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94 ParTY PaTrOL
Lagerfeld and Fendi fte Paris couture; Armanis Roman runway show; glitterati give love to
the Louvre; Lacroix stages a Schiaparelli circus
98 ICONS
Theyre back! Oprah Winfrey returns to the big screen; Cher prepares for her rambunctious new
record; Liza Minnelli is ready to work; Celine Dion revives the art of the album; Giorgio Moroder
fnds himself in demand; Linda Evangelista looks back on her work with Meisel; Kate Upton is
Marilyn. Need we say more?

122 mEET THE CErEmONIES

Troy Carters new hit-makers are ready to rock
124 WOrK IN PrOGrESS: VENICE BIENNaLE
Rem Koolhaass double occupancy; Ragnar Kjartanssons epic Hangover; Jesper Justs
immersive landscapes; Kimsoojas beautiful refections; Berlinde de Bruyckeres lovely bones
128 FaNCY FOOTWOrK
Give yourself iconic stature in the seasons loftiest and most luminous shoes
132 BIJOUx KISSES
Famed photographers Inez & Vinoodh share their love with the world, tapping the Misshapes
to wear their new line of charming jewelry for TENTHOUSANDTHINGS

118 V GIrLS
Ashleigh Good goes from a bus stop to the big leagues; Gabourey Sidibe continues her movie-star
reign; Julia Garner steps into the spotlight

134 ExTra
Dolce & Gabbanas brand-new bag and Inez & Vinoodhs debut perfume are but two of
the offerings in store for Fall. Sneak a peek at the coming jewelry, monographs, music, and
not-to-be-missed art openings

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114 POWEr IN NUmBErS

When Rihannas Navy, Gagas Monsters, Beyoncs Beyhive, and Justins Beliebers battle it out
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140 LEgENDS OF PuNK BY HEDi SLiMANE

Five New York City godsLou Reed, David Byrne, Michael Gira, David Johansen, and Joan
Jettsit before Slimanes lens, as Legs McNeil recalls scenes from punk rocks glory days

214 SOON TO BE HEROES BY BRucE WEBER

Continuing his legacy of fnding diamonds in the rough, Bruce Weber uncovers a few guys
youve got to see

146 LADY gAgA BY iNEZ & ViNOODH

The pop pioneer returns with ARTPOP, a rule-breaking record with a new artistic concept. In
four stunning cover stories, Lady Gaga embodies the identities that make up her shape-shifting
whole, and speaks with Marina Abramovi about giving the performance of a lifetime

222 cATHERiNE McNEiL BY SHARiF HAMZA

Portraying the beautiful, brash bombshell Lauren Hutton, Catherine plays show-and-tell with
styling tips that are seasonless

160 JOAN SMALLS BY TOM MuNRO

With an emphasis on energy and fun, the incomparable Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele takes Joan
Smalls on a wild ride inspired by the iconic Tina Turner
176 ANDREEA DiAcONu BY ALASDAiR McLELLAN
One of the seasons most in-demand girls takes to the beach like Venus in Furs, giving a
rock-and-roll edge to a luxury staple

200 guiNEVERE VAN SEENuS BY WiLLY VANDERPERRE

Mixing menswear silhouettes with feminine silks, runway titan Guinevere Van Seenus gives
us the best of both worlds
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240 iNDiE QuEENS BY JAMiE HAWKESWORTH

Chlo Sevigny, Parker Posey, Lili Taylor, Natasha Lyonne, Selma Blair, Rose McGowan,
Gaby Hoffmann, and Jena Malone come together to celebrate their cinematic successes
248 NEXT WAVE SuPERSTARS BY NATHANiEL gOLDBERg
Meet our up-and-coming cast of creative minds currently making strides in art, music, flm,
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256 V PAY TRiBuTE TO OuR uLTiMATE icONS
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188 MiRANDA KERR BY SEBASTiAN FAENA

Embodying the bodacious and audacious adult flm star Cicciolina, Miranda shows skin in
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230 NEW MODELS BY ANTHONY MAuLE

Adorned in downtown-inspired ensembles from Falls coolest collections, Kremi, Irene,
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it all; Cher chats with the Scissor Sisters Jake Shears about her impending album
and how shes managed to stay cool for the past 50 years; Liza Minnellis reach runs
the gamut, from Cabaret to Arrested Development, and she shows no signs of slowing
down. Indie darlings, including Chlo Sevigny, Natasha Lyonne, and Parker Posey, go
full Working Girl. We also take time to toast the icons of tomorrowactresses Gabby
Sidibe and Julia Garner, models Andreea Diaconu and Senait Gidey, and worthy musicians the Tempers and Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells.
Of course this wouldnt be a proper September issue without a celebration of fashion
with a capital F. For this we turn to the ingenious Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, who turns
supermodel Joan Smalls into a modern-day Tina Turner, decked out in white, gold, and
a million dollar smile. Miranda Kerr, meanwhile, embodies the porn star turned politico Cicciolina, in a come-hither shoot by Sebastian Faena, styled by Julia von Boehm.
Catherine McNeil channels a lively Lauren Hutton in a 70s-inspired shoot by Sharif
Hamza, styled by Tom Van Dorpe. A true model icon manifests when Willy Vanderperre
and Katy England capture Guinevere Van Sneenus in London. Finally, we would be remiss
not to bring it back to the musicians who rule the punk roost: Lou Reed, Joan Jett, Michael
Gira, David Byrne, and David Johansen. Their incredible portraits were taken by a legend
in his own right, the creative director and photographer Hedi Slimane.
Celebrating our favorite icons never gets old. The same could be said of the best
of Fall fashion. So whether youre adopting a can-do attitude or donning the seasons
newest threads, put your best foot forward and wear it well. Ms. v

Photography Dan Forbes Fashion Mia Solkin Digital technician Will Styer
Photo assistants Cole Slutzky and Ted Cavanaugh Location Neo Studios, New York

An icon, by defnition, is someone who is the object of extreme devotion. A trailblazer

who has burned so brightly and fearlessly that he or she then attains a certain godliness in the eyes of acolytes. In todays celebrity-obsessed universe, who is truly deserving of such adoration? (Certainly not the confused 16-year-old mothers being flmed
for ratings while struggling to stay afoat.) What many people dont realize, although
they should, is that those who are truly talented work for it. Its a merit-based system.
They eat, live, and breathe their vision. They set goals and work hard to achieve them.
It wasnt a casting call (in most cases).
No one represents what it means to be an icon better than our cover star, Lady Gaga.
This fall, the high priestess of pop is back, with ARTPOP, an inventive new album that
digs deep into her appreciation of all things creative. It is for this reason that we asked
none other than the goddess of mesmerizing performance art, Marina Abramovi, to
interview her. Their epic conversation runs through four separate issuesso if you want
to read the intriguing dialogue between these two fast friends and beautiful minds in
its entirety, then you might have to consider purchasing all four issues of Septembers
V. The covers, each photographed by Inez & Vinoodh, present diferent characters
concocted by Gaga and her team, representing various stages in her life, some more
venerable than others. If youve decided to spend your hard-earned dollars on a big
Fall fashion book, this would be a worthy investment.
The rest of the issue is rife with familiar faces as well. Oprah Winfrey, star of Lee
Daniels The Butler, sits down with her director to discuss how he wanted her to bare

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To bring The True sTory of Lee DanieLs The buTLer To The big screen,
The accLaimeD DirecTor has assembLeD a sTar-sTuDDeD casT, heaDLineD
by supersTar (anD oscar nominee) oprah Winfrey. excLusiveLy for v,
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One of the most fascinating fgures in African-American history is a person whose
work went unnoticed by most. For more than three decades and through eight presidential administrations, a man named Eugene Allen worked as the White House butler, occupying a front-row seat to the unfolding of history. A witness to the civil rights
movementfrom Brown v. Board of Education through the 1963 March on Washington
and far beyondAllen watched as America, and his place in it, changed for the better.
He served entertainers like Sammy Davis Jr. and Elvis Presley, shook hands with Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., and celebrated a shared birthday with President Gerald Ford.
During Reagans administration, Allen became the frst butler to be invited to a state
dinner. In 2009, he was given a VIP seat to President Obamas inauguration, where he
tearfully watched the nations frst African-American president being sworn into ofce.
From his frst day on the job as a pantryman, in 1952, to his last, as matre d, in 1986,
he apparently never missed a day of work.
This fall, the tale of the noble steward will be immortalized in Lee Daniels The Butler
(the maniacally brilliant flmmakers name was added to the title following a legal scufe
with Warner Bros., who produced a silent comedy titled The Butler in 1916). Known
for his provocative work with big-name actors, Daniels has again unleashed an arsenal of star power with his ensemble cast, which includes Robin Williams, John Cusack,
Jane Fonda, Melissa Leo, Vanessa Redgrave, Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey, and many
others. The roster is anchored by Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker and none other than
Oprah Winfrey, in the central roles of Allen and his wife, Helene, whose names have
been changed to Cecil and Gloria Gaines, respectively. So what does it take to get an
Oscar-nominated media legend to take on only her fourth live-action flm role in nearly
30 years? Daniels and Winfrey took time from an ADR session for this hysterical chat
about relentlessness, nudity, and a lesson in fnding bone-marrow truth. Patrik Sandberg
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OW The beets were good!

LD Watching it, I think it relaxed everybody and I think
everyone was rooting for her. It was like having a family there. It was a grueling shoot, in the swamp that was
New Orleans, and when she wrapped it was sort of like
the light had gone for a minute.
OW It was a wonderful ensemble, but the love of my life,
Forest Whitaker, he, boyhe brings it in this flm. He
just brings it.
LD Shes deflecting. They both bring it together, and
its magical.
OW Oh, Lord.
LD Well its a story about the butler, but its also about
his family.
OW Thats why I liked it. You get to see black people at a
time when we werent seeing what it was like in the homes
of Negroes, as we were called at that time. You get to see
that were really just like everybody else. We love our family
and the things that matter: your kids going to school, making breakfast and dinner, sitting at the table, being together
as a family, caring about your country. Its all really important in ways that are both subtle and profound.
Your character also seems a bit glamorous. She keeps
up with the style of the era.
OW Lee wanted her to be that way, thats Lees doing.
When we had a party at the house, Lee wanted her
dressed up with her nails and her hair done. I would
have just had on my fip-fops and my pedal pushers,
but Lee wanted to add a level of glamour to her so you
could see how important this timeand her husband
being given this position as a butler in the White House
how much it meant to this family. And she felt like, you
know, she wasnt the First Lady, but it was the period
of Jackie Kennedy, so she was sort of imitating some of
that Jackie stuf.
LD She takes direction very well. Thats the other thing
I was shocked about. Id say do it again, and shed do it
again. And I would say do it again, and shed do it again.
Oh my God [to Oprah], Ive got some great stuf on you.
Its hysterical. At one point the camera is rolling and Im
telling her to do something and she goes, I just did it! I
have her looking in the camera. She doesnt know it, but
oftentimes shes mocking me.
OW My character progressively becomes an alcoholic and
there was this scene wheregood LORD todayLee is
saying, Drunker! Do the line, shes drunker! And at one
point I go, Lee, if shes any drunker shes not sitting up
anymore. And hes like, DRUNKER! Im like, Oh my
God, what is happening here? But anyway, I suppose it
would surprise a lot of people that I can take direction so
well, because its very hard for me to stay out of it!

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Photography Anne Marie Fox courtesy of The Weinstein Company

Having done so few films over the years, Oprah, Lee, how do you make things work when you have
why did you decide to take on this movie? Why
an ensemble of actors of this magnitude?
Lee Daniels?
LD Its very hard! Theyre coming and theyre going. First
OPRAH WINFREY Nothing quite prepared me for Lee
you have the leads, but then you have these movie stars
Daniels, lets start with that! Lee is relentless, with a capi- coming in and you really have to pay them a lot of attental R! I was skeptical, because I hadnt picked up the
tion. Theyre there to be a part of the family, and the famacting instrument that is myself for 15 yearssince 1998. ily already exists with the Gaines family. And theyre
I was also in the midst of trying to get my network [OWN]
usually nervous, because theyve heard all these things
on its footing, so taking on the responsibility of a role was
about me, theyre terrifed.
not something I was really keen on. But because he is
OW Lee doesnt care what your name is! The fact that he
capital R relentless and said, No, this is Gloria, Gloria
can make mefor a dance scene that now lasts less than
is you, you should do this, and its not going to take up a 40 secondsdance for six hours straight, and is going,
lot of your time... Ha! [both of them laugh] And he has Faster! Faster! More! More! I think he gets a kick out of it.
been kind to me, because there have been other movies
LD Shut up!
that he was doing that he ofered me roles to do and I
OW The very frst day on set I had a small scene with
turned him down
Jane Fonda, and she said, This is just terrifying! And I
LEE DANIELS [interrupts] like a serial murderer.
said, Whats terrifying? And she said, Lee is! She said,
OW Like a serial murderer! So, this was something that I I thought I was doing a good job and Lee came up and said
felt I could at least wrap my brain around, this story and stop acting. I said, Oh, he says that to everybody, and
this period, and also to have the chance to work with him. hes especially gonna say it to you, Jane, because youre
I can honestly tell you that had it not been him, I wouldnt Jane Fonda. And he likes to put you in a position where
have done it. I really do think hes a genius. A little crazy!
he can let you know Its MY set!
But genius. Hes cray-cray with a lowercase c.
LD [laughing] Its not true! I just look for the truth, I look
What appealed to you about the story?
for the truth all the time, in every scene.
OW I love what you end up seeing in this story. I just sent
OW I will say that. The reason why actors love working
an e-mail to Forest Whitaker after seeing the flm for the
with him is because he forces you, in every breath. He is
frst time. Youre able to witness the butlers evolution, looking for bone-marrow truth. He hates the word actand witness this mans soul. Through his soul you get to
ing. Every actors horror is to be told that theyre actexperience the spirit of the time, the story of what the
ing. There was one night when Forest and I were on the
civil rights movement meant to working people, like but- porch, and Lee goes, I am going to roll this flm until
lers and teacherspeople who were going to work every
you stopthisacting!
day who were part of the African-American middle class. LD Did I say that?
Thats what was exciting to me about this story. You get
OW Yes, you did.
LD Oh, no.
to see it through the eyes of real people.
What was it like working with Lee?
OW In his pajamas! He rules from the pajama roost, so
OW We had to keep trying to tame Lee. You have to har- there he is walking around in his pajamas, which have lost
ness him in a little bit. Because if it were up to him, Id
their crispness after the 14th hour. But no, were always
have had three love scenes and been naked on the couch, in search of the truth and whatever it takes to get to that.
smoking marijuana! But I talked him out of it.
Actors love him because he lets you watch the monitor
Well, Lee is known for getting his actors to depart
afterwards and he says, You see that? Thats really good.
from expectation and do things you wouldnt neces- You see that? Horrible, horrible, horrible! And I say, Did
sarily imagine they would do. Does Gloria have any
you say horrible?!
surprises in store?
LD Now let me tell you what it was like working with
OW I think some things will surprise you about the char- Oprah Winfrey.
acter, but still, I fought with Lee to maintain the charac- OW OPRAAAAAH WINFREY!!!! Oh God, Oprah Winfrey.
ters character, you know?
LD Heres the thing. You assume shes going to come in
LD I wanted her naked!
with the entourage of the President of the United States,
OW He wanted me in a naked scene with Terrence
and she comes in solo! With just one person, thank God.
Howard! Get out of here! And he would have had the And she disappears. I knew that this was going to work
f-word coming out of my mouth every other sentence if
when I looked over my shoulder and I saw her standit werent for the PG-13 rating. Its calmed down.
ing in line, in back of eight other people, to be served
LD It was a compromise of calming down.
prison food. Because thats what the food is like, it was
OW I said to Lee, For goodness sake, who is this woman?! like prison food, what we had to eat.

