The Post-Hughes Teenager
The fate of Ferris.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
Sweaty Society
Peddling enlightenment in the Hamptons.
47 Minutes With Peter Peterson
The Blackstone Group billionaire reflects on philanthropy and his daughter’s dirty book.
Jim Sturgess: Belfast Over Broadway
It’s three o’clock in the afternoon, and Jim Sturgess is drinking a beer at Molly’s Shebeen.
Blood Work
When Yale refused to show Kate Levant’s project, Zach Feuer gave her keys to his gallery.
Columns
The Biggest Thing Since E-mail
Why the already-soaring smart-phone market is only just beginning to take off.
Strategist
Best Bets
New fall nail-polish shades, shopping on side streets, and more.
The Look Book
�We had Bridget in a very good public school in Tribeca, but she was lopsidedly artistic from the very beginning.�
Sub-Primate
Monkey Bar pulls in plenty of stars, but A-list connections can’t cover for D-grade cooking.
At the Greenmarket
Low-sodium People's Pickles from Rick's Picks and Flying Pigs Farm's leaf-lard pie dough.
Culture
The Muse
Scarlett Johansson plays Brigitte Bardot to Pete Yorn’s Serge Gainsbourg on a new CD.
The Movie Review
Quentin Tarantino’s WWII wet dream of vengeance, Inglourious Basterds, was worth the wait.
Quentin Tarantino’s Girl Power
Tarantino’s films are as much about female empowerment as macho shenanigans.
Arab in America: Cherien Dabis
Onetime The L Word writer Cherien Dabis’s convictions far outweigh her fear of obstacles.
Almost Famous
The Delusional Downtown Divas are spoofing art-world status�and gaining it.
Born Again
John Forté’s hip-hop career was interrupted by prison and saved by George W. Bush.
The Classical Music Review
Mostly Mozart has found its niche: buoyant good fun. (With a little Stockhausen on the side.)
Agenda
The Icee Gets Serious
Espresso addicts are not the sort to be placated with watery iced coffee from the local deli.
Departments
Comments: Week of August 24, 2009
Readers sound off on Obama's media presence, Trail's End Camp, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of August 24, 2009
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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