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cher

A post-workout cher mAkes time for A cAndid conversAtion

About high notes And tAttoo lows with the scissor sisters
jAke sheArs, one of mAny fAntAstic collAborAtors feAtured
on her upcoming dAnce Album
Cher is a tough woman to get ahold of. Meaning that after almost 50 years in the business, if she doesnt feel like speaking to you, card-carrying member of the press, well,
honey, shes not gonna. But V had the good fortune to catch up with the mononymous
pop deity during her recent spate of television appearances and performances in New
York. She was pleased as punch to get on the phone with Jake Shears (whom she afectionately calls by his given name, Jason) of the Scissor Sisters, and we were equally
thrilled to listen in. Sarah CriStobal

jake shears Lets talk about the new record, which Ive gotten to hear a lot
of and absolutely love. You sound amazing. What were the biggest challenges
of making it?
Cher Getting into the studio. I havent made a record in 11 years. But I think my record
company was just about to blow me of, cause you know, I would have. They just said do
it or dont. So the frst thing we did was Womans World and they seemed to like that.
Then I pretty much over-recorded. Im really enjoying this, but I have to say that its a
little bit diferent. Im singing higher notes and Im singing better, which is kind of freaky,
because I should be having to bring down my keys, but these are the highest songs Ive sung.
js It seems like you dont know what an incredible singer you are. Do you still
feel insecurity about your voice?
Cher Of course I do, you know that.
js I used to get nervous before I went on stage and I thought to myself, When
I stop getting nervous is the day that I need to hang it up.
Cher I have to tell myself that too. The other night before I went on The Voice, I
thought, Oh, this is too crazy. Get yourself to a home. This is insane. I was really nervous. The song [Womans World] is hard because theres no place to take a breath.
Its some sort of zealous thingthere are literally fve breaths in the whole song. Plus,
I havent sung in front of anybody. I havent been on television to sing live since, I dont
know, McKinley was president.
js What do you notice in an audience when youre performing?
Cher I see them all. Im really lucky [with my concerts]. It seems like the party has
started before I even get there and everyone is having a really good time. Another thing,
when I walk on the stage, I make sure that the music and my foot get there at the same
time. I dont do well with extra time. Once I was doing the MTV Video Music Awards
and we got out of the car, walked onto the stage, the guys plugged in, and we were on.
And thats the way I like to do it.
js I saw you opening night when you did Vegas at Caesars Palace. I had so much
fun. What did you take away from nearly three years in Vegas?
Cher Vegas was never a place that I liked. It was always hard on my voice, and I always
ended up in the hospital. The people were kind of sedated and older, so it took me a
long time to decide to let those people enjoy their show the way they wanted to and
not the way I wanted them to. When I kind of made peace with that, I was a lot better.
And then I changed the whole frst part of the show, cause I just got so bored. I wish
we had recorded it, but we didnt. I just came out as a pimp and created this horrible
old 42nd Street pimps-and-hookers scenario. We had this old yellow cab and this long
limousine and I did two Bob Seger songs. Then I came out in this amazing pimp outft.
And then I disappeared, I went into the cab as the guy, and I came out of the cab looking
like Jessica Rabbit. It got to be more fun. I cant work unless its fun. Im too immature.
js Im the same way. how would you compare playing a really intense concert
to flming a really emotional scene?
Cher Thats a hard one, because youre really worn out either way. In one youve done
a great job and everyones had a really great time, the other is that youve been crying for three days and you just want to stick needles in your eyes. Meryl [Streep] and
I once had a scene, in Silkwood, that took a long time to shoot. We started fghting in
the kitchen and then in the living room, then on the porch. Then we sat on the swing
and we were crying. It takes a while to do that. Its a diferent thing. One is being really
exhausted from fun and the other is being exhausted from being so emotional that you
want to rip up your whole house.
js I love that answer.
Cher I relate to singing as going to a party that someone else is giving and acting as
going to a party that you are giving. Its just emotionally diferent.
js This issue of V is about icons. Which people have really been your idols?
Cher Elvis and, well, there have been diferent people at diferent times, but its really
weird because mostly theyve been men. When Joni [Mitchell] was making Court and
Spark I was with David [Gefen], so every night when she would come in we would hang
out and talk. I think Jonis a genius. And there are great performers. I love K.D. Lang.
Its hard, you put me on the spot, and if I walk away from this telephone, hang up, Im
going to think of 50 people.
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js I think k.D. Lang and elvis are pretty amazing.

Cher Theyre the same person, right?
js When you called me to sing on Take It Like a Man, I was so excited. When
all your dreams come true, is it hard to create new goals to work toward?
Cher I dont think that we are born with a fnite number of dreams. One thing about
dreams is that they can be whatever you want them to be, you dont have to put a limit
on them, you dont even have to know them. You might have a dream that you dont even
know yet, you know? When I got a chance to direct If These Walls Could Talk, I didnt really
know that that was a dream. My sister said, Tell them you want to do it, tell them you want
to act in it but you dont want to do the second one and you want to direct the third one.
And I was like, Okay, that sounds good. I didnt even know it was a dream, and then it was.
js Lets talk about technology for just a second.
Cher I hope you grade on a curve.
js Youre very outspoken on Twitter. I love how you say what you want. Do you
feel like it gives you a diferent kind of voice?
Cher Yeah, and sometimes I think that I shouldnt do it as much. When youre by
yourself, it seems so familiar, and you can get into so much trouble. God knows I have.
I either sound like Einstein or some sort of Cro-Magnon man. Its dangerous for me,
but I end up saying what I want and Im not so sure that certain people can do that.
And sometimes even I have to go, Nah, Cher, you cant.
js I fnd myself deleting stuf all the time.
Cher Ill wake up in the middle of the night and have something that Ill want to say.
My mother wanted to tweet and I went, No, the absolute answer to that, Mother, is
no. Id have to leave the universe if my 87-year-old mother got to tweet.
js shes so beautiful, by the way.
Cher I know, isnt she amazing? She just fnished two days on RuPauls show. My
mother is just so with it and swears like a sailor, except she wont admit it. She always
is surprised if I say fuck. Like, Oh my god, shut my mouth. Shes crazy smart, and my
sister is too. Im the one with the least pencils in the box.
js You seem like youre close with your family, with your kids. We have mutual
friends youre very close to, its almost like youve built a whole familial environment.
Cher I love my family, and God knows weve had our diferences and we fght big and
we love big. I have my extended familythe Starks, the Rodkins. Some of my friends Ive
had my whole life. And I have so many little friends too, because everyone has children
and children just love me, so I just get along with everybody. Sometimes I can be a bitch
to my family, so its hard. Im kind of the little girl with the curl. I mean, Im fabulous,
but I can be cranky. But mostly Im good with my family and everybody comes to me
with their problems, and I go to my mom when Im desperate.
js Well, Ive got two more little dumb questions for you now.
Cher Dumber than these? Have you been listening, Jason? [laughs]
js I just got a tattoo and its a bloody mess. What should I do?
Cher Go to any good tattoo parlor, because you want to catch that. You dont want to
get sick, but you also dont want your tattoo ruined. Was that one of your questions?
js Cause I know youre a tattoo lady. You know what youre doing.
Cher They started making tattoos so much cooler and every girl and every preschooler
has a tattoo and I just wish I didnt have mine. Id like to start over. I would like to take
of my tattoos, and especially the one on my butt, but how would I sleep? Id have to
sleep on my stomach and I dont like that. When I got tattooed, nobody was tattooed.
It was me, Janis Joplin, and I dont even know.
js Is there anything else that you want to say about your new record?
Cher I hope its good. I think some of the songs are good, and Im proud of it, I think,
on the whole. Im not embarrassed, and thats always a good thing. I think if youre a
Cher fan youll defnitely be happy and not disappointed.
js I love the stuf Ive heard. sirens is great. and I love the one that I sing on,
Take It Like a Man. I hope you make it a single.
Cher I hope I do too. There are two obvious singles, and thats one. I think it will be a
dance record for sure. Take It Like a Man and Dressed to Kill are most like Womans
World. Sirens is more like U2, wouldnt you think? The Pink song, I Walk Alone, is kind
of bittersweet in a way that only Pink can write. The other one that she wrote, Lie to Me,
is kind of really bizarre and has a banjo in it. One song [Lovers Forever] I wrote with my
friend, for Interview with the Vampire. We got turned down and I just kept it in the back
of my mind for the longest time. There are a few dance songs, like four or fve, and some
that are kind of disco-sounding. Take It Like a Man is a great balls-to-the-wall dance.
Theres no disguising it, it is what it is, and I can only wait till the boys hear it. I cant wait.
js I cant wait to hear the finished version. It was just about done when I
listened to it.
Cher Its not mixed yet, but when it is Ill be happy to play it for you. But its a lot
harder now. And also we used Auto-Tune on it, which is really fun.
js Yeah? Cool.
Cher So, you know every secret now?
js Yes! Ive pretty much gone through all of my questions.
Cher I like your interviewing technique, it didnt hurt at all. Its fun to be interviewed
by someone who knows you. Im not sure if it would work with everybody, but it was
fun today.
js I had a good time too.
Cher, singer, new York, 1971.
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liza minnelli

The irrepressible enTerTainer and

hollywood royal ruminaTes on her love
of acTing, learning, and lady gaga
The Emmy, the Grammy, the Oscar, the Tony, and the
legions of (still) clamoring fans at her concerts, all over
the world, are a testament not only to her enduring talent but also to her sense of humor and zest for life. But
dont take our word for it. Liza Minnellis recent reprise of
Lucille Two, on Arrested Development (for Netfix), shows
exactly how the living legend can hit the mark.
After 50-plus years in the business, along with what
shes experienced, Liza knows who she is. And we know
or we should!that trying to dig into the nitty-gritty of
her colorful personal life is pointless.
Like her late, great friend Elizabeth Taylor, Liza tells
only so much, keeping truly intimate matters close to
the vest. Her parents, the director Vincente Minnelli and
MGMs musical goddess Judy Garland, evidently trained
her well. Here she shares a lifetimes worth of showbiz
wisdom. Denis Ferrera
LIZA MINNELLI Honey, how are you?!
How are you? I saw you in New Brunswick and you
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were incredible. I kept thinking, Shes indestructible!

LM Yeah, thats me, Wonder Woman!
Is it tiresome when people comment on your energy
and longevity and how you just keep on keeping on?
LM No, its not tiresome. Its justwell, I dont think
about myself. Look, when I go to the theater, I want to
come out feeling good. So thats what I think about
am I going to make my audience feel good? Theyre all
scrunched in their seats and have paid good money, and
I try to do what I can to entertain them. Were locked in
a building for two hours, after all! When its over, Im just
tired. I dont feel very indestructible.
When they said Arrested Development was coming
back and would you revisit your character, did you
LM Say yes immediately? Of course. They are the most
talented group of people in the world. And the creator of
the show is just brilliant.
And you get to have vertigo again.
LM That was my idea, actually. It was sort of during
talks we had about the character. They let me explore.
Well, it was my idea to fall down, and it just went on
from there! [laughs]
Do you want to act more? Are you or your people
looking for things?
LM If my people are looking for things, theyre not doing
a very good job! Id love to act more. But I think people
assume Im not interested. But I am! I do! Listen, I act
when I sing, I act when I dance. But it all comes from
acting. I dont have to sing and dance to act.
You tell a real story when you sing.
LM I always think of myself as a storyteller. Songs are

stories, and thats acting too. And I love to learn. Thats my

favorite thing. Ill see something and Ill say, Oh, I want
to learn how to do that. And Ive had such great teachers
over the years. Theyve made me. Marvin Hamlisch and
Fred Ebb and John Kander and Bob Fosse and Charles
Aznavour. My biggest talent, I think, was knowing who
was best, who I could learn the most from. So how can
I not give them credit? I guess I have good taste. And
thats a talent too.
You still take singing and dancing lessons. Thats
kind of incredible, but I have to say, there are
aspects of your voice that are stronger than ever.
LM Oh, honey, thank you. But you know, things have
calmed down. At some point my body just said, Slow
down! Sit down! So now I sit down a bit. But then you
have to project more in some wayslike a laser beam.
Is there anybody, in any aspect of entertainment, you
havent worked with whom youd like to?
LM Oh, God, so many. But right of the top, Tom Hanks.
He has great taste, and every time I see him on-screen
I trust him. I think Ive done that onstagegiving trust.
My concert audiences trust me. But Id like to extend that.
Is it incredible to you that over 40 years have passed
since Cabaret opened?
LM It seems like yesterday to me too. I remember everything. I kept thinking, Is this really happening to me?
And what a flm! Nobody should ever brush it of as just
a musical. You know, it was my father who took the musical of the stage and put it on the street, he really made it
believable to simply burst into song outside the confnes
of a stage. Cabaret did the opposite. It put musical numbers back on the stage.
What is a day in the life of Liza Minnelli? Do you go
out and buy groceries and such?
LM Uh, sure. If I have to. Something for the dog or whatever. My day: I get up and go to dance class, have lunch, I
do business, then the day is mine if I want to see friends
or go to the theater or whatever. Againits calm.
Do you ever go on vacation? I think youre like
Madonna sometimeswork, work, work.
LM Of course I go on vacation. And isnt Madonna great?
Ive always liked her. Shes fun to have dinner with. Shes
not wacko. She knows things. She wants to learn too. And
Lady Gaga too. She can do anything, and has a great sense
of humor too.
Do you ever forget where you are when youre touring?
LM Honey, how could you ever forget being in, like,
Poughkeepsie? I love the new audiences and the new
places and sights and sounds. And especially how every
audience is diferent, how each reacts to this or that. And
when you get into their groove, you lean that way. Im
there to tell them stories. Its like having a conversation.
A conversation that never bores me.
What is the best advice youve ever been given?
LM Oh, jeez! So much. Well, one of the best things anybody ever said to me was keep moving. But heres the
best advice I can give: stay curious.
Thats great. And you have stayed curious.
LM I have. But please dont ask me to do anything more
with a computer than turn it on! Theres curiosity and
then theres technology.
liza minnelli in new york, january 1985
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celine dion

With a neW album out this fall, the vocalist and visionary talks
about her pop inspirations, Working With the likes of ne-yo, and Why
she couldnt care less about industry approval

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Makeup Charlotte Tilbury (Art Partner) Hair Oribe for Oribe Hair Care (Oribe Agency)

This fall Dion will release her frst English language recording in over six years, a
prospect that she fnds both exciting and a little bit daunting. Given how radically the
landscape of pop music has shifted over the past decade, even the woman routinely
touted as the worlds greatest living singer has had trouble fnding her place among the
Gagas and Beyoncs. The new album, which features songwriting contributions from
the likes of Sia and Ne-Yo, as well as a duet with Stevie Wonder, manages the tricky feat
of contemporizing Dions sound while staying true to what she does bestafrmational
pop epics and stadium-size balladry.
The hardest thing after being in the business for so long is to keep things fresh,
says Dion. I cant kid myself. When people come to see me they want to hear the
theme song for Titanic, they want to hear The Power of Love, and so Im gonna
Celine Dion is one of the few celebrities who are so famous and whose work is so ubiq- sing them. Still, I cant record the same songs again. So what am I gonna do, sing
uitous that they literally require no introduction. Were you to ask her what she does for Because You Love Me backwards? Start singing Rihannas rejects? No one wants
a living, the 45-year-old megastar would likely say that she is simply a singer, but the
to hear that. Working with these great young songwriters makes me feel like a new
magnitude of her achievementwith over 200 million records sold, she is ofcially the
artist all over again.
best-selling female pop artist of all timemakes it hard not to see her as superhuman.
Despite her unparalleled fame, Dion is unpretentious, even (refreshingly) goofy.
Even if it were to stop now, I dont think Id have anything left to prove, she says
One gets the impression shed much rather be discussing the perks of living in Las
of her career. Thats actually kind of liberating. I have a wonderful family and a good
Vegas (shopping), her fantasy collaborations (Freddie Mercury!), and the pleasure
life. I feel like Im having more fun now than I have ever had.
of eating her mothers grilled cheese sandwiches, back home in Canada, rather than
Calling from Las Vegaswhere she has just wrapped a long run of dates performing
record sales or the entertainment industry.
her acclaimed show, Celinethe remarkably chatty entertainer seems both relaxed
I just hope my kids think Im as iconic as possible, she says, laughing. I dont
and incredibly happy, and with good reason. In the history of Vegas, only Elviss shows
really care what the industry thinks of me. I just want to respect the music and do a
have been more successful. Though her 2003 move to the city was seen by some as
good job. If I can be remembered as a good mother and grandmother and sister and
weirdThey said the Titanic was going to sink again, she recallsit has proven to
daughteras a kind personthen that is fine with me. T. Cole RaChel
be one of the savviest decisions of her career.
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Im extremely lucky, she says. To be able to perform at this level and still go home to
my family every night, its really rare. I have the best of both worlds. Performing in Vegas
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giorgio moroder

It was a very unusual movie. I wrote the song and we immediately knew it had to be David
Bowie to sing it, since he himself is such a mysterious guy. We few to Switzerland, where
Queen had a studio. We had dinner the night before and he said, Giorgio, I wrote the lyrics
for the song and its going to be called Cat People (Putting Out Fire). So I asked him what
time he wanted to meet the next day to record. I suggested we meet around 5 pmwhich
is a typical time for artists to actually get to the studiobut he wanted to meet at 9 am the
next morning. We were done in about an hour and a half. Bowie was so professional. It was
one of the easiest things Ive ever done.
What was it about Donna Summer that made her such a perfect ft for your music?
GM She was just so beautiful and so charming, always up for a joke and always so easy to
work with. And her voiceshes up there with Barbra Streisand and Aretha Franklin. When
we made Love to Love You Baby, the way it came out was kind of a mistake, because I
had things in the wrong key. She couldnt sing it the way she was used to because it was
If you happen to love dance musicor music in general, for that matterthen you owe
so high, so she had to sing in this very high voicebut the way it turned out was beautiful.
Giorgio Moroder a debt of gratitude. During the 70s, the Italian-born producer-composer
She was just undeniable.
pioneered the use of what was then considered a fairly dubious instrument, the synthe- I Feel Love is widely considered the greatest dance song of all time. Did you
sizer, using it to revolutionize the landscape of pop music. His collaborations with Donna
have any idea that you were making something iconic?
Summerespecially the genre-confounding I Feel Lovehelped defne club culture for
GM Not really. When I made the frst demo my publisher took it to a music convention in
an entire generation (and introduce the world to a little thing called disco in the process). Cannes, which was where songs were kind of bought and sold. Typically nobody would buy
His scores for flms, including Midnight Express and American Gigolo, would prove just
it if it wasnt good. I was terribly nervous. But she came back telling me that everybody
as popularand perhaps even more infuentialthan the movies themselves. This year
loved it. That was the frst moment when I thought, Okay, maybe weve got something here.
Moroder collaborated with Daft Punk on what has become one of 2013s most celebrated Are there any records in your catalog that you consider lost classics?
albums. Having already led a generation of young robots to get funky to Italo-disco and
GM I made a record in 1975 called Einzelgnger that was very odd and electronic and
make music with machines, Morodernow 73has no plans to unplug his instrument
experimental. It didnt sell at all. I just listened to it again not so long ago and was surof choice anytime soon. T. Cole RaChel
prised by how it sounded. I felt like I really did some nice work on that record. I wish it
had sold better.
Your project with Daft Punk created a new groundswell of attention. Were you
These days dance music is given the same kind of credence as rock music, whereas
aware of how beloved you are?
back in the 70s dance and disco were scofed at. Is it nice for you to see the shift?
GIORGIO MORODER No. I started to notice about a year and a half ago. People started
GM I certainly was one of the peoplealong with Nile Rodgerswho were making
to talk about me and how they felt infuenced by my work. David Guetta did some very
successful dance music. Disco kind of died in the 80s, but dance music lived on, parnice interviews where he mentioned me. Then, when the word got out that I was doing
ticularly in Europe. Now its the DJs who keep it alive. But it never really went away
a song with Daft Punk for their record, it became almost a daily thing. My Google alerts
entirely. People will always need to dance.
started going of almost constantly.
Did working on the Daft Punk record make you want to make new music of your own?
What do you think about the state of dance music?
GM Yes. I just fnished a song for a game that Google is launching. Im also working with
GM The technology is absolutely incredible now. Even if you arent a great musician, you Avicii and doing a couple of other things that Im actually not allowed to talk about yet.
can still make music that sounds incredible. I just worked with a young kid who doesnt
Im also interested in making some new instrumental tracks using various instruments
know how to play one note on an actual instrument, but he comes up with great sounds. and maybe a vocoder. Its funny, when Google put the song up on the Internet I could
Youve worked with a diverse array of artists. What about that appeals to you?
read all the comments people were leaving. Someone said, Giorgio, what are you doing
GM Sometimes its just about writing a song and having the best person sing itwhether
making this kind of music? You are 73! I just laugh. You know, if the Rolling Stones can
you sing it yourself or you fnd someone to do it, thats what you have to do. I enjoy
go out on tourand they are in their 70sthen why cant I make new music? I surely
sharing that process with another person.
must look better than Keith Richards, right?
Ive always been fond of the music you made with David Bowie for 1982s Cat
People. How did that come about?
giorgio moroder in los angeles, 1979
GM Oh, yes! Well, I had to do it. It was the same director as American Gigolo, Paul Schrader. PhoTogRaPhy miChael monTfoRT

people will always need to dance, says the living synth legend,
whose club-thumping tunes have been keeping feet on fire since the
70s. here, he speaks about donna summer, daft punk, and his future
adventures with technology

Photography interTOPICS/Michael Montfort (1979) Location Castel Place, Los Angeles

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linda evangelista

it was like crystal, like champagne corks

popping, steven meisel told vogue of
meeting his muse. here he shares the
duos greatest hits, and evangelista talks
to famed editor carlyne cerf de dudzeele
PhotograPhy StEVEN MEISEL INtErVIEw CarLyNE CErF dE dudzEELE
CCD So tell me, how did you meet Mr. Meisel?
LE I few in for one of those famous Vogue sittings during
the Grace Mirabella days. There were multiple models
and I was one of them. You were there too! You guys were
talking about my knees and legs and I was freaking out
because I was always teased about them. I thought you
were making fun, but in fact you liked them!
CCD Yes! We loved les jambes dEvangelos!
LE That was my frst shoot. And then we started working together all the time, and I loved it. He was so easy.
CCD He knows fashion, hair, makeupeverything!
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a bodacious blonde whose beauty knows no bounds, the model

continues her metamorphosis with a fresh foray into tinseltown.
as she readies for the big time, we toast the one and only kate upton
I think an icon is someone who is inspiring and positive, with a strong sense of who
they are and what they stand for, says Kate Upton. My icons are Kathy Ireland and
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kate upton in new york city, february 2012

PhotograPhy sebastian faena
blanket louis vuitton
the other woman is in theaters this april

Makeup Stevie Huynh (D+V Management) Hair Kevin Ryan (Art + Commerce)
Model Kate Upton (IMG) Production Helena Martel Seward

kate upton

Cameron Diaz. The model-turned-actress became acquainted with Diaz on the set of
The Other Woman, a rom-com directed by Nick Cassavetes which is scheduled for a
spring release and marks her feature flm debut. Not that the cosmic force from Florida
is any stranger to being on camera. Her Dougie dance moves have been admired by
millions and that buxom look means parallels have been drawn to another famous
vixen. I think Marilyn Monroe was a beautiful and sexy woman who portrayed herself in an irresistible and charming way, says Upton. Who wouldnt be honored to be
compared to her? alison lee

POWER IN NUMBERS

A HAndy guide to tHe pAssionAte

online fAn Armies of tHe worlds
most-Adored celebrities
TExT MARY H. K. CHOI

Lady Gaga
photographed by
Inez & Vinoodh
for V71

Beyonc photographed
by Inez & Vinoodh
for V38

LADY
GAGA
S
LITTLE
MONSTERS
strengtH: 58,467,236

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Grammy-winning multiplatinum recording artist Beyonc Knowles is also an actress,

a Pepsi spokeswoman, a producer, and the wife of rapper and entertainment mogul
Jay Z. She also happens to be pals with the President and First Lady. NBD.
CHOICE WORDS FROM YOUR GENERAL: Ive worked harder than probably anyone I know, at least
in the music industry. I just have to remind myself that I deserve it.
MAGNITUDE OF INFLUENCE: Beyonc has sold 75 million albums, with each of her four solo
albums debuting at number one on the Billboard 200. She is also the frst non-Hispanic
person to make People en Espaols list of the 50 Most Beautiful People. Shes just that
awesome.
MEME-WORTHY ASPECTS: Beyoncs seemingly perfect life and unfagging poise make any
feeting moments of weirdfacedness newsworthy. Case in point: the devil faces Super
Bowl half-time show. Those convinced that shes a member of the Illumnati also believe
she faked her pregnancy. What?
GROUPTHINK CASUALTIES: Certain die-hard Beyonc fans, or Killer Beys, can be so passionate that they attack anyone whom they believe to be a Beyoncnemy, like Keri Hilson.
Chucking Beyonc CDs at the poor singer was once a thing.
MODEL SOLDIER: Last year, Ton Do-Nguyen, a 16-year-old high school junior in Pennsylvania,
reenacted the entire Countdown video, frame-by-frame, swaddled in a Snuggie.
SPOILS: Infrequent, but substantial. Beyoncs celebrity industrial complex is so robust
that she hires squadrons of professionals to curate her archive, a treasure trove of
videos documenting her every waking moment as well as her online presence. She
rarely interacts with individual fans, given the abundance of Bey stalkers over the years,
but when she posted about Ton Do-Nguyens video, the kid shot to Internet stardom.

Strength determined by Facebook Likes on offcial fan pages as of July 25, 2013

Mother Monsters music career is nothing to sneeze at, but its her philanthropy and
LGBT advocacy that earn the trust and admiration of her die-hard fans. In 2011 Gaga
launched the Born This Way Foundation, an anti-bullying, mentoring, and career
advancement organization, partnering with the Berkman Center at Harvard, the
California Endowment, and the MacArthur Foundationyou know, the dudes who
dole out genius grants.
CHOICE WORDS FROM YOUR GENERAL: Do not allow people to dim your shine because they
are blinded.
MAGNITUDE OF INFLUENCE: Lady Gaga is the only female with a Diamond-certifed single,
Bad Romance.
MEME-WORTH ASPECTS: Her sartorial choices make her a muse to many and click-bait all
along the information superhighway. Who can forget the Franc Fernandez meat dress
or the towering Alexander McQueen armadillo clompers, not to mention the teetering
Noritaka Tatehana heel-free shoes?
GROUPTHINK CASUALTIES: Little Monsters can be so overprotective of their mother fgure that
they occasionally throw up their claws for a dubious cause. In March, an open letter to
GLAAD was dispatched that accused Madonna of helping to spread AIDS in the 1980s.
But, to be fair, lots of Monsters were yet to be borneither this way or thatin the 1980s.
MODEL SOLDIER: Emma C, the 19-year-old Gaga Daily forum moderator, from Wisconsin.
SPOILS: High. While recovering from a labral tear this past spring, Gaga learned that
Emma was sufering from scoliosis. She ofered to fy her loyal monster to NYC to meet
with her surgical team, and gave Emma free reign of her 24k-gold-plated Mordekai
wheelchair. Motherly love indeed!

BEYONC
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BEYHIVE
strengtH: 49,420,579

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Rihanna photographed by
Mario Testino for V82

RIHANNA
S
NAVY
STRENGTH: 74,293,288

JUSTIN
BIEBER
S
BELIEBERS
STRENGTH: 55,940,940

At just 25, Robyn Rihanna Fenty has seven studio albums under her belt and has racked
up six Grammys. She is cited by Billboard as the top charting Pop Songs artist of the
past twenty years, with the most entries, most top tens, and most number ones of any
artist. She also holds the Guinness World Record for most digital single sales in history.
In addition to success, shes achieved notoriety, by exhibiting dubious moral behavior
and by temporarily rekindling a relationship with the noxious Chris Brown.
CHOICE WORDS FROM YOUR ADMIRAL: Role model is not a position or title that I have ever
campaigned for, so chill wit dat! I got my own fucked up shit to work on.
MAGNITUDE OF INFLUENCE: February 22 is Rihanna Day in Barbados. According to Forbes,
Rihanna earned $43 million in the last year and holds the number 13 spot on the list
of the worlds 100 most powerful celebrities. Shes also sold over 100 million records.
MEME-WORTHY ASPECTS: An Instagram feed rife with pictures of her posing in various states
of fashionableness, dishabille, or else smoking an impressive amount of weed. The
entire on-of Breezy relationship was ripe for broadcasting as well.
GROUPTHINK CASUALTIES: After attending a Brooklyn stop of the Diamonds World Tour, a
fan is seeking damages against M.A.C Cosmetics claiming that sampling Rihannas
RiRi Woo lipstick at the venues M.A.C pop-up shop gave her herpes. How this could
be Rihannas fault remains as mysterious as why anyone would take a highly-trafcked
lipstick sample and put it directly on their mouth.
MODEL SOLDIER: Natalie and Rodrigo, in Poland and Brazil respectively, run Rihanna Daily,
a tireless, robust venture which requires that one of them is always online.
SPOILS: High. Rihanna Daily started as a fan site, but now its afliated with Def Jam and
Roc Nation, which pays both Natalie and Rodrigo a salary. Rihanna has 30 million Twitter
followers, and rolls 70 million strong on Facebook. The performer keeps morale high
with constant interaction.

Sales of banner ads adjacent to Justin Biebers hair-related news alone are higher
than the GDP of some countries. Theres simply not enough space in this edition of
V to rattle of the accomplishments of Canadian Pisces. Althoughshameless plug
alert!if youre superkeen, buy a back issue of V75, which features the pop prince,
or just watch his feature-length biopic, which fetched almost $100 million at the box
ofce. Preferably in 3-D.
CHOICE WORDS FROM YOUR GENERAL: So remember, this is Biebers world. Youre just living
in it. Bieber or die.
MAGNITUDE OF INFLUENCE: For JBs birthday, Beliebers broke the Guinness World Record
for the most widespread social networking message, posting 251,878 times in 24
hours and concurrently raising money for clean water. As an 18-year-old, the pop-star
graced the cover of Forbess celebrity 100 issue as a venture capitalist quietly investing
millions in about a dozen privately held tech start-ups. JBs IPO game could be major.
MEME-WORTHY ASPECTS: His hair. His face. How unimpressed he looks. His shirtlessness.
GROUPTHINK CASUALTIES: Beliebers fooded Twitter with who is Anne Frank? after Biebs
visited the Anne Frank House and scrawled Hopefully she would have been a Belieber
in the guest book. True Beliebers can also be harsh in scrutinizing OLLGs (the special
girls selected, one per concert, to receive a rose or fower crown from JB).
MODEL SOLDIER: Whenever she has time of from school, Vanessa Marciano, 21, an Ontario
native, runs My Bieber Experience, where Beliebers can recount their OLLG stories
or their meetings with Justin.
SPOILS: High. Justin and his manager Scooter Braun are vocal about their love of fansites, particularly Marcianos. Justin shouts it out on Facebook and Twitter, and in 2010
Vanessa was invited to join Justin in his ritual prayer circle before a show, an honor
never before bestowed on a fan. One less lonely girl for life.

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Still life photography Brendan James This page, from left: Stephen Barnes / Demotix/Demotix/Corbis (Rihanna)
Mark Metcalfe/Stringer/Getty Images (Justin Bieber) Previous page, from left: WENN.com (Lady Gaga) Michael Carpenter/ WENN (Beyonc)

Justin Bieber
photographed by
Inez & Vinoodh
for V75

A chAnce encounter At A new ZeAlAnd bus

stop pAved the wAy for this new fAce to rule
the runwAys for Givenchy, chAnel, And more

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Makeup Topolino (Calliste) Hair Laurent Philippon for Bumble and bumble (Calliste)
Manicure Anny Errandonea for Chanel (Marie-France Thavonekham) Digital technician and retouching Ludovic Dhardivill

ashleigh good

She will get back to New Zealand six times this year,
ended up taking the bus. Thats when a model scout driving by spotted her, circled the block, and signed her up. which isnt bad, because its so far away, she says.
I did some castings at New Zealand Fashion Week and Though its pretty bad for my bank account. When
didnt get booked for anything, she remembers. But
Good gets home, work isnt far from her thoughts. Shes
then Ford took me, and within a week I was in Paris on
the eldest of four, and says her 20-year-old sister and
an exclusive job for Givenchy.
13-year-old brother are gorgeous enough to get into the
Her career has continued to blossom: not only has
business too. As is her nine-year-old littlest sister: We
she been championed by the likes of Lagerfeld (who
do photo shoots all the time, except Im the photograbooked Good for five consecutive Chanel shows, includ- pher and shes the model.
ing closing the Spring 2013 Haute Couture collection, in
Though she clearly comes from a blessed gene pool,
which she and Kati Nascher appeared as lesbian brides, a
Good says she never anticipated being a model. Her
Ashleigh Good is at a caf near her hotel in Paris. A stun- nod to the gay-marriage controversy in France), but she
father owns a call center training business, and the
ning gal with pouty lips, almond-shaped eyes, and high
has also become a favorite of Carine Roitfeld (who was
week before she was booked on the Givenchy exclucheekbones, shes also tired. I wish we could have done
introduced to her via Riccardo Tisci and loves her tom- sive she got a job answering phones for an insurance
this interview last night, when I was packing, she jokes. boyish appeal), and is currently the face of Max Maras
company, which she says she thought was the greatest
Good was up late for her V shoot, with legendary night
Fall campaign. I remember my first time at Givenchy, gig. When I got that job I told my boyfriend, My life
owl Karl Lagerfeld. She got home at 5 am and met me
sitting all alone with no one talking to me, she says of
is going to change. I was going to get minimum wage,
four hours later, en route to the airport. I just always
her fateful first fashion show. So from then on, I never
weekends off, a steady income. I was stoked! [And] I
feel like Im packing my suitcase, she says.
wanted to see anyone left out, so I go up and talk to every
was right. My life did change. But more than I ever
That trusty suitcase has been her primary residence
new girl. I make new friends all the time. It makes the
expected. derek blasberg
for the past year. Born in Kent, just outside London, job a lot easier. Shes walked miles of designer runGood moved with her family to New Zealand when she
ways, and when we finish here, shes getting on a plane
ashleigh good in paris, july 2013
was 10. A decade later, lightning struck when she didnt
to Moscow, at the behest of Raf Simons, for a Dior show
PhotograPhy karl lagerfeld
have a ride to the coffee shop where she worked and
in the Russian capital.
rings chanel fine jewelry

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gabourey sidibe

With an Oscar nOd and a handful Of

atypical rOles in the bag, Vs pOpular
cOVer girl aVOids clichs and carries
On as a real-life mOVie star
That was a lot of my face, deadpans Gabourey Sidibe,
referencing her 2010 Spring Preview V cover. The now
famous Size Issue, starring Sidibe and Dakota Fanning,
by Inez & Vinoodh, went on to be one of the bestselling
editions of this magazine to date. Every time I start
a new project, when I first walk in for a read-through
its always up on the storyboard. I have it hanging in
my apartment!
At a West Village restaurant on a rainy afternoon,
Gaboureyor Gabby, as she likes to be calledsits unassumingly in the front corner window, ignoring the gawkers drifting through the room. Ive sort of been on vacation, she says in disbelief. The Academy Award nominee
has recently wrapped The Big C (the critically-acclaimed
Showtime series that took its final bow this spring) and
Gregg Arakis White Bird in a Blizzard (out later this
year). Since she and V last sat down to talk, the breakout
star has been holding her own with a string of diverse yet
memorable roles in indie films and Hollywood tentpoles
alike. In addition to White Bird, shell next be seen in a
picture called Gravy and take to the small screen for the
third season of runaway FX hit American Horror Story.

I was talking to the wardrobe stylist and she was like,

She also still gets starstruck like everyone else. When
I need this color shirt because theres going to be BLOOD
she arrived on set for Arakis White Bird, she found herEVERYWHERE, she says of Gravy, which mixes horror
self caught of-guard by her company. I walked into
and comedy. She also mentions an Alan Ball-penned
the makeup trailer and I was like, She looks like Angela
script called Whats the Matter with Margie? which she
Bassett, whos she? Then I got closer and it was fucking
hopes to film soon, a project thats been circling her for Angela Bassett. Now, I live for Angela Bassett. Are you kida while. I never really have enough time to get scared
ding me? Sidibe says she connected to the flms script,
and think, Oh no, Im never going to work again! she
which centers on a girl (played by Shailene Woodley)
says with a laugh. Theres always something there as
who spends years searching for her missing mother. I
soon as I need it to be, so it works out perfectly.
play her best friend, she explains. The costumes are
This isnt exactly surprising, given her powerful
New Wave, because it takes place in the late 80s. I got
debut in 2009s Precious: Based on the Novel Push by
to be punk in itwe spent a lot of time in goth clubs and
Sapphire, which earned her an Oscar nomination for
things like that. It was so amazing!
Best Actressa monumental achievement for a firstIn the future, Sidibe hopes to work with more icons.
timer who had never aspired to perform. I didnt get I want to work with Viola [Davis]. I want to be her, she
to make the choice to be an actor, but I got to make the
sighs. She also cites Meryl Streep, and she feels a spechoice to stay an actor, she explains. Seeing the process
cial reverence for Beyonc: She doesnt walk, she leviof how the story changes three timesonce in writing, tates. If I could just touch the hem of her weave, I know I
another way in production, and then again in editing would be changed! In fact the actress is so smitten with
that really fascinates me. I knew immediately I wanted
the superstar that for her thirtieth birthday in May, she
to stay in the business. Im going to start writing. I find
went on a trip to Milan to see her idol perform. Though
that aspect the most interesting.
the two have not yet met, Gabby has a plan to make it
Though she admits that due to being recognized she
happen soontop secret, of course. Perhaps her frst
now feels nervous riding the subway or making trips to
screenplay should have a role for Queen B. Maybe were
the drugstore, Sidibe isnt too phased by her crash course
COPS! she screams, enthralled by the idea. Oh my God,
in fame. It hasnt changed me in the way people think it
I think I got itWere cops, and were always saying things
will change you, like that you have an entourage with you
like, GOT YOU, SUCKA! With that, she doubles over in
all the time or that youre always late or nasty to people, hystericsa ftting pose for a girl whos still getting the
she says. I think its made me grow up in a certain way. last laugh. patrik sandberg
But I still have my goofy sense of humor. My favorite
movies are The Hangover and Bridesmaids, Im pretty
Gabourey sidibe in new york city, january 2013
normal in that way. Another personal indulgence?
photography philippe vogelenzang
RuPauls Drag Race. You know when youre alone and
Fashion brandon maxwell
you talk to yourself ? When I do that, the voice I use is
dress issey miyake earrinGs alexis bittar
a drag queens. Oh no she done didnt!
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Makeup Kristin Gallegos for Laura Mercier (CLM) Hair (Gabby Sidibe) Nikki Nelms Hair (Julia Garner) Wesley OMeara for Bangstyle (The Wall Group) Manicure (Gabby Sidibe) Gina Edwards (Kate Ryan Inc.)
Manicure (Julia Garner) Casey Herman (Kate Ryan Inc.) Digital technician Toto Cullen Photo assistants Pavel Woznicki, Janneke De Jong, Mark J. Davis Stylist assistant Hayley Pisaturo Location Neo Studios

JULIA GARNER

Thomass Electrick Children, channeling a pregnant

Mormon youth on the run to Vegas. I auditioned on
Monday, by Wednesday I got the job, and by the following Tuesday we were already flming the movie, in Utah,
recalls the blue-eyed, baby-faced ingenue in between
sips of hot cocoa. So I didnt have a lot of time, and I just
focused on the situation that the girl was going through.
This straightforward, disarmingly candid approach to
the craft (no Method acting or grand pretensions here) is
fast becoming the actresss signature. It started out as a
hobby, she says of her trade. I did some acting classes
when I was 15, because I was shy, and I just really liked
it, a lot.
With her snow-white skin and pure-of-heart intentions, its only ftting that Garner has been cast as some
Nineteen-year-old New Yorker Julia Garner has only
pretty macabre characters. This October audiences will
been acting for three years, but given her packed rsum, see her in a meaty role, that of a reluctant teenage cannione would think that shed been at it for ages. She made
bal, in director Jim Mickles slow-burning horror fick We
her feature debut in 2012 as a vunerable cult member Are What We Are, which caused quite a stir at Sundance.
in Sean Durkins career-making drama Martha Marcy It was terrifying, says Garner. Its not a typical horror
May Marlene, then scored the lead of Rachel in Rebecca
flm. That shoot was a lot of fun too.

Julia Garner may look adorable, but

dont let her porcelain features fool
you. her latest roles include a cannibal,
a prostitute, and a stripper. eat your
heart out america

Next up? A 20th-century prostitute (opposite Michael

Pitt, in the period drama You Cant Win) and a stripper
(in the much-anticipated Sin City: A Dame to Kill For). In
the latter, I befriend Joseph Gordon-Levitts character
and we have a night out on the town, and its a good one,
and then, you know, something bad happens to meso
it ends up being really bad.
The past year has been crazy, but I love it, continues
Garner, who started working and traveling alone after
her art-teacher dad and therapist mom gave her the goahead, when she was 18. Now its just kind of a waiting
game. Its weird. People always say, Whats your dream
part? I dont have a dream part. I just try to do roles that
stretch me, that reallygive me something to learn. You
get to imagine. Im very lucky. aSHLEY SIMPSON
julia garner in new york city, january 2013
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MUSIC

With shout-along choruses and a stadiumsize sound, three l.a. brothers caught the
attention of poWer manager troy carter.
noW, as they prep a bold neW ep, theyre
getting ready to catch fire
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more of an all-around sensory experience, as opposed

to just a collection of songs.
As for their name, the trio was leafing through their
favorite poems and novels for inspiration and repeatedly came across the word ceremonies. We knew
it meant a communal gathering, where people come
together to embrace a spectrum of emotionfrom the
sadness of a funeral to the happiness of a wedding. Its
that same inclusive, tradition-building concept that
drives their upcoming album. The primary influence
for this record has been nostalgia, Michael says. As
long as people can relate somehow, thats all that matters to me. bradley stern

the ceremonies in los angeles, july 2013

PhotograPhy matthew williams fashion djuna bel
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Grooming David Cox for Kevin.Murphy Hair (Celestine Agency) Digital technician Ben Cope
Photo assistant Cameron DeMarco Stylist assistant Sara Paulsen Special thanks Troy Carter

meet tHe
CeRemONIeS

immersed in sound. Music was always fowing between

rooms, they explain. We just liked to sing together, so
we decided to develop that.
After recording a few demos, the trio formally came
together last year with the help of producer Danny
Garibay. The collaboration paid off: the Ceremonies
caught the ear of industry titan Troy Carter (the manager
behind Lady Gaga), who signed the band to his management company, Atom Factory.
Drawn in part from 80s new wave and post-punk, the
groups sound is a genre-blurring blend of rock, as evidenced by their debut single, Land of Gathering. The
bold number is a confagration of pounding drums and
live-wire energy all but missing from radio today, armed
with anthemic harmonies and a distinctly otherworldly
sensibility. We dont want to limit our music or be represented by any sort of one-dimensional feeling, they
insist. We dont want to be the type of band that only
plays happy music.
Their accompanying visualsa mlange of sleek, stylized
black-and-white moodinesscreate a similarly mysterious
feel. We like the concept of engaging the imagination, they
say. People have to apply the colors themselves.
The Ceremonies just want to make you feel.
The band is now putting the fnishing touches on a
Growing up under the same roof in Los Angeles, strongly conceptual EP, as well as its debut LP, which
Matthew, Mark, and Michael Cook found themselves
they promise will provide more than just music: Its

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IN ProGress
five exceptional artists from all over
the globe stopped to pose for these
pages during the venice biennale. in their
own words, theY elucidate their themes
of radical recontextualization, rainbow
spectrums, and big brass bands
PhotograPhy Jason schmidt

rem koolhaas netherlands

This project, at the Prada Foundation, in Venice, is in

fact an exercise in double occupancy: in the same way
that the spaces of the Bern Kunsthalle were occupied by
a generation of young revolutionary artists, in 1969on
the occasion of the legendary show Live in Your Head:
When Attitudes Become Formthe baroque spaces of
Ca Corner della Regina are in turn being invaded by the
Kunsthalles 20th-century rooms. The result is a literal
and radical superposition of spaces that produces new
and unexpected relationships: between the two architectures, between the artworks and Ca Corners baroque
architecture. Through this radical recontextualization,
the literalness of the reconstruction is transformed into
a more challenging experience.
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RagnaR KjaRtansson ICELAND

This is me and the gang of the S.S. Hangover during one of the opening days of
the Venice Biennale. It is a kinetic sculpture that is performed every day for four
hours during the entire exhibition. The idea for the piece came when I was looking at a recipe book called Hollywood Cocktails. There is a still in it from the movie
Remember Last Night (1935) with a boat just like this one crashing into a swanky
party. The haphazard hybrid of Greek, Icelandic, and Venetian ship design, with the

name S.S. Hangover and the fat Pegasus on the sail, really got me. I do love the idea
of the fat Pegasus, most of us artists are like thattrying to fly. I got a replica of the
boat built, painted it, and asked my friend Kjartan Sveinsson to write music for it.
It is spatial music made for the movements of the boat in the historical shipyard
Gaggiandre in the Arsenale. A melancholic brass piece. The stuff that Kjartan writes
goes straight to my heart. The musicians are fantastic, and it is really hard work for
them to blow constantly, therefore I have a bit of a bad conscience every day until
November. Then I have to use the opportunity, since this is a fashion magazine, to
say my clothes are from JR, a Reykjavk store. Now Gumundur Jrundsson will
be happy with me.

jespeR just DENMARK

This picture was taken in the morning at the Pavilion just

before the opening of the Biennale. Im standing in front
of the largest (13 m x 3.5 m) of the fve projections in the
installation. As you walk through the piece the narrative
evolves from one room to another so that the physical
involvement hopefully points back to the spectator. The
idea of representing your country in another country was
my starting point for Venice; I became interested in imposturbanism and ended up shooting the flm in a replica of
Paris built in China. To do more than an anthropological
study of the Chinese people living there, I wanted to shoot
this place as if it was actually Paris, using French actors.
The image shows a 1:1 replica of Boulevard Haussmann. It
is from the last projection in the installation, just before
you pass a hallway of bamboo under grow lights to exit
through the toolshed.

WORK IN PROGRESS

kimsooja KOREA

To Breathe: Bottari presents the Korean Pavilion as an empty bottari (bundle) and
invites the bodies of the audience to be the only active performers within it.
Translucent film on the skin of the building diffracts light into a rainbow spectrum, while mirrors lining the floor and the ceiling infinitely reflect the self and the
other. My breathing performance, The Weaving Factory (20042013), fills the air

and transforms the pavilion into a breathing bottari that folds and unfolds the phenomenon of light.
Together with the space of light, To Breathe: Blackout (2013)an anechoic
chamber in complete darknesscreates a soundless dark void of infinite reflection
of self: a black hole.
This installation questions visual knowledge as the known and darkness as the
unknown, through two visual extremes that are connected as part of a whole.
The Pavilion becomes a physical and psychological sanctuary that raises ontological
questions about our body and mind as well as the conditions of civilization in this era.

Berlinde
de Bruyckere BELGIUM

Consider it a birth. A birth where horror was carved

into beauty, down to the bone, to become Cripplewood/
Kreupelhout.
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PhotograPhy robin broadbent FaShion Mia SoLKin
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Makeup Jeanine Lobell (Tim Howard Management) Hair Shay Ashual (Tim Howard Management) Manicure Daria Hardeman Lighting director Jodokus Driessen
Digital technician Brian Anderson Studio manager Marc Kroop VLM print producer Jeff Lepine Creative movement director Stephen Galloway (The Collective Shift)
Photo assistant Pat Roxas Makeup assistant Chisa Takahashi Hair assistants Sean Mikel and Tony Kelley Retouching Stereohorse Location ROOT [Brooklyn]

look

bijoux kisses
PhotograPhy Power couPle Inez &
VInoodh celebrate theIr Personal and
ProfessIonal unIon wIth a sPecIal
collaboratIon for tenthousandthIngs

If you thought you had seen pretty much everything

from Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, think
again.This September marks the inseparable duos debut
jewelry collection for TENTHOUSANDTHINGS.
The idea stemmed from a philanthropic endeavor with
the brands founders, David Rees and Ron Anderson, that
took place last year. After shooting a portrait series for V81
entitled Let Love Adorn You, featuring luminaries Susan
Sarandon, Liya Kebede, Olivier Theyskens, and other friends
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in one-of-a-kind pieces auctioned for charity, Vinoodh felt

inspired to create a necklace on his own for Inez.
We really loved it, and then we started thinking about
all the possibilities, says Inez of the initial design, a black
oxidized silver necklace featuring intertwined replicas of
their wedding rings and a star pendant. Next they created
a series of 10 variants, and then an eleventh version incorporating diferent stones into the collection. Ultimately,
the project evolved into a 200-piece range which will be
sold at Barneys New York and Net-a-Porter.com. For us,
it comes from our togetherness and our son, Charles Star,
who turns 10 this year. Its about the special bond between
people, either in their love life or their work, says Inez.
To showcase their gems, the pair photographed groups
who embody this connection, including Misshapes Greg
Krelenstein, Leigh Lezark, and Geordon Nicol. These
pieces have a real sense of the artists who created them
that I feel very connected to, says Krelenstein.
They have a very intense working relationship and they
symbolize a part of New York that I love, says Inez of the
trio, who will release their frst compilation this fall. It was
so exciting to see how they felt in the jewelry and to be on the
other sidewe have never shot our own product before. Now
we understand how the designers feel! Kristin tice studeman

from left: GreG wears

leather and oxidized silver necklace with sapphire
oxidized silver necklace with sapphire
18k rose Gold rinG with black tahitian pearl
oxidized silver rinG with black tahitian pearl
leiGh wears
red leather and 18k Yellow Gold necklace with rubY
oxidized silver necklace with white tahitian pearl
18k rose Gold necklace with sapphire
oxidized silver rinG with sapphire
oxidized silver rinG with white tahitian pearl
oxidized silver rinG with diamond briolette
oxidized silver and diamond pav rinG with diamond briolette
Geordon wears
white leather and 18k Yellow Gold necklace with white
tahitian pearl
oxidized silver necklace with diamond pav drop
18k Yellow Gold necklace with all elements
misshapes in new York citY, JulY 2013
PhotograPhy inez & Vinoodh

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mod mosaics

Ever the proud Italians, Domenico Dolce

and Stefano Gabbana set their sights on
the spectacular mosaics housed within
Sicilys ancient Cathedral of Monreale for
Fall. Local artisans were commissioned to
replicate the painstaking methods that
were used to embellish the church in 1172.
One of the more Byzantine creations to
emerge from this creative expedition is
the Sicily Morale, a handmade minibag
with a metal frame, over which plaster is
poured before being adorned with myriad pieces of cut glass fresh from the kiln.
The best craftsmen had to place those little stones next to one another to create a
picture, says Gabbana of the statement
piece, which took two days to create. This
is not just a bag, Dolce adds. Its like buying a little jewel. mia solkin
dolce & gabbana sicily morale bag
($15,000, select dolce & gabbana boutiques)

LisTEN UP

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which could chill the warmest climates and heat up

any night out. (September 10, XO/Republic Records,
theweeknd.com)
The announcement earlier this year that Trent Reznor
had secretly been recording a new Nine Inch Nails
album eclipsed just about everything, and the frst single, Came Back Haunted, proved a worthy addition to
the projects broiling, blistering discography of singles.
The David Lynchdirected videoan exercise in sensory
stimulation efected by sinister psychological trickery
gave fans goosebumps. Hesitation Marks is a no-brainer.
(September 3, Columbia Records, nin.com)
Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band are back with a
record called Take Me to the Land of Hell, the frst record
from the project since 2009. Never one to shed her experimental tendencies, Yoko has tapped a curious and cool list
of collaborators to cosign the release, including her regular accompanists, who hail from bands Cibo Matto and

Cornelius. Among her new recruits: tUnEyArDs, ?uestlove, Miike Snows Andrew Wyatt, and Wilcos Nels Cline.
The album will also include remixes by the Beastie Boys.
I really think its the best record I made yet, she writes
to V exclusively. Im totally thrilled. Let me know which
song is your number one! Yoko. (September 17, Chimera
Music, yopob.com)
Kim Gordon is back with a new project and a new
record, under the moniker BODY/HEAD, an exploration of the concept of drone music with avant-garde collaborator Bill Nace. Billing themselves as an electric guitar
duo, Gordon and Nace build a back-and-forth fretwork
of interwoven guitar feedback that results in what they
describe as a sonic rainbow. Highly improvisational and
abstract, but also looping and spatial, the music harbors
a hypnotic transcendence that rewards private listens.
Meditate on the oscillating soundwaves. (September 10,
Matador Records, matadorrecords.com) patrik sandberg

Courtesy Dolce & Gabbana

Nothing compares to the torture of waiting for a new

album from one of your favorite musical acts. As 2013
turns to autumn, the time of reckoning is nigh. Here are
five new records mixed, mastered, and ready for consumption. Pump up the volume on the seasons musthave music.
MGMT are back with their third album, long planned
to be self-titled. Promising boundary-pushing, shiny,
surreal pop music, MGMT comes complete with a CG
visual experience called The Optimizer. Optimum.
(September 17, Columbia Records, whoismgmt.com)
The steady wave of hype for Canadian songsmith
The Weeknd is cresting with the release of his biglabel debut, Kiss Land. When a collection of his three
free mixtapes was commercially released as Trilogy, it
went platinum, portending big things from the two-time
MTV VMA nominee. On this outing, expect shimmering keys, dark synths, and more of his signature vocals,

WE LOVE THE 90s

The year 1996, which brought us the Spice Girls Wannabe, Baz Lurhmanns Romeo +
Juliet, and the introduction of eBay, was also the dawning of a new decade for Inez van
Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. To celebrate their love-work-union, they created an
intimate custom scent, with Byredo, that is now available to everyone.
It was 10 years after we met and started working together, and the image that the scent is
based on, Kirsten 1996, has always been one of our favorites, Inez says of the iconic photo.
We are so used to making fragrance campaign images, like for Gucci and Narciso Rodriguez,
and we wanted to start with an image and then create a fragrance.
The scentwith strong hints of amber and juniper berry (a blend of sweet and spicy,
similar to the duality in their work)was originally given out as a holiday gift to the couples
loved ones. As this project developed, I began to understand that this image and the year
in which it was taken set their work in a diferent direction, says Ben Gorham, Byredos
founder and artistic director. In the end, the fragrance became as much about Inez and
Vinoodh as creators and their exploration. Kristin tice studeman

byredo 1996 ($145, byredo.com)

Clockwise from top left: Ulysse Frechelin (Byredo); courtesy Marlborough Chelsea;
courtesy Ragnar Kjartansson; courtesy Graham Newhall from Whitney Museum of American Art;
Craig McDean, courtesy Rizzoli

mcDEANs mODEL TRIFEcTA

From swanky, 10-assistant ad jobs to the

ubiquitous street-style snap, the business of fashion photography has morphed
into a digital enterprise. Crafty lensman
Craig McDean offers a palette-cleansing
look at the past, when he hovered over
negatives and contact sheets instead
of glowing, oversized Apple computers.
His new tome homes in on three particular figuresAmber Valetta, Guinevere
Van Seenus, and Kate Mossfrom 1993
to 2005, after which McDean couldnt
help but become one of the converted.
Considering it was achieved via the analog process, the starkness of the images
culled from magazine shoots and iconic
ad campaigns for the likes of Calvin Klein,
Jil Sander, and Yohji Yamamotoare all
the more captivating. alison lee

amber, GuineVere, and Kate photoGraphed by

craiG mcdean ($100, rizzoli.com)

HAVE AN ART-FILLED FALL

The art worlds back-to-school season warrants a fresh passport.

One of the most anticipated ports of call on the international slate
of exhibitions is Septembers Lyon Biennial, often overshadowed
by the concurrent, more politically charged Istanbul Biennial. Titled
Meanwhile Suddenly and Then, Lyons twelfth edition, opening
on the twelfth, is predicated on the supremacy of storytelling as an
essential vehicle not only for art but for media, politics, and any other
means of shaping perspective in todays world. It gathers master
reality-benders like Matthew Barney, Paul Chan, Bjarne Melgaard,
and Ryan Trecartin into the mix. Slightly southeast, HangarBicocca,
a brand new museum in Milan, opens The Visitors, a show by
Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, on September 19. The ninevideo installation plays with relationships between live concerts,
poetry, and cinema, continuing the artists exploration of crossdisciplinary performance. (For more on Ragnar, turn to page 128.)
That same evening stateside, Mike Bouchet brings his eccentric
provocations to a newly renovated Marlborough Chelsea gallery,
in New York, including a Jacuzzi full of cola and a loop of 10,000
downloaded porno vids. And uptown, the Whitney Museum of
American Art presents one of the final exhibitions to take place at
the Madison Avenue Breuer building (before its new Renzo Piano
design home on The Highline is completed, in 2015). Beyond LOVE,
opening September 26, is an in-depth look at the work of American
artist Robert Indiana, forever famous for his iconic red, green, and
blue Pop Art rendition of the word LOVE. Drawing on the verbal
and visual vocabularies of postwar America, Indianas poetic inquiries will be revealed here as complex and ambivalent, not only an
advertisement for hippie-era good vibes but for classical American
discontent at the dawn of globalization. KeVin mcGarry
From top:

miKe bouchet, asK For more 18 times (2012)

raGnar Kjartansson, the Visitors (2012)
robert indiana, eat/die (1962)

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Retouching Dtouch NYC

Fall jewelry has taken on a life of its own with runways that were full of beastly bling. Ornithologist
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ALL iN THE fAMiLy

When tasked with naming a handbag, why not look

to your inner circle? Such was the approach taken
by Stella McCartney, who bestowed the moniker
Beckett (the name of her 5-year-old son) upon her
newest line of accessories. In keeping with the designers animal-free, eco-friendly practices, the bags feature a faux nappa fabric created from vegetable oils
(a substitute for leather). The box clutch incorporates sustainably grown wood at the base, as well. The
whole design can be fat-packed like a paper bag which
simplifes shipping, even further reducing the products carbon footprint. Its quite pure and straight to
the point, yet with a little twist, the Earth mother
designer says proudly. MiA solkin
From top:

stEllA McCArtnEy beckett shoulder bag and beckett

box clutch ($1,230 and $1,856, stella mccartney ny,
212.255.1556)

JOHAN THE LENSMAN

Photography Brendan James; courtesy Matchless; courtesy Johan Lindeberg

A brief look at designer turned photographer Johan

Lindebergs body of work reveals that hes a man who
values women with presence. Hes already shot powerhouses like Gisele Bndchen (for his BLK DNM Wild
guerilla posters) and Chlo Sevigny (for his debut ads
as creative director for Absolut Elyx). More recently,
he captured Karen Elson in Nashville for the newest Wild campaign, which is coming out during New
York Fashion Week. Not too shabby for someone who
picked up a camera for the frst time just two years ago.
I started because I wanted to create a brand with
pictures and I decided to shoot the Spring 12 lookbook
myself, says Lindeberg. I have been doing at least a
shoot a week for months now. I basically sleep with my
camera under my pillow.
The focus of his shoots for BLK DNM, Absolut Elyx,
and the occassional editorial spread, is female beauty in
its purest form. I like women as they are, and I want to
portray them being themselves, not somebody else, he
says of his work, which involves no makeup and very little
Photoshop. Its a great time for women to step out and
make a statement. I think they should take over the world
completely. This new work-play synergy is perfect for the
multitasking Swede. Working with a woman inspires me
to create both clothes and pictures. kristin tiCE stUDEMAn

Cara Delevingne at the Glastonbury Festival

in the Matchless Soho Lady Blouson jacket

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the angels oF rocK and roll
photography hedi slimane text legs mcneil
LOU REED was always a grumpy old man. Okay, so I did my best to ask him the most
DAVID BYRNE started singing, and at first I thought it was a joke. He looked like
annoying questions when the PUNK magazine staff first interviewed him after our
he was going to burst into tears at any moment. Hed close his eyes and tilt his head
first night at CBGB, with questions like How do you like your hamburgers cooked? back as he hit his high notes, struggling to communicate to some mutant muse in
Lou never forgave me, though he loved John Holmstrom, PUNKs editor in chief. I a different dimensionhe sounded that otherworldly. When the song finished I
remember coming out of a blackout at Clive Daviss 50th birthday party in some fancy
was hooked, if only to see if David was going to have a nervous breakdown right
restaurant uptown and there was Diana Ross and KISS (without their makeup) and
there onstage.
a bunch of other rock stars, as well as Lou, who was bending Holmstroms ear. Lou
The next ones called Psycho Killer, Byrne said into the microphone, his voice
always talked in such a soft voice I couldnt hear what he was saying, but I didnt care. cracking. Unsteady. Unsure. Unconfdent. The lyrics seemed to say what everyone was
It was always boringtechnical jargon about getting the right sound or taking speed
thinking about this guy: I cant seem to face up to the facts / Im tense and nervous
and filling in a white sheet of paper with a rapidograph pen until the spotpaper was
and I cant relax / I cant sleep cause my beds on fre / Dont touch me Im a real live
entirely black, or some other nonsense.
wire / Psycho Killer / Quest que cest
Cmon John, Id say, pulling on his shirt sleeve, trying to break the spell Lou had
And then came that shriek, as if Edvard Munchs The Scream had fnally been given
cast upon him, lets go downtown and pick up chicks, lets hang out with the Ramones, a voice, Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better / Run run run run run run run away It was
everyones too old here. But they would both ignore me and continue their conversa- truly a chilling performance, back when the Talking Heads were still a three-piece band
tion, the Velvet Underground cofounder never bothering to acknowledge that I existed. and David Byrne frst turned his neuroses into art. Wow, I thought, great band, but
Over the years, people continued to ask me, Whats Lou Reed really like?
boy Id hate to be David Byrnes psychiatrist.
An asshole, Id tell them, and wait until they were thoroughly bummed out before
adding, But if Id written just one of the hundreds of great fucking rock-and-roll songs
There is wondrous beauty in ugly things. MICHAEL GIRA knows this. Maybe it was
that he has written, maybe Id finally be a happy man. Can you imagine if youd writ- growing up with his alcoholic mother, who changed the ground rules from day to day,
ten Heroin or Sweet Jane or Rock & Roll or New Age or any of his songs? Jesus, that frst sent him the message. Or maybe it was being relocated, to Indiana, and then
the guy really is good, isnt he?
to Paris, where he ran away from home and hitchhiked across Europe, that gave him
I was there the night the Velvets were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, early glimpses of the repulsive. He most certainly witnessed the hideous in jail in Israel,
and by accident I bumped into Lou as he was walking to the stage to accept the honor.
where he was sentenced to four and a half months for dealing drugs.
Hey, buddy, he said, and he stopped to shake my hand. I thought, He must not
Theres a book by [Jerzy] Kosinski called Steps, Gira told an interviewer in 2011,
recognize meEither that or he was so overwhelmed by the moment that he let his which is cold and clinical, but describes scenes of incredible violence and cruelty. I
guard down. But I prefer to think he didnt recognize me, since it keeps my world that
found that combination of elements attractive early on.
much more organized and orderly to know that Lou Reed still hates me.
Upon returning to the States, Michael played in the band Little Cripples and enrolled
in art school, where he almost drowned in academic elitism. But he dropped out, moved
There was a year or so there when the Runaways and the Ramones toured together, to New York City, and joined the No Wave Scene, frst playing in Circus Mort and
comprising one of the best double bills in rock-and-roll history. And it seemed for a
then founding Swans. Early Swans shows were notable because of Giras contempt of
brief moment that punk rock might finally become a commercially viable entity. Such
the audience. He pulled peoples hair and attacked anyone who dared headbang durwas not the case. But in that brief moment in time, there were no chicks (and chicks
ing the performances.
they most certainly were) cooler than the Runaways. They were the precursors to all
As Michael once said, Swans are majestic, beautiful-looking creatures with really
the Riot Grrrls, and had the biggest brass balls ever to complement their five vaginas. ugly temperaments.
Hello Daddy, hello Mom / Im your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb / Hello world, Im
your wild girl / Im your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb! the Runaways sang when a cherry
Id be drunk and broke, walking up the Bowery, trying to make that long trek back home
bomb was the equivalent of a pussy riot today. In this small circle of severe female chill, to our ofces on 10th Avenue and 30th Street. A Checker cab would pull up to the curb,
one Runaway was ready to scurry even farther than the rest. JOAN JETT shone with a
the door would fy open, and there would be DAVID JOHANSEN in the backseat, sipping
brighter luminescence than even her bandmates dida pretty amazing feat, since the
champagne, surroundedby three hot babes. He looked like some long-haired, ultra-hip
band was comprised of stunning dirty teenage fantasies.
version of Robert Gouleta dandy with a Bowery Boy mugand with that gravel pit of
I remember seeing Joan backstage at the Santa Monica Civic Center, on my
a voice, hed growl, Hop in Legs, were going to Chinatown, Im gonna teach you how
21st birthday, when the Runaways were opening for the Ramones, and I said to Joey, to eat Chinese food And Id climb into the cab and not stumble back to the ofce
Wow, she looks like a punk-rock angel!
until late the next afternoon.
Yeah, Joey Ramone laughed, or devil! Ha ha! Shes supercool and a great guitar player.
David Johansen was one of those guys that was always a ton of fun. His whole body
Of course, the Runaways broke up a few years after they began and Joan went of on
seemed to radiate good times start here, as if some neon arrow was poised over his
her own to become the female icon she is today. I remember her coming of stage that
head, pointing down at him. David Johansen was the party. He seemed blessed with
night in 1977, her black leather jacket slung over her shoulder, sweat dripping down
hysterical one-liners and the most charming anecdotes, always ready to laugh, firt,
her skinny, sinewy arms, an intense anger burned into that gorgeous face, just dying
and carouse, when carousing was an art form and staying out until noon the next day
to tell the frst person that got in her way to FUCK OFF AND DIE!
was not uncommon.
He was a star from another time. Even in the 70s he seemed like hed be more comThe night after I saw the Ramones for the frst time, I went back to CBGB to fnd out what else
fortable hanging out with Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. and Johnny Carson and
was going on there. I mean, the Ramones were so incredible, I wondered if there could be other
Charo instead of bums like me at CBGB. Then along came the 80s and the proto-punk
bands that played at this club that might be as diferent, unusual, and wonderful as they were. rocker was transformed into the big-haired Buster Poindexter, and the entire world
This time I went alone and sat at a table near the front. There were only about twenty
got to see him as I had. It was as if Busters whole act was about saying, as he did to
or thirty people in the place, and this band of three extremely nerdy but sexy kids, two
me one night, And if youre too drunk to walk home, you can sleep on my pile of dirty
guys and a girl, took the stageand I got the answer to my question.
laundry, cause the party never stops.
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lou reed

clothing and accessories reeds own

joan jett

clothing and accessories Jetts own

david byrne

Jacket and shirt Saint Laurent by Hedi SLimane

Makeup (Joan Jett) aaron de Mey For SepHora

Hair orlando pita For orlo Salon

michael gira

clotHing and acceSSorieS giraS own

Digital technician Joseph BorDuin

prop stylist peter Klein (FranK reps)
photo assistants ruDolF BeKKer, Joey trisolini, nicK Krasznai
MaKeup assistant arManDo guaJarDo Jr.
hair assistant Quenton Barnette
proDuction KiM pollocK anD yann rzepKa
proDuction assistant ashley sKy WalKer
eQuipMent rental Bathhouse stuDios anD root [eQ_capture]
location Bathhouse stuDios catering Monterone

david johansen

Jacket Saint Laurent by Hedi SLimane

On eyes, GiorGio ArmAni smOOth silk eye Pencil #4

On cheeks, GiorGio ArmAni sheer Blush #4
On liPs, GiorGio ArmAni rOuge ecstasy #401

paws up! Mother Monster is back with Multiple personalities and a brand-new sound. in
an icon-to-icon exchange, she sits down with perForMance art pioneer Marina abraMovic
to explain the ethos behind her iMpending albuM, her evolving state oF being, and what
valuable inForMation she is storing inside her brain purse

the art of pop by lady

interview Marina abraMovic

photography inez & vinoodh Fashion brandon Maxwell
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underwear (throughout) CALVIN KLEIN

BootS (throughout) ALAA

I was wIllIng to do anythIng for art. It got me Into so much trouble because when
youre wIllIng to do anythIng for art but you dont even know what your art Is
yet or what your musIc Is or what youre makIng, youre wIllIng to do anythIng to
understand It or to experIence somethIng that wIll charge It or InspIre It.
lady gaga

.. as Im older, I understand the Intenseness of the experIences

that I went through. they have affected and changed who I am now.
lady gaga

PHASE ONE
I see this girl as the frst incarnation of me. Of Gaga. The Bowie superfan, playing with glitter and refective materials, like
doing a jigsaw puzzle. How can I paint with this palette in a way theyve never seen? How can I remain loyal to my glam
roots and soar with an artistry that is still forming? I have always felt comforted in my ability to learn as a performer. When
I care to no longer learn or research, I am then an occupant of my own ego. Bowie is a scholar, and it is this part of him that
Ive kept with me. If I allow myself to really delve into and analyze the thing Im making, I feel a sense of control. A sense of
belonging. I belong because I must create. I must transform. And I must believe that my ability to evolve is infnite. LADY GAGA
MARINA ABRAMOVI I was just looking at the photographs for V Magazine. I know what it takes to create these kinds of shots. You work day and night, its crazy. People say, Oh, how easy it must be to become
what youve become. But its enormous discipline and sacrifce. Can you describe your normal day?
LADY GAGA Normal working daytheyre always diferent. I wake uprecently, a bit earlierand I usually smoke and
sit in bed and read. I put out all of my notebooks, computers, the music, pictures, art books, and I just sort of lie there
and I smoke a bit. I look at everything and I really just look at it, Marina. I always think about the work a lot, but on this
album I really spent a lot of time gazing, you know? Really gazing into the work and really thinking about what it means.
How can I make it better? How can it become more original? How can I inspire them to see something that I dont even
want them to see? And so I wake up, I do that, and then I start to make my callskind of like a serial killerto everyone
in the HAUS. Each one has a diferent thing that theyre good at. And while Im sitting there and gazing at the work, I
just start to call them and say, Okay, I need you to do this, and then Okay bye. And then I call the next line and say,
Can you do this? Okay bye. Its sort of an editing process, but instead of it being a painting or just music, its everything.
My team calls me the atelier, the couturier at the end, when they put the dress together and the couturier comes in and
sews the dress at the last minute and makes it all come together perfectly. Thats what I do. I put it all together and Im
there at the inception of it. So Im really the one that understands every single piece. In a typical day, I would do that
for three to four hours in the morning. Then I will run or fgure out a way to sweat, and then Im usually at the studio...
MA You forgot the breakfast. When do you have the breakfast?
LG [laughs] I dont eat breakfast.
MA I knew it. No breakfast. You have cofee, tea? What do you do?
LG I drink Pellegrino, Im a good Italian girl. I have Pellegrino with lime and a smoke. And I just lie there. Sometimes
maybe green tea. I just sit there and look at everything. I get mad at the work, I get frustrated, I start getting really
sweaty. I have a very emotional experience when Im creating.
MA What time do you go to sleep in the evening? Late or it depends?
LG It really depends. I can fall asleep at any time, at any place. In a strange way its because my mind is always so exhausted.
MA Thats how you know when youre really an artist. When youre an artist, its a thing like breathing, you
dont question breathing. If you dont breathe, you just die. So if you have this urge, its almost like youre
diseased, you have a fever, you cant do anything else that way, your mind is occupied, youre pretty much an
artist. But then the question is what makes you a great artist? Because you could just be an artist, but you can
be mediocre too. What makes you a great artist is the few steps more. Its really sacrifcing almost everything
around that actually can ft into this image that you have to construct, and thats a real thing.
LG When I shot with Inez and Vinoodh, it was the same thing. You have to stare at the image, you have to stare at
the work. You have to have an intense connection with it all the way to its core, and then push, push, push yourself
and then say Okay, and you have that instant adrenaline feeling of Lets go.
MA That is what is making this thing pop. I want to know a little about this piece for the new album that
you playedPig ? I love this work. Do you have a favorite song? Also tell me a little bit about the pig one.
LG Actually its interesting that you said that you love Swine.
MA Swine sounds so much worse in English. Pig is almost sweet, but swine is really dirty.
LG Yes, swine is dirty. And in European culture, its not very nice to call somebody swine. Its like the worst thing you
can say. So when we were making the cover that you mention, with the dark hairEach cover was designed with a custom outft by one designer. Thats the one that Hedi [Slimane] didthe one in the sequined jacket with the high-waisted
jeans and the hair. That was the time in my life when I was the new artist. I wasnt a fully formed artist, I was 19, I was
young. I was on my way. I was willing to do anything for art. It got me into so much trouble because when youre willing
to do anything for art but you dont even know what your art is yet or what your music is or what youre making, youre
willing to do anything to understand it or to experience something that will charge it or inspire it. And because of that
I was really troubled. I was really sick all the time in my head, in my heart. I felt trapped, but I was free. And then it
was like a slow death. A slow death of my innocence and my youth. And I had to climb through a lot of swine, and thats
where that song came from. This idea of something so dark and something so awful and perverted that at a young age
you dont really understand. And you dont want to know and understand it. And then, as Im older, I understand the
intenseness of the experiences that I went through. They have afected and changed who I am now. So this song became
a liberation, because Im now saying that if I am to be truly great at this transformation, I have to understand. It shows
on stage before peoples eyes. And thats really what these covers are about. Its not just the hair, its the whole life.
MA Each one is diferent.
LG Its a whole life-form.
MA How you would describe these characters?
LG The dark-haired one I wrote as the New Artist. It reads like this: This is me, the me I was the most afraid to be again.
The me I had left behind. Through the work each time over and over with Inez and Vinoodh, there is a challenge that I
was facing with myself. The person they want to see is dead, I think. I have an ability to endure physical and mental pain
for long durations, months or years at a time, but Ive learned eventually that the brunt of that anguish fnds its point and
impact, and although I was able to withstand the challenge for that period of time, the results are destructive and Im
left a shell. Why would I ever want to feel that again? And then a bigger question, Does anyone really know what I went
through to get here? And somehow with Inez and Vinoodhs calm sense of confdence, their seductive artistic way, in the
process I am inspired to allow the emotions to pass through me as they photograph me and I hear, Beautiful, Gaga! Yes!
Yes! Look at that girl! Im reminded that my sense of self within the world I create provides an element of honesty and
gravity to the work and its okay that Im broken. I can be broken in the Cubist or Surrealist sense, like a Picasso nose,
or Dal clockahead of its time, not pathetic or shameful. And then I am transported back to a time I wanted to forget,
I somehow still arrived at what I have become, an artist that celebrates our diferences. So what Im saying is I realized
that if I wasnt able to become her again, then I was in essence afraid of something, which felt like a big, padlocked chain.
MA That means that youre freeing yourself from that.
LG Exactly. I felt it at the shoot, then we shot for the video, and I became the same girl again in the flm. Then there
was another level that came out and it was the joy of me as a young Italian-American girl from an immigrant, bluecollar family that just wanted to be a performer with that drive and love of music. It became this really beautiful
flm of me lying on a mattress and singing this song as if I was writing it in my bed for the frst time. The hour that
we shot was like ten years of a good sneeze or something. A really good sneeze.
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For the Full story, collect all Four issues oF v85 or go to vmagazine.com

makeup yadim (art partner)

hair shay ashual (tim howard management)
Manicure Jin Soon choi for JinSoon (Jed root inc.)
Lighting director JodokuS drieSSen
digitaL technician Brian anderSon
Studio Manager Marc kroop
VLM print producer Jeff Lepine
creatiVe MoVeMent director Stephen gaLLoway (the coLLectiVe Shift)
choreography richard JackSon
photo aSSiStant Joe huMe
StyLiSt aSSiStantS hayLey piSaturo and Sandra aMador
Makeup aSSiStantS Mondo Leon and kanako takaSe
hair aSSiStantS Sean MikeL and tony keLLey
taiLor MaLiSa (in-houSe ateLier)
production gaBe hiLL and roger dong (ge proJectS)
Brenda Brown (the coLLectiVe Shift)
artiSt ManageMent troy carter, BoBBy caMpBeLL,
Lane BentLey (atoM factory)
retouching StereohorSe
Location Steiner StudioS catering SMiLe to go
SpeciaL thankS giuLiano argenziano, aLLiSon Brainard,
Sidney ruSSeLL (aBraMoVic LLc)

VEST VIONNET
booTS MANOLO BLAHNIK
bRIEFS ERES
bANDEAU (ARoUND WAIST) AMERICAN APPAREL
CHoKER AND bAG GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI dESIGN
bANGLES KENNETH JAY LANE
EARRINGS ALEXIS BITTAR
oN LIPS, ESTE LAUdER PURE CoLoR
HIGH INTENSITY LIP LACQUER IN PEACH GLASS

supermodel joan smalls amps up the fun for carlyne cerf de dudzeeles personal
love explosion. baring skin and losing control in extravagant white-hot looks of the
season, smalls proudly brings aspirational opulence back to life

A S T I N A T U R N E R
photography tom munro

fashion and creative direction carlyne cerf de dudzeele

ENERGY! FASHION! QUICK, QUICK, QUICK!

THIS IS WHAT I LOVE!
CARLYNE CERF DE DUDZEELE

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JACKET AND SWIMSUIT VERSACE

BELT GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI dESIGN
EARRINGS KENNETH JAY LANE
oN hAIR, ORIBE ThICK DRY FINIShING SPRAY
vINCENT WEARS (ThRoUGhoUT) JEANS J BRANd

DRESS BURBERRY pRoRsUm

bootS giUsEppE zanotti dEsign
JEWELRY aLEXis BittaR

shirt ANTHONY VACCARELLO

briefs JO DE MER
eArriNGs, bANGLes, riNGs
ALEXIS BITTAR
ChOKer AND bODY beLt
GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI DESIGN

SKIRT, BELT, SHOES ALAA

ON BOdy, ESTE LAUDER
BRONzE gOddESS BOdy OIL SpRay

DRESS JOVANI
CLUTCH AND CHOKER (IN MOUTH)
GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI dESIGN

MY GUT, MY INSTINCT.. MY TRAFFICOTAGE MOI!

CARlYNE CERF DE DUDZEElE

JACKET AND SWIMSUIT ALEXANDRE VAUTHIER

BOOTS CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN FOR ALEXANDRE VAUTHIER
EArrINgS ALEXIS BITTAR

TURTLENECK WOLFORD
SKIRT REED KRAKOFF
COAT (IN HAND) JASON WU
BOOTS, BAG, CUFF
GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI DESIGN
EARRINGS AND BANGLE ALEXIS BITTAR
ON HAIR, ORIBE SOFT LACQUER
HEAT STYLING SPRAY

JACKET (WORN BACKWARD)

AND PANTS BALMAIN
SWIMSUIT AMERICAN APPAREL
EARRINGS AND BANGLES
ALEXIS BITTAR
CHOKER AND BAG
GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI dESIGN
RING KENNETH JAY LANE

DRESS DIOR
NECKLACE AND BANGLES KENNETH JAY LANE
EARRINGS AND RING ALEXIS BITTAR
oN fACE, ESTE LAUDER
ADVANCED NIGHT REPAIR
SYNCHRoNIZED RECoVERY CoMPLEX II

CERFS STYLE..
FRESH, HAPPY..
TEETH!
CARLYnE CERF DE DUDZEELE

DRESS THEYSKENS THEORY

COAT MONCLER GAMME ROUGE
BOOTS AND BAG GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI dESIGN
CUFFS ALEXIS BITTAR
RING ALEXANdRE VAUTHIER
MAkEUp JAMES kAlIARDOS
HAIR ORIBE USING ORIBE HAIR CARE
(ORIBE SAlON, MIAMI BEACH)
HAIR COlOR ANTHONy pAlERMO
FOR ANTHONy lEONARD SAlON
MODElS JOAN SMAllS (IMG)
AND VINCENT HARRINGTON (DNA)
Manicure Gina edwards
for essie (Kate ryan inc.)
diGital technician alonzo Maciel (dtouch ny)
Photo assistants Xavier Muniz,
nicK Krasznai, John BurKe
stylist assistant Kate Grella
MaKeuP assistant williaM Kahn
hair assistants Judy ericKson
and GreG BitterMan
Production assistant roBert Petrie
videoGraPher cycy sanders

JACKET AND BOOTS

SALVATORE FERRAGAMO
BRIEFS JO DE MER
EARRINGS ALEXIS BITTAR
BAG GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI DESIGN

POP..
. .LIFE..
. .ALIVE!
cArLynE cErF DE DUDZEELE

stroll along with roving beach beauty andreea diaconu as she models sexy body-con
attire and luxe furs with all the irreverence of a heavy metal goddess. the in-demand
stunner gives off van halen vibes in the most spectacular outerwear of the season

and the finest furs

photography alasdair mclellan
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fashion melanie ward

CAPE PUCCI
ON EYES, BURBERRY
MIDNIGHT BROWN
SHEER EYE SHADOW
ON LIPS, BURBERRY
ROSEWOOD LIP DEFINER

COAT FENDI
BODYSUIT CAPEZIO
BOOTS VERSACE

COAT SALVATORE FERRAGAMO

JUMPSUIT JULIEN MacDONALD
BOOTS SAINT LAURENT BY HEDI SLIMANE
ON EYES, BURBERRY
BLACK KAJAL CrAYON
IN POPPY BLACK

COAT LOUIS VUITTON

TURTLENECK UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON
JEANS BLK DNM
BOOTS SAINT LAURENT BY HEDI SLIMANE

COAT MAX MARA

VEST AND JEANS BESS

JACKET TOM FORD

BODYSUIT CAPEZIO
BOOTS vERsACE
ON SKIN, BURBERRY
GOLDEN FRESH GLOW FLUID

TOP AND LEGGINGS HERVE LEGER

cOAT SANDRO
BOOTS SAINT LAURENT BY HEDI SLIMANE

COAT VERSACE
TOP AND LEGGINGS
AMERICAN APPAREL
GLOVES SERMONETA

COAT DRIES VAN NOTEN

SHIRT AND DRESS
SAINT LAURENT BY HEDI SLIMANE
MAkEup WENDy ROWE fOR BuRBERRy
(TIM HOWARD MANAGEMENT)
HAIR ANTHONy TuRNER (ART pARTNER)
MODEl ANDREEA DIACONu (IMG)
Manicure casey HerMan for essie (Kate ryan inc.)
PHoto assistants GaretH Powell, lex KeMbery,
sHaun Hartas, saM nixon
stylist assistant courtney Kryston
MaKeuP assistant aliana loPez
Hair assistant Mario sisneros
Production leone ioannou (Pony Projects)
Production assistant oscar correcHer
retoucHinG PictureHouse

COAT NORMA KAMALI

TOP AND LEGGINGS CHILL
bOOTS sAINt LAuReNt by HedI sLIMANe

bright-eyed beauty miranda kerr embodies the arcadian essence of singer and adult film
star cicciolina, the political leader of italys party of love. in delicate lace and soft, sheer
statement pieces, this nubile nymph sends a message of exposure

photography sebastian faena

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fashion Julia von boehm

DRESS LOUIS VUITTON

SWEATER SAINT LAURENT BY HEDI SLIMANE
CROWN (THROUGHOUT) STONE FOX BRIDE
BANGLE (THROUGHOUT) PARULINA
RINGS (THROUGHOUT) GRAZIELA GEMS
GLOVES GASPAR GLOVES

DRESS ALEXANDER McQUEEN

GLOVES GASPAR GLOVES
SHOES MANOLO BLAHNIK

TURTLENECK CARVEN
BODYSUIT AND BRIEfS AGENT PROVOCATEUR
gLOvES GAsPAR GlOVEs
SHOES MANOlO BlAHNIK
THIgH-HIgHS HUE

DRESS PUCCI
VEIL (THROUGHOUT) REEM ACRA
GLOVES GASPAR GLOVES
On facE, LA MER
THE TREaTmEnT LOTIOn

DRESS VERSACE
GLOVES GASPAR GLOVES
SHOES MANOLO BLAHNIK

DRESS GIVENCHY BY RICCARDO TISCI

SHOES CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN
GLOVES SERMONETA

BODYSUIT ERES
SKIRT CHLO
GLOVES GASPAR GLOVES

DRESS DOLCE & GABBANA

SWEATER SIMONE ROCHA
SHOES MANOLO BLAHNIK
GLOVES GASPAR GLOVES

TOP AND SKIRT DIOR

BRA AND BRIefS ERES
SHOeS MANOLO BLAHNIK
GLOVeS GASPAR GLOVES

MAKeuP JeANINe LOBeLL

(TIM HOwARD MANAGeMeNT)
HAIR KeVIN RyAN (ART+COMMeRCe)
MODeL MIRANDA KeRR (IMG)
Manicure Honey (exposure ny)
set design Bryn Bowen (tHe wall group)
digital tecHnicians yoo sun and patrick klinc
pHoto assistants carlos ruiz and alex austin
stylist assistants clare Joan Bryne,
allison Bornstein, cHris lee, anny cHoi
Makeup assistant cHisa
set design assistant kori HelleBust
VideograpHers patricio liMa Quintana
and agostina galVez
production Helena Martel seward
production assistants eric reeVes and Ben sHapiro
retoucHing Blank digital
eQuipMent rental root [eQ_capture]
location BrookMill FarM, laMBertVille, new Jersey

briefs AGENT PROVOCATEUR

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For 21-year-old Bryan Tormey, founder of L.A.-based label IllSic, becoming a sportswear
designer was a no-brainer. Growing up in Milton, Florida, Tormey was always searching for new ways to color outside the lines. For most of his adolescence, he found that
freedom by zipping around skate rinks or swimming in the Florida surf.
But when a fellow student who had a business making and selling T-shirts introduced
him to design, Tormeys interest was piqued. I quickly learned that fashion is about
expressing yourself, he says. It intrigued me as a form of communication. Certain
outfts gave me an opportunity to have a voice without using words; it gave people an
opportunity to realize I was diferent. I turned getting ready into how I wanted the
world to see me.
Tormeys love of all things fashy and splashy motivated him to move to California
with high hopes and a thousand dollars in his pocketto pursue his dream of starting
his own label. It didnt take him long to adapt to the L.A. lifestyle. Shortly after moving I began working with photographers and fnally felt my creative engines turning
again, he says.
He started his company and created his frst collection of minimal T-shirts, hoodies,
and beanies. Less than two years old, IllSic now has multiple collections a year and a
growing client base. My inspiration comes from many diferent walks of life, and the
desire to be better, says the young designer. Ive been fortunate enough to travel and
experience many cultures. Like Bruce [Weber] and his story, all the way to the street
dwellers in third world countries. People and their stories give me fuel to create and
remind me why being unique individuals is so important. William Defebaugh

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ANDREW ROHRBACH ATHLETE

Model Andrew Rohrbach, 21, had dreams of becoming the next Goose Gossage when a
fate threw a curve ball to temporarily derail his nascent pitching career. While playing
for College of the Canyons, in Valencia, California, the fastball-hurling native of the
state was forced to undergo Tommy John surgery, for a torn ulnar collateral ligament.
Not one to sit idly by, Rohrbach made himself busy by answering a local casting call
for Abercrombie & Fitch, seeking to be one of those hunky models that makes your
girlfriend do a double take. Then fate struke again, this time, for the better. Rohrbach
ended up being selected for the companys catalog, which entailed the good fortune
of working with (the photographer of this series) Bruce Weber. While still recovering
from his injury, the dimple-faced athlete became interested in a career as an orthopedic
surgeon. Rohrbach ultimately received an athletic scholarship at Gonzaga University,
where he is currently enrolled. He plans to be back on the mound for his new team, and
studying biology, this spring. Pitching is a position where you have to outthink the
other player, he says, his mind already on the impending 2014 season. Sacha Breitman

ANTHONY CHACON MUSICIAN

Its the 21st-century way to start a band. Make your way through the singing competition TV circuit and then lock yourself in the garagejust three boys, sweat, and
countless hours of fnger-bleeding practice. Although Destinos triumvirate met during auditions for Mexican reality show La Academia, a program rife with the type of
pop-act fabrication the world is unnervingly complacent about, the bands true origin is refreshingly organic: they sprouted from the purest of rock-and-roll soil, the
impromptu midnight jam.
Infuenced by adult contemporary music like Coldplay and John Mayer, lead singer
Anthony Chacon, 23, hopes to take control of his bands future by means of a few magic
tricks. Seriously. At the age of 14, the California native created a stage show called GLO,
at Hollywoods Magic Castle, the ultimate magicians academy-cum-nightclub, with a
history of showcasing a wide variety of performers, from Jason Alexander to Cary Grant.
Chacons gigs took him on tour across America, giving him his frst taste of success.
The adjustment from rolling solo to being in a band is new for the young musician.
Now that Im part of a group, deciding on a song and whos going to sing which part
and fguring out harmonies are all things we have to agree on, as a band. It helps that
we all live together.
Destinos melodic songs rely on the ultimate theme, love and heartbreak. Music
back in the day was very genuine, Chacon asserts. I feel that a lot of the music these
days is made to just sell a record. I feel that we fll a gap not only in the Spanish market, but in the English as well.
So who sees more action, magicians or musicians? I dont think I can answer that
one-sided, he says, with sincerity and unexpected frankness, considering I get the
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Doutzen did it, so why cant I? was Hiemstras reasoning when she sent her photos to an agency in Amsterdam,
hoping to be the next Dutch supermodel. With her icy, fair looks, the newcomer has already captured the attention
of Miuccia Prada, appearing in the designers Spring 2013 ads, alongside big names like Raquel Zimmermann and
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Verberght got her start as a Prada Spring 2013 runway exclusive and hasnt looked back. For Fall the on-the-rise
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Bo Don

I got scouted in the supermarket when I was 17, but I wanted to fnish school frst, says 21-year-old Bo Don of Holland.
I didnt think modeling would be my thing, so I didnt do much with it. Luckily, she gave it another go, after completing
her education, and traded in her soccer cleats for stilettos. The blue-eyed, brunette pixie has stepped out on the runway
for houses like Balenciaga, Anthony Vaccarello, and Cline, but she admits opening for Balmain Spring 2013 has been
the highlight of her career thus far. I love the brand! she gushes.

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Chlo Sevignys big break was in Larry Clarks 1995 flm Kids, flmed in New
York City, where she still lives. The Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe
winning actress has appeared in numerous films and TV shows, including Gummo, American Psycho, Boys Dont Cry, Party Monster, Zodiac, and
HBOs Big Love. She will next appear in the A&E drama series Those Who
Kill, debuting in January.

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Selma Blairs breakthrough performance as the dim-witted Cecile Caldwell

in 90s teensploitation fick Cruel Intentions was but a teaser ofering of her
comedic prowessa trait that would help her win over audiences in movies like Legally Blonde and The Sweetest Thing. But its her one-of-a-kind
depiction of suburban, pretty-girl malaise that has made her a favorite of
auteurs like John Waters, Guillermo del Toro, and Todd Solondz.
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rose mcgowan

A modern-day B-movie queen, Rose McGowan is well-known for her defnitive

role in Gregg Arakis 90s teen-angst thriller The Doom Generation. Her irresistible venom has also landed her roles in movies like Encino Man, Bio-Dome,
Scream, Nowhere, Jawbreaker, Grindhouse, Machete, and Conan the Barbarian.
She will next appear in the fttingly dark big-screen adaptation of Edgar Allan
Poes The Tell-Tale Heart, with Peter Bogdanovich.

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I always feel lIke I cant act or that thIs Is my last job and
Im a fraud. that theyll all fInd out, and Ill never work
agaIn. so the process Is rememberIng that I am made to do
thIs. I can really get In my own way.
parker posey

Since bursting onto the screen in 1993 as Darla Marks in Dazed and Confused,
Parker Posey has enjoyed hallowed status as a muse to many of indie cinemas
greatest minds, Richard Linklater, Hal Hartley, Noah Baumbach, Gregg Araki,
and Christopher Guest among them. Also no stranger to the big-budget worlds
of Nora Ephron and Bryan Singer, everything Posey attempts turns to cinema
gold. As if to prove this theory, shell next appear in the Nicole Kidman-led
award-season biopic Grace of Monaco.

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My Most surreal MoMent was at age 16. I was huggIng

woody allen on our last nIght of shootIng. Both of us
were dressed as groucho Marx, and as I crIed, My shoe
polIsh Mustache Bled down My chIn.
natasha lyonne

From the start Natasha Lyonne has cultivated an eclectic career, working with
Mike Nichols, Woody Allen, and even Pee-wee Herman before she turned 17.
In Slums of Beverly Hills, alongside screen vets Marisa Tomei and Alan Arkin,
she left an indelible impression as the wisecracking Vivian Ambromowitz.
Shes since spent time everywhere, from the arthouse to the playhouse to the
bargain bin to the blockbuster, and now shes on Netfix. Catch her on your
own time in the hysterical female prison comedy Orange Is the New Black.
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Ive never had the pleasure [of workIng In an offIce]. But I

thInk Id Be really good at the shenanIgans and BathroomBreak flIrtIng. really Bad at the water cooler talk, though.
gaBy hoffmann

Raised by a Warhol superstar in the famed Chelsea Hotel, Gaby Hofmanns

life has been anything but ordinary. The same can be said of her work: she
won Americas hearts as an adorable youngster in Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck,
and Sleepless in Seattle, before coming of age in Now and Then and turning
in memorable moments in 200 Cigarettes, You Can Count On Me, and Life
During Wartime. Lately, Hofmann has been earning rave reviews for the
buzzed-about Sundance hit Crystal Fairy. Shell also bring her brand of quirk
to the third season of Girls in early 2014.

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My work philosophy is to collaborate like a Mofo.

lili taylor
Lili Taylor is the quintessence of what is known as an actors actor. Since
breaking through in the 80s rom-com classic Mystic Pizza, alongside Julia
Roberts, she has made a career inhabiting complex, bizarre, and unforgettable
characters in flms such as Say Anything, Dogfght, Arizona Dream, Short Cuts,
Rudy, Prt--Porter, Four Rooms, I Shot Andy Warhol, High Fidelity, and Julie
Johnson. This year sees the release of her feverishly anticipated Guillaume
Canet crime flm Blood Ties, along with a hot new horror fick, The Conjuring.

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Jena malone
Remember when Jena Malone made America cry in Stepmom? Shes been pulling power moves ever since: the neo-cult classic (Donnie Darko), the civil war
epic (Cold Mountain), Japanimation (Howls Moving Castle), high-camp horror
(The Ruins), and even a Zack Snyder comic book fantasy (Suckerpunch). Yet
somehow shes managing to raise the stakes even further, by next appearing in
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Paul Thomas Andersons Inherent Vice.
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When asked to defne the aesthetic behind their band, Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie
Cooper of New York Citys Tempers cant help but get a little bit metaphysical. Nothing
ever has to be explained or talked about between us, says Golestaneh. From the very
start we had this feeling that Tempers was this entity with its own colors and characteristics. It almost feels like were channeling somethinglike the music was this thing that
was always there just foating in the ether. We just managed to hook into it.
Its an apt description for a band that makes music so resolutely otherworldly. Songs like
Strange Harvest and Hell Hotline are heavy on atmospheredissonant guitars and murky
beats bouyed aloft by Golestanehs crystalline vocals. The vibe has quickly earned them buzz
and a spot on the Brooklyn-based label Pendu Sound. The bulk of 2013 was spent releasing
singles while working on a proper full-length album, but those curious to see the bands essence
writ large need only check out the video for debut single Eyes Wide Wider, which features
Golestaneh pole dancing in what appears to be a smoky enchanted forest. It was pretty wild,
she says. I was in front of a waterfall in the Berkshires at 6 am trying to swing around on a
makeshift pole. I kept thinking, This is one of the most surreal moments of my life. T. cole rachel
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tao okamoto
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When Japanese supermodel Tao Okamoto got the call from her agency to audition for
James Mangolds summer blockbuster The Wolverine, she said no. And [my agent] said,
Are you crazy? Youd be the love interest of Hugh Jackman in the movie! Tao quickly
changed her mind. I love him. Im not a crazy fan of movie starsonly him, says the
fve-foot-ten stunner, in her quiet, broken English. Awe aside, the duo grew very close.
He is very dad, she says of the family-man actor, who taught her a few tricks of the
trade. During this dinner scene, he said, Tao, you have to be careful. You cannot eat
too much, because after many takes youre going to be fulland you have to remember
which [pieces] you touched frst... (Presumably this was not the frst dietary advice
Tao ever received: shes been modeling since the age of 14 and is currently repped by

The Society Management.) Director James Mangold ofered guidance as well, and Tao
instantly felt a connection to her character, Mariko. [Mariko] is from the richest family
in Japan, soshe never had a normal life like other kids. I have the same feelings from
my childhood, because I was very talland I always felt like I didnt belong. With her
current crossover into mainstream flms, we dont think self-consciousness will be an
issue any longer. Kate Branch
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alice smith
songstress

Its about freedom. Thats the genesis of it all, says D.C.-raised R&B singer Alice Smith.
She is speaking of her album, She, released this past March. Coming seven years after
her debut effort, its been a long time in the making. Feeling misrepresented and
mismanaged by Epic, Smith left her label two years ago to pursue other avenues of
creating and releasing music. What she ended up with was a new producer, Thirty
Tigers, and a Kickstarter campaign that in one month raised enough money for her
to fund She. It was a really cool thing for me. I had been going around trying to figure out how I was going to put out the album and then I heard about Kickstarter and
finally I was just like, Fuck it, Im just going to do it! Im going to try it. I was really
surprised that I got what I needed. It was a really good practice in gratitude for me.
The kindness of her fans gave Smith her confidence back, resulting in a lighter vibe

that encapsulates the singers newfound freedom. Sometimes you just have to get
put through the rinse cycle, thats all, the singer says of her journey. With a renewed
spirit, she is now traveling around the country with her partner, Citizen Cope, and
their child, doing what she loves most: touring. Its where I feel the most natural and
comfortable. Its what I do. Despite the sold-out shows and positive responses from
fans and critics, theres only one thing Smith really wants to come from her recent
success: The ability to make more music. William Defebaugh

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NATALIE DORMER
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Upon speaking to blue-eyed Briton Natalie Dormer, one instantly understands the
constant chatter surrounding her. Its all great fun, says the Game of Thrones actress
of the skill that has landed her not only on the fantasy television series but also opposite the likes of Hollywood heartthrobs Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender. It was a
dream couple of days workjust a joy, she says of her time flming Ridley Scotts The
Counselor, penned by Cormac McCarthy and out in October. Dormer is being coy. The
trained stage actress is an intellectualshe sees her preparation of a Jacobean text
for a possible performance with the Royal Shakespeare Company as a fun mind game.
Good for the ol brain cells, she says. I suppose Im a bit of a geek that way. Its lucky
that I enjoy reading, because as an actor you have to do a fuck load of it, whether it be
scripts or research. To prepare for her audition for Ron Howards upcoming action

biopic, Rushabout the Formula One driver and playboy James Hunt, played by Chris
Hemsworthshe researched Hunts wife, Suzy Miller, quite heavily. Though the role
eventually went to Olivia Wilde, Howard issued a personal plea for Dormer to play a
part in the flm. I approach each job as a challenge, and Im always happy to be there,
and sometimes you have these great experiences with people and you never know what
is going to happen further down the line. She recalls when she frst came to America, to
audition for director Alan Taylor. She didnt get the part, but two months later she found
herself in a casting room with Taylor and writer/creator David Beniof, reading for a
new HBO show called Game of Thrones. How fate twists and turns, she says. kate branch

NATALIE WEARS DRESS VaLentInO NECKLACE MItcheL PrIMrOSe

ireland baldwin
model/actress

Being as tall as I am, its going to be hard for me to play the beauty queen in a flm, or the
lead, says the six-foot-two blonde Baldwin, an IMG model and aspiring actress. I think
Im best at being the funny tall one. The only child of Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin,
IrelandDublin to her close friendsconsidered many professions before she fnally
came to accept her fate as a performer. Id say something funny and have my dad cracking
upand its really hard to make my dad laugh, the 17-year-old deadpans over the phone
from L.A., where her mom and eight dogs live. And he would say, Youre going to act one
day. With high school graduation on the horizon, Baldwin plans to take summer improv
classes before auditioning for iconic comedy group Upright Citizens Brigade, where her
dad has performed. Until her big debut, she remains a frequent and infuential character on social media. Her Tumblr page, Goldi3Looooox, serves as an open Q&A between

Baldwin and girls all over the world. She felds questions daily about teen struggles, like
love, beauty, and diet. People have this assumption that Im going to come of as superior to everyone, she says, recalling an e-mail that ridiculed her family and her weight,
specifcally the circumference of her thighs. But I really love meeting new peopleIm
easily approachable. Baldwins forthright site and Twitter feed, @IrelandBBaldwin
(which includes funny fve-second selfe reels, mostly intended for her professional paddleboarder boyfriend, Slater Trout), suggest that success is not too far down the line. Keep
an eye out for a quick cameo of Baldwin playing the younger version of her mom in Peter
Segals Grudge Match, out in December. (Were talking to you, Funny or Die.) kate branch
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alexis krauss

musician, sleigh bells

Minnie! Ripper! screams Sleigh Bells front woman Alexis Krauss with bandmate Derek
Miller on the new track Minnie, of their third studio album, Bitter Rivals, (which
comes out in October from Mom + Pop Music). It pays homage to Minnie Riperton,
the New Jersey native and Brooklyn-based musician says of the tune, which centers
on an underdog of a character who turns badass, fast. There is a lot of aggression, but
also a lot of creative production that references Quincy Jones, and then there is this
bizarre R&B element... Put it all together and its the Sleigh Bells sound: rhythmic,
loud, booming, but tender, she says, hesitant to label the band as noise pop or rap
rock like so many do. I think it takes bands time to really fgure out who they are,
and Derek and I found that on this record, says the fourth-grade teacher cum musician who ofstage is polite and soft-spoken, but onstage rips hellish words over droning

beats like, well, Miss Minnie Riperton. The album serves as a throwback to Sleigh Bells
debut, Treats, in that it, too, ofers an immediate life, Krauss explains. Lyrically, it is
much more upbeat than their sophomore efort, Reign of Terror, which chronicled a
dark period of familial loss in Millers life. In writing for this album, I defnitely tried
to put myself in the position of a fan, says Krauss of the time spent in the studio, still
high from the excitement and jubilation of being on tour. I wanted something really
fun, enjoyable, interesting, disturbing, and exciting. Get ready to head bang, because
Sleigh Bells is backand more generous than ever. Kate branch
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ON EYES, chaneL CRITuRE DE ChANEL AuTOmATIC LIquID LINER IN NOIR

alexis penney
artist

It was inspired by Ray of Light, maybe chiefy, Alexis Penney says of his new LP, Window,
a collection of club-pop balladry that evokes the emotional depth of artists like Madonna
and Everything But The Girl in their ambient 90s prime. Since the 2011 release of his
debut single and video, Lonely Sea (a breakup song, he says, that was at least partially
crafted to embody the experience of Jennifer Aniston), Penney has been working with
Teengirl Fantasys Nick Weiss and artist Jamie Crewe on a collection of songs bent on
providing a window into a particular period of his lifehence the title. Known for his
frank tweets and blog entries as much as for his wild club nights and drag performances,
staged from San Francisco to New York, Penney has put pen to paper to dissect many of
his formative experiences. The result is a debut novel also called Window, to be released
in tandem with the album. Window refers to the window in the apartment I lived in on
Mission Street [in San Francisco]. I had a view of the city and the Sutro Tower, and I spent
every day typing in front of that window, crying and watching the sunset, watching the
crazy people go by. That window really framed that time in my life. The novels fnished

version reads like an NC-17 drag-punk memoirequal parts Dennis Cooper, Christopher
Isherwood, and Cookie Muellertold through hysterical, nonlinear anecdotes.
I think a lot of people go through entire lifetimes not taking a real look at themselves
or seeing a broader picture of the world and where they ft in, he says. I call them dog
peoplenot like theyre dogs, but theyre walking around reacting to stimuli without really
analyzing what theyre doing. I have this vain hope that in some small way me publicly
eviscerating myself will somehow inspire others to do the same, to really look at the way
they treat each other and why. The Window is a glimpse into my life and also an invitation into the life of the audience. pATRIK SANDBERG

ALEXIS WEARS PANTS MAX MARA

BANGLES JENNIFER FISHER NECKLACE ANd EARRINGS HIS OWN
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SENAIT GIDEY
moDEl

Growing up in Canada, Senait Gidey never dreamt of being a model. Then again, its diffcult to dream of something you know nothing about. But thanks to a fellow classmate
turned model, Gidey found her wayand eventually landed a contract with Torontobased modeling agency Elmer Olsen. Now, at only 18, she has just one goal in mind: to
be one of the most beautiful faces in the business!
Gidey has already proven herself worthy of the challenge. She has walked the runway
for everyone from Chanel to Burberry to Kenzo to Christopher Kane. I got to walk for the
greatest designers in fashion! she exclaims about her enviable role in the Fall 2013 season. In
addition to her career on the catwalk, Gidey is quickly building an equally impressive editorial
portfolio. The IMG model has been busy working on projects with industry heavy hitters like
David Sims and Carine Roitfed, whom Gidey claims is one of her all-time favorite people she
has met on the job (along with designers Phillip Lim and Jean Paul Gaultier, to name a few).
On the road to achieving her comely ambitions, the upbeat model has described
every step of the way as nothing short of incredible. As for right now, Gidey dreams

of a beauty contractand being able to wear Lim, Kenzo, and Alexander Wang all day,
every day, of course. william defebaugh
Senait WearS dreSS michael kors
on eyeS, chaNel Stylo yeuX Waterproof long-laSting eyeliner in kHaki prcieuX

Makeup adrien pinault for narS (ManageMent artiStS)

Makeup (Senait gidey) roMy SoleiMani (ManageMent artiStS)
Hair SHon (Julian WatSon agency)
Manicure Bernadette thoMpson
digital technician chris luttrell (haute capture) photo assistants John guerrero and ian rutter stylist assistant paul-siMon dJite
hair assistants corey tuttle, chris Miller, sasha alekseyeva, gregory alan Manicure assistant arlene hinkson
production assistant hugo Martinez retouching JWl videographers patricio liMa Quintana and agostina galvez
locations pier 59 studios, neW york and haute capture studio, Brooklyn

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